Re: Time Zones

2003-09-07 Thread Philip Charles
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Nick Rout wrote: > topic over, the correct setting for new zealand is Pacific/Auckland. It > changed from being called NZ to Pacific/Auckland in about 1993 according > to the source code. On my machine the NZ file is the same as > Pacific/Auckland, but I guess that like all the

Re: IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread Col
The point is that whenever the connection is dropped, I suspect it makes no difference from which end (ie. the ISP can and does drop me after extended periods), IPCOP should detect that the RED interface has gone down and go back to it's "waiting for dial on demand" mode. Mine doesn't. I ju

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Peter Elliott
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:57:44 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > read the bloody files peter, as i pointed out Pacific/Auckland is the > new name fror NZ > > as already posted (yawn) > > i have finally sigh cheers peter still to swear

Re: IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
on ipcop i frequently look at the cgi scripts to see how the web interface does something, this usually converts pretty simply into a command line...errr...command On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:27:53+1200 Gareth Williams<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 08 September 2003 17:18, Christopher Sawtell

Re: IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:18:59 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:15, you wrote: > > Or I could just have everyone manually disconnect the modem socket > > when going to use the phone, which is often what people do anyway > > (bastards :) - unfortunately ho

Re: IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread Rob Stockley
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 17:27, Gareth Williams wrote: Huge snip! > . I can write > something to run in the background and watch /var/log/ppp.log (or wherever it > is on IPCOP), and whenever it sees the modem has dropped go and move the > system

Re: IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread Gareth Williams
On Monday 08 September 2003 17:18, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:15, you wrote: > > Or I could just have everyone manually disconnect the modem socket when > > going to use the phone, which is often what people do anyway (bastards :) > > - unfortunately however, this does not

Re: RH9 DVD?

2003-09-07 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
The dvd burner is no problem and a copy of rh9 is probably managable. Email me if you haven't found anything better. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.

Re: IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:15, you wrote: > Or I could just have everyone manually disconnect the modem socket when > going to use the phone, which is often what people do anyway (bastards :) > - unfortunately however, this does not change the behaviour of IPCOP. Plug the 'phone into the 'phone socke

Re: IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread Gareth Williams
Or I could just have everyone manually disconnect the modem socket when going to use the phone, which is often what people do anyway (bastards :) - unfortunately however, this does not change the behaviour of IPCOP. On Monday 08 September 2003 17:07, Col wrote: > >However - if someone picks u

Re: IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread Col
However - if someone picks up the phone, and the modem gets disconnected, it goes into "modem idle" mode. doh! It seems to think that the RED interface is still active (when it's damn well been disconnected), and won't go back to the "waiting for dial on demand" state until you first issue a 'd

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:35, you wrote: > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:53:58 +1200 > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > chris > thanks for the source extract which, returning to my original point, > clearly shows that pacific/auckland is a distinctly different *location* to > that of nz. us

[OT] I should've used an emoticon (Was: Time Zones)

2003-09-07 Thread Yuri de Groot
> > I didn't know before I read this thread that there > > exists a place > > called "Auckland Islands" (although I have heard of Las > > Islas Malvinas). > > For the last time Pacific/Auckland timezone HAS NOTHING TO > DO WITH THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS. (except that they probably > use it too.) Sorry

Re: [OT] I should've used an emoticon (Was: Time Zones)

2003-09-07 Thread CF
Replyto: ignored On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 15:15, Yuri de Groot wrote: > > > I didn't know before I read this thread that there > > > exists a place > > > called "Auckland Islands" (although I have heard of Las > > > Islas Malvinas). > > > > For the last time Pacific/Auckland timezone HAS NOTHING TO

Re: Time Zones

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:57:45 +1200 Yuri de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks for the source extract which, returning to my > > original point, clearly shows that pacific/auckland is a > > distinctly different *location* to that of nz. using the > > rule of thumb which seems to be operat

Re: Time Zones

2003-09-07 Thread Yuri de Groot
> thanks for the source extract which, returning to my > original point, clearly shows that pacific/auckland is a > distinctly different *location* to that of nz. using the > rule of thumb which seems to be operating here i assume > it'd be ok for londoners to choose any of those locations > which

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Beattie
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:57:44PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > read the bloody files peter, as i pointed out Pacific/Auckland is the > new name fror NZ > > as already posted (yawn) Indeed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> tzselect Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly. Please

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Mark Tomlinson
> chris > thanks for the source extract which, returning to my original point, clearly shows that pacific/auckland is a distinctly different *location* to that of nz. It does what? It defines *rules* (called NZ and Chatham) and *zones* (called Pacific/Auckland and Pacific/Chatham). That is all. Wh

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
read the bloody files peter, as i pointed out Pacific/Auckland is the new name fror NZ as already posted (yawn) On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:35:07 +1200 Peter Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:53:58 +1200 > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > chris > thanks f

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Peter Elliott
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:53:58 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: chris thanks for the source extract which, returning to my original point, clearly shows that pacific/auckland is a distinctly different *location* to that of nz. using the rule of thumb which seems to be operating

[OT] Re: WAP anyone?

2003-09-07 Thread Michael JasonSmith
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 13:38, Jim Cheetham wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 13:31, Nick Rout wrote: > > Can anyone point me to "the idiots guide to wap including the basic > > wap-apache howto and a simple explanation for the beginner"? [ Sorry, this ain't going to help, Nick :( ] > Having said all t

Re: cc mail filter

2003-09-07 Thread Shane Hollis
When you make a filter in KMail by right clicking the message and choosing to create a filter the resulting dialog gives you the ability to change which filed you are filtering on or to create a filter with multiple fileds to search. The big thing to look out for is that you have set the search

Re: WAP anyone?

2003-09-07 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 13:31, Nick Rout wrote: > Can anyone point me to "the idiots guide to wap including the basic > wap-apache howto and a simple explanation for the beginner"? I have a > capable mobile phone, but nothing out there interests me. > > Now i'd like to be able to access my squirrel

WAP anyone?

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
Can anyone point me to "the idiots guide to wap including the basic wap-apache howto and a simple explanation for the beginner"? I have a capable mobile phone, but nothing out there interests me. Now i'd like to be able to access my squirrelmail site over wap, just for fun, but it might be handy

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Mark Tomlinson
> On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:15, you wrote: > > > NZ time has all the historical vagaries of NZ daylight savings time > > recorded, whereas > > > Pacific/Auckland does not. Anyway as I said before it's all a bit moot. > > > > What? Which distribution are you using? > I'm referring to the source data fr

RE: sms gateway

2003-09-07 Thread Adam - pdsltd.co.nz
Late Reply, But I am with telecom... but would like a solution for both providers if possible, Regards Adam -Original Message- From: Johnno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 8 September 2003 6:51 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sms gateway Who are you with Telecom or Vodap

Re: IBM TV ad kicks ass

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
Theres the other cool ibm ad too, which carl klitsher showed at his talk to clug, some time ago now. I saved it: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~nickr/heist60.mpeg cracks me up every time! On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 12:02:16 +1200 CF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 12:00, Nick Rout wr

Re: IBM TV ad kicks ass

2003-09-07 Thread CF
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 12:00, Nick Rout wrote: > you nered to look at the script, one is known as Mr Gates > http://www-3.ibm.com/e-business/doc/content/ondemand/prodigy_transcript.html Hehehe I thought Mohammad Ali was Italian... he sounded like the mafia!

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:15, you wrote: > > NZ time has all the historical vagaries of NZ daylight savings time > > recorded, whereas > > > Pacific/Auckland does not. Anyway as I said before it's all a bit moot. > > What? Which distribution are you using? I'm referring to the source data from;- ftp:/

Re: IBM TV ad kicks ass

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 10:11:37 +1200 CF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 19:05, Nick Rout wrote: > > Laughably, one of the characters is Mr Gates. Watch the movie and you'll > > see why Bill can't complain that it is supposed to refer to him > > ROTFLMAO. > > Ummm - if one of tho

Re: NFS server

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
you can do it over http so maybe apache is a better bet On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 09:45:09 +1200 Andy George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having read up a little on NFS servers and the huge security risk they > may present, It'd be good (just for exercise) to set one up locally, to > allow for a server

Re: Java

2003-09-07 Thread Roy Britten
Hi Anton, Unfortunately it's been a couple of years since I've touched Linux (I'm lurking here to get a feel for the community as we may hopefully be replacing some of our Win2K servers with Linux in the near future) so I really have no idea where your older version might be hidden. If it's still

Re: Linux and Wireless Lan/Internet

2003-09-07 Thread CF
On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 01:55, Jason Greenwood wrote: > Ok all, I have decided to ditch the wires and go wireless for my ADSL > Modem/router/Accesspoint and NIC at home. What is the guts of it?? Its cool... but there are drawbacks... > Nowadays adsl modems and nic's almost always work with Linux

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Mark Tomlinson
> NZ time has all the historical vagaries of NZ daylight savings time recorded, whereas > Pacific/Auckland does not. Anyway as I said before it's all a bit moot. What? Which distribution are you using? [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# sum /usr/share/zoneinfo/NZ 01680 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# sum

Re: NFS server

2003-09-07 Thread Liane Williams
I would second Dave's confirmation about using NFS server to install RH over a network. This has worked very well for me in the past, and I don't worry about the precisely what is on the CD's - just copy them all to the same place on the exported directory structure (overwrite - or not - the dupli

Re: bind or djbdns?

2003-09-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 22:41, you wrote: > Just resolving around 6 or seven machines on a local net, firewalled. > any ideas n which is better/easier to maintain? I have set up bind from > a template before, never touched djbdns. bind. but for a little net like that all you have to do is put the name

Re: bind or djbdns?

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Beattie
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 08:38:15AM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: > I think I believe djb's claims that his programs are 'better', but I > also believe that BIND is 'good enough'. You're forgetting 3 things: 1) DJB has bad licensing on his software. 2) DJB is a wanker 3) It's DJB. oh, and 4) DJB is

Re: IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread Gareth Williams
> IPCop has a built in client for updating dyndns. I can't access my IPCop > from work, but look throught the web interface and you should find it in > there somewhere. Just give it your dyndns user name and password and it > will take care of the rest. oh sweet! cheers very much :-) > > > Lat

RE: IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread David Kirk
Gareth, > I recently installed IPCOP on my gateway machine Sorry, I can't help with the dial on demand stuff (I use ADSL). > Secondly, I use dyndns. On my debian machine I had a little > python script that > ran when the ppp link came up, to notify the dyndns servers > of my new IP. I'm > no

Re: IBM TV ad kicks ass

2003-09-07 Thread CF
On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 19:05, Nick Rout wrote: > Laughably, one of the characters is Mr Gates. Watch the movie and you'll > see why Bill can't complain that it is supposed to refer to him > ROTFLMAO. Ummm - if one of those people is supposed to be Gates theres no physical resemblance at all... whi

RH9 DVD?

2003-09-07 Thread Andy George
Anyone got... A> A DVD Burner thats currently unemployed B> A Copy of RedHat 9 C> The desire, inclination, and/or time to rattle off a copy of RH9 onto DVD? Andy George ZL3ST

Re: OT: sms gateway

2003-09-07 Thread CF
On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 17:10, Adam Martin wrote: > Hi all, > hopefully someone can help me. > I am running my own email server at home, and want to be able to send a text > message to myself ( and others) when I receive a new email message. > > Does anyone know of a email to sms gateway I could us

Re: NFS server

2003-09-07 Thread Dave van Leeuwen
Hi Andy, yes you can copy the three cds into one directory and do an NFS install. Just make sure that you copy all three cds from the same place, i.e. copy /mnt/cdrom /dir/for/nfs/install. All three RedHat/RPMS dirs from the cds should end up in the same place. Have a look at kickstart as well,

IPCOP

2003-09-07 Thread Gareth Williams
Hi list :-) I recently installed IPCOP on my gateway machine - it used to run debian stable, but I fancied a play around with IPCOP. Anyhow, there are a couple of small issues I have yet to sort out: Firstly; dial on demand. When the machine first boots, it's in a mode called "waiting for dial

RE: auto poweroff

2003-09-07 Thread CF
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 21:37, Bjorn Nilsen wrote: > When you run "halt" does you computer shutdown the turn off? If so then > this is easy just use "at" to schedule the "halt" command. > > > From: antonovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > is there any easy way for me to set a timer (via an > > ins

NFS server

2003-09-07 Thread Andy George
Having read up a little on NFS servers and the huge security risk they may present, It'd be good (just for exercise) to set one up locally, to allow for a server install of RH8... however... RH8 is three CDs, and if I set up an NFS directory, I need to know if I can copy the entire contents of al

Re: Ide Cdrom startup configuration

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
actually cdrecord willdo straight atapi drives now, ie no need for scsi emulation. BUT many of the gui programs have not caught up. On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 08:53:51 +1200 "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I used RH7.3 I had trouble with cd burning until I realised that I >

RE: Ide Cdrom startup configuration

2003-09-07 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
When I used RH7.3 I had trouble with cd burning until I realised that I needed to add to my GRUB file the following:-   hdc=ide-scsi   I think in LILO you need a line as follows:-   append = "hdc=ide-scsi"   After making the appropriate change try typing “cdrecord –scanbus”   If

Re: bind or djbdns?

2003-09-07 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 22:41, Nick Rout wrote: > Just resolving around 6 or seven machines on a local net, firewalled. > any ideas n which is better/easier to maintain? I have set up bind from > a template before, never touched djbdns. There's more documentation for BIND, in the form of the O'Reill

Re: An interesting article

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
There was maori i18n module for kde at one stage, don't know if there stll is. On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 06:44:17+1200 Timothy Musson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wesley Parish, 2003-09-07 22:01:58: > > http://mozillaquest.com/Linux03/Linux_In_Schools-01_Story01.html > > It's about increasing the use of

Re: sms gateway

2003-09-07 Thread Johnno
Who are you with Telecom or Vodaphone? Johnno - Original Message - From: "Adam Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 5:10 PM Subject: OT: sms gateway > Hi all, > hopefully someone can help me. > I am running my own email server at home, and

Re: An interesting article

2003-09-07 Thread Timothy Musson
Wesley Parish, 2003-09-07 22:01:58: > http://mozillaquest.com/Linux03/Linux_In_Schools-01_Story01.html > It's about increasing the use of linux and other FOSS in schools, > techs and Unis. Hey, Wesley. That (and your signature, which I've snipped) reminds me... is anyone on this list interested i

Re: OT Daylight saving WAS Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 22:57, you wrote: > On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 22:53:15 +1200 > > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For the public record I loath and detest the so called "summer time". > > It's absence was one of the attractions of coming here in the late > > 60s. > > LOL, all that

Re: Playing CD's in Mandrake 9.1

2003-09-07 Thread David Merriman
Thanks Greg, that was the answer. AlsaMixer had the CD level muted, and at volume 0. As soon as I un-muted and upped the volume, voila ! I had sound. What's annoying is that I'd tried upping the volume in AuMix, but there was no indication (that I could see) that the signal was actually mut

OT Daylight saving WAS Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 22:53:15 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:52, you wrote: > > see also here: > > > > http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm > > > > quote: > > > > "Locations are identified by continent or ocean and then by the name > > of the location

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:52, you wrote: > see also here: > > http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm > > quote: > > "Locations are identified by continent or ocean and then by the name of > the location, which is typically the largest city within the region." > > supports the argument thet "Pacific/Auc

bind or djbdns?

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
Just resolving around 6 or seven machines on a local net, firewalled. any ideas n which is better/easier to maintain? I have set up bind from a template before, never touched djbdns.

An interesting article

2003-09-07 Thread Wesley Parish
http://mozillaquest.com/Linux03/Linux_In_Schools-01_Story01.html It's about increasing the use of linux and other FOSS in schools, techs and Unis. Good read. Wesley Parish -- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tang

Re: Playing CD's in Mandrake 9.1

2003-09-07 Thread Chris Wilkinson
Howdy David...good to see you're still singing in the quartet! David Merriman wrote: Hi there, I've just installed Mandrake 9.1 (complete linux newbie), and everything appears to be working now, except I can't play any music CD's. I've got a SoundBlaster Live! card, and Midiland 4.1 speakers.

Re: IBM TV ad kicks ass

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
thats where i found it, tht i'd better tell the locals :-) On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 20:24:19+1200 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hint - the mpeg version worked for me. click the link to the high > > quality mpeg and save the file. It won't be the movie, but it will > > You're a lateco

Re: IBM TV ad kicks ass

2003-09-07 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> hint - the mpeg version worked for me. click the link to the high > quality mpeg and save the file. It won't be the movie, but it will You're a latecomer ;) This has all the links: http://linux.net.nz/lists/NZLUG/2003/09/0342.html -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with t

Re: Playing CD's in Mandrake 9.1

2003-09-07 Thread G. M. Bodnar
David Merriman is on permanent record as saying: :Hi there, :I've just installed Mandrake 9.1 (complete linux newbie), and everything :appears to be working now, except I can't play any music CD's. I've got :a SoundBlaster Live! card, and Midiland 4.1 speakers. I (finally) found :out how to ge

Re: Playing CD's in Mandrake 9.1

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 19:56:40 +1200 David Merriman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > I've just installed Mandrake 9.1 (complete linux newbie), and > everything appears to be working now, except I can't play any music > CD's. I've got a SoundBlaster Live! card, and Midiland 4.1 speakers. >

Playing CD's in Mandrake 9.1

2003-09-07 Thread David Merriman
Hi there, I've just installed Mandrake 9.1 (complete linux newbie), and everything appears to be working now, except I can't play any music CD's. I've got a SoundBlaster Live! card, and Midiland 4.1 speakers. I (finally) found out how to get MP3's to play via Xmms, and fiddling with the volume

Re: auto poweroff

2003-09-07 Thread Gareth Williams
If you're exectuting the command(s) from a file, and specifying that file with the -f option for 'at', then maybe try putting: export DISPLAY=:0 (or whatever display you wish to use) at the start of the file, to be executed before the command that requires the display. Cheers, Gareth On Mond

IBM TV ad kicks ass

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Rout
download it and enjoy. http://www.ibm.com/open hint - the mpeg version worked for me. click the link to the high quality mpeg and save the file. It won't be the movie, but it will contain the url of the movie - starting with http:// and ending .mpg wget that file. For those with multimedia pro