RE: RTL8139

2003-09-09 Thread Yuri de Groot
> Works fine for me on Gentoo > > "modprobe 8139too" IIRC I also have a realtek 8139 based NIC. Mdk 9.1 recognised it and set it up automagically - no probs. What distro are you using? Yuri > has anyone got this realtek chip going normally (drivers) > for kernel 2.4.20-8? > my pc won't recogn

Re: Atomic Clock time synchronisation.

2003-09-09 Thread David Mann
Jim Cheetham wrote: > Now, in the case of a home PC, you're generally not worried about > setting up such a system, and you definately don't need to worry about > speeding-up or slowing-down the clock - jumping it is probably the right > thing to do. One thing to watch out for is that some softwa

Re: www gateway access route

2003-09-09 Thread Rik Tindall
Brad Beveridge wrote: OK, you'll need to get routing setup on the RH9 box. This may involve a kernel recompile, but probably RH9 already has the required modules - they may not be loaded. I suggest using firehol (firehol.sourceforge.net) to setup your routing/firewall - it is very easy. RH probab

RE: www gateway access route

2003-09-09 Thread Brad Beveridge
OK, you'll need to get routing setup on the RH9 box. This may involve a kernel recompile, but probably RH9 already has the required modules - they may not be loaded. I suggest using firehol (firehol.sourceforge.net) to setup your routing/firewall - it is very easy. RH probably has a firehol packag

Re: www gateway access route

2003-09-09 Thread Rik Tindall
Brad Beveridge wrote: Is routing/Masquerading enabled on the RH9 box? [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface tnt1.snap.net.n * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 192.168.0.0

Re: www gateway access route

2003-09-09 Thread Rik Tindall
Brad Beveridge wrote: Can the knoppix box ping the outside world? No Is /etc/resolve.conf set to DNS servers? Yes Is routing/Masquerading enabled on the RH9 box? That's not clear to me yet.. Brad Thanks ~ Rik

RE: www gateway access route

2003-09-09 Thread Brad Beveridge
Can the knoppix box ping the outside world? Is /etc/resolve.conf set to DNS servers? Is routing/Masquerading enabled on the RH9 box? Brad > -Original Message- > From: Rik Tindall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

www gateway access route

2003-09-09 Thread Rik Tindall
Hi folks, Easy/silly Q: What have I missed in setting up Internet sharing for a Knoppix system on a local network? RH9 ppp dialup ok - 192.168.0.254 <-pings ok-> 192.168.0.2 - Knoppix 3.2 (no www "unknown host" or pings out) Browser prefs (no proxy set) on 0.2? Or more likely ppp not shared

RE: RTL8139

2003-09-09 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Works fine for me on Gentoo "modprobe 8139too" IIRC Robert Never test the depth of the water with both feet. -Original Message- From: elvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 10 September 2003 1:40 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RTL8139 has anyone got this

Re: RTL8139

2003-09-09 Thread CF
Reply_to: ignored On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 13:40, elvis wrote: > has anyone got this realtek chip going normally (drivers) for > kernel 2.4.20-8? > my pc won't recognise the card, using pIII network card is from > dicksmith (retails for $28). > i thought it had something to do with plug and play but

RTL8139

2003-09-09 Thread elvis
has anyone got this realtek chip going normally (drivers) for kernel 2.4.20-8? my pc won't recognise the card, using pIII network card is from dicksmith (retails for $28). i thought it had something to do with plug and play but still can't see it working, has anyone been through modprobe for it or

Re: [nzlug] National Installfest

2003-09-09 Thread Rik Tindall
David Kirk wrote: i think a national day is a damn fine idea I think it is a great idea. Count me in. Later David Kirk Another vote Yes. ~ Rik

RE: [nzlug] National Installfest

2003-09-09 Thread David Kirk
> i think a national day is a damn fine idea I think it is a great idea. Count me in. Later David Kirk

RE: [nzlug] National Installfest

2003-09-09 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Count me in as a helper Robert Never test the depth of the water with both feet. -Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 10 September 2003 12:39 p.m. To: CLUG Subject:Fw: [nzlug] National Installfest cross posted from nz lug i thi

Re: Fw: [nzlug] National Installfest

2003-09-09 Thread Jason Greenwood
Freakin Great idea if you ask me... Nick Rout wrote: cross posted from nz lug i think a national day is a damn fine idea Forwarded by Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Original Message --- From:Matthew Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Fwd: RE: Debian mirror]

2003-09-09 Thread CF
Reply_to: Ignored On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 17:34, Sascha Beaumont wrote: > More interestingly, there is a debian, gentoo and slackware mirror on > ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz. Yes, there is. > By the look of things, its up to date (debian is less than 24 hours old) > although I'm still using ftp.nz.d

Re: Fw: [nzlug] National Installfest

2003-09-09 Thread Jaco Swart
Nick Rout wrote: cross posted from nz lug i think a national day is a damn fine idea Oh yes, fun! Let's do. Just a thought, though: how do we capture the media year after next? International instalfest? ;-) -j

Fw: [nzlug] National Installfest

2003-09-09 Thread Nick Rout
cross posted from nz lug i think a national day is a damn fine idea Forwarded by Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Original Message --- From:Matthew Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:29:39 +1200 (NZST)

Re: meeting ideas: keysigning

2003-09-09 Thread G. M. Bodnar
Nick Rout is on permanent record as saying: :I would like to know more about the practicalities of all this digital :signing stuff. I understand the basic theory of public/private key pairs, :but beyond that i'm a bit fuzzy. : :eg : :can someone using gpg on their linux box interact with someone us

Re: meeting ideas: keysigning

2003-09-09 Thread Tim Wright
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 11:04, Nick Rout wrote: > can someone using gpg on their linux box interact with someone using pgp? In almost all cases, yes. In fact, I managed to move from pgp to gpg and managed to reasonably easily transfer my public *and* private keys from pgp to gpg --- both programs f

Re: meeting ideas: keysigning

2003-09-09 Thread Nick Rout
I would like to know more about the practicalities of all this digital signing stuff. I understand the basic theory of public/private key pairs, but beyond that i'm a bit fuzzy. eg can someone using gpg on their linux box interact with someone using pgp? On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:51:18 +1200 "G. M

Re: meeting ideas: keysigning

2003-09-09 Thread G. M. Bodnar
Tim Wright is on permanent record as saying: : :Hay Greg, : :Which keyserver are you using? I'm using www.keyserver.net/ and can't :find you there. keyserver x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu I took a glance at keyserver.net and couldn't find me, either. I'm uploading a copy of my key as I type... Thanks for

Re: passwordless user accounts

2003-09-09 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 10:46, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > For a start, (install &) run $ nmap .i.p.address. to see what ports are > > actually open, then shut down any dangerous daemons using System > > Settings - Server Settings - Services (or a CLI alternative). > netstat -a is the command to l

Re: passwordless user accounts

2003-09-09 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:59, Rik Tindall wrote: > Carl Cerecke wrote: > > I have a couple of passwordless accounts on my machine at home for my > > wife and kids. For the kids (6 and 4), simply typing their username > > "kids" takes some time and is error-prone, let alone typing a password > > that t

Re: passwordless user accounts

2003-09-09 Thread Mark Tomlinson
> Is there a way that I can restrict logins of these two usernames to the > display manager only (gdm for RH9)? Or, perhaps, not allow ssh logins > unless from localhost? (I hope I haven't got telnetd running). I'm only > on dial-up, and the IP changes with each connection, but it is not > terribly

Re: meeting ideas: keysigning

2003-09-09 Thread Tim Wright
On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 23:33, G. M. Bodnar wrote: > I've currently got the key IDs and fingerprints of my two keys in my > wallet, with both Canadian and New Zealand issued identification. All > that is required is for the person signing the key to verify that I am > who I say I am (with the ident

Re: passwordless user accounts

2003-09-09 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 09:38, Carl Cerecke wrote: > Is there a way that I can restrict logins of these two usernames to the > display manager only (gdm for RH9)? Or, perhaps, not allow ssh logins > unless from localhost? (I hope I haven't got telnetd running). I'm only > on dial-up, and the IP ch

Re: passwordless user accounts

2003-09-09 Thread Rik Tindall
Carl Cerecke wrote: I have a couple of passwordless accounts on my machine at home for my wife and kids. For the kids (6 and 4), simply typing their username "kids" takes some time and is error-prone, let alone typing a password that they cannot see. Is there a way that I can restrict logins o

passwordless user accounts

2003-09-09 Thread Carl Cerecke
I have a couple of passwordless accounts on my machine at home for my wife and kids. For the kids (6 and 4), simply typing their username "kids" takes some time and is error-prone, let alone typing a password that they cannot see. Is there a way that I can restrict logins of these two usernames

Re: Atomic Clock time synchronisation.

2003-09-09 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 07:01, Nick Rout wrote: > Trevor de Stigter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there an atomic clock time synchronisation program for linux > > similar to the recently released one for Windows which pings the NTIS > > server and adjusts the computer RTC from the data received.

Re: An interesting article

2003-09-09 Thread Shane Hollis
Nice demo ... keep up the good work, Shane

Re: IPCOP

2003-09-09 Thread CF
On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 17:22, Col wrote: > >IANAIPCOPU but does that suggest the modem is at fault, or at least not > ^ translation required please. > I Am Not An IPCOP User :-) IAN. is generally I Am Not (a/the/...) I suppose since Ipcop is a name it should have been a single I...

Re: An interesting article

2003-09-09 Thread Timothy Musson
Wesley Parish, 2003-09-08 21:13:20: > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 06:44:17+1200 Timothy Musson wrote: > > is anyone on this list interested in translating GNOME into Maori? > > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gtp/ > Well, as it happens, I'm partway literate and somewhat fluent in Te > Reo Maori. I wou

Re: Atomic Clock time synchronisation.

2003-09-09 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 22:25:45 +1200 Trevor de Stigter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there an atomic clock time synchronisation program for linux > similar to the recently released one for Windows which pings the NTIS > server and adjusts the computer RTC from the data received. I can fin

Re: Talk at a future meeting.

2003-09-09 Thread antonovich
On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 3:00 am, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 13:52, you wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 13:27, Carl Cerecke wrote: > > > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:10, you wrote: > > > >>I think a discussion of how filesystems work on Linux, > > >

Re: Playing CD's in Mandrake 9.1

2003-09-09 Thread antonovich
On Sunday 07 Sep 2003 9:12 am, Nick Rout wrote: > 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

Re: HELP! How do I make more inodes

2003-09-09 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> > hmm looks like not! is there a tool like du to find where these inodes > > are being used up? find 1 line = 1 inode Exceptions: filenames with newlines in them, hardlinks (creating a hardlink does not use another inode, as it's using one which already exists) > Not to my knowledge, but it's o

meeting ideas: keysigning

2003-09-09 Thread G. M. Bodnar
With talk of topics for future meetings popping up, this might be a good time to bring up the idea of using the meeting to do some PGP/GPG keysigning. This has been mentioned/discussed in the past (see http://lists.ethernal.org/cantlug-0201/msg00021.html), and was received with a mild response. I

Atomic Clock time synchronisation.

2003-09-09 Thread Trevor de Stigter
Hi,   Is there an atomic clock time synchronisation program for linux similar to the recently released one for Windows which pings the NTIS server and adjusts the computer RTC from the data received. I can find plenty of network time servers and clients but want something which can be access

Re: Linux languages

2003-09-09 Thread Rob Stockley
On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 19:52, Nick Rout wrote: > and isn't language one of the first options in the install? > > On Tue, 09 > Sep 2003 19:49:51+1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 19:37, you wrote: > > > Hello all > > > I have a little question that

Re: Linux languages

2003-09-09 Thread Nick Rout
and isn't language one of the first options in the install? On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 19:49:51+1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 19:37, you wrote: > > Hello all > > I have a little question that may seem silly but here goes. > > Can anyone tell me if Mandrake

Re: Linux languages

2003-09-09 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 19:37, you wrote: > Hello all > I have a little question that may seem silly but here goes. > Can anyone tell me if Mandrake is available in other languages other than > English ? Linux Mandrake is available in _dozens_ of languages. The files you need are all on the third C

Linux languages

2003-09-09 Thread rowan
Hello all I have a little question that may seem silly but here goes. Can anyone tell me if Mandrake is available in other languages other than English ? I am looking for a copy in Russian. I believe that it comes in many different languages but I am thinking that I will need to purchase a fa