Emerge doesnt return such niceties unless run with -v iirc
Cheers
Dale.
- Original Message -
From: "Matthew Gregan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Refused anonymous login to jetstreamgames
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003
Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Not bad - useful command, but unfortunately it uses R-Alt and R-Win,
> and I prefer to keep R-Alt as Alt and use the R-menu key instead, which
> is useless otherwise (104 keyboard).
Incidentally, I think R-Alt as Mode_switch is some kind of standard
o
CF wrote:
> Fair enough - but how many other keys are there on the keyboard that you
> don't use PrntScrn/SysRq? the entire numeric keypad? etc etc. The
> standard keyboard layout just keeps growing and growing because no
> manufacturer is keen on removing a potentially useful key.
They're
Thanks, but all I got using (emerge -f) was
Connecting to 203.96.92.95:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ...
The server refuses login.
Retrying.
Rob
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 07:28, Matthew Gregan wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 06:14:19PM +1300, Robert Fisher wrote:
> > Has anyone else
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 06:14:19PM +1300, Robert Fisher wrote:
> Has anyone else tried the gentoo mirror ftp://203.96.92.95 recently?
> It worked for me in the weekend (at over 400 kbps) but tonight it
> connects but refuses login.
You should've looked at the error the FTP server returned.
$ ftp
Has anyone else tried the gentoo mirror ftp://203.96.92.95 recently? It
worked for me in the weekend (at over 400 kbps) but tonight it connects
but refuses login.
--
Robert Fisher
www.fisher.net.nz
> > There are no handy waterfalls around (and I have no generator),
>
> The river's flow volume and speed would easily drive a turbine.
Great, so now we just need to figure out a way to lug a big-ass turbine and
generator in there, instead of a battery ;-) Not to mention the dish. I'm
inclined t
> I need to get the output of ls -lR on the remote ftp server, and store
> it for parsing (I am searching for a file somewhere in a big dir tree).
Just save it to file, the syntax for that is (at the ftp prompt)
ls -lR localfile
If your ftp client doesn't do it use a better one.
Alternatively, tr
Don't tempt me!
> >should we get Zane to bring his ihug dish?
>
> And power it with what?
One of the last IEEE Spectrum reported on a no-budget project to give
internet connection to a remote village in Laos.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/6/27552/01228008.pdf?isNumber=27552&arnumber=1228008&p
sugared or unsweetened?
cans or bottles?
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:41:41 +1300
CF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Model M keyboards
>
> If anyone is interested I have two model M IBM keyboards in the spares
> pile. Bring me a four-pack of V and one is yours.
>
>
>
--
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTE
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 15:15, you wrote:
> I am using ncftp, although any method anyone wants to point me to will
> do,
>
> I need to get the output of ls -lR on the remote ftp server, and store
> it for parsing (I am searching for a file somewhere in a big dir tree).
>
> typing ls -lR at the ncftp pr
> Model M keyboards
If anyone is interested I have two model M IBM keyboards in the spares
pile. Bring me a four-pack of V and one is yours.
thats a cunning stunt
i also discovered ~/.ncftp/trace* which seems to track the session, and
is greppable :-)
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 15:04:04 +1300
Rex Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote:
>
> > I am using ncftp, although any method anyone wants to point me to will
> > do,
> >
Nick Rout wrote:
I am using ncftp, although any method anyone wants to point me to will
do,
I need to get the output of ls -lR on the remote ftp server, and store
it for parsing (I am searching for a file somewhere in a big dir tree).
typing ls -lR at the ncftp prompt gives me the data I want, but
Carl Cerecke wrote:
OK,
I was innocently using mozilla, when mozilla freezes. When I killed it
and restarted, I had different fonts - for both the UI and the content.
The only fonts available to mozilla now are
lucida{bright,sans,typewriter}. Bizarre.
Just now, my Xemacs froze also (using up 2
Nick Rout wrote:
I am using ncftp, although any method anyone wants to point me to will
do,
I need to get the output of ls -lR on the remote ftp server, and store
it for parsing (I am searching for a file somewhere in a big dir tree).
typing ls -lR at the ncftp prompt gives me the data I want, but
Nick Rout wrote:
I am using ncftp, although any method anyone wants to point me to will
do,
I need to get the output of ls -lR on the remote ftp server, and store
it for parsing (I am searching for a file somewhere in a big dir tree).
typing ls -lR at the ncftp prompt gives me the data I want, but
OK,
I was innocently using mozilla, when mozilla freezes. When I killed it
and restarted, I had different fonts - for both the UI and the content.
The only fonts available to mozilla now are
lucida{bright,sans,typewriter}. Bizarre.
Just now, my Xemacs froze also (using up 25% CPU, and X using
I am using ncftp, although any method anyone wants to point me to will
do,
I need to get the output of ls -lR on the remote ftp server, and store
it for parsing (I am searching for a file somewhere in a big dir tree).
typing ls -lR at the ncftp prompt gives me the data I want, but it
doesn't seem
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:02:51PM +1300, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> There are no handy waterfalls around (and I have no generator),
couldn't the hot pools used for some kind of steam engine?
greetings, martin.
--
interested in doing pike programming, sTeam/caudium/pike/roxen training,
sTeam/ca
I could imagine the fireside topics of conversation
would be well, different
I was planning on a wee tramp around this time so
maybe
Kerry
--- Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all,
>
> Anybody like to join me for a tramp on show-weekend
> (Nov 14-16)?
>
> I plan to go to the O
Nick Rout wrote:
*gasp* is there a wireless access point up there?
No.
This is a feature.
should we get Zane to bring his ihug dish?
And power it with what?
I've carried a car-battery tramping before (for the stereo, if you must
know),
and would rather not do it again.
There are no handy waterfa
*gasp* is there a wireless access point up there?
should we get Zane to bring his ihug dish?
(sorry no cannot make it, already busy, but it sounds like fun)
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 12:39:49 +1300
Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Anybody like to join me for a tramp on show-week
my better half is a tax specialist lawyer, and she maintains that the
depreciation rates allowed by the IRD are very close to real life.
The rate for compters is 33% DV (diminishing value), ie:
pay $3,000.00
after one year take off 33% and its residual value is:
$2,000.00 (give or take a dollar
Hi all,
Anybody like to join me for a tramp on show-weekend (Nov 14-16)?
I plan to go to the Otehake hot spring: ~2.5 hr drive to other side of
Athur's Pass. ~5 hr walk - first half is easy, last half is a bit more
rugged. Walk in Friday, laze in hot pools on Saturday, and walk out
Sunday. Onl
Hi,
as a rule of thumb, you can say a laptop devalues by 50% in a year.
However, given that some laptops do a lot of travelling, they die after a
year (100% devaluation, disk dead, keyboard dead).
Although, I have a laptop here that is 3 years old. In my view, it is
almost worthless. Too small
CF wrote:
I've had a look in my pricing folder but can't find anything.
Why do you want it? An insurance claim?
No. The Avon Toy Library was sold a laptop almost a year ago, that has a
noisy fan. We (wife and I) took it into the people who sold it to the
ATL (Molten Media - where I picked up th
I've had a look in my pricing folder but can't find anything.
Why do you want it? An insurance claim?
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 11:08, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> I would be grateful if anyone could point me to a year-old laptop
> pricelist in $NZ.
I would be grateful if anyone could point me to a year-old laptop
pricelist in $NZ.
Cheers,
Carl.
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 09:24, Jaco Swart wrote:
> Prologue 2: And so, after a few months, I went forth and installed Linux free
> of charge on my new PC. But the Linux I choose, was Red Hat...
> So - which distro is still in the hands of geeks, not a set of wannabe-rich-
> kids?
Fedora... Will be
Yeah - I was there - I saw the eyes roll - lol
Lance B
-Original Message-
From: Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 09:20:42 +1300
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [OT, but geeky] IBM Model M keyboard
Wayne Rooney wrote:
> Does yours have the removable key caps
- Original Message -
From: "Jaco Swart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:24 AM
Subject: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning
> Prologue 2: And so, after a few months, I went forth and installed Linux
free
> of charge on my
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:24:37AM +1300, Jaco Swart wrote:
> So RedHat will discontinue all RH versions and stick with enterprise
> versions. To me, this sounds very Redmondish, down to the wording
> they used to tell me I'll have to start paying through my ears now.
> But being a Red Hat user, I
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 09:24:37 +1300
Jaco Swart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (forwarded message below rant)
>
>
>
> So RedHat will discontinue all RH versions and stick with enterprise versions.
> To me, this sounds very Redmondish, down to the wording they used to tell me
> I'll have to start
After reading a few of the replies to the UTF8 thread, I noticed that
all the suggestions depending on X running. While this may keep a large
number of people perfectly content (I plan on giving them a try, too),
there are a few cases where this isn't sufficient.
I normally ssh into a shell accou
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:00, you wrote:
Can you better define "LTSP environment"?
See http://ltsp.org/
using version ltsp_core-3.0.9
Unfortunately some applets work and others do not.
It's very perplexing to say the least!
It could possibly (clutching at straws here) be a
Wel thanks all for the advice on this one! I will try it out presently...
On 4 Nov 2003 at 0:24, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> Not bad - useful command, but unfortunately it uses R-Alt and R-Win,
> and I prefer to keep R-Alt as Alt and use the R-menu key instead, which
> is useless otherwise (104 key
(forwarded message below rant)
So RedHat will discontinue all RH versions and stick with enterprise versions.
To me, this sounds very Redmondish, down to the wording they used to tell me
I'll have to start paying through my ears now. But being a Red Hat user, I
don't know if I should laugh or
Wayne Rooney wrote:
Does yours have the removable key caps?
Yes - I've already pulled one off to see what was underneath. Mine is a
slightly later model - doesn't have a removable cable, but does have the
drain-holes.
I like pulling the key caps off the
model M's and rearranging the keyboard i
On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 14:10, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> After hearing the Slashdot geeks rave about the IBM Model M keyboard,
> when I saw one today for sale for $5, I couldn't resist buying it to try
> out.
They wouldn't be quite so cool if they were AT plugs IBM did a good
thing there.
> This
-Original Message-
From: Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, November 03, 2003 4:31 PM
Subject: [OT, but geeky] IBM Model M keyboard
>After hearing the Slashdot geeks rave about the IBM Model M keyboard,
>when I saw one today for sale for $5, I cou
> If you have a normal US-layout keyboard, and you have the correct
> number of keys configured in XF68Config with XkbModel, you can enable
> the default Multi_key and Mode_switch with the command:
>
> $ setxkbmap en_US
>
> and switch back to plain-old ASCII input with
>
> $ setxkbmap us
No
On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 05:02:39PM +1300, Brad Beveridge wrote:
> > consider emails. you want to search them by sender or subject
> > maybe. currently to do that your mailprogram has to read the
> > whole mailbox, which, if you have lots of mails, and more so
> > if you are using maildir, can ta
Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> How do I type these sort of characters in Linux: ê ë ?
[...]
> There are 2 ways of doing it, I generally set up both because some apps
> sometimes only understand one of them.
>
> 1) Use the compose key feature of X11. You press the compose key, and
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:00, you wrote:
> Can you better define "LTSP environment"?
See http://ltsp.org/
using version ltsp_core-3.0.9
Unfortunately some applets work and others do not.
It's very perplexing to say the least!
> I've set my (computer illiterate
> / naieve) father up with an old penti
I am trying to make a boot disk for mdk9.2 but they went and made the
kernel too big! dang! There are instructions to create a 1.7meg floppy
and try and put the boot stuffs on that. They recommend superformat... I
have tried, and read all the docs, and I don't seem to be able to find
anything o
Can you better define "LTSP environment"? I've set my (computer illiterate /
naieve) father up with an old pentium machine, no hard drive etc, connected
up to my good Debian box ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), and booting off a floppy with
etherboot. It's been ages since I set it up, but from memory I have
Sorry but I'm assured that this one won't produce the
"spam score".
--
Regards,
Zane Gilmore (Linux nerd since 1998)
Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from mag
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:04, you wrote:
> They will have to upgrade the 8000 machine Redhat cluster that runs it. ;)
> http://www.redhat.com/solutions/info/casestudies/google.html
Well over 10,000 now I understand.
--
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell
NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a viru
Greets folks,
We were a bit disappointed because we could't run quite a few Web pages with
Java applets on them in the LTSP environment.
Is this normal?
Anybody know a fix?
--
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell
NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me,
it has forg
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 05:49, you wrote:
[ ... ]
> I fear the end is near for Google as
> we know it. As soon as they go IPO, they then have a fiduciary and legal
> duty to provide value and profits to shareholders - not to web searchers.
They sent me the only spam which has ever been even vaguely us
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