Re: Mandrake 10 Community ISO

2004-03-13 Thread Chris Wilkinson
Hi there, Chris Wilkinson wrote: Hi there, Nick Rout wrote: what do you see in /proc/bus/usb/devices when the device is plugged/unplugged? I don't see a 'devices' at all, or at least didn't...I've reinstalled Mandrake 9.2 and now it works fine...I must have broken it somehow, I struggle to th

Re: Fwd: Re: [OT] LAN cable tester in Christchurch to borrow please

2004-03-13 Thread Helmut Walle
On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, Patrick Dunford wrote: [...] > What can cause noise on network cables? I'm interested because I spend a [...] One more witness for power cables. I once worked in a building with a large mechanical engineering workshop on the ground floor, all modern engineering machines, lathe

Re: Fwd: Re: [OT] LAN cable tester in Christchurch to borrow please

2004-03-13 Thread Helmut Walle
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, Patrick Dunford wrote: [...] > How can you detect noise? is there equipment that can be tested for it? [...] Often the simplest way to get an idea is to use an oscilloscope. BTW, a faulty network card can also spit onto the network badly enough to completely stop any communica

Re: Alternative to www.meph.eu.org

2004-03-13 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 10:39:44PM +1300, Paul Wilkins wrote: > I wouldn't take it as an anti-linux scheme though. Nor would I consider > that advert on tv where a massive array of penguins fall over on one > another, as in a dominoes chain. It makes for a good demonstration of the risks of a m

Re: Alternative to www.meph.eu.org

2004-03-13 Thread Paul Wilkins
Derek Smithies wrote: Hi, Anyone know of an alternative web site to "smack the pingu!!! (Yes I ripped it)" at www.meph.eu.org It is possible to take this simple arcade game as anti linux.. I managed to get a score of 542.9 I wouldn't take it as an anti-linux scheme though. Nor would I conside

Re: Alternative to www.meph.eu.org

2004-03-13 Thread Patrick Dunford
Derek Smithies wrote: Hi, Anyone know of an alternative web site to "smack the pingu!!! (Yes I ripped it)" at www.meph.eu.org It is possible to take this simple arcade game as anti linux.. Derek. Sounds like Whackamole ?

Alternative to www.meph.eu.org

2004-03-13 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, Anyone know of an alternative web site to "smack the pingu!!! (Yes I ripped it)" at www.meph.eu.org It is possible to take this simple arcade game as anti linux.. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. This PC runs pine on linux for email IndraNet Technologies Ltd.

Re: RedHat Space

2004-03-13 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, I have installed 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8 and 9 several times. I have fond that the best approach with redhat is to do a custom install, and in the select packages, do a select all. - I thought it was about 3.6 gigs. The reason is very simple: as soon as you want to start up a new facility on