mystery solved was: Re: svn complains about libneon.so.23

2004-04-13 Thread Andrew Tarr
Oh, dear, this is embarrassing. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which svn /usr/local/bin/svn [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ damn. Sorry about that, and thanks for all your help. (I needed to do some cunning things, like checking out and compiling an old version of svn to recover my repository files as the one in

Re: svn complains about libneon.so.23

2004-04-13 Thread Andre Renaud
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 17:04, Andrew Tarr wrote: > Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Right. If you're on Debian stable. > > subversion is available only on testing and unstable, as far as I can > > tell (from apt-cache policy subversion). So go and have a look at the > > bug-tracking

Re: svn complains about libneon.so.23

2004-04-13 Thread Andrew Tarr
Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Right. If you're on Debian stable. > subversion is available only on testing and unstable, as far as I can > tell (from apt-cache policy subversion). So go and have a look at the > bug-tracking system, and see if you're alone. > > -jim Have done so. I'

Re: svn complains about libneon.so.23

2004-04-13 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 04:31:39PM +1200, Andrew Tarr wrote: > svn: error while loading shared libraries: libneon.so.23: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > this happens both with the subversion from debian testing and > unstable. What's the output from 'dpkg -s subver

Re: svn complains about libneon.so.23

2004-04-13 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 16:31, Andrew Tarr wrote: > so what's going on? How do I fix it? And should I tell debian? > After all, you should just be able to go > apt-get install subversion > and it should work. Right? Right. If you're on Debian stable. subversion is available only on testing and u

svn complains about libneon.so.23

2004-04-13 Thread Andrew Tarr
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Projects/Website/ajourn$ svn svn: error while loading shared libraries: libneon.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory this happens both with the subversion from debian testing and unstable. version libneon.so.23 seems to not be in debian anymore,

Re: su not working

2004-04-13 Thread Andrew Tarr
Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > So, Andrew, have you found a solution, or are you still battling? > > Mike. > -- > Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 nup, still battling. apt-get upgrade didn't help. this is the auth.log stuff for a cons

Re: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - was Re: Semi Linux related question...

2004-04-13 Thread Michael JasonSmith
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 12:46, Roy Britten wrote: > I learnt a lot about badly-designed sites that didn't degrade > gracefully. Actually, it is often the problem of NS-4, rather than the site. Let me elaborate. A good XHTML document will look very plain and boring if the browser does not understan

Longest Subject Path in the CLUG Archive (Was: Re: Spoiler, was RE: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - ... Warning: RANT, Attempted humour - attachment is part of humour - plain text, Drink GIN while reading... (It's easier to clean off your keyboard))

2004-04-13 Thread Michael JasonSmith
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 13:01, Craig FALCONER wrote: > Are we going for the "longest subject path in the clug archive" award? Yes. -- Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/

RE: Zen Garden (Was :OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - ... Warning: RANT, Attempted humour - attachment is part of humour - plain text, Drink GIN while reading... (It's easier to clean off your keyboard))

2004-04-13 Thread Michael JasonSmith
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 12:44, Roy Britten wrote: > Have a look at http://csszengarden.com I took some of my inspiration from Zen Garden, but I have less talent and there is only one of me :) -- Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/

Now On Topic: oss & style sheets... RE: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - ... Warning: RANT,Attempted humour - attachment is part of humour - plain text, Drink GIN while reading... (It's easier to clean off your keyboard)

2004-04-13 Thread Don Gould
> -Original Message- > From: Michael JasonSmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yes, but they are slower if you view them via satellite. OT: If you're using sat then just be happy that my web sites get to you at all... anything that has to travel a million miles to get to you when it could

Re: Case sensitivity in prog. lang. (was Re: [something-way-too-long])

2004-04-13 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 13:22, Carl Cerecke wrote: > Jim Cheetham wrote: > > Now, there is an interesting debate on whether a programming language > > should be case-sensitive, but hopefully none on whether or not _data_ > > should be case-sensivive. > > Data should be case sensitive. Right? We agre

Case sensitivity in prog. lang. (was Re: [something-way-too-long])

2004-04-13 Thread Carl Cerecke
Jim Cheetham wrote: Now, there is an interesting debate on whether a programming language should be case-sensitive, but hopefully none on whether or not _data_ should be case-sensivive. Data should be case sensitive. Right? We agree on that don't we? Mostly? OK. Now here's the revelation: A prog

Spoiler, was RE: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - ... Warning: RANT, Attempted humour - attachment is part of humour - plain text, Drink GIN while reading... (It's easier to clean off your keyboard)

2004-04-13 Thread Craig FALCONER
The butler did it. Are we going for the "longest subject path in the clug archive" award? -Original Message- From: Matthew Gregan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 14 April 2004 12:49 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - ... Warning: RAN

RE: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - ... Warning: RANT, Attempted humour - attachment is part of humour - plain text, Drink GIN while reading... (It's easier to clean off your keyboard)

2004-04-13 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 11:17, Don Gould wrote: > Warning heeded :-) > (Those with case sensietiv linxu browers please upgrade to > something more standard) The "standard" is set by the W3C, not by Microsoft - nor indeed by Netscape as-was. XHTML uses XML, and XML is case-sensitive. The standard

Re: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - ... Warning: RANT, Attempted humour - attachment is part of humour - plain text, Drink GIN while reading... (It's easier to clean off your keyboard)

2004-04-13 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 11:17:46AM +1200, Don Gould wrote: > CCS was simply invented to make websites more data entensive than ever if > you ask me. > It also completely takes user control away. You need to rent this[0], repeatedly. [0] http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0088930/ -mjg -- Matthew Grega

Re: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - was Re: Semi Linux related question...

2004-04-13 Thread Roy Britten
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 at 10:31am, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > [1] I have yet to hear a compelling reason to use NS-4. The option isn't always there. For a while in a previous life I had an SGI running Irix with NS4 and restrictions on what software could be installed. I learnt a lot about badly-de

RE: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - ... Warning: RANT, Attempted humour - attachment is part of humour - plain text, Drink GIN while reading... (It's easier to clean off your keyboard)

2004-04-13 Thread Roy Britten
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 at 11:44am, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > > CCS was simply invented to make websites more data entensive than ever > > if you ask me. ... > > It also completely takes user control away. > It gives the user control back. > > * In Firefox, Go to http://ldots.org/ and click on the c

RE: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - ... Warning: RANT, Attempted humour - attachment is part of humour - plain text, Drink GIN while reading... (It's easier to clean off your keyboard)

2004-04-13 Thread Michael JasonSmith
:) Fun game! I am impressed\ldots So I do not get flamed for playing along, I promise to add a few tips about Firefox in my comments below, marked with a *. On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 11:17, Don Gould wrote: > id="is there where I put my credit card number?">Use frames if you want > to! The tag is

RE: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - ... Warning: RANT, Attempted humour - attachment is part of humour - plain text, Drink GIN while reading... (It's easier to clean off your keyboard)

2004-04-13 Thread Don Gould
ure Opera and Firefox are smaller and faster than NS-4. However, > installing software is beyond most users\ldots > -- > Michael JasonSmith > http://www.ldots.org/ > > > __ NOD32 1.716 (20040413) Information __ > > This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System. > http://www.nod32.com > > Font Size for title{Size: 200pt color: 00ff22 colour: 0077ff}

Re: CCCL

2004-04-13 Thread Vik Olliver
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 10:02, Douglas Royds wrote: > I worked through all of "Grokking the GIMP" by Carey Bunks. > > The GIMP offers a pretty steep learning curve, so this book was a huge > help. My only complaint was that the images used in the examples (all in > the public domain) were not avai

Re: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - was Re: Semi Linux related question...

2004-04-13 Thread Jaco Swart
> [1] I have yet to hear a compelling reason to use NS-4. True > I am fairly sure Opera and Firefox are smaller and faster than NS-4. Firefox runs circles around NS4 - especially on old PCs. > However, installing software is beyond most users\ldots Firefox 0.8 installs itself . The only two downsid

RE: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread David Kirk
> so i conclude that tucows is hopeless, and go back to freshmeat :-) I > used to download a lot of windows shareware/freeware/trialware from > tucows before i discovered linux, and its not a bad service. > But I could > not recommend it for linux users. We all know that Don is using Windows. I

Re: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - was Re: Semi Linux related question...

2004-04-13 Thread Michael JasonSmith
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 07:00, Steve Holdoway wrote: > I thought that not using tables was the current fad, putting the > design into the style sheets, and the content into the html. Using CSS tends to be the way to go if you are l33t, but if anyone requires Netscape-4 compatibility you have to rethi

Re: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread Jason Greenwood
The best site I have found for random downloads (apart from URPMI and the MDK mirrors of course) is: http://rpm.pbone.net/ Cheers Jason Nick Rout wrote: I thought i'd try this out, and chose postfix as a trial. the process is dreadful, and the results are worse. 1. click on the link david post

Re: CCCL

2004-04-13 Thread Douglas Royds
I worked through all of "Grokking the GIMP" by Carey Bunks. The GIMP offers a pretty steep learning curve, so this book was a huge help. My only complaint was that the images used in the examples (all in the public domain) were not available on his web-site. I had to find them on the net the ha

Re: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread Nick Rout
I thought i'd try this out, and chose postfix as a trial. the process is dreadful, and the results are worse. 1. click on the link david posted. (http://tucows.inspire.net.nz) 2. in the search box at the top enter "postfix" and choose "linux" in the drop down box, click 'go' 3. get diverted to t

RE: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread David Kirk
> I'd like to be able to go a page where I put in the type of > machine and OS > I'm using then get a complete list... I guess that's what > download.com is > for but that's not a local mirror is it? Tucows does all that. They have a local mirror at http://tucows.inspire.net.nz Later David K

Re: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - was Re: Semi Linux related question...

2004-04-13 Thread Jason Greenwood
That is correct but tables are not nearly as bad as Frames...from an online advertising/optimisation perspective. CSS is the best way to design a site, for sure... Flash is about the only thing worse than frames. If you don't want your site to EVER be found on the net, build it in Flash only.

Re: OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - was Re: Semi Linux related question...

2004-04-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:18:45 +1200, you wrote: >Sorry, this is OT but I HOPE you are not using frames...they are one of >the 'banes' of Web Design for MANY reasons, not the least of which is >web advertising. I specialise in Web Advertising so trust me, I know >what I am talking about... > [sn

Re: Semi Linux related question...

2004-04-13 Thread Paul Wilkins
Chris Wilkinson wrote: Hi there, I'm writing a commercial website for my brother in-law. It needs some JavaScript help to complete the navigation frame...the Linux link? I'm developing it in Mandrake Linux using Gimp/KWrite/other OSS... :-) Anyway, I have lovely image buttons for the nav frame, a

OT - Do Not Use Frames in Web Design - was Re: Semi Linux related question...

2004-04-13 Thread Jason Greenwood
Sorry, this is OT but I HOPE you are not using frames...they are one of the 'banes' of Web Design for MANY reasons, not the least of which is web advertising. I specialise in Web Advertising so trust me, I know what I am talking about... Also, check out this page: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/

Semi Linux related question...

2004-04-13 Thread Chris Wilkinson
Hi there, I'm writing a commercial website for my brother in-law. It needs some JavaScript help to complete the navigation frame...the Linux link? I'm developing it in Mandrake Linux using Gimp/KWrite/other OSS... :-) Anyway, I have lovely image buttons for the nav frame, and image swap routines a

Re: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread Nick Rout
;>When I'm on Windows - happens regularly - I'm one of the > > >>people on the St > > >>Albans Neighbourhood Network - I try to use Mozilla, or Firefox. > > >>http://www.mozilla.org/ > > >>Unfortunately I don't know of any NZ mirrors. Sorry. > > > > > >Thank you for your recommendation. > > > > -- > > InfoHelp Services http://www.infohelp.co.nz/linux.html i686 2.4.20-8 > > > > > > > > __ NOD32 1.716 (20040413) Information __ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System. > > http://www.nod32.com

Re: IMAP Issues - was RE: OSS Weapons of Choice - was: RE: Transition Management - was RE: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windws

2004-04-13 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:53, Don Gould wrote: > > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > how soon did you look at the folder to see if it moved? > > Seconds later... I flicked to Mozilla (after waiting for Mozilla mail to > finish doing what it was doing - moving the records) clicked the refre

RE: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread Don Gould
>people on the St > >>Albans Neighbourhood Network - I try to use Mozilla, or Firefox. > >>http://www.mozilla.org/ > >>Unfortunately I don't know of any NZ mirrors. Sorry. > >> > >> > > > >Thank you for your recommendation. > > > > > -- > InfoHelp Services http://www.infohelp.co.nz/linux.html i686 2.4.20-8 > > > > __ NOD32 1.716 (20040413) Information __ > > This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System. > http://www.nod32.com > >

IMAP Issues - was RE: OSS Weapons of Choice - was: RE: Transition Management - was RE: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windws

2004-04-13 Thread Don Gould
> From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > how soon did you look at the folder to see if it moved? Seconds later... I flicked to Mozilla (after waiting for Mozilla mail to finish doing what it was doing - moving the records) clicked the refresh button (the application one rather than the browse

Re: Welly InstallFest a go go!

2004-04-13 Thread Nick Rout
speaking of which, apart from the gentoo effort, has anyone organised something in chch?? it keeps slipping back... On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:22, Jamie Baddeley wrote: > Fellow NZ_Luggites, > > Wellylug (http://www.wellylug.org.nz) is pleased to announce we are > undergoing the annual ritual of the

Re: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread InfoHelp
Did you find the req'd local mirror Don? If not, I can notify one for Firefox. Rik Don Gould wrote: -Original Message- From: Wesley Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] When I'm on Windows - happens regularly - I'm one of the people on the St Albans Neighbourhood Network - I try to u

Welly InstallFest a go go!

2004-04-13 Thread Jamie Baddeley
Fellow NZ_Luggites, Wellylug (http://www.wellylug.org.nz) is pleased to announce we are undergoing the annual ritual of the InstallFest. This year we have chosen MayDay (1st May) as the day that people can make the choice to add some freedom into their computing. We think MayDay is the ideal time

Re: Transition Management - was RE: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread Jason Greenwood
RTFLMAO Good spotting... I'm assuming he meant...on our cellphones Jim Cheetham wrote: On Apr 13, 2004, at 5:29 PM, Don Gould wrote: "Who do we ring if our telephones don't work?" is the line I would hear every day. No-one. Your phones don't work.

Re: Transition Management - was RE: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Apr 13, 2004, at 5:29 PM, Don Gould wrote: "Who do we ring if our telephones don't work?" is the line I would hear every day. No-one. Your phones don't work.

Re: CCCL

2004-04-13 Thread dave
try going into the South library (up where the Heathcote county coucil used to be) it has some good books on linux etc, got one out now called begining linux programming 3rd edition written by Neol Matthew & Richard Stones. dave. On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:22, you wrote: > On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:3

Re: CCCL

2004-04-13 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:36, Don Gould wrote: > I had a very interesting conversation with one of the buyers at the ccc > library about oos books and magazines today. > > I know what other sorts of books I'd like to see them stocking but what > does everyone else think? > > I'd like more 'application

Re: OSS Weapons of Choice - was: RE: Transition Management - was RE: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:33, Don Gould wrote: >  I attempted > to move mail between folders and it didn't seem to move.  I'm not sure why. > Mozilla showed it as moved but my web interface didn't.  My current thought > is that I really need to set up some test imap mail systems and learn a lot > more

CCCL

2004-04-13 Thread Don Gould
I had a very interesting conversation with one of the buyers at the ccc library about oos books and magazines today. I know what other sorts of books I'd like to see them stocking but what does everyone else think? I'd like more 'application' books. That could be tough as no one seems to be writ

OSS Weapons of Choice - was: RE: Transition Management - was RE: NZ Mirror for Best Web browser for Windows

2004-04-13 Thread Don Gould
Thanks Jason, I covered 2 out of 18 today. I installed both Mozilla and Firefox for web browsing. I also ran the Cacheman wizards so it's a bit hard to get any acurate comparision between what I was seeing performance wise and what I'm getting now because I've changed to many factors. Mozilla i

Re: speed up your net browsing with a proxy dns server

2004-04-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:14:11 +1200, you wrote: >Hi guys/girls, > >A site I have to visit regularly was taking firefox forever to resolve >the host IP so I had to wait quite a while every time I clicked a link >on the site. I decided to find a proxy dns server and I found pdnsd >(btw, BIND can

Re: Linux for Kids

2004-04-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tuesday 13 April 2004 15:16, Vik Olliver wrote: > On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 11:55, Michael wrote: > > Hi, > > > > There's been some on-list discussions and questions in the past about > > Linux apps and desktops for kids. This came through on slashdot in case > > anyone is still interested: > > > >