Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread dave
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:12, you wrote: > Vik that is *very* irritating your reply thing not set up in a standard > way. Can you please fix it? > > > At the last installfest we decided on a minimum spec machine that we > would install on. > IIRC we said we could install IPcop on older spec machines b

Re: This email triggers firewall rule (Was: su not working)

2004-04-20 Thread Yuri de Groot
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:45, you wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:36:43AM +1200, Yuri de Groot wrote: > > I was checking my IPCOP logs and discovered I may have been hacked. > > It turns out that IPCOP thought someone may have gotten root access > > because it saw a packet containing the string "u

RE: RE: Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Lance Blackler
Sorry - meant to scrub the reference to 64mb - remembered that I had upgraded to 128mb ram. :| I agree, Mepis is working fine on my PII 333 with 64mb 128 ram, minimum 2.4gb HDD is required (but fills it right up with 2.2gb of files). Nicer than Knoppix. Morphix is nice if Gnome preferred (an

RE: Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Lance Blackler
I agree, Mepis is working fine on my PII 333 with 64mb 128 ram, minimum 2.4gb HDD is required (but fills it right up with 2.2gb of files). Nicer than Knoppix. Morphix is nice if Gnome preferred (and Nvidia cards) - the mag issue of Xandros is nice too, also has the Nvidia drivers. ciao Lance

Re: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
according to my folder of the messages the installfest list generated 565 messages in a period from about November 2002 to March 2003 I just sent it a message, haven't seen it back yet. On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:43:25 +1200 Rex Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > > Rex, how

Re: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
whats all this export to csv stuff? there should be report software that produces a nice pdf direct from the database, one page with the computer's details, the second page with the disclaimer for them to sign. better still, once they register have the software email them the pdf for them to print

Re: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Rex Johnston
Nick Rout wrote: Rex, how about the mailing list that was [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? That all depends on where Chris pointed the MX record. % host -t MX linuxnut.co.nz linuxnut.co.nz mail is handled by 10 harry.ohmark.co.nz. Looks like whatever was, still is. If you can't/won't host it, I can set up a l

Re: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
Rex, how about the mailing list that was [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? If you can't/won't host it, I can set up a list here. However i prefer your bandwidth :-) On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:13:41 +1200 Rex Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Kirk wrote: > > > Last years one is at http://www.linuxnut.co

Re: Booting cd's from grub

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
nick bows to brad's superior googling and mumbles "thanks, sorry i didn't find it myself" On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:44:51 +1200 Brad Beveridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2003-10/msg00088.html > Sounds like it is at least feasible - perhaps with a patch & r

RE: Booting cd's from grub

2004-04-20 Thread Brad Beveridge
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2003-10/msg00088.html Sounds like it is at least feasible - perhaps with a patch & recompile though. > -Original Message- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:40 PM > To: CLUG > Subject: Booting cd's from

Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Vik Olliver
On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 14:12, Zane Gilmore wrote: > Vik that is *very* irritating your reply thing not set up in a standard > way. Can you please fix it? Not easily. Working on it. Vik :v) -- This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone

RE: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Vik Olliver
>http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/ S'funny, but that's what my Woody boot floppy runs! Vik :v) -- This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.

Booting cd's from grub

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
After having remotely rebooted my home machine yesterday forgetting that there was a knoppix cd in there, and being locked out until I had physical access (as knoppix does not bring up network cards, or sshd), I wondered if there is a better way to have a "Boot from CD" option than in the bios. Th

Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Paul Swafford
I suggest you try running KNOPPIX 3.3 or 3.4 on ANY machine you're attempting to install on. 1. It will do nice identification .. 2. It will give you a basic idea of what you'll end up with .. 3. If knoppix won't run on it - I suggest its going to be in the "too much of a PITA" and needs a closer l

Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Zane Gilmore
Vik that is *very* irritating your reply thing not set up in a standard way. Can you please fix it? At the last installfest we decided on a minimum spec machine that we would install on. IIRC we said we could install IPcop on older spec machines but I certainly don't think we should be attempti

RE: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread David Taylor
And I thought that GAG from sourceforge was neat. This will replace GAG on my test box. GAG is at http://gag.sourceforge.net/ Ciao, Dave -Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 21 April 2004 1:07 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Installfest -

Personal Purchase of PIII/800 etc.

2004-04-20 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Greets list, Iv'e just been, in effect, given most of the bits for a 800MHz P III, but I need to buy a CPU chip for it. Any body got an Intel PIII/800 + fan & heatsink which needs a good home? Also an ATX case, metal-work only, I have a power-supply. An appropriate & sensible number of

Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/ will boot off cd despite dumb bioses. On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:31:00 +1200 Vik Olliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 12:19, Nick Rout wrote: > > > Does that cope well with "crap" PCs with 32MB or less of RAM and 1GB of > > > disk? I'm getting a l

Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Vik Olliver
On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 12:19, Nick Rout wrote: > > Does that cope well with "crap" PCs with 32MB or less of RAM and 1GB of > > disk? I'm getting a lot of those thrown at me so I'm doing Debian Woody > > floppy boot installs at the moment. > > > wot? no cdrom guv? Yeah, if I plug one in. But then

Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:03:53 +1200 Vik Olliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 11:52, Nick Rout wrote: > > Seems to me that mepis would be a ggod option for a debian install. > > Does that cope well with "crap" PCs with 32MB or less of RAM and 1GB of > disk? I'm getting a lot

Re: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Rex Johnston
David Kirk wrote: Last years one is at http://www.linuxnut.co.nz/register.php. Does Chris H still own this? I notice that it was updated on 11 Feb 2004 and is now hosted by www.sclnz.com (Rex Johnston). Can we use it again? How do we get access to update it? Chris still "owns" it (i.e. he cont

Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Vik Olliver
On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 11:52, Nick Rout wrote: > Seems to me that mepis would be a ggod option for a debian install. Does that cope well with "crap" PCs with 32MB or less of RAM and 1GB of disk? I'm getting a lot of those thrown at me so I'm doing Debian Woody floppy boot installs at the moment. V

RE: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread David Kirk
> >>8. Booking Forms > >>We need an online form that people can use to book in for > an install. They > >>should fill in the specifications of their computer, and list any > >>peripherals that they want set up. > >>The form will also warn about the danger of partitioning > for dual boot > >>conf

Re: Installfest - debian

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
Seems to me that mepis would be a ggod option for a debian install. On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 01:47:10 +0200 Martin Bähr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 11:12:16AM +1200, Zane Gilmore wrote: > > Everthing I've heard about Debian says it takes too long for > > installfests but the

Re: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Martin Bähr
On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 11:12:16AM +1200, Zane Gilmore wrote: > Everthing I've heard about Debian says it takes too long for > installfests but the others sound sensible. not really. should not take longer than any other distribution. mostly depends on what hardware you want to get to work. last

Re: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Zane Gilmore
Sorry for the length: Nick Rout wrote: 1. Date Some time in June or July 2004. I think that sometime around the 17 July might be good as it is one week into the second semester. But it is still early days 2. Venue University of Canterbury. Zane can organise this (with the help of some students

Re: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:55:48 +1200 Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good on yer Dave! > > I will be making motions over here. > I think that one of the UCSA common rooms would be preferable during > mid-winter but we will need a student (i.e. a UCSA member) to make the > formal bookin

RE: Installfest - Posters

2004-04-20 Thread Steve Bell
Duh. Sorry. > -Original Message- > From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:42 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Installfest - Posters > > > Check my signature. > > Regards, > > Robert Fisher > SI Operations Support Manag

Re: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Zane Gilmore
Good on yer Dave! I will be making motions over here. I think that one of the UCSA common rooms would be preferable during mid-winter but we will need a student (i.e. a UCSA member) to make the formal booking. Mike JS? Could you help out there? Hopefully it will be free or if not then pretty ch

RE: Installfest - Posters

2004-04-20 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Check my signature. Regards, Robert Fisher SI Operations Support Manager Fuji Xerox NZ Ltd Phone: 03 374 4709 Mobile: 027 477 3356 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue. -Original Message- From: Steve Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
good man david! On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:55:59 +1200 David Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll put my hand up to organise the Installfest for this year. I have > listed below the things that I think need organising. Let me know if I have > missed anything. > > 1. Date > Some time in June or J

RE: Installfest - Posters

2004-04-20 Thread Steve Bell
Just in regard to those install-fest posters, if it's of any help to you, Colourtech at the Bush Inn Centre print full colour A3 on Xerox for $1 per A3. Ask for James. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.661 / Virus Dat

RE: Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Great initiative Dave. Are you keeping a database of helpers and the help they can give? Count me in for:- * Printing (posters, info sheets, instructions, name labels etc.) * Some power leads * Some power multi boxes * Some Ethernet cables * An 8 port switch * Some CD burning Regards, Robert So

Re: This email triggers firewall rule (Was: su not working)

2004-04-20 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 09:45, Martin Bähr wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:36:43AM +1200, Yuri de Groot wrote: > > It turns out that IPCOP thought someone may have gotten root access > > because it saw a packet containing the string "uid=0(root)" in > if you get a page with that string from a web

Re: Modem compiles, no action

2004-04-20 Thread Nick Rout
what does /proc/pci or lspci [-v] say about the modem? On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:00:50 +1200 Douglas Royds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, all. I'll take a look at some of your suggestions, and get back > to you with more info. > > It is the dreaded winmodem. The laptop uses a SiS630/730 chip

Installfest

2004-04-20 Thread David Kirk
I'll put my hand up to organise the Installfest for this year. I have listed below the things that I think need organising. Let me know if I have missed anything. 1. Date Some time in June or July 2004. 2. Venue University of Canterbury. Zane can organise this (with the help of some students).

Re: Modem compiles, no action

2004-04-20 Thread Douglas Royds
Thanks, all. I'll take a look at some of your suggestions, and get back to you with more info. It is the dreaded winmodem. The laptop uses a SiS630/730 chipset, so I downloaded the driver from, um, somewhere, can't remember where just now. I'll find that out, too. I know that this whole exercis

Re: This email triggers firewall rule (Was: su not working)

2004-04-20 Thread Martin Bähr
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:36:43AM +1200, Yuri de Groot wrote: > I was checking my IPCOP logs and discovered I may have been hacked. > It turns out that IPCOP thought someone may have gotten root access > because it saw a packet containing the string "uid=0(root)" in > response to "id". > > This r

Re: Setting Up a Secure Server.

2004-04-20 Thread Carey Evans
Michael Pearce wrote: I am wanting to set up a Secure website with Logins etc. I have apache + apache-ssl installed, but have no clue what to do from here. Can some please point me in the right direction.. The documentation on the Apache site itself seems pretty straightforward: http://ht

Setting Up a Secure Server.

2004-04-20 Thread Michael Pearce
Hello all, I am wanting to set up a Secure website with Logins etc. I have apache + apache-ssl installed, but have no clue what to do from here. Can some please point me in the right direction.. I would prefer the "Easy Steps" to doing it rather than reading 1000's of pages off Google and