On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:29, howard blomfield wrote:
Ummm, have you looked at yoboo.co.nz (Wireless internet - think it´s the
right spelling).
They have got a broadband offering via the website.
Similar prices to telecon i think and i think they have got people out at
oxford using it (anyways se
On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 18:43 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 17:28, eBhakta wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Really? It'd be okay to try another dial-up gui setup for Ubuntu...
> > ;) So, what gui program...? Must've slipped by... and didn't see it. :$
> > Hmm... And what about the "s
> Hi,
Morning
> Really? It'd be okay to try another dial-up gui setup for Ubuntu...
You were running SuSE, last time you emailed. As I remember you were getting
on better with SuSE than you were Ubuntu. You didnt just put in a whole
swathe of effort getting SuSE to co-operate (mostly
On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 17:28, eBhakta wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Really? It'd be okay to try another dial-up gui setup for Ubuntu...
> ;) So, what gui program...? Must've slipped by... and didn't see it. :$
> Hmm... And what about the "softlink" thing...? The (apparently) required
> "softlink" betwee
Why not get used to SuSE first? It seems like it is almost there for you so
why tempt fate starting over again with another distro which was not 100%
successful anyway.
Remember that Ubuntu does not fully support KDE yet?
Remember also my comment that there are more users locally who are maore
Hi,
Really? It'd be okay to try another dial-up gui setup for Ubuntu...
;) So, what gui program...? Must've slipped by... and didn't see it. :$
Hmm... And what about the "softlink" thing...? The (apparently) required
"softlink" between the gui and wvdial... :$ Both are worth a go... see if
don't forget that this will make your modem dial whenever a packet is
routed to the internet (including broadcast packets)
in general windows programs broadcast a lot of packets as part of the
smb protocol. this can be a pain, as it can trigger dial-ins.
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:26:33 +1300
howard
thanks for that nick, had looked under kinternet properties etc but
didn't think to look under isp's/connectionsi knew that i could
set it up under windows so thought there must have been an
alternative somewhere. will try it when i get home tonight.
cheers...howard
Original Message
Does anyone know of a NZ mirror for the SuSE 9.2 live CD + DVD?
Thanks, Volker
--
Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header
http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
I've got a 3600 iPaq for my daughter to play with. She uses Linux, and I
wondered if there was an easy-to-use method of plugging her iPaq into
her Linux box using a USB cradle.
This iPaq (unlike my 3800) is not running Linux, so she'll presumably
need some kind of FTP server or somesuch running on
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 15:54:02 +1300
Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ubuntu is preferred). But the main "bug" with that wasn't fixed. Maybe will
> > try to resolve that, sometime. Perhaps... :| So, that is one issue/bug
it was hardly even an issue having to type wvdial instaed of cli
Ubuntu is preferred). But the main "bug" with that wasn't fixed. Maybe will
try to resolve that, sometime. Perhaps... :| So, that is one issue/bug
"bug"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it
means." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes
It's a very emotive wo
so in paradise its tomorrow eh??
... sets a filter to erradicate timeslip email ...
Andy George wrote:
Here here.
Andy George
Using Paradise to boycott Telecom
On Monday 08 November 2004 10:38, C. Falconer wrote:
If you can get cable, get cable.
The 1:10 international break means that national traf
Gudday!
Well, went to the thread, and found those instructions... Changed that
part
in the file, as directed, and... We shall see. Seems it's typing okay now...
("touch wood"). It seems it's working okay, and has been effectively
resolved... :)
Also did the "xset -r" command
I've just upgraded a local samba 2 server to samba 3, and I'm seeing
some funky file ownership behaviour, caused by the CIFS Unix extensions
(that I don't yet fully grok).
The share is specified with "force user=". Previously we've mounted the
share with smbfs uid=user, and it's remapped all th
Here here.
Andy George
Using Paradise to boycott Telecom
On Monday 08 November 2004 10:38, C. Falconer wrote:
> If you can get cable, get cable.
>
> The 1:10 international break means that national traffic is sodding cheap.
>
> And you're not giving any money to telecom... Gotta be a plus there.
The jury is out .. but if in doubt call and confirm that you ARE going
to get the upgrade when your month rolls over.
I never got a letter from them .. for any of my accounts so being the
doubting type I made sure there were a couple of jobs logged to actually
switch plans.
Good luck with yours
Vatsala this is a prime example of you wasting our time and yours - you
don't need to tell us you're going to do it, just do it and THEN reply
with exactly what happened or didn't happen.
Cheers,
Roger
eBhakta wrote:
Hi,
Will give IT a go... We shall see... :| Thanks for the
inpu
On Monday 08 November 2004 13:37, Paul Swafford wrote:
> Telecom's 2M/192K deal is excellent .. although rumours of it being an
> automatic upgrade to the 256k/128k customers might not be true .. I
> didn't trust that so I requested the change and sure enough it happened
> on time just as I have co
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 13:53, you wrote:
> that is all very well, but those are pretty common words and gets a
> zillion results, none of which seem to be that relevant.
Au contraire. The fifth result in the list I got seemed relevant. There
is an art to Google-wrangling though, especially when yo
Hi,
Will give IT a go... We shall see... :| Thanks for the
input/feedback. ;)
- Original Message -
From: "Brad Beveridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: What's going on here?
> @ Vatsala - if you type "xset -r" at
Vatsala, please try Brad's suggestion sent this afternoon.
Regards,
Robert
-Original Message-
From: eBhakta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 8 November 2004 1:22 p.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: What's going on here?
Gudday!
Yes, it did NOT happen
Gudday!
Yes, it did NOT happen in Ubuntu... so it IS a SuSE issue... :$
Thanks for that Nick. Could the keyboard driver from Ubuntu be used...?
Maybe/possibly that would solve this matter...?
- Original Message -
From: "Nick Rout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent:
Hi,
Thanks. Will do... (will, all going well, report the results).
- Original Message -
From: "Brad Beveridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: What's going on here?
> As to your linux key repeating issue, I suggest t
OK, perhaps I wasn't too clear.
I was meaning the first hit on googles page & the last.
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2000-Jan/2344.html
http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2003-October/068463.html
From the second message
$ xset q
Keyboard Control:
auto repeat: on
On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 11:11, Slosh wrote:
> At university one of the programs they have is an e-mail notification
> one that sits in the task bar and notifies you when you get new e-mail
> via a flipping penguin (amongst other things).
I presume you mean the University of Canterbury, and the Depart
that is all very well, but those are pretty common words and gets a
zillion results, none of which seem to be that relevant.
it seems to be a specific problem between this hardware and something
set up in suse, possibly an x driver.
it did not seem to happen in ubuntu, nor in win XP.
(part of) v
This is repost of a reply I made earlier in this thread, but got no
response form Vatsala.
Hello Vatsala, replying to a thread with matters that are offtopic to
that thread is generally poor form.
As to your linux key repeating issue, I suggest that you search google
for "linux key repeating",
Not to mention if you trace the links furthur back down the chain you
will more than likely find telecom/telstra are alot more related than
shown in NZ business circles .
Dale.
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
almost ridiculously naive but I reckon we would have more of a hope of
controlling our own than
Hi,
Thanks Carl. :) You've confirmed that it's not an isolated
incidence, and that it is NOT hardware... but is (obviously) software. :|
SuSE needs some fine tuning... (just needs the right person to do it). :$ Do
the SuSE/Novell community know about this? Anyway, hoping all goes well...
;
> almost ridiculously naive but I reckon we would have more of a hope of
> controlling our own than Telstra or BT.
Well, except that Telecom is hardly a New Zealand owned company ever
since the GOTD [1] decided to sell out for $1, or so I've heard.
There's still much to be said for competition w
did you take the steps that i posted (about adding an option to
/etc/X11/XF86Config) ? if so what happenned? if not why not?
did you plug in another keyboard? if so what happenned? if not why not?
did you search google, if so what happenned? if not why not?
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 13:32:12 +1300
eBh
I used to dislike Telecom .. but recent dealings with Telstra have lead
me to dislike them MUCH more .. I would never get into a long term
contract with them ever again.
Telecom's 2M/192K deal is excellent .. although rumours of it being an
automatic upgrade to the 256k/128k customers might not
Hi ya'll... ;)
Yes, it's DEFINITELY a bug in the o/s... It's certainly NOT the
hardware (as confirmed herein, below). Bugs are buggy... :$ So, anyone know
anyone who can sort this issue out in the SuSE/KDE o/s...? Can't use the o/s
fully with these kinds of bugs happening... (it's like
C. Falconer wrote:
If you can get cable, get cable.
The 1:10 international break means that national traffic is sodding cheap.
And you're not giving any money to telecom... Gotta be a plus there.
So instead you can give it to Telstra the Aussie version of Telecom?
AFAIK Telstra are everything Tel
Slosh wrote:
Greetings all,
At university one of the programs they have is an e-mail notification
one that sits in the task bar and notifies you when you get new e-mail
via a flipping penguin (amongst other things). I have racked my brains
and can't remember for the life of me what it was called an
And if Nick runs out, contact me.
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:23:28 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> I have some if anyone is interested. I might as well offer them to my
> friends here. Contact me OFFLIST.
Ian is after the fourth *Installation* disk. The Mandrake Move is
something else.
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 11:09:31 +1300, eBhakta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> See Dick Smith's... They have been selling the four CD set... (for less
> than $10.00NZD). ;) One of the CD's is Mandrake Move...
Hi,
See Dick Smith's... They have been selling the four CD set... (for less
than $10.00NZD). ;) One of the CD's is Mandrake Move...
- Original Message -
From: "Ian Laurenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:37 AM
Subject: Mandrake with di
At 2004-11-08T11:12:21+1300, Timothy Pick wrote:
> Reminds me of this job interview I went to a few weeks ago, where the
> guy said to me "if it is running too slow (talking about their
> product), our customers are the kind where they'll just go out and buy
> a new server... so we don't bother o
At 2004-11-08T11:13:46+1300, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> tr -d '\r\n' < data | tr 'A' '\n' | wc -l
Nice! That's about twice as slow and use twice as much memory as my C
implementation (the memory cost is really just the size of the tr(1)
processes), but once you reach that level of performance, the
per
Matthew Gregan wrote:
For kicks, I wrote a very simple program in C to count the characters
too. The results were:
$ /usr/bin/time ./a.out A < data
30043
0.00user 0.00system 0:00.00elapsed 100%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (0major+92minor)pagefaults 0swaps
$ /usr/bin/time
Matthew Gregan wrote:
It's also a hideously inefficient way to use grep(1). For a file with
50k characters and 30k matches, grep uses over 430MB of memory, and is
about 2.3 times slower than using sed(1), assuming that the machine
doesn't start swapping while grep is running.
Lucky 512 megs is sta
Greetings all,
At university one of the programs they have is an e-mail notification
one that sits in the task bar and notifies you when you get new e-mail
via a flipping penguin (amongst other things). I have racked my brains
and can't remember for the life of me what it was called and was
wonder
At 2004-11-08T10:03:23+1300, Douglas Royds wrote:
> grep -o a source.txt | wc -l
Yup, Timothy already suggested that. The '-o' option works around the
fact that grep is line-oriented by causing each match to be printed on a
new line.
It's also a hideously inefficient way to use grep(1). For a
If you can get cable, get cable.
The 1:10 international break means that national traffic is sodding cheap.
And you're not giving any money to telecom... Gotta be a plus there.
-Original Message-
From: Robert Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 7 November 2004 9:15 p.m.
To
I would like to re-install Mandrake on my computer, and this time I
would like to check out disk 4 to see if becoming a Mandrake silver
member is worthwhile (my finances are very low).
So I was wondering where I can get all 4 disks - in the past I have
purchased the 3 disk versions from e-cafe.
Th
Try pressing 1 while top is running
-Original Message-
From: Keith McGavin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 7 November 2004 10:10 a.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Anyone Compaq conversant???
btw how do you display iowait? No mention of it in man top.
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:38:06 +1300
Timothy Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > this is sort of getting back on topic for linux. I'm stuck out at oxford
> > & use freenet with a dial up connection. I'd like to stay connected but
> > they drop me off after a few hours online, is there a way (use
I have some if anyone is interested. I might as well offer them to my
friends here. Contact me OFFLIST.
--
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Chris Downie wrote:
Appears to give a total character count. I'm trying it on a smaller
file that I know the character counts.
$ sed -e 's/[^A]//g' | wc -c
Thank you, I'll read up on sed.
grep(1) is line-oriented, so it's rather difficult to achieve what you
want with grep.
grep -o a source.tx
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 03:25:37PM +1300, Michael Pearce wrote:
> For thos 'C' programmers such as myself your 'C' code can now be run like/as
> a script...
might as well take a closer look at pike.
its syntax is identical to c with some addidions.
although due to the featurefull runtime it does
Matthew Gregan wrote:
Why use modelines at all?
They're useful for situations when you need a particular mode that is
not otherwise available for whatever reason, e.g. the mode is just on
the edge of what the monitor can do, or the aspect ratio is unusual.
Years ago I had a monitor that could do 1
At 2004-11-08T09:30:12+1300, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> "UBS will NOT support: Video over IP, Video Conferencing, Low latency /
> real time applications."
> "Mean Packet Transfer Delay (one way for 1500 Byte packet) < 1 second"
Ah, I see. I haven't seen any disclaimers like that in relation to
thise
At 2004-11-07T23:42:33+1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> What I would like to know is why you aren't simply using the system
> config program of your distro, enter some monitor freuqencies in
> there, and have it calculate modelines for you?
That's fine if it works... but sometimes it just isn't poss
this is sort of getting back on topic for linux. I'm stuck out at oxford
& use freenet with a dial up connection. I'd like to stay connected but
they drop me off after a few hours online, is there a way (use a
script?) of redialing automatically once a connection is dropped?
a novice extremely h
Matthew Gregan wrote:
At 2004-11-08T09:02:49+1300, Carl Cerecke wrote:
Unfortunately, the latency is also relatively high. i.e. No real-time
games, no VoIP, no remote X, Sucky ssh performance, etc.
What do you base that statement on? Other than very recently when there
have been some "technical"
Ross Drummond wrote:
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 22:49, Chad wrote:
For linux if you download the ocasional iso and the updates 1GB isn't
really enough. 5GB is alright but the best option at the moment is probably
what orcon, maxnet and other similar ISP's are offering at the moment.
256K/dl 128K/up Unl
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:16:43 +1300
Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 2004-11-08T09:02:49+1300, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> > Unfortunately, the latency is also relatively high. i.e. No real-time
> > games, no VoIP, no remote X, Sucky ssh performance, etc.
>
> What do you base that stateme
At 2004-11-08T09:02:49+1300, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> Unfortunately, the latency is also relatively high. i.e. No real-time
> games, no VoIP, no remote X, Sucky ssh performance, etc.
What do you base that statement on? Other than very recently when there
have been some "technical" problems, I've fou
Chad wrote:
For linux if you download the ocasional iso and the updates 1GB isn't really
enough. 5GB is alright but the best option at the moment is probably what
orcon, maxnet and other similar ISP's are offering at the moment.
256K/dl 128K/up Unlimited $49.95 a month.
Unfortunately, the latenc
David Kirk wrote:
Vatsala,
You can rule out a hardware problem by plugging in an external
keyboard to your laptop.
I know someone who has this problem on his laptop with Linux also.
Keyboard works fine under windows.
Cheers,
Carl.
If you need to download a large iso, Why not switch to the
jetstreamgames realm ?
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 05:15:25 +1300, Andy George
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Possibly a little too late to reply to this, but I notice you got an ORCON
> address... Seen their deal?
>
> 128 up/256 down/No Cap, for
Possibly a little too late to reply to this, but I notice you got an ORCON
address... Seen their deal?
128 up/256 down/No Cap, for Cheaper than Telecom are doing it.
Might be easier to do that as an existing customer too
Andy George
On Sunday 07 November 2004 20:40, dave G wrote:
> Hi all
>
>
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
Making progress now. I presumed (incorrectly) that the first value was
the refresh rate but it is in fact the dot clock frequency.
What I would like to know is why you aren't simply using the system
config program of your distro, enter some monitor freuqencies in there,
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 22:49, Chad wrote:
> For linux if you download the ocasional iso and the updates 1GB isn't
> really enough. 5GB is alright but the best option at the moment is probably
> what orcon, maxnet and other similar ISP's are offering at the moment.
>
> 256K/dl 128K/up Unlimited $49.95
> Making progress now. I presumed (incorrectly) that the first value was
> the refresh rate but it is in fact the dot clock frequency.
What I would like to know is why you aren't simply using the system
config program of your distro, enter some monitor freuqencies in there,
and have it calculate
On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 08:11:55PM NZDT, Timothy Pick wrote:
>
> Does it sound a good idea to set up a cron job (I've heard of it but
> never used it) and make that run cal and output it to a file, then have
> root-tail (loaded in my .xinitrc) reading that file?
Depends on what you actually wan
For linux if you download the ocasional iso and the updates 1GB isn't really
enough. 5GB is alright but the best option at the moment is probably what
orcon, maxnet and other similar ISP's are offering at the moment.
256K/dl 128K/up Unlimited $49.95 a month.
Has a conection fee of ~$100 and you
That worked thanks.
grep a txt.txt -o |grep a -c
I now know some dozy cow has sent (in the To: field) a content-less e-mail
to 703 addresses. Way to get your e-mail address spread around. :(
Thanks for your help.
Chris
Appears to give a total character count. I'm trying it on a smaller file
that I know the character counts.
$ sed -e 's/[^A]//g' | wc -c
Thank you, I'll read up on sed.
grep(1) is line-oriented, so it's rather difficult to achieve what you
want with grep.
Chris Downie wrote:
That returned 1 (one) which is what I have been getting with the
various connotations I have been trying. I get either 1 or the whole
file displayed.
Chris
grep a .xinitrc -o -c
seems to count how many a's in my .xinitrc file...
-c == count
-o == only the part of the line
At 2004-11-07T21:53:57+1300, Timothy Pick wrote:
> grep a txt.txt -o |wc
> Fine someone tell me this don't work either
It works, but you need to use the line count from wc(1), not the
character count--the character count will include newlines, so the
figure is wrong.
That solution is even less e
Matthew Gregan wrote:
At 2004-11-07T21:23:55+1300, Chris Downie wrote:
I have a text file that I need to count exactly how many times a
particular character appears.
Here's something that isn't particularly efficient, but it's very
simple:
$ sed -e 's/[^A]//g' | wc -c
Subsitute 'A' with the
At 2004-11-07T21:23:55+1300, Chris Downie wrote:
> I have a text file that I need to count exactly how many times a
> particular character appears.
Here's something that isn't particularly efficient, but it's very
simple:
$ sed -e 's/[^A]//g' | wc -c
Subsitute 'A' with the character you need to
Chris Downie wrote:
That returned 1 (one) which is what I have been getting with the
various connotations I have been trying. I get either 1 or the whole
file displayed.
Chris
grep a .xinitrc -o -c
seems to count how many a's in my .xinitrc file...
-c == count
-o == only the part of the line
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 21:10, you wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> Bugs, bugs, and more bugs... :| Summer must be here... ;)
> Anyway, got a
> couple of errors that have started popping up when starting Kmail. They
> are...
"Have started popping up"? Is that a euphemism for "I fiddled with
s
That returned 1 (one) which is what I have been getting with the various
connotations I have been trying. I get either 1 or the whole file
displayed.
Chris
grep a .xinitrc -o -c
seems to count how many a's in my .xinitrc file...
-c == count
-o == only the part of the line that matches
On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 21:33, Timothy Pick wrote:
> Chris Downie wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a text file that I need to count exactly how many times a
> > particular character appears. Can someone offer me the correct grep
> > syntax to achieve this?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Chris
>
>
> grep a
Chris Downie wrote:
Hi,
I have a text file that I need to count exactly how many times a
particular character appears. Can someone offer me the correct grep
syntax to achieve this?
Cheers,
Chris
grep a .xinitrc -o -c
seems to count how many a's in my .xinitrc file...
-c == count
-o == only th
Hi,
I have a text file that I need to count exactly how many times a
particular character appears. Can someone offer me the correct grep syntax
to achieve this?
Cheers,
Chris
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 20:40, dave G wrote:
> I will keep googling but would appreciate any suggestions/recommendations
> etc. ...eg .the 1GB cap seemed a bit on the low side to me etc.
ADSL is great. In fact it is fantastic for us at the moment. We do not know
why but we seem to be uncapped at the
On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 20:40, dave G wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I see telecom are offering a broadband starter promotion this month (for
> existing customers?) - no this isn't a promo
>
> plans start at $39.95 for 256 kbs/1GB allowance up to $69.95 for 2Mbs/10Gb
> allowance
>
> plans include "free" x
Greetings!
Bugs, bugs, and more bugs... :| Summer must be here... ;)
Anyway, got a
couple of errors that have started popping up when starting Kmail. They
are...
1) Plug-in "OpenPGP" initialization unsuccessful.
library: /usr/lib/cryptplug/gp
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