Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

Nick Rout wrote: Nick Rout wrote: They may give a hint as to the init strings to use. in fact i have read ahead of you - try this as the init string: AT &F E0 V1 W2 &D2 &C1 S0=0 -C0 I had done so, but hadn't spotted the init string! Where do I configure the init string? what are you usin

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:29 +1200, Douglas Royds wrote: > > Nick Rout wrote: > > take a look at the .inf files, they are text, but not exactly plain :) > > > > They may give a hint as to the init strings to use. in fact i have read > > ahead of you - try this as the init string: > > > > AT &F E0

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

Nick Rout wrote: take a look at the .inf files, they are text, but not exactly plain :) They may give a hint as to the init strings to use. in fact i have read ahead of you - try this as the init string: AT &F E0 V1 W2 &D2 &C1 S0=0 -C0 I had done so, but hadn't spotted the init string! Whe

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

DSE still have the windows driver files for download. 8K only so even at the speed you are getting it won't take long :) these are straight .inf files, which leads me to believe that this is not a winmodem - good news! take a look at the .inf files, they are text, but not exactly plain :) They m

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

Ross Hamblin wrote: If it is our XH1145 PCMCIA Modem ( http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/en/product/XH1148 ), it is an Intel 566x chipset. The command to show the connect speed is ATW3 to report speed only, or ATW4 to report speed and some other info (sorry don't have one handy to

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005, Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2005 14:12:36 +1200 (NZST) John Carter wrote: Consider http://csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/089/089.css as an example of a dark palette design. I consider that this is quite nice too: http://wifinetnews.com/archives/005325.html Note tha

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005 14:12:36 +1200 (NZST) John Carter wrote: > Consider > http://csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/089/089.css > as an example of a dark palette design. I consider that this is quite nice too: http://wifinetnews.com/archives/005325.html Note that both have more subtle contrast then

OOo, Ubuntu, fonts

OOo 1.1.3 and Ubuntu 5.01 freshly upgraded (30 hours); need fonts from previous incarnation; expect "Fonts" button on 'spadmin' programme; no button; Help screen says GOTO line 3; "apropos fonts" leads me to defoma; man defoma leads me to man defoma-font; ugh. My vision is clearing now and

Re: [OT] oldslaughterhouse Was ZenGarden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005 14:50, you wrote: > On Fri, 27 May 2005, Ross Drummond wrote: > > Impressive looking accommodation there Andrew. > > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/oldslaughterhouse/ > > Strange, with a name like "Old Slaughter House", I would have expected > CSS like... > > http://www.csszen

Re: [OT] oldslaughterhouse Was ZenGarden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005 14:43:31 +1200 Carl Cerecke wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/magrathea.shtml > > That link got my firefox into an infinte loop. > > Thanks Nick. > Carl. perhaps the embedded sound? I have no problem, but then again i am on windows

stripping attachments selectively

After getting good service from stripmime to get rid of superfluous email content, I'm now in a situation where I need to allow some attachments through. Can anyone recommend a program which allows me to specify to remove everything except attachments with file type (or extension) X? It must work a

Re: [OT] oldslaughterhouse Was ZenGarden of CSS

Nick Rout wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/magrathea.shtml That link got my firefox into an infinte loop. Thanks Nick. Carl.

Re: [OT] oldslaughterhouse Was ZenGarden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005, Ross Drummond wrote: Impressive looking accommodation there Andrew. http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/oldslaughterhouse/ Strange, with a name like "Old Slaughter House", I would have expected CSS like... http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=105%2F105%2Ecss Just imagine

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

On Fri, May 27, 2005 2:21 pm, Carl Cerecke said: > John Carter wrote: > >> There are some interesting cross cultural issue here, I believe green is >> the colour of death in Hindu culture, giving rise to interesting >> thoughts as to what a Hindu Goth Style would look like. > > A plant? > > Cheers

Re: [OT] oldslaughterhouse Was ZenGarden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005 14:22:31 +1200 Ross Drummond wrote: > Impressive looking accommodation there Andrew. > > Tell me, if I was sitting on the veranda with a cold glass of lager watching > the setting sun sink into the Tasman Sea would my thoughts turn to the > glories of life? no, you would t

Re: [OT] oldslaughterhouse Was ZenGarden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005 14:22, you wrote: > Impressive looking accommodation there Andrew. > > Tell me, if I was sitting on the veranda with a cold glass of lager > watching the setting sun sink into the Tasman Sea would my thoughts turn > to the glories of life? Indubitably. =;^)

[OT] oldslaughterhouse Was ZenGarden of CSS

Impressive looking accommodation there Andrew. Tell me, if I was sitting on the veranda with a cold glass of lager watching the setting sun sink into the Tasman Sea would my thoughts turn to the glories of life? Cheers Ross Drummond

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

John Carter wrote: There are some interesting cross cultural issue here, I believe green is the colour of death in Hindu culture, giving rise to interesting thoughts as to what a Hindu Goth Style would look like. A plant? Cheers, Carl.

RE: Setting up new network

> -Original Message- > From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 27 May 2005 12:43 p.m. > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: Re: Setting up new network > > > > On Fri, May 27, 2005 11:48 am, Nick Rout said: > > hmmm this might be useful: > > > > http://gen

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005 12:54:58 +1200 Richard Tindall wrote: > The biggest downside of the white on black colour scheme (that has a > sound computing logic) is the way it rattles most people's stereotypes > and > puts them off using the site I assume that you are referring to your own website at

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

I find the CSS help integrated into quanta to get me quite some way too (no, don't look at my website just now). Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005, Richard Tindall wrote: http://www.csszengarden.com/ Which raised the question of "if only I had time to learn CSS".. CSS is one of those skills that rapidly claw back time for anyone seriously maintaining a web site. ie. Learn it sooner than later. I came to FOSS from

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

Richard Tindall wrote: > The biggest downside of the white on black colour scheme (that has a > sound computing logic) is the way it rattles most people's stereotypes > and puts them off using the site. Provide two stylesheets for your pages, one being your preferred black background, and one bein

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005 12:54, you wrote: > Thanks for the feedback John. > > John Carter wrote: > >> > > > > Interesting site, but ugly as sin, can I recommend the Zen Garden of > > CSS as a good source of design ideas. > > > > http://www.csszengarden.com/ > > Funny you sho

Re: Firefox, man2html, and localhost

Clang. man2html requires an httpd-server to be running - which it isn't. Douglas Royds wrote: "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"?! === This email, including any attachments, is onl

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

On Fri, 27 May 2005 12:54, Richard Tindall wrote: But why should we use ICT to replicate > paper? It is replacing it, for sure, It depends on how you look at this. The proportion of paper to electronic documents is decreasing but the amount of pages printed is still souring in the information ag

Firefox, man2html, and localhost

"The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"?! I was trying to navigate to: http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary Douglas. === This email, including any at

Re: gentoo install on x86_64

On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:51:57 +1200 Christopher Swell wrote: > > 1. I can't for the life of me get it to recognise my network (eth0) card at > > boot although the install CD does when I boot it. I assume there is a > > module I need to load > Correct. You need to add the name of the driver module

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

Thanks for the feedback John. John Carter wrote: Interesting site, but ugly as sin, can I recommend the Zen Garden of CSS as a good source of design ideas. http://www.csszengarden.com/ Funny you should mention that.. I started this week meticulously tracing b

Re: gentoo install on x86_64

On Fri, May 27, 2005 11:51 am, Christopher Sawtell said: [snip] > Googlling for "linux module Yukon Gigabit Ethernet" > The first hit suggests that > file://usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt > refers > > This used to be installed in a subdirectory of the /lib/modules//kernel/drive

Re: Setting up new network

On Fri, May 27, 2005 11:48 am, Nick Rout said: > hmmm this might be useful: > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Implement_Samba_as_your_PDC > > > On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:42:09 +1200 > Nick Rout wrote: > >> >> On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:29:07 +1200 >> Maurice Butler (Like Magic) wrote: >> > [how do i make

Re: Invitation from IBM -- the launch of IBM eServer OpenPower

> Remember that these were multi-core chips - they can't give you less > CPUs, because they're all on the one 'chip' Oops, should have kept my mouth shut - I missed the start about the architecture bit after being forced to change mode of transport in a hurry ;( > Take a problem, turn around and

Re: gentoo install on x86_64

On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:51:57 +1200 Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > If there are any gentoo install-fests/ mini installs or fix up nights > > comming up, please put my name down > ok, There will be an announcement. Please respond to it. Actually i have no real interest in network gaimng, so if Dav

Re: gentoo install on x86_64

On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:37, Dave G wrote: > Hi all (especially the keen gentoo'ers) > > well I took the plunge and downloaded the gentoo x86_64 manual (as per > Chris Sawtells advice - printed the whole lot) > > I've downloaded the "install-amd64-universal-2005.0-r1.iso", burnt the iso > and had a b

Re: Setting up new network

hmmm this might be useful: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Implement_Samba_as_your_PDC On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:42:09 +1200 Nick Rout wrote: > > On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:29:07 +1200 > Maurice Butler (Like Magic) wrote: > [how do i make openldap work]

RE: Setting up new network

Nick said: >I am lazy and simply manage all users (such as they are) to have the >same username and password on each windows and linux box. It is a pain >frankly and I should a play with ldap. That is what I am looking at moving away from Maurice

Re: Setting up new network

On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:29:07 +1200 Maurice Butler (Like Magic) wrote: > Hi, > After having a great time with gentoo I think I am ready to set up a new > network for my home business. > > At the moment everything is ad hock. > > Some pointers are required if I should use MS active directory or o

Re: gentoo install on x86_64

On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:18:32 +1200 Dave G wrote: > On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:07, Nick Rout wrote: > > On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:02:44 +1200 > > > > Dave G wrote: > > > One othe quick question > > > > > > 3. I have several linux O/S's on separate (individual) partitions which > > > I'm using grub to boo

Setting up new network

Hi, After having a great time with gentoo I think I am ready to set up a new network for my home business. At the moment everything is ad hock. Some pointers are required if I should use MS active directory or openLDAP. If I use openLDAP how to I glue the windows machines to it ? I have ==

Re: Invitation from IBM -- the launch of IBM eServer OpenPower

Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Giveaway Linux CDs?.. What for? Haven't you got enough already? The question was to ascertain if IBM were pushing Linux as prominently as their hardware. But you are quite correct :-) Thanks Craig & Volker for sharing your insights. More coffee! -- Richard Tin

Re: gentoo install on x86_64

On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:05, Nick Rout wrote: > On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:37:04 +1200 > > Dave G wrote: > > Hi all (especially the keen gentoo'ers) > > > > well I took the plunge and downloaded the gentoo x86_64 manual (as per > > Chris Sawtells advice - printed the whole lot) > > > > I've downloaded th

Re: gentoo install on x86_64

On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:07, Nick Rout wrote: > On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:02:44 +1200 > > Dave G wrote: > > One othe quick question > > > > 3. I have several linux O/S's on separate (individual) partitions which > > I'm using grub to boot. I have all the other O/S's in a single "/" > > partition (inclu

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

Douglas Royds wrote: I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, and I successfully dialled up, but only got about 14kb/s - dismal. Suggestions? I solved this by ignoring the "Network" GUI configurator (stop it from dialling automatically), and opening a terminal

Re: Invitation from IBM -- the launch of IBM eServer OpenPower

Remember that these were multi-core chips - they can't give you less CPUs, because they're all on the one 'chip' Take a problem, turn around and make it a marketing point? John >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/26/05 5:49 PM >>> What I found interesting was the possibility of IBM's to turn on/off hardwa

Re: gentoo install on x86_64

On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:02:44 +1200 Dave G wrote: > One othe quick question > > 3. I have several linux O/S's on separate (individual) partitions which I'm > using grub to boot. I have all the other O/S's in a single "/" partition > (including /boot) & sharing a common /home partition Having

Re: gentoo install on x86_64

On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:37:04 +1200 Dave G wrote: > Hi all (especially the keen gentoo'ers) > > well I took the plunge and downloaded the gentoo x86_64 manual (as per Chris > Sawtells advice - printed the whole lot) > > I've downloaded the "install-amd64-universal-2005.0-r1.iso", burnt the iso

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

Appending the string debug on a new line in /etc/ppp/options should produce a more verbose logging output. Cheers Ross Drummond On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:28, Douglas Royds wrote: > I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, and I > successfully dialled up, but only got

Re: gentoo install on x86_64

One othe quick question 3. I have several linux O/S's on separate (individual) partitions which I'm using grub to boot. I have all the other O/S's in a single "/" partition (including /boot) & sharing a common /home partition Gentoo refers to needing a separate /boot partition, can I configure

RE: PCMCIA modem very slow

> -Original Message- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 27 May 2005 10:31 a.m. > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem very slow > > > > On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:17:01 +1200 > Michael wrote: > > > Could it be that this is a Conexant

gentoo install on x86_64

Hi all (especially the keen gentoo'ers) well I took the plunge and downloaded the gentoo x86_64 manual (as per Chris Sawtells advice - printed the whole lot) I've downloaded the "install-amd64-universal-2005.0-r1.iso", burnt the iso and had a bit of a goI can see why the CLUG has "gentoo in

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:28, Douglas Royds wrote: > I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, and I > successfully dialled up, but only got about 14kb/s - dismal. > > Suggestions? Tell us what chipset it uses, or even the DSE stock number. -- C. S.

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:17:01 +1200 Michael wrote: > Could it be that this is a Conexant based modem and the Ubuntu supplied > driver > is the free version (limited to 14.4Kbps data). See here: > > http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/index.php#about > > dmesg might tell you something about the mo

RE: PCMCIA modem very slow

Could it be that this is a Conexant based modem and the Ubuntu supplied driver is the free version (limited to 14.4Kbps data). See here: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/index.php#about dmesg might tell you something about the modem to Just a thought, don't forget to report back your success or

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

pppstats (command line) will tell you the speed that packets are actually flowing at, use the option -w 1 I am sure that there are commands to put in your modem init string to report back the speed as well as CONNECT - so the line will read something like CONNECT 33600 something like W1 or W2 i

RE: Christchurch wireless map - 2005-05-25

http://criggie.dyndns.org/gps/ Same plot, over a street map this time, not over an orthophoto. -Original Message- From: Craig FALCONER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 25 May 2005 4:46 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Christchurch wireless map - 2005-05-25 Imp

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

No, no info about the speed in the syslog, regrettably. It just says "CONNECT", and that's all. Is there any analysis tool that I can run? I couldn't find anything last night that would actually tell me the modem speed, I just worked it out by downloading a web-page and seeing how much data wa

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

I've seen this issue with softmodems (In my cases running debian based distros, fixed with a patch) .. does Hoary see it as a 56K capable modem ? regards Paul Nick Rout wrote: grep CONNECT /var/log/messages I think this should give you the connect speed as reported by the modem on connection

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

grep CONNECT /var/log/messages I think this should give you the connect speed as reported by the modem on connection to the ISP's modem. On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:28:58 +1200 Douglas Royds wrote: > I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, and I > successfully dialled u

PCMCIA modem very slow

I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, and I successfully dialled up, but only got about 14kb/s - dismal. Suggestions? Thanks, Douglas. === This email, including any attachments, is only for the

OT: Zen Garden of CSS. Re: Emacs editor workshop Weds 1 June

On Fri, 27 May 2005, Richard Tindall wrote: Richard Tindall, InfoHelp Services , on: Interesting site, but ugly as sin, can I recommend the Zen Garden of CSS as a good source of design ideas. http://www.csszengarden.com/ John Carter

Re: adsl modem recommendations?

On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 11:00 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: > > They do seem fussy about browsers > > You are welcome to come around to see it if you do not believe me. Ah.. Just spotted this reply. I was wondering how anyone else had fared on Linux with the DSL-302G, given that SuSE-9.2's Konqueror

Emacs editor workshop Weds 1 June

Notice of GNU/Linux Users workshop, next Wednesday, June 1st, 7.30pm, Sydenham Community Association Hall, 25 Hutcheson Street, Sydenham. Derek Smithies will guide us through a user's-eye view of the Emacs program editor. As Emacs's especial claim to fame is direct incorporation of command line ca

Re: OT: Power Cut, Sumner

On 24/05/05, Ralph Stoker wrote: > On Tuesday 24 May 2005 22:46, andlug1 wrote: > Yep Power cut in Halswell too...cut Bob Dylan off his stride on the CD > player... How dare they?! Sacrilige! Let's storm the Meridian headquarters. Don't mess with His Bobness. -- ** WARNING to mailing list replie

Re: Invitation from IBM -- the launch of IBM eServer OpenPower

> And if Apple had the self-same sort of business ethic Microsoft displays so > clearly, Apple would be suing so fast that Microsoft's feet would never touch > the ground from the time they get the summons to the time they cough up big > time! Apple *is* sueing faster than you can run! Try maki

Re: Invitation from IBM -- the launch of IBM eServer OpenPower

On Thu, 26 May 2005 14:57, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 14:36 +1200, Craig FALCONER wrote: > > One thing that would be cool - a laptop based on one of these power5 > > CPUs. It wouldn't be capable of running windows! > > It could *almost* run Windows™. The dev-kit for the XBox