RE: Connecting to SourceForge

Hi Chris, I've tired to access Sourceforge through Gentoo, WindowsXP (both Firefox) and Jaguar (Safari) through my Paradise/XTRA ADSL link without success on ALL accounts. It's trying to download data from the site though. I've had the same problem trying to access Inkscape.org as well. Most annoy

Re: Gentoo mini-installfest

Andrew Errington wrote: On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:31, you wrote: A friend is donating me an old win98 machine[1] to turn into a headless mp3 player You *could* do this with Gentoo. I did it with LFS (Linux from Scratch) and other internet resources. I made a 4Mb bootable image, put it on my

Connecting to SourceForge

Greets List, Is anybody else on Paradise cable having difficulty connecting to SourceForge? Thanks. -- CS

Re: LAPP vs LAMP (Was: Minimum hardware for LAMP server)

On Aug 18, 2005, at 8:52 PM, Steve Holdoway wrote: Why not use a function to wrap the mysql_... functions and swaps the parameters around to correctly call the pg_ functions? That way, the search and replace option becomes viable. I thought about doing that, and I almost did it, but I have a

Re: LAPP vs LAMP (Was: Minimum hardware for LAMP server)

On 19/08/05, Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18/08/05, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why not use a function to wrap the mysql_... functions and swaps the > > parameters around to correctly call the pg_ functions? That way, the > > search and replace option becomes viab

Re: LAPP vs LAMP (Was: Minimum hardware for LAMP server)

On 18/08/05, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, August 18, 2005 8:18 pm, David Mann said: > > On Aug 18, 2005, at 6:57 PM, Hadley Rich wrote: > > > >> It's much the same as using MySql, just replace mysql_ with pg_ i.e. > >> > >> mysql_fetch_array() becomes pg_fetch_array() > >

Re: sound card

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 23:03 +1200, John Mallett wrote: > I have had problems with recording and linux. Basicalt the sound level is > really low. Even when I have the mic level in alsa turned up full volume > > Has anyone else had this problem. > > And what can you do to fix it Are you recor

sound card

I have had problems with recording and linux. Basicalt the sound level is really low. Even when I have the mic level in alsa turned up full volume Has anyone else had this problem. And what can you do to fix it

Re: Compiling GNU software / making rpms

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 19:55 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > With openSuSE I expect some tutorial for making rpms to come up in due > course. I will be making a very strong push for it. Hell you may even be writing it! I had my first experience of compiling via rpm a fre years back on redhat, a ki

Re: Boot problem

> The X Window System is a network-based graphics subsystem. Correct > That is, unlike MS > Windows, which is a standalone graphics subsystem, the X Windows System > requires a network, even if it's only 127.0.0.1. I don't think so, you can also use sockets, these are created in /tmp/.X.

RE: Database choice?

steves tickling of the keyboard produced > Oracle 7 has been dead for YEARS! Why on earth bother porting to it. I'd > go no further back than 8.1.7.4 as an absolute, when one of the biggest companies in NZ use it as there standard and you either work with or don't work Maurice ps not i did not sa

Re: FWIW (OpenSolaris 10)

Hey, On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 22:14 +1200, Wesley Parish wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:30, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > On Thu, August 18, 2005 7:18 am, Nick Rout said: > > > use bunzip to get a tar then use tar in the normal way, you can pipe it > > > too. > > > > bunzip2 works better :) > > > > You

Re: Boot problem

Oh d***! This happened to me some time ago. I asked CLUG and it's still in the archives, somewhere. The X Window System is a network-based graphics subsystem. That is, unlike MS Windows, which is a standalone graphics subsystem, the X Windows System requires a network, even if it's only 127.

Re: FWIW (OpenSolaris 10)

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:30, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Thu, August 18, 2005 7:18 am, Nick Rout said: > > use bunzip to get a tar then use tar in the normal way, you can pipe it > > too. > > bunzip2 works better :) > > You need to use gunzip for .tar.gz as well with native solaris ( aka brain > dead

Re: Gamer's GPLed fun

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:04, Timothy Pick wrote: > On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 01:42 +1200, Wesley Parish wrote: > > I've just had another look at the Quake ftp site, and compared the file > > sizes quake2.zip=1.4MB > > nexuiz11.zip=158.3MB > > > > nexuiz was derived from quake2. It's put on some weight!

Re: FWIW (OpenSolaris 10)

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:54, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 22:30 +1200, Glynn Foster wrote: > > Sure it does - it's in /usr/sfw/bin prefix'd with 'g' to confuse you ;) > > If I look in my scripts directory… there is the script to rename > everything on Solaris. Attached :) Thanks

Re: UNSUBSCRIBE LINUX-USERS

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Re: UNSUBSCRIBE LINUX-USERS

What's this all about? The second one to send a message to all linux users addresses? I'd love to know whether they were ever subscribed, or if this is more sinister... Steve On Thu, August 18, 2005 9:11 pm, Robert Bernard said: > UNSUBSCRIBE LINUX-USERS > > > -- Windows: Where do you want to g

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Re: LAPP vs LAMP (Was: Minimum hardware for LAMP server)

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:52, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Thu, August 18, 2005 8:18 pm, David Mann said: > > You're basically right but you've omitted an important point: the > > order of parameters is often different. > > eg mysql_query(query_string[, connection]) vs pg_query([connection, ] > > query_

Re: LAPP vs LAMP (Was: Minimum hardware for LAMP server)

On Thu, August 18, 2005 8:18 pm, David Mann said: > On Aug 18, 2005, at 6:57 PM, Hadley Rich wrote: > >> It's much the same as using MySql, just replace mysql_ with pg_ i.e. >> >> mysql_fetch_array() becomes pg_fetch_array() > > You're basically right but you've omitted an important point: the > o

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RE: Database choice?

On Thu, August 18, 2005 7:32 pm, Maurice Butler said: > Steve Holdoway tickled the keyboard with >> ... what's the betting that developers are massively in favour of >> them??? >> > > There is an ANSI/ISO standard for SQL stored procedures called SQL/PSM > (Persistent Stored Modules) which was sta

Re: LAPP vs LAMP (Was: Minimum hardware for LAMP server)

On Aug 18, 2005, at 6:57 PM, Hadley Rich wrote: It's much the same as using MySql, just replace mysql_ with pg_ i.e. mysql_fetch_array() becomes pg_fetch_array() You're basically right but you've omitted an important point: the order of parameters is often different. eg mysql_query(query_st

Compiling GNU software / making rpms

> There are two "dependency" issues here: > > 1. getting the appropriate toolchain needed to compile the (or any > normally packaged c or c++) program (gcc, make, binutils etc etc); and > > 2. the dependencies required by the particular package you want to > compile. > > I guess suse doesn't eve

RE: Database choice?

Steve Holdoway tickled the keyboard with > ... what's the betting that developers are massively in favour of them??? > There is an ANSI/ISO standard for SQL stored procedures called SQL/PSM (Persistent Stored Modules) which was standardised in 1996. However, only DB2 and the new MySQL 5 beta suppo

Re: Database choice?

Timothy Pick wrote: - stored procedure support. Stored procedures are little programs that can be run as database queries that can be useful for standardising writes and complicated reads. Not to start a war but there is a school of thought that stored procs suck. Google fo

Re: LAPP vs LAMP (Was: Minimum hardware for LAMP server)

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:30, yuri wrote: > On 17/08/05, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > You might like to consider PostgreSQL instead of MySQL. > > I am definitely considering PostgreSQL. > All the books and online howtos seem to talk about LAMP rather than LAPP. > Are there any good resources for tea

Re: wireless maps

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:17, you wrote: > > I paid good money for TUMONZ (www.tumonz.co.nz). It was *totally* > > worth it. It runs under Windows, and is derived from LINZ data. > > Yeah, I told them I'd buy it as soon as they had a Linux version, 'cause > the doze one wasn't any good for me. Alway