I just installed Kanotix on my laptop (Debian based)
At home it uses DHCP to get an address successfully but when not connected it
takes a while to get past DHCPDISCOVER
How can I shorten the time it tries?
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Regards, Robert
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Static IP
Robert Fisher wrote:
I just installed Kanotix on my laptop (Debian based)
At home it uses DHCP to get an address successfully but when not connected it
takes a while to get past DHCPDISCOVER
How can I shorten the time it tries?
I disagree. This only true if you use [t]csh, and are calling it in
the recommended way ( in fact, it uses source from the bash shell
codebase to extract user info ).
The behaviour of which even on Linux systems used to be as I described,
it has always been a stand-alone binary, and the way it
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 9:23 pm, Andy George wrote:
Static IP
No - that is not the option I want. I am sure there is a way to shorten the
time. There is in Gentoo.
Robert Fisher wrote:
I just installed Kanotix on my laptop (Debian based)
At home it uses DHCP to get an address successfully but
OK we now have four definites (Ross D, Adrian M, Bruce's son, Simon K)
and a maybe (Yuri deG).
Attached is a largely empty pdfexport of a spreadsheet with the kind of
info we need. Please let me have the missing details asap. If I don't
have the details, then the likely consequence is that the
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:30:26 +1200
Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 9:23 pm, Andy George wrote:
Static IP
No - that is not the option I want. I am sure there is a way to shorten the
time. There is in Gentoo.
Robert Fisher wrote:
I just installed Kanotix on my
On Monday 27 March 2006 21:13, Robert Fisher wrote:
I just installed Kanotix on my laptop (Debian based)
At home it uses DHCP to get an address successfully but when not
connected it takes a while to get past DHCPDISCOVER
How can I shorten the time it tries?
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:13:53 +1200
Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just installed Kanotix on my laptop (Debian based)
At home it uses DHCP to get an address successfully but when not connected it
takes a while to get past DHCPDISCOVER
How can I shorten the time it tries?
--
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:40:25 +1200
Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:13:53 +1200
Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just installed Kanotix on my laptop (Debian based)
At home it uses DHCP to get an address successfully but when not connected
it
On Monday 27 March 2006 17:55, Robert Himmelmann wrote:
Steve Holdoway wrote:
5.0 (english) DVD is being downloaded via bittorrent as we speak.
Should be available for anyone wanting a copy tomorrow. Let me know if
you want one, and I'll swap for a blank.
Where can one download it? I
Hi guys,
Sorry to disappoint, I just received news today from one of my clients
that will make my presence impossible to this event, with all my
regrets.
I'll talk to you later on today at the meeting.
Adrian
On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 21:31 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
OK we now have four definites
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:12:16 +
Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 27 March 2006 11:10 am, Nick Rout wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:40:25 +1200
Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:13:53 +1200
Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Monday 27 March 2006 17:55, Robert Himmelmann wrote:
Steve Holdoway wrote:
5.0 (english) DVD is being downloaded via bittorrent as we speak.
Should be available for anyone wanting a copy tomorrow. Let me know if
you want one, and I'll swap for a blank.
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
NINE:~ # which gcc
(nothing returned)
NINE:~ # rpm -qa|grep gcc
libgcc-4.0.2_20050901-3
which tells you that you don't have the compiler installed. Package gcc,
in yast somewhere under devlopment, or easier, type gcc into the search
field.
When the
On Tue, March 28, 2006 8:36 am, Roger Searle wrote:
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
NINE:~ # which gcc
(nothing returned)
NINE:~ # rpm -qa|grep gcc
libgcc-4.0.2_20050901-3
which tells you that you don't have the compiler installed. Package gcc,
in yast somewhere under devlopment, or easier,
I'm impressed at the patience this guy displays.
I'm not sure I would have been quite so polite in the face of such stupidity.
Cheers,
Carl.
On 28/03/06, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The mayor of Tuttle, OK threatens the CentOS team with the FBI...
scarily not really OT.
snip
Having now had a play with ifplugd on my desktop, I am sold on it.
Cannot wait to try it on the laptop, which has two network interfaces
(wired and wireless).
Amazing to unplug and replug the network cable on the desktop and see
the interface go down and up. Its pretty well instant too.
I had the same thoughts on reading it this morning (from a slashdot
link).
All in all the centOS guy comes off best by being calm in the face of
very extreme frustration.
Me, I would have called the man from Tuttle a rude name after the first
couple of emails, and then been too embarrassed by
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:19:41 +1300
Andrew Errington wrote:
snip
Having now had a play with ifplugd on my desktop, I am sold on it.
Cannot wait to try it on the laptop, which has two network interfaces
(wired and wireless).
Amazing to unplug and replug the network cable on the desktop
A Yast search is showing absolutely no reference to gcc, as either a
search for gcc, or under devel or anything else I can think of. So
not on this DVD? Can it be downloaded perhaps?
yast - software - software management, filter search, type gcc - I get
about 20 packages related to gcc.
All in all the centOS guy comes off best by being calm in the face of
very extreme frustration.
Yes. And he should have sent the lot to the local press, afterall the
public has an interest to know that they're administrated by someone who
thinks that 22 year's experience in wiping the dust off
On Monday 27 March 2006 11:10 am, Nick Rout wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:40:25 +1200
Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:13:53 +1200
Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just installed Kanotix on my laptop (Debian based)
At home it uses DHCP to get
Yuri deG
Still a maybe, but will be sure by Thursday.
Laptop:
P4, 2Ghz, 256MB Ram, 20GB IDE HD, currently running Mandrake 10.0
Gentoo install will be a complete replacement, entire HD available.
10/100 built-in NIC and built-in sound currently recognised by
Mandrake 10.0 and knoppix, so Gentoo
thanks for the ifplugd tip. before, i had to manually reconfigure the
laptop as i moved around. i've written up some notes that may give
inspiration to people on Debian or derivatives:
http://www.zen9658.zen.co.uk/sysadmin/net/index.html
- neil
On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 21:42 +1200,
Thanks, our wiki also accepts contributions, feel free to add the notes there:
http://www.clug.org.nz
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:06:33 +1200
Neil Stockbridge wrote:
thanks for the ifplugd tip. before, i had to manually reconfigure the
laptop as i moved around. i've written up some notes that
This has been talked about for a while... looks like they're actually
going to implement it.
http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?
id=14776cid=3cname=Technology
- Dave
Both good and bad Helps to contain infected machines, but makes life
harder for the geeks who want to run a mail swerver.
-Original Message-
From: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 28 March 2006 12:56 p.m.
To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Subject: Xtra to
I heard it described as like cough mixture for lung cancer.
A
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:05, you wrote:
Both good and bad Helps to contain infected machines, but makes life
harder for the geeks who want to run a mail swerver.
-Original Message-
From: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL
Steve Holdoway wrote:
On Tue, March 28, 2006 8:36 am, Roger Searle wrote:
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
NINE:~ # which gcc
(nothing returned)
NINE:~ # rpm -qa|grep gcc
libgcc-4.0.2_20050901-3
which tells you that you don't have the compiler installed. Package gcc,
in yast
That was not light relief. That was abjectly depressing.
Perhaps humanity really does deserve Microsoft.
John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
Tait ElectronicsFax : (64)(3) 359 4632
PO Box 1645 ChristchurchEmail : [EMAIL
On Tue, March 28, 2006 2:34 pm, John Carter wrote:
That was not light relief. That was abjectly depressing.
Perhaps humanity really does deserve Microsoft.
John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
Tait ElectronicsFax : (64)(3) 359 4632
PO
sorry bout this,but my son cant get there on saturday:((
thx anyway
bruce
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 13:05, Craig FALCONER wrote:
Both good and bad Helps to contain infected machines, but makes
life harder for the geeks who want to run a mail swerver.
Not really, I expect the deal will be a monthly fee to open port 25 for
you.
--
CS
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 13:05, Craig FALCONER wrote:
Both good and bad Helps to contain infected machines, but makes
life harder for the geeks who want to run a mail swerver.
--
CS
PII 450 CPU
ATX Motherboard
96 Mb ram in 3x32 Mb
ISA sound card
Crap ATX case with no PSU.
First in gets it.
Could be good media coverage for linux
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 14:39, Steve Holdoway wrote:
On Tue, March 28, 2006 2:34 pm, John Carter wrote:
That was not light relief. That was abjectly depressing.
Perhaps humanity really does deserve Microsoft.
John Carter
On Mar 28, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 13:05, Craig FALCONER wrote:
Both good and bad Helps to contain infected machines, but makes
life harder for the geeks who want to run a mail swerver.
Not really, I expect the deal will be a monthly fee to
informs me of the requirement for binutils and glibc-devel - the first
is OK, the second is also not available in yast!
Every SUSE release I've seen includes these packages. Your media must be
cr*p.
on the internet. YAY!!! Today it won't run ) - : The configuration
wants gcc to build
I have email accounts hosted on external domains and I will not be
impressed if I were no longer able to access them! I suspect there
will be lots of others in this situation and hope that Telecom
doesn't make it too difficult for us to opt out.
Why don't you just get a better ISP?
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:01:26 +1200
David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mar 28, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 13:05, Craig FALCONER wrote:
Both good and bad Helps to contain infected machines, but makes
life harder for the geeks who want to
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:05:32 +1200
Volker Kuhlmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a good example of why I suggest to get a distro complete on a
DVD (or CD for those who like to juggle), because then it's plug'n'go.
Yes, either that or a minimal net install at the other extreme. This seems
Could this be the problem:
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Readers/Forum/0531?expand_all=1
Someone's being sorry that the DVD distributed with LinuxMagazine was
missing and pile of packages and shouldn't have been called full.
Volker
--
Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:05:32 +1200
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
on the internet. YAY!!! Today it won't run ) - : The configuration
wants gcc to build the vmmon module, and no isn't an acceptable answer!
Yes we all know that the vmware modules need to be compiled for your
running kernel,
Hi,
Just wondering if you've still got this. I managed to completely stuff
over the BIOS on my fileserver-to-be... =\
Cheers,
Edwin.
On 3/28/06, Craig FALCONER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
PII 450 CPU
ATX Motherboard
96 Mb ram in 3x32 Mb
ISA sound card
Crap ATX case with no PSU.
First in
No sorry - Roger was first in.
-Original Message-
From: Edwin F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 28 March 2006 4:45 p.m.
To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Subject: Re: Free to give away
Hi,
Just wondering if you've still got this. I managed to completely stuff over
the BIOS
On 28/03/06, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
I have email accounts hosted on external domains and I will not be
impressed if I were no longer able to access them! I suspect there
will be lots of others in this situation and hope that Telecom
doesn't make it too difficult for us to opt out.
Why
On Mar 28, 2006, at 4:07 PM, Steve Holdoway wrote:
You normally access those accounts via pop, imap or a dedicated web
interface ( secure or clear ). None of these use port 25.
I do like to be able to send mail too :)
I'll have to check to see what my host supports...
- Dave
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 17:44, yuri wrote:
On 28/03/06, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
I have email accounts hosted on external domains and I will not be
impressed if I were no longer able to access them! I suspect there
will be lots of others in this situation and hope that Telecom
doesn't
They are on the site now as I type.
Do you mean
http://www.telstraclear.co.nz/products-res/internet/highspeed/
?
They've been there for some time, since before last time I posted some
internet prices. The pricing says 3 Nov 05, about 4 months ago. Am I
looking in the wrong place?
Volker
--
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:46:39 +1200
David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mar 28, 2006, at 4:07 PM, Steve Holdoway wrote:
You normally access those accounts via pop, imap or a dedicated web
interface ( secure or clear ). None of these use port 25.
I do like to be able to send mail too
On 28/03/06, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
They are on the site now as I type.
Do you mean
http://www.telstraclear.co.nz/products-res/internet/highspeed/
?
They've been there for some time, since before last time I posted some
internet prices. The pricing says 3 Nov 05, about 4 months ago. Am I
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:32:33 +1200 yuri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wait until it's updated to say valid from 29 Mar 06.
Each plan will have a bit more base traffic, with the price of
additional blocks going down a wee bit and the sizes of additional
blocks going up a wee bit.
Can't give
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 6:45 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Do you know if we have to apply to get the new plan, or is it an automatic
upgrade?
I would love that option with my new Orcon plan.
I was one of the lucky ones who got unlimited traffic in the two week window
when UBS was first
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