Re: Cnet modem using 536ep chip set

2006-05-30 Thread Ross Drummond
On Wed, 31 May 2006 16:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Unless you tried the latest version of the 536 driver, it means that > > either it seriously doesn't work with your hardware configuration, or it > > doesn't work with the kernel in 9.1. From 9.2 onwards it works again. > > Upgrade distro (9.

Re: *not ot* what does a good joke need...???

2006-05-30 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, Even Microsoft know about lost ticks - have a look at: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918461 = In fact, there is a kernel compile option to select the algorithm to determine the time between clock ticks. HPET Timer Support is one that comes to mind. This enables the use of

Re: Cnet modem using 536ep chip set

2006-05-30 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Tried plan B, ubuntu, that failed It doesn't ship any non-oss software, that includes intel's 536. > Plan D is get latest version of Suse 10.1, any luck in getting boxed set? > If so where from? I was about to order mine, we could combine and share the postage. http://www.linuxcdmall.com/suse

Mostly Off Topic: Anyone here want a brand new laptop at a discounted price?

2006-05-30 Thread Phill Coxon
I'm about to buy a brand new laptop to run linux (see - slightly on topic now :) If there is anyone on this list who is also about to buy a laptop in the next 1-2 weeks, please drop me a private email. I can get a significant discount for buying two laptops together at the moment and I'm happy

Re: Cnet modem using 536ep chip set

2006-05-30 Thread j . visch
> > After lots of google and research, I eventually got my > > modem to dial under Suse 9.1 (couldn't get box suse 10). > > The problem is that in a short period of time, my whole machine > > just locks up which doesn't occur until modem is activated. > > SuSE 9.1 was the first with a 2.6 kernel.

Re: Cnet modem using 536ep chip set

2006-05-30 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> After lots of google and research, I eventually got my > modem to dial under Suse 9.1 (couldn't get box suse 10). > The problem is that in a short period of time, my whole machine > just locks up which doesn't occur until modem is activated. SuSE 9.1 was the first with a 2.6 kernel. Intel was la

Cnet modem using 536ep chip set

2006-05-30 Thread j . visch
After lots of google and research, I eventually got my modem to dial under Suse 9.1 (couldn't get box suse 10). The problem is that in a short period of time, my whole machine just locks up which doesn't occur until modem is activated. My guess is irq conflict, currently using irq 16 which is same

OOo spredsheet - inserting current date & time?

2006-05-30 Thread Nick Rout
I want to use a spreadsheet to record some data. I want to be able to insert the current date and time in the first column, ie the date and time of the entry.. I can use =now() to insert the current date and time, but that gets updated, ie I want it to stay at the time of entry, but it keeps being

Dial up problems

2006-05-30 Thread Paul Parkyn
Hi Chris,Andy & Steve thanks for the input working ok now. I always thought the kppp option to make the ppp device the default gateway overrode any other gateway while kppp was active. silly me. cheers Paul

Re: Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> yep and you might also have a laptop that switches from one network to > another - between wired, wireless and modem. But generally in most > setups on one subnet you won't need a default route unless there is a > way off that lan to the big wide world. True, but whatever reasons or lack thereof

Re: Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:05:22 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > The problem is that many distros set a default route on the ethernet > > device when it is brought up (whether by administrator error or > > otherwise). Then ppp does not set a default route on connection. This > > issue has been thras

Re: Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> The problem is that many distros set a default route on the ethernet > device when it is brought up (whether by administrator error or > otherwise). Then ppp does not set a default route on connection. This > issue has been thrashed out on this list many times. I recall Rik > having this problem

Re: Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 31 May 2006 14:30:01 +1200 Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Wednesday 31 May 2006 14:12, Andy George wrote: > > > At a command prompt, type > > > > route add default gw 202.0.46.87 > > > > ...then see if you get traffic through. Maybe related, maybe not, Hows > > the DNS setup? > He has

Re: Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wednesday 31 May 2006 14:12, Andy George wrote: > At a command prompt, type > > route add default gw 202.0.46.87 > > ...then see if you get traffic through. Maybe related, maybe not, Hows > the DNS setup? He has to remove the old default gw first. route del default gw 192.168.42.12 eth0 and I

Re: Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Andy George
Paul Parkyn wrote: Hello Steve & Andy, The result of route -n:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# /sbin/route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 202.0.46.87 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 192.

Re: scripting retrieval from a cookie authenticated site.

2006-05-30 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> > Or curl may be an in between solution. See the simple ihug usage > > script[1] that was born on NZLUG for an quick example. > > Yes, I wrote a bash script to retrieve my book borrowing details from the > library, Please share. > and had to use curl three times I think (one to get the sessio

Re: scripting retrieval from a cookie authenticated site.

2006-05-30 Thread Andrew Errington
On Wed, 31 May 2006 13:20, you wrote: > On Wednesday 31 May 2006 13:11, Carl Cerecke wrote: > > May I suggest that you are using the wrong tool? > > > > wget is not really designed for multiple acticvity where state must be > > remembered between activities. > > > > Perhaps use a programmable brows

Re: Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wednesday 31 May 2006 13:17, Paul Parkyn wrote: > Hello Steve & Andy, > The result of route -n:- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# /sbin/route -n > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse > Iface 202.0.46.87 0.0.0.0 255.25

Re: scripting retrieval from a cookie authenticated site.

2006-05-30 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Perhaps use a programmable browser like mechanoid/mechanize Yes, but bash/wget can be deceptively simple... > >[lots of stuff...] Which mainly explained the issues in principle, as well as saying how to do it with the wrong tool. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with th

Re: scripting retrieval from a cookie authenticated site.

2006-05-30 Thread Hadley Rich
On Wednesday 31 May 2006 13:11, Carl Cerecke wrote: > May I suggest that you are using the wrong tool? > > wget is not really designed for multiple acticvity where state must be > remembered between activities. > > Perhaps use a programmable browser like mechanoid/mechanize Or curl may be an in be

Re: Re: Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Paul Parkyn
Hello Steve & Andy, The result of route -n:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# /sbin/route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 202.0.46.87 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 192.168.42.00.0.0.0

Re: scripting retrieval from a cookie authenticated site.

2006-05-30 Thread Carl Cerecke
May I suggest that you are using the wrong tool? wget is not really designed for multiple acticvity where state must be remembered between activities. Perhaps use a programmable browser like mechanoid/mechanize On 31/05/06, Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [lots of stuff...]

Re: scripting retrieval from a cookie authenticated site.

2006-05-30 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> 1. open site in firefox, which authenticates and stores a cookie You should be able to do that in wget too. --save-cookies > 2. use firefox's cookies.txt file to retrieve with wget: > > wget --quiet --load-cookies cookies.txt http://www.site.com/forums.php -O - > > Just gets me a page that sa

Re: scripting retrieval from a cookie authenticated site.

2006-05-30 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 31 May 2006 12:17:44 +1200 Ben Bodley wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > From my reading of man wget, theoretically this should work: > > > > 1. open site in firefox, which authenticates and stores a cookie > > > > 2. use firefox's cookies.txt file to retrieve with wget: > > > > wget --quie

Re: scripting retrieval from a cookie authenticated site.

2006-05-30 Thread Ben Bodley
Nick Rout wrote: > From my reading of man wget, theoretically this should work: > > 1. open site in firefox, which authenticates and stores a cookie > > 2. use firefox's cookies.txt file to retrieve with wget: > > wget --quiet --load-cookies cookies.txt http://www.site.com/forums.php -O - > > J

scripting retrieval from a cookie authenticated site.

2006-05-30 Thread Nick Rout
From my reading of man wget, theoretically this should work: 1. open site in firefox, which authenticates and stores a cookie 2. use firefox's cookies.txt file to retrieve with wget: wget --quiet --load-cookies cookies.txt http://www.site.com/forums.php -O - Just gets me a page that says I am n

Re: *not ot* what does a good joke need...???

2006-05-30 Thread Andrew Errington
On Tue, 30 May 2006 22:55, you wrote: > > I've got the following setup on my new server - which after 2 months > > still isn't in the rack. The letest problem seems to have stememd > > from the fact that I had to change the motherboard - that being the > > simplest way to get a serial port to conne

Re: *not ot* what does a good joke need...???

2006-05-30 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> I've got the following setup on my new server - which after 2 months > still isn't in the rack. The letest problem seems to have stememd > from the fact that I had to change the motherboard - that being the > simplest way to get a serial port to connect to my weather station. Put the old mobo ba

Re: *not ot* what does a good joke need...???

2006-05-30 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tuesday 30 May 2006 22:01, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Thinking on is, it may have been simpler to use a usb<->com port > converter, but I still haven't managed to get one of those working yet. CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO=m + XH8290 serial <-> USB adaptor from Dick Smith Works better than a bought on

Re: Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, 30 May 2006 21:50:11 +1200 Paul Parkyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > I am having a bit of a problem communicating over a dial up connection. The > modem connects to paradise and the pppd starts but there is no data passed > between the remote port and the port I have been assigne

*not ot* what does a good joke need...???

2006-05-30 Thread Steve Holdoway
...timing! I've got the following setup on my new server - which after 2 months still isn't in the rack. The letest problem seems to have stememd from the fact that I had to change the motherboard - that being the simplest way to get a serial port to connect to my weather station. Thinking on i

Re: Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Andy George
Paul Parkyn wrote: Hello I am having a bit of a problem communicating over a dial up connection. The <> Any ideas as to the problem! Default Route? 73's Andy George ZL3ST

Dial-up networking

2006-05-30 Thread Paul Parkyn
Hello I am having a bit of a problem communicating over a dial up connection. The modem connects to paradise and the pppd starts but there is no data passed between the remote port and the port I have been assigned. I always get a port in the 202.0.46.81 to 87 I did a bit of a check and 202.0.4