OT, Anyone with Allied Telesyn Experence

2006-09-11 Thread Craig Molloy
As off topic as this sounds i need to configure a AR320 to port forward and i have hit a brick wall, im not asking for a hand out just a point in the right direction in trade for BEER or an exchange of service (Im an alarm tech) Please Reply Off list Thank you all so much

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-11 Thread Rik Tindall
Isaac Devine wrote re: > Tonight 19:30 > http://clug.org.nz/index.php/MeetingSchedule at which, the Software Freedom Day http://www.softwarefreedomday.org T-shirts are available ($20), as are still places on our local team. What does SFD entail? 12-4pm this Sat & Sun, South Learning Centre

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-11 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:24:30 +1200 Paul Swafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3794954a10,00.html > > my guess is it will be updated shortly > > Paul > I liked this one: "I saw a green like emerge from the back of a huge ball maybe bigger than a

[Fwd: Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling]

2006-09-11 Thread Rik Tindall
This reply got swallowed?.. --- Begin Message --- Isaac Devine wrote: >> Software Freedom Day http://www.softwarefreedomday.org >> T-shirts are available ($20), as are still places on our local team. > What does SFD entail? 12-4pm this Sat & Sun, South Learning Centre: http://www.library.chri

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-11 Thread Alan
Isaac Devine wrote: Also: Alan is your modem issue fixed? thanks, Isaac Hi Isaac, yes in so far as the external modem is concerned.but nada as far as the Winmodem . Alan

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-11 Thread Isaac Devine
On 9/12/06, Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Isaac Devine wrote re: >> > Tonight 19:30 >> > http://clug.org.nz/index.php/MeetingSchedule >> >> at which, the Software Freedom Day http://www.softwarefreedomday.org >> T-shirts are available ($20), as are still places on our local team. > Wha

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-11 Thread Isaac Devine
On 9/12/06, Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cheers Volker. Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > Tonight 19:30 > http://clug.org.nz/index.php/MeetingSchedule at which, the Software Freedom Day http://www.softwarefreedomday.org T-shirts are available ($20), as are still places on our local team. What

Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-11 Thread Rik Tindall
Cheers Volker. Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Tonight 19:30 http://clug.org.nz/index.php/MeetingSchedule at which, the Software Freedom Day http://www.softwarefreedomday.org T-shirts are available ($20), as are still places on our local team. c u there -- Rik

RE: OT - the noise

2006-09-11 Thread Craig FALCONER
I've heard 20 km south of Hinds as the impact point and breaking up over rangiora/kaikoura. Watch the news tonight I guess. None of these immediate reports can be trusted chinese whispers etc. -Original Message- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 Septemb

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-11 Thread Paul Swafford
Craig FALCONER wrote: I've heard 20 km south of Hinds as the impact point and breaking up over rangiora/kaikoura. Watch the news tonight I guess. None of these immediate reports can be trusted chinese whispers etc. -Original Message- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] S

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-11 Thread Roger Searle
linwood. trademe message boards are full of reports from all over the city. have now heard - apparently entered the atmosphere above heathcote and had burnt out by about rangiora, but not hitting the ground. according to fifth hand reports not guaranteed to be right... Isaac Devine wrote: >

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-11 Thread Nicholas Rogers
It was a meteorite - broke up over Rangiora!! On 12/09/2006, at 3:13 PM, Isaac Devine wrote: On 9/12/06, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: totally ot... wtf? everyone heard it? what was it? Yeah I'm in ferrymead atm. Where are you?

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-11 Thread Isaac Devine
On 9/12/06, Paul Swafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Roger Searle wrote: > totally ot... > > wtf? everyone heard it? what was it? > > > Meteor / Sonic Boom from same .. happy landings! Paul Someone at work just said it was over Rangiora

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-11 Thread Isaac Devine
On 9/12/06, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: totally ot... wtf? everyone heard it? what was it? Yeah I'm in ferrymead atm. Where are you?

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-11 Thread Rex Johnston
Roger Searle wrote: totally ot... wtf? everyone heard it? what was it? I looked around, couldn't see any smoke plumes. Nothing has appeared on geonet yet. Rex

Re: OT - the noise

2006-09-11 Thread Paul Swafford
Roger Searle wrote: totally ot... wtf? everyone heard it? what was it? Meteor / Sonic Boom from same .. happy landings! Paul

OT - the noise

2006-09-11 Thread Roger Searle
totally ot... wtf? everyone heard it? what was it?

Re: Usenet Groups?

2006-09-11 Thread Don Gould
GPL Host can do account for nntp if required ~$5/month John Carter wrote: I want to follow a usenet group comp.arch.embedded apparently xtra has dropped support for Usenet. (Is this true?) Is there any publically available NZ usenet news host? (apart from Google Groups) Alternatively which

Re: OT: ADSL Routers

2006-09-11 Thread Carl Cerecke
The netgear unit runs embedded linux. There was a hack floating around to get shell access. I think later firmware versions disabled it though. I never tried it. I just want it to do its job (which it does well). On 12/09/06, Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd recommend the linksys un

RE: Linux vs Windows - what we are up against

2006-09-11 Thread Ben Ford
I installed Kubuntu 6.06 on my tablet a few weeks ago and had pressure sensitivity in the gimp and inkscape up and running in about half an hour. I'd be happy to help if your friend needs any assistance ditching the BSOD :) Regards, Ben -Original Message- From: Michael JasonSmith [mailto

RE: OT: ADSL Routers

2006-09-11 Thread Craig FALCONER
I'd recommend the linksys units based on flexability. I don't know if the WAG runs linux, but the WRT54GL certainly does. However they would need an ethernet/DSL modem still. -Original Message- From: Carl Cerecke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 10:03 a.m. To:

Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling

2006-09-11 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Tonight 19:30 http://clug.org.nz/index.php/MeetingSchedule -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.

Re: OT: ADSL Routers

2006-09-11 Thread Steve Holdoway
No problems with a WAG54G. One of my customers has been using it without problem since last Aug. Steve On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:03:10 +1200 Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had the netgear unit for over 12 months. No problems. > It occasionally (every 4-6 weeks) loses the ADSL connecti

Re: OT: ADSL Routers

2006-09-11 Thread Carl Cerecke
I had the netgear unit for over 12 months. No problems. It occasionally (every 4-6 weeks) loses the ADSL connection (power cycle to reconnect). Not sure if this is a netgear problem or a telecom problem. And I haven't yet upgraded to the latest firmware. Wireless works fine. Cheers, Carl. On 12/

OT: ADSL Routers

2006-09-11 Thread Jamie Dobbs
I am looking at replacing my ADSL router with a new one that supports ADSL2 and wireless (so I can network the (modded) XBox from the lounge using wireless so that I can access Samba shares etc). I am considering either the Linksys WAG54G or Netgear DG834G and would welcome feedback from people wh

OT: ADSL Routers

2006-09-11 Thread Jamie Dobbs
I am looking at replacing my ADSL router with a new one that supports ADSL2 and wireless (so I can network the (modded) XBox from the lounge using wireless so that I can access Samba shares etc). I am considering either the Linksys WAG54G or Netgear DG834G and would welcome feedback from people wh

TPN meeting this evening, 5:00 - 6:30

2006-09-11 Thread Carl Cerecke
Hi All, I'm speaking at this evening's Testing Professionals Network meeting. The presentation (including a couple of live demos) is done using Linux. The meeting will be mostly attended by people who work as software testers. Here's the ad: This month we are looking at….Python, the Tester's Fri

Re: Linux vs Windows - what we are up against

2006-09-11 Thread Michael JasonSmith
The other day, a friend of mine — after contemplating the blue-screen that his XP tablet decided to display — looked up and mused about the state of pen-based computing on Linux ☺. (GTK+ 2.10 now ships standard with the ability to go into pen-input, and QT is not half bad at it either, if you were

OTish: Humour

2006-09-11 Thread Steve Holdoway
http://xkcd.com/store/

Re: Usenet Groups?

2006-09-11 Thread Keith McGavin
On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 08:56:49PM, Rex Teague wrote: > On Monday 11 September 2006 17:10, John Carter wrote: > > I want to follow a usenet group > >comp.arch.embedded > > nntp.aioe.org is a passable freebie and currently has 251 posts in the > above newsgroup. I use the Sunsite News server

Re: vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 1:43 pm, alan zl3kr wrote: > Thanks Christopher, all files now accessable in hdb1 Until you reboot. You will have to put the line above the dynamic entries line. Rob

Re: vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread Robert Fisher
On Monday 11 September 2006 9:40 pm, Robert Fisher wrote: Opps!! Spot my "deliberate mistake" in the line below > > Add this line here (it has to be above the Dynamic entries line.) > /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hda2 vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0 Should be /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0 >

Re: vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread Robert Fisher
On Monday 11 September 2006 9:46 pm, Robert Fisher wrote: > On Monday 11 September 2006 9:26 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 September 2006 12:44, alan zl3kr wrote: > > > /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat,ext3,ext2,reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0 > > > > Change this line in /etc/fstab so tha

Re: vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread Robert Fisher
On Monday 11 September 2006 9:26 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Tuesday 12 September 2006 12:44, alan zl3kr wrote: > > /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat,ext3,ext2,reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0 > > Change this line in /etc/fstab so that it reads: > /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat,ext3,ext2,reiserfs auto,users

re:vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread alan zl3kr
Thanks Christopher, all files now accessable in hdb1 Alan

Re: vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 12:44 pm, alan zl3kr wrote: > Below is the fstab file. > Yes I can still see drive 'E' from windows and the files that were > placed in it. > > # Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab > /dev/hdb2 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1 > none /proc proc defau

re:vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread alan zl3kr
here is the return from mount -a (in root) no change to the hdb1 folder on the desk top it shows nothing in it [EMAIL PROTECTED] mount -a mount: none already mounted or /proc/bus/usb busy mount: according to mtab, procbususb is already mounted on /proc/bus/usb mount: none already mounted or /dev/p

Re: vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 12:44, alan zl3kr wrote: > /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat,ext3,ext2,reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0 Change this line in /etc/fstab so that it reads: /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat,ext3,ext2,reiserfs auto,users,exec 0 0 i.e. change the 'noauto' to 'auto'. now either as the root u

Re: vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread Steve Holdoway
At a rough guess, using the command mount -a ( as root ) will attempt to mount everything. If'it's already mounted, it'll whinge, but after that, everything will then be available, including your E drive under linux. Steve On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:44:40 -0400 alan zl3kr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: Usenet Groups?

2006-09-11 Thread Rex Teague
On Monday 11 September 2006 17:10, John Carter wrote: > I want to follow a usenet group >comp.arch.embedded nntp.aioe.org is a passable freebie and currently has 251 posts in the above newsgroup. [...] HTH... Rex

Re: vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 11:56 am, alan zl3kr wrote: > Hi Roger, > have not had time to check until now, but previously my hdb1 and windows > "E" drive were one and the same but now I cannot see the files that are > on that "E" drive from linux, so there is something I have either done > wrong

Re: vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 11:56, alan zl3kr wrote: > Hi Roger, > have not had time to check until now, but previously my hdb1 and windows > "E" drive were one and the same but now I cannot see the files that are > on that "E" drive from linux, so there is something I have either done > wrong or

re:vfat32

2006-09-11 Thread alan zl3kr
Hi Roger, have not had time to check until now, but previously my hdb1 and windows "E" drive were one and the same but now I cannot see the files that are on that "E" drive from linux, so there is something I have either done wrong or not done I guess Alan

Re: Proud father reports...

2006-09-11 Thread yuri
On 09/09/06, Nick Rout wrote: [snipped wonderful story about Miles installing SuSE] Hopefully its the thin end of the wedge around here, as he set up a user for Sue as well. No choice in this household - users use what I'm capable of maintaining, and I don't feel confident maintaining a windows

Re: Usenet Groups?

2006-09-11 Thread Nick Rout
On 7:30 pm 09/11/06 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 11 September 2006 17:10, John Carter wrote: > > I want to follow a usenet group > > comp.arch.embedded > > apparently xtra has dropped support for Usenet. (Is this true?) > Apparently true. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $

Re: Usenet Groups?

2006-09-11 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Monday 11 September 2006 17:10, John Carter wrote: > I want to follow a usenet group >comp.arch.embedded > apparently xtra has dropped support for Usenet. (Is this true?) Apparently true. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ nc news.xtra.co.nz 119 mesaana.xtra.co.nz [203.96.92.12] 119 (nntp) : Connection r

Re: Usenet Groups?

2006-09-11 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Monday 11 September 2006 17:10, John Carter wrote: > comp.arch. -- CS