Re: vm guest can't access host samba shares

2007-06-07 Thread Roger Searle
I have done a dpkg --purge and another install from repo, and so now have a fresh setup with only bridged networking. However I am still stuck unable to browse shares on the host. I'll have a hard look on the vmware and ubuntu forums as soon as I can. Thanks for your help so far. Kerry May

Re: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Jim Cheetham
On 08/06/07, Ben Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Based on the premise* that most kids (in the UK at least) have trouble reading and writing when they leave school, we should all try and contribute to the lolcode.com effort and make this a viable language. Then all the 'young uns' could code in a

Re: vm guest can't access host samba shares

2007-06-07 Thread Kerry Mayes
The other way to get rid of the virtual networks is to just take them down manually using "ifconfig vmnet1 down" etc. This would allow you to test that getting rid of them is what you need to do. I got those errors last time I ran vmware-config-network.pl, it seems safe to ignore them. Reinstal

Re: vm guest can't access host samba shares

2007-06-07 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I agree with the idea that the networking has become confused, though for different reasoning. All the machines are looking to the router as the DHCP server. I had a previous installation of vmware server that could not complete setting up vmnet modules, and when I realised that it was av

Re: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Ben Ford
I have a suggestion which I believe will sort out this skills shortage once and for all... Based on the premise* that most kids (in the UK at least) have trouble reading and writing when they leave school, we should all try and contribute to the lolcode.com effort and make this a viable language.

Re: vm guest can't access host samba shares

2007-06-07 Thread Kerry Mayes
Assuming you used the repo install, vmware sets up all three types of network (bridged, nat, and host only). However, I think routing btw the vm and host gets confused. I think it's partly due to the multiple dhcp servers providing info to the vm. The simplest solution is to disable the virtual

Re: OT: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Jonathan Bell
- Original Message Follows - > On 07/06/07, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >(Hi Roger if you're out there) > > I really hope he's farming sheep by now. The linux world > > would be a far safer and saner place.. > > > That wasn't really appropriate to post to the open li

Re: feisty sounds

2007-06-07 Thread Chris AKA personthingy
POS is what i call my machine. I hope no explanation is needed. On Friday 08 June 2007 11:03, Chris AKA personthingy wrote: I have a similar issue with POS running etch, however i decided that it wasn't...

Re: feisty sounds

2007-06-07 Thread Chris AKA personthingy
I have a similar issue with POS running etch, however i decided that it wasn't a bug, but a feature, as it means that if i browse the web while running amarok, i don't get talking emoticon adds and other annoyances interrupting the desired sound. I was going to "fix" it, but have decided that i

Re: OT: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Jim Cheetham
On 07/06/07, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >(Hi Roger if you're out there) I really hope he's farming sheep by now. The linux world would be a far safer and saner place.. That wasn't really appropriate to post to the open list, Steve. Nor do I agree with it.

Re: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Jim Cheetham
On 07/06/07, Wesley Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How well do these university tests - with their closed conditions - relate to the work environment? How often would I be expected to solve a restricted set of problems without asking anybody for clarification of their requirements, using deb

feisty sounds

2007-06-07 Thread Roger Searle
Sounds are partially working on this feisty install. Amarok goes great so at least I know that I have codecs for mp3 files and that the onboard sound is working in some way. I have installed via automatix all the available multimedia codecs, mplayer and firefox plugins, and non-free audio and

Re: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Robert Fisher
On Thursday 07 June 2007 11:01 pm, Steve Holdoway wrote: > I've just been asked the 'how many socks' question in response to a job > application. I feel somewhat insulted, since the last time I was asked > this, I was at primary school, and the dateline was 1967. Have standards > *really* fallen t

vm guest can't access host samba shares

2007-06-07 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I can't figure this one out. I have a feisty box running vmware server, and windows guest. Feisty has some samba shares set up via webmin, and another (windows) box on the network can do all the expected things with those shares. Network is 192.168.1.0/24, each machine is using DHCP, add

Re: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:54:56 +1200 Wesley Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 07 June 2007 19:21, Jim Cheetham wrote: > > On 07/06/07, Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Indeed. I don't recall being asked to write code in any job interview. > > > > I was once - write a PHP C

OT: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:21:02 +1200 Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >(Hi Roger if you're out there) I really hope he's farming sheep by now. The linux world would be a far safer and saner place...

Re: back on list

2007-06-07 Thread Nick Rout
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Btw if you have a LAN with more than one computer, setting up SLP is > really cool. It basically works the same as DHCP, but instead of sending > a broadcast "give me an IP address" it's "give me installation sources". > In yast select SLP instead of URL as new source to

Re: back on list

2007-06-07 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Hi Reg, I struggled with getting this working too. Without being able > to tell you reasons why (I just know they work for me), I have these > yast installation sources set up (in addition to DVD etc): Packman and Guru are the two big 3rdparty repositories. So these two > http://mirror.pacific

Re: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Wesley Parish
On Thursday 07 June 2007 19:21, Jim Cheetham wrote: > On 07/06/07, Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Indeed. I don't recall being asked to write code in any job interview. > > I was once - write a PHP CRUD app as part of an interview for > sysadminning(!). I created a non-working app that

LES Working Bee in Riccarton Community Center on Saturday from 10am

2007-06-07 Thread Don Gould
Some of the LES team are holding a working bee in the Riccarton Community Center at 199 Clarance Street on Saturday starting at 10 am. We will be doing a bunch of different distro installs just for fun, setting up machines with network cards and basicly having a good play with older junk. Yo

Re: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Jim Cheetham
On 07/06/07, Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Indeed. I don't recall being asked to write code in any job interview. I was once - write a PHP CRUD app as part of an interview for sysadminning(!). I created a non-working app that the interviewer (Hi Roger if you're out there) couldn't deb

Re: simple way to lose one's mind

2007-06-07 Thread Carl Cerecke
On 07/06/07, John Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Olwen Williams wrote: > I took a rudimentary look at the links and have some comments. > 1) I can program but often even for the most rudimentary tasks I need > to use a manual. An interview is a strange and bizarre event i