Re: Backup question

There was a really good article about using SVN to back up your ~ in issue 82 Aug 06) of Linux Format . It's not released on PDF yet, but someone might have a copy lying around... Ben On 31/07/07, Col <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew Errington wrote: > > On Thu

Re: Backup question

> oops. The -z option doesn't compress the data at the destination, but is > used for compressing the data during transmission over a network. Thanks > for pointing out it not necessary here. Ah, well clearly I didn't understand it either, but now I do. > > I am doing this operation as root, with

Making it clear - all FOSS posters.

CRAP! Re reading this I can see that I was not clear at all! Sorry. I want to make Posters for a range of FOSS projects, not just SFD. My link was only to the concept that I did for Apache. I wondered why I was getting little response. So what I really want is a range of hi-res logos for all

Re: Poster Logos...

Hi Al, Perhaps I confused everyone The logos I want are of all OSS not just SFD. Infact I'm going to leave SFD alone as it's Rik's baby and he gets very upset if people creap in on his patch. Thanks for the support. Cheers Don alanw wrote: Hi Don, Didn't hear back from y

Re: Backup question

Andrew Errington wrote: On Thursday 26 July 2007 17:36, Col wrote: Andrew Errington wrote: Hi all, I am running MEPIS 6.5 with a KDE desktop. I am considering running Keep (the KDE backup thing) to do local time-series backups of my home directory (to guard against accidental deletions or edi

Live Knoppix CD

Is there anyone living on the Harewood side of town who could perhaps burn me a copy of Knoppix live / bootable CD that I could pick up later tonight..I'll supply the CD of course! If so contact me off-list or Tel. 3594195 It would be much appreciated. Cheers Ralph

SOLVED (sort of) Re: Dual Monitors WAS: Hardware graphics acceleration

Tidying up an old thread... On 28/05/07, Roy Britten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, having just obtained a second monitor and card to drive it I'd > like my desktop spread over the two screens. As suggested by at least one poster, the problem lay with the inability of currently available driver

Software Freedom Day Poster (please forward)

Hi, I'm working on a poster for SFD and want to re-work the text above. Do you know the name of the font, or know someone who can send it to me? the logo I'm working on <> <>

Re: Backup question

On Thursday 26 July 2007 17:36, Col wrote: > Andrew Errington wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am running MEPIS 6.5 with a KDE desktop. I am considering running Keep > > (the KDE backup thing) to do local time-series backups of my home > > directory (to guard against accidental deletions or edits) and

Re: Sabayon 3.4

On Tuesday 31 July 2007 7:32 am, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:51:43 +1200 > > Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 30 July 2007 10:48 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > > > /etc/resolv.conf > > > > > > nameserver x.x.x.x > > > > > > BUT if you are using dhcp it should be get

Re: Sabayon 3.4

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:51:43 +1200 Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 30 July 2007 10:48 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > > > > > /etc/resolv.conf > > > > nameserver x.x.x.x > > > > BUT if you are using dhcp it should be getting set! > > Yes it is and it is identical to the host. can yo

Re: Sabayon 3.4

On Monday 30 July 2007 10:34 pm, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Your dhcp server should be providing the gateway as well. try route -n on > both the server and client, and if no gateway is set on the client, > > route add default gw > > Steve > No that is also the same as the host.

Re: Sabayon 3.4

On Monday 30 July 2007 10:48 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > > /etc/resolv.conf > > nameserver x.x.x.x > > BUT if you are using dhcp it should be getting set! Yes it is and it is identical to the host.

Re: Clug domain renewal time

Don Gould wrote: Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, July 27, 2007 3:22 pm, Roger Searle wrote: and the rule is ?? directed at Don I think! For such a clever bunch of people, I'm really surprised that OSS software email clients such as Thunderbird don't have a really simple interface to spot the --

Re: Sabayon 3.4

Robert Fisher wrote: On Monday 30 July 2007 9:14 pm, Nick Rout wrote: I was being facetious - but you bring out a good point. I have had trouble with scsi emulated drives on vmware - could be a similar problem. Its so long ago now I can't remember the exact fault. Well it is going and

Re: Clug domain renewal time

Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, July 27, 2007 3:22 pm, Roger Searle wrote: and the rule is ?? directed at Don I think! For such a clever bunch of people, I'm really surprised that OSS software email clients such as Thunderbird don't have a really simple interface to spot the -- and remove the res

Re: Sabayon 3.4

Your dhcp server should be providing the gateway as well. try route -n on both the server and client, and if no gateway is set on the client, route add default gw Steve On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:22:05 +1200 Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 30 July 2007 9:14 pm, Nick Rout wro

Re: Sabayon 3.4

On Monday 30 July 2007 9:14 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > I was being facetious - but you bring out a good point. I have had > trouble with scsi emulated drives on vmware - could be a similar > problem. Its so long ago now I can't remember the exact fault. Well it is going and the bridged network is act

Re: compaq laptop- install didnt go to plan

On Monday 30 July 2007 5:49 pm, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Does it install as a live dvd? I must admit to only having checked one of > the copies I made ): > Yes I just booted into a live system on my main PC. Maybe VMWare did not like Ext4 Rob

Re: Sabayon 3.4

Robert Fisher wrote: On Monday 30 July 2007 8:55 pm, Nick Rout wrote: I suggest you follow the instructions - press enter and it will reboot :-) Tried that - maybe I was not patient enough but nothing seemed to happen. This time I am going against my better judgement and changing mo

Re: Sabayon 3.4

On Monday 30 July 2007 8:55 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > I suggest you follow the instructions - press enter and it will reboot > > :-) Tried that - maybe I was not patient enough but nothing seemed to happen. This time I am going against my better judgement and changing more than one thing at a time

Re: Sabayon 3.4

Robert Fisher wrote: On Monday 30 July 2007 7:56 pm, Robert Fisher wrote: On Monday 30 July 2007 7:16 pm, Nick Rout wrote: Maybe VMWare did not like Ext4 Rob I wouldn't be using ext4 just yet from what I have read on the sabayon forums. I used the defaults for par

Re: Sabayon 3.4

On Monday 30 July 2007 7:56 pm, Robert Fisher wrote: > On Monday 30 July 2007 7:16 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > > > Maybe VMWare did not like Ext4 > > > > > > Rob > > > > I wouldn't be using ext4 just yet from what I have read on the sabayon > > forums. > > I used the defaults for partitioning and fo

Sabayon 3.4

On Monday 30 July 2007 7:16 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > > Maybe VMWare did not like Ext4 > > > > Rob > > I wouldn't be using ext4 just yet from what I have read on the sabayon > forums. I used the defaults for partitioning and formatting and did not actually check what was being created. Creatin

Re: compaq laptop- install didnt go to plan

Robert Fisher wrote: On Monday 30 July 2007 5:49 pm, Steve Holdoway wrote: Does it install as a live dvd? I must admit to only having checked one of the copies I made ): Yes I just booted into a live system on my main PC. Maybe VMWare did not like Ext4 Rob I wouldn't be usin