Re: why oh why...

2010-06-15 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, Steve Holdoway wrote: Or start a project to provide a sane alternative to alsa... (: --they have. It is called pulse. Sound is one area where linux fails quite badly. Indeed, it is proof that linux is not ready for the desktop of the ordinary user. If you cannot get sound to work for

Re: Is there such a distro?

2010-05-31 Thread Derek Smithies
Solor Vox wrote: $ sudo su - # Even more useful is sudo sux which gives root the ability to open gui tools. Derek -- Derek J Smithies Ph.D. Christchurch, New Zealand -- How did you make it work?? the usual, got everything right

Re: Bluetooth dongles

2010-04-10 Thread Derek Smithies
Dongle (HCI mode) See: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Peripherals/Other/auction-282478464.htm both work fine on Crunchbang and Ubuntu dave g Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) -- = Derek Smithies, Christchurch, New

Re: ssh testing

2010-03-11 Thread Derek Smithies
. This will drop the connection before password requests iirc. Steve -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ How did you make it work?? Oh, the usual, get everything right.

top posters, was Re: Revamping my storage

2010-02-09 Thread Derek Smithies
this on their iphones with XXXcom bandwidth charges. b)still on dialup/equivalent with slow links Lots deleted.. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Derek Smithies
would work though. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:11:47 Derek Smithies wrote: My first thought was for the 42nd of the month, but it is a bit large. The 24 would work though. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 all fit nicely onto the topic. Shame that we can't use 0. 24 is 1 date 24

Re: Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Derek Smithies
ask. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@indranet.co.nz ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Help please (Nooby) Headless Ubuntu - SHH VNC

2009-11-20 Thread Derek Smithies
logged in to your desktop? -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@indranet.co.nz ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

pulse audio , was Re: Xfce to Stump

2009-11-17 Thread Derek Smithies
. f)Linux has moved closer, much closer, to being ready for the average person. Derek. p..s - I perhaps should have enclosed this in rant tags. I guess all I am trying to say is that, surprise surprise, the pulse on ubuntu 9.10 is a significant improvement -- Derek Smithies Ph.D

Re: Halt command on remote box causes ssh client to hang

2009-10-14 Thread Derek Smithies
Ross Drummond -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ The only thing IE should be used for is to download Fire Fox My favorite language is call STAR. It's extremely concise. It has exactly one verb '*', which does exactly

Re: Web Site Slow to Start

2009-08-31 Thread Derek Smithies
this delay is coming from? I'm guessing that if I don't use it for a while then the authentication times out and it needs to reauthenticate to AD in the background, but how do I prove that (and hopefully speed it up)? I can't see the authentication in any of the logs. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D

Re: Alpining

2009-08-19 Thread Derek Smithies
get acquainted with this mysterious mail reader? Thanks, Aidan -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ The only thing IE should be used for is to download Fire Fox

Re: Motherboard selection

2009-07-23 Thread Derek Smithies
with multiple cards. The process is helped by drinking more coffee.. Let the wars begin. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ The only thing IE should be used for is to download Fire Fox

Re: Linux and RAM size

2009-07-22 Thread Derek Smithies
. 20 years, growth of 5 zeros, - hmm, getting close to pettabyte material there..[1] Derek. [1] http://gupeng.blogspot.com/2005/04/kb-mb-gb-tb-pb-eb-zb-yb.html -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ The only thing IE

Re: Linux and RAM size

2009-07-22 Thread Derek Smithies
. === On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, chris wrote: When I started in the early 70s we had 4k! regards Chris T Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ The only thing IE should be used

Re: ekiga not creating sockets

2009-05-31 Thread Derek Smithies
for ptlib that works well. Multiple applications can simultaneously read/write to the same sound device, all at different ratessampling sizes. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@indranet.co.nz ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: ekiga not creating sockets

2009-05-31 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, Andrew Errington wrote: On Mon, June 1, 2009 06:43, Derek Smithies wrote: specious argument snipped See - it is simpler to just install Skype and use it. Actually, from what you are saying, it is simpler just to install Windows and use it. Not the right conclusion

Re: ekiga not creating sockets

2009-05-30 Thread Derek Smithies
getting this to work. To get skype to work, you only have to hassle your way through sound card issues. To get ekiga to work, you have to hassle your way through sound card issues and firewall issues. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@indranet.co.nz ph

Re: ekiga not creating sockets

2009-05-30 Thread Derek Smithies
On Sun, 31 May 2009, Andrew Errington wrote: On Sun, May 31, 2009 06:04, Derek Smithies wrote: The most surefire way of fixing this? Use skype. Seriously, you can fiddle for hours getting this to work. Except that Skype is proprietary and closed. SIP is the Right Answer, so it's worth

uses for old computers

2009-05-11 Thread Derek Smithies
the old games which are still available. Yes, but it is of questionable legality to install pirated win98 isos. Comment?? Derek. P.S. In fact, the most common use for old computers is to take up space in the garage. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http

Re: uses for old computers

2009-05-11 Thread Derek Smithies
power to the electrical bus. This will provide a hot plate. I suppose in the spit of this email, one should use an old power supply. Derek. Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ The only thing IE should be used for is to download

Re: Linux on USB stick recommendations

2009-05-04 Thread Derek Smithies
...@tait.co.nz New Zealand -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ The only thing IE should be used for is to download Fire Fox

RE: computer shopping

2009-04-23 Thread Derek Smithies
prices I've seen - if only I had more $$ :-(- and will send the stuff anywhere in NZ. -Regards, Bryce Stenberg. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ The only thing IE should be used for is to download Fire Fox

Re: Adventures in netbook distros continued.

2009-02-16 Thread Derek Smithies
be congratulated, it sortof works on my linux browser.. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@indranet.co.nz ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Asus eee pc 901 Linux

2009-02-12 Thread Derek Smithies
difference is the length of time taken to reach the conclusion to blow it away. I am curious - why ubuntu netbook remix when there is a ubuntu eee distro? Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@indranet.co.nz ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Thanks Derek...

2009-02-10 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Steve wrote: PS. Can anyone elighten me on what that PLC'esque board was called in the general discussion afterwards? I'm having an Alzheimers moment... Arduino http://www.arduino.cc/ Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de

RE: wtf!

2009-02-08 Thread Derek Smithies
please advise the sender and delete. Christchurch City Council http://www.ccc.govt.nz ** -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@indranet.co.nz ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet

RE: Feb meeting...

2009-01-29 Thread Derek Smithies
wrote works. Further. There will be examples of it operating at the meeting. Someone will need to bring a projector. I have not yet done the slides/presentation, but anyhow.. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@indranet.co.nz ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http

Re: Feb meeting...

2009-01-23 Thread Derek Smithies
is just too busy at the moment, and anyway I think I've done my bit. don -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@indranet.co.nz ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Something for .bashrc file

2008-12-03 Thread Derek Smithies
happens to the people this guy does not like? Derek -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: just to show it's not just redhat...

2008-11-26 Thread Derek Smithies
you have large files of data to process. There was a time when I was processing gigabyte sized tcp dump files. With a 64 bit machine, you can put many more gigabytes of ram into the box, which aids the processing of such large files. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email

Re: Backup options

2008-11-16 Thread Derek Smithies
), robustness, and the like? Thanks, Roy. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Backup options

2008-11-16 Thread Derek Smithies
that my house didn't. Still, not enough to get me checking my ability to restore fully and keep copies off-site! Perhaps I'll read this when I get home and actually do something. Cheers, Roger Derek Smithies wrote: Hi, Backup is the thing that everyone says you have to do, but few do

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-11-05 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Zane Gilmore wrote: There did not appear to be a reply to my suggestion the other day for the meeting next Tuesday. Derek and Barry... do you have any objection to doing your talks next year? I have no problem with this... Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet

Re: OT Learning 'C' - any pointers?

2008-10-28 Thread Derek Smithies
you have large projects with thousands of classes/methods, the brain just don't remember if it is Milliseconds or MilliSeconds (for example). The code completion does work out those fiddly details and makes the whole thing easier.. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email

Re: laptop blanking

2008-10-24 Thread Derek Smithies
--- Derek Smithies wrote: Hi, when the gui fails, just open a console on the display and type xset -dpms which disables DPMS (Energy Star) features. This approach is moderately brutal, but it was effective on another distro. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd

Re: laptop blanking

2008-10-23 Thread Derek Smithies
which is permitting screen blanking TIA Barry -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: mail readers

2008-10-21 Thread Derek Smithies
)Debian vs Ubuntu and go on for ever, with no resolution. At the end of the day, you pick a client that best fits your needs/ability level. I am told that you can send email by telnetting to the mail port on the box and typing the raw sendmail commands Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D

Re: OT: Re: mail readers

2008-10-21 Thread Derek Smithies
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Steve Holdoway wrote: On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:26:22 +1300 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derek Smithies wrote: b)Holden vs Ford c)Debian vs Ubuntu rubbish - everyone knows and accepts the fact that Ford stands for First On Race Day... First where? First taken

Re: I'm getting hammered... what should I do about it?

2008-10-15 Thread Derek Smithies
traffic and (depending on if you are running a DNS server or not) what to do about it. The what to do about it thought was you should just block it with a firewall - the traffic is insignificant. :-) -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Derek Smithies
algorithm) in weeks.. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: CentOS noob

2008-10-08 Thread Derek Smithies
by side comparisons. Just my $0.02 - which is worth a lot less now than it was on Monday, Be thankful you is not in zimbabwe. With their current rate of inflation, 2c is so meaningless that even the beggars don't want it... Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email

Re: CentOS noob

2008-10-08 Thread Derek Smithies
. All I know about centos is the reports I heard at cluecon 2008 - all the comments there were very favourable about centos. I have used ubuntu, and like it a lot... Then along came hardy heron+pulse_audio, and the thing is not quite right.. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies

Re: paradise dicey

2008-09-20 Thread Derek Smithies
that the IP header is only large enough for nine such routes. Many hosts ignore or discard this option. If your ISP supports this you can see the hop's taken to reach paradise,then you can test each hop with a ping to check latency. Cheers Ross Drummond -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet

Re: FTP server recommendations

2008-09-17 Thread Derek Smithies
boxes are on the same LAN. My advice: ftp servers are not secure, for the reasons explained elsewhere in this thread. For anonymous read only access, these security issues are significantly reduced. Given the example above, there are times and places where a ftp server is ideal. Derek. Derek

Re: FTP server recommendations

2008-09-17 Thread Derek Smithies
example. Derek. On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 11:09 +1200, Derek Smithies wrote: Hi On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Steve Holdoway wrote: On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:18:59 +1300 Roy Britten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm setting up an Ubuntu 8.04 Server instance and would appreciate advice on a recommended FTP server

Re: OT: Happy Millionth Moore Day to Me!

2008-09-15 Thread Derek Smithies
argues, code spends most of its life in the develop and maintain phases. Since the initial writing bit is only a tiny fraction of the total life cycle, why waste time (long term) by writing hard to maintain code? Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: OT: Happy Millionth Moore Day to Me!

2008-09-12 Thread Derek Smithies
? Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Ubuntu on Vista machine

2008-09-09 Thread Derek Smithies
to work.. Sound fails also - but that could have been a pulse audio thing.. Derek On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Merrick wrote: Can Vmware plaer be used to run ubuntu? Have you tried qemu? Cheers Don -- Derek

Re: The Story of the Little Computer That Could

2008-08-12 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, And did you notice that it boots in seconds? Somewhat faster than my tower PCs. Derek. On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, Douglas Royds wrote: The crustier engineers among us (myself included) might enjoy this bit of steam computer history: http://www.hp9825.com/ -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet

Re: Cables to give away

2008-06-28 Thread Derek Smithies
cables). dave. be okay to pick up at next linux meeting? -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: OT: Top Posting.

2008-06-26 Thread Derek Smithies
that there is. There *might* be One True Way to reply to messages in a specific forum, like this mailing list (but I doubt it) -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: [OT] computer needed

2008-06-21 Thread Derek Smithies
. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: [OT] computer needed

2008-06-20 Thread Derek Smithies
. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: [OT] computer needed

2008-06-20 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Sat, 21 Jun 2008, Nick Rout wrote: What has memtest got to do with linux? memtest comes on a linux distro's CD. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: [OT] computer needed

2008-06-20 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Sat, 21 Jun 2008, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Saturday 21 June 2008 10:52:14 Derek Smithies wrote: A comp broker box will be $200+     they will insist on selling it with windows xp, so the price is higher.     this is a couple of years old. Beg to differ. A list memberwith whom I

Re: [OT] computer needed

2008-06-20 Thread Derek Smithies
is $70 from any of those cut price suppliers mentioned in this thread.. ((On a side note, remember how 20Mb was huge ??) (((8kb took 5 mins to save with a ZX81 to tape))) 40gb does not hold many top gear episodes. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Moving to 64 bit system

2008-06-18 Thread Derek Smithies
and it will run. 8gb does make it possible to process large tcpdump files in a small amount of time. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: OT: More on Zoomin maps...

2008-06-17 Thread Derek Smithies
/6/17 Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED]: David Lowe wrote: Nice Don. Next time SWMBO threatens Thanks, but I'd just like to know what SWMBO stands for. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: OT: More on Zoomin maps...

2008-06-17 Thread Derek Smithies
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Ross Drummond wrote: On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Derek Smithies wrote: Hi, Just another comment on the swmbo line:: Many guys think they are the head of the household. The reality is that they are just the chairman of the fundraising subcommittee. Derek. Does chairmanship

Re: apt-get seg-faulting

2008-06-17 Thread Derek Smithies
receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. Any opinions or views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not represent those of their employer. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web

Re: CLUG meeting tomorrow night

2008-06-11 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Don Gould wrote: Does anyone know if there are issues with using GParted to resize a Vista partition? I thought vista had the ability to resize it's partitions at request of the user, or is that only for the top end versions of vitsa? Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D

Re: Happy Hardy Heron discovery of the Day - Alpine

2008-05-03 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Sat, 3 May 2008, Rex Johnston wrote: Derek Smithies wrote: I have just updated two machines at home to HH. Now, some of the neopet pages and games don't work. You have to download the lastest shockwave player, and the links don't work. It is not clear where to go in synaptic to get

Re: Happy Hardy Heron discovery of the Day - Alpine

2008-05-03 Thread Derek Smithies
-bit/flash64.shtml Thanks for the link. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Happy Hardy Heron discovery of the Day - Alpine

2008-05-03 Thread Derek Smithies
asking for help. The first thing you do is seach on that person's name. Since you have a copy of all previous correspondence, you find if they have indeed written to you. From a commercial perspective, you keep all written correspondence. Why not the same with email ? Derek. -- Derek Smithies

Re: Happy Hardy Heron discovery of the Day - Alpine

2008-05-03 Thread Derek Smithies
. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Happy Hardy Heron discovery of the Day - Alpine

2008-05-03 Thread Derek Smithies
application/futuresplashFutureSplash Player spl Yes $ locate npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /var/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so Youtube works fine. Cheers, Rex -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http

Re: Happy Hardy Heron discovery of the Day - Alpine

2008-05-02 Thread Derek Smithies
dropped out. :-) Sigh! Happy me. I like alpine. John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait ElectronicsFax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 ChristchurchEmail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Zealand -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron RC1

2008-04-23 Thread Derek Smithies
with a new release date of the first of June, Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: OOXML The Norway Vote

2008-04-21 Thread Derek Smithies
please? -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Laptop recommendations for Linux

2008-04-07 Thread Derek Smithies
, the convenience overall size is not as good. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Next Meeting Talk...

2008-04-05 Thread Derek Smithies
on audience responses. I agree with Andrew 100.000%. KISS works everytime. You can speak with authority, and there is a much bigger chance you can answer all the questions easily. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http

Re: Meeting next Tuesday

2008-03-10 Thread Derek Smithies
? Thanks Derek -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: 21 monitors from Craig -- xorg.conf

2008-03-10 Thread Derek Smithies
could not cope with the presence of a KVM. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

RE: Meeting next Tuesday

2008-03-10 Thread Derek Smithies
at all to do with computers.) Excellent, excellent. thanks for your help.. I will be the guy that arrives at 7:30pm (sorry, no can do earlier) with a computer under one arm and a monitor the other arm... Cheers, Derek. - David -Original Message- From: Derek Smithies [mailto

Re: 21 monitors from Craig -- xorg.conf

2008-03-09 Thread Derek Smithies
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:13:45 NZDT +1300, Derek Smithies wrote: Then I got a new computer, and there was not space for an extra monitor/keyboard/mouse. So, I put this new computer on a KVM with the AMD64 computer. Now, the AMD64 computer came up

Re: 21 monitors from Craig -- xorg.conf

2008-03-08 Thread Derek Smithies
is a windows machine, which worked fine with the KVM. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: 21 monitors from Craig -- xorg.conf

2008-03-07 Thread Derek Smithies
and refresh rate. I used this tool to experimentally determine the ideal modeline, which I put in the xorg.conf file, to force X to choose a reasonable setting. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet

Re: The next CLUG meeting

2008-03-01 Thread Derek Smithies
-- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Internet banking security

2008-02-14 Thread Derek Smithies
we mount a campaign with banks to get them to actively promote Linux over the alternatives? ;-) You can campaign all you like. I suspect that supplying prebuilt live CD's will help this campaign heaps. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3

Re: kernel panic - not syncing

2008-02-13 Thread Derek Smithies
installation to the above Gutsy problem. So the hardware is functional. df isn't showing me any full partitions. Any pointers gratefully received! Roger -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Joys of not quite monolithic kernels...

2008-02-12 Thread Derek Smithies
mechanism. In linux once a module is loaded it can directly call any kernel API it likes, directly. /me braces for the inevitable pedantry chain-reaction. -- Delio -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet

Re: Joys of not quite monolithic kernels...

2008-02-12 Thread Derek Smithies
. A monolithic kernel would have required a reboot. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Voip providers?

2008-02-11 Thread Derek Smithies
to 2talk.co.nz. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: usb headset...

2008-02-08 Thread Derek Smithies
the boss monitor a skype conversation? - It is quite hard to do. V hard. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Linux coverage on Stuff

2007-12-10 Thread Derek Smithies
. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Bash completion - don't expand ~

2007-12-06 Thread Derek Smithies
not been altered or corrupted during transmission. === -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: 64bit linux on Ubuntu 7.10

2007-11-18 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, John Williams wrote: Derek Smithies wrote: Well yes, but you are missing the real problem. The big big big problem with 64bit is application support. a)ATI and Nvidia card support is more problematic. b)Many of the apps on sourceforge etc are tested on 32 bit

Re: 64bit linux on Ubuntu 7.10

2007-11-17 Thread Derek Smithies
. Cheers Ross Drummond -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Live CDs

2007-10-07 Thread Derek Smithies
/LiveCDCustomization ...to add some programs like Emacs, and parted, and maybe some other minor alterations. Unless someone can recommend an easier way. If it works, I will post what I did differently. Aidan -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email

Re: Live CDs

2007-09-15 Thread Derek Smithies
/LiveCDCustomization ...to add some programs like Emacs, and parted, and maybe some other minor alterations. Unless someone can recommend an easier way. If it works, I will post what I did differently. Aidan -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365

Re: Tip for the Day: gdmap and filelight, finding the disk hogs.

2007-09-12 Thread Derek Smithies
Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait ElectronicsFax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 ChristchurchEmail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Zealand -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http

Re: Distro war - should we have one?

2007-08-22 Thread Derek Smithies
to to work) Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Re: Re: Advice on building PC?

2007-08-07 Thread Derek Smithies
. However, if the person has been told what to do, and is not following instructions, chaining is not enough. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Advice on building PC?

2007-08-06 Thread Derek Smithies
else's gear, or something new - prevents any arguments. Volker -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Test your C knowledge here.

2007-07-01 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, I was at a conference in chicago (www.cluecon.com) and one of the presenters there asked a question: Is the following line of code legal? 2[abcde]; Answer to come, after any discussion.. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3

Re: Test your C knowledge here.

2007-07-01 Thread Derek Smithies
. Unfortunately. Or there is hope that newer compilers put a stop to this nonsense. Volker -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

Re: Out of network ports - what to do?

2007-06-15 Thread Derek Smithies
ADSL/cable. - And you probably won't notice the difference between 200 and 100m. Now, what does lightly loaded mean? Try it and see. If it works fine, it is ok. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet

Re: Would you lend us $200?

2007-05-17 Thread Derek Smithies
www.bowenvale.pointclark.net/benjamin/ www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz -- Derek

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