Re: connecting to wrong remote desktop

2010-07-27 Thread Kerry Mayes
Vmware has 3 ways of setting up the network for vms, which are you using? Kerry Mayes, Business Development Manager, Acclipse Limited. (Sent from "small device" so please excuse "small errors"!) On 28/07/2010, at 11:17 AM, Alister Niall wrote: > Hi, > How have you

Re: Completely Offtopic: Any recommendations for computer technicians in Rangiora?

2010-01-12 Thread Kerry Mayes
My brother in law has recently used two locals out there and I wouldn't recommend either of them. Both were quite pricey for incredibly simple things. ($200+ to remove Norton anti virus and install a replacement.) Sorry, don't know either's name. Kerry. 2010/1/13 Brett Davidson : > On 13/01/201

Re: Security, to much of it.

2009-09-30 Thread Kerry Mayes
Whereas IPCop by default has minimal security: nothing in, anything out. Perfect for parents' network? I know, not helpful for your current issues! Kerry 2009/9/30 Ryan McCoskrie : > I'm currently building a firewall box for my parents but I have run into > the issue that it's security is actu

Re: RoR tutorials for *nix systems

2009-09-09 Thread Kerry Mayes
Thought from the title you wanted a Rate of Return tutorial 2009/9/10 Kerry : > Hi I'm keen on taking a look at Ruby on Rails and am after some linux specific > Regards, > Kerry > Regards Kerry

Re: Can someone tell me why...

2009-08-26 Thread Kerry Mayes
I'm using the development version of Exaile (via bzr) and the latest version has the ability to set the "audio sink" to: Automatic GNOME ALSA OSS PulseAudio JACK 2009/8/25 Rex Johnston : > Daniel Hill wrote: > >> http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Jack_(plugin) > > Ooh, i can has cheezburger? > >

Re: Can someone tell me why...

2009-08-24 Thread Kerry Mayes
2009/8/24 Rex Johnston : > My exacting standards are > > 2) Proper jack output (no new jack source at the end of each song). > That's the one I'm unsure of, no idea how to set it's output. I assume it's using whatever gnome desktop has set up which, in my case, doesn't include jack. (ALSA, OSS and

Re: Can someone tell me why...

2009-08-23 Thread Kerry Mayes
As a gnome user, I just use "exaile". Probably doesn't meet Rex' exacting demands but it plays all the formats I want and includes replaygain so that I'm not constantly adjusting the volume.

Re: Booting from flash thumb drive/stick

2009-07-25 Thread Kerry Mayes
I set up two usb sticks to boot a 4Gb and a 1Gb. Both Dick Smith brand. The 1Gb worked perfect, the 4Gb wouldn't work at all. So my only suggestion is "trial and error". 2009/7/26 Nick Rout : > So how do I tell whether my stick can support booting? It doesn't seem > to be bloody working. >

Re: Shared folder

2009-07-23 Thread Kerry Mayes
Yes, sorry s vs S confusion there. 2009/7/24 steve : > That'll be the setgroupid bit on the directory which enforces BSD'esque > group ownership behaviour... the sticky bit ensures that only the owner > can delete it ( as in /tmp ) > > (: > > Steve

Re: Shared folder

2009-07-23 Thread Kerry Mayes
I think you are all assuming that this problem was harder than it actually was! I'm not sharing over a network, I'm sharing a directory between two users on the same box. My only issue with "umask 002" is that this will now apply to every file that I create, not just the ones in that directory.

Re: Shared folder

2009-07-23 Thread Kerry Mayes
Thanks all. umask is what I want - I knew it had to be simple!

Re: Shared folder

2009-07-23 Thread Kerry Mayes
Yes! I suppose I am using NFS. How do I make it work under that? Should I link the shared directory to be within each users' home directory? (Does that change the default permissions?) 2009/7/24 Craig Falconer : > > Since you're using linux shares, what about NFS?  At least then you get > prope

Re: Shared folder

2009-07-23 Thread Kerry Mayes
d they are created read/write for user and > group. Guaranteed (: > > hth, > > Steve > > > On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 13:06 +1200, Kerry Mayes wrote: >> This is probably trivially obvious to you guys but I can't figure it >> out.  I created a shared folde

Shared folder

2009-07-23 Thread Kerry Mayes
This is probably trivially obvious to you guys but I can't figure it out. I created a shared folder (/home/shared) that is owned by a group (shared). There are two members of this group. However, the default permissions when either saves a file is 644 - meaning the other can read the file but no

Re: Ubuntu 9.04 install - direct it to empty hard drive?

2009-06-18 Thread Kerry Mayes
No, no, there's a different disc again for servers! 2009/6/19 Bryce Stenberg : >> -Original Message- > And I'll look out for that alternate ubuntu for when we come to setting > up servers. > > Thanks, Bryce Stenberg

Re: Ubuntu 9.04 install - direct it to empty hard drive?

2009-06-18 Thread Kerry Mayes
Probably a silly question, but are you using the "alternate" Ubuntu disc? This distribution has an "expert" mode that gives more options along the way. 2009/6/19 Bryce Stenberg : > Hi, > > As part of keeping our options open I have been permitted to play with linux > on Friday afternoons at work

Re: Stepper motors.

2009-06-01 Thread Kerry Mayes
A source of "potentially robust" stepper motors is from cars with climate control air-conditioning - they are also used to pulling cables. (Not Alfa 164s though because their stepper motors are a weak point) 2009/6/2 Christopher Sawtell : > I have a few loose and various stepper motors, also a co

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-26 Thread Kerry Mayes
Yeah, but you get to work with 50 metre lattice towers with MW dishes and GSM/UMTS antenas (?). I get to work with a desk and YADM (yet another dcf model). 2009/5/26 yuri : >> There's a growing group of us that show up at the Twisted Hop on >> Fridays from 12:30 onwards to work due to the wifi ac

Re: OT: Cabling to a shed

2009-05-20 Thread Kerry Mayes
That would be excellent - ke...@mayes.co.nz Thanks! 2009/5/20 S C O : > If you are interested, I can PDF those details and send them to you. > > Vick.

Re: Eva's useful guide to Ubuntu 9.04

2009-05-19 Thread Kerry Mayes
Thanks for that, nice site. I now use kvm for virtualisation so don't need the virtualbox notes but there's lots of other stuff there that looks really helpful. 2009/5/20 Seriously Ubuntu : > Just in passing, might be handy for some. > > Eva's useful guide to Ubuntu 9.04 > > Long 77 characters UR

Re: OT: Cabling to a shed

2009-05-17 Thread Kerry Mayes
I previously asked the sparky to change the house pump to a different phase to the house itself - I expected it to help with the power fluctuations caused by the pump motor starting up. However, it had no discernible effect. 2009/5/18 Volker Kuhlmann : > As an aside, it's also possible to connect

Re: OT: Cabling to a shed

2009-05-17 Thread Kerry Mayes
Thanks for all the help here, Just to clarify, the shed is to be multi-use, I intend to work on cars out there so will obviously need to have the workshop manuals up on the computer screen ... (3 phase is for my next compressor ...) Also, this is on a lifestyle block so set up is a little differe

OT: Cabling to a shed

2009-05-17 Thread Kerry Mayes
I'm wanting to connect up my shed for power (3 phase), water and data (phone & network). I have (with significant help) dug the trench to the shed and will be organising the connections in the next few weeks. However, if I run the network cables next to the power cables I'll have issues, yes? Is

Re: debugging gdm session errors

2009-05-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
Found the problem. gnome-session wasn't installed. There must have been a hiccup during the upgrade and some packages got "lost". (So Rik's suggestion that more problems occur from the online upgrade was quite correct.) Now I'll just have to hope that nothing else critical is missing. (Perhaps it'

Re: debugging gdm session errors

2009-05-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
Don't get me wrong, on the three machines that are working Jaunty is great. stepwise improvements on many small items. A good upgrade, in the main, I would have said. 2009/5/6 Nick Rout : > I have to say that everything I see about jaunty is unimpressive, > mythbuntu seems to be failing a lot. I

Re: debugging gdm session errors

2009-05-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
I think this is a clue not an answer. 2009/5/6 Kerry Mayes : > there is no file '/usr/share/apps/kxkb/ubuntu.xmodmap' > > in fact there is no directory '/usr/share/apps/kxkb/' > > I see in google it's something to do with kde - but this is gnome >

Re: debugging gdm session errors

2009-05-05 Thread Kerry Mayes
2009/5/6 Rex Johnston : > What's in ~/.xsession-errors ? Aah, this may be it: /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... /etc/profile: 29: [[: not found Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_NZ. Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default. /u

Re: debugging gdm session errors

2009-05-05 Thread Kerry Mayes
There are no errors in the log. (The only output from that command is the line that describes the EE, WW codes etc.) This is one of two machines using intel graphics. 2009/5/6 Steve Holdoway : > Can you publish the output from > >   grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > so we can see the errors??

Re: debugging gdm session errors

2009-05-05 Thread Kerry Mayes
Online upgrade (8.10 - 9.04). Worked well on two out of three desktop machines (and a server). I have a copy of the 9.04 alt disk, but would rather not re-install if I can help it, this old laptop is not as well partitioned for this as my more recent ones. I reconfigured X but that isn't the pro

debugging gdm session errors

2009-05-05 Thread Kerry Mayes
Hi all I've just upgraded to Ubuntu Jaunty on three machines but am having difficulty with one machine. The problem is that after logging in, I just get a black screen with the mouse pointer, which I can move around but get no other response. I've had no luck finding anything on this error via g

Re: jaunty and vmware server 2

2009-04-26 Thread Kerry Mayes
I too have upgraded our virtual machine server. - from Intrepid to Jaunty. Vmware 2.01 worked flawlessly after running vmware-config.pl. However, note that on Intrepid I had had to patch vmware-config.pl to get vsock to work so this copy of vmware-config.pl isn't the download version. Kerry 200

Re: Where are apt-get (no)proxy settings?

2008-12-22 Thread Kerry Mayes
Are you saying you found an apt-get proxy setting in a local .bashrc? I'm having similar problems with apt-get and proxys but I can't find any settings in .bashrc that would affect it. apt-get won't let me turn off having a proxy. I can change the proxy but not set it to no proxy. 2008/12/22 Dav

Re: gnome file managers, workspaces and windows

2008-12-02 Thread Kerry Mayes
Hey, cool, so it does! Thanks! (Found in Ubuntu 8.10) 2008/12/3 aaron mcewan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Roger Searle wrote: >> > > Nautilus 2.24.1 has tabs >

Re: installation needed for the seed exchange

2008-12-02 Thread Kerry Mayes
What are the machine's specs? And can you remind me what the seed exchange needed to run on it? A recent Ubuntu might be a bit resource hungry. 2008/12/2 Matthew Whiting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kia ora, > > So, a while back I put out a request for donation of a computer for the > Southern Seed

Re: vmware server on intrepid

2008-11-30 Thread Kerry Mayes
The solution is up! Ubuntu forums thread 6267637 (VMWare server 2 vsock warning) has a patch for the vmware-config.pl file. Works for me. Though I haven't tested to see if I get a performance improvement. (My two systems were working without vsock so they should just be faster now). 2008/11/2

Re: gnome panels

2008-11-23 Thread Kerry Mayes
2008/11/21 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > That and vmware-server > not working with the current kernel is a show stopper with intrepid for me. > > Cheers, > Roger > I have vmware server working under intrepid, both server and desktop. What issues are you having?

Re: gnome panels

2008-11-19 Thread Kerry Mayes
2008/11/20 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > All panels seem non-grabbable for such resizing, regardless of the "expand" > and other properties of that panel. Can move them around, change height, > add items, etc. But they defy all efforts to resize horizontally with the > mouse - puzzling .

Re: Horse Re: OT Learning 'C' - any pointers?

2008-10-30 Thread Kerry Mayes
And, bizarrely, the patch isn't required with (and messes up) 1.06 under intrepid server. (?) 2008/10/31 Kerry Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've found a patch for vmware server for the latest kernels: > > http://www.insecure.ws/warehouse/vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7

Re: Horse Re: OT Learning 'C' - any pointers?

2008-10-30 Thread Kerry Mayes
I've found a patch for vmware server for the latest kernels: http://www.insecure.ws/warehouse/vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz Just proven that it works with Ubuntu Intrepid. (But I'm also downloading 2.0 to give it another go.) K 2008/10/29 Craig Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Oh on that

Re: crossover fully unlocked build available

2008-10-28 Thread Kerry Mayes
If you search for news on "Lame Duck Challenge" you'll see that they are giving it away free (as in beer) today only. (Thanks to petrol prices!) 2008/10/29 chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > PS I am also not sure how much money they want for the programme

Re: crossover fully unlocked build available

2008-10-28 Thread Kerry Mayes
Thanks Roger. Managed to download both, have installed pro and also now have Excel running on a Hardy desktop. The "Lame Duck Challenge" is pretty cool. 2008/10/29 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, for those not on the other linux lists that have a thread going on this, > "crossover linu

Re: Overwritten fonts in Ubuntu

2008-10-27 Thread Kerry Mayes
As far as I can tell, I would have to edit the font file itself to fix this. So I have deleted the font. 2008/10/10 Kerry Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have installed some truetype fonts on my machine (dell d520 running > Ubuntu Hardy Heron). These are geeky fonts for vari

Re: OT: Re: mail readers

2008-10-22 Thread Kerry Mayes
2008/10/23 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Theres also the good old Fix It All the Time > or: Fix It Again, Tony. Personally I prefer my "Always Looking For Another"s (And it's not even Friday.)

Re: vertual managers

2008-10-19 Thread Kerry Mayes
That's right, I used "locate vmware" and found two directories. Once these were deleted it re-installed fine. Actually, I think there were three directories - the third was the storage for the vms - you don't have to delete that one. Kerry. 2008/10/20 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > would i

Re: vertual managers

2008-10-19 Thread Kerry Mayes
Sometimes it works perfectly. Sometimes it leaves stuff behind. Sometimes, the stuff it leaves behind prevents another version of vmware from installing. 2008/10/20 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [note reply-to of original post is brokeden] > > what happens if you do: > > sudo vmware-uninstal

Re: VirtualBox emulation of Athlon on Intel x86?

2008-10-10 Thread Kerry Mayes
3D under vms is still just on the horizon and not mainstream yet. That said, vmware workstation (the non free - in either sense version) has had "experimental" support for 3D and the new vmware "fusion" on macs has 3d support which appears to work well. In both cases, as Volker says, this is supp

Re: Laptops? Sony Vaio?

2008-10-09 Thread Kerry Mayes
Dell operate a list dedicated to linux on dell hardware.The people responsible for making linux work on Dell are on the list and I've received some pretty excellent help from them when I needed it (E.g. they have an apt-get-able site for the bios updates). Their support is pretty focussed on U

Overwritten fonts in Ubuntu

2008-10-09 Thread Kerry Mayes
I have installed some truetype fonts on my machine (dell d520 running Ubuntu Hardy Heron). These are geeky fonts for various stargate languages. Unfortunately one of them seems to have overwritten (in terms of use) "Times New Roman". This wouldn't be so bad except that the font uses a different

Re: Run application pop-up

2008-09-17 Thread Kerry Mayes
Have you suggested to the Gnome development team that they implement Bash command-line completion in the Alt-F2 box? (Is it about to be added to the next version???) 2008/9/18 Douglas Royds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Under GNOME, Alt-F2 pops up a handy-dandy little box that lets you type a > command n

Re: artifacts on kubuntu screen

2008-09-15 Thread Kerry Mayes
I'd have to agree. The intel driver was something that updated in the last week on my Ubuntu 8.04 laptop - did you get any updates to the 7.10 come through? There have been some significant improvements to the drivers over the last few versions. 2008/9/16 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Why 7

Re: Ubuntu on Vista machine

2008-09-09 Thread Kerry Mayes
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was going to say "free (as in beer)" but thought it would be pretentious! 2008/9/10 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Kerry Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yes, but you'd be better off with VMWare Serv

Re: Ubuntu on Vista machine

2008-09-09 Thread Kerry Mayes
Yes, but you'd be better off with VMWare Server - it is also free but allows you to create new vms - i.e. you can create a vm and install ubuntu on it. I haven't done it on vista but have on xp. Ubuntu was a bit slow but worked okay. I now work the other way around - Ubuntu is the host and windo

Re: Thunderbird plug ins?

2008-09-02 Thread Kerry Mayes
But to answer your first question, yes Thunderbird has plugins. Many, many, plugins. E.g. Lightning to add a calendar. 2008/9/3 Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > crap, someone just pointed out the feature I hadn't noticed > > Don Gould wrote: >> >> Does anyone know if tb has plug ins? >> >> I view

Re: OT: What will people end up doing for a job?Re: Vic Oliver on radiolive now.

2008-09-02 Thread Kerry Mayes
Ever read "Player Piano" (can't remember the author)? Apparently, we sit around all day watching wall sized TVs or get involved in "make work" schemes. Another Kerry. 2008/9/3 Kerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 13:51 +1200, David Lowe wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:36 P

Re: network problem

2008-09-01 Thread Kerry Mayes
I too have found issues with netmanager. I generally use it in roaming mode on my laptop and it is wonderful for 90% of what I do. At work I connect to a docking station and it connects nicely for me. At home I start up and it connects to my wireless network. The only issue is when I use openvpn

Re: Problems posting to this list via GMail

2008-07-27 Thread Kerry Mayes
I'm using a very "non-standard" gmail setup. The key was to subscribe exactly as I meant to post. (I was subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] but when I set up gmail to post from that address, I had to unsubscribe and resubscribe). Kerry. 2008/7/27 Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I believe that

Re: Help needed recovering a lost directory structure

2008-07-17 Thread Kerry Mayes
If your disk is dying then you should replace it. It's only going to get worse. So I assume you're just trying to get some important data off it? If the physical problem with the disk is related to the mechanism rather than the surface of the disks, then you could try putting the disk in the fre

Re: Clug Meeting Talk Request

2008-07-16 Thread Kerry Mayes
2008/7/16 Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://www.fisherfamily.orconhosting.net.nz/vmware.htm > > Pretty easy I reckon. > > Rob > As with most things it's easy if all you want is the standard stuff. A couple of more complex issues I've had to resolve are: Why is networking btw host and vm

Re: VMware eth0 bridge

2008-07-16 Thread Kerry Mayes
Sorry Zane, can't quite follow from the posts - are you using server or player? I'd really suggest server - it's much more reliable particularly on the networking side. I've not checked, is there a version in the repo yet? Back to the network issues: Do other applications have any issues with t

Organisers that work well with linux

2008-06-30 Thread Kerry Mayes
I'm going to be replacing my poor sad old Palm Tungsten T and I'd like something that will integrate nicely with the linux desktop (I'm using Ubuntu HH). What would people suggest? I use it mainly for contacts and calendar but also like to be able to do a quick document or spreadsheet that I can

Re: apt-get seg-faulting

2008-06-17 Thread Kerry Mayes
If bootstrap installation like that doesn't work, before you resort to reinstallation, you might want to try checking apt-get's data and conf files. It might be the files on one particular server that is causing you grief. (why is it using a file from mirror.aarnet.edu.au rather than a NZ mirror?

Slow performance from Dell Laptop

2008-05-28 Thread Kerry Mayes
I have Ubuntu Hardy Heron installed on a Dell Inspiron 1100, (2Ghz Celeron, 512Mb ram). The principle use for this machine is to use rdesktop to access one or more windows machines but I also have it running exaile to play music while I work and Synergy to work on other machines in my room. Unfor

Re: Filtering list mail on gmail

2008-05-11 Thread Kerry Mayes
;d to your inbox as > well as to: the list. > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Kerry Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I use Matches To:linux*

Re: Filtering list mail on gmail

2008-05-11 Thread Kerry Mayes
I use Matches To:linux* 2008/5/12 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 12 May 2008 09:13:45 +1200 > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I recently subscribed my gmail account to the clug list and I can't >> seem to get gmail's filtering service working properly. the filter I >> am

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS released (fwd)

2008-04-27 Thread Kerry Mayes
Found fixes for all these now: 2008/4/28 Kerry Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2. vmware's vmware-config.pl fails to build the packages it need under > HH. I still haven't resolved that one - hopefully a patch for it will > come out soon. need the any to any patch ve

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS released (fwd)

2008-04-27 Thread Kerry Mayes
I had a few issues which, compared to the last upgrade, is rather small - though tedious. 1. Apparently I have "Plucker" installed. This doesn't upgrade and you have to uninstall and reinstall (or in my case just uninstall). 2. vmware's vmware-config.pl fails to build the packages it need under

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron RC1

2008-04-23 Thread Kerry Mayes
And, not to rely on the release date - I see they have replaced yesterday's "1 day to go" with "coming soon"! 2008/4/23 John Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Kerry Mayes wrote: > > > > but why would you do this 1 day before the actual release? > > snip good reasons.

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron RC1

2008-04-22 Thread Kerry Mayes
but why would you do this 1 day before the actual release? 2008/4/23 John Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > They are slowly getting this release thing down pat. > > I now have upgrade two boxes from Gutsy Gibbon to Ubuntu Hardy heron 8.04 > pre-release...

Re: Help with shell scripting

2008-04-16 Thread Kerry Mayes
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I now have a working scriptlet written in /bash that I want to include in a script written in /sh. (The /sh script is one that starts as X starts "/etc/gdm/Init/Default" - it's supposed to get synergy working before login so I can login with a real keyboard.) I am trying t

Re: Help with shell scripting

2008-04-16 Thread Kerry Mayes
Aargh One final question. I was trying to add this scriptlet into an existing ubuntu script. The existing one uses /sh (which is why I was using that). Should I try to convert it to /sh (shudder), or should I call the /bash script from within the /sh script? Kerry.

Re: Help with shell scripting

2008-04-16 Thread Kerry Mayes
Apparently, copying code snippets around the place is fraught with little gotchas. The problem with that last example was that the line breaks were stuffed up. I noticed that the example in the email had blank lines in it, gedit didn't show those. I deleted the line breaks, added new ones and it

Re: Help with shell scripting

2008-04-16 Thread Kerry Mayes
Thanks Rex, yes that's a much better way of doing it. Still having difficulty though - I think its either with quotes or semi-colons now... As I understand it, ";" are required between statements that are in places where only one statement is expected. So, keeping it to it's simplest form: SYNH

Help with shell scripting

2008-04-16 Thread Kerry Mayes
I'm having difficulty with the following script: SYNHOST=caalt04 if echo `ping -c 1 $SYNHOST` | grep -q "1 received"; then echo 'Synergy connected'; ssh -2 -f -N -L 24800:$SYNHOST:24800 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; synergyc localhost; else echo 'Synergy NOT connected'; fi I'm getting th

Re: Tip for the Day: Keeping multiple cores busy...

2008-03-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
On 07/03/2008, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > htop Thanks Steve, htop is exactly the ticket!

Re: Tip for the Day: Keeping multiple cores busy...

2008-03-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
Do you know of a command line program to watch the processor load on multiple cores? (I've been using "top" but it just gives a single figure. The other alternatives I've seen only give a point in time.) The machine I want to watch is a server and doesn't have a gui installed. It has twin dual

Re: Calling business users of linux

2008-02-28 Thread Kerry Mayes
What would be a highly useful response to people investigating such a solution would be a list of the commercial entities who could supply / support such a thing. This may be a bit commercial for this list but I wouldn't recommend that a small business switch to linux servers without competent sup

Re: [OT] Advice on NZ International Freelancing/Taxation Systems?

2008-02-26 Thread Kerry Mayes
If you need the name of a tax specialist, my brother is one in one of the big four here in Chch. Email me off list if you'd like the name. On 26/02/2008, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is not a legal/accounting forum. If the work is worth doing, its > worth going to see a good accou

Re: samba permissions

2007-12-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
I specifically selected cifs, didn't realise that it did things differently (would this be easier with smbfs?) I mount with this line in fstab: //192.168.0.215/Company /mnt/company cifs defaults,credentials=/home/netlogon/.smbpwdCAA 0 0 However, I have been wondering whether it would be better t

samba permissions

2007-12-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
Hi all I'm having a problem with samba permissions from my linux machine. We have a file server running linux and sharing a disk under samba. When I create a directory from a windows machine all works well, when I look at the directory on the server I see: drwxrwxrwx 2 kerry kerry

Re: firewall on vmware

2007-12-05 Thread Kerry Mayes
I use an ipcop vm to manage my normal vms access to the physical network but that's quite different to the use I think you are suggesting. If the underlying box is "bare as possible" why aren't you running the firewall natively? (i.e. what would be the advantage of virtualisation for this applicat

Re: shell script error

2007-11-27 Thread Kerry Mayes
tware working. On 27/11/2007, Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 27, 2007 8:31 PM, Kerry Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, Netbeans is providing an environment with its own path > > $PATH = /usr/lib/openoffice/program > > which is causing the op

Re: shell script error

2007-11-26 Thread Kerry Mayes
Yes, Netbeans is providing an environment with its own path $PATH = /usr/lib/openoffice/program which is causing the openoffice addin to fail. I've reported this as a bug to the openoffice addin writers. And I've got my installation working. Now to learn how to program openoffice addins in Jav

Re: shell script error

2007-11-26 Thread Kerry Mayes
Netbeans is running it as part of the openoffice sdk addin. I found basename (using "which basename", thanks!) to be in /usr/bin [ I had no idea it was a program being called by the script! ] I altered the script from `basename $0` to `/usr/bin/basename $0` and it works fine now. I did a quick s

shell script error

2007-11-26 Thread Kerry Mayes
The following shell script is producing an error saying that "basename" is not found: -- #!/bin/sh # wrapper script for OOos SDK programs LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/openoffice/program /usr/lib/openoffice/sdk/linux/bin/`basename $0`.bin "$@" - Now, I'

Netbeans and Openoffice.org

2007-11-11 Thread Kerry Mayes
Has anyone used netbeans with openoffice.org sdk? I'm using ubuntu gutsy and installed both packages from the repositories and set up netbeans to find the openoffice extensions. I was following the instructions here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice_NetBeans_Integration It all

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
32 bit. (My centrino duo won't run ubuntu 64 unfortunately.) Installing vmware on 64 bit used to be a problem - you needed some 32 bit stuff as well, but I was recently conversing with a guy on the ubuntu forum who said he had installed it on a 64 bit with no problem. I'd try Nick's suggestion f

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
found it. It was /etc/vmware On 06/11/2007, Kerry Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > aaargh. Once it's partially installed it can be a pain. > > I would try uninstalling vmware-server (using the uninstall program if > it's been installed) then re-installing. o

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
delete to completely uninstall. kerry. On 06/11/2007, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kerry Mayes wrote: > > NO! don't try apt-get install vmware-server under gutsy! It's not in > > the repo yet. > > > > And the ONLY dependencies are build-ess

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
Interesting, I ended up re-installing to get gutsy working right and I only get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache search vmware xserver-xorg-video-vmware - X.Org X server -- VMware display driver mdetect - mouse device autodetection tool libview-dev - VMware's Incredibly Exciting Widgets libview2 -

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
NO! don't try apt-get install vmware-server under gutsy! It's not in the repo yet. And the ONLY dependencies are build-essential and xinetd. Kerry. On 06/11/2007, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:43:33 +1300 > Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Perha

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Kerry Mayes
I don't think automatix updates things for the new kernels. I used it under Edgy and it broke under Feisty, if I remember correctly it didn't install everything needed to update for new kernels and you might as well wait until the gutsy "partner" repository gets a gutsy version of vmware-server as

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-05 Thread Kerry Mayes
Are you sure you need the any to any patch? I've just installed vmware-server 1.04 on gutsy 32 bit. The patch was NOT required. All it required was build-essential and xinetd. I understand that 64 bit host used to be difficult, but latest reports seem to indicate it all works as for 32 bit. Ke

Re: A possible heads-up for those using Linux on laptops ?

2007-10-31 Thread Kerry Mayes
Hey, thanks for that. My count is over 170K - with a specified life of 600K it wasn't going to last very long! I've implemented the solution, even though I don't really understand how it works. On 31/10/2007, david merriman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid

Re: Feisty to Gutsy upgrade : Notes to self...

2007-10-22 Thread Kerry Mayes
I downloaded the alternate iso because I still don't have an apt proxy working. First it had trouble including the internet "extras", so I told it to upgrade as if it didn't have an internet connection. It had a number of errors, then just stopped! I then let it continue the upgrade from the int

Re: Virtulization question.

2007-10-16 Thread Kerry Mayes
Hopefully this is a frank discussion on issues with the two systems not a vm distro war. I'm a heavy user of vmware server, but certainly agree that it is not without issues! On 17/10/2007, Vik Olliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, sorry Volker but I've had plenty. I'm using - or trying to u

Re: Virtulization question.

2007-10-15 Thread Kerry Mayes
vmware server is also free and a better choice than player for most applications. I use it quite extensively for windows (all with valid licences!) on ubuntu hosts. It is now easy to install on ubuntu, don't know how it would be on Fedora. I've had variable success with usb. The implementation

Re: OT DST rant (Was: What does it take ... daylight savings?)

2007-10-01 Thread Kerry Mayes
Go live in Queensland! (Whiners!) On 01/10/2007, yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 01/10/2007, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > > Note that Daylight Savings Time is a heineous plot perpertrated by > > those who are infected with affluenza to kick a complaisant > > proletariat out of bed an hou

Re: ADSL VPN Router combo?

2007-09-25 Thread Kerry Mayes
The linksys ag241 says it does this, not sure of pricing though. However, I've had no success connecting to it from an ipcop box. On the other hand, I had a vpn between two vm ipcop boxes connect first attempt. I think it's only gurus with the appropriate incantations that can get vpns between di

Re: Open Suse Gear

2007-09-20 Thread Kerry Mayes
and of course that was supposed to be off list! Sorry! On 21/09/2007, Kerry Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I could do with a dvd, I had just been trying to decide whether to download > it.

Re: Open Suse Gear

2007-09-20 Thread Kerry Mayes
I could do with a dvd, I had just been trying to decide whether to download it. Where are you located? I'm in centre city during the day (West Melton at night) Kerry On 21/09/2007, Paul Swafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been sent some Open SUSE DVD's (Linux Enterprise 10)and a few caps

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