linux.conf.au 2006: Just over a month to go!

2005-12-22 Thread Mike Beattie
on or group that you feel would be interested! [0]: http://www.otago.ac.nz/ [1]: http://lca2006.linux.org.au/miniconfs.php [2]: http://lca2006.linux.org.au/program.php [3]: http://lca2006.linux.org.au/speakers.php [4]: http://lca2006.linux.org.au/register/ Regards, Mike Beattie, linux.conf.au 2006 Organisers

linux.conf.au 2006 - Call For Miniconfs

2005-08-14 Thread Mike Beattie
* Announcement of Chosen Miniconfs: Friday August 26, 2005 * Conference begins: Monday January 23, 2006 Please feel free to forward this announcement to your local LUG, or any other person or group that would be interested! [1]: http://www.otago.ac.nz/ [2]: http://www.opensource.org/osd

Reminder: linux.conf.au 2006 - Call For Papers

2005-08-04 Thread Mike Beattie
ase feel free to forward this announcement to your local LUG, or any other person or group that would be interested! [1]: http://www.otago.ac.nz/ [2]: http://www.opensource.org/osd.html Regards, Mike Beattie, linux.conf.au 2006 Organisers

Re: web page broken

2005-03-20 Thread Mike Beattie
idn't think that at all... but, on behalf of me, No Problem. :) Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4DM, IRLP Node 6184 CPU's dont tend to work very well after their "magic smoke" has escaped.

Re: web page broken

2005-03-20 Thread Mike Beattie
ink to ethernal.org Me, and I've done so. see below. On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 11:16:21AM +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > I have written to Mike Beattie about the ethernal.org archive enquiring > of his intentions, and asking that if those archives are to be > permanently removed, whether we

Sun RDP for LCA2005

2005-02-05 Thread Mike Beattie
think you should be there! Information at: http://lists.linux.org.au/archives/lca-announce/2005-February/msg0.html Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4DM, IRLP Node 6184 "Why Not? I'm drunk right now."-- Anthony Towns when asked abou

Re: [ANNOUNCE] linux.conf.au 2005 call for papers

2004-10-18 Thread Mike Beattie
for papers been extended again? Last I heard there was a > deadline of 12th Oct, and the website seems to support that [in part]. Glynn, Could quite possibly have been, since Andrew asked me to forward it on on the 14th... Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[ANNOUNCE] linux.conf.au 2005 call for papers

2004-10-18 Thread Mike Beattie
has been running since 1999. The 2005 conference will be held in Canberra in April. More information about the call for papers may be found at: http://lca2005.linux.org.au/cfp.php regards Andrew - End forwarded message ----- Cheers, Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: route to gateway

2004-07-06 Thread Mike Beattie
00 eth0 > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo > > I want to set up a route to the gateway on 192.168.0.30. > > Whet is the command to set it up manually? route add default gw 192.168.0.30 or ip route add default via 192.168.0.30

FYI: ftp.nz.debian.org

2004-06-29 Thread Mike Beattie
can but hope, cross our fingers, and hope the big kids with the routers stop throwing their toys. Cheers, Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4DM, IRLP Node 6184 Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity.

Re: man colour in console.

2004-06-08 Thread Mike Beattie
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:06:25AM +1200, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: > echo $PAGER to find out what your pager is by default > > Are you sure? > echo $PAGER gave me nothing. Yes, if $PAGER is not set, more is usually used. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[

Re: Character sets (was haiku and was Re: Notes on Fedora Core 2 [OT])

2004-06-08 Thread Mike Beattie
ough*FREAK*cough* Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 The first 90% of the code in a project takes 90% of the time. The next 10% of the code will take another 90% of the time. -- J. S. Labuschagne

Hmmmm...

2004-06-08 Thread Mike Beattie
Ok, it's some form of troll, but I just have to point it out, since clug appears to be almost entirely consisting of gentoo users http://funroll-loops.org/ Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRL

Re: su not working

2004-04-17 Thread Mike Beattie
t to play with the system to try and work out what's going on. Andrew, I do urge you stick at it, and try and work out what the problem is, and let us know... (Something to try, can you su to the 'spare' account from ajt?) Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: su not working

2004-04-16 Thread Mike Beattie
, but I see just now you can > call adduser with an option to have a particular one. Aha, how about running 'id' as both root, ajt, and the other user? and running 'id ajt', and 'id ' as root... Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

Re: su not working

2004-04-15 Thread Mike Beattie
t; > Also, check the permissions on /sbin/unix_chkpwd--they should be 4555. > > yep, they are. Ok, the error you're getting is all related to the above stuff, so it's time you check, and triple check all those... but it's really really strange that you're seeing this

Re: Now: Why I left my password blank... RE: su not working

2004-04-15 Thread Mike Beattie
part from that, you're right. reversing an md5 hash is damned near impossible, not the same can be said for a crypt hash. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the

Re: su not working

2004-04-12 Thread Mike Beattie
. > > Yes, that works. So, Andrew, have you found a solution, or are you still battling? Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the galaxy can make that claim. -- Capt. James T. Kirk

Re: Gentoo Again... --> Mandrake?

2004-04-05 Thread Mike Beattie
*is* ftp.nz.debian.org.. it's supposed to be up to scratch to have that alias. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Contentsofsignaturemaysettleduringshipping.

Re: Gentoo Files... Getting Started... No time to wait...

2004-04-05 Thread Mike Beattie
an and Redhat because that's what the > locals seemed to like... but I'm in Chch now. :) Smells like sheep behaviour to me. Use what you're comfortable with, not what everyone else does. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: "net send"

2004-04-05 Thread Mike Beattie
TED]:~> apt-cache search linpopup linpopup - Xwindow port of Winpopup, running over Samba Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 "Why Not? I'm drunk right now."-- Anthony Towns when asked about naming the next Debian release after the winner of an auction.

Re: Debian meta-packaging?

2004-03-10 Thread Mike Beattie
g things the normal way :0) > > The packages in question come from the unstable tree, and the server is > firmly in stable - not even mentioning unstable in it's sources.list. I > know that I *can* change that, but I don't want to. I want to find > another way ... Are they avai

Re: something I hadn't seen before -- gui program developed in php

2004-03-09 Thread Mike Beattie
the code will be crap. All in all, language choice boils down to the programmer. I'm happy for others to hate perl, and love python. I know they're wrong, and that's all that matters. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Contentsofsignaturemaysettleduringshipping.

Re: Fixed: Network (physical layer) broken.

2004-03-07 Thread Mike Beattie
hink one ethernet port, 16 serial ports. chuck in in the rack, and you can suddenly have serial access to all your servers (good when you screw up the network config). Bought on trademe, for those interested. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP N

Re: [nzlug] Fixed: Network (physical layer) broken.

2004-03-07 Thread Mike Beattie
10MBit hub. On the other hand, I have some crappy old 4-core telephone cable, (not twisted) which works up to about 15-20 metres at 10MBit. Needless to say, I'm slowly transistioning to CAT5 everywhere. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node

Re: Fixed: Network (physical layer) broken.

2004-03-07 Thread Mike Beattie
ack-mountable, sue me), and my stallion easy server. (16 port serial server). The cable in question is about 7-10cm long. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 The first 90% of the code in a project takes 90% of the time. T

Re: Anyone else out there using ihug???

2004-03-03 Thread Mike Beattie
> Wots yours? Huh? Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity.

Re: /bin/mail with attachment

2004-03-03 Thread Mike Beattie
d the second is the filename to insert into the output stream. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 CPU's dont tend to work very well after their "magic smoke" has escaped.

Re: Anyone else out there using ihug???

2004-03-03 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 01:25:12PM +1300, Carl Cerecke wrote: > PLEASE DON'T HIJACK THREADS. You read my mind. Me Too Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 CPU's dont tend to work very well after their "magic smoke" has escaped.

Re: /bin/mail with attachment

2004-03-03 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 11:09:24AM +1300, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 10:54, Mike Beattie wrote: > > uuencode? > >From http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=uuencode > Program used to encode binary data as ASCII. Uuencode was > origina

Re: OT - IE reject messages

2004-03-03 Thread Mike Beattie
Messenger. prodcut? heh... seriously, have you looked at something like amsn, or gaim, which I understand also does the MSN thing. (then again, practicality may win out... I can imagine your daughter may not like the change..) Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: /bin/mail with attachment

2004-03-03 Thread Mike Beattie
nick -s "heres the file" uuencode? Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.

Re: OT - IE reject messages

2004-03-03 Thread Mike Beattie
waste of time and not worth visiting." I like that one. Use that. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Contentsofsignaturemaysettleduringshipping.

Re: OT - IE reject messages

2004-03-03 Thread Mike Beattie
igion that you should honour?" Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 "Sometimes I think that the surest sign that intellegent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."

Re: deb/apt questions

2004-02-26 Thread Mike Beattie
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 08:07:25AM +1300, Rex Johnston wrote: > > 2. find out what version of a package is installed > > dpkg -l Use: COLUMNS=150 dpkg -l so that the whole version string fits. (it chops bits so that the output looks good on $COLUMNS columns.) Mike. -- Mike Bea

Re: How many spam a day?

2004-02-26 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:45:56PM +1300, Philip Charles wrote: > FYI, I get about 200 spams per day. ~50% of my mail. I'd see the same proportion, but I get more mail... perhaps about 1000 spam a day. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK,

Re: What do you use Linux for?

2004-02-26 Thread Mike Beattie
ters, running HostAP and the linux kernel's bridging stuff. works *damned* well as an AP at my gf's flat. (it's away in her wardrobe - I just pull out my laptop and start surfing) Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184

Re: Thank You Team: Over Load

2004-02-26 Thread Mike Beattie
h > Linux? I smell a temporal problem here. I'd love to see a < 1994 version of Outlook. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 CPU's dont tend to work very well after their "magic smoke" has escaped.

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

2004-02-17 Thread Mike Beattie
erator > in any language under the sun. No, not FUD at all. Pedantism. Perhaps you should have been more careful, and worded your example about java better. Something that would have been better to choose, would be some binary libraries or modules, such as the N

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

2004-02-17 Thread Mike Beattie
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:47:45PM +1300, Jason Greenwood wrote: > Sorry, had to clarify - note I said 'Produces', as in the code Mandrake > writes is always GPL'd, in comparison to Suse. Roger, misread as 'provides'. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

2004-02-17 Thread Mike Beattie
YTHING Mandrake > (and AFAIK Debian too) produces is GPL'd, that's why I'd prefer it over > Suse, simple as that. Incorrect. Mozilla? QT? Perl? these things are not covered by the GPL. Debian distributes software that meets the Debian Free Software Guidelines: Bottom of: htt

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

2004-02-17 Thread Mike Beattie
I do apologise for contributing to this silly thread, but people that continue to spread FUD, intentionally or otherwise, annoy the hell out of me. If they don't know something for sure, they should shut the hell up, or add a lot of disclaimers such as 'I think', 'I'm not sure, but

Re: Playing DVDs with Totem

2004-02-09 Thread Mike Beattie
g to MS/Mircosoft. > egrep -r copyright * | egrep Microsoft *thwap*. I'm not going to argue this more. It's a known fact that this has happened. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 yip yip yip yip yip yip yap yap yip *BANG* NO TERRIER

Re: Playing DVDs with Totem

2004-02-09 Thread Mike Beattie
- if my memory serves me correctly. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.

Re: Playing DVDs with Totem

2004-02-09 Thread Mike Beattie
the guise of GPL'd software. (I use 'GPL' loosely here, I'm really meaning 'any free license') Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity.

Re: debian package dependencies ...

2004-02-08 Thread Mike Beattie
the box ...) [snip] Funny you should mention that, I did just that today and yes, you can do that remotely. Easiest way, is to pin stable nice and high, and run an apt-get dist-upgrade, to see what needs to be done then work manually :) Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: PHP Help...

2004-02-08 Thread Mike Beattie
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 11:51:45AM +1300, CLUG (E-mail) wrote: > Anyone on list any good with php? Most likely. 1) ask your questions. 2) fix your 'From:' header, or we don't know who we're talking to. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: 2.4 config -> 2.6??

2004-02-05 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:11:27PM +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Hi folks, > > Does anyone know of a way to convert my current 2.4.24 config to > support a 2.6.1 kernel. I'm still in the 'wont compile' stage. Copy the 2.4.x config into place as .config, and run '

Re: Getting Debian

2004-02-04 Thread Mike Beattie
have been more than sufficient. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 "Sometimes I think that the surest sign that intellegent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."

Re: Masters in Information Technology

2004-02-03 Thread Mike Beattie
BEST university for studying masters > in New zealand. Otago! http://www.otago.ac.nz/ Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

Re: [OT] Student declaration at CPIT

2004-01-29 Thread Mike Beattie
ng what the real story on the inside is. Lets let this thread die, shall we? Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Contentsofsignaturemaysettleduringshipping.

Re: [OT] (kinda) the lengths spammers go to

2004-01-28 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 07:15:57PM +1300, Mike Beattie wrote: > Perhaps we could all write our reports in the following format? That line is somewhat irrelevant I guess... I must admit, I pasted it from a humour list at work... Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [OT] (kinda) the lengths spammers go to

2004-01-28 Thread Mike Beattie
it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. ceehiro Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams

Re: wvdial/pppd status...

2004-01-24 Thread Mike Beattie
's either i, j, or k. anyone knows that. (OT: trivia question, why is it that 'i' is traditionally used as a lone variable in programming?) Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 "In the beginning the Universe was c

Re: Kinda interesting interview with Lindows COO

2004-01-22 Thread Mike Beattie
alled thread hi-jacking. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

Re: md5's

2004-01-14 Thread Mike Beattie
sted the wrong md5 > on their website? ie: 1 digit too long. Likely, yes. md5sum's are only 32 chars, not 33. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the

Re: broadband or whatever ...

2004-01-10 Thread Mike Beattie
anymore, CIDR is the order of the day. A quick google found this: http://www.j51.com/~sshay/tcpip/ip/ip.htm Which explains it well. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

Re: kernel compile q

2003-12-19 Thread Mike Beattie
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 11:00:07PM +1300, Lee Begg wrote: > Or you can just use 'tar zjvf linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2' x, not z. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 "This isnt Mission Difficult Mr Hunt, th

Re: Redhat Vers?

2003-12-09 Thread Mike Beattie
re able to do the restoration work, and others must wait till they are done. This is not a normal occurence in the Debian calendar. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the

Re: Un-Dynamics of Software Development

2003-12-03 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 05:14:06PM +1300, Derek Smithies wrote: > Hi, > As a programmer, I do not object. > I have seen all the described processes in action. Funny you say that, I was going to say the same thing. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Linux Distros on Campus - Wireless?

2003-11-28 Thread Mike Beattie
y. for a more in-depth experience, install xdm[0], and run 'X -indirect :1' on the remote machine, on a console. Mike. [0] Or wdm, gdm, kdm... kdm probably, for that kde feel. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 "This i

Re: Linux Distros on Campus - Wireless?

2003-11-28 Thread Mike Beattie
t array controller are work waiting. 128M read cache, 128M write cache.. battery backed. YUM, Again. I'll shut up now. Mike. [0] No, that's not a typo. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity.

Re: Linux Distros on Campus - Wireless?

2003-11-28 Thread Mike Beattie
under cyrus. not bad for a 4-5 year old bit of Sun kit. (I'll mention it also hosts about 3-4 thousand staff accounts too) It aint broke, but I'm currently 'fixing' it, by replacing it with a quad xeon with nearly half a terabyte of storage. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMA

Re: Linux Distros on Campus - Wireless?

2003-11-28 Thread Mike Beattie
tem... it's perfectly legitimate to use it remotely. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

Re: Linux Distros on Campus - Wireless?

2003-11-28 Thread Mike Beattie
give students access to course material, not access > to the Internet. Indeed. It's now more about Universities trying to cover their asses, and to avoid leaving gaping security holes in their infrastucture.. If not, the cleanup bill becomes very large. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL

Re: Linux Distros on Campus

2003-11-26 Thread Mike Beattie
f a university can't > host distros for Linux for everyone in the country! A single ADSL user, surprisingly, would use a *significantly* smaller amount of data a month, compared to a University. Not much more needs to be explained. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: NZ Mirrors...

2003-11-25 Thread Mike Beattie
On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 09:36:23PM +1200, Don Gould - BVC wrote: > Can anyone point me to a list of NZ mirrors for: > > Redhat, Debian and Mandrake? (*) ftp.nz.debian.org ? Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184

Re: DHCP

2003-11-20 Thread Mike Beattie
are ethernet 08:00:2B:28:F8:71; fixed-address vixen.int.ethernal.org; } Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos... Then you probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.

Re: Thoughts on user management?

2003-11-17 Thread Mike Beattie
different to the every RTFM. see addusers.conf(5). Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos... Then you probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.

Re: Knoppix Install on Proliant 1600

2003-11-09 Thread Mike Beattie
c0d0. When it > booted, I got a kernel panic. Most likely because it wasnt loading the right module for the raid controller, and couldnt find the root device. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 CPU's dont tend to work very well a

Re: (OT) linux geek tramp

2003-11-05 Thread Mike Beattie
Carl Cerecke wrote: > Rik Tindall wrote: > > > Problem: World Cup semi-finals?.. ;-) > > Solution: Video recorder. Bah! I missed it, and didnt think then... The correct solution: MythTV! Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT Server room temperatures

2003-10-30 Thread Mike Beattie
e it's so damn noisy... I know that one... Spent 2-3 hours in there last night, moving machines. ( ironically, to make way for more A/C... :/ ) The funny bit, was that a workmate turned up with his polar fleece, in anticipation of getting chilly... it was a cosy 25 degrees or so.. Mike. -- Mi

Re: Bash scripting

2003-10-29 Thread Mike Beattie
ven run the command, stating that no matches to filenames were found: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ps ax | grep [t]ail zsh: no matches found: [t]ail zsh: done ps ax | zsh: exit 1 grep [t]ail [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ps ax | grep '[t]ail' 10627 pts/14 S 0:00 tail -f /var/lo

Re: getting usb to work

2003-10-28 Thread Mike Beattie
366 ide-disk hpt34x generic > cy82c693 cs5530 cmd64x cmd640 amd74xx alim15x3 aec62xx adma100 > pdc202xx_new] Ugh, surely your system doesnt have all of those ide interfaces? Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 CPU's dont tend

Re: It's a blond moment - chopping up text files

2003-10-27 Thread Mike Beattie
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 02:45:14AM +0100, Martin Baehr wrote: > > Obviously Martin is a dog person > > naaa, i am nice to cats and dont want to make them do work, > dogs bark to much, i hate that. Wuff Wuff!! Screen! (and it's 'blonde' too, no?)

Re: Partition Tables

2003-10-27 Thread Mike Beattie
le. I forget. Anyhoo, I noticed after I sent my mail that the FAT32 partition in the original post was a primary one... not a logical one as I said. bad reading on my part... Mike -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 The first 90% of the c

Re: Partition Tables

2003-10-27 Thread Mike Beattie
pear as one that can be used by your OS's. Another point to note, is that windows does like it, at all, when there is more than one *FAT* or *NTFS* primary partition. (It doesnt care/know if there are linux ones). So, in your partitioning above, it is good that the FAT32 'shared' driv

Re: ntsysv on Debian

2003-10-18 Thread Mike Beattie
gt; with. Agreed, but anyway, what does it do? (is it chkconfig?) Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos... Then you probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.

Re: Debian: reinstall all?

2003-10-09 Thread Mike Beattie
ound. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

Re: Corrupt Superblock

2003-10-08 Thread Mike Beattie
ed you, and even a comment that you can RTFM! I'll take special effort to help you in future! Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

Re: Corrupt Superblock

2003-10-08 Thread Mike Beattie
tem is mounted read-only. mount -o remount,rw / Make sure you 'sync' before rebooting. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.

Re: Corrupt Superblock

2003-10-08 Thread Mike Beattie
g people 'how far the rabbit hole goes', but I try not to make a habit of holding hands while they fall... I'm already down there, they get pulled down too fast and miss all the important stuff on the way Just my $0.02, not a rant. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL P

Re: Debian: reinstall all?

2003-10-08 Thread Mike Beattie
without it growing out of control. The configuration option APT::Clean-Installed will prevent installed packages from being erased if it is set to off. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 yip yip yip yip yip yip yap yap yip *BANG* NO TERRIER

Re: Corrupt Superblock

2003-10-08 Thread Mike Beattie
ent daemon V1.3.25 for /dev I'd guess that your problem is as simple as the device nodes in /dev not existing. (as they're not /dev/hdXX using devfs... devfsd is supposed to be glue around this) Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 yip yip yip yip yip yip yap yap yip *BANG* NO TERRIER

Re: On the subject of ntpdate...

2003-10-06 Thread Mike Beattie
tise for network stuff, do it at a strange minute to stagger the load on the other end. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Contentsofsignaturemaysettleduringshipping.

Re: On the subject of ntpdate...

2003-10-05 Thread Mike Beattie
On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 03:58:38PM +1300, Mike Beattie wrote: > un ntpd(no description available) > ii ntpdate4.1.0-8The ntpdate client for setting system time > > ntpdate will only be removed if a future ntpd conflicts/replaces it. I neglecte

Re: On the subject of ntpdate...

2003-10-05 Thread Mike Beattie
y be removed if a future ntpd conflicts/replaces it. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 "Sometimes I think that the surest sign that intellegent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."

Re: On the subject of ntpdate...

2003-10-05 Thread Mike Beattie
bstitute for ntpd -q now I guess... It will never leave until you remove it yourself. Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 yip yip yip yip yip yip yap yap yip *BANG* NO TERRIER

Re: transcoding dvd - how long should it take?

2003-10-05 Thread Mike Beattie
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 02:50:55PM +1300, Andrew Tarr wrote: > You mean NTSC, presumably --- National Television Standards Committee, Do you not mean 'Never Twice the Same Colour' ? Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184

Re: Linux Distribution for Sun Sparc Box

2003-10-01 Thread Mike Beattie
rk... I'm unlikely to need it again, so send me your mailing details, and I'll see if I can get it your way today. (Mail me at work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Contentsofsignaturemaysettleduringshipping.

Re: Linux Distribution for Sun Sparc Box

2003-10-01 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 10:21:57AM +1200, Mike Beattie wrote: > > Unfortunately I am not blessed with high speed internet connection. Oh, I forgot to mention... I wouldn't say you would be blessed in .nz.. :/ Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TX

Re: Wildcards: What is the equiv to dos REN *.txt *.old

2003-09-30 Thread Mike Beattie
's/txt$/old/');done Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 yip yip yip yip yip yip yap yap yip *BANG* NO TERRIER

Re: mail co-op? (was Re: unix server co-operative?)

2003-09-29 Thread Mike Beattie
o happen through there... how is another story, but I reckon I could hassle him a bit to get it done if you're interested Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the

Re: OT - JetStream and JetStart

2003-09-28 Thread Mike Beattie
in > total for an uncapped 128K (well more now) connection. Been that way > since I signed up. I'd be careful if I was you, if you can be found to have knowledge of your nice little present, It might be a black mark against you when you come to try and avoid paying that *HUGE* telecom

Re: OT: Email Privacy

2003-09-21 Thread Mike Beattie
the body is left alone) Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 The first 90% of the code in a project takes 90% of the time. The next 10% of the code will take another 90% of the time. -- J. S. Labuschagne

On VeriSign, and DNS wildcards.

2003-09-19 Thread Mike Beattie
Yay for us! http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-19sep03.htm http://www.iab.org/documents/docs/2003-09-20-dns-wildcards.html Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.

Re: [OT] liability in ISP terms of service

2003-09-18 Thread Mike Beattie
On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 10:38:10AM +1200, Jaco Swart wrote: > This is getting to be an excuse for more than just mandatory spam filtering > ... are we talking about Paradise here, by any chance? From: Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maxnet maybe? Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[

Re: Time Zone wrong Was paradise spam

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Beattie
New Zealand most locations Therefore TZ='Pacific/Auckland' will be used. <<<- Local time is now: Mon Sep 8 14:52:22 NZST 2003. Universal Time is now: Mon Sep 8 02:52:22 UTC 2003. Is the above information OK? 1) Yes 2) No

Re: bind or djbdns?

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Beattie
I'm also aware that I feel strongly enough on this issue that I like to make sure others are aware of what they're accepting when they use DJB software) Mike, who will now cease posting, and disappear back to the lurkers group at the back of the room.. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Command history for multiple shells

2003-09-04 Thread Mike Beattie
code (or at least the idea) definetly survived. zsh: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cta /proc/stat zsh: correct 'cta' to 'cat' [nyae]? option: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> grep correct .zshrc setopt correct # Correct commands Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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