Re: mandrake 10.1 cds

Thanks very much for your help Paul. Paul Swafford wrote: Thanks to Paul William's generosity .. I have downloaded these ISOs .. Its really Jasons generosity :) so to all those who've been asking for it .. they'll be available (4CDs or 3) from tomorrow morning. Paul I'll have a set sitting there

Re: mandrake 10.1 cds

Thanks Charles. We have accepted a kind offer from someone with a high speed connection what will have them ready tomorrow :) Thanks again, Paul Paul William wrote: Hi all, We just signed up for a mandrake club membership but desperately need mdk 10.1 cds tomorrow as I need to install it on two

mandrake 10.1 cds

Hi all, We just signed up for a mandrake club membership but desperately need mdk 10.1 cds tomorrow as I need to install it on two new desktops... can anyone burn us a copy and swap for blanks? Someone can possibly pick them up either this evening or tomorrow morning in Christchurch. Unfortuna

Re: Did you guys know that gmail is fetchable with pop?

From: http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=10350&rand=0.7281862748377025 "POP access is free for all Gmail users and we have no plans to charge." Nick Rout wrote: yes, now the word is on the gentoo list that once gmail stops being beta, that pop will cost $, as the ads can't come

Re: sound not working on sony tr5/mdk10

th a very low time (say a couple of seconds) I tried that ... still nothing :( Any more ideas? I have had problems on two systems with XMMS which did not play sounds until I took the steps above. Regards, Robert -Original Message- From: Paul William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunda

sound not working on sony tr5/mdk10

Hi all, I am trying to get sound working on a Sony vaio tr5 laptop. It is running mandrake 10. alsaconf and mandrake have selected the intel8x0 driver. When using juk (an itunes like KDE jukebox) it either plays nothing or , looped continuously, 1 second of a song. I have checked the alsa mixer

usb device info

Hi all, I would like to get a usb wlan device that I was lent working in Linux. Unfortunately /var/log/messages and lsusb do not give very much info: messages: Oct 9 17:55:22 paulscomputer kernel: ohci_hcd :00:0e.0: wakeup Oct 9 17:55:22 paulscomputer kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB dev

Re: Ubuntu Linux

[1] Yet Another Obscure Distribution They are funded by a company (http://www.canonical.com/) which employs many Debian developers. [2] Yet Another Offshoot of Debian They are not an offshoot of Debian. Ubuntu is built upon Debian and have contributed a significant amount of patches to Debian

Re: Right way to compile Debian packages?

I'll be caught out when an upgrade happens, won't I? Not as long as your package version does not conflict with Debian packages i.e. create a package with the version x.ab-zy_jim such as 3.36-11_jim. Have a look at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.en.html Cheers Paul Gentoo?

Re: 1280x1024 framebuffer

i took it from this page: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:19:06 +1200 Paul William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I recently bought a 17" LCD monitor which has a 'native' resolution of 1280x1024. I would li

Re: Right way to compile Debian packages?

I have not created a deb in a while so I cannot guarantee that I have listed all the steps ... 1)download the Debian package source 2)untar it, 3)run ./configure with whatever options you want 4)change the deb version, I can't remember if its in a conf file or an option of dpkg-buildpackage to a

1280x1024 framebuffer

Hi All, I recently bought a 17" LCD monitor which has a 'native' resolution of 1280x1024. I would like my ttys/consoles to have a resolution of 1280x1024. I think it currently has a res of 640x480. To load the framebuffer my /etc/modules contains: vga16fb fbcon What can I do to get a res of 1280x

Re: Apple Airport cards

airport yes, extreme no. magnum mac sell both airport and airport extreme. Nick Rout wrote: Can anyone give me a quick answer as to whether these cards work with linux? (I am not talking access points, but the card inside an ibook) there seem to be two - airport and airport extreme, i assume these

Re: proposal for publicity

smartcom? Nick Rout wrote: Oh and you will find linux software in many schools now, a local product who's name escapes me, is used for network infrastructure, user account management etc. It is in my son's school and also in the secondary school i mentioned in the other thread. On Mon, 26 Jul 2004

Re: [Fwd: Re: Best modem for linux?]

We should provide these or other Linux compatible modems for sale at the next installfest. Cheers Paul Nick Rout wrote: I am just forwarding this from the linmodems mailing list that I joined in an effort to help out with the current modem problems. I don't know whether the modem is available in

Re: Suse Problem

what is the output of #echo $PATH Robert Fisher wrote: On this old box I just installed SUSE on, I get some strange results in a terminal. I did not get this with the laptop I tried yesterday. Any ides? Password: locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cann

openoffice map = to +

Hi all, I would like to be able to enter formulas into oocalc using the + button on the numpad instead of the = symbol. ie enter +1+2+3+4 instead of =1+2+3+4 . I am told you can do this in excel. Any ideas how to do it in oocalc? Cheers Paul

Re: reiserfs not mounting

Thanks very much Matthew. Installing reiserfsprogs and running fsck on the partition fixed it :) Cheers Paul Matthew Gregan wrote: At 2004-06-16T202722+1200, Paul William wrote: What distribution and kernel are you running? Have you got a current version of reiserfsprogs installed? $ uname -a

Re: reiserfs not mounting

Are they also reiserfs? One is, the other is fat32. Both work. Any ideas? What distribution and kernel are you running? Have you got a current version of reiserfsprogs installed? Opps ... running debian unstable. $ uname -a Linux paulscomputer 2.6.0-1-k7 #2 Sun Jan 11 17:06:46 EST 2004 i686 GN

reiserfs not monuting

Hi all, I have a reiserfs partition on a 120gig hard drive in an external USB enclosure. I have been using the partition for quite a while. Recentally I have not been able to mount the partition. mount just hangs (mount ext/) . I have in the past used fsck on the partition (quite a long time ag

Re: A big spam weekend

If you run a mail server I recommend using spamhaus (http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/howtouse.html). It does not pick up all spam but it does pick up the majority and I have not yet had a false positive. I also use thunderbirds junk filter. Cheers Paul Carl Cerecke wrote: Hi, A new record. 550+ spa

Re: rute users guide

http://rute.sourceforge.net/ mjm159 wrote: Hi all, I may have missed a thread about this or something, but the cookbook thread sparked me to look up the rute-users-guide on www.tldp.org (for goodness sake don't type www.tdlp.org into your browser!) I can't find the rute-users-guide (still a vali

Re: wlan.agent on Debian

have you installed hotplug? Vik Olliver wrote: On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 20:44, Paul William wrote: doesn't the prism 2 drivers install it? Nope, not down here anyway :) At least it doesn't show up in a dpkg -L Vik :v)

Re: wlan.agent on Debian

doesn't the prism 2 drivers install it? $apt-file search wlan.agent returns nothing. Vik Olliver wrote: Apparently I need to modify my wlan.agent file to get this USB thing going. One problem: no wlan.agent file. Anyone know what .deb it is in or how to create it? Vik :v)

Re: DSE XH6859

iwconfig controls the 'wireless extentions'. Not all card/dongles support it. Vik Olliver wrote: On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 17:11, Keith McGavin wrote: Vik, try lsmod and look for loaded module either usb-ohci or usb-uhci. you can tell which usb controller is used by grepping dmesg for usb. init boot

OT reconfigure vim on linux via osx ibook

Hi All, I need to do some sysadmin and programming on an old Linux server via ssh from my ibook (running osx 10.3.4) whilst using iterm. The ibooks delete key is mapped to PC delete when in insert mode and mapped to PC backspace when in command mode. I want the ibook delete key to always be 'm

Re: OT - PCMCIA to IDE converter

Hey Brad, Please let us know if it works :) Brad Beveridge wrote: Hi guys, I am looking for a PCMCIA->IDE converter, basically I want to plug an IDE harddisk into a CF slot on a PDA. From what I can see on the web this is just a direct pin conversion because CF runs on the IDE standard, but I can'

Re: console via usb

using the adapter you have - its designed for a specific purpose and converting USB to Serial, in the true sense, is not that purpose. This is the reason why DSE does not and will not sell such an adapter - people will blow things up. but they sell this : http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.store

Re: console via usb

Thanks Nick and everyone else who helped. Nick Rout wrote: dse product xh6381 $38 allegedly works on linux: On Tue, 25 May 2004 16:41:22 +1200 Paul William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The BAFO BF-810 works with the PL2303 driver and is easily bought in Chch. kool :) Where? How Much?

Re: console via usb

The BAFO BF-810 works with the PL2303 driver and is easily bought in Chch. kool :) Where? How Much? Thanks. Michael. = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Mon, 24 May 2004 19:37, Michael wrote: There wasn't a follow-up to this thread that gave a yes or no. I'm interested to know

Re: Mail server alterations

so does evolution and thunderbird. Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Friday 21 May 2004 18:53, Andy George wrote: > >>I wonder if it wouldnt be possible to alter the mail server for those of us >>who are subscribers to a whole swathe of mailing lists... > > > All half decent mail user agents allo

openoffice text combos

Hi all, I am trying to figure out the openoffice key combo, if there is one, to edit (not write over) text in a cell in a spreadsheet. I can't stand always having to use the mouse every time I want to edit text in a cell. Thanks Paul

console via usb

Hey all, Anyone know if you can get a 'Serial' Console using usb instead of a serial port? I don't really care about having a console at boot up but it would be a bonus. The only documentation I can find is about using the serial port. Cheers Paul

Re: ADSL Modem/Router Choices

Get one with an Ethernet port as it will be way easier to configure in Linux. David Stephen wrote: I am about to get connected via JetStream - TelstraClear is not available in my area. Consequently I need to purchase a suitable modem. There is a bewildering choice, some are remarkably cheap, but

Re: Novell To Release Ximian Connector Under GPL

from http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2004-05.php : eGroupWare 1.2 (next stable) * Support for SyncML to sync with mobile phone, Palm, and other devices Don Gould wrote: Scrap that question... I found the answer on the web site. It seems they've got some people working on solutions but it'

Re: Novell To Release Ximian Connector Under GPL

have you tried phpgroupware? Check out a *very* active fork : http://egroupware.org/ (current sf.net project for the month ) Cheers Don -Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 1:58 PM To: canterbury linux users group Subject: Re:

Re: Novell To Release Ximian Connector Under GPL

Don Gould wrote: No I hadn't seen that. Do you know if it syncs up with a palm pilot? Yea I think there is a module for syncing with palms. I couldn't see any imediate reference to anything. Cheers Don -Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, Ma

Re: slightly OT mta.xtra.co.nz fown?

The last time I checked Xtra blocked paradise access to thier servers ... *&&^#%#& . I had to write a script to clear my xtra mailbox daily as I forward all my mail to an xtra account which I access from my cell. If you want to take a look at the code just flick me an email. Cheers Paul Nick Ro

Re: mepis - was convert primary partition into logical

I got given a set from osdisc.com . greg mckenzie wrote: Coincidence? - I looked at that the day before yesterday but can't seem to find where to download it. Did you manage to find a link somewhere? Paul William wrote: *very* interesting article but I want to install mepis :( greg mck

Re: convert primary partition into logical

rces, such as memory and CPU time." Rest of article at: http://www.linux-mag.com/2004-01/uml_01.html Cheers Greg Paul William wrote: Hi, I wanted to try another dist but found I had used up all my primary partitions. Anyone know if it is possible to convert a primary into a logical? Cheers Paul

convert primary partition into logical

Hi, I wanted to try another dist but found I had used up all my primary partitions. Anyone know if it is possible to convert a primary into a logical? Cheers Paul

Re: List Policy Questions re Commercial Messages. Was: Re: digital cameras

2) Similarly, I think it's also totally OT to request commercial supply of goods or services, related to FLOSS or otherwise. There are various "Gazette" If it benefits list members then why not? web sites for this very purpose. 3) Replies to questions for help about commercial products and ser

802.11b/g usb NIC

Hi, Anyone got a 802.11b/g usb NIC working in linux? Cheers Paul

Re: digital cameras

Dale Anderson wrote: Im sure theres a heap of others on the list that can offer the same(or other related) services , I thought this was a support/topical list not a place to promote ones business If others existed I wish they would promote their extremely well priced hardware that is guarant

Re: speed up your net browsing with a proxy dns server

Hi Michael, It didn't occur to me. It would be a pain to maintain a list of domains - every time the site appeared to go down you would have check that the IP address didn't change. Cheers Paul Michael wrote: Hi Paul, Just out of interest, why wouldn't an entry in /etc/hosts sufficed? Mich

Re: speed up your net browsing with a proxy dns server

Why not speed everything up? Michael wrote: Hi Paul, Just out of interest, why wouldn't an entry in /etc/hosts sufficed? Michael. At 02:14 p.m. 12/04/2004 +1200, you wrote: Hi guys/girls, A site I have to visit regularly was taking firefox forever to resolve the host IP so I had to wait quit

speed up your net browsing with a proxy dns server

Hi guys/girls, A site I have to visit regularly was taking firefox forever to resolve the host IP so I had to wait quite a while every time I clicked a link on the site. I decided to find a proxy dns server and I found pdnsd (btw, BIND can also do this). It works very nicely and I highly reco

Re: OT: SMTP

The distinction between what we're saying is what is defined as local. The mail server at the isp is what you call local - to me the hardware that I have in the room is local. Fair enough. I consider my mail server downstairs in the closet to be local. Steve [snip]

Re: OT: SMTP

I don't see too much relevancy unless you're running your own mail server. I don't know of _any_ ISPs that still require that you log in via SMTP to read your mail. You can't login to SMTP to read mail. The SMTP server delivers the mail locally and your mail client/pop/imap server allows you to r

Re: OT: cheap network cards

Nick Rout wrote: err what pop server? I don't have one. a strange assumption. and anyway if you My apologies.

Re: OT: cheap network cards

This thread is marked OT. If you do not want to read OT messages then either create a filter in your mail client or if you really hate OT messages I can write a script for you to delete all messages from a pop3 server with subjects that have OT in them. Adam wrote: Couldn't people thank others

Re: xorg-x11

I thought X.org was just an older verion of XFree prior to the licence change. Dale Anderson wrote: odd shouldnt make any difference as they are both dependant on the same font rendering backend (ie freetype) if built correctly X and X.org shouldn't vary in application font rendering . Cheers Dal

linuxant.com wireless driver support

Hi, Anyone tried the linuxant.com wireless driver loaders? I am looking at getting some 802.11g wireless cards working. How easy is it to get the drivers going? I have not had any luck with ndiswrapper. Thanks very much, Paul

booting LTSP with usb flash drive or pcmcia NIC

Hi all, Anyone tried booting ltsp with a usb flash drive? Anyone know if you can get pcmcia NICs that can take rom chips? Cheers Paul

Re: unsubscribing

he could have asked 'is there another way to view messages?'. An then someone could have told him to read the list archive. Patrick Dunford wrote: I'm unsubbing, because this list gets too many messages that don't interest me at all and I have to spend too much time going through them. Some of

Re: "net send"

netcat ;) Robert Fisher wrote: On Windows you can send a message to other computers using "net send computername message" Is there an equivalent for Linux?

Re: Moving a large amount of data

Nick Rout wrote: There is a version online (copyright redHat 2000) http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ LOL. From http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ "To Deb — My lover, editor, indexer, and friend…" Its very good if you DO have to work with rpm. On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:42:39 +1200 Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Launguage Classes...

http://www.hetland.org/python/instant-hacking.php Don Gould wrote: Anyone know if there's much in the way of training in Christchurch for some of these languages we've been talking about this morning? Cheers Don

Re: Mozilla Mail/Thunderbird

I am using thunderbird. Its buggy. I am thinking of going to moz mail. Nick Rout wrote: Is there a lot of difference between the mail component of mozilla and the thunderbird "fork"? I assume they are from the same code base, but is there a divergence?

OT damagestudios will dont hire anyone employed at 'SCO' since september

lol. From http://damagestudios.com/jobs.php "Any resumes which include the SCO Group after September of 2003 will be immediately deleted as well." Chris DiBona, a former ./ editor and open source author, co-founded the company. Cheers Paul

Re: usind dd to clone hard drive

. dd was taking way too long and I didn't really need all 60 gigs copied over. Paul William wrote: Hi all, Is a simple dd: dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hdx capable of 'cloning' hdc into hdx? hdc is nearly dead so I will be getting a replacement tomorrow and I don't fell like rei

Re: flashcard reader

works fine with usb 2 although I have not done any speed tests. I imagine the media I am using is slower than my usb 2 card. Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Quick note to say that the 7-in-1 card reader from flashcards.co.nz works like a charme (well, with CF, didn't test others). All hardware should be l

usind dd to clone hard drive

Hi all, Is a simple dd: dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hdx capable of 'cloning' hdc into hdx? hdc is nearly dead so I will be getting a replacement tomorrow and I don't fell like reinstalling everything. Cheers Paul

Re: Wanted: Advice on PDAs

Michael JasonSmith wrote: On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 18:37, Paul William wrote: Unistrokes can take a while to get used to, but it is fairly fast. The but much slower than single stroke 'funny' letters :( Unistrokes *is* the single-stroke "funny" letters. oops :) meant the

Re: Wanted: Advice on PDAs

Unistrokes can take a while to get used to, but it is fairly fast. The but much slower than single stroke 'funny' letters :(

Re: Wanted: Advice on PDAs

palms do all this (keyboard can be bought). A Palm Tungsten E costs about $450. Jamie Dobbs wrote: I'm thinking about getting a PDA and want the following features: Colour/HiRes screen MP3 Playback Ability to Sync to Linux(home)and Windows(work) I don't really want to spend much more than about $

Re: Yast going GPL

Are there any public suse mirrors? Volker Kuhlmann wrote: So there is nothing to stop us using it for an installfest? There has never been anything which disallowed you to use suse at an installfest (other than perhaps the content of your head ;) ). Anyone is free to copy until their burners go

winmodems, is support getting any better?

Hi All, I know someone who is going to buy an OS-less PC. I want to persuade him to put Linux on it but he uses dialup and I think the computer he is getting comes with a winmodem. Has any progress been made with winmodems in Linux? Can you use them? How long does it take to configure them? Cheer

thunderbird opening URLS

Hi all, A couple of months ago I switched to thunderbird and am loving it :) I have one problem. When I open urls it downloads the page then launches my browser and opens the file that it downloaded i.e.. I click on the link in an email http://www.mini-itx.com, the page is downloaded into a te

Re: Linux Office Dream Setup

ut it pays to check. On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:37, Jason Greenwood wrote: Ok guys, here's your chance. You tell me the very best way to do what I want to do and we'll most likely do it! I am looking for hardware input mainly as we are employing Paul William to help us deploy the eventua

Re: Yast going GPL

Zane Gilmore wrote: Does this look like we may be able to use Suse in our next installfest? I think they are still going to be selling the suse dist. http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5175682.html?tag=nefd_top

Re: Linux friendly computer retailers.

tastech.co.nz cheap no os computers (in chch) Christopher Sawtell wrote: Greets List New Thread! You can get new o/s free computer kits from:- Computer Future, Cnr Gasson Street and Washington Way. You can get used o/s free computers from:- DarkStar Imports Ph 03 374 5728 This

Re: mozilla composer

why not try and see what happens. anton wrote: hi, I am trying to get this webpage editing thing going and want to write in php. Is it true that mozilla composer doesn't know much about php? Cheers Anton

Re: digital camera advice

My card reader comes from flashcards and works great in debian and mandrake. Dave wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:05, you wrote: Hi, My partner and I are going overseas and want to get a digital camera. We would be looking to spend in the $400 to $600 bracket, and that would probably need to inc

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created "contrib" and "non-free" areas in our FTP archive for this software. The software in these directories is not part of the Debian system, although it has been

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

It makes sense now. Thanks. Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:33:09 +1300 Paul William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: achive a smooth transition from one redhat/mandrake/debian version to another.) With gentoo there is never such an upgrade, just the transition to the next version o

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Open source = source code supplied and I can muck with it. I have no time to discuss the most politically correct definition of open source (and don't really care either). Likewise I don't feel like discussing exactly what is part of Debian and what isn't. I am primarily Then

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

achive a smooth transition from one redhat/mandrake/debian version to another.) With gentoo there is never such an upgrade, just the transition to the next version of each package. Out of interest, how is stability/QA of gentoo guaranteed? Debian unstable works exactly like Debian, you upgrade fr

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

Check your facts before posting FUD. SuSE is 100% open source software. Has always been. Except for those parts which aren't OSS in Debian Which parts in Debian are not open source? Debian will not even host open source programs that reply on non open source programs e.g.. apps written in java.

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

lol, I think everyone gave up competing with Jason a long time ago :) Jim Cheetham wrote: On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 16:07, Paul William wrote: friendly point and click interface stuff ... go for Debian stable, which you can install, set up and ignore for ever after. Jim, you always beat me to

Re: WANTED: Distro recommendation

friendly point and click interface stuff ... go for Debian stable, which you can install, set up and ignore for ever after. Jim, you always beat me to recommending Debian ;) Cheers Paul

Re:

I believe you void your ipaq warranty if you wipe winCE from them so I would be careful. As nick says palms work great with Linux. You can check what palms are compatible with Linux (basically all of them) here http://wiki.pilot-link.org/index.php/DeviceMatrix Cheers Paul PS Next time you post

Re: linuxnut.co.nz (Possibly OT)

nstallfest use, and will provide a fresh UDAI to the first person > on my door step tomorrow with a large sack full of small denomination, > non-sequential, unmarked cash. > > Cheers, Chris Hellyar. -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

Re: htdig searching ms word docs

hand exp. but a friend waxed lyrical about the system. -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

Re: Dick Smith shelves Linux PCs for now

ly, all I ever resented was having to pay for an OS I didn't want. > > Yuri -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

usb external hardrive

Hi all, I would like to purchase a usb external 5.25" hardrive bay. The ones DSE sells are linux compatible (2.4.19). Anyone had any problems with these? Comments? Thanks Paul -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you

Re: CLUG meetings-the future

Zane Gilmore wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 23:55, Carl Cerecke wrote: > > Paul William wrote: > > > We had this discussion a year ago didnt we? The result: > > > http://lists.ethernal.org/cantlug-0301/msg00416.html > > > > Yes, we did. But it is time, IMHO, to

Re: CLUG meetings-the future

ormation of the Canterbury Linux Community Trust." > > All those in favour, please say Aye. > > All those against, please say No. > > User development will be a lot easier for CLUG with this under its belt. > > All the best > > Rik > > PS > The (neutral) fact is John, your posts gather credence the moment your > email header shows you no longer post from Pegasus on Windows. :-| Do > you need help achieving this? -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

Re: Getting Debian

Its a GUI install just not a X11 install. On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 17:53, Adrian Robertson wrote: > On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 17:28:35 +1300 > Paul William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The debian installer is pretty simple. > > Not for people that can only point and click

RE: Getting Debian

ng > > > - Newer packages, still quite stable, not bleeding edge > > > - Code name??? > > > > > > 3) Unstable > > > - Bleeding edge > > > - Code name??? > > > > > > Basically, I don't know what the code names are &

Re: Getting Debian

t the code names are & I am not sure if I > > have testing & stable around the right way. Could someone please > > enlighten me? > > > > Cheers > > Brad -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

Re: Debian on Slashdot and a question

ugh, when you're that big, it's less of a > wedge, and more of a pac-man) > > Cheers, > Carl. > -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

Re: Driver for Dick Smith PCMCIA NIC?

hipset. I can't find any > > PCMCIA drivers in the Woodie rescue disk set so does anyone have any hints... > > maybe I should just try a CD install of Redhat eh? > > > > TIA, > > Michael. > > > > --- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mes

Re: OT sigs and trivia [was: wvdial/pppd status...]

undeclared variables > starting with the letters i,j,k and l (m, n too? ) were integers. > > When fortran 77 came along, we got block if's, too! > > > >hads. > > Steve > No, I'm not older than I look (: -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

Re: Installfest with an application theme...

If you have conflicts then use a non rpm system. Debian and Gentoo both have great packaging systems. I like you application idea but the only way we could do that is to roll a custom CLUG dist... which is quite possible. -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian

Re: Email server for Home Network - why?

n server > 2/ Mail can be accessed elsewhere without using "webmail" > > Neither of these reasons are compelling enough for me but I am curious to know if > others have compelling arguments. > > -- > Robert Fisher > www.fisher.net.nz -- .''`. Paul Wi

Re: Mozilla insists on displaying PDFs within the browser

tion, but Moz still insists on displaying downloaded PDFs > inside the browser. Most annoying. > > Any suggestions? -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

RE: Mailtool to block spam?

t I don't have to download the whole spam > first, is there any tool to do that? > > thanks -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

Re: Mailtool to block spam?

download the whole spam > first, is there any tool to do that? > > thanks -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

Re: OT: Free Psion

03 355-6027 > CELL 021 999770 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------ -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system http://www.debian.org";>debian.org

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