Re: Ubuntu server 8.10 and via processor

2008-11-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
, Astrix, > lamp > > Problem > installs but does not boot as it comes up with 'kernel requires pae cx8' > known issue but not mention in minimum hardware requirements > > > do it persevere with ubuntu or look at something else > > > Maurice > Still trying to ween off windows > > -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Ubuntu server 8.10 and via processor

2008-11-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
osting virtual machines with Ipcop, Astrix, > lamp > > Problem > installs but does not boot as it comes up with 'kernel requires pae cx8' > known issue but not mention in minimum hardware requirements > > > do it persevere with ubuntu or look at something else >

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-11-05 Thread Steve Holdoway
lease notify the sender immediately. > > Any opinions or views expressed in this message are those of the > individual sender and may not represent those of their employer. > -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Redhat support subscriptions

2008-11-04 Thread Steve Holdoway
hereby certify myself as a support company" 2. ??? 3. Profit (: Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Redhat support subscriptions

2008-11-04 Thread Steve Holdoway
Never needed this. > > hth > Brett. There is, of course the basic question as to whether the applications that run on redhat can be ported to *BSD, and what application support could be available for that... Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

poor dvd write performance...

2008-11-03 Thread Steve Holdoway
ble, and yes it is 80-wire. Any suggestions? Google has been driving me mad! Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: any suggestions...

2008-11-03 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:22:01 +1300 Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a bit old but can usually do the job. ...you talking about me again (: -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

devede - dvd

2008-11-02 Thread Steve Holdoway
If devede says it needs 103% of a dvd, will it fit??? Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Very OT: Online storage space

2008-11-02 Thread Steve Holdoway
; Regards, > Kerry > ... it's the only thing I use gmail for! Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: any suggestions...

2008-10-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
> > Cheers, > Roger Go for it. I'm having so many problems with firefox's npviewer for flash taking up so much cpu on my workstation, I'm having real problems running vmware as well. And as for eclipse, well... (: Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: any suggestions...

2008-10-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
b following events > like cron jobs running. yup.. > > > > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > ...on what you want me to speak on at the next meeting yet??? > > > > -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: any suggestions...

2008-10-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:08:24 +1300 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK then > > I'd very much like to hear about setting up a login / verification > server for a small heterogeneous network. > > Kerberos or what? > OpenID ??? (: -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: any suggestions...

2008-10-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:28:13 +1300 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...on what you want me to speak on at the next meeting yet??? Blimey, hold back the enthusiasm! How about getting your linux machine visible on the interwebs, and how to protect it once it's ther

any suggestions...

2008-10-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
...on what you want me to speak on at the next meeting yet??? -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT Learning 'C' - any pointers?

2008-10-27 Thread Steve Holdoway
ming', and it was my reference book for years. Now that's good for book - both a teaching aid and a reference. I think there'll be a load of people suggesting you learn an objective language. YMMV, Steve. -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: mail readers

2008-10-22 Thread Steve Holdoway
e for all of these and more! Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-22 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:08:08 +1300 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you really what a not stop commentry for the days it will take don > > together? > > Definitely not, if that happens I am out of here. Surely this is a *good* use of the CLUG wiki? --

Re: mail readers

2008-10-22 Thread Steve Holdoway
nd has little to do with sendmail. Anyone debugging > > mail problems should be familiar with it, for one thing it removes the > > wool pulled over your eyes by your mail client while you're checking up > > on someone else's MTA. > > > > Volker > > > -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: mail readers

2008-10-22 Thread Steve Holdoway
closing connection Connection closed by foreign host. Doesn't send any mail, but tells you the serve's capabilities Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

OT: Re: mail readers

2008-10-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
that Ford stands for First > On Race Day... Couldn't agree more... even if the rest of the pub were telling me it was Fix Or Repair Daily! But then again, 100,000 miles in my old Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious was pretty uneventful, too (: Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: mail readers

2008-10-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
ther control freaks on this list use? > > -Aidan Not sure I'm a control freak, but I use sylpheed... because it doesn't play well with html. -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
ble the interface. The other lines pertaining to this interface tell it how to be configured. eg: Static iface eth0 inet static address 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255 gateway 10.0.0.254 Dynamic via DHCP iface eth0 inet dhcp Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
er cable! > > Cheers Don I recommend you spend some time at howtoforge and use their instructions to build this server. IMO your current appreoch will end in tears... unless you're making copious notes and are going to start again from scratch using them. Failing that, the first l

Re: How to restart smb on Ubuntu

2008-10-20 Thread Steve Holdoway
t get stuck in the gooey mess. ...or if you must, install swat. > > -- > Sincerely etc. > Christopher Sawtell -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Best way to get lamp on kbuntu?

2008-10-20 Thread Steve Holdoway
Should I just apt-get the bits or is there a better way? > > Yup, just apt-get 'em. Let the Apache/Apache2 debate begin :) > > Vik :v) > Err... that'll be 2.0/2.2 these days??? (: Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OS for RAID1 - Kbuntu - where is the raid option?

2008-10-20 Thread Steve Holdoway
ers, > Roger > Don't forget though - for those building servers - 8.04 is an lts version. 8.10 isn't. Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OS for RAID1

2008-10-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
I can't seem to > locate that wisdom. Could anyone describe the methods again? > > Cheers, > Roger > > dpkg -l | grep ii is a good start for debian/ubu rpm -a for rh'esque distrs. hth, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OS for RAID1

2008-10-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:33:39 +1300 Vik Olliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 20:32 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:27:51 +1300 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > > >

Re: OS for RAID1

2008-10-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
ups. > > > > Raid doesn't do away with the need for backups, but the hassles it saves > > are enormous. A fortnight ago I ran badblocks etc and the works on one > > disk while keeping on working on the other disk. No problems, just a few > > reallocated sectors, so hot-add it again. Zero downtime. > > > > Volker > > > -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OS for RAID1

2008-10-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:46:53 +1300 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed 15 Oct 2008 21:16:57 NZDT +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > > Uhhm, why? The md driver has been in the kernel for well over half a > > > decade? Only mdadm is newe

Re: OS for RAID1

2008-10-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:03:33 +1300 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed 15 Oct 2008 20:17:34 NZDT +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > you need to use lenny to get softraid running... > > Uhhm, why? The md driver has been in the kernel for well over half a

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

2008-10-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
-> > 121.73.114.171:25768 > Oct 15 21:07:01 bowenvale snort[21511]: [1:1620:5] BAD TRAFFIC > Non-Standard IP protocol [Classification: Detection of a non-standard > protocol or event] [Priority: 2]: {UDP} 71.174.101.194:61636 -> > 121.73.114.171:25768 > > > Cheers Don > -- > Don Gould > 31 Acheson Ave, Mairehau, Christchurch, NZ > Ph +64 3 348 7235 or + 64 21 114 0699 > www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OS for RAID1

2008-10-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:27:51 +1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > you need to use lenny to get softraid running... > > Ok, any idea how far lenny is away from stable? > > Cheers Don just do it. It's stable enough for most uses... I'v

Re: OS for RAID1

2008-10-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
; the etch installer should set up the raid, so when my disks get here > I'll grab a distro and have a play I think. > > Cheers Don > > -- > Don Gould > 31 Acheson Ave, Mairehau, Christchurch, NZ > Ph +64 3 348 7235 or + 64 21 114 0699 > www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz you need to use lenny to get softraid running... -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
a look. > > maybe showing it off could be a 5 minute demo, steve? > > Cheers, > Roger > > > Nick Rout wrote: > > Usually better to get it from your distro's repositories of course! > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Christopher Sawtell >

ftgh printer...

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
along tonight. Don't recommend taking it home on the back of a bike (: Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
oes it emulate the 3Dnow instructions? > >> If so I'd be very grateful. > >> > >> On 14/10/2008, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I can bring in a copy of vmware server 2.0.0 x86_64 to save a 450+MB > >>> download if anyone

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
I can bring in a copy of vmware server 2.0.0 x86_64 to save a 450+MB download if anyone wants it?? Got 1.0.7 as well - 64 bit .gz too. Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
> > > > Cheers, > > Roger > > > > > > Barry Marchant wrote: > >> Listening to a speaker with practical experience (and horror > stories?) > >> is more interesting than pure theory Steve. > >> > >> Anyway the pre meeting

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
etical experience, and oldschool systems analysis and design. I've spent the last 4 years fighting spam. Let me know if i can be of any use and when the meeting is... as ever political correctness is not an option (: Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Where's linux running???

2008-10-09 Thread Steve Holdoway
ber I've taken back ). Next project, may well be a frustrating one. What's everyone else using (: -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: CentOS noob

2008-10-09 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:00:31 + Roy Britten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > 2008/10/9 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ... I no longer even contemplate using Ubuntu on a server, which is a shame > > ): > > May I ask why you don&#x

Re: CentOS noob

2008-10-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:56:52 +1300 (NZDT) Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > > Running the latest, shiniest kernel is ok, once all your software is > > tested and proved stable on it. However, in most

Re: CentOS noob

2008-10-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:40:03 +1300 Jasper Bryant-Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/10/2008, at 4:30 PM, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > I've got debian servers with uptimes measured in years ( well, > > except for the single reboot when they moved data centres

Re: CentOS noob

2008-10-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
matter altogether (: I'm a great believer in "if it ain't broke..." (: ...but my lappy's running intrepid, just for fun. Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: CentOS noob

2008-10-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
ory. Does it *really* make that much of a difference??? I mean practically. They all provide you with a linux platform for you to play on ( or, if you're that way inclined, to be paid to play on... I didn't say that out load did I? ). I see the use of a KDE or Gnome gui as being a far b

Re: How do I keep Google out of my box?

2008-10-07 Thread Steve Holdoway
best way to make apache look at the refer(?) and send it packing? > > Cheers Don > > -- > Don Gould > 31 Acheson Ave, Mairehau, Christchurch, NZ > Ph +64 3 348 7235 or + 64 21 114 0699 > www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: How to make read only symbolic link?

2008-10-06 Thread Steve Holdoway
as well as allowing access to the files, they need to be made fairly easily found as well... > eg the system-admin person, while having overall control of the > system should not really have access to the details in the > consolidated accounts of a trading group. Course they should! Stev

Re: How to make read only symbolic link?

2008-10-05 Thread Steve Holdoway
cd / ; tar cfz /backup/mail.tgz home/*/Maildir ?? On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:04:30 +1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > Create a new user with the right permissions and play with group access? > > Read up about DACs ( just a bit of overkill there... )? >

Re: How to make read only symbolic link?

2008-10-05 Thread Steve Holdoway
t; > Phil. > > -- > Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand >+64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] - personal.[EMAIL PROTECTED] - business No. You can only softlink to a directory. ): -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: How to make read only symbolic link?

2008-10-05 Thread Steve Holdoway
e? > > I guess I could make a separate smb share (as I want to read the data to > a windows box) with read only perms on it. > > I just didn't really want yet another share published. > > Cheers Don > > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > No. Any permissions that yo

Re: How to make read only symbolic link?

2008-10-05 Thread Steve Holdoway
viewed from > the symbolic link. > > Is this possible? > > -- > Don Gould > 31 Acheson Ave, Mairehau, Christchurch, NZ > Ph +64 3 348 7235 or + 64 21 114 0699 > www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Home networking issues

2008-10-04 Thread Steve Holdoway
er from a range in the 192.168.1 subnet: it should be as simple as replacing the 5 for a 1 in the right config file - and make sure the range doesn't include your static ip address for the Myth box. Sounds like you've got well started with this. You'll need to refresh the existing clients once thats done to get them all using the new subnet. hth, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: nvidia drivers, low resolution

2008-10-03 Thread Steve Holdoway
Driver"nv" > Screen1 > Vendorname"NVIDIA" > EndSection > Section "screen" # > Identifier"screen1" > Device"device1" > Defaultdepth24 > Monitor"monitor1" > SubSection "Display" > Depth24 > Modes"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > EndSubSection > EndSection > Section "monitor" # > Identifier"monitor1" > Vendorname"Plug 'n' Play" > Modelname"Plug 'n' Play" > modeline "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync > -hsync > Gamma1.0 > EndSection > -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT: testing psus

2008-09-28 Thread Steve Holdoway
nothing newer, it's unlikely. As I said, my original board works pretty reliably on the old PSU. Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT: testing psus

2008-09-28 Thread Steve Holdoway
nd see what happens, which isn't that good, really! I've got the PSU and a multimeter here... out of the box. How do I persuade it to come to life so I can test it??? Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

OT: testing psus

2008-09-26 Thread Steve Holdoway
ard sized PSU in the meantime. All I've done is to open the unit up and clean the dust out of it. Can anyone suggest a local company to service it??? As usual the tenuous link is that this is out of my linux server (: Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: network monitoring SNMP

2008-09-25 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:45:30 +1200 David Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi David, You've obviously got it working better than I did!!! One of the hidden gains of MRTG/RRD based solutions is that the data set stored is pretty small, and, more importantly, a constant size. Zabbix, on the other

Re: network monitoring SNMP

2008-09-25 Thread Steve Holdoway
as well. CPU utilisation of munin seems to be a bit high, but that might just be me. I think the answer to your question is going to be in the way that the information is presented, and that MRTG in some form or other is the answer. Have a ( legal! ) play (: The usual $0.02, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Fw: Using One's Browsing History To Guess Gender

2008-09-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
time browsing sites on 1970's fords??? ( actually, my list says nvidia, /. and belkin.com are the biggest culprits ) Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: FTP server recommendations

2008-09-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
from somewhere! ...that's the nfs bit ( but you could use anonymous ftp if you wish ). If you use bootp as well, and you don't need any install media on the target machine. -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: FTP server recommendations

2008-09-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:15:07 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:54:09 +1200 (NZST) > > Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >

Re: FTP server recommendations

2008-09-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
f your servers. Personally, I'd not use ftp for this, but yum. Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: GNU/Linux Debian Lenny 5.0 86 and 64 isos

2008-09-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
lenny, not testing. Just in time (: Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: (re)moving the wiki

2008-09-16 Thread Steve Holdoway
eers Don > -- > Don Gould > 31 Acheson Ave, Mairehau, Christchurch, NZ > Ph +64 3 348 7235 or + 64 21 114 0699 > www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz Technically, you don't need an MX to deliver mail... -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: (re)moving the wiki

2008-09-16 Thread Steve Holdoway
ot one server and I'm pushing 50, so I can't satisfy all the requirements (: But does anyone want one? Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: FTP server recommendations

2008-09-16 Thread Steve Holdoway
old anonymous ftp access. sftp is just as easy as ftp to use. Just my $0.02, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: artifacts on kubuntu screen

2008-09-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
ppy hands. > "Brim the tinfall with mirthful bands" > - A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge > > "I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" > I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the > other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT: Happy Millionth Moore Day to Me!

2008-09-10 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:05:18 +1200 (NZST) John Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I better add some fine print... "but can be useful in strict > latency requirement systems having insufficient RAM to create a stack > for each thread / State Machine." Or can be useful if you feel the need to w

Re: OT: Happy Millionth Moore Day to Me!

2008-09-10 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:52:08 +1200 (NZST) John Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have just noticed that I should have celebrated my Millionth Moore > Day last year. > > Moore's Law has gifted me with 2**20 times increase in computer power > since I first started programming them. > > OK. The

Re: Lenny defaulting to read-only

2008-09-09 Thread Steve Holdoway
i Chris, Look in /var/log/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and the output from dmesg | more This sort of behaviour is usually serious... I'd be getting a spare hdd ready and using this one as little as possible until you can copy it if I were you (: Good luck! Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-30 Thread Steve Holdoway
r power options available... for the latter I know of a local company that seems to have them on special quite often, and one of my workmates runs his mythtv happily over it so the bandwidth can't be that bad. Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: udev rules and mounting

2008-08-22 Thread Steve Holdoway
an anyone indicate where I might be going wrong? > > Cheers, > Roger > > > This article is a couple of years old, and udev has matured sonce then. udev has already mounted the device at /media/samsung-yp-u2, as you can see from your browser. You need do nothing more! hth, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: network problem

2008-08-22 Thread Steve Holdoway
netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.0.0.254 Then run ( as root ) ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 up route add default gw 10.0.0.254 If you don't modify the config file as well as reconfiguring the interface, then it'll work for a while, then the system will try to reset the interface, and networking will fail again. hth, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT: Big boxes

2008-08-19 Thread Steve Holdoway
Now it's no longer needed... $50 ?? (: Steve On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:42:21 +1200 Craig Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Completely new topic - lots of CPUs are nice to have. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name" -c > 8 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# free -m >

Re: Wesley

2008-08-19 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:45:01 +1200 Roy Britten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many of us know that Wesley Parish was knocked off his bike a while > ago. Things haven't healed as well as one would hope and he had a bone > graft operation at Burwood hospital yesterday. As of this morning he > was some

Re: Slightly OT: ADSL routers...

2008-08-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
nd 192.168.10.0/24 subnet ( fw internal ) 192.168.11.254 -> internal switch and 192.168.11.0/24 subnet etc ... ( 'cos I've got a posh old Cisco PIX with 6 interfaces (: ) So leave the router out in the cold, and protect from the firewall back. Steve. -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: screensaver on my tosh...

2008-07-23 Thread Steve Holdoway
Still not working properly. I'm logged in via ssh ( so I don't think it's a suspend probloem?? ), but can get no life out of the screen without performing a /etc/init.d/gdm restart On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:43:31 +1200 Rex Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Hol

Re: Help needed recovering a lost directory structure

2008-07-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:54:51 +1200 david merriman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I intend to dump the disk once I get everything I can off it. > > I've heard of putting disks in the freezer, never tried it though. I > did consider turning the pc off overnight (I usually leave it running), >

Re: OTish: clear dns in ff 3??

2008-07-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:56:47 +1200 Roy Britten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/7/18 Roy Britten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2008/7/18 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Is there a way to do this? I've moved a test site to another server ( all &

Re: OTish: clear dns in ff 3??

2008-07-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:03:40 +1200 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > Is there a way to do this? I've moved a test site to another server ( all > > linux, as is the client!!! ), but the browser refuses to take this into > > accoun

OTish: clear dns in ff 3??

2008-07-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
Is there a way to do this? I've moved a test site to another server ( all linux, as is the client!!! ), but the browser refuses to take this into account. dig'ing from the command line returns the correct value, as does pinging it. Is there some weird incantation within firefox that will fix th

Re: suitable router and video card

2008-07-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
ve got an ADSL connection with > good line quality, try hooking up an ADSL2+ modem and see if you sync at > ADSL2+ speeds! Just for the record, as I got caught by this as well... ADSL2 12/1 Mbits/sec ADSL2+ 24/1 Mbits/sec So you're probably still connecting at ADSL2 rates... more to

Re: suitable router and video card

2008-07-16 Thread Steve Holdoway
Maybe something from the openwrt stable then??? On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:26:20 +1200 Matthew Whiting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your suggestions... > > Apart from my machine, the laptops are only on for a few hours a day. I > wouldn't want to have another machine running all the time

Re: VMware eth0 bridge

2008-07-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:53:46 +1200 Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought that the "any_any" thing was for the initial build. > I have a working player that "plays" a XP VM just fine. Except for this > blasted app that refuses to work. > > I have done a tcpdump and the packets appea

Re: VMware eth0 bridge

2008-07-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:16:26 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to get a VMware virtual machine going on my Kubuntu box. > > My honest advice is: "don't even try". > > My exp. is tha

Re: OpenMoko Open Source / Linux / Hackable cellphone is on sale now.

2008-07-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:06:28 +1200 (NZST) John Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the surface, given that OpenMoko doesn't have the 900 in stock at > the moment, it would appear best to wait for Jasper's offering. > > However, maybe a decade or two in the computer industry has scarred me > an

Re: OpenMoko Open Source / Linux / Hackable cellphone is on sale now.

2008-07-07 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:00:33 +1200 (NZST) John Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question 1 to the Group: Do we need to have the 900Mhz version here or > is the 850 preferable because in the longer term it will allow us to > switch to Telecom if we wish? You need 9/18 for 'proper' ( as in I'm no

Re: NZ Debian repository down?

2008-07-06 Thread Steve Holdoway
is morning... which has taken their site out. > > -- > Sincerely etc., > Christopher Sawtell I find that ihug ( ftp://debian.ihug.co.nz/... ) tend to give about 30 times that performance ( max just under 800kByte/sec ) ... but then I am a customer, which might make a difference there (: You'll find ubuntu, gentoo and a few others there, too. Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

screensaver on my tosh...

2008-07-05 Thread Steve Holdoway
the power button, I'm rewarded by a flash of disk activity, but that's as far as it goes! Any idea how to bring it back to life, other than holding the power button in for 5 seconds to crash it??? Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Ubuntu server

2008-07-01 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:02:58 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:49:31 +1200 > > Roy Britten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Pet grizzl

Re: Ubuntu server

2008-07-01 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:49:31 +1200 Roy Britten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pet grizzle: an NTP client doesn't seem to be installed by default. > There are licensing problems with it, unfortunately. BSD/GPL incompatibilities iirc. Steve pgpGin1CK6bXK.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: HP nx9040 s-video out

2008-06-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:34:21 +1200 Barry Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And why would changes to xorg.conf need a reboot? you only need to restart > > X. > True if you know what you are doing, new toy, 1st trial so start at the > beginning > > Barry > The 3 fingered salute for X is (

Re: Email problems

2008-06-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
o linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz DO NOT get through. > Emails from registerdirect to linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz DO get through. > > Hopefully all will be well by the morning. -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Email problems

2008-06-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
> > Thanks, Rob No change from here, I'm afraid ): -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Email problems

2008-06-28 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:11:43 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... registerdirect is up and running, but fisherfamily.net.nz, which forwards to an orconhosting.net.nz domain, is unavailable. I'd wager that there's a wee problem with Orcon atm, and it's n

Re: Email problems

2008-06-28 Thread Steve Holdoway
ye Connection closed by foreign host. ( same for .67 and .68 ). Also, spamcop haven't blacklisted either of your servers, or the net24 mail servers. hth, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Partitioning and formatting a portable hard drive

2008-06-27 Thread Steve Holdoway
bbo, Fish) > > Phone:  03 383 5807 > Mobile: 027 228 4698 > www.fisher.net.nz I've found that using ntfs-3g under linux is both painfully slow and (cpu) time consuming... Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Partitioning and formatting a portable hard drive

2008-06-27 Thread Steve Holdoway
lt Filesize is, so always supply it... ) hth, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT: Top Posting.

2008-06-26 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:07:39 +1200 Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There *might* be One True Way to reply to messages in a specific > >> forum, like this mailing lis

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