Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-22 Thread Christopher Sawtell
2008/10/23 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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? >>> >>>

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.

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? -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Maurice Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -Original Message- >> From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2008 10:36 p.m. >> To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz >

RE: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-22 Thread Maurice Butler
> -Original Message- > From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2008 10:36 p.m. > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess... > > > Don: IMHO & FWIW, building a Linux from scratch [1] or

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Vik Olliver
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 13:33 +1300, David Lowe wrote: > RAID and a decent NAS is next on my list after I've got my firewall > going, which it should be this weekend. But I'm also reading about > gigabit ethernet at the moment and I can see some (possibly marginal, > but hey why not?) benefit in upgr

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread David Lowe
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:13 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which bits are you interested in hearing back on David? > > RAID and a decent NAS is next on my list after I've got my firewall going, which it should be this weekend. But I'm also reading about gigabit ethernet at the moment and I can

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread don
David Lowe wrote: I for one am watching Don's experiences closely > I tackle a similar project some time soon. So, keep 'em coming Don. Which bits are you interested in hearing back on David? I haven't tried setting up any RAID reporting yet. I've been busy just planning how I'm going to

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread David Lowe
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:59 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >> very educational exercise for all of the rest >> of us too. :-) >> > > I suspect it might push some CLUGers over the edge ;) > I suspect that being already over the edge it is actually a pre-requisite

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread don
Christopher Sawtell wrote: very educational exercise for all of the rest of us too. :-) I suspect it might push some CLUGers over the edge ;) Cheers Don -- Don Gould 31 Acheson Ave, Mairehau, Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 348 7235 or + 64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> # auto eth0 > > After the '#' comment character has been removed it tells the client > machine to configure the NIC using DHCP. Actually I don't think it does, see Steve's post. Of course it may help to RTFM http:/

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread chris
I have found the only way to get out of that type of mess, is the ctrl alt sysreq followed by (while holding down the ctrl alt keys) rseiub. This seems to bail out and restart everytime with no problems left behind Regards Chris T On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 19:50 +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chri

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:28:40 +1300 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # auto eth0 > > After the '#' comment character has been removed it tells the client > machine to configure the NIC using DHCP. > not quite... It tells the machine to enable the interface. The other lines perta

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> # auto eth0 > > After the '#' comment character has been removed it tells the client > machine to configure the NIC using DHCP. > > IMHO this is the correct way to configure static addresses on networks > with more t

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:08 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like apt when I know what I'm looking for. The GUI tool is really useful > when I want to know what stuff is though. try apt-cache search --names-only apache

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
> # auto eth0 After the '#' comment character has been removed it tells the client machine to configure the NIC using DHCP. IMHO this is the correct way to configure static addresses on networks with more than two, or possibly three, machines. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Don: IMHO & FWIW, building a Linux from scratch [1] or a Gentoo system [2] would be a very worthwhile exercise for you to do. [1] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ [2] http://www.gentoo.org/ It would, I'm sure, be a very educational exercise for all of the rest of us too. :-) -- Sincerely etc.

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread don
Robert Fisher wrote: Why don't you have a nice cuppa and slow down a lttle. Thanks Rob, I had a nice coffee and took CS's advice and stuck to CLI! :) I did a google for "kubuntu static address" and the first link was http://nosrednaekim.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/static-networking-in-kubuntu-80

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess... - EAK - Help NOT needed on this bit :)

2008-10-21 Thread don
Steve Holdoway wrote: On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:50:27 +1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher Sawtell wrote: PS Remember that CLI stands for Clean, Lean, and Immediate. Don't get stuck in the gooey mess. GUI = fail today. Sorry guy... I think ppl missed the point that I was just agreeing

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Roger Searle
Steve Holdoway wrote: On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:50:27 +1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted a fix ip systen>preferences>network configuration. Click on eth0 and edit. Use the ipv4 tab ( this is for ii, bit I'm sure hh is the same ). and if (i think) kde rather than gnome - system

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:50:27 +1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > PS Remember that CLI stands for Clean, Lean, and Immediate. > > > > Don't get stuck in the gooey mess. > > > GUI = fail today. > > ifconfig... by default kbuntu sets up eth0 for dhcp. I wanted a fix

Re: The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-21 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 7:50:27 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > GUI = fail today. > Don, you seem like the guy who blames his tools when he does a bad job. Why don't you have a nice cuppa and slow down a lttle. I did a google for "kubuntu static address" and the first link was http://nosrednaekim.word

The Gooey Kbuntu Mess...

2008-10-20 Thread don
Christopher Sawtell wrote: PS Remember that CLI stands for Clean, Lean, and Immediate. Don't get stuck in the gooey mess. GUI = fail today. ifconfig... by default kbuntu sets up eth0 for dhcp. I wanted a fix ip but the interfaces file didn't have a prototype for the static set up. No p