Re: Proposal: new "plug-offtopic" email list

2008-02-07 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
I am also unsubscribing. Goodbye ... --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: Proposal: new "plug-offtopic" email list

2008-02-07 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Craig White wrote: > I think the fact that this is not a moderated list and there aren't > people who try to shut people down is a positive for the list. Once you > try to start shutting off topics/people, you will effectively ruin the > list...you just don't want to see it. I

Re: Proposal: new "plug-offtopic" email list

2008-02-07 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Alan Dayley wrote: > I propose that we create another email list. It would be called > "plug-offtopic" and would be the place for everything not Linux/FS/OSS > related. Things in the news, politics not directly related to our > focus, car problems, whatever could be in that l

Re: scp stdin

2008-02-06 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
000d | ssh 192.168.1.4 "cat > xwd.out" (Note that the > is in the quotes!) On my remote system: $ file xwd.out xwd.out: XWD X Window Dump image data, "xterm", 484x316x24 Have fun! > this isn't time critical I'm just playing around. :) a

RE: how best to convert a pdf to a high-res jpg?

2008-01-23 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
since you then (usually) need to convert the JPEG back to a printable format. Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: how best to convert a pdf to a high-res jpg?

2008-01-22 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
om a PDF. I have used it several times. And I just tried it with the PDF you wanted. It works fine. (Use convert or gm to convert the resulting Netpbm PPM file to JPEG if desired.) Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing lis

Re: how best to convert a pdf to a high-res jpg?

2008-01-22 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
Have a look at a2ping with sam2p http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/a2ping/ http://www.inf.bme.hu/~pts/sam2p/ a2ping is often included with TeTeX, but I haven't used sam2p. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

Re: Common bash aliases

2008-01-03 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
> > alias ls='ls -aF --color=always' I commonly run "unalias ls" because in some environments I work in, the consoles make it hard to read directory listings in many colors. > alias rm='rm -i' > alias cp='cp -i' > alias mv='mv -i' When adding to your Tips document, be sure to add a comment that

Re: reading from file bottom up

2007-12-28 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Nathan Aubrey wrote: > tac . > I love the ingenious designs of *nix. Not all *nix. tac(1) is from coreutils commonly used on Linux systems. Many *nix systems don't have "tac". I use "tail -r" on some systems. And use sed on other systems. Do a google search and you will f

replace raid5 disk with tw_cli

2007-12-11 Thread reed
k. Any help or pointers would be appreciated. Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: sed puzzle

2007-12-05 Thread reed
placing? If I understand you correctly, it would no different. sed -e 's/^\(KIDS[^:]*: \).*$/\1Newname/' Many ways to do this, but the above if there is or is not a name. > The field example cannot change as it's just the format I use... > I appreciate any insite, sed is a

Re: I hate Plesk (Backup Hell)

2007-11-20 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Am I the only one who finds Plesk an utter and complete nightmare? Sorry I don't have a solution for you, but I wanted to respond to this part. I have installed plesk and have maintained some plesk servers for a couple years. A few things I do

Re: OT: OpenOffice Templates

2007-11-19 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, Ted Gould wrote: > We started OpenClipart.org just so that MS wouldn't have the clipart > advantage ;) > > http://openclipart.org/media/tags/holiday On Saturday, my wife used that (tag was "christmas"). It was a slow process, because the tags page doesn't show any images, s

Re: OT: how to set up a newsletter mailing list

2007-11-12 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
s (to verify or unsubscribe for example). This list is ran by mailman by the way. I use minimalist for some lists. (I also wrote a MLM called easylist.) Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscri

Re: Server script without built-in sockets

2007-10-23 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
> [x]inted would certainly fit the bill but using that requires root > access so that's out. In fact, you can run inetd without root running your own inetd with your own inetd configuration. Use an alternative port in /etc/services that doesn't need root (like http-alt). And use a custom inetd.

Re: link

2007-10-13 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
the files from one of the folders to the other. Then delete the now-empty folder. And if you need it, create the symlink to existing folder. Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscrib

Re: xdm question

2007-10-12 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > Here is a way to do it with xdm (and not xnest) in your xdm Xservers file: > > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7 :0 > :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt8 :1 > > Change the path to X for your system. > > Change vt7 to vt05 or whatever

Re: xdm question

2007-10-12 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
:0 :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt8 :1 Change the path to X for your system. Change vt7 to vt05 or whatever is appropriate for your system. Then start X. Let me know what more specifically you want to do and I will be glad to help. Jeremy C. Reed p.s. I need feedback and reviewers for a X.or

Re: xdm question

2007-10-12 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Craig White wrote: > I'm really out of my element here. > > I'm using some old iMac G3's as ltsp clients and they're really cool. > I've got them working as either linux thin client or Windows thin client > via k12ltsp. I want them to do both but that requires two X servers o

Re: Apache losing ground as Internet expands

2007-10-12 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
m Apache's current use and future use. Such as lighttpd, thttpd, etc. For example, when I need to put up a simple website, I have often used mini_httpd on various servers. Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.p

Re: Server authentication

2007-10-11 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
o also. Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: qmail WAS How difficult is it to run your own email server?

2007-10-05 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, JT Moree wrote: > I think there is more but i'm tired of thinking right now. Own logging. Magic files. Newer, additional features aren't maintained by original developer. Jeremy C. Reed p.s. I also maintain

Re: Mail Accounts

2007-10-02 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
.) Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: Mail Accounts

2007-10-02 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
s_database alias_maps".) So just re-add your needed aliases. And then run "newaliases". Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail sett

Re: SFLC Files First Ever U.S. GPL Violation Lawsuit

2007-09-21 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
> "NEW YORK, September 20, 2007 -- The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) > today announced that it has filed the first ever U.S. copyright > infringement lawsuit based on a violation of the GNU General Public > License (GPL) on behalf of its clients, two principal developers of > BusyBox, against

qmail and plesk and many in queue but not yet preprocessed

2007-09-20 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
var/qmail/bin/tcp-env -R /var/qmail/bin/relaylock \ /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd /var/qmail/bin/smtp_auth /var/qmail/bin/true \ /var/qmail/bin/cmd5checkpw /var/qmail/bin/true Any suggestions to look at would be appreciated. Jeremy C. Reed p.s. We are migrating from this system, but in the mean

Re: FreeBSD Users ?

2007-09-18 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
> is fine. If you don't mind a couple simple questions, I'd appreciate the > contact! Feel free to ask me off-list or on this list. Or ask your questons on the main AT bsd.phoenix.az.us list. See http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/community Jeremy C. Reed ---

Re: OT: SCO Group Files Chapter 11

2007-09-14 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
Does anyone know if SCO would own software copyrighted by Caldera from 2001-2002? Copyright(C) Caldera International Inc. 2001-2002. All rights reserved. I am working on PCC which was shipped with System V Release 2 (I think) in early 1980's and was started in 1970's. It now has those 2001-2002

Re: VPS provider recommendations

2007-09-05 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
e. For past 8 months, it has also ran a Subversion server (via SSH). Jeremy C. Reed p.s. I also use prgmr but I have had many outages. I use NetBSD on Xen there. p.p.s. I am looking for a other low-cost Xen providers that offer *BSD hosting

Re: multimedia keyboards

2007-08-30 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
with pointer button -- 117 left Windows key -- 115 right Windows key -- 116 Sorry I don't have KDE on this laptop, but I may follow this discussion to program my wife's extra buttons for her KDE. Jeremy C. Reed -

Re: How to find hidden space wasting files?

2007-08-30 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Jon M. Hanson wrote: > On Thursday 30 August 2007, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > > Notice the change in my /home directory from available 2.5G > > > to 1.4G and back to 2.5G after rebooting again. > > > > That's commonly the sign of files be

Re: How to find hidden space wasting files?

2007-08-30 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
> Notice the change in my /home directory from available 2.5G > to 1.4G and back to 2.5G after rebooting again. That's commonly the sign of files being deleted but still existing because I running process has them open. lsof can also help with this. Jer

Re: Free Software for m$ repository

2007-08-29 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
ges available there) http://www.PKGSRC.org/ I also found: http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/pkgsrc/packages/Interix-3.5/ which has pkgsrc Interix packages. Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interix Jeremy C. Reed p.s. I am a pkgsrc developer and packages maintai

Re: Change OpenOffice.org Impress fonts?

2007-08-29 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
ges that can be easily done in a text editor by editing the XML source.) Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: Audit trail for root?

2007-08-01 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
ecently gained "security event auditing" which has some portable code for Linux called OpenBSM ("M" on the end there). Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To s

Re: turn off wrapping in vim?

2007-07-18 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, irb wrote: > * Quoth Jeremy C. Reed ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), on Wed, 2007.07.18, at 12:25 > -0700: > > I normally use nvi. But I am using vim: > > > > I tried: > > > > :set nowrap > > > > :set sidescroll=0 > > > > B

Re: turn off wrapping in vim?

2007-07-18 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Matt Graham wrote: > On Wednesday 18 July 2007 15:25, after a long battle with technology, > Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0 > > I don't want my lines automatically wrapped. I don't want it to > > scroll on long lines. >

turn off wrapping in vim?

2007-07-18 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
an install nvi but I want to know how to fix vim for this.) Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: OpenMoko Neo1973 ready for purchase!

2007-07-09 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
so I am trying to find out if an external keyboard can work with it. Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

kickstart add extra RPM yum repos?

2007-07-03 Thread reed
I want to setup kickstart configuration that has extra yum repository (for dag RPM archive or rpmforge). Any examples for that? (Or point me to a webpage?) Thanks, Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Re: Help with syslog

2007-06-21 Thread reed
at, on the local system use "logger" to test that you can send log messages to each of your new log files. Like: logger -p local3.info testing Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.p

Re: Red Hat Enterprise Linux software sources?

2007-06-15 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
> I think you're confusing RHEL with Free Software. ;-P It is free :) ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS I am not sure where the jboss stuff is though. As far as I understand, all Red Hat's products are open source. J

Re: Linux server with Windows server DNS?

2007-06-13 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
think so. I don't think Samba is needed. Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: which distro for sun netra x1???

2007-06-12 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
Debian, what do people suggest??? Not Linux, but have a look at http://www.netbsd.org/ports/sparc64/ http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/sparc64/INSTALL.html http://www.netbsd.org/ports/sparc64/models.html#Netra%20X1%20Systems Jeremy C. Reed ---

Re: Linux server with Windows server DNS?

2007-06-12 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
ux server is Fedora Core 5, in case that matters. Or use Linux as the DHCP server and we can provide more details :) Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

RE: Apache 2 webdav - .htaccess file visible to windows clients

2007-06-11 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
is commonly handled by IndexIgnore. Double check that your Files container is for the entire server and not just a virtual host. Also try adding to my example within the Files container: Satisfy All (Are you using Satisfy Any in your authentication?) Jeremy C. Reed --

Re: Apache 2 webdav - .htaccess file visible to windows clients

2007-06-08 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
iguration have something like this? Order allow,deny Deny from all Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/ma

Re: Publisher in Linux or alternative?

2007-06-08 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Nathan Aubrey wrote: > Yep, I knew that. I use scribus and inkscape now and then and I didn't even > think about it. Then let me rephrase the question, is there a way to view MS > Publisher files in linux? Please see http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Import_Publisher_to_Scri

Re: Publisher in Linux or alternative?

2007-06-07 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
usable for real DTP (desktop publishing). If you try laidout (or anything else), please share your review with us. Jeremy C. Reed --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to ch