Re: [SLUG] Going around in circles

2000-07-15 Thread David
You spoke to soon :-(* [root@fast rpm]# rpm -U tkinter-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm python-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: python = 1.5.1 is needed by python-devel-1.5.1-10 [root@fast rpm]# On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Conrad Parker wrote: The real problem is dealing with the cyclic

Re: [SLUG] Going around in circles

2000-07-15 Thread Conrad Parker
On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 04:36:45PM +1000, David wrote: You spoke to soon :-(* [root@fast rpm]# rpm -U tkinter-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm python-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: python = 1.5.1 is needed by python-devel-1.5.1-10 [root@fast rpm]# heh, well in that case, go and

Re: [SLUG] Going around in circles

2000-07-15 Thread David
Now this is getting downright ridiculous (as follows): [root@fast rpm]# rpm -i python-devel-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm python-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm tkinter-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: tkinter 1.5.2 conflicts with python-1.5.2-13 [root@fast rpm]# rpm -i --nodeps

Re: [SLUG] Going around in circles

2000-07-15 Thread Tom Massey
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, David wrote: Now this is getting downright ridiculous (as follows): [root@fast rpm]# rpm -i python-devel-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm python-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm tkinter-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: tkinter 1.5.2 conflicts with

[SLUG] Email Programs - specifically, EUDORA

2000-07-15 Thread jon
Folks, In an attempt to convert SHMBO from EvilWare to Linux for the majority of computing tasks, I have hit a small snag. Office-type applications are a non-issue, with my copy of ApplixWare 5.0 arriving shortly. Databases can be read from an EvilWare box via ODBC, and most, if not all,

Re: [SLUG] Email Programs - specifically, EUDORA

2000-07-15 Thread Alexander Else
At 17:42 15/07/2000 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of an Eudora-equivalent or, preferably, a Linux version of Eudora (yes, I have asked Qualcomm, but no reply as yet). Eudora and SecureCrt are the two reasons i've mostly using windows at home these days on my main machine.

[SLUG] Replacement for Netscape Mail

2000-07-15 Thread Terry Collins
Hello Folks Whilst someone is asking about a replacement for Eudora, I might as well ask about replacements for Netscape Communicator mail handling. The critical thing is it must have multi-level inbox/folders? I have far too much mail to have one list of mail folders. Any suggestions? --

Re: [SLUG] Replacement for Netscape Mail

2000-07-15 Thread Jeff Waugh
Terry Collins wrote: The critical thing is it must have multi-level inbox/folders? I have far too much mail to have one list of mail folders. I know the feeling - I kept thinking the same thing before I moved to mutt. But mutt disregards the ideas of folders entirely. You just choose

RE: [SLUG] Re: OT car stories

2000-07-15 Thread Marty
Marty wrote: My rotor gets broken into on average every 3 months. This has happened since I bought the beast 4 years ago. [SNIP car deluge] What suburb do you park in? Sheesh! Ashfield, Chatswood Seaforth - happens about the same frequency in all 3 locations (though at Ashfield I had

Re: [SLUG] Replacement for Netscape Mail

2000-07-15 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 07:57:33PM +1000, Jeff Waugh uttered: mailboxes \ `find ~/mail -type f ! -regex ".*Sent$" ! -regex ".*/\..*" | tr '\n' ' '` I use procmail to filter email lists into mail files starting with IN.* and then mutt finds them with: mailboxes /var/spool/mail/simon ~/mbox \

RE: [SLUG] Re: OT car stories

2000-07-15 Thread Alexander Else
At 20:19 15/07/2000 +1000, Marty wrote: Ashfield, Chatswood Seaforth - happens about the same frequency in all 3 locations (though at Ashfield I had it garaged most of the time). my stereo was ripped off two weeks ago while i was parked in hunters hill. Happened again last night, this time

Re: [SLUG] Re: OT car stories

2000-07-15 Thread Jeff Waugh
Alexander Else wrote: my stereo was ripped off two weeks ago while i was parked in hunters hill. My only input on this thread: Cars? Feh. - Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.slug.org.au/ -- linux.conf.au - coming to Sydney in January 2001

[SLUG] OT - Lunar Eclipse

2000-07-15 Thread Tom Massey
This has very little to do with Linux, except they both start with an 'L', but I thought people might be interested to hear that there's going to be a lunar eclipse tomorrow night (Sunday). Mentioned on page 10 of this weekends 'Australian' - Australia seems to be the best situated spot in the

Re: [SLUG] Re: OT car stories

2000-07-15 Thread Matt Allen
Alexander Else wrote: my stereo was ripped off two weeks ago while i was parked in hunters hill. Argghhh !!! I live here and i thought it was a nice neighbourhood. I have left my car open on several occassions and came the next morning to find it all ok. Where abouts in Hunters Hill ? On

[SLUG] Re: OT - Lunar Eclipse

2000-07-15 Thread Angus Lees
On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 09:48:18PM +1000, Tom Massey wrote: 'Linux Lithographs Lunar Lunacy!!' (OK, maybe not lithographs - I was carried away by the assonance of it all ;-). alliteration. assonance is the repition of a vowel sound (oh god, i learnt something in english). /pedantry -- -

Re: [SLUG] St George net banking

2000-07-15 Thread Matt Allen
Hi Simon, The reason for this is that there is a new Windows version of the applet. It fills up the whole screen, its heaps better than the old one, but only works under windows. Matta Rev Simon Rumble wrote: St George have just changed their net banking application's Javascript to resize

Re: [SLUG] Replacement for Netscape Mail

2000-07-15 Thread Danny Yee
I'd really like to see a GUI mailer that sat on *top* of mutt. That way I could switch from command-line to GUI seamlessly, and novice users could use a simple GUI but have access to the full complexity if they want to edit config files... Danny. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing

Re: [SLUG] Going around in circles

2000-07-15 Thread Danny Yee
Conrad Parker wrote: In fact, -U works even when no previous version of the package is already installed (ie. it will install a fresh package for you) and consequently I never use -i, only -U, even for installing new stuff. Another useful option (recently added) is -F. -i = install

Re: [SLUG] passive FTP

2000-07-15 Thread Herbert Xu
Graeme Merrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tried out the self-installer. The problem was that I'm behind an IPChains box and the FTP transfer failed I can only guess due to the fact the transfer wasn't passive. Since newer apps are downloading You can either use ip_masq_ftp to support "normal"

RE: [SLUG] Re: OT car stories

2000-07-15 Thread George Vieira
I had an 808 station wagon with a $5000 stereo in it and being a wog boy living in Marrickville (Home town of wogs), I knew that it was risky. Parking it in your drive way isn't enough and these days even in the garage is also bad. I lost it after about 1 year of installing it ( I considered

Re: [SLUG] passive FTP

2000-07-15 Thread Graeme Merrall
Herbert Xu wrote: Graeme Merrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tried out the self-installer. The problem was that I'm behind an IPChains box and the FTP transfer failed I can only guess due to the fact the transfer wasn't passive. Since newer apps are downloading You can either use