Re: [SLUG] Associating filenames

On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 07:14:16AM +, Howard Lowndes wrote: > Is there any ability in Linux to associate filename extensions, or > similar, with applications. I have been fiddling with Staroffice and That's pretty much a file manager thing. GNOME associates by mime-type, and I think KDE d

Re: [SLUG] Associating filenames

Howard Lowndes said something along the lines of: > Is there any ability in Linux to associate filename extensions, or > similar, with applications. I have been fiddling with Staroffice and > that works OK, but I am curious as to whether the ability exists in > Linux on a broader basis, more

Re: [SLUG] Associating filenames

>Is there any ability in Linux to associate filename extensions, or >similar, with applications. I have been fiddling with Staroffice and >that works OK, but I am curious as to whether the ability exists in >Linux on a broader basis, more to do with such associations in >Netscrape. No, that'

[SLUG] Associating filenames

Is there any ability in Linux to associate filename extensions, or similar, with applications. I have been fiddling with Staroffice and that works OK, but I am curious as to whether the ability exists in Linux on a broader basis, more to do with such associations in Netscrape. Howard -

Re: [SLUG] Promise ATA/100 Linux Drivers

> >Also, I was wondering if anyone knew how much faster of slower > >(I hope not!) > >Linux runs compared to NT/Win2K on dual processor machines. I > >heard someone tell > >me between 60-80% of the combined speeds of the two chips. > > 2.4 has support for the A7V built in. To install on the ATA-

Re: [SLUG] Mozilla M18

I havent tried anything much more than mouse overs i got the bin, too lazy to compile Dean Peter Rundle wrote: > > Dean, > > > java script looks good. > > So you managed to get this working? I have a java script on my home page > (the spring that follows the cursor). It works fine in 4.75 bu

Re: [SLUG] lpd not binding

Thanks! Turns out the queue for another, currently-disconnected, printer was non-empty, so I cleared it ('lprm -Pprinter -' does the whole queue), restarted lpd, all was fine. Reboot? Just for a printer daemon? Ha. Wrote Howard: > I have had this problem recently. I found the only solution was t

Re: [SLUG] Mozilla M18

Dean, > java script looks good. So you managed to get this working? I have a java script on my home page (the spring that follows the cursor). It works fine in 4.75 but mozilla just ignored it. Did you download and build mozilla or did you grab a binary? I really need to get a java capable bro

RE: [SLUG] Promise ATA/100 Linux Drivers

I'm working on this Netfinity box with a dual PIII 733Mhz and RedHat 6.2 and it kills our server which is a PIII 600Mhz single proc'. Though I am running hardware RAID at around 50GB. That GKrellM program rocks too by the way.. I wish it had a feature to show and alert diskspace... thanks, Georg

RE: [SLUG] Promise ATA/100 Linux Drivers

From: Aaron Binns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Does anyone know if there is driver support for the Promise >ATA/100 controller >on the Asus A7V motherboard? I want to have my hard drive >running off this >controller, but I need to know if Linux is going to suport it, >as without the >drivers "s

[SLUG] Promise ATA/100 Linux Drivers

Does anyone know if there is driver support for the Promise ATA/100 controller on the Asus A7V motherboard? I want to have my hard drive running off this controller, but I need to know if Linux is going to suport it, as without the drivers "some-other-OS's" (tm) will not install to devices off t

Re: [SLUG] Slug Pearls?

Making suggestions is always a bad thing... Im willing to participate, gimme a few weeks i need to finish school though =) Dean Rodos wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > I await the emails. > > Jeff you did get my private mail didn't you? Dean can we count you > in? Thi

Re: [SLUG] module loading

>insmod parport_probe >insmod lp First of all, in general you should run modprobe in preference to insmod, because modprobe will load dependencies as well. >How do I run these automagically at boot up on redhat 6.2??? On my 6.1 system's /etc/conf.modules: alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc opti

[SLUG] module loading

I had problems with LPD on the weekend when i had to reconfigure a kernel to support ftape. I have alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc in my conf.modules. I looked around and all I could find to help was a suggestion to run insmod parport_probe insmod lp (i think) Anyway, it all seemed to run fi

Re: [SLUG] Slug Pearls?

Dean Hamstead said something along the lines of: > Say you have a handful of people who grab out say 10 -20 > goodens each month, (no doubt you'll have alot of doubling up) > then someone (some-two maybe) collaborate and its done! That's the idea behind the group-authored cousins... although it

Re: aic7xxx.o (Re: [SLUG] One for the Kernel Guru's)

>With initrd.img based scsi booting, how does one tell the >kernel which module to load inorder to access / When the script constructs the initrd, it examines /etc/conf.modules to see what modules to include. Obviously if you are building the initrd on a different system than the one being booted

Re: [SLUG] Mozilla M18

Its very stable and really blows IE out of the water. For 8 megs its damn good even without java (which i havent tried) java script looks good. I also like its excellent (and easy) control of cookies, form data and logins. I also like how you can block images from sites inside the browser (altho

aic7xxx.o (Re: [SLUG] One for the Kernel Guru's)

With initrd.img based scsi booting, how does one tell the kernel which module to load inorder to access / Im running a nice dual p3 800 (gig ram, hardware raid..) and it persists in trying to load the aic7xxx.0 module, even now i have the raid driver inbuilt it still attempts to load... not

Re: [SLUG] Slug Pearls?

Say you have a handful of people who grab out say 10 -20 goodens each month, (no doubt you'll have alot of doubling up) then someone (some-two maybe) collaborate and its done! Dean (full of good ideas to be scrutinized) Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Rodos said something along the lines of: > > > Jeff

Re: [SLUG] [OT] SMS - Optus

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Howard Lowndes wrote: > Is email to SMS possible with CWO and something like qpage? I seem to > recall that it wasn't, but have things changed? If it is, what is the > number pse? Not that any of us have been able to find out or get working. RedRock offer a commerical serv

Re: [SLUG] lpd not binding

BUgger, i found the cause of my problem, Didnt have parrallel printer support in the kernel. Left it out when getting freeS/WAN to work :/ Now any suggestions on how to specify a custom paper size? dave excuse the root - i'm only on this puta for a few more hours root wrote: > Damnit, I'm ge

[SLUG] [OT] SMS - Optus

Is email to SMS possible with CWO and something like qpage? I seem to recall that it wasn't, but have things changed? If it is, what is the number pse? -- Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates -- SLUG - Sydney L

Re: [SLUG] lpd not binding

Make sure that your /etc/conf.modules files has the following line: alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc and do lsmod to make sure that things are running OK. Just cos the BIOS sees it means nothing. -- Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates

Re: [SLUG] lpd not binding

Damnit, I'm getting exactly the same error here. It seems that the partport_pc detects the parrallel port ok, but i can't send any jobs to the printer. I have removed the entire spool directory, upgraded to the latest lprng. It is also saying now that it can;t write to the device lp0. There seems

Re: [SLUG] lpd not binding

try the new lpd daemon.. lpd sucks ass ; ) On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Howard Lowndes wrote: > I have had this problem recently. I found the only solution was to kill > the daemon, kill ALL queued jobs (manually was the easiest), reboot and > see if that worked, which it did. > > Does anyone else kn

Re: [SLUG] Can We Do This?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > THIS WAS SENT TO ME. SEE WHAT YOU THINK. VERY COOL! > http://freetailer.excite.com/48/1045148/flashtech22.html > Could We Put Something Like This Together? Hopefully not :-) Mike -- Michael Lake Un

RE: [SLUG] Rodos, one to add to your list...

From: Jeff Waugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Morning all, > >This one's a bit naughty, but the Penguinillas amongst us may >enjoy it... >Some may already know, I'm sure. ;) > >I've found another way to fool Outlook and Outlook Express >into misbehaving, >making your emails unreadable. A fun wa

Re: [SLUG] lpd not binding

I have had this problem recently. I found the only solution was to kill the daemon, kill ALL queued jobs (manually was the easiest), reboot and see if that worked, which it did. Does anyone else know why lpd seems to get its knickers twisted like this? -- Howard. __

Re: [SLUG] Slug Pearls?

Rodos said something along the lines of: > Jeff what do you think, do you need/want some help? Anyone else putting > their hand up? Well, so far I've managed to scare off a few people just asking, so thank you for actually offering! (He says, recovering from complete and utter shock.) No one s

Re: [SLUG] Routing Book

A friend of mine actually just bought a book called "Linux Routers" (I think) - a had a quick flick through it, and it had everything from LRP to which WAN cards worked best etc... it's hardcover and definitely lives at tech Dymocks in the city... have a look.. :) //umar. -- SLUG - Sydney Lin

[SLUG] Mozilla M18

Sluggers, Sending this message with M18 of Mozilla, looks pretty good so far. Anyone else tried it? Anyone got Java working with it. I went to a Java page and it said I needed a plugin which it downloaded and then subsequently went unstable on me crashing whenever I left the java page. Otherwis

Re: [SLUG] Slow initial telnet.

I think you will find that this applies to ftp as well. If you remove resolv.conf and ftp to the ip address lightning quick. Add a DNS server into resolv.conf that doesn't exist telnet, ftp slow as but they eventually connect. Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.or

Re: [SLUG] Rodos, one to add to your list...

Well I figure if Jeff can get away with it... :-) It seems that if you set the X-message-flag: header to contain more than 100 characters, Outlook can't display the email at all but gives the error: 'Can't open this item. A follow up flag must be 100 characters or less.' Thought you might be in

[SLUG] One for the Kernel Guru's

Sluggers, Mehmet kindly found the link for win4lin pre-made kernels for RH6.2 and I have downloaded and installed one. However when I boot it I get lots of warnings from /lib/aic7xxx.o refering to smp, here's the last few lines of the boot output, /lib/aic7xxx.o:unresolved symbol panic_Rsmp

[SLUG] lpd not binding

Hi all. Had to reboot a server here, and I find that lpd is dead. The init script starts OK, but when using lpr: lpr: connect: Connection refused jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. Also, there's nothing bound locally to port 515. It seems, though, that some jobs are in fact going through th

Re: [SLUG] Oracle through a firewall

Hi Kevin, > Hi has anyone had any joy allowing oracle plus/sql through a firewall? We have that configured here with a double fire wall, first firewall lets packets through from the big bad internet to port 80 on the web server, second firewall lets packets through only from the web server to p

[SLUG] Re: Oracle through a firewall

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 11:55:49AM -1000, Kevin Saenz wrote: > Hi has anyone had any joy allowing oracle plus/sql through a firewall? Not really recommended from a security point of view. A firewall really needs to be able to analyse data that passes through and be able to stop unauthorised data

Re: [SLUG] Routing Book

> > if you want something general unix -> essential system administration > > I was looking at Essential System Administration the other day. The copy I > was looking at was published in 1995! Is there a newer edition? Is that > one wroth buying? Other than that, it looks like a good book. t

Re: [SLUG] Setting window manager in Debian.

> For more flexibility, start X by > > startx wmaker > xinit /usr/bin/enlightenment -- :1 :-) xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :2 etc... And then just shell script the thing. At home i have: eenlightenment ggnome xperl script to choose betwixt If you just want an ascii login then boo

Re: [SLUG] Getting my linux box to print to a windoze machine.

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Paul Robinson wrote: > Any ideas as to what could be going wrong? I've had the same problem at > work (as have other people who have tried to get mandrake 7.0 to print > to a win98 shared laser printer), could there have been a problem with > the samba used in 7.0 that was fi

[SLUG] Slug Pearls?

Been a while since we have seen the good ole SLUG Pearls. I am now at a stage where I can spare an hour or two every few weeks so can help to create them. Maybe we could start with creating a HOWTO to assist new people for creating them. Then people can job share. Just need four people to take on

Re: [SLUG] Getting my linux box to print to a windoze machine.

Well the configuration that you have written is the same as the one the control panel's print setup produced. I've cut n pasted your two scripts and modified share to match mine and restarted both lpd and samba (yes I am using samba) and it still did not work. I'm certain I have samba working as

RE: [SLUG] Reading a Microsoft Publisher file

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Dave Kempe wrote: > > CAn anybody help me get a microsoft publisher file into something sane > > that I can use under linux ? > > It's not that sane, but multipage tiff probably works in both. Forgotten the > exact tiff requirements, but windows and linux support multipage t

Re: [SLUG] Setting window manager in Debian.

Rodos, If in Debian, do update-rc.d -f xdm remove To get rid of the beast. Otherwise just find it and rename it rm it Then run startx, which will probably go to enlightenment. For more flexibility, start X by startx wmaker Once WindowMaker has configured its menus, you can

Re: [SLUG] Routing Book

> > Also a good Book on Linux in generaladmin etc .I use Redhat. > > how much prompting do you need ?? > > if you just want a reference -> linux in a nutshell > > if you want something more narrative -> running redhat linux > > if you want something general unix -> essential system adm

Re: [SLUG] Getting my linux box to print to a windoze machine.

Well, this is the entry out of my /etc/printcap using Mandrake 7.1 to a 'doze printer: ##PRINTTOOL3## SMB ljet2p 300x300 a4 {} LaserJet2p Default 1 lp:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :mx#0:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\ :if=/var/spoo

Re: [SLUG] Routing Book

> Can anyway suggest a good Book on configuring Linux as a router. I am still > having some problems and think it might be time to read up and maybe get a > grasp on what should be happening rather than what is happening. > > ideally something that deals with many scenarious including dialup, LAN

[SLUG] Getting my linux box to print to a windoze machine.

Howdy all, I have been trying for quite a while to get my mandrake 7.0 box to print to a laserjet attached to a win98 machine. Try as I may (including following a set of "fool proof" instructions in the last issue of APCmag) I cannot get it to print. my /etc/printcap is as follows : lp:\

RE: [SLUG] Reading a Microsoft Publisher file

> CAn anybody help me get a microsoft publisher file into something sane > that I can use under linux ? It's not that sane, but multipage tiff probably works in both. Forgotten the exact tiff requirements, but windows and linux support multipage tiffs. Probably sucks big time to edit. Its about y

Re: [SLUG] Reading a Microsoft Publisher file

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Erich Schulz wrote: > CAn anybody help me get a microsoft publisher file into something sane > that I can use under linux ? I hesitate to mention this, but one of our machines at work is running Publisher...:-( Bot what could it be converted TO ?? I mean, I'm happy to conve

[SLUG] Reading a Microsoft Publisher file

CAn anybody help me get a microsoft publisher file into something sane that I can use under linux ? Cheers Erich Erich Schulz PO Box 6028, Lake Munmorah, NSW 2259 Ph: (+61)0500 551 228 , Fax: (+612) 43583113 Mob: 0408 201 228 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.

[SLUG] Can We Do This?

THIS WAS SENT TO ME. SEE WHAT YOU THINK. VERY COOL! http://freetailer.excite.com/48/1045148/flashtech22.html Could We Put Something Like This Together? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Oracle through a firewall

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 11:55:49AM -1000, Kevin Saenz wrote: > Hi has anyone had any joy allowing oracle plus/sql through a firewall? > Does anyone know what ports TNS use when sending and recieving > information Whatever port you tell it to. (Defaults to 1600 from memory, but I could be way out)

RE: [SLUG] Authentication Question

I agree with Tom. Sound like a textbook case for LDAP. James [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug