Re: [SLUG] ppp dialup

2001-01-06 Thread Dave Kempe
If you are using a modem on a tty ls -al /var/lock will tell you when the last lock file was created, which is the date and time you probably last dialed. dave On Sunday 07 January 2001 06:09, Peter Vogel wrote: How do I find out how long my ppp connection has been up? (or when was the last

Re: [SLUG] Printer setup of HP laserJet 1100

2001-01-06 Thread Michael Lake
Dave Kempe wrote: for most printing problems I'm suggesting CUPS. Works nicely with these printers. Im downloading CUPS now to have a look at it but I should solve the problem too :-) Also CUPS has its own modified version of gs5.5 and im loath to do much upgrading when I have 75 page Journal

Re: [SLUG] Fetchmail question

2001-01-06 Thread Dave Fitch
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 04:28:42PM +1100, Jon Biddell wrote: My question is; Is there any meaning to this, other than an indicator that it is doing something (i.e. number of "."'s = number of messages, length of "***"'s = length of each message), or am I barking up totally the wrong three ?

Re: [SLUG] keyboard weirdness.

2001-01-06 Thread DaZZa
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, John Ferlito wrote: Every now and again, after various uptimes, the TTY which I'm working in seems to assign a completely bizarre keyboard mapping to all keys - and I can't reset it. It's not your classic I've just cat'd a binary file which you can fix by

Re: [SLUG] Printer setup of HP laserJet 1100

2001-01-06 Thread Michael Lake
Hi All, Well CUPS is downloaded and compiled fine. Haven't installed it yet and I'll wait till all other leads are exhausted. Also downloaded latest ghostscript. Still buggered as to why the output has removed all the blank lines from the postscript. I notice that the CUPS site says that its

[SLUG] 2.2.18 kernel and AGP video cards?

2001-01-06 Thread DaZZa
Folks. Anyone know if the AGP support is available in the 2.2.18 kernel, and if so where you enable it? DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] 2.2.18 kernel and AGP video cards?

2001-01-06 Thread Dean Hamstead
it should be in by default if not its in the ac patches, otherwise just get the patches from the utah-glx? site. its a character device possibly experimental Dean DaZZa wrote: Folks. Anyone know if the AGP support is available in the 2.2.18 kernel, and if so where you enable it?

Re: [SLUG] 2.2.18 kernel and AGP video cards?

2001-01-06 Thread DaZZa
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Dean Hamstead wrote: it should be in by default if not its in the ac patches, otherwise just get the patches from the utah-glx? site. its a character device possibly experimental 'S ok, I can't use the 2.2.18 kernel source I've got anyway - it doesn't have reiserfs

Re: [SLUG] 2.2.18 kernel and AGP video cards?

2001-01-06 Thread Dean Hamstead
Im pretty sure the reiser patches should work they problee do otherwise they would release a new one try and see (im interested also) Dean DaZZa wrote: On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Dean Hamstead wrote: it should be in by default if not its in the ac patches, otherwise just get the patches

[SLUG] mozilla and shared libararies

2001-01-06 Thread Dave Kempe
Hey sluggers, I'm on debian unstable, i grabbed the mozilla 0.6 binaries tar.gz and went to run mozillla and it gives me this error: ./mozilla-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory I have tried

Re: [SLUG] NFS dikless client

2001-01-06 Thread Gareth Walters
- Original Message - From: "Ho Ming Shun" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 4:48 PM but when I try and populate a filesystem for the clients in another directory they mount root ok (according to the kernel message) but then I get an error init not found Have

Re: [SLUG] Fetchmail question

2001-01-06 Thread Jon Biddell
At 08:02 PM 6/01/01 +1100, Dave Fitch wrote: On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 04:28:42PM +1100, Jon Biddell wrote: My question is; Is there any meaning to this, other than an indicator that it is doing something (i.e. number of "."'s = number of messages, length of "***"'s = length of each

Re: [SLUG] 2.2.18 kernel and AGP video cards?

2001-01-06 Thread Dean Hamstead
theres a patch for 2.2.18 ftp://ftp.lugoj.org/pub/reiserfs/devlinux.com/pub/namesys/linux-2.2.18-reiserfs-3.5.29-patch.gz Dean DaZZa wrote: nOn Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Dean Hamstead wrote: http://www.namesys.com/ I find that the main ftp server is usually ahead a version Yeah, I

Re: [SLUG] mozilla and shared libararies - doh!

2001-01-06 Thread Dave Kempe
ok, i downloaded an older libstdc++ and it worked. Tho is didnt do what i wanted in the end, which was to log into the commonwealth bank netbanking site. Anyone got this to work with konqueror or mozilla? if so what versions/tricks? or do i have to use netscape? thanks dave -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Meeting?

2001-01-06 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 04:22:37PM +1100, Richard Blackburn wrote: Will there be a SLUG meeting this month? The web page is still posting information about the Nov. 24 meeting. If I remember correctly (and not even being on the commitie), the meeting is going to be earlier in the week, because

Re: [SLUG] Meeting?

2001-01-06 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who="Richard Blackburn" Will there be a SLUG meeting this month? The web page is still posting information about the Nov. 24 meeting. The committee will get around to working out what we're doing as soon as we stop pulling our hair out over linux.conf.au :) I imagine that we'll be

[SLUG] Digital camera equipment for linux.conf.au

2001-01-06 Thread Jeff Waugh
Hi all, Compound question for you tonight... a) Does anyone know of an SLR digital backplate, compatible with Linux, and available for rent? I'm very comfortable with the camera I have, and have lots of lenses, etc. if not... b) Does anyone have or know of a digital camera that I can borrow

Re: [SLUG] ppp dialup

2001-01-06 Thread Paul Robinson
I have a script which auto-redials if it can't find a ppp0 connection in ifconfig. (checks every 2 mins) Whenever it dials into my isp I get it to write into a seperate log file (ie just echo the date dial attempt to the file). Then if I want to see when I last dialed in I just tail the

[SLUG] NFS Quota wierdness

2001-01-06 Thread Steve Kowalik
Sluggers, This problem has been manifesting itself since i upgraded slinky (NFS server, amongst other things) to 2.2.18 Sometimes, i get "quota for user: none" when there blantantly is, but this is just making me more worried: slinky:~# quota steven Disk quotas for user steven (uid

[SLUG] Blown monitor guns

2001-01-06 Thread Rick Welykochy
Hi all ... I have had monitor colour guns blow out on three separate occassions using two separate monitors, using X. (One monitor was repaired and the blue gun blew six months later). Admittedly, the two monitors in question are 4-5 years old, so the problem might just be monitor age. I am

[SLUG] 2.2.18 compilation problems.

2001-01-06 Thread DaZZa
Sluggers. Any kernel hackers/people who know how C works can tell me what in hell is wrong here? On compiling a 2.2.18 kernel {with reiserfs patches apparently successfully applied}, I get this on doing make bzImage consolemap.c: In function `con_set_default_unimap': consolemap.c:541:

[SLUG] sendmail log oddity

2001-01-06 Thread David
I have this appearing in email headers as well as /var/log/mail: X-Authentication-Warning: test.kenpro.com.au: Host [203.23.36.9] claimed to be fast.kenpro.com.au ... but nslookup says: [david@fast david]$ nslookup Default Server: ns.kenpro.com.au Address: 203.23.36.1

[SLUG] winmodem problem

2001-01-06 Thread Shuying Wang
Hi, I've read the linmodem howto, downloaded the latest drivers for my LT 56 winmodem, followed the instructions on the howto and did "ln -sf /dev/ttyS14 /dev/modem". But when I tried to dialup , I'd gotten "the device is busy" . Could someone tell me what's wrong? Thanks. -- SLUG -

alternatives to cable/adsl (was Re: [SLUG] New LINUX Usr)

2001-01-06 Thread Dave Fitch
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 11:02:51PM +1100, Jon Biddell wrote: At 09:09 PM 5/01/01 +1100, Peter Hardy wrote: 2) You can get O@H in the Blue Mountains? I am _so_ there! :-) Bastard What I wouldn't give to be able to get cable here - I can't even get a cheap satellite connection !

Re: [SLUG] 2.2.18 compilation problems.

2001-01-06 Thread Dean Hamstead
Try ac patching the kernel (reverse reiser first) and trying turning stuff on and off sometimes compiling as a module doesnt work for me. worth fiddling with Dean DaZZa wrote: Sluggers. Any kernel hackers/people who know how C works can tell me what in hell is wrong here? On

Re: alternatives to cable/adsl (was Re: [SLUG] New LINUX Usr)

2001-01-06 Thread Jon Biddell
Thanks for that info Dave - I will have to convince SWMBO that it's worth it, but given her propensity for joining women's chat groups, that shouldn't be hard...:-) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] nightmare on emacs street

2001-01-06 Thread Mehmet Yousouf
Quiet time right now so I thought I'd start learning how to configure emacs to "fit" me better, HAH!! I'm trying to get emacs to load a .dtd file that I downloaded (zope), the M-x dtml-mode seems to work, however, when I look at dtd info, nothing... I get an error of "Symbols value as