Re: [SLUG] linux.conf.au diary

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Jamie Honan wrote: > > >Was someone going to organise a SLUG BOAF? I saw Jamie around but he is > >the only person I recognise, there had to be a lot of other sluggers > >there. I think there might be another BOAF session on Friday. > > Is BOAF same as BOF? Don't know, Birds

[SLUG] .rmx files

I was given some music files with a .rmx extension. They were created by RealJuke box on a Windows system. How can I play them under Linux? I have freeamp and xmms but neither seem to like this format. I did a quick search on Freshmeat but could not find anything. Thanks, Dennis -- SLUG - S

[SLUG] Problems with scsi

I have recently installed a SCSI card on a Linux machine at my office. I an HP SureStore CD writer and a Sony DAT tape drive hanging off it. Normally everything works okay but yesterday neither device could be detected and the only way I could get things back to normal was to reboot. If there is

RE: [SLUG] .rmx files

does realplayer for linux play them? -- Daniel Finn EMAIL:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:- 4886934 MOBILE:- +61 (403) 364302 Nepean Micro Computers - www.nmc.com.au -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 18 January 2

Re: [SLUG] cash by fax info

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > X-RBL-Warning: (relays.orbs.org) Open relay - see > http://www.orbs.org/verify.php3?address=202.101.28.153 People with this header will now have to be moderated... (ie I used an appropriately vagueised version of the above). tom. Consultant AUS

[SLUG] OT Hardware wanted.

Hi Slugs, I don't often post off list - so please reply off list. However it will eventually be used for Linux. I'm after some computer hardware. Anyone got any second hand server type hardware that they don't want any more. I'm willing to pay reasonable prices and what I can afford. I need two o

[SLUG] Re: [LINK] `Underground' by Suelette Dreyfus - online

I gave up about half way thru reading the dead trees copy when it came out about 3-4 years ago. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates "...well, it worked before _you_ touched it!" On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Rick Welykoc

Re: [SLUG] Re: linux.conf.au diary

>i notice you had trouble finding parking. go to the large car park >accessible via gate 14(?) on barker st. the top two levels are $4/day. I think the price has gone up since you last used it. It's $8 for all day. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Re: [SLUG] linux.conf.au diary

hi guys i would love to meet some people and put some names to faces, but amongst the hundreds of people there, it is a bit hard to go around staring at everyones name tag looking for names you recognise. :) does anyone want to meet up during one of the breaks? later marty "I can't buy what I

Re: [SLUG] cash by fax info

> > X-RBL-Warning: (relays.orbs.org) Open relay - see > > http://www.orbs.org/verify.php3?address=202.101.28.153 > People with this header will now have to be moderated... (ie I used an > appropriately vagueised version of the above). Tom - please remove this from the moderation list. We m

[SLUG] A DNS question

If the TTL on a SOA record on the primary DNS is longer than the refresh time in the SOA, would that cause the secondary DNS's to not act IAW the refresh cycle time? IOW, should I set the TTL on the SOA to be the same, or less than, the refresh time? -- Howard.

Re: [SLUG] A DNS question

Was this going for the "how many acronyms can I possibly cram into one email" prize ? -Thom * Howard Lowndes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Fri Jan 19, 2001 at 04:43:24 +1100: > If the TTL on a SOA record on the primary DNS is longer than the refresh > time in the SOA, would that cause the secondar

[SLUG] Another DNS question

Is it valid to put an explicit TTL in an SOA record? My SOA looks like (explicit TTL of 10 hours): @ 36000 IN SOA ns.lannet.com.au. root.lannet.com.au. ( 2001011900 ; serial 36000 ; refresh 3600; retry 360 ; expire 36 ; default_ttl ) but whe

[SLUG] KDE 2

Oi! I'm sorry if people have posted on this topic before, but... Has anyone noticed what a piece of work KDE 2.0.1 is ...the new UI, intuitive config... And with Konqueror, we've finally got a mature Linux browser than isn't called Netscape. Wonderful & highly recommended. Kudos to the KDE t

Re: [SLUG] KDE 2

> Oi! I'm sorry if people have posted on this topic before, but... > Has anyone noticed what a piece of work KDE 2.0.1 is > ...the new UI, intuitive config... And with Konqueror, we've finally > got a mature Linux browser than isn't called Netscape. > Wonderful & highly recommended. Kudos to

[SLUG] Debian

Well I've finally decided to give Debian a go on a firewall I am setting up at work. After about 4 attempted installs I realised it was easier than I thought and I now have a working base system. I am gradually getting the hang of apt-cache search and apt-get install (You have to use them just t

[SLUG] host:80<->internalip:80

Hey all. I require a web server to be firewalled, as in, sitting behind a linux box using port forwarding. I recall playing around with it some time ago.. but i cant recall how!! These are the IP's etc.. 203.101.21.98:80 needs to be forward to 10.0.0.2:80, as well as ftp (203.101.21.98:20/21->

RE: [SLUG] host:80<->internalip:80

Alan Lee wrote: >I require a web server to be firewalled, as in, sitting behind a linux box >using port forwarding. >I recall playing around with it some time ago.. but i cant recall how!! >These are the IP's etc.. >203.101.21.98:80 needs to be forward to 10.0.0.2:80, as well as ftp >(203.101.2

Re: [SLUG] Debian

I took the plunge about six months ago and once I got my head around Debian sufficiently (about a month) to be confident, I got rid of all our RH servers (about 6) at work and at home. The reason telnet is off by default, I've assumed was because telnet is insecure. Now that you've learned how to

RE: [SLUG] Computer Literacy in Schools

At 15:39 18/01/2001, you wrote: >Dean, > >I think this is the crux of the whole agruement. 2u + 3u computing is >theoretical and this indicates a large void in the education of our youth in >the technology areas that are now standard and required knowledge in >industry. Education is about being em

[SLUG] Dial-in network browsing

Hi, Is it possible to have a user dialed in to Linux Server over a PPP conection browse using network neighborhood as if they were one of the normal users on the network?? If so, how? If not what would be a way to enable them access to samba shares on the main server? RH 6.2 regards Alister

Re: [SLUG] Dial-in network browsing

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Alister Waller wrote: > Is it possible to have a user dialed in to Linux Server over a PPP conection > browse using network neighborhood as if they were one of the normal users on > the network?? If so, how? Basically, you need to add Netbios over IP to the protocol stack us

RE: [SLUG] Dial-in network browsing

> > Is it possible to have a user dialed in to Linux Server over a > PPP conection > > browse using network neighborhood as if they were one of the > normal users on > > the network?? If so, how? > > Basically, you need to add Netbios over IP to the protocol stack used by > the dialer on the remot

Re: [SLUG] Dial-in network browsing

the proxyarp option in ppp helps =) and as has been mentioned, use of wins servers helps if your using ipx over ppp i got nothing =) Dean Alister Waller wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to have a user dialed in to Linux Server over a PPP conection > browse using network neighborhood as if the

RE: [SLUG] KDE 2

> > Oi! I'm sorry if people have posted on this topic before, but... > > Has anyone noticed what a piece of work KDE 2.0.1 is > > ...the new UI, intuitive config... And with Konqueror, we've finally > > got a mature Linux browser than isn't called Netscape. > > Wonderful & highly recommended

[SLUG] ssh

Dear Slug, Could anyone shed some light on a problem I'm having with ssh? I'm new at using ssh so I read a couple 'how tos' (perhaps not the right one) but it appears that it should be far more straightforward than what I am experiencing... I need to use ssh from my Linux machine to log into a S

Re: [SLUG] ssh

My limited SSH knowledge tells me that there are two SSH protocols: - 1.5 - 2.x Either your client or their daemon is running 1.5 and causing the problem. On your client run: ssh -V to find out what protocls your client supports. Do the same on your Sun box. What you may find is that your clie

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond Direct ADSL pricing

I've heard this from several sources... -Original Message- From: Richard Ames <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Darrell Burkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, 14 January 2001 7:41 Subject: Re: [SLUG] Bigpond Direct ADSL pricing > > >A customer of mine r

[SLUG] Seeking info re boot code in master boot record

Sluggers, I'm practising my disaster recover strategy (yeah novel idea I know ;) and I'm trying to figure out how to put the master boot record back. So far my understanding of the mbr (from lilo howto) is, bytes 0-445 = boot code, bytes 446-509 = partition table (4 partitions x 16 bytes each

Re: [SLUG] ssh

Gregg, > Could anyone shed some light on a problem I'm having with ssh? We use openssh-2.1 here to talk to solaris boxen running various versions of ssh. All seems to work no problems. openssh is available as rpms (seach the net) if you're in an rpm kind of mood. HTH Pete -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] ssh

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Gregg wrote: > Not having ssh installed, I went to freshmeat.net and found ssh which I > installed without drama. I then tried to ssh to the computer... > > greggs@linuxbox# ssh aegir.miba.auc.dk > warning: Executing /usr/local/bin/ssh1 for ssh1 compatibility. > Executing ss

Re: [SLUG] linux.conf.au diary

marty was once rumoured to have said: > hi guys > > i would love to meet some people and put some names to faces, but amongst > the hundreds of people there, it is a bit hard to go around staring at > everyones name tag looking for names you recognise. :) As of this mornin', jdub and myself have

Re: [SLUG] ssh

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Gregg wrote: > I need to use ssh from my Linux machine to log into a SUN computer in > Denmark, then start an xterm on another computer behind their firewall > (on a 192.168.1.0 network). So the plan is to ssh to the firewall, then ssh to the machine on the private address r

[SLUG] LARGE files...

Greetings, My brain may have stopped, but is there a way to create files under Linux (on a 32 bit platform) greater than 2Gb? If I were to take a dd of /dev/hda1 and dump it to a file to mount later via loopback and the /dev/hda1 slice is larger than 2Gb.. what does one do? Danke muchly.. //

Re: [SLUG] LARGE files...

On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 03:03:07PM +1100, Umar Goldeli wrote: > Greetings, > > My brain may have stopped, but is there a way to create files under Linux > (on a 32 bit platform) greater than 2Gb? > > If I were to take a dd of /dev/hda1 and dump it to a file to mount later > via loopback and the

Re: [SLUG] KDE 2

I spoke too soon. KDE 2.0.1 looks great but is pretty unstable (on my machine at least). I've put in two reports to bugs.kde.org within the last one day - it's crashed 4 times already with me doing absolutely nothing. Hm, I've got this feeling that your Debian 2.1 Beta "unstables" are really m

Re: [SLUG] LARGE files...

On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 03:02:45PM +1100, Umar Goldeli wrote: > My brain may have stopped, but is there a way to create files under Linux > (on a 32 bit platform) greater than 2Gb? Maybe, depending upon your kernel version, and if 2.2.x, whether you've installed the appropriate patches. A quick

Re: [SLUG] linux.conf.au diary

Hi All, Well there seems to be a lot of interest in keeping a diary of the events that occur during Linux.conf.au. We here at LinuxWorld.com.au couldn't agree more. Our growing selection of articles about the event can be found at: http://linuxworld.com.au/comp.php3?coid=115 while feedback abou