Re: [SLUG] Pls help newbie configure sources.list

This one time, at band camp, Jeff Waugh said: > > >> deb ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian stable main contrib non-free > >Best to use http, as it's faster. :) I don't grok that. I always use the ftp servers, on principle: .debs are files, hence the use of File-tp, not HyperText-tp. >#deb htt

Re: [SLUG] Pls help newbie configure sources.list

This one time, at band camp, James Wilkinson said: >>#deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free > >Except for this one, cos they don't provide ftp, and the http requests >*always* timeout. What I meant was: As Debian don't provide FTP access to the security repository,

[SLUG] Dependency 'problems'.

Hi, I downloaded from but when I try to install by double clicking on its icon in the Home Directory I receive the message "abisuite-0.1.13-1 requires gnome-print >=0.5 Do you want to ignore

Re: [SLUG] Dependency 'problems'.

> Should I ignore this 'problem' and proceed with the install ? Is that rpm even going to help? you said: the Home Directory I receive the message "abisuite-0.1.13-1 requires gnome-print >=0.5 the rpm you are trying to install does not satisfy that dependen

Re: [SLUG] Pls help newbie configure sources.list

> I don't grok that. I always use the ftp servers, on principle: .debs > are files, hence the use of File-tp, not HyperText-tp. If this was the case you would never send Complex (no code!!!) emails for fear of breakin Simple Mail Transport Protocol. and since when *.html not a file? :-) dav

Re: [SLUG] Pls help newbie configure sources.list

This one time, at band camp, David Kempe said: >> I don't grok that. I always use the ftp servers, on principle: .debs >> are files, hence the use of File-tp, not HyperText-tp. > >If this was the case you would never send Complex (no code!!!) emails for >fear of breakin Simple Mail Transport Pr

Re: [SLUG] Dependency 'problems'.

David Kempe wrote: >> Should I ignore this 'problem' and proceed with the install ? > > > Is that rpm even going to help? > > you said: > the Home Directory I receive the message > >"abisuite-0.1.13-1 requires > gnome-print >=0.5 > > the rpm you are tryi

Re: [SLUG] Dependency 'problems'.

On Thursday 15 March 2001 23:01, Adam Bogacki wrote: > > By this stage I had the feeling I was getting the runaround .. > You are getting the run around :-( All I can suggest is follow the dependencies thru to their fullest. If you get frustrated enough try a --nodeps and see what happens.

Re: [SLUG] Pls help newbie configure sources.list

> >Best to use http, as it's faster. :) > > I don't grok that. I always use the ftp servers, on principle: .debs > are files, hence the use of File-tp, not HyperText-tp. First off, with FTP you have to go through the login steps. On a fast host (ie. not my crappy 56k link), you can get that

[SLUG] OT: message board software

Is there any www message board package anyone can recommend? TIA, David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Dependency 'problems'.

David Kempe wrote: > > On Thursday 15 March 2001 23:01, Adam Bogacki wrote: > > > > By this stage I had the feeling I was getting the runaround .. > > > > You are getting the run around :-( At this point I would probably just download the statically compiled version and be done with it: htt

[SLUG] Re: OT: message board software

David On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, David wrote: > Is there any www message board package anyone can recommend? Oh god... this one could drag on a bit as well :) We've tried Phorum which is brilliant. PHP based bulletin board. If you want to convert e-mail to a web page then try MhonArc. It's

[SLUG] Enlightenment Font Probs

I'm making a theme for E (plaguarising is probably more appropriate) and I've got stuck on one point (#E were of no help).I need to change the title bar font. I've changed the font everywhere else (menus / help / others) but cant work out where to change title bar font. Any clue sticks out the

[SLUG] Re: Slug digest, Vol 1 #708 - 16 msgs

What is this supposed to be/ >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Slug digest, Vol 1 #708 - 16 msgs >Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:44:02 +1100 > >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List Digest - http://slug.org.au/ >More Info: http://slug.org.

[SLUG] AutoPPP Mgetty and who ?

Hi all... Anyone know how to make list connected PPP users via "w" when using AutoPPP I have "/AutoPPP/ - - /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login idle 3600 debug" setup in /etc/mgetty/login... I'm using... Redhat-7.0 ppp-2.4.0-3mdk mgetty-1.1.22-1 Cheers Dennis -- SLU

[SLUG] Logging Ethernet Data Transfer

This is the story, net here at PCL is SLW. So to help determine net usage i want to get an output of recieved data per hour. Obviously i just use cron to time the increments. But i need something that will read recieved data from the ethernet devices. I could probably even do this with ifco

[SLUG] tcpdump & tcpshow

Can anyone offer the correct options to use with tcpdump and tcpshow to see what the data is on an Ethernet link. I can get it to work on a PPP link, but it seems to get confused with an E-link and won't show me the data properly. -- Howard.

Re: [SLUG] Logging Ethernet Data Transfer

I've always like ipac for this sort of thing. It just uses standard ipchains. on debian apt-get install ipac then play with /etc/ipac.conf basicaly you add rules like # Name of rule|direction|interface|protocol|source|destination out eth0 | out | eth0 | all | | and you can be more or l

Re: [SLUG] AutoPPP Mgetty and who ?

On my debian box using the library versions of mgetty, a who or w list the user. On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, dennis wrote: > Hi all... > > Anyone know how to make list connected PPP users via "w" when using AutoPPP > I have "/AutoPPP/ - - /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login idle 3600 debug" > setup i

RE: [SLUG] AutoPPP Mgetty and who ?

... What version of debain, ppp and mgetty are you using ? It's kind of strange because the logs clearly show the user logging in where as w or who does not. This is slowly driving me mad !!! > -Original Message- > From: Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 16 March

RE: [SLUG] AutoPPP Mgetty and who

I installed Debian (potato) from 2.2r0 cd set. Then apt-upgraded to whats on the ftp/http's. So just a standard version of potato. On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, dennis wrote: > ... > What version of debain, ppp and mgetty are you using ? > It's kind of strange because the logs clearly show the user l

RE: [SLUG] More kernel whoopsy messages

Fiddling with BIOS settings, namely setting "IDE Primary Master UDMA" to off (from Auto) seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks. > If thats the case, whats stopping you from getting the seagate util which > enables you to set the drive to be told, its going to run in UDMA33 > mode... and then ma

Re: [SLUG] Virtual Users (no sys account) with sendmail

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 12:43, Terry Collins wrote: > I was interested in the solutions based on sendmail. > > -- >Terry Collins {:-)}}} Ph(02) 4627 2186 Fax(02) 4628 7861 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.woa.com.au >WOA Computer Services > > $_='while(read+STDIN,$_,2048){$a=2

RE: [SLUG] tcpdump & tcpshow

Hi Howard, I have had problems with tcpdump ignoring packets... I use snort now, works very well ;) www.snort.org Cheers, Marty On Friday, March 16, 2001 1:14 PM, Howard Lowndes [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Can anyone offer the correct options to use with tcpdump and tcpshow to > see wh

Re: [SLUG] Dependency 'problems'.

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, David Kempe wrote: > unless im mistaken (probably) 0.25 is earlier than 0.5 yep, probably. That '.' isnt a decimal point. Not that it stopped Linus or lots of others from interpreting it that way on occasion. -- Mike Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -

Re: [SLUG] tcpdump & tcpshow

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Howard Lowndes wrote: > Can anyone offer the correct options to use with tcpdump and tcpshow to You dont need any options. If you get no response, try '-n' to avoid DNS lookups. > see what the data is on an Ethernet link. I can get it to work on a PPP > link, but it seems

Re: [SLUG] Dependency 'problems'.

Matthew Dalton wrote: > David Kempe wrote: > >> On Thursday 15 March 2001 23:01, Adam Bogacki wrote: >> >>> By this stage I had the feeling I was getting the runaround .. >>> >> You are getting the run around :-( > > > At this point I would probably just download the statically compiled

[SLUG] tilde expansion ~/ = $HOME

Hopefully a straight forward question... Many/most/all unix applications seem to allow you to specify a file name as ~/.somfunkyfile, in which the users home directory is substituted for the ~ character. Is this behavior the responsibility of the application, or is it handled at a lower level, pe

Re: [SLUG] tilde expansion ~/ = $HOME

I think it's the shell that does the interpretation If I was writing a C program I would probably so something along the lines of: strcat( getenv("HOME"), ".somefunkyfile" ); // psudo C code On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:01, Shaun Cloherty wrote: > Hopefully a straight forward question... > > Many/mos

Re: [SLUG] tilde expansion ~/ = $HOME

Its part of the shell your using, ie.. ksh bash sh etc.. try this, as root cd ~username, and it will take you to that users home. :) great for shell scripts and the like. On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Shaun Cloherty wrote: > Hopefully a straight forward question... > > Many/most/all unix applications

Re: [SLUG] Dependency 'problems'.

Adam Bogacki wrote: > I'll have to try to work out how www.abisource.com achieved that first > screen-shot theme. It looks like > a combination of red frame with the sandy-desert theme under KDE. If you're referring to the first screenshot on this page - http://www.abisource.com/dev_dumps.phtml

Re: [SLUG] tcpdump & tcpshow

Howard Lowndes wrote: > > Can anyone offer the correct options to use with tcpdump and tcpshow to > see what the data is on an Ethernet link. I can get it to work on a PPP > link, but it seems to get confused with an E-link and won't show me the > data properly. tcpdump -i eth0 although usuall

Re: [SLUG] tcpdump & tcpshow

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Howard Lowndes wrote: > Can anyone offer the correct options to use with tcpdump and tcpshow to > see what the data is on an Ethernet link. I can get it to work on a PPP > link, but it seems to get confused with an E-link and won't show me the > data properly. I just use '-

[SLUG] XMPS - sound but no video..

Greetings, I've just downloaded a whole pile of libraries, installed them and finally got xmps-0.2.0 compiled and installed.. I then installed the opendivx plugin.. Fine. Fire it up, open a video.. and whammo.. I've got sound, but I've got no video - no little playing screen, nothing.. The in