Re: [SLUG] Project Management software

2001-04-23 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Is that www.esmith.com? For you sir, http://www.e-smith.org/ [ Yes, the .com is them too. ;) ] - Jeff -- No clue is good clue. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/

Re: [SLUG] Project Management software

2001-04-23 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 02:44:33PM +1000, Jeff Waugh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Skud was one of the main hackers on Xen too; perhaps esmith would be > interested in shipping something like this with their intranet boxes. Is that www.esmith.com? jhs -- Dont blink or you miss it! |

Re: [SLUG] RH7.1 install suggestions

2001-04-23 Thread Michael Covi
Partition magics fine. Just don't have a power failure like i did. > > On another note: > Has anyone tried "Partition Magic 5.01" with Linux partitions? > OK to use?? Other options??? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listi

Re: [SLUG] Project Management software

2001-04-23 Thread Des Devlin
That's a bummer. Have to admit it was early last year when I was looking at it. There's this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/midnightxen/ > Registered: 2000-11-30 12:03 > Midnight Xen is a project to finish the Xen project manager for zope. We also intend to implement Gantt and Pert Chart fea

Re: [SLUG] Linux Geeks & Printing

2001-04-23 Thread Howard Lowndes
I agree absolutely. One of my biggest problems is configuring /etc/printcap remotely. As a config file /etc/printcap is a bloody disaster. So, use printtool I hear you say; but I don't run X over the Internet for security and performance reasons. When is someone going to come up with a simple

Re: [SLUG] Project Management software

2001-04-23 Thread Jeff Waugh
> I had a look at that and because somebody said it looks like a dead project > I wrote to one of the developers. Here is his reply > > This doesnt look good. Skud was one of the main hackers on Xen too; perhaps esmith would be interested in shipping something like this with their intranet box

Re: [SLUG] Project Management software

2001-04-23 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 03:34:56PM +1000, Des Devlin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Runs under Zope. Not sure how close it is to prime time though: > > http://bits.netizen.com.au/Xen/ > I had a look at that and because somebody said it looks like a dead project I wrote to one of the developers.

[SLUG] RH7.1 install suggestions

2001-04-23 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
All, Anybody having any suggestions regarding installing RH7.1? I just got hold of the complete CD set and want to upgrade my systems on Wednesday. Currently I am using 6.2 (have all latest fixes) and I want to upgrade to 7.1. What do I need to be aware of? Any drawbacks? The install guide s

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread Michael Lake
Thanks guys for the suggestions. I tried the lprng route first. Looks like it's working now in that I can print emails and print ps files sent to the printer. Some prob in the apsfilterconfig test.ps though. Info below. Andre Pang wrote: > hmm, bugger. try apt-get remove gs and apt-get install >

Re: [SLUG] RH70 Problems Keyboard

2001-04-23 Thread Terry Collins
Terry Collins wrote: > Suddenly startx is complaining that there is "No Keyboard" in > XF86Config. There is, but I'm curious as to why it isn't seeing it. Problem solved - somewhere after pumpkin hour I had vi'd XF86Config in /etc, which created an empty /etc/XF86Config. X was looking at this r

RE: [SLUG] (fwd) Coder by day, love machine by night

2001-04-23 Thread Alister Waller
I would have to assume that this figure is high because it includes Cyber sex ;) I wonder what the percentage would be if that was not taken into account alister > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Anthony Rumble > Sent: Tuesday, 2

Re: [SLUG] (fwd) Coder by day, love machine by night

2001-04-23 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Na sorry just a reflection of the fact that most geeks are younger > and still have it on their minds all the time. What a horrible misinterpretation of the great range of geeks around - even here on the SLUG list! You obviously haven't been regaled by the traditional, "but in MY day.

Re: [SLUG] Linux Geeks & Printing

2001-04-23 Thread David
Totally agree... here I am still using my Mac for printing related applications every day because I have no choice... too many things don't work easily enough on Linux for me, much less the kids and family. Geeks tend to forget there are people out there who are mere mortals, and don't even know

Re: [SLUG] Linux Geeks & Printing

2001-04-23 Thread Subba Rao
I second Laurie's point. I guess most of the folks who jump on to the Linux bandwagon are only going with the hype in the media. It is not enough to create a server class operating system. Especially, when it come to dealing with documents. Even OS/2 (does it exist) made printing simple. End users

Gossip - Schools & Debian Blind Re: [SLUG] Linux Geeks & Printing

2001-04-23 Thread Terry Collins
. > > I guess it's OK for you office/IT types to trash your printers but o good start > > Again if you look at domestic PC use, yep, we are with you... > template that Corel or MS have created! Lousy finish. Apart from the hole in the middle of the CD rom {:-), linux does it all. Actual

Re: [SLUG] (fwd) Coder by day, love machine by night

2001-04-23 Thread David
Na sorry just a reflection of the fact that most geeks are younger and still have it on their minds all the time. Any way, geeks get used to fscking computer systems all day, so it's just an extention of their day job. On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Anthony Rumble wrote: > Exerpt from "iTnewsWir

Re: [SLUG] (fwd) Coder by day, love machine by night

2001-04-23 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:18:41AM +1000, Anthony Rumble ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Exerpt from "iTnewsWire Tuesday, 24 April 2001, Morning" > > " > Coder by day, love machine by night > A survey done by IT job site JustTechJobs.com says adult male tech types > have sex

Re: [SLUG] Linux Geeks & Printing

2001-04-23 Thread Laurie Savage
I guess it's OK for you office/IT types to trash your printers but out here in the land of chalkdust and sloooww internet connections and one computer per 25 students most of my work is in preparing document-type resources for students. Again if you look at domestic PC use, after games, c

[SLUG] (fwd) Coder by day, love machine by night

2001-04-23 Thread Anthony Rumble
Exerpt from "iTnewsWire Tuesday, 24 April 2001, Morning" " Coder by day, love machine by night A survey done by IT job site JustTechJobs.com says adult male tech types have sex 37 percent more often than folks in other careers. http://www.itnews.com.au/story

Re: [SLUG] Slug membership

2001-04-23 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Alright already! what about these things like a Pay Pal account? > Does that work for $AUD? Mon Apr 23 18:18:01 2001... http://slug.org.au/lists/archives/slug/2001/April/msg00666.html - Jeff -- Web development with PHP is like injecting pure rust with a

Re: [SLUG] Remote Service checker for linux

2001-04-23 Thread Michael De Santis
Big Brother is worth having a look at http://bb4.com/ regards Michael Paul Robinson wrote: > > Hi Guys, > We've developed a need at work for a package that can check a > whole bunch of servers and see which services are up and running (not to > mention checking if our dns (telstra)

[SLUG] RH70 Problems Keyboard

2001-04-23 Thread Terry Collins
Hello Folks I've just in the process of rebuilding the "linux server" (nfs, samba, netware?) with a new install of RH70 and a few quirks have poped up. Suddenly startx is complaining that there is "No Keyboard" in XF86Config. There is, but I'm curious as to why it isn't seeing it. It was worki

Re: [SLUG] CD Labels, LaTeX & Gus

2001-04-23 Thread Nick Croft
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote: > A couple of questions have come up regarding CD label creation, and a few > regarding LaTeX (mostly due to Gus' dastardly influence)... > > http://sis.fbm.vutbr.cz/~honza/cdl/ > > Might be a bit less masochistic. :) > > - Jeff . still doesn't m

Re: [SLUG] Linux Geeks & Printing

2001-04-23 Thread Umar Goldeli
> 2) I have a network, email and the web; what the hell do I need a printer > for? So you can give dead trees with bits of carbon on it to management types to make them feel secure. :) //umar. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.or

Re: [SLUG] Remote Service checker for linux

2001-04-23 Thread Terry Collins
Paul Robinson wrote: > wheel) that will do the job for us. It would be preferable if it had a web > front end (so cgi or php or something). Cheops - can test various services on any box. Not a web front end, but has colour coded responses when used in the list format. I've used it for both inter

Re: [SLUG] Remote Service checker for linux

2001-04-23 Thread David Kempe
> Hi Guys, > We've developed a need at work for a package that can check a > whole bunch of servers and see which services are up and running (not to > mention checking if our dns (telstra) is up or not. Does anyone currently > use anything on linux like this? I know we could write one ho

Re: [SLUG] Slug membership

2001-04-23 Thread David Kempe
> At $2 per month I consider SLUG excellent value. For those non-members > cough up! Alright already! what about these things like a Pay Pal account? Does that work for $AUD? Dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread David Kempe
> Been there, done that. It's web-based frontend is sexy, but the way it handles printers is brain dead, and if you don't have a HP, they want you to pay for the drivers. I'm more than happy with lprng and apsfilter. > And, when i used it, it refused to print graphics. At all. http://cups.sourcef

Re: [SLUG] IP and MAC addresses

2001-04-23 Thread Jon Carnes
# more /proc/net/arp Jon - Original Message - From: "marty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:14 AM Subject: [SLUG] IP and MAC addresses > hi guys > > i am seeing some traffic on a network with some spoofed IPs... > > i am able to filter out the

Re: [SLUG] One Liner Challenge!

2001-04-23 Thread Sonam Chauhan
Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Here's one for the one liner gladiators: > > I need to get the first URL found in a file or stdin. Much like urlview (man > urlview for a regexp), but without all the UI guff. Think procmail... > > As usual, least amount of processes spawned, most minimal software used, an

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:00:39PM +1000, David Kempe uttered: > > Funnily enough: www.cups.org > > apt-get install cupsys > > cups is nice. get it. its works nicely and has way more sexy features than > the others... dead easy to do useful things as well... > No. :-) Been there, done that. It's

Re: [SLUG] Remote Service checker for linux

2001-04-23 Thread Jeff Waugh
> We've developed a need at work for a package that can check a whole bunch > of servers and see which services are up and running (not to mention > checking if our dns (telstra) is up or not. Not quite the standard watchdog style solution, but how about nmap? Gotta have a left field answer now

[SLUG] Remote Service checker for linux

2001-04-23 Thread Paul Robinson
Hi Guys, We've developed a need at work for a package that can check a whole bunch of servers and see which services are up and running (not to mention checking if our dns (telstra) is up or not. Does anyone currently use anything on linux like this? I know we could write one however i

[SLUG] Slug membership

2001-04-23 Thread Ken Foskey
At $2 per month I consider SLUG excellent value. For those non-members cough up! KenF -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] IP and MAC addresses

2001-04-23 Thread marty
hi guys i am seeing some traffic on a network with some spoofed IPs... i am able to filter out the packets at the next router so they aren't doing anything bad, but i want to track down who is generating them... i have found IPtraf which is a nice little tool, but i need something that is bette

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread David Kempe
> Funnily enough: www.cups.org > apt-get install cupsys cups is nice. get it. its works nicely and has way more sexy features than the others... dead easy to do useful things as well... Dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/li

Re: [SLUG] monkeys broke my apt?

2001-04-23 Thread James Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Geoffrey Robertson said: >dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-libs-data_1.2.13-4_all.deb >(--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/idl/name-service.idl', which is also in package >libgnorba27 dpkg --force-overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/gn

Re: [SLUG] Printer problem

2001-04-23 Thread Heracles
Alister Waller wrote: > > Hi, > > Redhat 6.2 > > I am using LPR to print. > > If I send a print job to remote printer on a PC running a LP daemon the > print job goes through fine. If I try and print to the local printer > attached to the server by a parallel cable 9 times out of 10 the job se

[SLUG] One Liner Challenge!

2001-04-23 Thread Jeff Waugh
Here's one for the one liner gladiators: I need to get the first URL found in a file or stdin. Much like urlview (man urlview for a regexp), but without all the UI guff. Think procmail... As usual, least amount of processes spawned, most minimal software used, and shortest length wins. ;) - Jef

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 08:42:55PM +1000, Craige McWhirter uttered: > I think this is what CUPS is trying to acheive. (sorry, no URL). > Funnily enough: www.cups.org apt-get install cupsys -- Steve "I'm a sysadmin because I couldn't beat a b

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 05:58:03AM +1000, Michael Lake uttered: > Andre Pang wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:49:34 +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > > personally, i did: > > % apt-get install lprng > > then > > % apt-get install apsfilter > > Done > > > now, make sure lpr can communicat

[SLUG] CD Labels, LaTeX & Gus

2001-04-23 Thread Jeff Waugh
A couple of questions have come up regarding CD label creation, and a few regarding LaTeX (mostly due to Gus' dastardly influence)... http://sis.fbm.vutbr.cz/~honza/cdl/ Might be a bit less masochistic. :) - Jeff -- W.O.R.K: Weekend Over, Resume the Killings.

Re: [SLUG] Linux Geeks & Printing

2001-04-23 Thread Andrew Reilly
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 08:06:05PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > 2) I have a network, email and the web; what the hell do I need a printer > for? For myself, that and laziness. I still own a printer, and have about 3/4 of a ream of A4 paper sitting in my supplies cupboard. Probably still have

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread Andre Pang
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 05:58:03 +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > Yepo, HP laserJet 1100 takes a ljet4 driver for Ghostscript. > > After going thru apsfilterconfig and setting it all up with correct > settings I get a chance to print a test page :-) goody > I get some postscript errors like > > "Di

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread Michael F.
I use apsfilter under Debian, or atleast I did, until I dismantled my home gw. It was easy to setup. Just apt-get install apsfilter, and answer the questions. Had my HP Laserjet 6L working in no time, and then set it up to share out via samba. Cheers > > > This is quick. When I changed over t

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread Craige McWhirter
I think this is what CUPS is trying to acheive. (sorry, no URL). Thus spake Subba Rao ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On 0, Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > This is quick. When I changed over to debian from RH my printing setup > > is gone. No printcap file at all. Have looked for

[SLUG] Linux Geeks & Printing

2001-04-23 Thread Jeff Waugh
> One thing I noticed about printing in the Linux community, is that not too > much importance is given to it, to make it simple. I have often pondered this when printing questions come up on SLUG; I have no idea how to answer them, as I've only ever done 'join the dots' Samba integration stuff

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread Michael Lake
Andre Pang wrote: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:49:34 +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > > This is quick. When I changed over to debian from RH my printing setup > > is gone. No printcap file at all. Have looked for combinatios of > > printcfg printconfig etc commands in bins, looked on debian doc site,

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread Subba Rao
On 0, Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > This is quick. When I changed over to debian from RH my printing setup > is gone. No printcap file at all. Have looked for combinatios of > printcfg printconfig etc commands in bins, looked on debian doc site, > and SLUG archives retured 55

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread David Fisher
> Hi > > This is quick. When I changed over to debian from RH my printing setup > is gone. No printcap file at all. Have looked for combinatios of > printcfg printconfig etc commands in bins, looked on debian doc site, > and SLUG archives retured 55 matches but didnt actually show any text > (mus

[SLUG] "Distributed" SLUG Membership

2001-04-23 Thread Jeff Waugh
> So can the committee sort out how people who can't get in to the meetings > can renew (or join) please? Anand (with his Linux Australia hat on) has been working on getting our registrations done via their credit card processing facilities. This will be NEAT-O when it happens. [ This would ha

Re: SLUG Membership WAS:[SLUG] JOB: Exciting Development Opportunit ies

2001-04-23 Thread Dave Fitch
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 01:01:52PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a feeling that I'm lapsed, simply because I haven't been to a > meeting in a long time. > I'd like to know how to make a payment. ditto (and getting to the meetings is nigh on impossible). Several people have asked the sa

[SLUG] PPP link frozen by a specific email message

2001-04-23 Thread Richard Ames
Today I experienced a most frustrating problem - one message causing a ppp link to the ISP to freeze. The original messages was big (6mb) with 6 attached pictures. Broke it up and 5 went through with no problem. The 6th causes the link to freeze every time The message will start to go throu

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-23 Thread Andre Pang
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:49:34 +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > This is quick. When I changed over to debian from RH my printing setup > is gone. No printcap file at all. Have looked for combinatios of > printcfg printconfig etc commands in bins, looked on debian doc site, > and SLUG archives retur