[SLUG] Segfault on Win 98 mount

2001-12-03 Thread Matt -
Hi Group ! I have been experimenting with Wine and have sucessfully ran a few cool windows programs ! (To those that have tried Wine before and failed, I recommend you give it another go. Download the "Codeweavers" RPM and you really can't go wrong ! :) Anyway, recently I have rebooted my linux

Re: [SLUG] Killing off lingering socket connection (slightly OT)

2001-12-03 Thread John Clarke
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 05:37:48PM +1100, Harry Ohlsen wrote: > My mate has a process that has a socket open. The process has been killed > off (as far as he can tell ... can't see it anymore in a ps) but the socket > is still open (he can see it in netstat and trying to run the program that

[SLUG] Killing off lingering socket connection (slightly OT)

2001-12-03 Thread Harry Ohlsen
I say this is a bit OT because it's actually on Solaris, not Linux. A friend asked me and I thought that the problem presumably happens on Linux, too, so thought someone here might be able to shed some light on it. Alternatively, if someone can point me at a better place to look or post a qu

[SLUG] Gateway2000 Solo 2300?

2001-12-03 Thread Peter Hardy
Anybody successfully running Linux on one of these? In particular, I'm having trouble getting the sound card working. Google doesn't turn up much on these models, but I have found out that it uses the opl3sa2 module. Even got as far as being able to play MIDI sound out, but I'm stuck on the rig

Re: [SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a p assword.

2001-12-03 Thread Michael Lake
cpaul wrote: > > BTW cpaul mentioned the file smbusers; its not in my documentation, > > nor in Samba book but a search on samba.org shows one entry only: > > Whats smbusers do? > > allows you to map usernames on the windows station to unix usernames > on your smb server. > > [cpaul@desktop cpau

Re: [SLUG] SQUID/DHCP Win2000 username issue

2001-12-03 Thread Gareth Walters
- Original Message - From: "Stuart Guthrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "slug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Squid running on linux. Used by a win2000 network for cache. Win2K users > use DHCP to allocate IP address. > I switch on log_fqdn in squid. (Fully Qualed Domain Name) > Can it be done? Turn

Re: [SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a p assword.

2001-12-03 Thread cpaul
> BTW cpaul mentioned the file smbusers; its not in my documentation, > nor in Samba book but a search on samba.org shows one entry only: > Whats smbusers do? allows you to map usernames on the windows station to unix usernames on your smb server. [cpaul@desktop cpaul]$ cat /etc/samba/smbuser

[SLUG] SQUID/DHCP Win2000 username issue

2001-12-03 Thread Stuart Guthrie
Here's a curly1, Just wondering if anyone has experienced this scenario: Squid running on linux. Used by a win2000 network for cache. Win2K users use DHCP to allocate IP address. I switch on log_fqdn in squid. (Fully Qualed Domain Name) Will it resolve the users name somehow or just dump an I

Re: [SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a p assword.

2001-12-03 Thread Jon Austin
> I think 1/2 my probs here is windows caching passwords. Everytime I do a change to sbm.conf and restart samba I am not > convinced that Windows is using not old values as things sometimes dont go back when I undo a change. > I did a search on google and have found a howto on using a Windows thin

Re: [SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a p assword.

2001-12-03 Thread Michael Lake
George Vieira wrote: > $IPC means that there is no smbpasswd account for that user. > use > smbpasswd -a mikel > smbpasswd -a lindax I already have entries for those users in smbpasswd and they are enabled. If I login as mike I go straight through with no asking for passwords as I have same pass

Re: [SLUG] can I run 2 apache website in the same linux server

2001-12-03 Thread Matt Hyne
At Tuesday, 4/12/2001 03:06 PM (+1100), Xiaolu Zhang wrote: >can I run 2 apache website in the same linux server, if yes, how can I ? Yes: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/ Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/li

Re: [SLUG] can I run 2 apache website in the same linux server

2001-12-03 Thread Jon Austin
Hi Xiaolu, You should really do some research before asking the list. google.com usually gives you the answers you need. =) Virtual hosts is probably one of the most FAQ about apache. You need one copy of Apache running then configure different websites in the apache httpd.conf file. Use google

Re: [SLUG] can I run 2 apache website in the same linux server

2001-12-03 Thread CaT
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 03:06:28PM +1100, Xiaolu Zhang wrote: > can I run 2 apache website in the same linux server, if yes, how can I ? Yes. You just have to make sure that they bind to different IP:port combinations. Look at the Bind, Listen, NameVirtualHost and directives (depending on your

RE: [SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a password.

2001-12-03 Thread George Vieira
$IPC means that there is no smbpasswd account for that user. use smbpasswd -a mikel smbpasswd -a lindax thanks, George Vieira Systems Manager Citadel Computer Systems P/L -Original Message- From: Michael Lake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2001 2:22 PM To: [EMAI

[SLUG] can I run 2 apache website in the same linux server

2001-12-03 Thread Xiaolu Zhang
can I run 2 apache website in the same linux server,  if yes, how can I ?   xiaolu    

Re: [SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a password.

2001-12-03 Thread cpaul
On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 13:21:38 +1000 Michael Lake wrote: > > The directories are probably world readable. > > You could add to the relevant share > > valid users = mike ( or should that be mikel?) > > Ah that might be it! > I have added "valid users = mikel" to [mike], "valid users = lindax" to

Re: [SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a password.

2001-12-03 Thread Michael Lake
chesty wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 11:30:49AM +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > If I login to Windows as "mike" then [linda] and [mike] directories appear > > under the Network Neighbouhood. But you can browse *both* linda's and mikes > > directories and windows does not ask f

Re: [SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a password.

2001-12-03 Thread chesty
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 11:30:49AM +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > Hi All, > > If I login to Windows as "mike" then [linda] and [mike] directories appear > under the Network Neighbouhood. But you can browse *both* linda's and mikes > directories and windows does not ask for a username/password. Th

Re: [SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a password.

2001-12-03 Thread Michael Lake
Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > If I login to Windows as "mike" then [linda] and [mike] directories appear > > under the Network Neighbouhood. But you can browse *both* linda's and mikes > > directories and windows does not ask for a username/password. > > Instead of using [linda] and [mike], use [homes

Re: [SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a password.

2001-12-03 Thread Jeff Waugh
> If I login to Windows as "mike" then [linda] and [mike] directories appear > under the Network Neighbouhood. But you can browse *both* linda's and mikes > directories and windows does not ask for a username/password. Instead of using [linda] and [mike], use [homes]. - Jeff -- "Orphane

[SLUG] Samba prob, having prob getting Windows to ask for a password.

2001-12-03 Thread Michael Lake
Hi All, I have just setup Samba so a few select users can now get at some data without me running ftp (well some users find ftp difficult). I have not setup Samba before and have got it working mostly. If I login to Windows as "mike" then [linda] and [mike] directories appear under the Network

[SLUG] CBNSW meeting is posponed to Wednesday 4th Dec

2001-12-03 Thread Richard Hayes
Dear List, The meeting for Computerbank NSW scheduled for tonight is postponed to Wednesday 7.00pm The address is the same but it is a day later. Contact me off list for the address. regards, Richard pp Craig Warner -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Mo

Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread Crossfire
Scott Howard was once rumoured to have said: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 11:15:59PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > > > It's kinda like Linux, only suits choose it first, and it's proprietary. It > > > In what way is Solaris proprietary? > > > > There aren't any free software licenses on this pag

Re: [SLUG] Evolution 1.0

2001-12-03 Thread Daniel Stone
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 12:53:09AM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > By the way, gang... Evolution 1.0 is out. :) > > [ Now you can happily post to SLUG in HTML with a complete, Free Software, > GUI email client. ] Sweet. Evo is a very, very nice MUA; the only thing that made me move away from it a whi

Re: [SLUG] DHCPD hostnames

2001-12-03 Thread Gareth Walters
- Original Message - From: "Howard Lowndes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mail List - SLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 8:35 AM Subject: [SLUG] DHCPD hostnames > I have dhcpd running on a machine on my network with "get-lease-hostnames > on". > Some machines that use t

Re: [SLUG] X irritations

2001-12-03 Thread Jason Rennie
> Would it help if you could disable scrolling of the virtual desktop? > > Otherwise, your solution is to start a second X-server "X :1 &" on > another virtual terminal. Thats also good for old games that want > 8-bit mode graphics. Yes an unscrollable virtual terminal would be just as good. Ja

Re: [SLUG] redhet crash after power cut

2001-12-03 Thread Tony Green
* This one time, at band camp, Xiaolu Zhang said: > Last night due to the power cut the redhat linux 6.2 webserver was switch > off without showdown. Now I got a error saying that one of the patition " > has system file error , please run fsck manually " . what should I do ? > Your machine wa

Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread Stuart Cooper
> Solaris is not proprietary by any definition I'm aware of. It follows all > relevant RFC's (and whats more, I believe Sun have been involved in the > writing of more RFC's than any other single company), has open, published > interfaces to most everything, and has published (if a little outdate

Re: [SLUG] One Request, please!

2001-12-03 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 03 Dec 2001, Scott Howard wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:30:34PM +1100, Rebecca Richards wrote: > > I'm getting rather sick of idiots posting to a _Linux_ mailing list using > > broken mailers like Outlook. I'm getting even sicker of those who send > > emails out with both a plai

[SLUG] redhet crash after power cut

2001-12-03 Thread Xiaolu Zhang
Last night due to the power cut the redhat linux 6.2 webserver was switch off without showdown. Now I got a error saying that one of the patition " has system file error ,  please run fsck manually "  . what should I do ?   Please help   Xiaolu  

Re: Fw: [SLUG] web browser - hostname

2001-12-03 Thread Damien Elmes
"Gnuthad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 4 Dec 2001, at 0:59, Damien Elmes wrote: > > > show us your resolv.conf > > Show us yererrr, never mind. There's always one. :-) -- Damien Elmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Re: Fw: [SLUG] web browser - hostname

2001-12-03 Thread Gnuthad
On 4 Dec 2001, at 0:59, Damien Elmes wrote: > show us your resolv.conf Show us yererrr, never mind. Gnuthad PGP Key Block available at: http://aussie.mine.nu/aussie/pgp_key.txt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listin

Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread James Morris
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Scott Howard wrote: > If you want to run a machine with 20 processes, Solaris is your OS. If you > want to run a small cheap file/web/proxy server, then Linux is the way to go. > If you want something between these two, then the solution will vary... And if you want to run:

Re: Fw: [SLUG] web browser - hostname

2001-12-03 Thread Damien Elmes
"Bigpond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > obtained the ip address from bigpond which is 61.9.128.16 & 61.9.128.13. > added this as per your advise and it still did not work even after > restarting. > I had the same problem on another linux box before and i did something with > the hostname field an

Re: [SLUG] Evolution 1.0

2001-12-03 Thread CaT
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 12:53:09AM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > By the way, gang... Evolution 1.0 is out. :) > > [ Now you can happily post to SLUG in HTML with a complete, Free Software, > GUI email client. ] *choke* -- CaT- A high level of technology does not a civilisation make. --

[SLUG] Evolution 1.0

2001-12-03 Thread Jeff Waugh
By the way, gang... Evolution 1.0 is out. :) [ Now you can happily post to SLUG in HTML with a complete, Free Software, GUI email client. ] - Jeff -- Self-assertive pants are filled with confidence. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.

Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread Jan Schmidt
> In what way is Solaris proprietary? > http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=proprietary - proprietary 1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a proprietor or to proprietors as a group: had proprietary rights; behaved with a proprietary air in his friend's house. 2. Exclusi

Fw: [SLUG] web browser - hostname

2001-12-03 Thread Bigpond
obtained the ip address from bigpond which is 61.9.128.16 & 61.9.128.13. added this as per your advise and it still did not work even after restarting. I had the same problem on another linux box before and i did something with the hostname field and it worked after that. But unfortunately as the

Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread Jeff Waugh
> You must have missed the bit on tha page which says "Free Solaris[sm] > Binary License Program" > > Ohh.. you want the _source_? No problems, but you'll need a different URL > http://www.sun.com/solaris/source/ will point you in the right direction. This is one of those 'missing the point t

Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread Scott Howard
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 11:15:59PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > It's kinda like Linux, only suits choose it first, and it's proprietary. It > > In what way is Solaris proprietary? > > There aren't any free software licenses on this page: > http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/lic

[SLUG] NIC and Hub

2001-12-03 Thread James
Hey again, I'm also looking for a hub and a couple of 10/100Mb NICs. Cheers James Please email me off list @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Crappy old Pentium?

2001-12-03 Thread James
Hey Sluggers, I'm looking to buy an "old piece of crap", like preferrably a Pentium class but an earlier one than the PIII's, such as an Athlon 500MHz maximum or a K6-2 500MHz, or a PII 400MHz or similar. It should have a TNT2 32Mb video card, but not a requirement! Also a good hard disk, say

Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread Jeff Waugh
> > It's kinda like Linux, only suits choose it first, and it's proprietary. It > > Complete uninformed mindless drivel! > > In what way is Solaris proprietary? There aren't any free software licenses on this page: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/licensing.html Realisticall

Re: [SLUG] Computer Parts

2001-12-03 Thread Keiran Sweet
Hi, North Rocks markets are on at the North Rocks Westfields. North Rocks Westfields is just off North Rocks road, on the border of carlingford/north rocks. I have been going for about 3 years now and the quality is definately going down :( There is less bargains there than once before, and all

Re: [SLUG] Computer Parts

2001-12-03 Thread Heracles
On Monday 03 December 2001 22:19, Andrew Fries wrote: > BTW, I'm not familiar with those North Rocks markets. Where > exactly are they ... well, more exactly than "North Rocks" :) > Is that one of those piers along the harbour? Are they on every > Sunday? North Rocks is part of Carlingford. The

Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread Scott Howard
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 10:04:20PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Interested in Solaris, seems it's Suns Unix based OS, interested in > > opinions, usefullinks etc. > > It's kinda like Linux, only suits choose it first, and it's proprietary. It Complete uninformed mindless drivel! In what way is

Re: [SLUG] OT: Vector data on Sydney CBD

2001-12-03 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Why stick with Debian when there so many good distributions available? Troll. - Jeff -- "Debian is not as minor as many business end people think." - Alan Cox -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] OT: Vector data on Sydney CBD

2001-12-03 Thread Heracles
On Sunday 02 December 2001 21:27, Jon Biddell wrote: > > Sorry - buggered up the quoting, and didn't realise it until I > hit SEND - serves me right for using Windows tonight, I guess > (no, the Linux workstation is in the process of a rebuild ! - > bloody debian !!!) > Jon, Why stick with Debian

Re: [SLUG] Computer Parts

2001-12-03 Thread Andrew Fries
On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 13:56:16 +1100 "Matt -" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking to upgrade my computer to an AMD system and > would be interested in hearing what you guys have to say > about places to pick up cheap hardware, especially near > the city although i'm definately going to check

Re: [SLUG] XMMS

2001-12-03 Thread Andre Pang
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 09:46:51PM +1100, > Dean Hamstead < wrote: > >>alsa broke horribly on 2.4.16, so i venture to > >>think similarly for xmms. > > > >alsa works fine too :). alsa-0.9-beta7. perhaps try upgrading > >your ALSA version? > > 0.5.12a which is for 2.4.16, and i tried removing t

Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Interested in Solaris, seems it's Suns Unix based OS, interested in > opinions, usefullinks etc. It's kinda like Linux, only suits choose it first, and it's proprietary. It runs Apache though, so if you happen to have a few Solaris boxes lying around, you can still use them as web servers. [

Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread Scott Howard
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 09:32:17PM +1100, Russell Andrew Willis wrote: > Interested in Solaris, seems it's Suns Unix based OS, interested in > opinions, usefullinks etc. Worth having a look at from what I gather it > uses a Gnome GUI. It is indeed Sun's UNIX operating system (or more techincall

Re: [SLUG] XMMS

2001-12-03 Thread > Dean Hamstead
>>alsa broke horribly on 2.4.16, so i venture to >>think similarly for xmms. >> > > alsa works fine too :). alsa-0.9-beta7. perhaps try upgrading > your ALSA version? 0.5.12a which is for 2.4.16, and i tried removing the libAALSA output plugin to no avail Dean -- --

[SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-03 Thread Russell Andrew Willis
Greetings Slugers Interested in Solaris, seems it's Suns Unix based OS, interested in opinions, usefullinks etc. Worth having a look at from what I gather it uses a Gnome GUI. Russell -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/li

Re: [SLUG] XMMS

2001-12-03 Thread Andre Pang
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 04:05:21PM +1100, > Dean Hamstead < wrote: > has anyone built xmms 1.2.5 on kernel 2.4.16? > having just done so, i am now being presented with > unsolvable segfaults. i'm using xmms 1.2.5 on 2.4.16 (pre-empt and win4lin patches) and it works fine. > alsa broke horribly

Re: FW: [SLUG] One Request, please!

2001-12-03 Thread Jeff Waugh
> > > Answer: Very. It is more trouble than it's worth. > > > > "demine" > > err.. ummm.. "demime" even See above. - Jeff -- "From my observation, when it comes to porting Linux to a particular device, a point doesn't appear to be necessary." - mpt -- SLU

Re: FW: [SLUG] One Request, please!

2001-12-03 Thread Scott Howard
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 08:11:38PM +1100, Scott Howard wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:26:37PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > In all seriousness how hard is it for the list maintainer to filter html. > > > > Well, it could be done in postfix header checks, but that would suck. It > > could be

Re: FW: [SLUG] One Request, please!

2001-12-03 Thread Scott Howard
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:26:37PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > In all seriousness how hard is it for the list maintainer to filter html. > > Well, it could be done in postfix header checks, but that would suck. It > could be done as part of standard Mailman filtering, but that would mean > we'd

Re: [SLUG] One Request, please!

2001-12-03 Thread Scott Howard
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:30:34PM +1100, Rebecca Richards wrote: > I'm getting rather sick of idiots posting to a _Linux_ mailing list using > broken mailers like Outlook. I'm getting even sicker of those who send > emails out with both a plain text, and HTML version. If the plain-text > me

Re: FW: [SLUG] One Request, please!

2001-12-03 Thread Scott Howard
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 08:48:05AM +, Central Park wrote: > > >Hey, > >You can get Pine for windows from Washington Uni. > >N > > Like we stated most have to use it not by choice, and since when did pine > support exchange? need i say more.. personally I love pine especially on my > shells

RE: FW: [SLUG] One Request, please!

2001-12-03 Thread Central Park
>Hey, >You can get Pine for windows from Washington Uni. >N Like we stated most have to use it not by choice, and since when did pine support exchange? need i say more.. personally I love pine especially on my shells :P _ Get you

Re: FW: [SLUG] One Request, please!

2001-12-03 Thread Howard Lowndes
Yes, but surely you can still disable HTML. On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Fox, Michael wrote: > Unfornately not all of us are able to change mailers at work. I know I > can't. I am forced to use this microsoft crap. Even though I do unix support > for the company.. > > - > Michael -- Howard. LANNet Comp