Re: [SLUG] Modem

2002-03-13 Thread Peter Chubb
> "Rob" == Rob B writes: Rob> The markets (here we go...) usually have Netcomm Roadster 2's Rob> floating around. I saw them just last month. Has anyone actually succeeded in getting one of these to work reliably as a fax or voice modem? I've failed dismally. Outgoing faxes are OK, but i

Re: [SLUG] Modem

2002-03-13 Thread David Kempe
> The vgetty author says, in effect, `forget it -- the Rockwell chipset > is appalling -- get a better modem.' Hylafax has workarounds in the modem init codes to get the rockwell to work nicely. In fact I prefer them as the other modems that are recognised are too expensive for a cheap faxing so

[SLUG] ssh...among other things

2002-03-13 Thread Adam Hewitt
Hi All, I am trying to get sshd working on my debian gateway at home. I have installed the ssh package and have sshd running, I have run the ssh-keygen program and copied the private key to my windows box to run with TerraTerm-SSH, and it isn't working. I turned on the verbose debugging on th

Re: [SLUG] StarOffice 5.2 (slightly OT)

2002-03-13 Thread Heracles
On Wednesday 13 March 2002 10:59, Howard Lowndes wrote: > SO 5.2 under Linux. > > I sometimes get a situation when SO starts up the splash screen fails > to go away and in fact persists on all desktops (KDE) > > Can anyone tell me a minimal fix? What you will find is that the splash screen is h

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake

2002-03-13 Thread Kevin Saenz
my path is PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/home/kevin/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/home/kevin/bin also I tried both suggestions and still get the same error :( >>[blah@blah tar]# rpm -tb smpeg-xmms-0.3.5.tar.gz >>smpeg-xmms-0.

[SLUG] Emabarrassing help needed

2002-03-13 Thread Simon Bryan
Hi all, I have set up the HP box with RH7.2, to try to make life easy I also installed KDE (very pretty). I can make the box dial out and seem to connect to Optusnet, using CHAP or Script (copied from Windows), but then I can't get anything to connect, Konqueror etc all time out. I have set the pr

Re: [SLUG] Emabarrassing help needed

2002-03-13 Thread David Kempe
> get anything to connect, Konqueror etc all time out. I have set the > proxy/cache to no proxy, put the Optusnet DNS servers in the Dialer setup > and in the Network configuration...but nothing no web no telnet no ping to > the big bad world. whats in /etc/resolv.conf ? dave -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] network cards with changable mac addresses

2002-03-13 Thread Ken Foskey
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 02:34, Ben Buxton wrote: > > Plus (for example) my cable modem requires DHCP for the head-end > to allow you thru, and its tied to a mac address - I'd rather > change mac address in software than deal with the horror of > having the cable company change their end when I upgr

Re: [SLUG] FW: Did 'Klez.e' corrupt my kernel ?

2002-03-13 Thread Ken Foskey
On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 16:56, Adam Bogacki wrote: > I was getting used to my Ximian-Gnome Potato system when I thought I'd > check my mail last Wednesday. I had three workspaces open under Sawfish > - one running bash, one Mozilla-Mail, the last Evolution. I hit > send/receive in Evolution and - a

Re: [SLUG] ownership of samba shares

2002-03-13 Thread Ken Foskey
On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 22:19, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > "not knowing what kernel version" == a 'Legacy' redhat system. :) > > When was this functionality finally properly integrated into mount? > > *whirr*... Haven't the foggiest. Google will know. > > [ I love being inundated with so many impr

Re: [SLUG] Ibanking

2002-03-13 Thread Malcolm V
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 10:53, Ivor Oorloff wrote: > Hi, > I am new to Linux. I have just installed Redhat 7.2 and everything is > working fine except my Internet banking (StGeorge). I have read several Well, I used to have this working, both under Netscape 4.75 and Konqueror. However, after seve

Re: [SLUG] Open Office build On Debian Woody.

2002-03-13 Thread Ken Foskey
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 16:31, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > Is anyone building Debian .debs for OpenOffice? > > > > I can not find it on any distros. > > Yeah, but it's a hge job doing them the "Debian Way". They won't be in > woody, but should turn up in sid some time. I think there's a mailin

Re: [SLUG] pinging a port number.

2002-03-13 Thread Ken Foskey
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 13:15, The Pimply Faced Youth wrote: > > Is it possible to either ping or traceroute over a specific port number? > > If so, how can I determine the break in connection? I commonly try telnet IP port to check whether things work. It sometimes gives me the info I need, re

Re: [SLUG] network cards with changable mac addresses

2002-03-13 Thread Ben Buxton
Ken Foskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the following thing: > On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 02:34, Ben Buxton wrote: > > > > Plus (for example) my cable modem requires DHCP for the head-end > > to allow you thru, and its tied to a mac address - I'd rather > > change mac address in software than deal with

Re: [SLUG] pinging a port number.

2002-03-13 Thread Ben Buxton
The Pimply Faced Youth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the following thing: > > Is it possible to either ping or traceroute over a specific port number? > > If so, how can I determine the break in connection? Ping a port number: telnet to it, see if you get a connection. Traceroute to a port: http

[SLUG] Nomination

2002-03-13 Thread Tony Green
All, I would like to withdrawl acceptance of my nomination for the SLUG Committee. I do not think I will have the time available to me that I feel a position like this would require. I wish all of the other nominees well and I hope they get the positions they want. Greeno -- Tony Green <[EMAI

Re: [SLUG] ssh...among other things

2002-03-13 Thread Tony Green
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 20:58, Adam Hewitt wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to get sshd working on my debian gateway at home. I have > installed the ssh package and have sshd running, I have run the ssh-keygen > program and copied the private key to my windows box to run with > TerraTerm-SSH, an

[SLUG] Ibanking

2002-03-13 Thread Ivor Oorloff
Further Information about ibanking problems. I was able get to the St George login screen, but still unable to login using Netscape 4.78 (standard with Redhat 7.2). I contacted their ibank support and was finally able to extract from them that because Linux users are relegated to the "old" versi

Re: [SLUG] I want to remove gnome but debian wants to add stuff.

2002-03-13 Thread Mike Lake
Just a followup and a thanks. I got rid of gnome and netscape. Thanks for the help there. I just had to go back to stable to remove them rather than being in testing and trying to remove them. Once my system was in a nice state where an apt-get upgrade showed nothing to upgrade in stable I moved

Re: [SLUG] Ibanking

2002-03-13 Thread David Fitch
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 09:22:40AM +1000, Ivor Oorloff wrote: > Further Information about ibanking problems. I was able get to the St > George login screen, but still unable to login using Netscape 4.78 > (standard with Redhat 7.2). I contacted their ibank support and was > finally able to extra

[SLUG] nic suppliers

2002-03-13 Thread Karl Clements
Does anyone know of a online place in AU that sells 10/100 NIC's wih boot ROM's? -- Karl Clements "Everyone is stupid, its just the degree that varies" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Emabarrassing help needed

2002-03-13 Thread David Fitch
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:14:21PM +1100, David Kempe wrote: > > get anything to connect, Konqueror etc all time out. I have set the > > proxy/cache to no proxy, put the Optusnet DNS servers in the Dialer setup > > and in the Network configuration...but nothing no web no telnet no ping to > > the

Re: [SLUG] Ibanking

2002-03-13 Thread grant
I spoke to them last year and their response was that the app had been written so that it wouldn't run properly if there was a forward slash in the directory path on the local disk ?? Gotta love those banks Grant |+> || David Fitch | |

Re: [SLUG] cyclic depends on RH

2002-03-13 Thread Mick Howe
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 15:45, you wrote: > I've got into one of those cyclic dependency treadmills on RH7.1 > > As I install each one, another previously undisclosed dependency appears. > I've searched the slug archive.. but it seems there is no hope but to > change to Debian. > > Someone tell me thi

[SLUG] Mozilla to Netscape cookie converter

2002-03-13 Thread Antony Stace
Anyone know of a program that can convert a Mozilla format cookie file to a Netscape format cookie file? Thanks Tony _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing L

Re: [SLUG] Open Office build On Debian Woody.

2002-03-13 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Richard Hayes wrote: >Is anyone building Debian .debs for OpenOffice? It is currently being worked on, however I have no ETA for when it will be available in Debian. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://spacepants.org/jaq.gpg A user and his leisur

[SLUG] GARNOME Preview Four (Easy way to try the GNOME 2.0 Desktop)

2002-03-13 Thread Jeff Waugh
Hey all, Lots of people have been asking me if they should try out GNOME 2.0... I'm finding it very hard to say no to that. ;-) It's worth trying out, and definitely worth testing and sending bug reports. Acknowledging that GNOME is a total bastard to build from source manually, a bunch of GNOME

[SLUG] Creative NOMAD

2002-03-13 Thread Daniel Harper
My boss just gave me a Creative Nomad, really stoked, (64mb MP3 Player) Problem is he has lost the CD with all the software (Win anyway), and Creative only have updates on their web site. Now I have RH 7.2 at home. I have done a bit of surfing but haven't found much, has anyone used a Nomad with

Re: [SLUG] Creative NOMAD

2002-03-13 Thread jon
Quoting Daniel Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My boss just gave me a Creative Nomad, really stoked, (64mb MP3 Player) > > Problem is he has lost the CD with all the software (Win anyway), and > Creative only have updates on their web site. > > Now I have RH 7.2 at home. I have done a bit of surf

Re: [SLUG] Emabarrassing help needed

2002-03-13 Thread DaZZa
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Simon Bryan wrote: > I have set up the HP box with RH7.2, to try to make life easy I also > installed KDE (very pretty). I can make the box dial out and seem to connect > to Optusnet, using CHAP or Script (copied from Windows), but then I can't > get anything to connect, Konq

[SLUG] IDE CD burner timeouts

2002-03-13 Thread Terry Collins
I have an ide CD burner that works, - sort of. I actually have a lot/enormous percentage of timeout problems with it. Is this normal? It is the master on the secondary ide bus. There is no slave. If anyone has any experience with fixing this sort of problem, I would appreciate some tips. I have

[SLUG] paralled port CD Writer

2002-03-13 Thread Richard Hayes
Dear list, I would like purchase an parallel port CD Writer. Would anyone offer any recommendations / suggestions on where to purchase it? How much etc? It's main roll will be to install software in computers without network cards but it would be useful to be able to write CD as well ;) reg

[SLUG] ask crontab (utility under /usr/bin)

2002-03-13 Thread henry
Dear List:   I cant use crontab-command by typing "crontab cronset" ,even I use crontab -l to verify it . my cronset is as follows:    09    *   *   *    updatedb min  hr   But I can use at-command : at -f myschedule 09:00 (my schedule is like this : updatedb)   Could you shed some li

Re: [SLUG] ask crontab (utility under /usr/bin)

2002-03-13 Thread Tony Green
On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 17:15, henry wrote: > Dear List: > > I cant use crontab-command by typing "crontab cronset" ,even I use crontab -l to >verify it . > my cronset is as follows: >09* * *updatedb > min hr > > But I can use at-command : > at -f myschedule 09:00 (my sch

Re: [SLUG] IDE CD burner timeouts

2002-03-13 Thread Andre Pang
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 01:30:22PM +1100, Terry Collins wrote: > I have an ide CD burner that works, - sort of. I actually have a > lot/enormous percentage of timeout problems with it. Is this normal? Check your DMA settings for the burner: Before loading the ide-scsi module (to get the burner

[SLUG] size mismatch when apt-getting

2002-03-13 Thread Mike Lake
I am still getting Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/plotutils/libplot_2.4.1-7_i386.deb Size mismatch Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libu/libungif/libungif3g_3.0-7_i386.deb Size mismatch when doing an 'apt-get --fix-missing dist-up

Re: [SLUG] ssh...among other things

2002-03-13 Thread Adam Hewitt
Well I atually have two windows machines on my network and neither can ping the linux box...but I can ping each windows box from the other one... At 08:35 AM 14/03/2002 +1100, you wrote: >On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 20:58, Adam Hewitt wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I am trying to get sshd working on my de

RE: [SLUG] ssh...among other things

2002-03-13 Thread Adam Hewitt
Well this is my 'route PRINT' output === Interface List 0x1 ... MS TCP Loopback interface 0x3 ...00 d0 b7 c0 55 b5 .. Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport 0x2e0005

[SLUG] Dlink 100D ADSL PCI Modem

2002-03-13 Thread John Ferlito
If anyone has ever gotten a Dlink 100D ADSL PCI Modem to work with linux while connecting to Telstra bigpond Direct can they please contact me off list. I;ve gotten the cards working in a variety ofconfgiurations with Pacific Internet but BPD seem to be doing something different. -- John Ferli

Re: [SLUG] ssh...among other things

2002-03-13 Thread Martin
$author = "Adam Hewitt" ; > > Another thing I thought of is that the windows machines are XP Pro, and the > gateway (XP) is running a DHCP server, however I have setup a static IP on > the linux boxwould this have something to do with it?? if so how do I > disable DHCP in Winblows?? ask a