[SLUG] Booting problem with SCSI machine

2002-06-24 Thread Matt Hyne
I have been having trouble getting a machine to boot lilo (or anything from HDD) after an install of RH7.3. Lilo is installed (and I ran it again for good measure) but the only way I can get linux to boot is to use the boot floppy I created at install time. The machine is a PII-400 with an In

[SLUG] Linux.conf.au '03

2002-06-24 Thread Tony Green
Roll Up, Roll Up. Come one, come all and give your attention toward the man in the smart felt hat!! Sluggers and Slugetts! Its nearly Linux.conf.au time again. For all of those who've been paying attention, this will come as no surprise. However, if you've been hiding under a pile of CD's fo

Re: [SLUG] editing pdf files

2002-06-24 Thread Richard Hayes
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:03, you wrote: > Hi List, > > Does anyone know what editor I can use to edit pdf files that have been > converted from ps. > Or should I ask what editor can I use for ps file. Use pstoedit converts pdf to a vector graphics format eg file.ps -> psedit -> file.fig->xfig ->

Re: [SLUG] editing pdf files

2002-06-24 Thread Michael Still
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know what editor I can use to edit pdf files that have been > converted from ps. vi for PDF. Or, to be a little less difficult about it, PDF is not aimed at being an editable format. The only editor worth knowing about that I am aware o

[SLUG] FYI: Re Machine locking up

2002-06-24 Thread Erich Schulz
If anybody is interested: I posted a notice about my machine locking up. It was a new intel mboard, with a 1.4 G CPU P, wich was repeatedly locking up. I eventually tracked it down to the intel etherexpress driver not working with the onboard intel camino ethernet chipset. I disabled the

[SLUG] editing pdf files

2002-06-24 Thread mark . crisp
Hi List, Does anyone know what editor I can use to edit pdf files that have been converted from ps. Or should I ask what editor can I use for ps file. thanks Mark Crisp Messaging, Hosting & Security - Asia/Pacific & Australia Systems Engineer Unit 8 5 Talavera Rd North Ryde NSW 2113 Phone:

[SLUG] Re: How Gus Does Printing

2002-06-24 Thread Angus Lees
At Mon, 24 Jun 2002 22:30:28 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > or foomatic, or magicfilter, or apsfilter, or ... > > > > (i'm over the whole CUPS thing, mainly because the command line (sysv) > > interface sucks) > > Do you want to do a quick "How Gus Does Printing" at SLUG this month? if you wis

Re: [SLUG] ask questions about PDF.GZ

2002-06-24 Thread mark . crisp
Henry, Why son't you gunzip(uncompress) the *.gz file and then view the pdf in Acrobat or ghostview or xpdf. Mark Crisp Messaging, Hosting & Security - Asia/Pacific & Australia Systems Engineer Unit 8 5 Talavera Rd North Ryde NSW 2113 Phone: 612 8876 8910 Fax: 612

Re: [SLUG] Simple Zipslack/StarOffice Install

2002-06-24 Thread Justin Walsh
Hi Henry! I hope that I've put the discussion on, and, about SLUG to rest. My newbie method of dealing with the maze of possibilities and associated problems, nay opportunities, is to discover: "where I'm at first", (not far) "what is possible for me", (considering age and health) "what I can do"

[SLUG] Trainee and short term work..

2002-06-24 Thread Anthony Rumble
Hi everyone.. We're looking for a trainee linux engineer.. see http://www.linux.org.au/jobs/jobdetail.phtml?refnum=000347 for details (Australian Residents only please).. Also, we need a short term (1 month) person to cover us while an employee is away. Job requires doing quotes, and pre-install

Re: [SLUG] urgent response is needed

2002-06-24 Thread Daniel Stone
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 08:39:34PM +0200, SANDRA SAVIMBI wrote: >Dear Friend, > This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have > [...] This is clearly not the genuine article, since it's not written entirely in upper case. Ignore imitations! -- Daniel Stone <[E

[SLUG] urgent response is needed

2002-06-24 Thread SANDRA SAVIMBI
Dear Friend, This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. The message could be strange but reel if you pay some attention to it. I could have notified you about it at least for the sake of your integrity. Please accept my sincere apologies. In bringing thi

Re: [SLUG] ppp.o not compiling in kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-24 Thread Jeff Waugh
> On a similar thread. Is there a way of printing something vaguely human > readable for a kernel config? Yeah, see .config in your kernel source directory. - Jeff -- What did the sausage say to the tomato at breakfast? "There's not mushroom this morni

Re: [SLUG] ppp.o not compiling in kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-24 Thread knet
knet wrote: > DaZZa wrote: > >> On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, DaZZa wrote: >> >> please help once more.. Having problems getting ppp.o to compile in 2.4.18, and its not present in any of the /lib/modules/2.4.18/ directories. As a result can't dial modem and thus have

Re: [SLUG] ppp.o not compiling in kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-24 Thread knet
DaZZa wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, DaZZa wrote: > > >>>please help once more.. >>>Having problems getting ppp.o to compile in 2.4.18, and its not present in >>>any of the /lib/modules/2.4.18/ directories. As a result can't dial >>>modem and thus have to use other OS to do this. >>>where i

Re: [SLUG] ppp.o not compiling in kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-24 Thread Ken Foskey
On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 22:50, DaZZa wrote: > > cd /usr/src/linux > make menuconfig The kernel option by default for kernel source for debian are very strange. It appears that the kernel source package builder grabs hist own kernel setup and packages it. Very confusing for newbies to a build, sh

Re: [SLUG] ppp.o not compiling in kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-24 Thread DaZZa
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, DaZZa wrote: > > please help once more.. > > Having problems getting ppp.o to compile in 2.4.18, and its not present in > > any of the /lib/modules/2.4.18/ directories. As a result can't dial > > modem and thus have to use other OS to do this. > > where is the option in

Re: [SLUG] ppp.o not compiling in kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-24 Thread DaZZa
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Russell Davie wrote: > please help once more.. > Having problems getting ppp.o to compile in 2.4.18, and its not present in > any of the /lib/modules/2.4.18/ directories. As a result can't dial > modem and thus have to use other OS to do this. > where is the option in ke

[SLUG] ppp.o not compiling in kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-24 Thread Russell Davie
please help once more.. Having problems getting ppp.o to compile in 2.4.18, and its not present in any of the /lib/modules/2.4.18/ directories. As a result can't dial modem and thus have to use other OS to do this. where is the option in kernel config to get this to compile?, I've tried al

[SLUG] How Gus Does Printing [Was: ask questions about PDF.GZ]

2002-06-24 Thread Jeff Waugh
> or foomatic, or magicfilter, or apsfilter, or ... > > (i'm over the whole CUPS thing, mainly because the command line (sysv) > interface sucks) Do you want to do a quick "How Gus Does Printing" at SLUG this month? - Jeff -- If Perl is gaffer, and Python is Magic Tape, then Ruby is self-

[SLUG] Re: ask questions about PDF.GZ

2002-06-24 Thread Angus Lees
At Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:27:47 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > I dont know who will will take the responsibility for fooling > > users. > > It sounds like Jamie's explanation was correct. Your browser > uncompressed the file but didn't rename it when it saved it to your > disk. I always disliked it

Re: [SLUG] iptables: newbie question

2002-06-24 Thread Russell Davie
Thanks for all the great suggestions, especially like ntsysv I found its a Mandrake distro thing, which has its own quirks. Mdk has a different directory system to what the ipchains compile and as a result it doesn't get started. I found this by installing iptables-ipv6-1.2.6a-1mdk.i586.rpm

[SLUG] [old thread] USB Webcam - Swann

2002-06-24 Thread Rahul Bhargava
Dave Barry wrote: > That fixed, I open the box and its a different webcam. > This is a Swann Versacam mini. Similar spec, but different chip :-( > This is an "STV0672" chip. I've found some references via google to > a Linux driver, but found only stale links so far. > > Any ideas? I suppose I'l

Re: [SLUG] ask questions about PDF.GZ

2002-06-24 Thread Jeff Waugh
> I dont know who will will take the responsibility for fooling users. It sounds like Jamie's explanation was correct. Your browser uncompressed the file but didn't rename it when it saved it to your disk. I always disliked it doing things like that. :-) > Still hope you experienced Linuxer pr

Re: [SLUG] ask questions about PDF.GZ

2002-06-24 Thread henry
Dears : Thanks I found that I have asked such a question twice ,one for Gostview ,one for Acrobat You can open pdf.gz by GhostView cant by Acrobat Ifyou rename *.pdf.gz to *.pdf ,you can use ether(Ghostview or Acrobat ) to open it . I dont know who will will take the responsibility for fooling

RE: [SLUG] ask questions about PDF.GZ

2002-06-24 Thread John Francis
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Still Subject: Re: [SLUG] ask questions about PDF.GZ > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, henry wrote: > > I am a newbie to PDF. > > But pdf.gz & html seem to be the main streams for Linux document. > There is