[SLUG] Next Media - Faulty Redhat 7.3 CD

Hi people, Regarding the faulty CD #3 from the "Operating in Linux" Handbook, I've just spoken to the lovely Jennifer at Next Media and the CDs *are* being shipped already (mine was sent yesterday). They are being shipped in the order in which people contacted her. Apparently they are about

Re: [SLUG] woody wanted...

Quoting Ramana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > can any one burn me a Debian woody... at cost > I stay in Parramatta.. > > thanks in advance.. > > regards > Ramana I am happy to burn a copy for you, if you cover media costs and postage.. sure.. Just email me off list :P cheers -- SLUG - Sydney L

[SLUG] woody wanted...

can any one burn me a Debian woody... at cost I stay in Parramatta.. thanks in advance.. regards Ramana -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

Yes I would agree. But, getting all hot & bothered about it now isn't going to change the facts. It will take time to sort out, and then post out heaps of CD's. I'm not sticking up for them, it's a deplorable situation. I'm just trying to be realistic about the solution.   Amanda - Or

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

I TOTALLY AGREE - they stuffed up.. They're trying to fix it... Jon >But the point is, they should have at least took one set of CDs off the >production line and tested it BEFORE selling the product. Would you agree >with that? They really do have a serious quality management problem. >

Re: [SLUG] NOIE to host Linux hoedown

Especially him. I'll be there, just for the fun...:[)_ >Don't be silly. Why have anybody there who actually knows anything about it? >Amanda > >- Original Message - >From: "craigw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

No question - but they stuffed up and are trying to make good. There's a written work-around, so they technically could just supply that and not the CD - that's just a gesture of good faith. Jon >Maybe they should have tested the original CDs BEFORE selling it in the >first place. > > Jon B

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

But the point is, they should have at least took one set of CDs off the production line and tested it BEFORE selling the product. Would you agree with that? They really do have a serious quality management problem.  Amanda Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: I once had a faulty CD on a magazine cov

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

I once had a faulty CD on a magazine cover. Took over a month for a replacement to come. And that was a single customer. These people have thousands of CD's to ship. I wouldn't be getting upset after 10 days.   Amanda - Original Message - From: Kevin Chi Wai Tong To: [EMAI

Re: [SLUG] NOIE to host Linux hoedown

Don't be silly. Why have anybody there who actually knows anything about it? Amanda - Original Message - From: "craigw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:05 PM Subject: [SLUG] NOIE to host Linux hoedown > NOIE to host L

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

You have to ask yourself how long it takes to produce and TEST the CDs, then get a list of people together and mail them all out... Fair Trading won't take any action, and anything they Do do is not binding anyway... Just wait. I've just telephoned them and I'll post their reply shortly. Jon

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

I heard from Lisa last week, the disks were being TESTED, then cut and posted out... I'll see if she has an upodate. Jon >Has anyone received a replacement disk yet for the faulty disk that was sold >with the Next Linux handbook? Has anyone even received a reply? If we don't >hear anything so

Re: [SLUG] Atari Portfolio

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:10, you wrote: Portfolios are fantastic little devices. They were well ahead of their time IMHO. I have two, all the accessories, all the software, technical manual and the contact details for a user group in Czech Republic that can upgrade them to double the ram (I sent

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

You don't think this is "exceptional" enough??? How would you feel if you bought something and it doesn't work? What's worse is that the company gives you a crap "solution" that does not work, and when you request a replacement CD A MONTH OR TWO later, you get no reply? How much more "exceptional"

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

You don't think this is "exceptional" enough??? How would you feel if you bought something and it doesn't work? What's worse is that the company gives you a crap "solution" that does not work, and when you request a replacement CD A MONTH OR TWO later, you get no reply? How much more "exceptional"

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

I had sent an email requesting a replacement CD last Monday (16/09) and its 26/09 today. I haven't got the CD yet; not even a reply from the company. I would be more than happy to be a part of the collective approach to speed things up a bit. I am sick and tired of their work practises.  [EMAIL PRO

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone received a replacement disk yet for the faulty disk that was sold > with the Next Linux handbook? Has anyone even received a reply? If we don't > hear anything soon, would anyone be interested in making a collective > approach to Consumer Affairs to speed up t

[SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

Hi Has anyone received a replacement disk yet for the faulty disk that was sold with the Next Linux handbook? Has anyone even received a reply? If we don't hear anything soon, would anyone be interested in making a collective approach to Consumer Affairs to speed up the process a bit? Cheers J

[SLUG] Atari Portfolio

Just received a second hand Portfolio and am spending lots of time trying to get it to talk to my Debian Linux PC. So far no success. The options are: Serial Port - this should work if only I knew how! I've been trying stty 1200 -parenb -parodd cs8 /dev/ttyS1 then cp message /dev/

RE: [SLUG] Samba and Linux Help - I need a refresher

On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 13:02, Steven Evans wrote: > i thought that roaming profiles was just a couple of commands and a > [profiles] entry later down in the conf file... > Yep, thats about right. The problem is that sometimes the windows machines say that they can't load the profile and/or they

RE: [SLUG] Samba and Linux Help - I need a refresher

i thought that roaming profiles was just a couple of commands and a [profiles] entry later down in the conf file... [global] logon path = \\%L\profile$\%U\%M [profile$] path = /vol2/profiles guest ok = yes writeable = yes browseable = no create mask = 0600

[SLUG] NOIE to host Linux hoedown

NOIE to host Linux hoedown http://www.itnews.com.au/story.cfm?ID=10869 Computerbank NSW representatives (David, Craige and myself) several months ago had discussions over lunch with a representative of NOIE in Sydney. We gave her a copy of Redhat 7.2 to try as no one in NOIE knew any thing of Li

Re: [SLUG] Quake III 4 Linux

If you have a 3D video card with decent Linux drivers (ie, an NVIDIA card) check out the Unreal Tournament 2003 demo at www.unrealtournemant2003.com Its much fun, and they include Linux binaries in the retail box too :) Mike On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 12:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks I'll ha

Re: [SLUG] Samba and Linux Help - I need a refresher

On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 12:46, Matt Hyne wrote: > Lastly, anyone had any success using Samba as a PDC or BDC with Windows > 2000 clients yet - I would love to replace a Win2k server we have here ? > I'm in the process of doing this now. Roaming profiles are causing some head scratching (but tha

Re: [SLUG] Quake III 4 Linux

Thanks I'll have a look > Grab the installer from one of the mirrors here: > > http://www.bluesnews.com/files/idstuff/quake3/linux/linuxq3apoint- 1.31.x86.shtml > > Once installed you can copy the .pk3 files from your Windows Quake III > CD or another partition. Works for Team Arena if you have

[SLUG] Samba and Linux Help - I need a refresher

Folks, It has been some time since I played with Samba and I wanted to find out what the current status is with regards to setting up a Samba box as a Network Attached Storage box. Basically, I want to use a Linux box as a storage server on a Win2K domain. I have it set up to do serv

Re: [SLUG] Quake III 4 Linux

Grab the installer from one of the mirrors here: http://www.bluesnews.com/files/idstuff/quake3/linux/linuxq3apoint-1.31.x86.shtml Once installed you can copy the .pk3 files from your Windows Quake III CD or another partition. Works for Team Arena if you have it too. Felix On Thu, 2002-09-26

Re: [SLUG] mandrake

On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 18:34, allan scott wrote: > Mandrake looks like the go but I need to know if the 8.2 boxed set will contain a >wysiwyg web editor as I have some 340 Mb of book > written. This and some 22,000 digital camera pix, se need to manage these too. > > The big question is, can I w

[SLUG] Quake III 4 Linux

I know it's old and all that Finally I have a nice system play it on can anyone tell me where I could get Q3 from? Thanks Kevin - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More I

[SLUG] Pwebstats and Fly

Hi all, I am trying to install Fly so that I can use pwebstats (which I used to use on an older server). I am having trouble installing with the following error. Note that gd installed cleanly and I have edited the Makefile for fly to indicate the correct paths (the gd files installed themselves i

[SLUG] ATI Rage 128, crashes in accelerated mode

Title: ATI Rage 128, crashes in accelerated mode I have a RedHat 7.3 system with an ATI Rage 128 AGP video card.  In the defualt (Red-Hat detected) configuration, if I switch from X windows to a console (ctrl-alt-1) and then switch back the screen is corrupted accross the top and the system w

Re: [SLUG] NOIE Linux Seminar Plans

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Brian Robson wrote: > At 07:13 AM 26/09/02 +1000, you wrote: > >Oooh, > > > >NOIE have found their spare socks: > http://www.itnews.com.au/story.cfm?ID=10869 > > > The above is a hopeless, slow-loading graphic-laden web site, a complete > design disgrace and an insult to end

Re: [SLUG] pine permission problem

Have a look for a stale /tmp/.306* file either locally or on the mail server if running IMAP. On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, David wrote: > > This situation has now deteriorated badly. I've discovered that any user > except root gets the following message when opening their mail in pine: > > Mailbox is op

[SLUG] Terratec DMX 6FIRE

Hi All, Per the gentleman's recent question about ALSA support for the Terratec DMX 6FIRE, I thought I would go to the source for the definitive answer, and wrote the company. The bad news is that they do not plan to support Linux, so Linux users should avoid this company/product. The good n

Re: [SLUG] NOIE Linux Seminar Plans

At 07:13 AM 26/09/02 +1000, you wrote: >Oooh, > >NOIE have found their spare socks: http://www.itnews.com.au/story.cfm?ID=10869 The above is a hopeless, slow-loading graphic-laden web site, a complete design disgrace and an insult to end users who have to sit there, waiting and waiting while gr

[SLUG] NOIE Linux Seminar Plans

Oooh, NOIE have found their spare socks: http://www.itnews.com.au/story.cfm?ID=10869 Rock. - Jeff -- Cette menace est très sérieuse. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] pine permission problem

as a thought, you might want to do an lsof and see if any processes have mailbox files open. matt. David wrote: > This situation has now deteriorated badly. I've discovered that any user > except root gets the following message when opening their mail in pine: > > Mailbox is open by another pro

Re: [SLUG] Debian APT setup for testing/unstable

At 23 Sep 2002 10:56:09 +1000, Simon Wong wrote: > I have a couple of Debian APT questions that I'm a bit confused about > after reading the APT-HOWTO. > I'm trying to run Testing/Unstable. I thought I was but after Woody's > release I think things got a bit askew. > My preferences file is: > >

Re: [SLUG] Parsing usage info into NT boxes

At Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:16:59 +1000, Richard Hayes wrote: > I need to usage stats from a Linux box into an NT accounting system. > > Using XML it should be very easy. It there a tool to dump data in a variety > NT formats ie SQL server 7 / Oracle etc. perl (or any number of other languages). in

Re: [SLUG] pine permission problem

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, David wrote: > This situation has now deteriorated badly. I've discovered that any user > except root gets the following message when opening their mail in pine: > > Mailbox is open by another process. Access is read only > > This is from a terminal, either X (locally) or ss

Re: [SLUG] rc2.d debian, exim and postfix

This one time, at band camp, David wrote: >the moral of this story is that if you are going to install postfix, >remove exim first. apt-get removes exim but leaves the config/scrip files >and then apt-get remove --purge doesn't work. It's not a huge problem, >just that on a server I don't like mes

Re: [SLUG] mandrake

Hi On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 18:34, allan scott wrote: > Hi, > > Well I am a long way from Sydney but email takes me there!!! > > I have been using the 'infernal machine' for some 20 years now and I am up to here >with MS. Join the club we have all been there... I sort of gave up On M$ when I had

Re: [SLUG] mandrake

yes it has screem which is for kde > Hi, > > Well I am a long way from Sydney but email takes me there!!! > > I have been using the 'infernal machine' for some 20 years now and I am up to here >with MS. > > Mandrake looks like the go but I need to know if the 8.2 boxed set will contain a >wy

Re: [SLUG] pine permission problem

This situation has now deteriorated badly. I've discovered that any user except root gets the following message when opening their mail in pine: Mailbox is open by another process. Access is read only This is from a terminal, either X (locally) or ssh. I'm slightly worried that I've been cracke

Re: [SLUG] pine permission problem

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, David wrote: > > I'm getting this message from pine: > > [Checkpoint file failure: Permission denied] > > I've never seen this before, and now pine won't delete emails. Composition > is ok. How are you using pine? IMAP or POP3. Where is the mail server -v- Pine? > > I get

[SLUG] mandrake

Hi, Well I am a long way from Sydney but email takes me there!!! I have been using the 'infernal machine' for some 20 years now and I am up to here with MS. Mandrake looks like the go but I need to know if the 8.2 boxed set will contain a wysiwyg web editor as I have some 340 Mb of book writt

[SLUG] pine permission problem

I'm getting this message from pine: [Checkpoint file failure: Permission denied] I've never seen this before, and now pine won't delete emails. Composition is ok. I get the impression that some other process has the mailbox files, although I'm not sure, but lsof doesn't find anything obvious.