[SLUG] mplayer

Hi All, I am trying to get the mplayer plugin working for Mozilla, and I am now getting a message in the box where a video should load that says "Mplayer Plugin - Loading Movie..." but it never actually loads anything?? Has anyone got this working, and if so where there any tricks to it?? I insta

Re: [SLUG] Anybody bought a modem to use with Linxurecently...looking for suggestions for V.90/v.92/kflex

G'day Tony, I've got a Swann Smart II that works fine. Whatever you do keep away from 'Winmodems', 'softmodems', etc. These are usually the cheaper modems (and internals - keep towards serial connections). Check with the company, not the salesperson first. Though - personally I recommend Swann (

[SLUG] Help with Masquerading, linux dialup to the net, then windows boxs hanging off the linux box

Hi I have a dial up connection and want to use linux to connect to the net, then have windows boxs hanging off it. I just looked at the "Masquerading Made Simple HOWTO" and it says to do the following modprobe ipt_MASQUERADE # If this fails, try continuing anyway iptables -F; iptables -t nat -F

[SLUG] Visual traceroute ?

Evening, Anyone got any ideas about a visual version of traceroute (tktraceroute, traceroute-nanog)? I've had a little look at a java based thing called Visual Traceroute. It wants to work from root's home dir with X, and is also available in Windows and Mac. I want some thing else. Nick -

Re: [SLUG] Help with Masquerading, linux dialup to the net, thenwindows boxs hanging off the linux box

With my server, I've simply got MonMotha's IPTABLES firewall script, a BIND DNS server forwarding to my ISPs servers ++ a PHP connect/disconnect interface. If you'd like the little PHP script, email me :) Cheers, Chris On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 20:35, t wrote: > Hi > > I have a dial up connection a

Re: [SLUG] iinet DSL + Debian

On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 10:51, Kevin Saenz wrote: > I am with iinet, Do not use roaring penguin > It will not work. I'm with iiNet, and I use the Roaring Penguin pppoe software which works fine for me. I mostly use tkpppoe to start the connection because I get a nice graph of the inbound and outbou

Re: [SLUG] Visual traceroute ?

On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 20:52, Nick C wrote: > Evening, > > Anyone got any ideas about a visual version of traceroute (tktraceroute, > traceroute-nanog)? > Try mtr (matt's traceroute) http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr Don't know if there's a windows/mac version, but the linux version is great -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Silly shell challenge

> "Jessica" == Jessica Mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jessica> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, John Ferlito wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 06:19:26PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > >> Here's some silly shell... >> > >> > $ grep bogomips /proc/cpuinfo | awk '{ print "+" $3 }' | tr -d >> '\n' | cut -c 2-

Re: [SLUG] Visual traceroute ?

On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 20:52, Nick C wrote: > Evening, > > Anyone got any ideas about a visual version of traceroute (tktraceroute, > traceroute-nanog)? How about xtraceroute? It uses data from LOC records to show where hosts are on a 3D globe. Nice. It's a Debian package. I don't know about R

Re: [SLUG] Visual traceroute ?

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Bruce Badger wrote: > On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 20:52, Nick C wrote: > > Evening, > > > > Anyone got any ideas about a visual version of traceroute (tktraceroute, > > traceroute-nanog)? > > How about xtraceroute? It uses data from LOC records to show where > hosts are on a 3D g

Re: FW: [SLUG] desktop publishing software

On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 10:37, James Gregory wrote: > On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 09:32, Robert Tillsley wrote: > > Arg, must remember to reply to list... > > > > 1 minor addition: Is it likely that openoffice will support saving files as > > pdfs in future? > > It won't do it (well, not now, I left my c

Re: [SLUG] SLUG AGM: Nominations update

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Mary Gardiner wrote: > REMINDER: If you can't attend the AGM and you're going to appoint a > proxy to vote for you, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and tell them your > name and the name of the person proxying for you. > > REQUEST: Can people please use their full name when nominating

Re: [SLUG] SLUG AGM: Nominations update

On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 21:55, Ben Leslie wrote: > I'd like to nominate Peter Hardy for president. Seconded -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Nomination for SLUG election

> I'd like to nominate Tony Green for Vice President. Seconded. - Jeff -- "Trying to get a PC to analyse one of the most abstract forms of language - the poem - is like trying to drill for oil with a banana." - The Register

[SLUG] install + mandrake + USB

Hello again.. Today in an idle moment i got out this gateway USB-only box that i had lying around, and thought i'd install mandrake 8.2 on it. Everything went normally, i put the CD in, booted up, pressed enter to begin the install, performed everything with the GUI installer and the mouse, th

[SLUG] FLAME WAR 1.0

Hold onto your hats, batton down the hatches and turn off the TV. Clash of the Titans, Battle of the Bulge, Flame War is ON! Friday 28th March will see the first (and maybe the only) SLUG Quiz - Flame War V1.0. In the red corner, all the way from Yass via a very exclusive rehab clinic, we h

Re: [SLUG] iinet DSL + Debian - an answer! (sorta)

> I'm with iiNet, and I use the Roaring Penguin pppoe software which works > fine for me. I mostly use tkpppoe to start the connection because I get > a nice graph of the inbound and outbound traffic. > > I have a D-Link DSL-300 modem connected to a RH7.3 box. After two weeks of headaches I got

RE: [SLUG] FLAME WAR 1.0

Oh dear We've been drinking WY too much Red Bull, haven't we...:-) -=> -Original Message- -=> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of -=> Tony Green -=> Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2003 08:40 -=> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=> Subject: [SLUG] FLAME WAR 1.0 -=> -=> -=> H

Re: [SLUG] Anybody bought a modem to use with Linxu recently...looking forsuggestions for V.90/v.92/kflex

G'day... Just a note, not all internals are winmodems - there are a number of good internal modems out there that work great under GNU/Linux. Just do make sure that you check the specs and hardware compatibility. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Grou

RE: FW: [SLUG] desktop publishing software

> Enter the fairy god mother > > Yes you can export to PDF the last developers release it > actually worked > well (first release was 'sub-optimal'). > > Other cool things are that slides can be exported to SWF > (flash) files. > > Coming soon to a server near you... Ok perhaps I'll have

[SLUG] PHP MySQL help

I've got a MySQL question for you. Is the php value suitable for a MySQL timestamp field? The reason I ask is because I'm getting an odd result in my web content publishing site. I'm grabbing form data from a query string and inserting it into MySQL. (NewsDate is a MySQL timestamp field)

[SLUG] Found 4.2 for Debian

Hi all, I found 4,2 for debian at http://people.debian.org and when I selected the link it prompted me to install the software, which I did. Now what? When I startx it stills says it's using 4.1? Is there another step? Regards Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/

RE: [SLUG] PHP MySQL help

OK Thanks for that. Clears things up a bit for me. Would that also explain why my php format date script is returing: 02:14 19 Jan 2038 all the time? Is there a neat php way to format a value like this 20030320085056 into something readable for us mortals? -Original Message- F

Re: [SLUG] PHP MySQL help

This one time, at band camp, Robert Maurency <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a neat php way to format a value like this 20030320085056 into > something readable for us mortals? sure, many ways, are you getting this timestamp from MySQL? if so, you can do some funky stuff when SELECTing f

Re: [SLUG] iinet DSL + Debian

> > I am with iinet, Do not use roaring penguin > > It will not work. > I have a D-Link DSL-300 modem connected to a RH7.3 box. > Same modem. Probably the key here is the Distros. I am using Mandrake without roaring Penguin and you have RedHat. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug

Re: [SLUG] Found 4.2 for Debian

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 09:30:41AM +1100, Mick Boda wrote: > Hi all, > > I found 4,2 for debian at http://people.debian.org and when I selected > the link it prompted me to install the software, which I did. Did you find this with a web browser? If so, it probably prompted you to save the file, n

Re: [SLUG] PHP MySQL help

Robert Maurency wrote: OK Thanks for that. Clears things up a bit for me. Would that also explain why my php format date script is returing: 02:14 19 Jan 2038 all the time? Is there a neat php way to format a value like this 20030320085056 into something readable for us mortals? There are lot

[SLUG] Debian Developer

Hi All, This is a bit of a strange request. There is a guy I met at the few slug meetings I attended who is a debian developer. He's a tall guy with black hair, usually wears black and looks about 18 (I mention that because at 36 I'm trying to work out linux, this guys already writing it

Re: [SLUG] Debian Developer

> There is a guy I met at the few slug meetings I attended who is a debian > developer. > > He's a tall guy with black hair, usually wears black and looks about 18 (I > mention that because at 36 I'm trying to work out linux, this guys already > writing it ) That sounds remarkably like Stev

[SLUG] Alternative to AUC and WebCT

Hi all, A while back someone on here mentioned an online system that was similar to the WebCT that Uni's use. I seem to have lost my references to it, if anyone knows what I am talking about could they direct me please. _ Simon Bryan IT Manager OLMC Parramat

[SLUG] pppd

Hi,   I am trying to setup my NETCOMM Roadster II modem to run under Linux (RedHat7.3) but without any luck. I have created an account with all the correct ISP details etc, and the modem dials and connects to the server but I get a timeout with pppd, during authentication I think. I had the

Re: [SLUG] pppd

Hi Brad, firstly, try setting the log to (almost) everything, then trying again. ie: ppp> set log local Phase command chat (anything else usefull) then check through the huge amount of cruft for where the connection actually dies. also, have you tried connection manually to see exactly what is ha

[SLUG] debian dependency woes

Hi All, I've found a website Index of /Linux/Debian/Cfree86-4.2.0-Opre1v3/sh4 But when I try to install the packages I recieve an error message ie; lbxproxy_4.2.0-Opre1v3_sh4.sh dpkg: error processing /tmp/dehECa/L909-727TMP.deb (--install): package architecture (sh4) does not match system (

Re: [SLUG] debian dependency woes

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 12:48:50PM +1100, Mick Boda wrote: > Hi All, > > I've found a website > > Index of /Linux/Debian/Cfree86-4.2.0-Opre1v3/sh4 Can you give us the URL please? > I found this website trying to resolve a dependency problem while > downloading XFree86 4.2 from http://people.de

RE: [SLUG] pppd

I am trying to setup my NETCOMM Roadster II modem to run under Linux (RedHat7.3) but without any luck. I have created an account with all the correct ISP details etc, and the modem dials and connects to the server but I get a timeout with pppd, during authentication I think. I had

[SLUG] debian dependency woaes

Hi All (especially my new friend Mary), I'm running an AMD (i686 I think) procesor, not intel. There was a little disclaimer at the front of /people.debain.org in which the webmaster indictaed that due to some oversight all packages are listed as i386 and that other "ports" are avaible but sti

Re: [SLUG] PHP MySQL help

An easy beginners solution to this is just to make date fields in mysql as integer type instead of datetime. Later on once you are more familar with the mysql functions you can use them to convert to the unix timestamp that time() produces etc... On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Robert Maurency wrote: >

Re: [SLUG] PHP MySQL help

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 09:21:37AM +1100, Robert Maurency wrote: > (I'm making the tranistion between ASP & Access to PHP and MySQL and am > having a tough time with this GUI-less database.) If you haven't tried phpmyadmin get it. It's brilliant for admining your mysql databases and just keeps ge

Re: [SLUG] debian dependency woaes

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 01:21:41PM +1100, Mick Boda wrote: > http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/i386/ > > which is the correct site address. However, if I add this to my > apt-get source-list won't it stall when it asks for xlibs 4.2 ? Unless he's also made xlibs available, which I suspect h

Re: [SLUG] debian dependency woes

This one time, at band camp, Mick Boda wrote: >Index of /Linux/Debian/Cfree86-4.2.0-Opre1v3/sh4 ^ >lbxproxy_4.2.0-Opre1v3_sh4.sh ^ >dpkg: error processing /tmp/dehECa/L909-727TMP.deb (--install): package >architecture (sh4) does

Re: [SLUG] debian dependency woes

This one time, at band camp, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >This one time, at band camp, Mick Boda wrote: >>Index of /Linux/Debian/Cfree86-4.2.0-Opre1v3/sh4 > ^ >>lbxproxy_4.2.0-Opre1v3_sh4.sh >^ >>dpkg: error processing /tmp/dehECa/L909

Solution. Was: [SLUG] Mounting a floppy drive, RH8.0

I had several suggestions to my problem on mounting a floppy drive with RH8.0 and for these, many thanks. I've solved it (well, alright our sysop solved it). The fault was so subtle that I thought I'd post it: someone might benefit. I'd been given one of those free CDs from the front of a computi

[SLUG] mySQL command summary

Has anyone seen a command summary for mySQL on the web? (ie just a categorised list of all the commands - not a tutorial, etc.) I've had a look on mysql.com & googled, haven't found anything apart from the commercial ssc reference card http://www.ssc.com/ssc/productlist.html -- Sonia

[SLUG] Kernel vulnerability allowing users root access

Hello Everyone, "One of the developers of the original Linux core posted a vulnerability notice Monday with details of a flaw that could allow a local user to assume control of a Linux computer." -- Quoted from LinuxWorld.com.au Article Read the original article @ LinuxWorld.com.au http://www.lin