Re: [SLUG] problem adding source during debian install

At 06:43 PM 28/03/03, Mick Boda sent this up the stick: I select edit sources list by hand I type http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/i386/./ I recieve the following error message E: Type 'http, etc,etc,/i386/./' is not known on line 9 in source list /etc/apt etc, etc. If I change this to

[SLUG] seti CLI, as user + proxies

Hi, trying to abuse some processing power of my university linux machines...very idle P4's. In respect to proxies..., we all need to authentic to a proxy to surf (user/pass), i worked out in .bash_profile to add and export HTTP_PROXY. But how do i add user and password? I dont really want to

[SLUG] Thanks Rob!

HI all, Thanks Rob ... the deb and space worked ! Regards Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Debian Linux Force Feed-Back

Hi all, I know I'm gettig well ahead of myself here, but curosity is what got me into linux ... so it can't be bad thing. (Did you just hear a cat meow? Must be me) I have a USB Gulliemont Thrustmaster Force Feedback Steering wheel. Does anyone know of any Linux websites or if there's any

[SLUG] Revolution OS DVD available

Hey gang, A long time ago I enquired about getting a copy of Revolution OS to show at a SLUG meeting. It would have been incredibly expensive to get the film shipped here, so waiting for the DVD seemed sensible. But now it's available! Who would like to see the DVD at a SLUG meeting? We

Re: [SLUG] Mobile phone usb connectivity

quote who=Amanda Wynne I'm thinking of updating my mobile phone, and am looking at a Nokia 5510. It has a built-in MP3 player, with usb connectivity. Does anyone know if this is a problem to connect to. I'm using Mandrake 9, but have never played with anything usb. It will most likely work

[SLUG] Softlinking NFS and Anon logins All Distros

Hi All, I have an e-smith network server for my Machines. Internally, users do not need to enter a password to login to the server and read, write and execute files. To mount the SMBFS in /etc/fsatb , I need to add a user name and password, an I use anonymous as the user name and use password

Re: [SLUG] problem adding source during debian install

At 6:40 pm, Friday, March 28 2003, Mick Boda mumbled: I select edit sources list by hand I type http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/i386/./ I recieve the following error message E: Type 'http, etc,etc,/i386/./' is not known on line 9 in source list /etc/apt etc, etc. If I change

Re: [SLUG] seti CLI, as user + proxies

At 7:57 pm, Friday, March 28 2003, Simon Males mumbled: In respect to proxies..., we all need to authentic to a proxy to surf (user/pass), i worked out in .bash_profile to add and export HTTP_PROXY. But how do i add user and password? Supposedly http_proxy=http://user:[EMAIL

[SLUG] batch image resizing making thumbnails

Hi all. I just got a digital camera. So you can imagine how many enormous pictures I've got. Can anyone recommend something that will resize all the images in a directory in one go? It has to be from the command line. Also I would like something that can make thumbnails, and a simple HTML page

Re: [SLUG] batch image resizing making thumbnails

On Fri 28 Mar, Jon bloviated thus: Can anyone recommend something that will resize all the images in a directory in one go? It has to be from the command line. Also I would like something that can make thumbnails, and a simple HTML page which shows the thumbnails and has links to the

Re: [SLUG] Revolution OS DVD available

On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 22:31, Jeff Waugh wrote: Hey gang, A long time ago I enquired about getting a copy of Revolution OS to show at a SLUG meeting. It would have been incredibly expensive to get the film shipped here, so waiting for the DVD seemed sensible. But now it's available!

Re: [SLUG] Revolution OS DVD available

* Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-03-28 22:33]: [1] Who has managed to keep his first name amazingly secret. :-) Is this a challenge? /me pictures rampaging Sluggers destroying Google with increasingly futile searches. Then moving onto whois, finger, nslookup, dig, and host, before utilising

Re: [SLUG] batch image resizing making thumbnails

Hi! On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 23:37:43 +1100, Jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone recommend something that will resize all the images in a directory in one go? It has to be from the command line. Also I would like something that can make thumbnails, and a simple HTML page which shows the

[SLUG] Frustrated by the lack of traffic coming to your site? 95-2

Hi, How can the regular guy really get 1 million visitors on his web site without spending a dime in advertisement? I have to get this off my chest before I explode. . I'm Stephan Ducharme. It seams like everybody is now calling me the Free Ad Guru. Well, I admit that my secrets on how to get

[SLUG] proposal!!!

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES. Dear friend, I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties in your country on behalf of the Director of Cotracts and Finance Allocation of the Federal Ministry of works and Housing in Nigeria. Considering his very

Re: [SLUG] batch image resizing making thumbnails

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Jon wrote: Can anyone recommend something that will resize all the images in a directory in one go? ImageMagick. It also converts formats, rotates images, scales, skews, makes you dinner, and tucks you in at night. An example of how to make a thumbnail: convert -sample

[SLUG] Cross platform quicken/ms money replacement

I know a lot of people have been looking for a Quicken replacement which will run on linux (or mac/windows). I've not looked at the actual program yet (download site has been /.'ed) but http://moneydance.com looks pretty nice. It also has features that aren't available in Quicken such as an

[SLUG] [Fwd: Linux.Conf.Au 2004 website rolled out!]

-Forwarded Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Linux.Conf.Au 2004 website rolled out! Date: 26 Mar 2003 08:02:03 +101800 Hi LinuxSA, Just to let you all know, the Linux.Conf.Au 2004 website has now been rolled out! It's still missing a couple of

[SLUG] debian woody on an alpha...

Hi all, i decided to finally try out debian, so replaced netbsd/alpha with it. The install went ok, and it boots fine, but after that bits of it seem to go slightly mad. Firstly, the date. When checked from the srm console the date is correct, however from debian.. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date Sun

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Linux.Conf.Au 2004 website rolled out!]

quote who=David Fitch http://lca2004.linux.org.au :-) And just in time. Current localtime is Wed Mar 26 07:59:29 CST 2003, meaning there's 42 weeks and 31 seconds until the main conference opens! Sweeet. :-) - Jeff -- Are you XFire's crazy girlfriend? And if so, shine

Re: [SLUG] batch image resizing making thumbnails

Thanks for all the responses. I have decided to use pix2tn: http://wwwai.wu-wien.ac.at/~hahsler/pix2tn/ because it is simple, makes a medium-sized image as well as a link to the original, and just links to the images (rather than making a separate page for each one with prev/next links, which

RE: [SLUG] Red Hat Linux 9 ISOs will be available by March 31st 2003 !!!

Anyone know a site listing what is new to RH 9.0? http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3119 Given from another slug user from the mandrake 9.1 release Subject matter. Cheers Louis. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Re: [SLUG] Red Hat Linux 9 ISOs will be available by March 31st 2003 !!!

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:20, LS wrote: Anyone know a site listing what is new to RH 9.0? http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3119 Given from another slug user from the mandrake 9.1 release Subject matter. Cheers Louis. A resouce to compare all package versions of the majority of

[SLUG] We have 4.2 !!! Now that easy part is over......

Hi All, Those of you who have considered hacking into the SLUG mail server and black listing my e-mail will beglad to know that I have finally got Xfree86 4.2 installed. (Mary, James, Jamie, Rob,Greeno, Steve and all the others who have endured my e-mail bombardment reach with shaky

Re: [SLUG] We have 4.2 !!! Now that easy part is over......

1. Is there an Xconfigurator type command to generate a new XF86Config-4 file? xf86config (What I use, works well) or dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (debconf) 2. I have a Radeon 7500VE, should the device driver be ati or radeon (if it should be radeon, it ain't listed in 4.2) experiment

[SLUG] RE: VNC on Live Server for RH 7.1

All: Thanks for the inputs. After reviewing this url http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html and the one given below by David I finally understood what to do from Putty. Here is what I did: 1. I connected via a normal SSH session to the server, and started the vncserver . This time the

[SLUG] I have a dual screen xterm desktop

Hi All, Pleased as punch, I have what I believe is xterm spread across my dual 19 monitors. We are getting therre! Tried to install gnome but it has dependency problems and using -f hasn't solved them. Actually, when I say dependency problems, What I'm getting is messages like

Re: [SLUG] batch image resizing making thumbnails

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Jon wrote: Can anyone recommend something that will resize all the images in a directory in one go? It has to be from the command line. Also I would like something that can make thumbnails, and a simple HTML page which shows the thumbnails and has links to the originals.