[SLUG] SLUG committee 2003

Hi everyone, The 2003/2004 SLUG committee was elected at tonight's Annual General Meeting. The 2003/2004 committee is: President: Jeff Waugh Vice-president: Tony Green Secretary: Mary Gardiner Treasurer: Jamie Wilkinson General committee members: Jaime Hemmett, Jan Schmidt, Peter Hardy

Re: [SLUG] debian woody on an alpha...

Dec Multia AXP, 166mHz, 40mb ram etc.. nothing too fancy, but its an alpha :-) dmesg upon request... Dion wrote: Hm, I am envious. May I ask what model alpha machine you have it running on? D. J A Barton wrote: Hi all, i decided to finally try out debian, so replaced netbsd/alpha with it. The

Re: [SLUG] I have a dual screen xterm desktop

quote who=Mick Boda getting is messages like depends: gain depends: gnome-spell but it is not going to be installed lots of these messages. The command I'm using is apt-get update apt-get install gnome I would recommend installing the 'gnome-core' package, rather than 'gnome'. It

Re: [SLUG] I have a dual screen xterm desktop

have you installed the 1.4 release that came with woody? depends: gain depends: gnome-spell but it is not going to be installed lots of these messages. -- --- Chris D. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) In a world without fences, who needs GATES? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group -

Re: [SLUG] OpenLDAP and Outlook XP... (shudder)

At Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:55:09 +1100, Anthony O'Hara wrote: I'm in the process of creating a corporate address book with OpenLDAP. Outlook XP appears to ignore the majority of LDAP's objects, so, I was wondering if anyone had any urls that might lead to a complete list of allowable/useable

[SLUG] How do I install kde/gnome

Hi all, How do I install the kde and gnome packages into debian. I tried apt-get install gnome-core but it brings up broken packages, I'm running xfree 4.2 will KDE still break my system? Regards Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

[SLUG] Xterm desktop

Hi All Chris asked if I have installed the 1.4 version that came with the woody . I don't know (sorry). I'll try Jeff's suggestion and install gnome core... Regards Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Web page/Formatted print - ideas sought

At Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:16:52 +1100, Michael Lake wrote: Howard Lowndes wrote: I want to develop an application that uses a background database but delivers the displayed data in a web browser. OK, no big deal so far. The problem is that I also want to be able to deliver printable

Re: [SLUG] How do I install kde/gnome

quote who=Mick Boda How do I install the kde and gnome packages into debian. You're doing the right thing it seems, but you are using unofficial sources, which will often have breakages here and there. You'll just have to deal with them as the arise. I tried apt-get install gnome-core but it

Re: [SLUG] How do I install kde/gnome

# out your gnome 2.2 source /etc/apt/sources.list Then apt-get update then run tasksel Once you've got 1.4 of gnome running, then get out of it (+stop gdm, if you use it) and unhash your gnome2.2 apt source and apt-get update apt-get install gnome. On my system, I originaly ran the original X --

Re: [SLUG] debian woody on an alpha...

At Sat, 29 Mar 2003 11:32:03 +1100, J A Barton wrote: Firstly, the date. When checked from the srm console the date is correct, however from debian.. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date Sun Mar 29 11:29:11 EST 2065 ^^^? does anyone have any ideas other than forcing the

Re: [SLUG] debian woody on an alpha...

quote who=Angus Lees i have mine booting (from srm/aboot) without needing a keypress. i can't remember how though ;) So did I, but I don't remember either. ;-) Luckily however, our favourite space-suited man-of-the-moment JAQ WILKINSON has written up some sweet notes and a collection of links

[SLUG] No Luck Running tasksel

Hi All, No luck running tasksel I recieve the error no tasks found on ths system. I've commented out the gnome 2,2 line in apt-get. During the installation process I was asked if I wanted to run tasksel and selected yes, I selected the Xwindows system, unselecting dial up (handled by the

Re: [SLUG] No Luck Running tasksel

quote who=Mick Boda No luck running tasksel I recieve the error no tasks found on ths system. I've commented out the gnome 2,2 line in apt-get. Don't bother doing this. Uncomment the 2.2 line in sources.list, attempt to install gnome-core, and let us (or debian-gtk-gnome list, they will be

[SLUG] Gnome-core

Hi All, I ran apt-get install gnome-core the error was Couldn't find package gnome-core I get alot more error messgaes when I don't comment out the 2.2 reference. Does this mean that gnome isn't installed anywhere on the system? if I run apt-get install kde I recieve a messgae that kde is

[SLUG] Greeno - Absolutely, Yes, (SMILE)

Greeno, I live in the gong, run a business from home so, anytime that suits you would suit me, though it will probably require some flexibility. I'll work around you. So whatever suits is fine. Regards Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

[SLUG] President's Report 2002-2003

Sydney Linux Users Group President's Report 2002-2003 March 28, 2003 The 2002-2003 President's Report was presented at the March 2003 Sydney Linux Users Group AGM. This summary has been updated to include further

[SLUG] kernel compiling errors using menuconfig and xconfig

hi ppl, i have come across this problem a few times in the last year but never really came up with a solution, usually just ended up using make config :( so i hope someone else has had the same prob and found a solution. the machine is a duron 1200mhz running an out of the box redhat 8.0

Re: [SLUG] Smoothwall question

Thanks I have been playing with MNF there are some issues that I need to over come, but other than that it seems to be a good product. What would be a good feature for such a product is if it had some anti-spamming or email content filter. :) I believe the MandrakeSecurity MNF could possibly do

Re: [SLUG] kernel compiling errors using menuconfig and xconfig

quote who=Gerard Blacklock [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.4.20]# make menuconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts/lxdialog' /bin/sh: line 1: gcc: command not found ^ the real problem

[SLUG] ps2tiff

Hi All, I have had a google and it seems that such thing does exist - but only problem is that I cant find it... I have got the latest version of ghostscript, and ps2tiff is not included in that. Any ideas? Does anyone use this, and know where to find?? Or maybe just know where to find it?

Re: [SLUG] kernel compiling errors using menuconfig and xconfig

sorted the prob with menuconfig, it was the gcc (should have know) after chasing up several dependent packages, however no joy with xconfig, but no worries..at least one works i am happy, thanks Jeff just out of interest here is the output for xconfig # make xconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd

Re: [SLUG] kernel compiling errors using menuconfig and xconfig

Gerard Blacklock wrote: sorted the prob with menuconfig, it was the gcc (should have know) after chasing up several dependent packages, however no joy with xconfig, but no worries..at least one works i am happy, thanks Jeff just out of interest here is the output for xconfig # make xconfig rm

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

On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 15:12, Mick Boda wrote: 1. Is there an Xconfigurator type command to generate a new XF86Config-4 file? There's a few. All my debian boxes died of hard drive seizures a while ago, so I can't give you exact syntax. In general if you're looking for something quick that'll

[SLUG] Server clock and Virtual Host clock different

Hi: On my live server I just noticed that the time for Virtual Hosts sites on the server is different to the time shown on the server when I am logged in as user root. The user root has the right time. Doesn't Virtual Host site get the time from the server main clock ? How do I get the virtual

Re: [SLUG] Gnome-core

This one time, at band camp, Mick Boda wrote: I ran apt-get install gnome-core the error was Couldn't find package gnome-core Did you apt-get update after you added the new deb line to sources.list? Can you post your sources.list and the paste the exact errors with it too? -- [EMAIL

Re: [SLUG] Apache Module?

I think you will find that mod_throttle does this for apache. It certainly does it per virtual server. You can also use it for controlling how much bandwidth each virtual server uses, as the name suggests. You get a pretty graphic read-out of usage. On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Glenn Uidam wrote: Hi

Re: [SLUG] ps2tiff

At Sun, 30 Mar 2003 11:01:55 +1000, Adam W wrote: I have had a google and it seems that such thing does exist - but only problem is that I cant find it... I have got the latest version of ghostscript, and ps2tiff is not included in that. Any ideas? Does anyone use this, and know where to

[SLUG] kernel: Call Trace - What happened?

I'm in the process of building a new server which is a Dual Xeon 2.4GHz with 1Gb of ECC/Registered memory. The CPUs are hyperthreading, meaning they each show up as 2 CPUs in Linux, making there a total of 4 CPUs visible. It had been up and running well for a week whilst I moved things from

Re: [SLUG] kernel compiling errors using menuconfig and xconfig

thanks guys...works perfectly.all too easy, sorry to trouble you guys with trivial stuff gerry Del wrote: Gerard Blacklock wrote: sorted the prob with menuconfig, it was the gcc (should have know) after chasing up several dependent packages, however no joy with xconfig, but no

FW: [SLUG] ps2tiff

Didn't send it to the list damnit Ps2pdf is cool, but it would be even nicer to have ps2tiff, as windows users don't need the pdf reader (which most ppl have anyway), they can just use the inbuilt kodak image program. I presume you're aware that ps/pdf is a vector format and tiff is a

Re: [SLUG] ps2tiff

At Sun, 30 Mar 2003 14:30:38 +1000, Adam W wrote: Ps2pdf is cool, but it would be even nicer to have ps2tiff, as windows users don't need the pdf reader (which most ppl have anyway), they can just use the inbuilt kodak image program. I presume you're aware that ps/pdf is a vector

[SLUG] firestarter help

Hi sluggers I am a relative newbie and am having trouble with the whole firewall-iptables-network address translation thing. I am running Redhat 8 and recently downloaded the latest version of firestarter thinking that this would solve the problem but somehow I still can't get the other two

Re: [SLUG] firestarter help

On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 16:37, root wrote: Hi sluggers I am a relative newbie and am having trouble with the whole firewall-iptables-network address translation thing. I am running Redhat 8 and recently downloaded the latest version of firestarter thinking that this would solve the problem

Re: [SLUG] kernel: Call Trace - What happened?

Andypoo wrote: I'm in the process of building a new server which is a Dual Xeon 2.4GHz with 1Gb of ECC/Registered memory. The CPUs are hyperthreading, meaning they each show up as 2 CPUs in Linux, making there a total of 4 CPUs visible. It had been up and running well for a week whilst I moved

[SLUG] ** One Million FREE Visitors ** 8469WwQv9-556TmIW5046iXVt2-164-28

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

[SLUG] SLUG PHP SIG and PHP meetup

Hi, This is for all of the people interested in a PHP SIG in SLUG. I've found out that there is a PHP meetup happening this Thursday. If we all gatecrashed the meetup we could meet other PHP people and consider whether there was some synergy between that and a PHP SIG. PHP meetup details: