Re: [SLUG] Video Servers

2003-10-14 Thread Simon Bryan
Anthony Wood said: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 02:27:28PM +1000, Simon Bryan wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have been asked to research Video Servers for our school. The aim is to store >> the >> Video / DVD on a hard disc and then deliver the video from there to the desktop / >> TV. > > www.videolan.org > N

Fw: [SLUG] IPtables Script

2003-10-14 Thread Craig Mead
- Original Message - From: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Craig Mead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] IPtables Script > 2 - set a var. @ the top of the script so its just one change per down or use ppp+

Re: [SLUG] Video Servers

2003-10-14 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Simon Bryan wrote: >I have been asked to research Video Servers for our school. The aim is to store the >Video / DVD on a hard disc and then deliver the video from there to the desktop / >TV. > >There are a number of Windows based systems, I was wondering if anyone knew of an >Open

Re: [SLUG] IPtables Script

2003-10-14 Thread scott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 15-10-2003 03:08:16 PM: > G'day, > > Got an iptables script which shares the DSL out over the network. Thanks to > the joys of being on Telstra the connections been up and down quite > regularly lately. > > Problem is the script is (well, was) based around ppp0 > > W

Re: [SLUG] IPtables Script

2003-10-14 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 15:08, Craig Mead wrote: > G'day, > 1 - force it to come up on ppp0 unit 0 in the ppp config. > 2 - set a var. @ the top of the script so its just one change per down or use ppp+ in the iptables script, which will match all ppp interfaces. And doesn't need to be bounced on

[SLUG] IPtables Script

2003-10-14 Thread Craig Mead
G'day, Got an iptables script which shares the DSL out over the network. Thanks to the joys of being on Telstra the connections been up and down quite regularly lately. Problem is the script is (well, was) based around ppp0 When the connection goes down it usually doesn't come back up as ppp0, i

Re: [SLUG] Gnoppix 0.6.0-beta1 release

2003-10-14 Thread Jeff Waugh
> anyone interested in a review? Sounds like a Live CD head-to-head talk would be enlightening... Knoppix, Gnoppix, Morphix, etc., etc... Not only "how good are they when they boot" but "how easy are they to modify". That'd be way sweet. - Jeff (who hasn't put his head in the live cd oven for a

Re: [SLUG] Video Servers

2003-10-14 Thread Kevin Saenz
You could try vls/vlc, from what I have tested it works pretty well. the only problem I see is that the client can not truly interact with the server. ie: if you have a DVD playing on the server the client side cannot stop, fast forward, rewind. Other than that it will deliver video output to Linux

Re: [SLUG] Video Servers

2003-10-14 Thread Anthony Wood
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 02:27:28PM +1000, Simon Bryan wrote: > Hi all, > I have been asked to research Video Servers for our school. The aim is to store the > Video / DVD on a hard disc and then deliver the video from there to the desktop / > TV. www.videolan.org opensource, linux/windows/others,

[SLUG] Video Servers

2003-10-14 Thread Simon Bryan
Hi all, I have been asked to research Video Servers for our school. The aim is to store the Video / DVD on a hard disc and then deliver the video from there to the desktop / TV. There are a number of Windows based systems, I was wondering if anyone knew of an Open Source solution? ___

Re: [SLUG] Gnoppix 0.6.0-beta1 release

2003-10-14 Thread Dave Kempe
On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 09:45, Jan Schmidt wrote: > /me puts it on his list to take a look at. I checked it out recently. oh no that that morphix which is apparently more mature than Gnoppix. Morphix wasn't as slick as Knoppix - it didn't work with my usb mouse, and the boot up screen had multipl

Re: [SLUG] help needed on gcc compiler

2003-10-14 Thread Rod Tunks
well wrote: > Hi All > > I'm working on downsizing a huge object code. It's compiled by gcc > and linked by ld. > For downsizing it, I remove "-g" to remove debug message. That's really > helpful and the code size is smaller but not enough. > I read gcc manual but it doesn't say if paramete

Re: [SLUG] help needed on gcc compiler

2003-10-14 Thread Andrew Bennetts
[Please don't post HTML to this list] On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 09:44:31AM +0800, well wrote: >Hi All > >I'm working on downsizing a huge object code. It's compiled by gcc and >linked by ld. >For downsizing it, I remove "-g" to remove debug message. That's really >helpfu

[SLUG] help needed on gcc compiler

2003-10-14 Thread well
Hi All       I'm working on downsizing a huge object code. It's compiled by gcc and linked by ld. For downsizing it, I remove "-g" to remove debug message. That's really helpful and the code size is smaller but not enough. I read gcc manual but it doesn't say if parameter will increase object

[SLUG] Gnoppix 0.6.0-beta1 release

2003-10-14 Thread Jan Schmidt
http://www.gnoppix.org/ 0.6.0-beta1 released. Apparently just like Knoppix, but with a Gnome 2.4 desktop instead of KDE. /me puts it on his list to take a look at. J. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homer: "No TV and No Beer make Homer something something" Marg

Re: [SLUG] Sharing a cd burner across network

2003-10-14 Thread Grant Parnell
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Kevin Saenz wrote: > Just wondering if anyone knows how to share a cd burner across a > network? My first thought is DONT. The most reliable approach is to offer either NFS or Samba shares to either plonk files or ISO images into. The shares should be on the same machine as

Re: [SLUG] Sharing a cd burner across network

2003-10-14 Thread Mike MacCana
On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 21:39, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 07:20:59PM +1000, Kevin Saenz wrote: > > Just wondering if anyone knows how to share a cd burner across a > > network? > > I vaguely remember some sort of generic "network block device" thing running > around in the kerne

Re: [SLUG] ot: xp firewall port 15932/9541

2003-10-14 Thread Karl Bowden
On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 18:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > sorry for such off-topic as windoze firewall... > > I just enabled firewall on windoze xp, checking it later, I discovered two > settings were auto magically enabled, on port msmsgs 15932 and 9541 > > I just disabled them, and, now I have 16

Re: [SLUG] Re: [activities] Codefest

2003-10-14 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: >I hereby offer to try and find/fix any bug in any piece of software that >mets the following conditions: I offer the following lists of bugs: http://bugs.qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/base.cgi http://bugs.qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/standard.cgi :-) -

Re: [SLUG] Gentoo

2003-10-14 Thread mlh
On 14 Oct 2003 13:54:06 +1000 Mike MacCana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want a customzied build... > > 1. grab the source packages from > http://ftp.horde.org/pub/SRPMS/rh9/ > 2. Install them with rpm -Uvh *.src.rpm > 3. Edit /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/(package).spec > 4. Append any custom opt

Re: [SLUG] Gentoo

2003-10-14 Thread Ben de Luca
I think this was meant to be sent to the list so ill send it back, answers are intermixed On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 09:48 PM, Dennis Robertson wrote: On Tuesday 14 October 2003 18:46, you wrote: Hi Dencar why don't you post to the list some one might help you? a few things- gentoo does

Re: [SLUG] Re: [activities] Codefest

2003-10-14 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: >I've got an idea, the coding equivalent of high wire trapeze that might >even bring non-coders, wanna-be coders and I-could-never-be-a-coders >along. I'll stand by and make fun of your buggy code. :p Just kidding. :-) - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SL

Re: [SLUG] Sharing a cd burner across network

2003-10-14 Thread Kevin Saenz
> Alternately, do what we do - person who wants to burn SSHes into the box > with the burner in it, and runs 'burncd ' - burncd being a wrapper > script I wrote for cdrecord. Works tastily for me. If you need a helping > hand making the image, I'm sure xcdroast or whatever you use could write the

Re: [SLUG] Re: [activities] Codefest

2003-10-14 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 08:14:32PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > I've got an idea, the coding equivalent of high wire trapeze that might > even bring non-coders, wanna-be coders and I-could-never-be-a-coders > along. That sounds like a hell of a lot of fun. I'd volunteer to a fellow "high-

Re: [SLUG] Sharing a cd burner across network

2003-10-14 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 07:20:59PM +1000, Kevin Saenz wrote: > Just wondering if anyone knows how to share a cd burner across a > network? I vaguely remember some sort of generic "network block device" thing running around in the kernel. Perhaps that could be fiddled to suit your needs. Alternat

Re: [SLUG] Re: [activities] Codefest

2003-10-14 Thread Angus Lees
At Tue, 14 Oct 2003 20:14:32 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > I hereby offer to try and find/fix any bug in any piece of software that > mets the following conditions: heh, that sounds like fun. -- - Gus (looking around for a meaty libc6/toolchain bug ;) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Grou

Fwd: Re: [SLUG] Gentoo

2003-10-14 Thread Dennis Robertson
--- Begin Message --- On Wednesday 15 October 2003 05:40, Oscar Plameras wrote: > > I've prepared a presentation called "About Gentoo for people who think > > its a crazy idea". It's on offer as a SLUG talk if anyone is interested. > > So, I'd be keenly interested to know what Gentoo has to offer.

[SLUG] Re: [activities] Codefest

2003-10-14 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:04:31 +1000 Benno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We have a room booking for the 8/11 at UNSW. The booking is from > 9am->10pm. How does this suit people? And anyone had any ideas for > talks they would like to give, or code they want to write? > I might ramble about some of t

Re: [SLUG] ot: xp firewall port 15932/9541

2003-10-14 Thread Amanda
they're probably the eXtreme sPyware ports that call home to M$ with all your personal info so they can harvest it & sell it. Amanda sorry, couldn't resist the dig. Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > sorry for such off-topic as windoze firewall... > > I just enabled firewall on windoze xp, checki

[SLUG] Sharing a cd burner across network

2003-10-14 Thread Kevin Saenz
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone knows how to share a cd burner across a network? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] ot: xp firewall port 15932/9541

2003-10-14 Thread voytek
sorry for such off-topic as windoze firewall... I just enabled firewall on windoze xp, checking it later, I discovered two settings were auto magically enabled, on port msmsgs 15932 and 9541 I just disabled them, and, now I have 16498 and 9459 enabled...? what are these...? -- SLUG - Sydney Lin

Re: [SLUG] Gentoo

2003-10-14 Thread Ben de Luca
Hi Dencar why don't you post to the list some one might help you? a few things- gentoo doesnt use runlevels like you think or maybee u have been used to on redhat? try using the default kernel sources? Some times the gentoo kernels can be a bit weird, you might want to log a bug report on bugs

Re: [SLUG] Gentoo

2003-10-14 Thread Oscar Plameras
From: "dencar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wednesday 15 October 2003 05:40, Oscar Plameras wrote: > > > I've prepared a presentation called "About Gentoo for people who think > > > its a crazy idea". It's on offer as a SLUG talk if anyone is interested. > > > > So, I'd be keenly interested to know

Re: [SLUG] Databases, some advice please.

2003-10-14 Thread lists
> I've just started out teaching myself SQL using mySQL as a platform, the > learning curve has been very comfortable so far. I am using it primarily > for web based stuff and find using mySQL and PHP together almost too > easy, that said I barely have my toes wet yet :-) . I find that the > docume

Re: [SLUG] Databases, some advice please.

2003-10-14 Thread Brad Kowalczyk
I've just started out teaching myself SQL using mySQL as a platform, the learning curve has been very comfortable so far. I am using it primarily for web based stuff and find using mySQL and PHP together almost too easy, that said I barely have my toes wet yet :-) . I find that the documentatio