Re: [SLUG] VOIP like skype (apologies if this is a re-send)

2004-01-14 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know of a Linux VoIP client compatible with Skype etc, please? Supposedly kphone works with other SIP phones (Skype isn't SIP -- it's some proprietrary crap) but I haven't been able to get it to work with Free World Dialup (http:

Re: [SLUG] VOIP like skype (apologies if this is a re-send)

2004-01-14 Thread Richard Neal
Welcome to lock_in hell Skype is frowned on in the communications industry as its not a joint standard and it tied into one company ** cough ms word cough **. SIP and H.323 (and some derivative standards) are fully supported by CISCO/Linux/NEC/SAMSUNG/ALCATEL just to name a few. There are Linux Vo

Re: [SLUG] ssh with packet loss

2004-01-14 Thread Gottfried Szing
hi does any of your gurus here have an idea to make the "recovery" of the ssh-session faster? nfi about how to make ssh recover faster, if it's at all possible, but have you looked at using mtr to show you if it's packetloss and/or latency? mtr rocks for network probs :) yep, but it only confirms

Re: [SLUG] ssh with packet loss

2004-01-14 Thread Gottfried Szing
hi if it's definitely packet loss then there's nothing ssh can do about it.. maybe get a wireless sniffer to examine the signal strength - check you have good reception.. > also, i had a wireless AP that the signal strength continually dropped to 0, causing dropouts of various connections for som

Re: [SLUG] screen(1) lovers anonymous

2004-01-14 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 12:50:04PM +1100, Jobst Schmalenbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 12:28:47AM +1100, Rob B ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > Here's a cool feature that I've added to all of my ~/.screenrc files now: > > > > > > hardstatus on > > >

[SLUG] chgrp question and/or problem.

2004-01-14 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
all, I havent had to do this for a while ie change group status as a USER, but now I do ... /tmp is a mounted partition. [127] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >ls -la /tmp total 7760 drwxrwxrwt 19 root root16384 Jan 15 12:38 . drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 4096 Oct 22 23:20 .. [snip]

Re: [slug] NMEA logging

2004-01-14 Thread Nicholas Tomlin
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:51 am, you wrote: > > These guys have one listed: > > http://www.everythinglinux.com.au/item/UC232A > > so it might be worth trying to get hold of that particular model, there > or elsewhere. > > > > Felix Felix, Thanks, I went to domayne and grabbed a Belken F5U409CU USB

Re: [slug] NMEA logging

2004-01-14 Thread Felix Sheldon
Nicholas Tomlin wrote: On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:51 am, you wrote: These guys have one listed: http://www.everythinglinux.com.au/item/UC232A so it might be worth trying to get hold of that particular model, there or elsewhere. Felix Felix, Thanks, I went to domayne and grabbed a Belken

[SLUG] Debian developer wins Sun award

2004-01-14 Thread Craige McWhirter
Congratulations Matt :) http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/14/1073877881076.html "Matthew Palmer, a developer for the free Linux distribution, Debian GNU/Linux, has won the 2004 national Regional Delegates Program award at Australia's national Linux conference, linux.conf.au. The award is spon

[SLUG] Picture show screen saver

2004-01-14 Thread Berowne Hlavaty
Title: Message Has anyone come  across a screen saver that cycles through a directory of JPEGs, much like OSX and XP Home?Thanks   Berowne -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Debian developer wins Sun award

2004-01-14 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 01:44:43PM +1100, Craige McWhirter wrote: > Congratulations Matt :) > > http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/14/1073877881076.html Sweet! Got a good plug for CBNSW in there too. Since it's out there, does anyone have any suggestions of public places the signed T-shirt c

[SLUG] What happened to Cetus Tech?

2004-01-14 Thread DaZZa
I know it's been asked before, but I can't find it in the archives. What happened to Len Chan's Cetus tech? I have a vague memory of a name change - but can't recall if I'm right, or if I am what the new name is? Anyone? DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.

Lankum! (Was: [SLUG] What happened to Cetus Tech?)

2004-01-14 Thread Peter Hardy
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 14:53, DaZZa wrote: > I know it's been asked before, but I can't find it in the archives. > > What happened to Len Chan's Cetus tech? I have a vague memory of a name > change - but can't recall if I'm right, or if I am what the new name is? Len's still around, and the compan

Re: [SLUG] What happened to Cetus Tech?

2004-01-14 Thread Graham Smith
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:53, DaZZa wrote: > I know it's been asked before, but I can't find it in the archives. > > What happened to Len Chan's Cetus tech? I have a vague memory of a name > change - but can't recall if I'm right, or if I am what the new name is? > > Anyone? > > DaZZa I think this is

Re: [SLUG] What happened to Cetus Tech?

2004-01-14 Thread DaZZa
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Graham Smith wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:53, DaZZa wrote: > > I know it's been asked before, but I can't find it in the archives. > > What happened to Len Chan's Cetus tech? I have a vague memory of a name > > change - but can't recall if I'm right, or if I am what the new

Re: [SLUG] chgrp question and/or problem.

2004-01-14 Thread Michael Chesterton
Jobst Schmalenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I havent had to do this for a while ie change group status as a > USER, but now I do ... You need to be a member of the group you're chgrp'ing to. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: h

[SLUG] Jog my memory X11 root window

2004-01-14 Thread DE LUCA Ben
I am hoping some one might be able to job my memory I am trying to remember the application that lets you spawn an X11 root window inside a child window. I remember playing with it a while ago whilst I was having fun with x2x. Can some one help me ? Ben de Luca -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Gro

Re: [SLUG] Jog my memory X11 root window

2004-01-14 Thread Peter Hardy
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 15:38, DE LUCA Ben wrote: > I am hoping some one might be able to job my memory I am trying to remember > the application that lets you spawn an X11 root window inside a child > window. I remember playing with it a while ago whilst I was having fun with > x2x. > > Can some on

Re: [SLUG] where is lilo source

2004-01-14 Thread Dan Maftei
I found it here: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo/lilo-22.5.7.tar.gz -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html