[SLUG] RAID

2004-02-10 Thread James Gregory
Hi all, I'm intending to setup RAID on my home workstation for the first time ever tonight. It will be a fresh install on a pair of 160GB SATA drives. I have a couple of questions for the RAID gurus out there. I've got CDs for Mandrake 9.2 and Fedora Core 1 -- are either of these two easier from

Re: [SLUG] Trouble finding Linux

2004-02-10 Thread Andrew Cowie
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 14:19, Greg Brennan wrote: > I figure I can't run into too much trouble if it boots from the cd > (can I???) so I'll give it a try first. No, except for one thing. Live CDs like Knoppix and Morphix often probe for- and put icons on the desktop for- existing hard drive part

[SLUG] Seems simple enough...

2004-02-10 Thread Bill Bennett
Starting from the desktop, 1) Go into command line 2) Set font to required (ie., large) size 3) Maximise the page 4) Do whatever has to be done 5) Exit and log right out Next session, after the password, I'd like to begin at 4) There must be a way to do this. Any help, please? Regards, Bill Be

Re: [SLUG] Seems simple enough...

2004-02-10 Thread James Gregory
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 17:22, Bill Bennett wrote: > Starting from the desktop, > > 1) Go into command line > 2) Set font to required (ie., large) size > 3) Maximise the page > 4) Do whatever has to be done > 5) Exit and log right out > > Next session, after the password, I'd like to begin at 4) >

[SLUG] Phantom NFS mount

2004-02-10 Thread Simon Bryan
Hi all, This is a continuation of a problem I was having before, where directory is exported via NFS but when it is mounted on another machine gives an old copy of the directory. I think I know what is happening but not the cure! The directory in question is /var/auc/course, but I have just real

Re: [SLUG] Shared Calendar and Groupware Server

2004-02-10 Thread Paul Forrester
There is also Tutos, was originally sort of written as production support solution.. Demo at www.tutos.org Paul On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 14:49, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 03:49:21PM +1100, Kevin Fitzgerald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi All > > > > I have a situation wh

Re: [SLUG] Replace Organizer

2004-02-10 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
Forgot to menation, this one got: * contacts * reminders * notes * project management (inc gant charts etc) * export options * sms (you need smsclient) interface etc. It is getting bashed in our company everyday and has about 7 different table sets (goup of data) and prolly 2 entries.

Re: [SLUG] Mail Server Software...Which One???

2004-02-10 Thread Brad Kowalczyk
Terry Denovan wrote: Hi, I want to be able to setup a Linux based Mail Server which will be able to replace my current Exchange Server 5.5…. I need to be able to have all the mail, calendars, notes etc…stored on the server so Outlook 2000 or 2002, will be able to access it all like it does wit

Re: [SLUG] Shared Calendar and Groupware Server

2004-02-10 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 03:49:21PM +1100, Kevin Fitzgerald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi All > > I have a situation where I have a few Techs situated around the country > that all need to access a Shared Calendar/Job Logging system so we can > all see what Jobs are in action and what Techs are

Re: [SLUG] Replace Organizer

2004-02-10 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
Sluggers, On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 03:23:47PM +1100, Simon Bryan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > I am once again trying to replace Lotus Organizer on our network without I did that a while back! back then there wasnt much around and the stuff what was around didnt suit us, so I wrote one.

Re: [SLUG] Trouble finding Linux

2004-02-10 Thread Greg Brennan
Thanks Heracles and all who have replied.   I've just picked up a copy of PC Authourity with the Morphix cd. I figure I can't run into too much trouble if it boots from the cd (can I???) so I'll give it a try first.   Thanks again all.   Greg >>> Heracles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/02/04 9:05:47 pm

RE: [SLUG] Mail Server Software...Which One???

2004-02-10 Thread Terry Nelson
Hi, We are using CommuniGate Pro from Stalker (http://www.stalker.com) We are running it on Redhat 8.0. They recommend you don't use RH9. It's not free. We have 50 users. It cost us USD499 for one server with 50 users and plus USD1,199 for 50 Outlook (MAPI connector) users. It does mail, calen

Re: [SLUG] \setlength{\parsep}{15mm}

2004-02-10 Thread Gonzalo Servat
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 12:40, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 02:33:58PM +1100, Terry Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Mary Gardiner wrote: > > [snip] > > > Yes, thank you. That fixed it. Muchos Gracious (sp?) > > mucho gracias. Going OT now, but it's "muchas gracias" :

Re: [SLUG] \setlength{\parsep}{15mm}

2004-02-10 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 02:33:58PM +1100, Terry Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Mary Gardiner wrote: [snip] > Yes, thank you. That fixed it. Muchos Gracious (sp?) mucho gracias. j -- The email address in this email is used for Mailing Lists Only. Please reply ONLY to the list email

Re: [SLUG] Mail Server Software...Which One???

2004-02-10 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004, Terry Denovan wrote: > I want to be able to setup a Linux based Mail Server which will be > able to replace my current Exchange Server 5.5.. I need to be able to > have all the mail, calendars, notes etc.stored on the server so > Outlook 2000 or 2002, will be able to access it

Re: [SLUG] Mail Server Software...Which One???

2004-02-10 Thread ksaenz
There are quite a few really good groupware products, I have been trialing opengroupware it seems good the only problem is like most groupware product if you want to sync with outlook200x or PDAs you might need to purchase a plugin. > I want to be able to setup a Linux based Mail Server which wil

Re: [SLUG] Mail Server Software...Which One???

2004-02-10 Thread Gonzalo Servat
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 11:36, Terry Denovan wrote: > Hi, > > I want to be able to setup a Linux based Mail Server which will be > able to replace my current Exchange Server 5.5…. I need to be able to > have all the mail, calendars, notes etc…stored on the server so > Outlook 2000 or 2002, will be a

[SLUG] Mail Server Software...Which One???

2004-02-10 Thread Terry Denovan
Hi, I want to be able to setup a Linux based Mail Server which will be able to replace my current Exchange Server 5.5…. I need to be able to have all the mail, calendars, notes etc…stored on the server so Outlook 2000 or 2002, will be able to access it all like it does with Exchange Server

Re: [SLUG] Replace Organizer

2004-02-10 Thread Craige McWhirter
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 10:56, Alexander Samad wrote: > I use 1.4.4 on debian unstable Having said all this, I've just found that I was using 1.4.5-3 yet Debian/SID was now up to 1.4.5-3.2. We'll see what difference that makes :) -- Cheers, Craige. o/~ I'm going to die with a twinkle in m

Re: [SLUG] Replace Organizer

2004-02-10 Thread Alexander Samad
I use 1.4.4 on debian unstable and I can usually leave it running for a couple of months, every now and then it get slow (non responsive) but comes back to life. I only attach to an external ldap DB for contact and imap for folders. Alex On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:29:38AM +1100, Craige McWhirte

Re: [SLUG] Replace Organizer

2004-02-10 Thread Craige McWhirter
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 09:35, ksaenz wrote: > on Evolution1.4.4 is anyone experiencing issues like lockups on the app? > After a while I have to open a term and killall evolution > evolution-wombat Yes but on 1.4.5, it appears to be related to the contacts functionality. I use both local contacts

Debian install process not recommended (Re: [SLUG] (Re: [SLUG] Trouble finding Linux

2004-02-10 Thread Geoffrey Cowling
I am afraid this is true--I'm trying to swap from RedHat to Debian and finding it VERY difficult to upgrade or add or anything. What I find oddest is that programs on the install disc say they need upgraded lib components--but I cannot find them with apt, or if I do I am told they are incompatible

Re: [SLUG] Replace Organizer

2004-02-10 Thread ksaenz
> What about Evolutionno idea if it does the shared thing though. Apparently it does with the aid of a $69USD plugin that only works for exchange. on Evolution1.4.4 is anyone experiencing issues like lockups on the app? After a while I have to open a term and killall evolution evolution-

Re: [SLUG] Replace Organizer

2004-02-10 Thread Simon Bryan
Phil Scarratt said: > Simon Bryan wrote: >> Hi all, >> I am once again trying to replace Lotus Organizer on our network without >> having to resort to MS Exchange Server and MS Outlook. The only >> functionality we need is the Diary, Shared and Private, with decent >> printouts and potentially ala

Re: [SLUG] Trouble finding Linux

2004-02-10 Thread David Kempe
Heracles wrote: > Knoppix (based on the Debian Woody distribution) was on the last issue of Atomic magazine. It works like Morphix except that to install it to your HDD you have go to a terminal and type knx_install to start the install process. more recent versions of Knoppix have easier and more

Re: [SLUG] Replace Organizer

2004-02-10 Thread David Kempe
Simon Bryan wrote: Any ideas? Corel Office has a shared calendar thing that works pretty well on windows. just uses a database in a central location and a database driver on each machine to access the central shared calendar and people can then maintain private calendars. it works pretty well.

Re: [SLUG] Any GricDial experience with Linux?

2004-02-10 Thread David Kempe
Grant Parnell wrote: numbers of local ISP's... hopefully I can just dial up normally. yeah shouldn't be a problem. you could even hack up something that grepped the phonebook.txt for the right number. and then downloaded the updated phonebook.txt - you would need to figure out the URL using an up

Re: [SLUG] Running my cronjobs in a different timezone

2004-02-10 Thread Andrew Cowie
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 17:45, Jeff Waugh wrote: > I don't mind affecting every single process > I run on the machine - that would be a reasonably pleasant side-effect. Given that degree of latitude, why not just change the timezone of the whole box? Just because the machine is sitting in [NA]EST d

Re: [SLUG] Running my cronjobs in a different timezone

2004-02-10 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Tried setting TZ ? I'm under the impression (with some limited testing so far) that setting TZ will just set the timezones for the child processes, without affecting the timezone that cron uses when running my jobs. - Jeff -- GVADEC 2004: Kristiansand, Norwayhttp://2004.

[SLUG] Returned mail: Possible Virus Infection

2004-02-10 Thread Mail Delivery System
The original message was received Tue, 10 Feb 2004 06:03:26 -0500 from - - The following address(es) had permanent fatal errors - ; originally to brian (unrecoverable error) The mail system encountered a delivery failure, code -18. This failure could be due to circumstan

[SLUG] RE: replace organiser

2004-02-10 Thread Nicholas Tomlin
Simon, Have you looked at korganiser? Nick Tomlin. -- 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] Trouble finding Linux

2004-02-10 Thread Grant Parnell
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Chris Deigan wrote: > I can make a copy for you for pickup at a SLUG meeting (held at UTS Broadway, > short walk from Central, on the last friday of each month). > > Otherwise, EverythingLinux (elx.com.au) down at Five Dock would have a copy. Ta Chris - Mandrake 9.2 for $10.

Re: [SLUG] Trouble finding Linux

2004-02-10 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Heracles wrote: >Mandrake is 3 CDs usually, but I haven't seen it on the front of a >magazine recently. >However, You can get a copy of Morphix (based on the cutting edge Debian >distribution - sometimes referred to as unstable) on the cover of PC >Authority. It runs from your CDROM

Re: [SLUG] Trouble finding Linux

2004-02-10 Thread Heracles
On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 15:24, Greg Brennan wrote: > I'm interested in installing Linux on my home pc. I've heard > that Mandrake is probably the best for a beginner like myself, but I'm > having trouble finding a copy of this or any other version. As I would > prefer not to order online, I have been

Re: [SLUG] Replace Organizer

2004-02-10 Thread Phil Scarratt
Simon Bryan wrote: Hi all, I am once again trying to replace Lotus Organizer on our network without having to resort to MS Exchange Server and MS Outlook. The only functionality we need is the Diary, Shared and Private, with decent printouts and potentially alarms or alerts. The ability to sync wit