[SLUG] Re: Thanks to COMPSOC Installfest helpers.

On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 03:59:18PM +1000, Andrew Lau wrote: > Dave Cox Dave Cock > Tom Tom Sewell Sorry guys = ) Cheers, Andrew "Netsnipe" Lau -- --- Andrew "Netsnipe" Lau Deb

[SLUG] Thanks to UNSW COMPSOC Installfest helpers

Hey everyone, I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank the following people for helping COMPSOC hold a successful Linux Installfest for this session last Saturday in which we installed Linux

Re: [SLUG] Getting set up on linux

On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 17:29 +1000, Michael Fox wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm interested in getting set up on linux > > > > I have a laptop presario pentium 3 compacq computer. I need all the usual > > things, word processing, movies, music, databasing, excell, and the > > internet. > > > > I live miles

Re: [SLUG] OO PDF Export

On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 11:57, Glen Turner wrote: > Yeah, I particularly like the way in 1.1.0 that the entire PDF file is > contained in one page. The simple workaround is to turn off "online mode", and then generate the PDF. It will do what you were expecting it to do. It would seem good advice to

Re: [SLUG] ACS Draft Policy on FOSS

On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 20:41, Jeff Waugh wrote: > Yeah, OO.o produces pretty whacky PDFs. I just churn 'em out for the Free > World, man! Yeah! Groovy! Yeah, I particularly like the way in 1.1.0 that the entire PDF file is contained in one page. So when printing software is configured with "fit to

Re: [SLUG] mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

OK, now I have that straight - the cd IS hdb. But I still have the system trying to load the floppy driver to mount the cd! On 29 Apr 2004 at 10:18, John Clarke wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 10:11:08AM +1000, Edwin Humphries wrote: > > > Should the /dev/cdrom symlink be pointing to /dev/hdc

Re: [SLUG] [OT] Intech wants to be Geeks' bank

Dear list, I'm surprised at the apparent lack of interest in helping Intech help us. We all know *Banks are Bastards* and here is a member driven organisation wanting geeks to design an account for geeks and no one is interested. Please create your own wishlist, YOU might just get it. http://

Re: [SLUG] mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 10:11:08AM +1000, Edwin Humphries wrote: > Should the /dev/cdrom symlink be pointing to /dev/hdc rather than Yes, *if* your CD is the master device on the secondary IDE controller. Primary master is hda, primary slave is hdb, secondary master is hdc and secondary slave is

[SLUG] mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

G'day, I'm getting the error message "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device" when I try to mount the CD. This is after installing RH7.2 on an old Pentium I/166 (to modify an old 7.2-based application); the box has no floppy drive. I raise that because the /dev/cdrom symlink points to /

[SLUG] Re: [MURLUG]Bash & Rsync Weirdness

Problem solved. There _is_ a syntax error. On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 08:57, Howard Lowndes wrote: > I had a bash script that contains a lot of rsync commands and works fine > as a straight forward script. > > During restructuring of this script I put the rsync commands into a > series of bash funct

[SLUG] Bash & Rsync Weirdness

I had a bash script that contains a lot of rsync commands and works fine as a straight forward script. During restructuring of this script I put the rsync commands into a series of bash function statements and then call the required function from a case/esac conditional. Syntactically there is no

[SLUG] LAN Traffic Regulator

Hi, I have a linux gateway connected to the net (RedHat 9), with a small network hanging off it. I'd like to be able to regulate the flow of traffic to the separate (fixed) ip addresses on the network. Because some computers are hogging bandwidth, I'd like to be able to dynamically change quota on

Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] SLUG Monthly meeting, Friday April 30th

quote("Philip Rhoades"); >People, > >Will the FTA talk show up on the "Past Talks" page? - I won't be able >to get to the meeting . . Sure, I'll make sure this get's done upon Rusty's permission. - Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] ACS Draft Policy on FOSS

On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 21:11, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > >http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/random/acs-oss-policy/ > > > > I downloaded the PDF. It views fine in acrobat, but ghostscript falls > > over (/undefined in TZ, etc.). It's a version 1.4 PDF though, so my > > old xpdf can't read it at all.

[SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] SLUG Monthly meeting, Friday April 30th

People, Will the FTA talk show up on the "Past Talks" page? - I won't be able to get to the meeting . . Thanks, Phil. On 2004.04.28 00:40, Peter Hardy wrote: http://slug.org.au/events/detail.html?id=139 When: Friday, April 30, 6:30pm - 9:30pm Where: UTS Broadway, room 2.4.22 SLUG's m

Re: [SLUG] ACS Draft Policy on FOSS

> >http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/random/acs-oss-policy/ > > I downloaded the PDF. It views fine in acrobat, but ghostscript falls > over (/undefined in TZ, etc.). It's a version 1.4 PDF though, so my > old xpdf can't read it at all. Guess I'll print it at work tomorrow. Yeah, OO.o produces

Re: [SLUG] ACS Draft Policy on FOSS

On 28 Apr, Jeff Waugh wrote: > So, OSEG got together with ACS to > develop their policy on FOSS. They've put a draft up, which I've converted > to HTML and PDF: > >http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/random/acs-oss-policy/ I downloaded the PDF. It views f

FW: [SLUG] Getting set up on linux

Someone from this mailing list posted this link last week I think. I found it helpful http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml I have found Mandrake to be a good distro to install. Seems to be more setup for new Linux users and easy to install. It also recognised my hardware wh

Re: [SLUG] [OT] Intech wants to be Geeks' bank

> If you really pissed at *YOUR BANK* here is a chance to make a difference. > It may not occur but if you do not tell them what *YOU* want how do they > make it :) > > Also, I suggested that they sponsor various SLUG activies such as > Installfest etc. Cool stuff, So, they're online only - wh

[SLUG] [OT] Intech wants to be Geeks' bank

Dear list, I am an Intech Credit Union member and have been for many years and I rang them this afternoon to complain about their Internet bank having an old Security Certificate. Not only did I get straight though to someone who knew what I was talking about but said he would fix it tonight.