[SLUG] what evil lurks with supposedly updated Perl modules which thereafter cannot be installed.

2004-06-19 Thread The Salisburys
  summary: Cannot "test" or "make" modules Yet are "installed/updated"? . Perl module : IO(IO.o) Devel::Peek(Peek.o) IPC::SysV(SysV.o)  on Redhat 7.3,Redhat 8,Redhat 9, Centos EL3 Hi all   This is a call for anyone that identify with these linux (redhat) probs before I send to "perl

Re: [SLUG] linux laptop shopping

2004-06-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 i can vouch for an ibook. they are great. dont look past powerpc's. linux runs perfectly personally im running debian, but you can compile stuff if you like (which i sometimes do) works just like linux anywhere else. Dean Chris Deigan wrote: | quote("Si

Re: [SLUG] linux laptop shopping

2004-06-19 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Simon Males"); >Other things I feel I must have included: Firewire, which it seems that >many toshiba models lack. Audio must work, so should I pay attention to >the chipset. Possibly 64MB video (Nvidia I've had experience with >although I believe ATI has the portable market). Do not want

Re: [SLUG] linux laptop shopping

2004-06-19 Thread Jan Schmidt
> Within the next four weeks, I wish to be the proud owner of a laptop. > > Currently my target price is currently $2500. I do not want centrino > wireless tech because I plan to do some war driving and already have > PCMCIA card with the appropriate pigtails etc, further there is limited > l

[SLUG] linux laptop shopping

2004-06-19 Thread Simon Males
Within the next four weeks, I wish to be the proud owner of a laptop. Currently my target price is currently $2500. I do not want centrino wireless tech because I plan to do some war driving and already have PCMCIA card with the appropriate pigtails etc, further there is limited linux support (c

Re: Re. [SLUG] Re: mounting DVD & CDRW drives.

2004-06-19 Thread Martin
please just reply to the list, i don't need to be cc'd. $quoted_author = "Adam Bogacki" ; > > When I enter /dev/hdd into Gnome CD Player config (accessed from the top > panel) I get the message > > "You do not seem to have permission to access /dev/hdd. > This means that CD Player will not be a

Re: [SLUG] Re: Mozilla/Firebird issue with stgeorge.com.au

2004-06-19 Thread Richard Neal
I just gave up on Mozilla 1.4.x and trying to nail everything down and grabbed 1.5 and the heavens opened and java thus ran.. On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 18:19, Danny Yee wrote: > > If anyone has this working with Mozilla 1.4.1, I'd like to know which > Java version you're using. Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] Re: Mozilla/Firebird issue with stgeorge.com.au

2004-06-19 Thread Danny Yee
Kanwar Plaha wrote: > A BIG thanks to all who replied and helped out. I can > now access my stgeorge account through > Mozilla/Firebird. I'm still having trouble getting this working... I'm running Fedora Core 1, with Mozilla 1.4.1 and j2re 1.4.2 from Dag Wiers repository. Faking a Windows ID, it

Re: [SLUG] neophyte considering Xandros as a way out of Windows

2004-06-19 Thread Voytek Eymont
** Reply to note from SL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 19 Jun 2004 11:37:10 +1000 > The modem is a D-Link ADSL modem DSL-302G > connected by USB (as directed by TPG). > HOWEVER!... a bit of preliminary homework...incl looking at some > screenshots of Xandrossuggests to me that I am going to

Re. [SLUG] Re: mounting DVD & CDRW drives.

2004-06-19 Thread Adam Bogacki
> I understand that audio CD's & DVD's both use the iso9660 filesystem. audio cds do not use iso9660. CD players will try and access the drive directly. When I enter /dev/hdd into Gnome CD Player config (accessed from the top panel) I get the message "You do not see