Re: [SLUG] Wireless pcmcia cards

2004-06-27 Thread Kevin Saenz
When I plug the card into the laptop (HP pavilion ze4103s) the log message I get is Jun 27 16:17:52 laptop kernel: PCI: Enabling device :02:00.0 ( - 0002) Jun 27 16:17:52 laptop kernel: acx100_pci: probe of :02:00.0 failed with err or -5 I have downloaded acx100 libraries and

Re: [SLUG] Wireless pcmcia cards

2004-06-27 Thread Kevin Saenz
yes it's a G. hmmm, when I was looking for wireless cards a guy from elx told me that they don't sell wireless cards because some of distributers seem to change chipset mid stream and not tell anyone. hopefully the stuff I have found works ;-) I made the same mistake. The TI drivers are out

Re: About LPI exams (was Re: [SLUG] Semester 2 Linux Courses)

2004-06-27 Thread Dave Airlie
answers on before you submit the next question. example what does the 'man' command do ? if you type 'man' on the computer you will find out exactly what it does. this does not prove you ability to be a system administrator. according to LPI. yeah I've always hated this aspect of those

Re: About LPI exams (was Re: [SLUG] Semester 2 Linux Courses)

2004-06-27 Thread Ken Foskey
On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 16:40, Dave Airlie wrote: yeah I've always hated this aspect of those types of exams, (I've also never officially done any..), Sun exams seem to be similiar asking questions about an arcane switch on ls for example... where my thinking was being a good admin is knowing

[SLUG] Networking help

2004-06-27 Thread Phil Kerkin
Good evening. I have an interesting problem that has me completely bamboozled. A bit of background. I am relatively new to Linux. In the past, I have installed different versions, but have had no luck with networking. I have only ever used Windows, so command line is just a little daunting. I

Interested Was Re: About LPI exams (was Re: [SLUG] Semester 2 Linux Courses)

2004-06-27 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well im interested i emailed the gentleman who posted initially (graham??) not sure if he responded somewhere in the flood of responses. just need to know more details than the general ones right now eg. day of the week, do you need to be a tafe

Re: About LPI exams (was Re: [SLUG] Semester 2 Linux Courses)

2004-06-27 Thread Ben de Luca
The funny thing is that you wont find a systems administrator who doesn't get to practice his craft with out a computer. logical thinking, ability to research, patience and accuracy, these might make a good computer professional. Memory is about the one thing I am sure they don't need. Having

Re: [SLUG] Wireless pcmcia cards

2004-06-27 Thread Harald Richard Ashburner
Kevin Saenz said: yes it's a G. hmmm, when I was looking for wireless cards a guy from elx told me that they don't sell wireless cards because some of distributers seem to change chipset mid stream and not tell anyone. hopefully the stuff I have found works ;-) ELX sold me a pci wireless card

Re: [SLUG] Networking help

2004-06-27 Thread ksaenz
Well I don't think it's a network problem. because you can see addresses when you ping them. With the mandrakre and SuSE boxes do you have samba installed? have you considered reading the Samba pdc howto. make xp pro a member of the domain you created? have you tried using lineighborhood to use

[SLUG] Sun Ultra 5 Workstation

2004-06-27 Thread Stephen Grady
Hi, I have for sale one Sun Ultra 5 Workstation 270 MHz Ultra Sparc Processor 128M RAM, 9G HD, Sun Keyboard and Mouse (Ball Type) No monitor. Uses standard 25 pin VGA type monitor connection. Must be collected from either Blaxland or Lindfield I am looking for $100. I also have other Risc

[SLUG] Anyone have any experience with Kiosks?

2004-06-27 Thread Paul Robinson
Hi Sluggers, Trying to lock down a RH9 box so that it automatically logs in as a kiosk user and then starts up a FireFox browser window only (no window manager). I've achieved this to an extent - The only thing that doesn't work is the keyboard. I can move the mouse and click on links but

Re: [SLUG] Anyone have any experience with Kiosks?

2004-06-27 Thread Benno
On Mon Jun 28, 2004 at 11:58:02 +1000, Paul Robinson wrote: Hi Sluggers, Trying to lock down a RH9 box so that it automatically logs in as a kiosk user and then starts up a FireFox browser window only (no window manager). I've achieved this to an extent - The only thing that doesn't work is the

Re: [SLUG] Wireless pcmcia cards

2004-06-27 Thread ksaenz
I have the card working now ;-) I have followed the doco on linuxquestions.org. I will test it against other wireless devices shortly. On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:29 pm, Kevin Saenz wrote: Hi all, I just bought a d-link g650+ for my laptop I was just wondering if anyone has got the card