Re: [SLUG] NTP time server settings

2004-09-16 Thread amos
John Clarke wrote: On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 11:23:07 +1000, Rod Butcher wrote: Mandrake 10 provides a user-friendly install for NTP time server connection but it doesn't seem to actually adjust my time.. the modem light flickers but time doesn't change. I've tried uadelaide.edu.au and Check

Re: [SLUG] Seeking GNOME application for image manipulation

2004-09-16 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004, Tony Green wrote: Before switching to the OSX dark (but purty) side, I used to use the nautilus script function to do rotations on selected files. I just had an imagemagik script which called convert(?) with the right params... I hadn't really thought about

Re: [SLUG] NTP time server settings

2004-09-16 Thread John Clarke
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 10:31:58 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Clarke wrote: Check your firewall rules. You need to allow ntp (port 123 udp) in and out. I don't know mandrake but I got the impression that it's standard practice to have a rule like: # allow established

Re: [SLUG] NTP time server settings

2004-09-16 Thread Rod Butcher
The final straw that made me switch to Linux was when I was spending more time downloading and applying security patches and then allowing and not allowing my firewall to let my computer have strange conversations with outside forces, most of whom I suspect were located in Redmond, than I was

[SLUG] USB2 speed gain

2004-09-16 Thread Simon Males
How can I be ensure that I have got the USB2 speed gain. I pluged a friends hard drive based mp3 player to move files across. The files were moving in normal USBv1 speed. I mounted it as normal.. the only thing I can think if it the mounting. Below is from /etc/fstab: /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

Re: [SLUG] USB2 speed gain

2004-09-16 Thread amos
Simon Males wrote: How can I be ensure that I have got the USB2 speed gain. I pluged a friends hard drive based mp3 player to move files across. The files were moving in normal USBv1 speed. I mounted it as normal.. the only thing I can think if it the mounting. Below is from /etc/fstab:

Re: [SLUG] bind: rndc setup, where the keygen files go ?

2004-09-16 Thread amos
Voytek wrote: well, using the docs you pointed out, it does tell me that the file is not required, but, I'm still not getting past 'connect failed: connection refused' This rings a very familiar bell - just a few weeks ago someone reportted exactly the same error (which says that nobody is

Re: [SLUG] Linux Databases

2004-09-16 Thread amos
Edwin Humphries wrote: I'm trying to convert my personal PC use from Windoze to Linux. But there is a Win application that I've used for a long time for flat-file databases: Filemaker Pro. It's much better than other simple Win databases (eg, Access) and it isn't Microsoft! Can anyone suggest

RE: [SLUG] smoothwall for home firewall

2004-09-16 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Hi, I've been using Smoothwall for about a month. I tested it using (amongst others): http://www.grc.com/ Go to 'shields up'. The site (though I've heard it has it's detractors) gives you an idea of which ports are stealthed/closed/open. One of my Win machines runs McAfee also (paranoid,

[SLUG] networking dilema

2004-09-16 Thread Brad Dolph
I'm hoping someone can help with a problem I am having getting a Microsoft box and Linux box to recognise each other. The Microsoft box is running XP Pro and the Linux box is running Fedora. The IP addresses appear to be set up properly on each box but I cannot ping one to the other. Both boxes

RE: [SLUG] smoothwall for home firewall

2004-09-16 Thread Phillipus Gunawan
Does anybody ever using Smoothwall with Dlink200 with TPG? I've tried IPCop but it seems can not connect to Internet. the box can ping the gateaway, but unable to ping DNS server. --- Elliott-Brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been using Smoothwall for about a month. I tested it

Re: [SLUG] networking dilema

2004-09-16 Thread Phil Scarratt
Brad Dolph wrote: I'm hoping someone can help with a problem I am having getting a Microsoft box and Linux box to recognise each other. The Microsoft box is running XP Pro and the Linux box is running Fedora. The IP addresses appear to be set up properly on each box but I cannot ping one to the

Re: [SLUG] networking dilema

2004-09-16 Thread Dean Hamstead
make sure they both plugged into the hub/switch properly or crossover cable is connecting properly (heaven forbid, check your coaxial cable is working right) your problem from there is most likely that you havent set your network settings correctly you might pick something like windows IP

Re: [SLUG] networking dilema

2004-09-16 Thread O Plameras
Let's see if we can get more info about your network because as it is the info supplied is insufficient. On your linux box, login as root. What is the output of 'arp' ? For example, I get this, [EMAIL PROTECTED] oscarp]$ su - root Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# arp Address

Re: [SLUG] NTP time server settings

2004-09-16 Thread amos
Rod Butcher wrote: The final straw that made me switch to Linux was when I was spending more time downloading and applying security patches and then allowing and not allowing my firewall to let my computer have strange conversations with outside forces, most of whom I suspect were located in

Re: [SLUG] Archlinux

2004-09-16 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:59:23 +1000 Michael Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So far I have installed a base system, although as I mentioned to ctd lastnight it appears it lacks support out of the box for my nforce2 onboard ethernet. Should I go grab nvidia package for support and patch a kernel or

[SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Pia Smith
So LA have our new website. Finally! :) http://www.linux.org.au. Any breakages reported would be much appreciated! Rock on Australia, Pia -- Pia Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Pia Smith http://www.linux.org.au Rock on Australia, Phwoar! Sweet! ROCK ON AUSTRALIA! - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2005: Canberra, Australiahttp://linux.conf.au/ Whoever wrote [the Twisted documentation] uses a vivid and interesting style of prose which

[SLUG] MythTV vs Freevo

2004-09-16 Thread Jason Rennie
So what have people tried and what was there experience with these things ? Any recommendations ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] New site

2004-09-16 Thread john gibbons
Great new web site. Congrats to all involved. John. -- 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] Archlinux

2004-09-16 Thread Michael Fox
For archives... The problem was the fact that 0.6 has issues with modules... modules I had listed in the rc.conf wouldn't load at boot (but I could load them manually via insmod pathtomodule etc) Updated to 0.7 via internet (one of the updated packages was modules init script) and this solved

Re: [SLUG] MythTV vs Freevo

2004-09-16 Thread Michael Fox
I am yet to setup mythtv for myself, hopefully in about 3 weeks time when my hdtv card is purchased. In the meantime I have played around with a friends mythtv setup and the web interface he has is quite nice. This feature alone has interested me. I am yet to see how else you work with it. On

Re: [SLUG] networking dilema

2004-09-16 Thread DaZZa
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Brad Dolph wrote: I'm hoping someone can help with a problem I am having getting a Microsoft box and Linux box to recognise each other. The Microsoft box is running XP Pro and the Linux box is running Fedora. The IP addresses appear to be set up properly on each box but I

RE: [SLUG] smoothwall for home firewall

2004-09-16 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Yes. I'm using a dlink 200 USB and smoothwall. I've not used IPCOP, so, sorry, can't help. Patrick -Original Message- From: Phillipus Gunawan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2004 8:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] smoothwall for home firewall

[SLUG] Re: Re: How to fix a memory leak in an old kernel

2004-09-16 Thread chris
On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:21:59 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (with JRE 1.4.2-05) been more useable, but even then, when Eclipse runs out of memory, I have to reboot the machine. That's very strange - have you tried restartting Eclipse? How about increasing the JVM's

[SLUG] Re: Linux Advocate for Parliament

2004-09-16 Thread pia
Hi Nicholas, Nicholas Tomlin writes: Hell SLUGers, Interesting freudian ;) If elected to Parliament I will be pushing many barrows, one of them will be to convert the Australian computing landscape over to Open Source Software, But we already have the Democrats, Greens and even labor and

RE: [SLUG] smoothwall for home firewall

2004-09-16 Thread Kevin Fitzgerald
I use IPCOP regularly with all types of ethernet modems and routers. Feel free to contact me if I can help. What are the specific problems you're having? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elliott-Brennan Sent: Friday, 17 September 2004

Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Paul Robinson
Looks great and works fine in Firefox 0.9. Checked it in IE 6 SP1 and I can't click on any link or select text on the left hand half of the front page. Looks like a div is overlaying it. This wouldn't be a problem except the people we're trying to move away from windows would most likely be

RE: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Rowling, Jill
Hi all, Yes, I can confirm under IE6 SP1 6.0.2800.1106 the left hand text is not selectable, but I have no probs with that as it shows up fine under view source. Nice site though. Cheers, Jill. -Original Message- From: Paul Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 17 September

RE: [SLUG] Debian sarge on vmware

2004-09-16 Thread Robert Tillsley
Finally got gnome running. The vmware driver needed to have no default depth chosen. I then got the following error when starting gnome: oafiid:gnome_Settingsdaemon had to restart too many times or something like that. I re-did apt-get install gnome-core and now only the screensaver isn't working.

[SLUG] Re: New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Ashley Maher
Ahh, sorry disagree. Regards, Ashley -- 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] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Stuart Cooper
I just tried to go there again (http://www.linux.org.au) and it's reverting to http://old.linux.org.au// Maybe the new server is down-- it couldn't handle the SLUGdot effect!! Stuart. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Dean Hamstead
yep, something killed it good whos hosting it, and what is it running on? (der linux, but hardware) Dean Stuart Cooper wrote: I just tried to go there again (http://www.linux.org.au) and it's reverting to http://old.linux.org.au// Maybe the new server is down-- it couldn't handle the SLUGdot

Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread John Clarke
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 02:06:26 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: yep, something killed it good I've just tried from three places: work, via connect.com.au, home, via Internode, and Zip's (Pacific) shell server (text only). All show the new page. Are you sure it's not a problem at your end?

Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Paul Robinson
I was seeing the new site (hence earlier posts) but did, for about 30 mins, get redirected to old.linux.org.au.. The new site is now back up though. Paul John Clarke wrote: On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 02:06:26 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: yep, something killed it good

Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Michael Lake
John Clarke wrote: On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 02:06:26 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: yep, something killed it good I've just tried from three places: work, via connect.com.au, home, via Internode, and Zip's (Pacific) shell server (text only). All show the new page. Are you sure it's not a problem at

Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Dean Hamstead
NOW its working. it was working this morning, but when i saw the post that it was down and so i checked it and had the same result here at work we area connected via commindico 1 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 172.16.2.254 2 10 ms15 ms 10 ms eth1-bdr3.pen.pnc.com.au [203.91.245. 315

Re: [Web-team] Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Stewart Smith
First of all, thanks for the feedback - it is appreciated Brian Robson said: The idea of having a new website for LA is great, but this new website does not ROCK at all. It has serious design and usability errors, a few of which are outlined below. But these are easily fixed. I wouldn't

Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Terry Collins
someone training for user support {:-) wrote: Are you sure it's not a problem at your end? ROFL. Nope, it was definitely a site problem. Working now. Definitely slow. I preferred the old one myself. There wasn't this question of where to find stuff?. -- Terry Collins {:-)}}} email:

Re: [Linux-aus] Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Stewart Smith
Paul Robinson said: Looks great and works fine in Firefox 0.9. rockin! Checked it in IE 6 SP1 and I can't click on any link or select text on the left hand half of the front page. Looks like a div is overlaying it. This wouldn't be a problem except the people we're trying to move away

Re: [Web-team] Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread James Gregory
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 14:56 +1000, Stewart Smith wrote: Yes. Will be clarified in the next memberdb release. Wit the main website largely done now (apart from fixups and maintenance) i should be able to spend more time getting memberdb up to scratch. In my defense - i'm only currently calling

Re: [Web-team] Re: [SLUG] New website rocks!

2004-09-16 Thread Stewart Smith
James Gregory said: Any chance you could make the source available? That way you can get patches from web-ninjas everywhere to make it better. This probably does make sense, yes. We'll discuss this within ctte/web team - i don't forsee any objections, probably just do a quick check to make

Re: [SLUG] Re: Re: How to fix a memory leak in an old kernel

2004-09-16 Thread amos
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:21:59 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (with JRE 1.4.2-05) been more useable, but even then, when Eclipse runs out of memory, I have to reboot the machine. That's very strange - have you tried restartting Eclipse? How about