Re: [SLUG] installing amsn error

2004-10-05 Thread Gareth Smith
Ian Wienand wrote: On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 12:11:12PM +1000, Gareth Smith wrote: #apt-get install amsn Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: kde: Depends: kdebase-audiolibs but it is not going to be installed or kdebase3-audiolibs but it is not

Re: [SLUG] installing amsn error

2004-10-05 Thread Jan Schmidt
quote who=Gareth Smith Ian Wienand wrote: Does it do something that gaim doesn't? I tryed #apt-get update but it didn't seem to do much but I did some more reading and I'm gonna try #apt-get -u upgrade to upgrade all my packages. I haven't tryed gaim, but I'll try it. I thought gaim was

[SLUG] Re: Returned mail: see transcript for details

2004-10-05 Thread Auto-reply from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[SLUG] MythTv channel config

2004-10-05 Thread Jason Rennie
Hi all, Anybody got the channel settings for digital tv in sydney ? Or better yet, mythtv setup with channels for digital tv in sydney and the appropriate mysql table ? Or even just where to find them ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Hi Ben, I've looked (VERY closely) at the mouse and tablet. There are no buttons of any form on the tablet and the pen buttons relate only to the buttons on a mouse (bugger). I'm not sure how to reset the factory settings - they seem to relate to something that Mandrake have installed. There is

[SLUG] Re: MythTv channel config

2004-10-05 Thread Ben Buxton
Jason Rennie [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered the following thing: Hi all, Anybody got the channel settings for digital tv in sydney ? Or better yet, mythtv setup with channels for digital tv in sydney and the appropriate mysql table ? Or even just where to find them ? Not for mythtv, but

[SLUG] Wireless Modem drivers

2004-10-05 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Hi all, I'm not sure if it's of any interest to anyone, but thought I'd raise it just in case (I'm trying to convince a rel to go Linux and she wants to be wireless. I'm also trying to persuade her to persuade the local diocese too :))) I came across this company in my surfing. They appear to

Re: [SLUG] Wireless Modem drivers

2004-10-05 Thread Steven Chang-Lin Yu
Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi all, I'm not sure if it's of any interest to anyone, but thought I'd raise it just in case (I'm trying to convince a rel to go Linux and she wants to be wireless. I'm also trying to persuade her to persuade the local diocese too :))) I came across this company in my

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need helpunderstanding :)

2004-10-05 Thread James Gregory
On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 19:48 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi James, The tablet and pen worked 'out of the box' in the (problematic) manner I've described. The site I mentioned: I don't have the *vaguest* idea of how to implement what they suggest (it may make sense and it's just that I lack

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? needhelpunderstanding :)

2004-10-05 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Hiya, Here's the output: lsmod Module Size Used by ipt_pkttype 1536 4 ip_nat_irc 3984 0 ip_nat_tftp 3248 0 ip_nat_ftp 4592 0 ip_conntrack_irc 71124 1 ip_nat_irc ip_conntrack_tftp 3348 0 ip_conntrack_ftp

Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread O Plameras
Elliott-Brennan wrote: /lub/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/input/aiptek.ko.go The above file appears, aiptek.ko in Fedora. But you have Mandrake. In your /boot directory check for a file that says config-2.6.x In this file, check if you have a line that says, CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK=m then

Re: [SLUG] Wireless Modem drivers

2004-10-05 Thread O Plameras
Steven Chang-Lin Yu wrote: Wireless modem? when did modem become wireless? or you mean the adsl modem/router Bluetooth dongle works as a modem using BlueZ rfcomm protocol stack. You can dial to another Bluetooth enabled device and run PPP and works exactly like your analog modem to access a

[SLUG] Suse 9.1

2004-10-05 Thread Mike Staver
I just installed Suse 9.1, upgrading from Red Hat 9 (I know, I'm way behind) and I have several questions. I installed Sendmail instead of postfix because I know it, and I turned on imap in /etc/xinit.d and then restarted the machine. I'm having 2 issues: 1) When users try to connect over

Re: [SLUG] FC2 BREAKS sound card

2004-10-05 Thread Linley Caetan
O Plameras wrote: snip Did you upgrade from Fedora Core 1 ? Let us do this once more by modifying your 'Makefile' as follows: 1. Change directory to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.5-1.358]# 2. Then, [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.5-1.358]# vi Makefile and change the fourth line, that says,

[SLUG] Re: Re: Hello

2004-10-05 Thread webmaster
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Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)

2004-10-05 Thread Ben de Luca
Quickly looking through the mailing list archive on the site you mentioned I wonder if you need to alter your xorg/Xfree config to look some thing like x-tad-bigger Section ServerLayout Identifier single head configuration Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer

[SLUG] updating gaim apt-get

2004-10-05 Thread Gareth Smith
currently my list.source file has sources from http://www.slug.org.au/sydney.html but I can't get the latest gaim. To use msn I need version 0.69 or greater, the only version of gaim I can get is 0.58 and I can't run msn on this version as they say on http://gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#q66 How

[SLUG] Postfix mess

2004-10-05 Thread Alan L Tyree
I have just installed a postfix setup and made a boo-boo. For some reason, mail is set as being From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@x. it should be [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where do I look to fix this? Thanks, Alan -- -- Alan L Tyree

Re: [SLUG] FC2 BREAKS sound card

2004-10-05 Thread O Plameras
Linley Caetan wrote: thanks again Oscar , looks like I got a bit further, made it to : make install_modules with this error: INSTALL drivers/media/video/zr36067.ko if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.5-1.358-lcaetan; fi make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 143 Can you tell

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Hi O Plameras, As you suggested below, I checked the config file and is showed 'CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK=m'. I then '#modprobe aiptek' as you suggested (now bare with me as I'm new to this - well, 2 1/2 months new :) So, the output from that was...well, nothing visible to me. What do I do next? The

Re: [SLUG] updating gaim apt-get

2004-10-05 Thread Rocci
Gareth Smith wrote: currently my list.source file has sources from http://www.slug.org.au/sydney.html but I can't get the latest gaim. To use msn I need version 0.69 or greater, the only version of gaim I can get is 0.58 and I can't run msn on this version as they say on

Re: [SLUG] Postfix mess

2004-10-05 Thread Shane Machon
Hi Alan, My guess is an incorrect value in the myhostname variable. You need to modify the myhostname value in /etc/postfix/main.cf. Set this value to just your domain name and restart postfix. Cheers, Shane. On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 08:55, Alan L Tyree wrote: I have just installed a postfix

Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread O Plameras
Elliott-Brennan wrote: As you suggested below, I checked the config file and is showed 'CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK=m'. I then '#modprobe aiptek' as you suggested (now bare with me as I'm new to this - well, 2 1/2 months new :) So, the output from that was...well, nothing visible to me. After modprobe

Re: [SLUG] updating gaim apt-get

2004-10-05 Thread Ian Wienand
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 08:47:58AM +1000, Gareth Smith wrote: To use msn I need version 0.69 or greater, the only version of gaim I can get is 0.58 and I can't run msn on this version as they say on http://gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#q66 That looks like the version from Debian stable. You

Re: [SLUG] Postfix mess

2004-10-05 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:46:18 +1000 Shane Machon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Alan, My guess is an incorrect value in the myhostname variable. You need to modify the myhostname value in /etc/postfix/main.cf. Set this value to just your domain name and restart postfix. SNIP Thanks Shane -

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Hokely dokely. So: modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: Module SizeUsed by aiptek 51520 Usbcore 99132 9 usbmouse, aiptek, hid, uhci-hcd FYI I use a ps/2 mouse I've just tested the tablet and it's actions/behaviour is unmodified... I

Re: [SLUG] Postfix mess - NOT!

2004-10-05 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:30:42 +1000 Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:46:18 +1000 Shane Machon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Alan, My guess is an incorrect value in the myhostname variable. You need to modify the myhostname value in /etc/postfix/main.cf.

Re: [SLUG] Postfix mess

2004-10-05 Thread Craige McWhirter
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 10:30 +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: Thanks Shane - it turns out that my problem is slightly different from what I described. I *want* the From line to be: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is really handled in your MUA. If your MUA can't do it, switch to something like Mutt or

Re: [SLUG] Postfix mess

2004-10-05 Thread Shane Machon
Hi Alan, Ok, that's a little different :) The first part of the email address is configurable in your email client. Just make sure you have an alias to your account name from alan to alant (in /etc/aliases). But the main problem is with your email client, not postfix. Cheers, Shane. On Wed,

Re: [SLUG] Postfix mess

2004-10-05 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 10:41:02 +1000 Shane Machon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Alan, Ok, that's a little different :) The first part of the email address is configurable in your email client. Just make sure you have an alias to your account name from alan to alant (in /etc/aliases). But

Re: [SLUG] Postfix mess - NOT!

2004-10-05 Thread Craige McWhirter
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 10:36 +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: I just realised that it is not a postfix problem at all since this mail is sent via postfix. It is a mutt problem - which I can probably fix. In your .muttrc put this: set from=\My Name\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Hell is empty and all the

Re: [SLUG] Wireless Modem drivers

2004-10-05 Thread Mike MacCana
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 01:44 +1000, O Plameras wrote: Steven Chang-Lin Yu wrote: Wireless modem? when did modem become wireless? or you mean the adsl modem/router Bluetooth dongle works as a modem using BlueZ rfcomm protocol stack. You can dial to another Bluetooth enabled device and

Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread O Plameras
Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hokely dokely. So: modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: Module SizeUsed by aiptek 51520 Usbcore 99132 9 usbmouse, aiptek, hid, uhci-hcd FYI I use a ps/2 mouse I've just tested the tablet and it's actions/behaviour is

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Hi, I'll enter a post there. What I have read as suggestions are WAY beyond anything I'm able to do - even the instructions are far too complicated :( Thanks. -Original Message- From: O Plameras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[SLUG] Unwired broadband service.

2004-10-05 Thread john gibbons
Greetings. Has anyone had any experience hooking up to the new 'Unwired' broadband service? I asked them but got an email saying they do not support Linux and I should contact my local network technician, which I have not got. I have Windows XP and Fedora 1 dual booted. Thanks for any advice.

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)

2004-10-05 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Title: Message Thanks to all. I'm going to enter a listing at Sourceforge, as suggested, but I seem to have my tablet already working better than most ... through no effort on my behalf other than plugging it in. Any other suggestions will be appreciated. Any cheap 2nd-hand Wacom tablets

Re: [SLUG] Unwired broadband service.

2004-10-05 Thread David Kempe
john gibbons wrote: Greetings. Has anyone had any experience hooking up to the new 'Unwired' broadband service? I asked them but got an email saying they do not support Linux and I should contact my local network technician, which I have not got. it works fine with linux - its just straight

Re: [SLUG] Wireless Modem drivers

2004-10-05 Thread O Plameras
Mike MacCana wrote: Aye, it is indeed. /dev/rfcomm0 is your serial port, your phone is your modem. And all for a mere $3.38 per MB. Thanks Optus! It is provided as WAP service by telecom companies. Bluetooth is tremendously cost-effective and flexible as a wirless networking solution for

Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread O Plameras
Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi, I'll enter a post there. What I have read as suggestions are WAY beyond anything I'm able to do - even the instructions are far too complicated :( Thanks. Hokely dokely. So: modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: Module SizeUsed by aiptek

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread James Gregory
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 10:35 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Just btw, rebuilding the kernel here is unnecessary. The Mandrake kernel ships with the aiptek module. modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: ModuleSizeUsed by aiptek51520 The

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need helpunderstanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread James Gregory
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 12:21 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: James, Thanks. I'll look at this. Umhh - how do I find 'man aiptek' You open up a terminal and type 'man aiptek'. Thank god I don't need to rebuild the kernel - everytime I see something that mentions this, I think it

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need helpunderstanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread James Gregory
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 12:34 +1000, James Gregory wrote: Also, Ben earlier suggested something like: [...] That might work. I think you'll get best results if you use the aiptek driver directly though. arh. I'm an idiot. That snipper *did* include a reference to the aiptek driver. It

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? needhelpunderstanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Okay. At the risk of appearing Uber-careful and pedantic (and I know that's what I'm being), I open the xfree86-4 file and enter the lines Ben suggested - making sure I keep a copy of the original file first!!! Is there any particular 'place' in the file that it should be entered, or anywhere in

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? needhelpunderstanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread James Gregory
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 12:55 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Okay. At the risk of appearing Uber-careful and pedantic (and I know that's what I'm being), I open the xfree86-4 file and enter the lines Ben suggested - making sure I keep a copy of the original file first!!! Is there any

[SLUG] Postfix mess (mutt config) - update

2004-10-05 Thread Alan L Tyree
Just for the archives: the Debian distributions have # don't generate a From header unset use_from in the /etc/Muttrc configuration. This overrides the setting in the .muttrc file Changing to set use_from fixes it (obviously). Thanks to those who helped me with this. Cheers, Alan --

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Hi, After running modprobe aiptek (as root) and then lsmod (as root), and nothing else, I have lost net connection and connection to my server (home network). I've tried to reset the net connection be deleting the old one and installing a new one and then rebooting (it says to restart X but I

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread James Gregory
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 14:20 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi, After running modprobe aiptek (as root) and then lsmod (as root), and nothing else, I have lost net connection and connection to my server (home network). It is highly unlikely that loading those modules directly caused your net

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread Elliott-Brennan
I can't turn off the smoothwall, as that provides access - when it's off, there's no access to the net. I could never get the USB modem to work in Mandrake :( Route -n gives [EMAIL PROTECTED] patrick]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] patrick]# route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination

RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)

2004-10-05 Thread James Gregory
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 15:28 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: I can't turn off the smoothwall, as that provides access - when it's off, there's no access to the net. I didn't realise it was a separate machine. What I meant was to disable the firewalling functionality to see if that restores access.