[SLUG] Unwired broadband service

Thanks to all for your help. I have a couple of months to go on my current Optusnet broadband contract. Then I'll take it a step further with Unwired and report in on events in case others are wondering too. John. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/

RE: [SLUG] Unwired broadband service.

Hi John Yeah, it's easy. Configure it through XP (They have a Windows based config) and then once it is configured, shut down the box and start Linux. It will get an IP through DHCP and all will be well The initial setup uses the Modems serial number to register with Unwireds servers.. Give

[SLUG] USB Flight yoke recommendation ?

I'm looking at getting a basic USB flight yoke to use with FlightGear flight simulator. Any recommendations - I have 2.6.7 kernel - presumably I'd need to recompile it to include the appropriate driver, or are they generic ? thanks Rod --

Re: [SLUG] Unwired broadband service.

Kevin Fitzgerald wrote: Yeah, it's easy. Configure it through XP (They have a Windows based config) and then once it is configured, shut down the box and start Linux. It will get an IP through DHCP and all will be well The initial setup uses the Modems serial number to register with Unwireds

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

I've turned off shorewall on the mandrake box (I'm behind a smoothwall box for net access), and access has returned. I'm not sure how it even started to get in the way. Any ideas? Apologies for the rapid posts - I've got parent's brain at the moment (both kids waking in the middle of the night %)

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

This one time, at band camp, Elliott-Brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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). Well, you are having more success than I with a Wacom Tablet.

[SLUG] Mail bounce

Hi, I've been replying to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] address - mail is going through, but I'm also getting this: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 6:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: DBMAIL: delivery failure This is the

Re: [SLUG] FC2 BREAKS sound card

O Plameras wrote: Can you tell us the ff: 1. Did you upgrade from FC 1? 2. Are you running text mode or X mode when compiling ? 3. How much memory do you have ? 4. What hardware platform (x86?, others) ? Xmode running x86 hardware 256mb -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] FC2 BREAKS sound card

and yes upgrade from fc1 -- 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] FC2 BREAKS sound card

Linley Caetan wrote: Xmode running x86 hardware 256mb These looks OK. -- 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] FC2 BREAKS sound card

Linley Caetan wrote: and yes upgrade from fc1 Important check: Do a, depmod -V If version is less than ff lines: depmod Version 2.4.26 module-init-tools 3.0-pre10 Upgrade your module-init-tools. Additional check to do: 1. check your file /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. There should be a line that says, -

Re: [SLUG] Mail bounce

Elliott-Brennan wrote: *** Mailbox of user hne is FULL *** If you think this message is incorrect please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2c. that address is subscribed to the slug list and their mailer is sending the bounce directly to you. and I'll tell you if this post gets the same message.

Re: [SLUG] Mail bounce

On 10/06/04 19:12, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi, I've been replying to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] address - mail is going through, but I'm also getting this: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 6:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [SLUG] FC2 BREAKS sound card

O Plameras wrote: depmod -V If version is less than ff lines: depmod Version 2.4.26 module-init-tools 3.0-pre10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.5-1.358]# depmod -V depmod version 2.4.26 module-init-tools 3.0-pre10 looks OK Upgrade your module-init-tools. Additional check to do: 1. check your file

[SLUG] Data Projector

Hi all, I've managed to acquire a data projector, and I wanted to offer it for SLUG events or other open source events that people are running. If anyone wants to borrow it for such events please email me :) Cheers, Pia -- Pia Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

[SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

Hi all, I was thinking that it would be a good idea to have an open discussion about this tender. I know a few people have already been taling about it. All that has come out thus far is essentially a call to participate, referencing what skillsets the government are looking for, and trying to

[SLUG] Stallman at UTS

Hi all, three posts today! :) RMS is speaking at UTS next Friday at 2pm. https://www.acs.org.au/acs_events/index.cfm?attributes.fuseaction=eventdetailsevent_id=935branch=NSW Anyone interested needs to register, but anyone that hasn't seen RMS speak I highly recommend to attend. Cheers, Pia --

Re: [SLUG] FC2 BREAKS sound card

Linley Caetan wrote: Additional check to do: 1. check your file /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. There should be a line that says, - upgraded to 2.6.x Missing! Download it from : http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/souptonuts/rc.sysinit.txt?download Review the ff: http://www.kerneltrap.org/node/view/2465

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

Kevin, Which distro are you using and which tablet - I've searched a few sites of late and may have come across something useful (then again... :) -Original Message- From: Kevin Waterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

[SLUG] Debian installed package test

Debian-dudes, Is there a cleaner way of testing whether a package is installed on debian than something like: dpkg -l $PKG | grep -q ^ii Cheers, Gavin -- 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] Stallman at UTS

On Thu Oct 07, 2004 at 06:09:26 +1000, Pia Smith wrote: Hi all, three posts today! :) RMS is speaking at UTS next Friday at 2pm. https://www.acs.org.au/acs_events/index.cfm?attributes.fuseaction=eventdetailsevent_id=935branch=NSW Anyone interested needs to register, but anyone that hasn't seen

Re: [SLUG] Stallman at UTS

Did anyone see him speak yesterday at USYD? How was it? well apart from his late arrival (he doesn't like mobiles or non-public transport :-) he gave quite a good talk on copyrights, from the history of it until where it is going wrong, I think RMS is always worth going to, he is a pretty good

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 06:03 +1000, Pia Smith wrote: put together a panel of who would be appropriate. It might be a good time to get together, look at all the requirements and put together a matrix of skills in NSW. We already have a few directories online: Sounds like OpenSkills -

Re: [SLUG] Stallman at UTS

Is he likely to speak somewhere at a time where people that actually work are able to get to? ie outside of 9-5? otherwise I'm sad that I'll have to miss out... :( Cheers, Taryn * Pia Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: Hi all, three posts today! :) RMS is speaking at UTS next Friday at

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

admittedly i haven't been following this conversation but... Openskills you have to pay for... I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join. Cheers, Taryn * Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 06:03 +1000, Pia Smith wrote: put

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 10:11 +1000, Taryn East wrote: admittedly i haven't been following this conversation but... Openskills you have to pay for... I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join. Do you mind me asking - what aspect of paying AUD 20 / year you find a

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

quote who=Taryn East Openskills you have to pay for... I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join. SLUG is more expensive to join than OpenSkills. ;-) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2005: Canberra, Australia http://lca2005.linux.org.au/ Stupidity is used to run

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

* Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: quote who=Taryn East Openskills you have to pay for... I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join. SLUG is more expensive to join than OpenSkills. ;-) yeah, but you don't have to pay for SLUG to take advantage of most of

[SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 19, Issue 15

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Bruce Badger was able to secure a room at the ACS building for Thursday 2pm next week. Anyone interested is welcome to come along. I'm sure he'll post a follow up with the address :) Pia, I assume you mean the ACS NSW Offices. Will you be organising registrations

Re: [SLUG] Stallman at UTS

On Thu Oct 07, 2004 at 09:26:17 +1000, Benno wrote: On Thu Oct 07, 2004 at 06:09:26 +1000, Pia Smith wrote: Hi all, three posts today! :) RMS is speaking at UTS next Friday at 2pm. https://www.acs.org.au/acs_events/index.cfm?attributes.fuseaction=eventdetailsevent_id=935branch=NSW Anyone

Re: [SLUG] Stallman at UTS

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 06:09 am, Pia Smith wrote: Hi all, three posts today! :) RMS is speaking at UTS next Friday at 2pm. https://www.acs.org.au/acs_events/index.cfm?attributes.fuseaction=eventdeta ilsevent_id=935branch=NSW Anyone interested needs to register, but anyone that hasn't seen RMS

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

Taryn East wrote: admittedly i haven't been following this conversation but... Openskills you have to pay for... Which isn't a problem if an old slugger can post the value of work they have received from being listed in it. -- Terry Collins {:-)}}} email: terryc at woa.com.au www:

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 11:25 +1000, Terry Collins wrote: Taryn East wrote: admittedly i haven't been following this conversation but... Openskills you have to pay for... Which isn't a problem if an old slugger can post the value of work they have received from being listed in it.

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

Taryn wrote: Openskills you have to pay for... I find this a big turnoff and it's highly unlikely that I'd join. We know that some people feel this way, but OpenSkills does provide a number of hosted services, and these do need to be paid for. An alternative would be to look for advertising

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

Would someone mind going back a pace or two and telling the country cousins just what this tender meeting is supposed to be about. On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 06:03, Pia Smith wrote: Hi all, I was thinking that it would be a good idea to have an open discussion about this tender. I know a few

[SLUG] Anti-virus program detects GNU Public Licence

This is amusing. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18919 POPULAR OPEN SOURCE virus scanner Clamav has been hastily updated this morning to remove a 'false positive': the scanner was detecting the GNU Public Licence as a virus. Thousands of Open Source programs, including Clamav itself,

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

Howard Lowndes wrote: Would someone mind going back a pace or two and telling the country cousins just what this tender meeting is supposed to be about. Right, more info will assist clarify. Some relevant links: ttp://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0%2C261733%2C39161207%2C00.htm

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

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 08:31:53AM +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Well, you are having more success than I with a Wacom Tablet. Linux recognises it as a keyboard then then X locks up. What did you do to try and use it? I discovered a wacom ultrapad serial in my garage the other day and am

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

Is it only me that finds URL's are an unsatisfying answer to a question? On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, O Plameras wrote: Howard Lowndes wrote: Would someone mind going back a pace or two and telling the country cousins just what this tender meeting is supposed to be about. Right, more info

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

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What did you do to try and use it? I discovered a wacom ultrapad serial in my garage the other day and am going to try it out. Yeah it will need a driver. Just make sure that when you back it out of the garage the driver should look left, then right, left again, exit and

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

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 08:31:53AM +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Well, you are having more success than I with a Wacom Tablet. Linux recognises it as a keyboard then then X locks up. What did you do to try and use it? I discovered a wacom ultrapad serial in my

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

Hi Taryn In terms of earnings from being associated with OpenSkills I'd say it's been much more than 100 x the cost of annual membership for me. These opportunities would not have surfaced had I not been a member. Other members have similar stories. Now that the skillsbase is up and running,

[SLUG] proxy

I'm thinking of setting up a linux proxy, using debian, squid and dansguardian. I'd like to have it authenticate with windows users if possible so I can have separate rules for students, staff etc. I'm running an active directory based network. Has anyone done something like this? If so, any

Re: [SLUG] NSW Tender meeting

David wrote: Is it only me that finds URL's are an unsatisfying answer to a question? In this case, they were satisfying for me, aka not of interest yet. Phrases like; guarantee any legal liability only ten provide all services retraining resellers

Re: [SLUG] proxy

its pretty straight forward, just follow the doco you can either have full on transparent authentification against windows or you can prompt through the browser for username and password (coming from windows) which ever suits your needs. Dean Robert Tillsley wrote: I'm thinking of setting up a

Re: [SLUG] proxy

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 03:14 pm, Dean Hamstead wrote: its pretty straight forward, just follow the doco you can either have full on transparent authentification against windows or you can prompt through the browser for username and password (coming from windows) which ever suits your needs.

RE: [SLUG] proxy

Thanks for the advice guys. What I am looking for is transparent authentication. Someone else has just told me that dansguardian won't work with ntlm authentication and AD groups, so I might have to reconsider this. Cheers Robert Tillsley Network Administrator St Vincent's College

Re: [SLUG] proxy

James Gray wrote: Whilst transparent proxying sounds attractive you CANNOT use this AND authentication at the same time. Think about it; if you were connecting to www.foo.com and got prompted for authentication credentials from something other than www.foo.com when you weren't expecting it,