Re: [SLUG] ping from elsewhere

2005-07-25 Thread Luke Ring
Is this what you were after? http://network-tools.com/ Found: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=ping Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi. > > A while back I used an internet site that allowed you to test connections to > your own machine from elsewhere on the

Re: [SLUG] ping from elsewhere

2005-07-25 Thread Andrewd
dnsstuff.com maybe > >Hi. > >A while back I used an internet site that allowed you to test connections to >your own machine from elsewhere on the internet. > >I can't find that site anymore. >Does anyone know which site does this. > >It did ping. web. etc. > >Kind regards. >Luke. >-- >..

[SLUG] ping from elsewhere

2005-07-25 Thread luke
Hi. A while back I used an internet site that allowed you to test connections to your own machine from elsewhere on the internet. I can't find that site anymore. Does anyone know which site does this. It did ping. web. etc. Kind regards. Luke. -- ._.. .| .| |.|/.|_ . .|__.|_|.|\.|

Re: [SLUG] Multimedia machine (Shuttle)

2005-07-25 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
Alexander Samad wrote: On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 09:58:03AM +1000, Rob Sharp wrote: You can probably get a USB sound 'card' breakout box that outputs S/P-DIF, if thats the only thing going against the mini. I know a mac owning friend bought one, but I've no idea what it was... Sounds li

Re: [SLUG] Mail arrival sound in T'bird

2005-07-25 Thread Howard Lowndes
Jeez, and I got some new glasses only a few months ago. Ta. Phil Scarratt wrote: Howard Lowndes wrote: Surely, it's possible to get a mail arrival sound in T'bird, but I cannot find out how or where. BTW, it's IMAP not POP3, if that makes a difference. All clues welcome. Edit Menu, Pref

Re: [SLUG] Mail arrival sound in T'bird

2005-07-25 Thread Phil Scarratt
Howard Lowndes wrote: Surely, it's possible to get a mail arrival sound in T'bird, but I cannot find out how or where. BTW, it's IMAP not POP3, if that makes a difference. All clues welcome. Edit Menu, Preferences, General section, bottom of the window When new messages arrive: Tick box f

Re: [SLUG] Multimedia machine (Shuttle)

2005-07-25 Thread Alexander Samad
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 09:58:03AM +1000, Rob Sharp wrote: > On 7/26/05, Alexander Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 05:00:30PM +1000, Lindsay Holmwood wrote: > > > Samad, Alex wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >I have also started to look at the mac mini, not bad on first look

[SLUG] Mail arrival sound in T'bird

2005-07-25 Thread Howard Lowndes
Surely, it's possible to get a mail arrival sound in T'bird, but I cannot find out how or where. BTW, it's IMAP not POP3, if that makes a difference. All clues welcome. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people -- When you just want a system that works,

Re: [SLUG] Multimedia machine (Shuttle)

2005-07-25 Thread Rob Sharp
On 7/26/05, Alexander Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 05:00:30PM +1000, Lindsay Holmwood wrote: > > Samad, Alex wrote: > > > > > > > >I have also started to look at the mac mini, not bad on first look > > > > > The Mac Mini is quite a nice little machine. > > > > Did you

Re: [SLUG] Multimedia machine (Shuttle)

2005-07-25 Thread Alexander Samad
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 05:00:30PM +1000, Lindsay Holmwood wrote: > Samad, Alex wrote: > > > > >I have also started to look at the mac mini, not bad on first look > > > The Mac Mini is quite a nice little machine. > > Did you want to hook the box into a TV to watch you movies, or were you > goin

Re: [SLUG] smb.conf help please.

2005-07-25 Thread Crossfire
Phil Scarratt was once rumoured to have said: > James Purser wrote: > >On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 19:11 +1000, Bill wrote: > > > >>I have ClarkConnect set up as a file/print server. > >> > >>I can access the /share directory and have managed to set up a 2nd hard > >>drive for mu user as /data and I can

Re: [SLUG] smb.conf help please.

2005-07-25 Thread Phil Scarratt
James Purser wrote: On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 19:11 +1000, Bill wrote: I have ClarkConnect set up as a file/print server. I can access the /share directory and have managed to set up a 2nd hard drive for mu user as /data and I can access that. I'm trying to set up a DVDRW on the Server to be ac

Re: [SLUG] smb.conf help please.

2005-07-25 Thread James Purser
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 19:11 +1000, Bill wrote: > I have ClarkConnect set up as a file/print server. > > I can access the /share directory and have managed to set up a 2nd hard > drive for mu user as /data and I can access that. > > I'm trying to set up a DVDRW on the Server to be accessed by my

Re: [SLUG] An fstab question.

2005-07-25 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
Bill Bennett wrote: I'm trying to understand an aspect of the inner workings of my operating system (Fedora core 2). Could anyone explain the columns within fstab, please? For example, the last two lines are:-- /dev/sda1 /mnt/stick autonoauto,owner0 0 /dev/c

[SLUG] smb.conf help please.

2005-07-25 Thread Bill
I have ClarkConnect set up as a file/print server. I can access the /share directory and have managed to set up a 2nd hard drive for mu user as /data and I can access that. I'm trying to set up a DVDRW on the Server to be accessed by my user to read/write dvdr/rw and cdr/rw discs. This is

Re: [SLUG] Multimedia machine (Shuttle)

2005-07-25 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
Michael Fox wrote: On 7/25/05, Lindsay Holmwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did you want to hook the box into a TV to watch you movies, or were you going to view them on a monitor? The Mac Mini doesn't have video out (in an RCA form (or microphone in, if that matters)), so you might be a bit re

[SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 28, Issue 42

2005-07-25 Thread jam
On Monday 25 July 2005 15:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a slightly older SN41G2, which is an Nforce2 based Shuttle. I > don't have any problems running Linux on it - the onboard graphics, > sound and network all run out of the box (although I think the binary > Nvidia driver is a

[SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 28, Issue 42

2005-07-25 Thread jam
On Monday 25 July 2005 15:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > About to embark on purchasing a little and quiet box for running my > movies/music from I have come across the shuttle bar bones system and > wondering what peoples experiences are with this. > > My needs I think a fairly minimum > > Good gra

Re: [SLUG] Multimedia machine (Shuttle)

2005-07-25 Thread Michael Fox
On 7/25/05, Lindsay Holmwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Samad, Alex wrote: > > > > > I have also started to look at the mac mini, not bad on first look > > > The Mac Mini is quite a nice little machine. > > Did you want to hook the box into a TV to watch you movies, or were you > going to view

Re: [SLUG] Multimedia machine (Shuttle)

2005-07-25 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
Samad, Alex wrote: I have also started to look at the mac mini, not bad on first look The Mac Mini is quite a nice little machine. Did you want to hook the box into a TV to watch you movies, or were you going to view them on a monitor? The Mac Mini doesn't have video out (in an RCA form (o