Re: [SLUG] Remote support via VNC?

2005-11-10 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >This one time, at band camp, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: >>Hi all, >> >>Is it possible to get the vncserver program to export the :0 display >>of a system running X? My mother-in-law is having a few minor problems >>with her email client (Sylpheed

Re: [SLUG] Remote support via VNC?

2005-11-10 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: >Hi all, > >Is it possible to get the vncserver program to export the :0 display >of a system running X? My mother-in-law is having a few minor problems >with her email client (Sylpheed under Gnome) and I was hoping to help >her out. *If* she

Re: [SLUG] Remote support via VNC?

2005-11-10 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
tuxta2 wrote: > Hmm, well the thing is I don't know you, and you didn't go into detail > about your experience, or the specific problem you were trying to fix. > To get all defensive when someone is trying to help is just plain rude > and arrogant. I'm sorry if you read that into my reply. I've r

Re: [SLUG] Remote support via VNC?

2005-11-10 Thread tuxta2
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: tuxta2 wrote: No need to go to all that bother, just use ssh, you can tunnel X through ssh. Actually there is a need to go to all this bother. The problem is that she has got sylpheed into a state where it is larger the the physical screen size. I like to s

Re: [SLUG] pop, imap opinions

2005-11-10 Thread O Plameras
Peter Hardy wrote: On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 10:56 +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: This one time, at band camp, O Plameras wrote: Mail server means also SMTP in addition to POP/IMAP. *assuming* that this is an MX -- it might be a box at home which is running, say, fetchmail to the IS

Re: [SLUG] pop, imap opinions

2005-11-10 Thread jam
Hi > > >Mail server means also SMTP in addition to POP/IMAP. > > > > *assuming* that this is an MX -- it might be a box at home which is > > running, say, fetchmail to the ISPs mailserver, in which case it doesn't > > need SMTP open. > > If you're reading email, then there's a reasonable chance yo

Re: [SLUG] pop, imap opinions

2005-11-10 Thread Peter Hardy
On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 10:56 +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, O Plameras wrote: > >Mail server means also SMTP in addition to POP/IMAP. > > *assuming* that this is an MX -- it might be a box at home which is running, > say, fetchmail to the ISPs mailserver, in which case

Re: [SLUG] Spam filtering: not hard. (was: Re: [chat] spam...)

2005-11-10 Thread Michael Fox
On 11/11/05, Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're using Evo or sommat, you can regularly filter your junk mailbox> into bogofilter, or try to work with its spamassassin integration, or wait> for them to get around to making a decent plugin interface and then you > can> hack the Junk bu

Re: [SLUG] Spam filtering: not hard. (was: Re: [chat] spam...)

2005-11-10 Thread Tony Green
> If you're using Evo or sommat, you can regularly filter your junk mailbox > into bogofilter, or try to work with its spamassassin integration, or wait > for them to get around to making a decent plugin interface and then you > can > hack the Junk button to your hearts desire. > I use IMAP and

Re: [SLUG] Spam filtering: not hard. (was: Re: [chat] spam...)

2005-11-10 Thread Tony Green
> If you're using Evo or sommat, you can regularly filter your junk mailbox > into bogofilter, or try to work with its spamassassin integration, or wait > for them to get around to making a decent plugin interface and then you > can > hack the Junk button to your hearts desire. > I use IMAP and

[SLUG] Spam filtering: not hard. (was: Re: [chat] spam...)

2005-11-10 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Voytek wrote: >at that point, it gets into 'too hard basket'; If you filter your mail, it becomes too easy. I pipe all incoming mail into bogofilter, which classifies the message, and then procmail either drops it into a spam folder which gets checked maybe once a wee

Re: [SLUG] pop, imap opinions

2005-11-10 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, O Plameras wrote: >Mail server means also SMTP in addition to POP/IMAP. *assuming* that this is an MX -- it might be a box at home which is running, say, fetchmail to the ISPs mailserver, in which case it doesn't need SMTP open. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mai

Re: [SLUG] VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread Matt Moor
There are 'issues' with VMWare 5's bridge module and the kernel that ships with Breezy. Apparently, the latest any-any patch will fix it. See here for details: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-77040.html You could also try building your images elsewhere, and runnning them up in VMW

Re: [SLUG]VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:21:33 +1100, Peter Rundle uttered > Did anyone get any joy on this? > > I've tried to run VMware 5.0.0-13124 but as others have found out the > network modules panic the kernel. Tried the old VMware 2.0.4 but again > same issue. (I'm running kernel 2.6.11-smp) Don't feel l

Re: [SLUG] VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Your Kubuntu 2.6.12-9-686. is not supported. When you look on this page you > will see the latest 2.6 kernal supported is 2.6.9. You can probably get > everything working by downgrading to this kernel. You can just use the install scripts that come with VMware to build the kernel modules. Work

Re: [SLUG]VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread Peter Rundle
Host networks are fine. Haven't tried NAT'ed networks but we'll see about that when I'm online again. Did anyone get any joy on this? I've tried to run VMware 5.0.0-13124 but as others have found out the network modules panic the kernel. Tried the old VMware 2.0.4 but again same issue. (I'm

Re: [SLUG] VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread Broun, Bevan
Hi James You didnt say which version of vmware you are using, Im guessing 5.0. See: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/intro_hostreq_ws.html Your Kubuntu 2.6.12-9-686. is not supported. When you look on this page you will see the latest 2.6 kernal supported is 2.6.9. You can probably get ever

Re: [SLUG] VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread Michael Fox
On 11/10/05, James Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Anyone else seen this before and if so, did you fix it? Google and VMware's > website turns up nadda. Haven't experienced the problem you describe personally. Sounds like one of the kernel modules is not quite right. Also, Vmware W

Re: [SLUG] Remote support via VNC?

2005-11-10 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
tuxta2 wrote: > No need to go to all that bother, just use ssh, you can tunnel X through > ssh. Actually there is a need to go to all this bother. The problem is that she has got sylpheed into a state where it is larger the the physical screen size. I like to show her how to fix this without actu

Re: [SLUG] Remote support via VNC?

2005-11-10 Thread tuxta2
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Hi all, Is it possible to get the vncserver program to export the :0 display of a system running X? My mother-in-law is having a few minor problems with her email client (Sylpheed under Gnome) and I was hoping to help her out. Cheers, Erik No need to go to all t

Re: [SLUG] pop, imap opinions

2005-11-10 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 01:20:29PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > I have a request to externally access mail from my server. > Either I will allow openvpn access, with local pop or imap or > I'll open a pop or imap hole in the firewall. > > Openvpn is much more secure, but opinions on tak

Re: [SLUG] Request to fill-in a questionnaire on Linux.

2005-11-10 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 04:39:55PM +1300, Ajith Kumar wrote: > Hello there, > > > > I'm Ajith Kumar, IT Tutor at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Tauranga, New > Zealand. I'm doing my Master's Thesis & the topic is on migration of > operating system from Microsoft to Linux. Since you are part of th

Re: [SLUG] Sound Card Configuration

2005-11-10 Thread Crossfire
Domingo Llavero was once rumoured to have said: > SLUG, [snip] > I have installed Ubuntu 5.10 on my desktop, and everything is properly > configured except for the sound card. > > I have disabled the motherboard inbuilt card in BIOS, and thought that > Ubuntu would have detected my Creative SoundB

[SLUG] Re: VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread elliott-brennan
Well, Still cannot remove the RPM and nothing seems to want to make VMware work rpm -ivh --force VMWare-Workstation-X.X.X.i386.rpm rpm -e VMWare-Workstation VMware-Workstation is not installed ??? The VMware site states: rpm -e VMware http://www.vmware.com/support/ws2/doc/install_config_

Re: [SLUG] Remote support via VNC?

2005-11-10 Thread Simon Wong
On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 22:38 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > I was able to start something called vino-server, but my xvncviewer That's it! > refused to connect to it due to different protocol version numbers: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > vncviewer -via A.B.C.D localhost:5900 > VNC viewer

[SLUG] Ubuntu modem disconnecting

2005-11-10 Thread Murray Waldron
G'day After about 5 minutes of being logged onto the Net, my modem disconnects. I haven't been about to trace the reason for this yet. Does anyone know what programs and scripts Ubuntu (Hoary) uses to connect to the Net, with a dialup modem? This problem is driving me crazy. TIA, Murray --

Re: [SLUG] RE: VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread James Gray
On Thursday 10 November 2005 22:15, elliott-brennan wrote: > Oh, > > I'm using FC4 and when I run rpm -e it says that the vmware rpm in not > installed... > > BUT I can find all the files... > > > James, have you tried to uninstall it? No but I have reconfigured it a dozen times or more. :P It se

Re: [SLUG] Remote support via VNC?

2005-11-10 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Simon Wong wrote: > If you are using the latest Gnome Desktop you can use the remote desktop > option under Preferences (can't remember what it uses) to export the > desktop. Yeah, problam is, I'm doing everything from this end :-). I was able to start something called vino-server, but my xvncvi

Re: [SLUG] RE: VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread Christopher JS Vance
I run vmware 5.0 on breezy/amd64. I have definitely run two vms at once on this system. I was running a team of up to about 6 vms with the same vmware, but can't remember if it was hoary or breezy. I use bridged networking. The team also had internal networks. -- Christopher Vance -- SLUG - S

[SLUG] RE: VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread elliott-brennan
Oh, I'm using FC4 and when I run rpm -e it says that the vmware rpm in not installed... BUT I can find all the files... James, have you tried to uninstall it? Regards, Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.o

[SLUG] RE: VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread elliott-brennan
Hey James, Must be something in the air. I've just downloaded VMW 5 to trial on my LAPTOP! I've had similar problems, but I'm afraid I have no solutions. I've had to 'reboot' :) now when trying to use it, it says it's not configured. So I try to configure it again /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl

Re: [SLUG] Remote support via VNC?

2005-11-10 Thread Simon Wong
If you are using the latest Gnome Desktop you can use the remote desktop option under Preferences (can't remember what it uses) to export the desktop. Otherwise, there's a package called x11vnc in Debian/Ubuntu that you could use. On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 21:31 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: >

[SLUG] Remote support via VNC?

2005-11-10 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Hi all, Is it possible to get the vncserver program to export the :0 display of a system running X? My mother-in-law is having a few minor problems with her email client (Sylpheed under Gnome) and I was hoping to help her out. Cheers, Erik -- +

[SLUG] VMware 5 Workstation + Linux = kernel panic?

2005-11-10 Thread James Gray
Hi All, The company who puts their logo on my pay cheque requires me to use VMware (as of today) to do some funky product demos. No big deal. However, during the configuration of the 3 VM's I need to run (simultaneously) I found a curious little "bug". If I configure a bridging network adapt

Re: [SLUG] pop, imap opinions

2005-11-10 Thread O Plameras
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have a request to externally access mail from my server. Either I will allow openvpn access, with local pop or imap or I'll open a pop or imap hole in the firewall. Mail server means also SMTP in addition to POP/IMAP. Issues with SMTP accessed from outside yo