[SLUG] Appointment of proxies for AGM tonight

I've heard tell that people are "appointing" proxies on IRC and so forth. This just won't do -- I can't authenticate the validity of the proxy. The rules for appointing a proxy are set out in the SLUG constitution, section 33, as follows: 33. APPOINTMENT OF PROXIES 1. Each member is to be en

Re: [SLUG] sed question

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Steven Heimann wrote: **1. Scope** I wrote the following sed -i.bak "s/^\(\*\*[0-9][. ]\)\*\*\(.*\)$/\1\2**/" *.txt Unfortunately sed seems to be putting the 2 trailing ** at the beginning of the replacement line rather than the end of the line and after much stuffing aro

Re: [SLUG] Committee Nomination: Matt Moor

Thanks guys! I accept and look forward to contributing to what I hope will be a very exciting year for SLUG. More spiel tonight! Regards, Matt Moor Lindsay Holmwood wrote: G'day all, I'd like to nominate Matt Moor for the positions of Secretary and Ordinary Committee Member. Over the las

Re: [SLUG] sed question

On Friday 31 March 2006 08:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a bunch of test files with lines of the form > > **1.** Scope > > or > > **2.2** Uniforms and other clothing worn in the production area must be > laundered regularly. Additional clothing changes may be required when > significant soi

Re: [SLUG] scheduling emails ?

On Friday 31 March 2006 08:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Or use at directly of course; compose the messages in a > > plain old file and then: > > > > $ at 9am tomorrow > > mail -s your-subject -c cc-list -b bcc-list [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > your-plain-old-file > > > > You use mutt (and other cli

Re: [SLUG] sed question

On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 11:29:40AM +1100, Steven Heimann wrote: > Unfortunately sed seems to be putting the 2 trailing ** at the beginning > of the replacement line rather than the end of the line and after much > stuffing around I still can't work out what is going wrong. Works for me: echo '**1

[SLUG] sed question

I have a bunch of test files with lines of the form **1.** Scope or **2.2** Uniforms and other clothing worn in the production area must be laundered regularly. Additional clothing changes may be required when significant soiling occurs, especially when involved in 'dirty' cleaning or maintena

Re: [SLUG] IBM R32 - can't install any Linux :(

On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 22:09 +1000, David wrote: > I'm trying to install a dual boot XP/Ubuntu Breezy on an IBM R32 Thinkpad, > bought second hand/refurbished from IBM this week. > > I freshly installed XP, but Ubuntu hangs during the install at the message: > > Loading Additional Components > "r

Re: [Fwd: Re: [SLUG] WebDAV]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 09:26:38AM +1100, Phill O'Flynn wrote: > However if i try to use windows explorer > to open a web folder, in http mode i get as far as putting in the username > and password which is repeatedly not accepted regardless of the different > combinations ie user, username\server,

Re: [SLUG] scheduling emails ?

This one time, at band camp, Voytek Eymont wrote: > >On Fri, March 31, 2006 3:25 am, Matthew Hannigan wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 10:55:05PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >>> This one time, at band camp, Voytek Eymont wrote: > >thanks, Matt, Jamie > >>> turn off the MTA, and set an at job to

Re: [SLUG] scheduling emails ?

On Fri, March 31, 2006 3:25 am, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 10:55:05PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >> This one time, at band camp, Voytek Eymont wrote: thanks, Matt, Jamie >> turn off the MTA, and set an at job to turn it on again. that might bring undesired conequences,

Re: [SLUG] scheduling emails ?

On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 10:55:05PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Voytek Eymont wrote: > > > >what's an easy way to schedule emails to be sent at some future time/date ? > >at ? > >like, I'd like to compose some emails but, have them sent at say 9:00 am > >tommorow >

Re: [SLUG] Re: laptop boot stalling at "finding network"

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:17:04 +1000 bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Had similar p[roblem with my BenQ at one stage. > > Mine has 2 ethernet ports and one wireless. > > On home network using switch and modem/router, my laptop uses lan0 as > the network connection, not eth0 or eth1. > > I merel

[SLUG] Monthly Meeting & AGM: Friday, March 31

When: Friday, March 31st, 6:30pm - 9:30pm Where: UTS Broadway SLUG's monthly meeting featuring talks and SLUGlets. Meetings are open to the general public, and free of charge. This month's meeting will be held in room 2.03.02 (Building 2, Level 3, Room 2), at UTS Broadway (There is a map

[SLUG] Election Platform

G'day all, Although I covered a bit of what I want to do in my report thing a few weeks back, volunteering at LinuxWorld over the last few days has helped crystalise a lot of what I want to do with Slug over the next year. * Make the committee's activities more transparent to the Slug community *

[SLUG] IBM R32 - can't install any Linux :(

I'm trying to install a dual boot XP/Ubuntu Breezy on an IBM R32 Thinkpad, bought second hand/refurbished from IBM this week. I freshly installed XP, but Ubuntu hangs during the install at the message: Loading Additional Components "retrieving archive copier" If i go to Alt.F3 there is a list of

Re: [SLUG] scheduling emails ?

This one time, at band camp, Voytek Eymont wrote: > >what's an easy way to schedule emails to be sent at some future time/date ? >at ? >like, I'd like to compose some emails but, have them sent at say 9:00 am >tommorow turn off the MTA, and set an at job to turn it on again. -- SLUG - Sydney Linu

[SLUG] scheduling emails ?

what's an easy way to schedule emails to be sent at some future time/date ? at ? like, I'd like to compose some emails but, have them sent at say 9:00 am tommorow -- Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/f