[SLUG] Re: Html to pdf conversion with all the formatting

2006-11-22 Thread param
I have checked the FO:XSL file which is generated by my application. It seems to have all the formatting tags etc. :-(. Anyways Thanks for the help. I will surly check fop mailing list. Thanks & Regards, Param -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription i

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Michael Chesterton
Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Weird. > > With --line-buffered on the first grep I get it continuous. > If only the second grep is --line-buffered, then it goes spurty again. > That points to the first grep buffering by default, to me. I guess grep is detecting whether it's talkin

[SLUG] evolution: how to change font size

2006-11-22 Thread david
I was reading my email in evolution and did an unintentional random key/click sequence, and now the message frame in evolution has doubled it's font size. (the other frames are the normal size). The evolution help says that I have to change fonts in preferences/mail preferences, but that doesn't

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 05:10:14PM +1100, Penedo wrote: > On 23/11/06, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You don't get the output in as timely a fashion; > >it comes with spurts as the buffer is filled up > >then written out. > > What buffer? tail's manual doesn't mention anything abo

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Penedo
On 23/11/06, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You don't get the output in as timely a fashion; it comes with spurts as the buffer is filled up then written out. What buffer? tail's manual doesn't mention anything about buffers but my experience is that you get individual lines even t

[SLUG] On Debian Etch hotplug install wants to remove too much.

2006-11-22 Thread Michael Lake
Hi all Im trying to get wireless working on my Dell running Debian EtchI have an Intel 3945 chipset wireless so have installed the ipw3945 firmware via the deb package firmware-ipw3945. But the daemon that is required and the file /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent and other stuff is in the package h

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 03:28:24PM +1100, Zhasper wrote: > On 11/23/06, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 01:30:50PM +1100, Penedo wrote: > >> On 23/11/06, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:23:37AM +1100, Penedo wrote:

Re: [SLUG] November SLUG Monthly Meeting

2006-11-22 Thread Penedo
On 23/11/06, Lindsay Holmwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Drupal event module does some wacky stuff with date munging, to the point where most readers get the date completely wrong. I just took a quick look through it - OUCH! There's a candidate for thedailywtf.com - he tries to keep track o

Re: [SLUG] November SLUG Monthly Meeting

2006-11-22 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
Hi Penedo, Thanks for picking this up, we've had a few people notify us of this. The Drupal event module does some wacky stuff with date munging, to the point where most readers get the date completely wrong. The date is (almost) always correct on the website, so you should check there when in

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Zhasper
On 11/23/06, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 01:30:50PM +1100, Penedo wrote: > On 23/11/06, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:23:37AM +1100, Penedo wrote: > >> On 23/11/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 01:30:50PM +1100, Penedo wrote: > On 23/11/06, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:23:37AM +1100, Penedo wrote: > >> On 23/11/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >I want to tail -f the syslog file but I only want to see wh

Re: [SLUG] November SLUG Monthly Meeting

2006-11-22 Thread Penedo
Hi, The meeting shows as happening at 7:30 AM in the published iCal (webcal://slug.org.au/event/ical) Thanks for organizing it. Oops, I'll miss it (and Jeff's NM presentation) again...:-( --P -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

[SLUG] November SLUG Monthly Meeting

2006-11-22 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
G'day all! == November SLUG Monthly Meeting == When: Friday, 24th November, 2006 Where: Level 13, IBM Building, 601 Pacific Highway, St. Leonards SLUG's monthly meeting, featuring talks and SLUGlets. Meetings are open to the general public, and free of charge. This month's meeting will

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Penedo
On 23/11/06, Daniel Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not sure about the 'less -F'. In my version '-F' is different to 'F' Sorry, I meant "+F" (i.e. treat the "F" as if the user typed it interactively while "inside" less, another useful command is "+G"). - the latter being pressed after less i

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 12:00:23PM +1100, Lindsay Holmwood wrote: > NetworkManager is by far the best way to manage jumping between > different networks. * On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 01:43:14PM +1100, Amos Shapira wrote: > 1. use "-remote" (http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html) to make > Firefo

Re: [SLUG] USB to Serial Converter that supports break

2006-11-22 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 01:27:43PM +1100, Greg Cockburn wrote: > Hi Sluggers, > > After upgrading my laptop, I now don't have a serial port. I need this to > talk to the odd Sun machine when it breaks, and therefore I need the > converter to support the "break" command. You can get Suns to accep

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Daniel Bush
On 23/11/06, Penedo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 23/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > tail -f /var/log/syslog |grep something |grep -v but-not-this |less Make it "| less -F +/re-to-highlight" so you can always ^C to scroll back through the output then type "F" again to get b

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 02:00:33PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Maybe I should do a quick demo up-front -- will there be time for it, ctte > folk? > Sounds great. We'll slot you in. Lindsay -- http://slug.org.au/ (Sydney Linux Users Group) http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ (linux.conf.au 2007) http

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > I'd be happy to demonstrate to you on Friday why NM is such a delight, and > > why I no longer have to edit /e/n/i or reconfigure network devices on my > > laptop. > > >Please show me too! > Maybe I should do a quick demo up-front -- will there be time for it, c

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Yes, if I'm there that would be great. I have Gnome on my laptop but only > found that NetworkManager loads via nm-applet by searching. It isn't > offered as an applet that can be installed when configuring the panel. Yeah -- it's not installed and integrated by default yet, because there are

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Michael Lake
Jeff Waugh wrote: What you've described in your email is that you're running Network Manager without actually using it. You're trying to do things in /e/n/i manually, while also having NM installed with does (really good) automagic config of your network devices -- though at the moment, it is rea

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Jeff Waugh wrote: > I'd be happy to demonstrate to you on Friday why NM is such a delight, and > why I no longer have to edit /e/n/i or reconfigure network devices on my > laptop. Please show me too! Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lop

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Penedo
On 23/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: tail -f /var/log/syslog |grep something |grep -v but-not-this |less Make it "| less -F +/re-to-highlight" so you can always ^C to scroll back through the output then type "F" again to get back to the bottom and tail from there. A wry

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread jam
On Thursday 23 November 2006 10:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:23:37AM +1100, Penedo wrote: > > > On 23/11/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >I want to tail -f the syslog file but I only want to see what I want > > > > to see and I don't want to see wh

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Amos Shapira
On 23/11/06, Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On my laptop (Ubuntu Edgy), I want to change various settings when I'm on different networks. A couple of questions: * how would I change the proxy used by Firefox 2.0 thru scripts? A few possibilities to explore: 1. use "-remote" (http:/

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Network-Manager is annoying. Only last night did I work out what was > causing my intermittent network problems at home. What you've described in your email is that you're running Network Manager without actually using it. You're trying to do things in /e/n/i manually, while also having NM ins

Re: [SLUG] USB to Serial Converter that supports break

2006-11-22 Thread Peter Hardy
Greg Cockburn wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions on a good converter that supports break, is readily available, light, and easy to carry. The Aten UC-232A[1] works out of the box and is fairly compact. From memory, I've used it to send breaks without futzing with it. But I don't actually

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Zhasper
On 11/23/06, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:23:37AM +1100, Penedo wrote: > On 23/11/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I want to tail -f the syslog file but I only want to see what I want to > >see and I don't want to see what I don't what to

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Penedo
On 23/11/06, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:23:37AM +1100, Penedo wrote: > On 23/11/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I want to tail -f the syslog file but I only want to see what I want to > >see and I don't want to see what I don't what to

[SLUG] USB to Serial Converter that supports break

2006-11-22 Thread Greg Cockburn
Hi Sluggers, After upgrading my laptop, I now don't have a serial port. I need this to talk to the odd Sun machine when it breaks, and therefore I need the converter to support the "break" command. I purchased a U232-P9(2.40) from GPSOZ, which uses the mct_u232 driver, but as I found out this d

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Michael Lake
Lindsay Holmwood wrote: NetworkManager is by far the best way to manage jumping between different networks. Network-Manager is annoying. Only last night did I work out what was causing my intermittent network problems at home. It was NetworkManager that says from its man page " ... and chang

[SLUG] Re: scripting proxy change in Firefox/

2006-11-22 Thread Jan Newmarch
There is a plugin for firefox called PrefBar that allows you to toggle a proxy on or off. You may be able to adapt that if you have more than one proxy to deal with. I use shell scripts to reset IP addresses, or call dhcp client, to reset the mail forwarding agent, etc. I too would like a clea

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Daniel Bush
On 23/11/06, Craig Dibble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matthew Hannigan wrote: > On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:23:37AM +1100, Penedo wrote: >> What's wrong with "tail -f syslog | grep ..."? > > Buffering > more or less less is better than more -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - ht

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Craig Dibble
Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:23:37AM +1100, Penedo wrote: What's wrong with "tail -f syslog | grep ..."? Buffering more or less -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.ht

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:23:37AM +1100, Penedo wrote: > On 23/11/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I want to tail -f the syslog file but I only want to see what I want to > >see and I don't want to see what I don't what to see. The idea is to > >tail follow through a filter. Is t

Re: [SLUG] Re: [Systers] Reminder: Women's meet-up before Sydney Linux Users Group, this Friday

2006-11-22 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 10:16:23PM -0800, Tricia Lambe wrote: > I have just been approved for training and I am pursuing my Red Hat > Linux Engineer certification. I only have windows/novell experience > so this is a whole new world to me. I am hoping my Systers who know > Linux contact me offl

[SLUG] Printing Autobook?

2006-11-22 Thread Penedo
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to print the latest autobook from CVS (http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/) on Debian Etch, but as much as this thing is about documentation I can't find any instructions on converting it to PDF. I checked out CVS (maybe this is the root of the problem) and insta

Re: [SLUG] Connecting to the Internet

2006-11-22 Thread jam
On Thursday 23 November 2006 08:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have installed Suse Linux on my new computer with a Realtek RTL8111B > > ethernet controler. > > > > I have not had any success in connecting to the net   > > > > I don't yet have a broadband account but I have noticed that the phon

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
Hi Sonia, On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 11:49:41AM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > > * what's the best way *in general* to handle changing network related > settings on a laptop? At the moment I'm just writing scripts that are > called from cron that detect which n/w I'm on and adjust things. For > exam

Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Michael Brown
There is a plugin called ProxySwitch for Firefox. It might work with Firefox 2 as well. It adds a toolbar where you can select which proxy you want to use. I use it on my laptop for switching between work and home. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription

[SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?

2006-11-22 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On my laptop (Ubuntu Edgy), I want to change various settings when I'm on different networks. A couple of questions: * how would I change the proxy used by Firefox 2.0 thru scripts? * what's the best way *in general* to handle changing network related settings on a laptop? At the moment I'm just

[SLUG] Fwd: [activities] Re: Request for blurb for November SLUG meeting talk (Chuck Grey)

2006-11-22 Thread James Dumay
-- Forwarded message -- From: Charles Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Nov 22, 2006 2:19 PM Subject: [activities] Re: Request for blurb for November SLUG meeting talk To: Charles Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, SLUG Activities < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Guys, See attached for the abst

Re: [SLUG] Connecting to the Internet

2006-11-22 Thread Craig Dibble
Stephen Black wrote: I have installed Suse Linux on my new computer with a Realtek RTL8111B ethernet controler. I have not had any success in connecting to the net I don't yet have a broadband account but I have noticed that the phone line will connect to the ethernet port (RJ45) and I was

Re: [SLUG] Connecting to the Internet

2006-11-22 Thread Ken Wilson
Stephen Black wrote: I have installed Suse Linux on my new computer with a Realtek RTL8111B ethernet controler. I have not had any success in connecting to the net and would like to know if there is a way to test my ethernet port to see if it is compatable with the OS (which seems likely as S

RE: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Visser, Martin
I regular use constructs such as tail -f syslog | grep -i deny | grep -v outside | egrep "10.1.2.3|10.3.2.1" This allows me to follow syslog as it comes out and filter on 1. Only lines with "Deny" or "deny" (or other mixed case AND 2. Are NOT associated with the "outside" interface AND 3. On

Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

2006-11-22 Thread Penedo
On 23/11/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I want to tail -f the syslog file but I only want to see what I want to see and I don't want to see what I don't what to see. The idea is to tail follow through a filter. Is that possible. What's wrong with "tail -f syslog | grep ..."? -

Re: [SLUG] Connecting to the Internet

2006-11-22 Thread Glen Turner
Stephen Black wrote: I have installed Suse Linux on my new computer with a Realtek RTL8111B ethernet controler. I have not had any success in connecting to the net and would like to know if there is a way to test my ethernet port to see if it is compatable with the OS (which seems likely as SUS

[SLUG] Re: [Systers] Reminder: Women's meet-up before Sydney Linux Users Group, this Friday

2006-11-22 Thread Tricia Lambe
I have just been approved for training and I am pursuing my Red Hat Linux Engineer certification. I only have windows/novell experience so this is a whole new world to me. I am hoping my Systers who know Linux contact me offline with whatever advice you have about the classes and joining the L

[SLUG] Connecting to the Internet

2006-11-22 Thread Stephen Black
I have installed Suse Linux on my new computer with a Realtek RTL8111B ethernet controler. I have not had any success in connecting to the net and would like to know if there is a way to test my ethernet port to see if it is compatable with the OS (which seems likely as SUSE supports 5 other sim

Re: [SLUG] Re: Html to pdf conversion with all the formatting

2006-11-22 Thread Steve Lindsay
On 11/22/06, param <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Firstly I am converting HTML object to corresponding XML file & then this XML file is converted to FO:XSL file. Using FOP I convert this XSL file into PDF using Tranformer. I recently worked on a project using fop, we used the style sheet that the

[SLUG] Re: Html to pdf conversion with all the formatting

2006-11-22 Thread param
Firstly I am converting HTML object to corresponding XML file & then this XML file is converted to FO:XSL file. Using FOP I convert this XSL file into PDF using Tranformer. I am using FOP alongwith jstl, xerces & avalon. I have used extrenal stylesheets in my JSP file. I have tried using inline s