Re: [SLUG] How do I remove a directory pointed to by a symbolic link

2007-01-03 Thread Amos Shapira
On 03/01/07, Norman Gaywood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But why are we we trying to pipe output to xargs. We are only dealing with one name. Or zero. I used the xargs -r trick to avoid running anything if there is no output from readlink. Whats wrong with just: rm -rf $(readlink link)

Re: [SLUG] Computer keeps turning itself off.

2007-01-03 Thread Joseph Goncalves
try: cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/trip_points to see what temperature the computer will turn off at and cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/temperature to see the temperature the computer is currently at... That's interesting, I didn't know about those, though I do have a temp

Re: [SLUG] recommended ip phone for experimenting with Asterisk?

2007-01-03 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wednesday 03 January 2007 14:40, Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Wednesday 03 January 2007 10:07, Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Grandstream phones are widely known for being cheap and nasty. I strongly

Re: [SLUG] recommended ip phone for experimenting with Asterisk?

2007-01-03 Thread Adam Kennedy
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: The problem with many VoIP manufacturers is that they have an electronics and not a telephony background. Companies which have proven track records in telecommunications are far more likely to produce a product that is reliable and better tailored to suit the needs of

Re: [SLUG] Computer keeps turning itself off.

2007-01-03 Thread Ken Wilson
Is the heat sink properly seated on the processor? I removed a heatsink to clean the blanket of fluff the fan had forced in, then replaced it but had not locked down all the catches properly. It ran for a while then just shut down like the plug was pulled. Restart immediately and it would shut

Re: [SLUG] recommended ip phone for experimenting with Asterisk?

2007-01-03 Thread Amos Shapira
On 03/01/07, Adam Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During my days at Cisco in 2000 they did the huge we're all going VOIP internally rollout, to eat their own dogfood. Even with the entire company relying on it, even with executives badgering them, even with all the experience and talent

[SLUG] Slugs iCal generator script?

2007-01-03 Thread Amos Shapira
Hello, Can anyone point me to the script used to generate the iCal file of SLUG events at http://slug.org.au/event/ical webcal://slug.org.au/event/ical ? I've suggested providing the same service by another event-organizing group (outside Australia) and they asked for code. Thanks, --Amos --

Re: [SLUG] Slugs iCal generator script?

2007-01-03 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
Hi Amos, We're actually using the event module for Drupal, which comes with a bunch of iCal generation goodness out of the box. You can find everything you need at http://drupal.org/ and http://drupal.org/project/event. Good luck! :-) Lindsay On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 08:56:42AM +1100, Amos

Re: [SLUG] Computer keeps turning itself off.

2007-01-03 Thread Joseph Goncalves
What type of cpu does your laptop have? On Thursday 04 January 2007 05:17, Howard Lowndes wrote: Sadly I now discover that my lappy is not capable of cpu speed control :( Joseph Goncalves wrote: try: cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/trip_points to see what temperature the computer will

[SLUG] Murray Waldron

2007-01-03 Thread Chas Eeles
Good day to you, I have read the article concerning SPUNC (Small Press Underground Networking Community)printed in The Australian Newspaper (among other publications) written by Murray Waldron from Matsushita Electric Co. (Aust.) Pty Ltd which I understand is a part of your organisation. I would

Re: [SLUG] Computer keeps turning itself off.

2007-01-03 Thread Joseph Goncalves
Have a look at the modules in /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq. One of these are bound to expose control of your cpu's speed over /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/. cpuspeed, powernowd, cpufreqd, etc all pretty much do the same thing in this sys folder to

[SLUG] Postfix experts

2007-01-03 Thread jam
Hi can anybody suggest a reason for this? If it is timing can postfix be told to wait-longer? Of course mostly it works correctly thanks James Jan 4 13:04:03 server postfix/smtpd[17455]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[202.14.131.60]: 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname,

Re: [SLUG] Postfix experts

2007-01-03 Thread jam
On Thursday 04 January 2007 13:17, you wrote: On 1/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi can anybody suggest a reason for this? If it is timing can postfix be told to wait-longer? Of course mostly it works correctly thanks James Jan 4 13:04:03 server

Re: [SLUG] Postfix experts

2007-01-03 Thread Michael Fox
On 1/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael thanks this is the error logged at destination saying unable to find source (wa.gov.au) machine which DOES exist. The puzzle it it mostly works, but intermittently fails Hmmm your latest letter makes sense! I reckon if you have the

Re: [SLUG] Postfix experts

2007-01-03 Thread Michael Fox
On 1/4/07, Michael Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi can anybody suggest a reason for this? If it is timing can postfix be told to wait-longer? Of course mostly it works correctly thanks James Jan 4 13:04:03 server

[SLUG] DI-704P router + printer+Linux

2007-01-03 Thread Gerd Muncke
Hi everyone, I'm a newcomer to this mailing list. I'm running SuSE linux 9.3 on my laptop. I'm connected to the web via cable and a D-LINK router DI-704P. This router also offers access to a printer via a parallel port. The printer is working properly from a MS XP machine. I installed the

[SLUG] access to internal web server

2007-01-03 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, I'm having trouble getting to an internal web server which the outside world can see. I have an ADSL modem forwarding port 80 to an IPCOP firewall. This firewall forwards port 80 to the webserver (Centos 4.4) From outside the website comes up fine. From internal I get the webpage of

Re: [SLUG] access to internal web server

2007-01-03 Thread DaZZa
On 1/4/07, Ben Donohue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm having trouble getting to an internal web server which the outside world can see. I have an ADSL modem forwarding port 80 to an IPCOP firewall. This firewall forwards port 80 to the webserver (Centos 4.4) From outside the website

Re: [SLUG] access to internal web server

2007-01-03 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks DaZZa, When I choose the www.sitewhatever.com.au address (not the internal 192.168.x.x) it goes to the ADSL modem. That's from internal. Many places in websites these days running CMS or Blogging software point the site back to the www.sitewhatever.com.au in its links rather than

Re: [SLUG] access to internal web server

2007-01-03 Thread DaZZa
On 1/4/07, Ben Donohue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks DaZZa, When I choose the www.sitewhatever.com.au address (not the internal 192.168.x.x) it goes to the ADSL modem. That's from internal. Many places in websites these days running CMS or Blogging software point the site back to the

[SLUG] LCA video recording team

2007-01-03 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
Hi everyone, to all those who are interested to help out with video recordings at LCA (and in turn get cheaper/free entry to LCA), we're going to go into the last phase of preparations. 1. 7th January, 10am-11:30am, 23 Westminster Rd, Gladesville: (2 weekends before LCA) * we'll do a setup