[SLUG] Dubbo LUG

2007-01-27 Thread Andrew Swinn
Howdy all, This is just a message to try and get in contact with someone who posted a message on the list back in 2005. I was just random googling and came across a message from someone who was looking at setting up a LUG out here in Dubbo. I have been thinking along similar lines of late.

Re: [SLUG] Hosed Ubuntu by apt-get upgrade

2007-01-27 Thread lukekendall
I've left the broken Ubuntu system sitting there on /dev/md1 and installed 6.10 on /dev/md0. Main problem with that (I very nearly gave up) was that the Ubuntu installer assumes that it's going to be booting from (hd0,0), despite the fact that you tell it where root is (in my case (hd0,5) since

[SLUG] Installing Nvidia card

2007-01-27 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi all, Well, it looks like I may be able to get myself a new video card for my desktop. I'm going to get an Nvidia card. I have on-board video and haven't previously installed a vid card into a machine that already had an on-board vid card so am seeking some advice. Do I have to disable

Re: [SLUG] Fedora access and securtiy

2007-01-27 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 12:27:03AM +1100, Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Sonia Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This *is* the simple method. Once you've installed shorewall, you'll only have to edit a few files in /etc/shorewall - probably these: I dont doubt that

[SLUG] ssh and vnc

2007-01-27 Thread Alan L Tyree
I have been trying to install x11vnc and then use ssh tunnels to connect. There are two different machines that I am trying to connect to, one Ubuntu and one is an Apple iBook running Xubuntu. 1 I have no problem with either machine NOT using ssh 2 using ssh: ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900

Re: [SLUG] ssh and vnc

2007-01-27 Thread Sam Lawrance
On 28/01/2007, at 4:44 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: I have been trying to install x11vnc and then use ssh tunnels to connect. There are two different machines that I am trying to connect to, one Ubuntu and one is an Apple iBook running Xubuntu. 1 I have no problem with either machine NOT using ssh

Re: [SLUG] ssh and vnc

2007-01-27 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:54:52 +1100 Sam Lawrance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/01/2007, at 4:44 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: I have been trying to install x11vnc and then use ssh tunnels to connect. There are two different machines that I am trying to connect to, one Ubuntu and one is an

Re: [SLUG] Installing Nvidia card

2007-01-27 Thread Ashley
There should be no problems at all installing the card as it should be detected and used immediately but make sure that you download envy as a deb/rpm first and run it from the command line - without X running - on your first reboot after installing the card and making sure your internet

Re: [SLUG] ssh and vnc

2007-01-27 Thread Sam Lawrance
On 28/01/2007, at 5:27 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:54:52 +1100 Sam Lawrance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/01/2007, at 4:44 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: I have been trying to install x11vnc and then use ssh tunnels to connect. There are two different machines that I am