Re: [SLUG] Silencing ldapadd, ldapmodify and ldapdelete

2007-02-18 Thread Christopher Vance
Almost correct - the final "2>1" just tries to execute a command called "2" and redirects its stdout to a plain file called "1". You're right. :-( -- Christopher -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglis

[SLUG] howto extract Chapters from movies?

2007-02-18 Thread Sonia Hamilton
Can anyone recommend a tool for extracting and combining Chapters from a movie? I've extracted the movie (a sports training video, actually) using dd & dd_rhelp [1]. What I'd like to do is pull out some of the chapters and combine them into a new movie (specific to the training I'm doing). By 'Ch

[SLUG] Re: [LINK] Close encounters of a Vista type

2007-02-18 Thread Adam Todd
Howard, you know, I think the fastest way to do it in such case would be to have your own laptop with WiFi (smile) running an open private SSID and then just have the new lappy connect and do an ARP listing :) A Lappy with Linux and WiFi is such a saving grace :) Out of curiosity, as I never

[SLUG] SLUG February Monthy Meeting

2007-02-18 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
Hi all! == February SLUG Monthly Meeting == When: 18.30, Friday, 23rd February, 2007 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

Re: [SLUG] Silencing ldapadd, ldapmodify and ldapdelete

2007-02-18 Thread Amos Shapira
On 19/02/07, Christopher Vance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2/19/07, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is out of the script that I an calling from cron: > > ldapdelete -x -D uid=admin,dc=$DB -w secret > cn=nospam$MONTH_NOW,ou=valias,dc=$DB &1>/dev/null &2>1 > > and this is the ou

Re: [SLUG] Silencing ldapadd, ldapmodify and ldapdelete

2007-02-18 Thread Christopher Vance
On 2/19/07, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is out of the script that I an calling from cron: ldapdelete -x -D uid=admin,dc=$DB -w secret cn=nospam$MONTH_NOW,ou=valias,dc=$DB &1>/dev/null &2>1 and this is the outout I get: ldap_delete: No such object (32) matched DN: ou

Re: [SLUG] Silencing ldapadd, ldapmodify and ldapdelete

2007-02-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 10:41:43AM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > > > Amos Shapira wrote: > >On 19/02/07, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>This is out of the script that I an calling from cron: > >> > >>ldapdelete -x -D uid=admin,dc=$DB -w secret > >>cn=nospam$MONTH_NOW,ou=valia

Re: [SLUG] Wireless PCI card

2007-02-18 Thread Michael Fox
On 2/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks. The reason I asked what and where: I believe there are 3 versions of the DWL-G520 2 of which don't work. It's really hit and miss... wireless cards are difficult, as like you said revisions/versions of them change often. -- SLUG -

Re: [SLUG] Wireless PCI card

2007-02-18 Thread jam
On Monday 19 February 2007 08:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I bought a D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 wireless PCI card, and it worked > "out of the box" with 32 bit Edgy. Quotes since I installed network > manager first (I had another card I was trying to get to work before), > then got the card install

Re: [SLUG] Silencing ldapadd, ldapmodify and ldapdelete

2007-02-18 Thread Amos Shapira
On 19/02/07, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is out of the script that I an calling from cron: ldapdelete -x -D uid=admin,dc=$DB -w secret cn=nospam$MONTH_NOW,ou=valias,dc=$DB &1>/dev/null &2>1 and this is the outout I get: ldap_delete: No such object (32) matched DN:

Re: [SLUG] Silencing ldapadd, ldapmodify and ldapdelete

2007-02-18 Thread Amos Shapira
On 19/02/07, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone have a clue how to silence the outputs from the subject commands? I have tried the usual redirections of STDOUT and ERROUT to /dev/null but to no avail. That's very strange - strace'ing ldapsearch on RHEL4 shows that it writ

Re: [SLUG] Close encounters of a Vista type

2007-02-18 Thread Amos Shapira
On 19/02/07, Michael Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think if you execute a command tool window (surely they still have that in vista still), and execute "ipconfig /all" it will show all Actually I remember a few years ago, back when Vista was "Longhorn" and they still though they can make i

Re: [SLUG] Close encounters of a Vista type

2007-02-18 Thread Amos Shapira
On 19/02/07, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: then get the standard nag box - hey, M$, this lappy only has one account on it, and therefore its the administrator account. Please - for the common health of the network community at large, as well as for your own Windows machine, please

Re: [SLUG] Close encounters of a Vista type

2007-02-18 Thread Robert Collins
On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 07:16 +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > I had the misfortune to have a close encounter with retail Vista > yesterday, and it was not pleasant. > > It was on a student's Dell desktop (exact Vista version not known) and > all I needed was the MAC address of the wireless card so

Re: [SLUG] Wireless PCI card

2007-02-18 Thread Julio Cesar Ody
I bought a D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 wireless PCI card, and it worked "out of the box" with 32 bit Edgy. Quotes since I installed network manager first (I had another card I was trying to get to work before), then got the card installed. So I'd assume you need it as well. On 2/18/07, [EMAIL PROTEC

[SLUG] linux googleeatrh opengl config

2007-02-18 Thread Peter Miller
Google Earth's FAQ page tells my linux native GE binary is running very very slowly because my openGL drivers are misconfigured. What it doesn't tell me is how to un-mis-configure them. I'm running Ubuntu Feisty. Suggestions? -- Regards Peter Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /\/\*http://www.c

Re: [SLUG] Close encounters of a Vista type

2007-02-18 Thread Voytek Eymont
On Mon, February 19, 2007 7:56 am, Michael Fox wrote: > On 19/02/2007, at 7:16 AM, Howard Lowndes wrote: > I think if you execute a command tool window (surely they still have > that in vista still), and execute "ipconfig /all" it will show all the > interfaces along with any ip addresses assigne

Re: [SLUG] Close encounters of a Vista type

2007-02-18 Thread Michael Fox
On 19/02/2007, at 7:16 AM, Howard Lowndes wrote: I had the misfortune to have a close encounter with retail Vista yesterday, and it was not pleasant. It was on a student's Dell desktop (exact Vista version not known) and all I needed was the MAC address of the wireless card so that I cou

[SLUG] Re: Need to backup system from laptop. - SOLVED - Please ignore

2007-02-18 Thread bill
"Problem" solved - Laptop has an ethernet port and Wireless. Kubuntu sees the Ethernet port as eth0 ( wireless is switched off in Bios) Other distros that I have been using see the ethernet port as eth1, so I have been trying to connect with the wrong port. Discovered this by using PuppyLinux

[SLUG] Re: Panel Discussion NSW ICT for 2007 State Election

2007-02-18 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Australian Computer Society is hosting a panel discussion on NSW ICT > for 2007 State Election. This can be a way to hear the positions of the > main parties involved, as well as to make the FLOSS position heard. > > The event

[SLUG] Wireless PCI card

2007-02-18 Thread jam
Hi this question has been asked over n over in many guises. Sorry! is there any definitive answer: What and where can I purchase a PCI wireless lan card. I would be using it on a 32 bit Edgy. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQ

Re: [SLUG] Need to backup system from laptop.

2007-02-18 Thread Peter Miller
On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 16:25 +1100, bill wrote: > My Benq Joybook A32E has suddenly developed a stuffed eth0 port. The > port can be "seen" by the system but cannot connect to anything > [...] > I want to back up In this situation, I would use my 2.5" external USB drive enclosure. Couple of minute