Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Dave Kempe
Dean Hamstead wrote: > do any of those $30 1gig things work in linux yet? i spent some time trying to get an optus then a 3 one working. (both use the same hardware). but with no love. 1 gig isnt enough, and the data charges after 1gig are just theft. This is what you need: http://oozie.fm.in

[SLUG] OT LPI 101 Exam

2007-11-12 Thread leei
Hi Guys, I am writing the Linux LPI 101 exam on Monday next week and wanted to know if you guys have any suggestions for me besides me going through the notes for course. Thanks, Lee --- South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za --

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
thanks for that, the ones i have used are huawei devices. Dean On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:45:39 +1100, "Sonia Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:26:58 +, "Rev Simon Rumble" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: >> >> > do any o

RE: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Roger Barnes
> This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: > > has anyone used unwired with linux? > > Yes. > Unwired sucks. Ditto here, everything from the modem to PC running linux works well, but from modem to tower can really suck. I've lived in 4 metropolitan Sydney locations within the coverage a

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:26:58 +, "Rev Simon Rumble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: > > > do any of those $30 1gig things work in linux yet? i spent some > > time trying to get an optus then a 3 one working. (both use > > the same hardware). but wit

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: > do any of those $30 1gig things work in linux yet? i spent some > time trying to get an optus then a 3 one working. (both use > the same hardware). but with no love. 1 gig isnt enough, and > the data charges after 1gig are just theft. Probably,

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
> Virgin Broadband has a 30-day cooling off period, which might be worth > investigating if you're just trying to plug a gap waiting for fixed-line > broadband. do any of those $30 1gig things work in linux yet? i spent some time trying to get an optus then a 3 one working. (both use the same hard

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Jeremy Portzer
Christopher Vance wrote: On Nov 13, 2007 3:20 PM, Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How does unwired know who you are if it is using dhcp? do they want your MAC address? Unless things have changed since a friend got rid of his, the Unwired modem is your dhcp server. I've used unwired

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: > Ah yes, this i realise. I have unwired through internode which is just > vanilla pppoe. Unwired has prepaid which is appealing for the circumstance > for which i am investigating. Virgin Broadband has a 30-day cooling off period, which might b

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Christopher Vance
On Nov 13, 2007 3:20 PM, Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How does unwired know who you are if it is using dhcp? do they > want your MAC address? Unless things have changed since a friend got rid of his, the Unwired modem is your dhcp server. -- Christopher Vance -- SLUG - Sydney Linu

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
> If you're using the ethernet modem, it Just Works. Standard IP and > DHCP. > >> gotchas etc? > > Unwired sucks. If there's any other option except maybe Next G, you'll > be better off. The latency is enormous. Ah yes, this i realise. I have unwired through internode which is just vanilla p

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: > has anyone used unwired with linux? Yes. > comments? If you're using the ethernet modem, it Just Works. Standard IP and DHCP. > gotchas etc? Unwired sucks. If there's any other option except maybe Next G, you'll be better off. The latenc

[SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
has anyone used unwired with linux? comments? gotchas etc? Dean -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] DOJO Toolkit 1.0 Training course 6-8 Feb 2008

2007-11-12 Thread Stuart Guthrie
Hi everyone, Dojo hit 1.0 a couple of weeks ago. It is a great toolkit (we use 0.4 currently) for building rich web apps. I chatted to the sitepen folks and they are keen to get a course going downunder! Currently they are only running the courses in London and Silicon Valley. The link is: htt

[SLUG] [ot] free wiki host that allows you to use own domain

2007-11-12 Thread Richard Hayes
Dear list, I am organising a Innovation conference for OpenCoffee and the state government called Innovaton07. If I register www.innovation07.org does anyone know any free wiki hosting that allows using your own domain? Conference Innovation07 Innovation and new venture creation Where: DS

Re: [SLUG] tip: how to renumbber screens in gnu screen

2007-11-12 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:47:45 +1100, "Sonia Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > If you use gnu screen, here's a tip on how to reorganize/renumber your > screens: s/renumbber/renumber/g -- Sonia Hamilton -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info an

[SLUG] tip: how to renumbber screens in gnu screen

2007-11-12 Thread Sonia Hamilton
If you use gnu screen, here's a tip on how to reorganize/renumber your screens: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2007-11/msg2.html Really useful, and given it took me so many years to work it, probably useful to others. -- Sonia Hamilton -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Ma

[SLUG] ftp upload failures

2007-11-12 Thread Voytek Eymont
I'm seeing this in some of /var/log/secure, how do I tell whether client needs to be active or passive ? - Nov 12 19:40:00 bilby proftpd[20540]: bilby (:::123.45.65.78[:::123.45.65.78]) - Passive data transfer failed, possibly due to network issues Nov 12 19:50:27 bilby pro

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread jam
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 10:10 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This is the only time we're making the XO laptop > > available to the public and quantities are limited, > > I have to say, this really does seem like a boneheaded idea. > Surely >

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Jeff Waugh
> So get someone else to do it, and purchase 100,000 of them up-front. Get > them to do all the "annoying customers" handling too. If it's an existing > retailer, they're the experts already. That's a massive distraction for the core organisation. Remember, it is not a technology project, it's

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Jeff Waugh wrote: > The answer to this is really simple: Retail *SUCKS*. > > They're sucking up a considerable cost (in time and dollar terms) to provide > the G1G1 programme, because it massively increases their workload to deal > with "annoying customers", they have

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Jeff Waugh
> This one time, at band camp, Simon Males wrote: > > > This is the only time we're making the XO laptop available to the public > > and quantities are limited, > > I have to say, this really does seem like a boneheaded idea. Surely it's > in their interest to have loads of geeks buying these

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Simon Males wrote: > This is the only time we're making the XO laptop > available to the public and quantities are limited, I have to say, this really does seem like a boneheaded idea. Surely it's in their interest to have loads of geeks buying these machines. Fi

Re: [SLUG] RegEx question

2007-11-12 Thread Stuart Guthrie
Thanks everyone for some great help. I thought there might be a couple of regex gurus out there! Stuart On Nov 9, 2007 5:42 PM, Roger Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not being a regex expert I was hoping someone could point me > > at a list, forum or just give me a pointer on how to achieve

[SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Simon Males
For those interested in the OLPC project, there is a limited public release kicking off. You pay for two, donating one and the second is for a child you know. Unfortunately it's available only for US and Canadian buyers. So if you have US/CAN contacts or a forwarding address the best time woul

[SLUG] old router needs a home

2007-11-12 Thread jimd
Netopia R5100AU Serial router - Aust sync/async frame relay RSVP - can collect at Nth Syd. Jim Donovan 8923-5208bh -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html