Re: [SLUG] Help required with internet browser problem.

2007-11-15 Thread Tony Sceats
err, just `route` will actually work, where `route -a` is not sensical.. I was thinking of arp, but you shouldn't have to worry about that yet.. ;) On Nov 15, 2007 10:10 PM, Tony Sceats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Sharon, Maybe these are stupid questions, but have you checked your DNS

Re: [SLUG] switching debian architecture in place?

2007-11-15 Thread Heracles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As all the packages would be 32 bit you could either reinstall or set up a dual boot with the 64bit version (as I do). The 64 bit version is slower than the 32 bit version on my amd64 and it does not have flash or compile Gambas2 code properly. So

[SLUG] Mandriva Installfest - Saturday 17th November

2007-11-15 Thread Rodger Dean
Hi All, The week has come. This weekend on Saturday 17th November will be the Mandriva Installfest for the latest release 2008. This will be a great opportunity to bring into the community Mandriva users who are not yet part of SLUG. This will be a community focused event and will reflect

Re: [SLUG] Help required with internet browser problem.

2007-11-15 Thread Tony Sceats
Hi Sharon, Maybe these are stupid questions, but have you checked your DNS settings? And if you're connected to the internet (ie, your IP settings are correct)? try running `ping www.google.com` in a terminal - this will tell you if your connected to the internet and if it's a browser problem

[SLUG] Help required with internet browser problem.

2007-11-15 Thread Sharon Doig
Hi SLUG, RE: Help required with Internet Browser Problem. My Firefox, Opera and Konquerer fail to connect to internet. All browsers have automatically defaulted set to OffLine mode. Even if I untick Offline mode my browsers fail to connect to the internet. A message is displayed failed to

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

2007-11-15 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 09:22:31AM +1000, Simon Wong wrote: The hardest thing about finding tip for screen is that typing screen into Google is not exactly definitive! Indeed. Maybe we can agitate to have them cahnge the name to vscreen or

Re: [SLUG] terminal via email

2007-11-15 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Tony Green wrote: On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:58:02 +1100 (EST), Voytek Eymont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: some time ago, I came across a utility that would process a terminal command in an email body, and, email back the output; but I don't recall what it was, anyone

[SLUG] xset force monitor to remain off

2007-11-15 Thread Scott Ragen
Hey All, I use synergy at home with my Linux desktop plugged into my monitor via dvi, and my laptop via vga. I have configured synergy to do an xset dpms force off when I tell it to switch to the laptop, which causes the monitor to switch to using the vga port and beings up the laptop- that

Re: [SLUG] switching debian architecture in place?

2007-11-15 Thread Amos Shapira
On 15/11/2007, Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As all the packages would be 32 bit you could either reinstall or set up a dual boot with the 64bit version (as I do). That's what I wanted to avoid. Never mind. It was a nice to have curiosity and so far the answer is negative... The 64 bit

[SLUG] replacing rpm app with source app /usr/bin /usr/local/bin

2007-11-15 Thread Voytek Eymont
I'm trying to install a ruby on rails application; I need ruby, gems and the like the Centos system had ruby installed in /usr/bin the original ruby was too back level; I've installed new ruby source and installed 'as is' (defaulted to /usr/local/bin) I've deinstalled original with rpm -e ruby

Re: [SLUG] replacing rpm app with source app /usr/bin /usr/local/bin

2007-11-15 Thread Scott Ragen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16/11/2007 11:51:58 AM: # whereis ruby ruby: /usr/lib/ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/local/lib/ruby # ruby --version bash: /usr/bin/ruby: No such file or directory # /usr/local/bin/ruby --version ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-23 patchlevel 110) [i686-linux] what's my best

Re: [SLUG] replacing rpm app with source app /usr/bin /usr/local/bin

2007-11-15 Thread Michael Chesterton
On 16/11/2007, at 11:51 AM, Voytek Eymont wrote: however, 'default search path' still keep looking for '/usr/bin/ruby' # whereis ruby ruby: /usr/lib/ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/local/lib/ruby # ruby --version bash: /usr/bin/ruby: No such file or directory # /usr/local/bin/ruby --version ruby

Re: [SLUG] replacing rpm app with source app /usr/bin /usr/local/bin

2007-11-15 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 11:51:58AM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote: I'm trying to install a ruby on rails application; I need ruby, gems and the like the Centos system had ruby installed in /usr/bin the original ruby was too back level; I've installed new ruby source and installed 'as is'

Re: [SLUG] replacing rpm app with source app /usr/bin /usr/local/bin

2007-11-15 Thread Amos Shapira
On 16/11/2007, Voytek Eymont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: however, 'default search path' still keep looking for '/usr/bin/ruby' # whereis ruby ruby: /usr/lib/ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/local/lib/ruby # ruby --version bash: /usr/bin/ruby: No such file or directory # /usr/local/bin/ruby