[SLUG] Dell Laptop with pre-installed Linux

2010-11-02 Thread Jesus Jr M Salvo
Hi all, My old HP Compaq Presario V6000 that I bought about 4 years ago with Fedora running on it ( I think I started with FC6 up to FC11 ) has finally died e.g. no display even during POST, and notebook keeps on rebooting itself I presume because it detected that there was display output,

[SLUG] Re: Dell Laptop with pre-installed Linux

2010-11-02 Thread Jesus Jr M Salvo
On 3 November 2010 00:20, Jesus Jr M Salvo jesus.m.sa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, My old HP Compaq Presario V6000 that I bought about 4 years ago with Fedora running on it ( I think I started with FC6 up to FC11 ) has finally died e.g. no display even during POST, and notebook keeps on

Re: [SLUG] Re: Dell Laptop with pre-installed Linux

2010-11-02 Thread wbennett
I was the one starting the thread on buying a new laptop. You might have a look at the latest electronic Choice. They compared a stack of laptops using parameters not normally considered by most buyers (number of ports and what type, power consumption, screen glare etc. Something else that came

[SLUG] chroot - landing/ cd'ing into home dir?

2010-11-02 Thread Zenaan Harkness
This has stumped me for a few days now. When I chroot into my chroot dir, I am always started at the / (root) directory. Just this morning I re-read the bash man page, and finally inserted cd $HOME at the start of /etc/profile. Is there a more elegant way? Eg, should I be trying to run

[SLUG] Fax to Email server

2010-11-02 Thread Kevin Fitzgerald
Hi all I have a customer who wants a fax server, to take in 3 PSTN fax lines (Currently going to Original Fax hardware) and send the recieved faxes to an email and to a local printer. A quick look suggests to me that Hylafax would fit the bill but I've never worked on Hylafax before so my

Re: [SLUG] Fax to Email server

2010-11-02 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Kev, Another option would be to just subscribe to a fax to email (and email to fax) service. Save on the PSTN line rental, calls, and another box to administer. There are many of these services. Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au On 3/11/2010 10:47 AM, Kevin Fitzgerald wrote: Hi

Re: [SLUG] Fax to Email server

2010-11-02 Thread James Gray
On 03/11/2010, at 10:52 AM, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Kev, Another option would be to just subscribe to a fax to email (and email to fax) service. Save on the PSTN line rental, calls, and another box to administer. There are many of these services. Thanks, Ben Donohue

Re: [SLUG] Fax to Email server

2010-11-02 Thread Kyle
or utbox.net Kind Regards Kyle On 03/11/10 11:16 AM, James Gray wrote: On 03/11/2010, at 10:52 AM, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Kev, Another option would be to just subscribe to a fax to email (and email to fax) service.

Re: [SLUG] Fax to Email server

2010-11-02 Thread Kevin Fitzgerald
Yeah. I have raised the external provider idea with the customer but got shot down So I'm back to looking into Hylafax On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Kyle k...@attitia.com wrote: or utbox.net Kind Regards Kyle

Re: [SLUG] chroot - landing/ cd'ing into home dir?

2010-11-02 Thread Daniel Pittman
Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net writes: This has stumped me for a few days now. When I chroot into my chroot dir, I am always started at the / (root) directory. Uh-huh. Just this morning I re-read the bash man page, and finally inserted cd $HOME at the start of /etc/profile. That may

Re: [SLUG] Fax to Email server

2010-11-02 Thread Dave Kempe
- Original Message - From: Kevin Fitzgerald k...@tcgtech.com.au Cc: slug@slug.org.au Sent: Wednesday, 3 November, 2010 11:43:19 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Fax to Email server Yeah. I have raised the external provider idea with the customer but got shot down So I'm back to looking

Re: [SLUG] Fax to Email server

2010-11-02 Thread Rob Thomas
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Kevin Fitzgerald k...@tcgtech.com.auwrote: Yeah. I have raised the external provider idea with the customer but got shot down It's cheaper, easier, and faster, to use an external provider. We use this for hundreds of faxes per month. The per-page cost is

Re: [SLUG] Fax to Email server

2010-11-02 Thread David Lloyd
Hmmm... On 03/11/2010, at 1:01 PM, Rob Thomas wrote: On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Kevin Fitzgerald k...@tcgtech.com.auwrote: Yeah. I have raised the external provider idea with the customer but got shot down It's cheaper, easier, and faster, to use an external provider. We use

Re: [SLUG] chroot - landing/ cd'ing into home dir?

2010-11-02 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:48, Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net wrote: Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net writes: This has stumped me for a few days now.  When I chroot into my chroot dir, I am always started at the / (root) directory. Uh-huh. Just this morning I re-read the bash man page,