[SLUG] Wifi set up help for Open suse 11.4

2011-06-29 Thread Sharon Doig
Hi there, I have just bought a Netcomm Myzone 3G wifi router. I would like some instructions on setting it up on a compaq presario cq40 with a Broadcom BCM 4312 802.11 b/g LP-PHY card. The operating system I am using on this computer is Open suse 11.4 with a KDE interface. I currently

Re: [SLUG] The 'nanny state' and freedom of choice

2011-06-29 Thread elliott-brennan
On 29/06/11 14:09, Rachel Polanskis wrote: My definition of nanny state is that it is a phrase used by those who would let a dog bite you repeatedly while ensuring it is always your right for it to do so. LOL Couldn't have said it better. Except when it's the States dog doing the

Re: [SLUG] The 'nanny state' and freedom of choice

2011-06-29 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
This is established law. So was Apartheid, slavery, the criminality of Homosexuality and Inquisitions. Marghanita da Cruz wrote: The 'nanny state' and freedom of choice http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22library%2Fprspub%2F875642%22 The

Re: [SLUG] The 'nanny state' and freedom of choice

2011-06-29 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Marghanita da Cruz wrote: snip This is offtopic. Please take it elsewhere like slug-chat. Erik -- -- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/

[SLUG] Which Linux for Autonomous driving platform ?

2011-06-29 Thread David Lyon
Hi people, I'm trying to choose the best platform for an open source autonomous driving project that I've been working on for a while. - https://bitbucket.org/djlyon/smp-driverless-car-robot/overview I'm considering Debian Live, DSL, Puppy-Linux but can't make up my mind. Target hardware is

[SLUG] linux.conf.au now accepting Papers and Presentation submissions for LCA2012

2011-06-29 Thread Mary Gardiner
- Forwarded message from linux.conf.au Announcements lca-annou...@lists.linux.org.au - From: linux.conf.au Announcements lca-annou...@lists.linux.org.au Subject: [lca-announce] linux.conf.au now accepting Papers and Presentation submissions for LCA2012 Dear All, The organisers of

Re: [SLUG] clone non-LVM system onto new LVM drive

2011-06-29 Thread John Clarke
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 02:15:18PM +1000, david wrote: Next, how do I persuade the new partition to boot? Do I have to do some magic with grub? If so, what? Do I cpio the old /boot onto the new, non-LVM boot partition? or can I use /boot within the new LV? Everything I read says to put