Re: [SLUG] Beating the filter

2010-04-06 Thread Alan L Tyree
upgrade). Again, though, I am thinking more in terms of a general PR exercise - giving step by step instructions that even my neighbour could follow (she's 101 and using Debian). Cheers, Alan On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Alan L Tyree a...@austlii.edu.au wrote: On Tue, 6 Apr 2010

[SLUG] Beating the filter

2010-04-05 Thread Alan L Tyree
and we could email it to everyone that we know. I personally think it is something that everyone should know. At least according to the Herald article, such advice will be illegal (!) after Chancellor Conroy is finished with us. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2

Re: [SLUG] Beating the filter

2010-04-05 Thread Alan L Tyree
sometime back when the Great Wall was first mooted, just to learn how to do it, but naturally I have lost my notes on it and forgotten the details. *I'm* the one who should be attending Nitschke's seminars :-). On 06/04/2010, at 12:54 PM, Jeremy Visser wrote: On 06/04/10 07:25, Alan L Tyree

Re: [SLUG] free speech and internet censorship ?

2010-04-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
From: Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au To: slug@slug.org.au Subject: Re: [SLUG] SLUG Membership decline Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:19:10 +1100 Heracles wrote: Alan L Tyree wrote: On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:38:35 +1100 Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: SNIP

Re: Why so snooty? Re: [SLUG] Which bank doesn't use Linux servers?

2010-04-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
to the Australian jurisprudence on banking law. Cheers, Alan Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748

Re: [SLUG] SLUG Membership decline

2010-04-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] SLUG Membership decline

2010-04-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:49:41 +1100 Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Alan L Tyree wrote: On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:38:35 +1100 Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: SNIP {note to Jon: forget Scribus, it still crashes regularly. I have been trying to use the stable version

On-line payments: Re: Why so snooty? Re: [SLUG] Which bank doesn't use Linux servers?

2010-04-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Replacing Mac HDD (was: Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?)

2010-02-21 Thread Alan L Tyree
of books on it, but maybe time to put it out to pasture. The basic Dell Mini 10 was on line at $400 this weekend - much lighter, much higher specs. Thanks, Alan Good luck, James -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Replacing Mac HDD (was: Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?)

2010-02-21 Thread Alan L Tyree
for the way I use it (emacs, email, web stuff). Thanks, Alan On 22/02/2010, at 8:08, Alan L Tyree a...@austlii.edu.au wrote: On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:09:35 +1100 James Gray ja...@gray.net.au wrote: On 21/02/2010, at 7:48 AM, elliott-brennan wrote: Alan Tyree wrote: I have

Re: [SLUG] Replacing Mac HDD (was: Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?)

2010-02-20 Thread Alan L Tyree
I finish I should by a Lenovo. Cheers, Alan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?

2010-02-19 Thread Alan L Tyree
is in an occasionally annoying position. regards Terry -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: [SLUG] Problems with DVD creation

2010-02-18 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Mailing list web archives..... Is this leagal ?

2010-02-16 Thread Alan L Tyree
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[SLUG] Ldd report from rkhunter

2010-01-21 Thread Alan L Tyree
I see that ldd prints the shared libraries required by each program, but I don't understand why it should have been changed or if I should be worried about it. I ran chkrootkit and it showed no warnings. System is Debian Lenny amd64. What does it all mean? Thanks for help. Alan -- Alan L

Re: [SLUG] Ldd report from rkhunter

2010-01-21 Thread Alan L Tyree
or not. Thanks for your help. alan Rodolfo Martínez Dirección de Proyectos Aleux México | http://www.aleux.com On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Alan L Tyree a...@austlii.edu.au wrote: Dear SLUGGERS, I just got this report from rkhunter on my machine: Warning: The file properties

Re: [SLUG] Ldd report from rkhunter - Update

2010-01-21 Thread Alan L Tyree
for the lesson on how to check out this sort of thing. Cheers, Alan Rodolfo Martínez Dirección de Proyectos Aleux México | http://www.aleux.com On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Alan L Tyree a...@austlii.edu.au wrote: Dear SLUGGERS, I just got this report from rkhunter on my machine

Re: [SLUG] Desktop publishing

2010-01-13 Thread Alan L Tyree
) iEYEARECAAYFAktOiK4ACgkQybPcBAs9CE85PACfafQ5gf7aoUHM6l1XVhoaLgeW oRUAnAyuf0bC8R6tRkj530irBDBfw6Ri =mOlx -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2

Re: [SLUG] Desktop publishing

2010-01-13 Thread Alan L Tyree
from Lulu.com: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/self-publishing-with-lyx/1502465 The Self-publishing book is based on an earlier version of LyX, but the details haven't changed much. LyX itself has some of the best open source documentation that I have seen. HTH, Alan -- Alan L Tyree

Re: [SLUG] Advice Request for moving a Ubuntu installation to a larger disk and 4Gb RAM

2009-10-28 Thread Alan L Tyree
is not Daniel for the helpful pointers. Looks like a good time to try 64 bits. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Advice Request for moving a Ubuntu installation to a larger disk and 4Gb RAM

2009-10-27 Thread Alan L Tyree
across e. Backup new disk f. find out what doesn't work? What have I missed? Thanks, in anticipation Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp

Re: [SLUG] Advice Request for moving a Ubuntu installation to a larger disk and 4Gb RAM

2009-10-27 Thread Alan L Tyree
the new disk boot into readonly single user mode mount the new partitions somewhere sensible rsync everything to them. reboot -Rob -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee PC 900

2009-09-12 Thread Alan L Tyree
List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee PC 900

2009-09-12 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] LaTeX and Word

2009-07-14 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Indexing under Linux

2009-05-29 Thread Alan L Tyree
to mean 'No'. Thanks, Jon. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2

Re: [SLUG] Indexing under Linux

2009-05-29 Thread Alan L Tyree
and http://www.indexres.com Jon. Alan L Tyree wrote: This is really just the LaTeX embedded indexing. One of Jon's earlier posts explained that this is not what real indexers do. I both agree and disagree with Jon. Real indexers do not use embedded systems. Unfortunately

Re: [SLUG] Synchronizing from Windows to Linux

2009-05-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
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[SLUG] NY TImes article

2009-05-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Reminder: nominations for 2009 SLUG Elections are open!

2009-03-26 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control

2009-03-20 Thread Alan L Tyree
those mentioned. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control

2009-03-17 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:49:36 +1100 Erik de Castro Lopo mle+s...@mega-nerd.com wrote: Alan L Tyree wrote: Hi all, Looking for some advice. I have used RCS version control for writing LaTeX documents for some time, but am looking at the advantages of using a distributed version control

Re: [SLUG] The LaTeX Problem revisited.

2009-03-08 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:31:58 +1100 (EST) wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au wrote: SNIP \bibdata{ReferenceList} No file ETL503AssignmentOne.bbl. SNIP Need to run bibtex? -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092

Re: [SLUG] MP3 player mounting on old machine but not new machine

2008-12-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Re: Netbook experiences?

2008-12-16 Thread Alan L Tyree
/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Regards Morgan Storey,A+, MCSE:Security. IT Security Specialist. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L

Re: [SLUG] Netbook experiences?

2008-12-11 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Problem with USB ports

2008-11-20 Thread Alan L Tyree
permission to access external storage devices. Alan Sonia. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: [SLUG] wifi in hardy on compaq c700 laptop

2008-11-05 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Brief note on eeePC 701

2008-09-19 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] {Spam?} Anti spam software?

2008-06-19 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] login-less logins

2008-06-17 Thread Alan L Tyree
name Cheers, Alan Any suggestions appreciated. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: [SLUG] simple text formatting language

2008-05-28 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] simple text formatting language

2008-05-28 Thread Alan L Tyree
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[SLUG] Hard disk drive

2008-05-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
? Thanks for help, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Hard disk drive

2008-05-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
But I like the second disk for automatic backups. More than two would be overkill :-). Thanks On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need some advice. I'm running Debian Etch on a four year old box. I has (had) two disk drives, one of which dropped

Re: [SLUG] Hard disk drive

2008-05-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
connectors. Off to the shops! Alan On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need some advice. I'm running Debian Etch on a four year old box. I has (had) two disk drives, one of which dropped dead. Looking for new ones, I see P/ATA and S/ATA. Can I use

Re: [SLUG] Hard disk drive

2008-05-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
Martin On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 26 May 2008 11:54:35 +1000 david [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-05-26 at 11:44 +1000, Martin Visser wrote: PATA is basically the same as what you might have known as ATA or IDE

[SLUG] Wireless on iBook G4

2008-04-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
:a9:9c Apr 3 10:42:20 misty kernel: bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 Apr 3 10:42:20 misty last message repeated 5 times And then it gives up. What should I be looking for? Thanks for any help. Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2

Re: [SLUG] Wireless on iBook G4

2008-04-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
on. Cheers, Sven On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 11:48 +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote: G'day, Trying to get the wireless working on my iBook G4 running Debian Etch, Gnome, Network Manager bcm43xx and wpa_supplicant. I can connect to open networks, so the bcm43xx is working, but when I tried a WPA

Re: [SLUG] Firefox javascript

2008-03-26 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:50:19 +1100 Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody explain this to me? I'm using Debian Etch. I connect to a commercial site that uses javascript buttons to initiate searches

Re: [SLUG] getting SUSE 10.3 on a Mac PowerPC...

2008-03-18 Thread Alan L Tyree
Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] Citrix client fails to open app

2008-03-15 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Firefox javascript

2008-03-13 Thread Alan L Tyree
widescreen. (And that doesn't even talk about accessibility issues for screen readers, different languages, etc) On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody explain this to me? I'm using Debian Etch. I connect to a commercial site

[SLUG] Firefox javascript

2008-03-12 Thread Alan L Tyree
or not. The javascript is activated in the preferences and allowed to do anything in the Advanced options. Driving me nuts. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD

Re: [SLUG] Firefox javascript

2008-03-12 Thread Alan L Tyree
and think everyone is running a cinematic widescreen. (And that doesn't even talk about accessibility issues for screen readers, different languages, etc) On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody explain this to me? I'm using Debian Etch. I

[SLUG] Sound puzzle

2008-01-17 Thread Alan L Tyree
[system ]: USB-Audio - iMic USB audio system Griffin Technology, Inc iMic USB audio system at usb-:00:02.2-3, full speed Any suggestions very, very welcome. This is driving me nuts. Thanks, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan

Re: [SLUG] Re: [activities] If you could ask Microsoft a question what would it be?

2008-01-16 Thread Alan L Tyree
. Tish Bum. duck Alan L Tyree wrote: On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:08:38 +1100 elliott-brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Melissa Draper [EMAIL PROTECTED] At the very least, this is an opportunity to have them visit our turf, on our own terms, and force them to respond to everything we

[SLUG] USB to serial

2007-12-17 Thread Alan L Tyree
Is there anything that I need to look for in these USB to serial converters? Any special software needed? Thanks, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] Eee

2007-12-08 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:09:27 +1100 Sam Lawrance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 06/12/2007, at 10:38 AM, Alan L Tyree wrote: On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 23:25:39 + Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one time, at band camp, Robert Thorsby wrote: Also, for one that doesn't have

Re: [SLUG] Eee

2007-12-07 Thread Alan L Tyree
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[SLUG] Handheld scanners

2007-10-13 Thread Alan L Tyree
Has anybody had any experience with these? I want something to scan written text in a library. Any experiences greatly appreciated. Thanks, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092

Re: [SLUG] Latex question: chapter style

2007-10-09 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Suspenseful laptops

2007-09-13 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Suspenseful laptops

2007-09-13 Thread Alan L Tyree
in 1984 -- and no printer port! Alan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61

Re: [SLUG] Distributing Linux CD/DVDs

2007-09-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
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[SLUG] ABC on Etch?

2007-08-18 Thread Alan L Tyree
. Thanks, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au

[SLUG] ABC on Etch - Solved

2007-08-18 Thread Alan L Tyree
Never mind. I got it as soon as I sent the last message. Choose Windows Media Player (can you believe it?). -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney

[SLUG] Printer problem

2007-07-04 Thread Alan L Tyree
pardevice Jul 5 09:35:08 windy kernel: ppdev0: negotiated back to compatibility mode because user-space forgot Jul 5 09:35:08 windy kernel: ppdev0: unregistered pardevice Can anybody give me a clue as to what I should do? Many thanks, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2

[SLUG] Printers again

2007-07-04 Thread Alan L Tyree
Never mind. It's working. I don't know why!! -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

[SLUG] Boot weirdness

2007-06-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
was). It then did an fsck on hda1, gave some message that it had been fixed but that it would reboot. which it did. I don't see the messages in the logs, but maybe I should look somewhere special? The system seems to be OK now. Any pointers welcome. Thanks, Alan -- Alan L Tyree

Re: [SLUG] PowerPC, and Sound

2007-05-10 Thread Alan L Tyree
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[SLUG] Symbolic links

2007-05-06 Thread Alan L Tyree
Hi All, Is there some easy way to find all the symbolic links that point to a given target? Thanks, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Symbolic links

2007-05-06 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Mon, 7 May 2007 11:33:52 +1000 John Ferlito [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:15:51AM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: Is there some easy way to find all the symbolic links that point to a given target? No real easy way since for symbolic links there is no reverse lookup

Re: [SLUG] Display problem with emacs - solved

2007-05-03 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Thu, 3 May 2007 14:22:57 +1000 Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just recently installed Debian Etch on my main machine. Everything works a treat except the Emacs display. I use white characters on a black background. I looks like there are vertical shadow bands passing through

[SLUG] Display problem with emacs

2007-05-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
EndSection Any clues would be much appreciated since I use emacs a lot. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing

Re: [SLUG] Re: Re. Etch on ibook

2007-04-26 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:57:28 +1000 Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:44:44 +1200 Adam Bogacki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP I reinstalled from the main Debian disk #1 and now it is working - but only from the Power icon on the Gnome panel. I suppose I need some gdm

[SLUG] Re: Re. Etch on ibook

2007-04-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
http://www-spht.cea.fr/en/Images/Pisp/jbouttier/d420-linux.php Another way is to add a kernel option .. http://www.student.tue.nl/Q/j.f.berndsen/debian/ Regards, Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2

[SLUG] Re: Re. Etch on ibook

2007-04-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
it might be a Mac bug .. Is gnome-power-manager compatible with xfce .. ? http://www.nnseek.com/e/linux.debian.ports.powerpc/ Sorry, I'm using a standard desktop. Good luck, Adam. On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:08:42PM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:45:27 +1200

[SLUG] Etch on ibook

2007-04-24 Thread Alan L Tyree
. Thanks for any help. Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] Amaya - Solved

2007-04-19 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:14:16 +1000 Matthew Hannigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 01:06:12PM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: I'm running Debian Sid and trying to install Amaya. Well, easy to install, of course, but when I try to run it: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ amaya 12:59

Re: [SLUG] RE:Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-17 Thread Alan L Tyree
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[SLUG] Amaya

2007-04-17 Thread Alan L Tyree
? Thanks, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] Skype freezes computer

2007-03-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Skype freezes computer

2007-03-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:18:02 +1000 Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26/03/07, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use Ekiga connected to a Gizmo account to talk to lots of people. The Gizmo client for Windows is good - I haven't tried the Linux one for ages since Ekiga is so

Re: [SLUG] Microsoft's tool to assess Linux Persona

2007-03-20 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Firefox sux

2007-03-07 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Re: ATO online

2007-02-27 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Academic research software

2007-02-27 Thread Alan L Tyree
that these desert dwellers seem brutish . . . just as outsiders appear to them. -- PARDOT KYNES, The People of Arrakis -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092FWD: 615662 -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Academic research software

2007-02-26 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Academic research software

2007-02-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] IBM calculate that 4Gb RAM is optimal for Vista

2007-02-21 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Brand new user

2007-02-08 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Brand new user

2007-02-08 Thread Alan L Tyree
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Re: [SLUG] Brand new user

2007-02-07 Thread Alan L Tyree
Welykochy || Praxis Services People who enjoy eating sausage and obey the law should not watch either being made. -- Otto von Bismarck -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092FWD

Re: [SLUG] Brand new user

2007-02-07 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:51:51 +1100 Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 07/02/07, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried Freespire as part of the plan to get my friend set up. It seemed like a good idea since he is into the music/video stuff. Are you aware

Re: [SLUG] ssh and vnc

2007-01-30 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:27:04 +1100 Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/01/07, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The frustrating thing is that I can't find any significant difference between the Xubuntu configuration files and the Ubuntu ones that behave perfectly. Let's

Re: [SLUG] ssh and vnc

2007-01-30 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:39:02 +1100 Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 31/01/07, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the remote Xubuntu (Misty), logged in with ssh -X: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo netstat -tlp Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local

Re: [SLUG] ssh and vnc

2007-01-30 Thread Alan L Tyree
/MAN_sshd_8 good luck with it. Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:39:02 +1100 Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 31/01/07, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the remote Xubuntu (Misty), logged in with ssh -X: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SLUG] ssh and vnc

2007-01-30 Thread Alan L Tyree
of these machines so it seems minimal risk. Alan Cheers, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782

Re: [SLUG] ssh and vnc

2007-01-30 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:40:03 +1100 Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 31/01/07, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fooling around with that now. The man page says that output is sent to the system log (which I presume is /var/log/syslog). It doesn't seem to be doing

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