Re: [SLUG] pentium M series

ashley maher wrote: TO my surprise Ubuntu chose to install the 386 series kernel. Wouldn't the 586 kernel be "better suited" to the M series chip or is there something I don't know about the M series requiring the more "generic" kernel? I believe Ubuntu comes with only one generic kernel on th

Re: [SLUG] toshiba laptop disable screensaver

Simon Males wrote: Don't know about fedora, but is it using Xscreensaver ? Thinking back to the last time I used KDE, I think you should be able to find a preference in kcontrol If you are using xscreensaver, the GUI application where you can adjust its settings is called xscreensaver-demo, f

Re: [SLUG] (Slightly OT) Neuros

Matthew Davidson wrote: Hi, Does anybody know if it's possible to get the Neuros "digital audio computer" (http://neurosaudio.com/) in Australia? It's miles ahead of anything else in terms of free-software-friendliness (http://open.neurosaudio.com/), but not only can't I find an Australian ret

Re: [SLUG] Unwired broadband service.

Kevin Fitzgerald wrote: Yeah, it's easy. Configure it through XP (They have a Windows based config) and then once it is configured, shut down the box and start Linux. It will get an IP through DHCP and all will be well The initial setup uses the Modems serial number to register with Unwireds server

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu linux

On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 10:14 +1000, O Plameras wrote: > My quick impression of Ubuntu Linux from andrew's typification > is that UbuntoLinux is mainly targeted for Workstation users. I think this is a fair assessment at the moment. Right now, the focus is on the desktop. However they do talk about

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu linux

On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 08:46 +1000, Robert Collins wrote: > For me, the radness (hey, if rad is a word, radness must be too!) comes > from the ease of use focus. For me, the radness comes from well-implemented, cutting edge Gnome! Because of the people involved in its development, I think of Ubunt

Re: [SLUG] Archlinux

Michael Fox wrote: So far I have installed a base system, although as I mentioned to ctd lastnight it appears it lacks support out of the box for my nforce2 onboard ethernet. Should I go grab nvidia package for support and patch a kernel or something? I looked at the 2.6.3 kernel tree and I cant se

Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] 501 Method Not Implemented with DSL 302G

On Tuesday 10 August 2004 10:32 am, Voytek wrote: > how reliale is yours, this one seems to lockup about once every 4-8 weeks it's a lot better than the previous one, that's for sure. In 2 months or so I've been using it, it only lost sync once and that could be some glitch out of its control; I

Re: [SLUG] FW: Configuring LILO after installing Linux (Dual boot setup)

On Monday 19 July 2004 11:03 am, Steve Drinkald wrote: > Hi group, > I'm a very green newbie, so I apologise in advance for asking a dumb > question.  I have a Debian Linux "Morphix" install CD which I have used to > install onto my new laptop.  I partitioned my hard drive and installed > windows X

[SLUG] IPCop or Smoothwall?

I'm a happy user of Smoothwall 1.0, but as I'm about to make a new gateway box I thought this is an opportunity to upgrade to something more recent - either Smoothwall Express or IPCop 1.3... I wonder if there are any objective reasons for picking one over the other? Both have all features I wo

Re: [SLUG] neophyte considering Xandros as a way out of Windows

SL wrote: My internet connection is the cheapest ADSL package offered by TPG ($19.95/200mb month). The modem is a D-Link ADSL modem DSL-302G connected by USB (as directed by TPG). Any advice on this..especially re the problems I am anticipating with respect to ADSL/internet connection?? I don'

Re: [SLUG] (walkman) device that plays ogg files?

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 12:02, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > Anyone know of a walkman style device (or smaller) that plays ogg-vorbis > sound files? I heard about Rio Karma - it supports ogg as well as flac, comes with a 20 GB disk and it even has a corresponding desktop software written in Java so it shou

Re: [SLUG] XF86Config in Fedora Core 2

On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 10:19, Lyle Chapman wrote: > Has anybody got the same problem? > > I have just upgraded to Fedora Core 2 and have installed the nvidia > drivers. I cannot find the file "XF86Config" the closest file is > xorg.conf which has the same information. I have tried adding the > d

Re: [SLUG] Spanish/English distro

Mike MacCana wrote: Connectiva, IIRC. Its a really good distro too. The native language of Conectiva is Portugese, since it is developed in Brazil. I actually installed their beta version a couple of days ago - couldn't resist getting kernel 2.6.1 and KDE 3.2 (rc1) in one easy package... Anyway.

Re: [SLUG] Xinerama and fonts - nvidia TwinView setup

James Gray wrote: ere's some Matrox cards for you :) Albeit older G4xx and G5xx chipsets. http://www.cougar.com.au/hardware/hardware2.cfm?hware=VGA&FHCID2=479 There are a number of Matrox cards - including G450s, G550s and Parhelias listed by Techbuy: http://www.techbuy.com.au Whether they are r

[SLUG] Evolution - how does it send the mail?

Could someone tell me whether Evolution is self-sufficient when sending mail, or does it rely on some other daemon to perform this function? I have this problem on a freshly installed Arch Linux system: Evolution will not send my mail (though it will receive OK), responding to all attempts with

Re: [SLUG] Evolution - how does it send the mail?

On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 17:11, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > Could someone tell me whether Evolution is self-sufficient when sending mail, > > or does it rely on some other daemon to perform this function? > > You can choose to use the local sendmail, or SMTP. Just change it in the > account settings

Re: Kill the Bloatware {:-) Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] Benefits ofsource distro (Gentoo) somewhat elusive :-)

On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 10:41, Terry Collins wrote: > Ken Foskey wrote: > > > ...snip.. > > > > I am doubly interested when he discusses the use of these techniques to > > eek more performance out of very old computers for computer bank. > > Is there a distro for 486, etc? Here are two: Damn

[SLUG] Evolution probs - netcat?

I realise it's tempting to dismiss this as "ah, he can't even enter his settings right", but I really think there is something odd going on here. I have two desktops on my LAN, one runs Libranet, the other Arch Linux. Evolution on Libranet works fine, as it always has - I'm using it now. Arch Linu

Re: [SLUG] SMP kernel?

On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 09:04, Brett Fenton wrote: > Having just been through this ... yes. > > Recompile with SMP support and enable the Hyperthreading in BIOS if it's > not already. The 2.4.21 kernel will be ok. You'll be able to then see > both processors in /proc/cpuinfo > > If you want to se

Re: [SLUG] Libranet review in SMH

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 00:02, Peter Hardy wrote: > So Libranet 2.8 has recently been released, and the SMH have reviewed > it. > > http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/02/1056825439033.html > > Fairly glowing review, but I get the impression that somebody new to > Linux would be slightly confounded

Re: [SLUG] launching mp3 player on remote machine

On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 10:10, Kane Martin wrote: > I'm trying to launch mpg123 on a remote pc via a ssh terminal (my work pc > has no speakers). I get the following message: > "can't open /dev/dsp" > is this because it's trying to play the audio through the remote terminal? > how do I fire up mpg12

[SLUG] new kid on the block: College Linux

I thought I'd bring this new distro to Sluggers attention! It's developed by a small team at a college in Switzerland, and it's based on Slackware 8.1. Their goal was to create something easier to install than the real Slack, great for learning about Linux, yet still useable on the desktop. And tha

Re: [SLUG] Mozilla + SMH Multimedia content

On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 20:27, Matthias Oertli wrote: > Hi, > > I'm just wondering what's missing here > > The SMH has multimedia bits here: > http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/index.html > > Whenever I try to look at one with mozilla, all I get is "Loading media > content..." and nothing more

Re: [SLUG] Re: USB newbie ...

On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 22:50, an unknown sender wrote: > More information. > this is the out put of > #cat /proc/scsi/scsi > Attached devices: > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 > Vendor: EagleTec Model: External Hard Di Rev: 0002 > Type: Direct-AccessANSI SCSI revis

Re: [SLUG] galeon/mozilla problem

On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 22:14, Ian Hans Su wrote: > Hi all, > > galeon has suddenly gone bonkers on my debian/unstable box. I don't > think I apt-get upgraded recently, so I don't think it's because of a > new version. But whenever I run galeon, it opens another window, which > opens another window,

Re: [SLUG] External/Portable Hard Drive

On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 06:28, Sean Jackson wrote: > I am looked for a portable storage option (around 60G - 80G), that is > compatible with Linux for under $1000, smaller the physical size the better. > This will only be used for backups of a SCSI drive. I have looked at > external USB hard drives

Re: [SLUG] USB external disk - follow up

... and now that I knew what the problem was, I suddenly had a hunch: I took that drive and hooked it up to my "experimental" system, running a very recent version of Knoppix - and bingo! Knoppix took it in its stride and the drive appeared on /dev/sda with no complaining, no errors and no work on

Re: [SLUG] USB external disk - what am I missing?

On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 20:15, Peter Hardy wrote: > This looks like the device described at > http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=1303 > , but I can't be sure without checking the device ID. Use lsusb from a > sommand line, or the usbview tool to get the ID for your drive and > compare.

Re: [SLUG] USB external disk - what am I missing?

On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 18:27, Terry Collins wrote: > Just a guess, but if it has two partions, you'll want numbers. but I'm trying to use fdisk, (so I can repartition it) and according to my understanding, and also according to man page for fdisk, the format is "fdisk device", not "fdisk partition"

[SLUG] USB external disk - what am I missing?

I've got an external USB HD, which is actually a regular IDE drive in USB enclosure. It was formatted on Windows (with Partition Magic, if that's relevant) into two FAT partitions, and on the Windows side it works as it's supposed to. Now I would like to use it with Linux, and here's where problem

[SLUG] Configuring Smoothwall for Internode's ADSL - SOLVED

Thank you to all that replied to my message! As it turns out my settings were fine, I just had to get Internode to activate my login - something I assumed was already done by this stage. That sorted out, I'm happily connected. Life is good - until the next crisis :) --

[SLUG] Help! - Configuring Smoothwall for Internode's ADSL

I know we have a few dedicated Internode users so I was hoping someone would help me to join this exclusive club. My account was just activated, but I can't get in! I'm using dedicated box running Smootwall 1.0. Modem is D-Link 300, provided and pre-configured by Internode. Modem seems to grab th

Re: [SLUG] iinet connectivity

On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 13:54, Martin wrote: > the Dlink dsl-300 is a firewall product, not just a vanilla ADSL modem. you > don't need to use the pppoe client because their is one built into the > dlink. you need to give your machine an IP address and configure the dlink > with your username/passwor

[SLUG] Mozilla font size?

Is it possible to increase the size of fonts used by Mozilla - I don't mean for rendering web pages, but the ones used for its menus, status bar and the URL widget? My eyesight must be getting worse :( --- "In the struggle of Goo

[SLUG] Liteon, Libranet, lovely!

I took my own advice and bought a Liteon burner, and Liteon DVD player. I'm delighted to report they both work without a hitch. For the benefit of the archives, designation of the burner is LTR-40125S, and DVD player LTD-166S. I ordered them online from C W Supplies ; I place

Re: [SLUG] DVD players

On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 15:33, Andrewd wrote: > > I am thinking of buying a LiteOn DVD - can't remember speed, but what I am wondering > do they make decent DVD players generally These days LiteOn seem to make cheap-ish but decent equipment that plays well with Linux, probably because they use gene

Re: [SLUG] restarting postgres

On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 08:55, Simon Bryan wrote: > Second question today on re-starting! I use a psotgres database on an RH7.2 > server, it installed a postgresql script in /etc/rc.d/init.d however when I > run it there is no output and nothing happens, the prompt simply displays on > the next line

Re: [SLUG] Libranet Demo? [Was: Libranet: first impressions]

On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 19:19, Paul L. Copeland wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > I would be very happy to do a SLUGlet on Libranet but since I have done the last two >SLUGlets, if Andrew really wants to do it he can. Paul, I'll be happy to let you do the honours. Frankly I don't feel ready to face such estee

Re: [SLUG] Libranet: first impressions

On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 06:29, Paul Copeland wrote: > I would have to agree with what Andrew says. I am using Libranet 2.7 and I > am very happy with it. I am yet to test my Ricoh CD burner so I will give > it a test and check to see it is working. Thanks to all who offered help but I managed

[SLUG] Libranet: first impressions

I'm a SuSE user (and a newbie one at that), but after reading a couple of reviews of recently-released Libranet Gnu/Linux 2.7 I was quite curious. So when reports on SuSE mailing list suggested the new release from SuSE might be somewhat flawed, I decided to try Libranet instead of upgrading. I ju

[SLUG] 2SER and Linux?

Here's one little thing that bugs me: 2SER (community radio station in Sydney) broadcast on line, but sadly they require Windows Media Player 7. My question: is there any way of playing such stream in Linux? I'm aware of Crossover plugins, but their support for Media Player stops at its version 6

Re: [SLUG] mandrake

On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 18:34, allan scott wrote: > Mandrake looks like the go but I need to know if the 8.2 boxed set will contain a >wysiwyg web editor as I have some 340 Mb of book > written. This and some 22,000 digital camera pix, se need to manage these too. > > The big question is, can I w

Re: [SLUG] evolution and diskspace tyranny

On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 19:02, James Gregory wrote: > But, the terrible tyranny of finite diskspace has once again made its > presence known. For some reason, Evolution is storing more information > about my mail than my mboxs are. Look: > > [james@stravinsky james]$ du -ms Mail/ evolution/ > 346

[SLUG] gnome2 - starting up?

I just installed gnome2 using Garnome. I didn't really expect to get far with this since I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, but just for kicks I downloaded and untarred Garnome, started it up as per instructions, and wow, I was amazed to see it spring to life and go about its business of d

Re: [SLUG] To ADSL or Not to ADSL

On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 11:01, DaZZa wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Rodney Sommerville wrote: > > > That is the Question??? > > Not. At least until someone gets off their backside and forces the prices > down. > > Even more not since Telstra started capping their "unlimited" accounts at > 3 gig.

Re: [SLUG] SGI Machines

On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 10:00:03AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with SGI workstations/graphics machines? > > CBNSW has been donated some. Craig, You might find tbis page of some interest - it is obviously a labour of love and appreciation of what appears

Re: [SLUG] Gateway/firewall on 150P

On Sat, 2002-06-08 at 11:58, Bill Taylor wrote: > I have an old pentium (150) that I want to use as a gateway, firewall, > dialup internet, printer & scanner server. > I was going to use SME, but from a quick read of the docs, it is waay > beyond my requirements. Smoothwall (smoothwall.org) wor

Re: [SLUG] ×ð¾´µÄÐÂÀÏ¿Í»§£ºÄãÃǺÃ! (how to filter?)

I find a fair bit of crap like this in my mailbox, and I'd love to come up with some sort of filter I could plug into my mail program (Evolution) to send them directly to trash. Because the sources are many and varied but one constant thing is those "funny" characters in the subject field, I was

Re: [SLUG] newbie to Linux

On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 15:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Secondly, are there any decent DVD drivers out there that will > allow me to watch my vast collection of DVD's (one disk) on my > computer and on my TV through the NVIDIA card? there 4 major DVD players for Linux: mplayer, ogle, xine and

Re: [SLUG] (fwd) Inquiry

On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:45:57 +1100 "Brett Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WordPerfect has been released and withdrawn by Corel for the Linux platform, > thus not requiring the use of Wine. OK, I stand corrected as far as the requirement for Wine goes. Still, a quick google I just performe

Re: [SLUG] (fwd) Inquiry

On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:42:11 +1100 Tony Prince wrote: >I want to install WordPerfect > and Star Office in the Linux partition, and for the last couple of > months (off and on) have been trying unsuccessfully to do so from a disk > that comes with Next Handbooks' "Learning Linux" (which I bought j

Re: [SLUG] [OT] burned on a deal - update

Thank you very much for all your replies. You guys are tops! Close examination of the documentation and the back panel of the unit revealed two things: this model comes in two varieties, either 100/110/120V, or 220/230/240V. I've got the later, and I can set it to 240 through a dipswitch in th

[SLUG] [OT] burned on a deal

I apologise for being largely off-topic: I need either legal or technical advice regarding my purchase of UPS unit, and the only connection to SLUG is that UPS was meant to power my Linux box :) But you guys know things, and besides, it just might be of some use to others... so here's the story

[SLUG] newbie trying to secure his box

OK, I'm starting to settle somewhat in my new Linux home. Now that I've got the important stuff like nice wallpapers for my desktop out of the way I started poking around in the log files. Some strange things lurk in there... For example I found I had /var/log/httpd/access_log, with quite a few

Re: [SLUG] Computer Parts

On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 13:56:16 +1100 "Matt -" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking to upgrade my computer to an AMD system and > would be interested in hearing what you guys have to say > about places to pick up cheap hardware, especially near > the city although i'm definately going to check

Re: [SLUG] Know a good computer shop?

On 31 Oct 2001, at 13:09, Silcock, Stephen wrote: > Can anyone recommend a place here in > Sydney where they sell quality "just the basics" systems with whatever I > want in terms of CPU/RAM/HDD sizes? I recently ordered my system from Techbuy and I'm quite happy wit

[SLUG] getting netgear fa310tx to work?

Howdy, Could someone please tell me how to configure the network card in question? I read several positive statements about it on various Linux lists and it is sold by everythinglinux shop so I assumed it was well supported. But to my slight suprise when I actually installed Linux (Suse 7.0) I fo