Re: [SLUG] Contracting stuff: wrap it into a company or PAYE through agency?

Hi Simon, Ive been both a contractor and also permanent staff on and off for many years... There is a good reason to get a PTY Limited company in that is says LIMITED. In short it means that if you do something WRONG they can only sue the COMPANY for every cent it has. Leaving YOU with your

Re: [SLUG] Tiny Linux recommedations sought

heh heh Jeff Waugh wrote: What are folks suggesting? I wouldn't try that foreign crap, get a true blue Aussie distro which is made for our rugged sunburnt country. Ulurunix! - Jeff -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription inf

Re: [SLUG] Poor Gb network performance

Also sometimes just a faulty cable will cause severe performance drops. Try changing the cables and make sure they are rated correctly. Ben -- 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] Poor Gb network performance

Sometimes some gear just will not work correctly with other gear. It's the implementation of the protocols etc. by the manufacturers that is the problem. 3com NICs will work with 3com switches but 3com NICs with Netgear switches will cause a problem (for example only guys, but not necessarily

[SLUG] Redhat exam voucher 70% off

Hi Slugs, I've a Redhat exam voucher that gives 70% off the RHCE exams. Anybody want it? Unfortunetly it expires 31 AUG 06 so not much time. I was going to use it myself but other things came up. I'm in Sydney and work in the city/darlinghurst area. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing

[SLUG] OS or Linux equivalent of windows media streaming

Hi Slugs, I'm after a Linux equivalent of windows media streaming or windows media services. Anyone have some ideas, success stories, whatever. I'm looking around and Slug input would be appreciated. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info a

Re: [SLUG] modem dialup

have you put an ordinary handset on the line and tested that you can dial the number and get a response? Ben hav wrote: Hi - I am in Melb, but we don't have a SLUG, anyway, I have a problem logging onto my uni (deakin) dialup, I know a little C++ but I've taken up java, and am migrating from Wi

Re: [SLUG] server stopped

could be a faulty memory chip. can you remove any and see what happens? Ben Marty Richards wrote: ashley maher wrote: I was happily working (using ssh) on a server and it stopped. Anybody mind guessing where I should look next to find why this thing stopped (Or even suggesting if I

Re: [SLUG] movie not on output vga connector

On laptops (if it is a laptop), you can press the function key along with one of the F control keys and it will cycle through the video on the output connectors. one is screen only, one is external vga only, one is both, and then back to screen only. Look on your keyboard for a function key alon

Re: [SLUG] Stallion

Hey I've still got one of those cards somewhere and the 1 to 4 cable... IRQ15 is for the second hard disk or cdrom isn't it? perhaps there is a conflict there. These cards came out way before cdroms iirc Ben Christopher Vance wrote: On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 02:04:23PM +1000, Christopher Vanc

Re: [SLUG] installing ipcop with two same network card

I don't think it should not have to load the module again... but it should find the other card. search for the second card again. Play around with the menu as it's a bit cludgy but will eventually give you two interfaces. (you could have a faulty second card... or change the cards around in the

Re: [SLUG] Erase hardrive.

if it is an IDE HDD it could also be the BIOS. check the BIOS as some HDDs can be set to NORMAL, LBA or LARGE. sometimes an incorrect setting here can lead to woes. Ben john gibbons wrote: I have an old box I try out different versions of distros on. I recently stuffed it up in some way I do n

Re: [SLUG] Erase hardrive.

well you could low-level format it. this always used to have to be done but is rare these days. first low-level format, partition, high level format eg. ext3. however it will definitely wipe everything off the disk. you should be able pick up one off the net for free. i've used these many times. B

Re: [SLUG] flash bios

well if you search the site then you will find a BIOS section with downloads. download the file that corresponds with your motherboard and it should expand out to something that will create a bootable floppy. boot your computer with this floppy and it will update your BIOS. dont' screw up the pr

Re: [SLUG] VMware on Linux question

Hi Peter, I'm using Centos 4.2 and VMware Beta and had a few initial weird problems including what you are having. things like rebooting, copying files via samba would stop mid way and the volume would be unmounted, would not let me remount it without a reboot of the host operating system etc.

Re: [SLUG] debian vs FC threads - Genuine question.

Does a Debian distro have auto updates such as Red Hat? I use CentOS where I can update the packages very easily. I tried Debian once but the install was too hard at the time. However I'm willing to give it another go. Is there a way to easily patch it up to date? I'm talking about point and cli

Re: [SLUG] Voice to text

Heh, once one of my team was asked how to do voice to text. The reply was "play it and be ready with a notepad and a pencil." Ben -- 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] FC5 Kernel headers

Hi Peter, try downloading the vmware-server rpm file again. then run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl To start the VMserver /usr/bin/vmware Sorry but I've lost the previous emails sent. if it's a test box then reload RH with everything and then do the VMware stuff as above. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linu

Re: [SLUG] 1ADSL, 1firewall, 2webservers

!) Michael Fox wrote: On 4/3/06, Ben Donohue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Slugs, Port forward 80 to one of the boxes internally on say 3128, then install squid on that machine listening to 3128. Now configure httpd_accel mode. Configure the webserver names and confirm when this n

Re: [SLUG] 1ADSL, 1firewall, 2webservers

Thanks, i'll give it a go. Is it better to setup a dedicated server for squid? Ben -- 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] Line Filter & more ...

It should go on the line for the phone. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] 1ADSL, 1firewall, 2webservers

Hi Slugs, I need to setup 2 web servers behind a firewall and a ADSL modem. These web servers are on physically different boxes in a DMZ area. The ADSL has one static IP. It is set to port forward port 80 to the firewall. I only have one static external IP assigned by ISP. DNS is set up for the

Re: [SLUG] MySQL in RHEL3 ?

Hi Voytek, i'm no pro but has the "/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start" been given a go? also i've installed everything before and had to reinstall mysql server before it would work. This is on Redhat. Ben Voytek Eymont wrote: I've just installed RHEL3 with 'everything' option, when I tried: 'serv

Re: [SLUG] ppp not connecting

Hi Geoffrey, it could be hardware fault. check the serial cabling. use the working cable from one box on the other box. Ben Geoffrey Cowling wrote: May be not the right kind of question for here? but i am baffled I have two machines side by side, both running Debian. Older machine had RedHat

Re: [SLUG] recursively chmod directories ONLY

Ahhh yes that's it. My apologies! I /was /missing something... late in the day etc., etc. anyway it works now. Thanks again, Ben (I shall read up on find and xargs commands too.) Jeff Waugh wrote: Erik's solution works but I'm sorry Jeff your's didn't, unless i've missed something.

Re: [SLUG] recursively chmod directories ONLY

Thanks Erik, Jeff Erik's solution works but I'm sorry Jeff your's didn't, unless i've missed something. I'm using CentOS 4.2 Ben Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Slugs, I'm still working on this but any quick help i'll welcome.

[SLUG] recursively chmod directories ONLY

Hi Slugs, I'm still working on this but any quick help i'll welcome. how do you recursively chmod directories only and not files. I want to recursively chmod files to 644 and directories to 755. what is the quickest way? I thought i'd do the files first and then the dirs as in... chmod -R 644

[SLUG] Joomla/mambo cms install

Hi Slugs, any Joomla/Mambo CMS gurus here? I'm just starting with joomla and am getting the following error when starting the configuration.php-dist file. ./configuration.php-dist: line 1: ?php: no such file or directory (and lots more errors as well) now i've got a Centos 4.2 server with apa

Re: [SLUG] VNC question

n as a user and doing su etc. Still, I'm no pro, and you're right, so apologies. Ben Chris Deigan wrote: quote("Ben Donohue"); If you have a terminal then you could type startx or startkde (i don't know what gnome startup is). How I setup vnc for me is a

Re: [SLUG] VNC question

Hi Howard, If you have a terminal then you could type startx or startkde (i don't know what gnome startup is). How I setup vnc for me is as follows (for kde setup and root access)... Login as root type vncserver and put in the password twice edit services and turn on vncserver at startup Ed

[SLUG] linux to linux shares

Hi Slugs, i've been playing around with windows accessing linux shares using samba so long, i've realised i've never had linux sharing linux shares. I have a linux server that is sharing files using smb to windows boxes. If I wanted to now have linux workstations accessing the same data on the

Re: [SLUG] DNS - Xen - Virtual server hosting

A little off the original question here but on the subject of virtual hosting did you know that VMware are giving away GSX server now for free? It used to be over AUD$2000 but they are feeling the heat from Xen and MS virtual software as well as others in the market. So their Linux version you c

Re: [SLUG] httpd dead but subsys locked

reboot? Ben Voytek wrote: I just tried to restart Apache, but get: # service httpd status httpd dead but subsys locked I've cleared /var/run/httpd*, but, still get this error google returns 100s hits... Voytek Eymont -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.a

Re: [SLUG] bash question - how to tell if apache has stopped?

Hi Mike, I do the following on a ppp script to check if the process is running or not. It will start the process if it has stopped. Maybe you can modify it for your needs... ps ax|fgrep pppd|fgrep -v fgrep > /dev/null || /usr/sbin/pppd Ben Michael Lake wrote: Hi all I have a bash script th

Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] traffic usage whilst listening to radio ?

Hence they had... Kbs for bits (small b) KBs for bytes (big B) Ben Rob Sharp wrote: On 1/6/06, Chris Deigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/6/06, Voytek Eymont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm looking at setting up 'internet radio' to listen to overseas streaming b/cast via windoze medi

Re: [SLUG] Python upgrade

up of zope which someone else had. they traced it to an incorrect version of python. The Plone docs say that python 2.3.5 is needed. Hence the removal of 2.3.4 which may fix the python error in zope and so Plone will start working... Ben mlh wrote: On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 02:19:44PM

[SLUG] Python upgrade

Hi Slugs, I have a CentOS 4.2 system (RHEL clone) I'm having trouble removing python 2.3.4 which was installed with the original build of the system. I installed version 2.3.5 from source and it seems to be in and working but using rpm -e python-2.3.4 gives tons of failed dependencies errors I

[SLUG] Redhat and ghost

Hi Slugs, Has anyone used norton ghost to image a linux partition? I have a brand new CentOS root partition with everything on it - no other partitions except a DOS partition and another partition to boot from using xosl boot loader. so grub is set to boot from the partition and NOT the MBR.

Re: [SLUG] Sony recalls copy-protected music CDs

In other words (quoted by someone else) It might be your intellectual property... But it's not your computer. Ben Peter Faulks wrote: BARCELONA - Music company Sony BMG, yielding to consumer concern, said on Wednesday it was recalling music CDs containing copy-protection software that acts

[SLUG] replace or install lilo

Hi Slugs, I'm installing CentOS which is a RH clone. In the install it gives the choice of either GRUB or no boot loader. I must confess I don't like GRUB in that i've never been able to fix it when i've had a problem. My lack I know. Anyway is there a way to say no boot loader at the install b

Re: [SLUG] Laptop problem

Hi Bill, I'll presume your talking about a laptop here. Sometimes the internal capacitors can overfill (for want of a better term), due to overcharging.. what you can do is remove the power cable and remove the battery. then hold down the ON button for 1-2 minutes (or longer). this drains the ca

[SLUG] SATA raid

Hi Slugs, I've picked up a new box, intel server with inbuilt SATA raid and a SATA raid 4 port card also. The inbuilt SATA raid will do raid 0 or 1. The SATA raid card can have 4 drives and do raid 0,1,5. Standard stuff. I've setup heaps of SCSI raid configs in the past and no problems. This

Re: [SLUG] apache name based virtual servers through firewall

ahhh thank-you thank-you thank-you! so simple but I just didn't "see" it. all working now. Thanks again. Ben James Purser wrote: On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 21:11 +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Slugs, I've setup name based virtual servers before no problem. however my curre

[SLUG] apache name based virtual servers through firewall

Hi Slugs, I've setup name based virtual servers before no problem. however my current setup has changed. i've got the ADSL modem forwarding address and port 80 to the firewall. the firewall forwards this to the apache server in the DMZ. however every server defaults to the first created name based

Re: [SLUG] slow default route and website

15 second delay for every different part of the page. don't know why this is happening though... Ben PS my fault the the route should have been typing route -n Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Slugs, I can't seem to get to the bottom of this. I have an ADSL modem which connects to redhat firewall

[SLUG] slow default route and website

Hi Slugs, I can't seem to get to the bottom of this. I have an ADSL modem which connects to redhat firewall and then on another firewall eth port to a centos webserver in DMZ. i also have a dial up modem on a different account for testing, completely seperate to see how the web server behaves.

[SLUG] Intel board with Server management kit.

Hi Slugs, I'm about to purchase a server that comes with an Intel Server Management Module Professional Edition. Is this compatible with Linix? Can't find anything on it so far... Anyone have one of these? Thanks Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subs

Re: [SLUG] Modems

Hi Paul, Is this an external modem? Are you running KDE by any chance? (i'm not familiar with gnome) or want to connect without a GUI? Ben Paul Maloney wrote: Hi, As a new comer to linux could anyone tell me if my modem is suitable and if not what modem should I use.My modem is a Motorola SM

[SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware.

Hi Slugs, I've been given a project to commission a Linux server for the web and am looking for the best hardware. Software wise I'm thinking of Centos version 3.5 with possibly Xen for virtual machines, however I'm open to other ideas, eg. name based virtual hosting. Initially it will hold s

Re: [SLUG] Security Video Cameras and Linux

not sure if this is what you want... http://www.exploits.org/v4l/ http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have yet to find a good website talking about security cameras and Linux (the hardware side that

Re: [SLUG] Problems with SCSI tape drive

is it the only device on the SCSI bus? simplify the problem and remove everything else and try again. Ben Michael Kraus wrote: G'day... I've got a tape drive, when I issue it a command via mt, mt never exits and the bash prompt is never returned. (I have now started initialising it with stini

[SLUG] What is a race condition?

Hi Slugs, I have a RH box that once a week the hard disk goes into accessing continually and won't stop till I literally "pull the plug". Is this a race condition? If so then how do I track it down as to why it does it? It runs RH and dial up and Guarddog firewall. Prior to this I had a different

Re: [SLUG] DNS hosting and secondary MX

Hi Erik, check the Slug archives as this question was asked about 3 months ago by myself and there were quite a few suggestions. Regards, Ben Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Hi all, Can anyone recommend a commercial DNS hosting service that hopefully isn't too expensive? I already have a domain name a

Re: [SLUG] finding a file

Voytek wrote: I'm trying to find a specific file withing a web tree, what the way to do it: I tried this with no luck # locate /home/domain.org.au localconf.php only to get find: localconf.php: No such file or directory Further to this (and this is not an answer to the question above) but I'm b

Re: [SLUG] Sharing partition 'tween Linux and Winders (for video editing)

what about FAT32? I don't know what VFAT is, so if it is fat32 forget I made this post Ben Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi, I'm looking for some ideas about sharing a partition. I have Fedora Core 3 on one HDD (200G), dual booting with XP on a second HDD (20G). I want to share about 100G of the FC driv

Re: [SLUG] Stupidest law of the year candidate! OT.!!!

Isn't this OFF TOPIC and shoud be relegated to SLUG-CHAT??? What has this LAW go to do with LINUX? Ben. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] OT: managers secretly reading users emails

Hi Slugs, Not exactly Linux questions but I've been asked by management to allow them to seretly read users emails and a few questions are poping up. What is the legal position on the ownership of emails between members of the company and betwen members and those outside the company? If such ema

[SLUG] OT. disposal of UPS batteries.

Hi Slugs, Just got some new UPS batteries and am wondering where do the old ones go? Didn't want to just fling them in the bin. Any Sydney based battery disposal sites? Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mail

Re: [SLUG] mrtg logs solved

Hi Slugs, just thought i'd post a solution for the slug archives. after much scratching of head i created a log file eg: 192.x.x.x_25.log that same as the other logs. this didn't work and still error messages in roots mail and other logs etc. so I copied a working log file to the same name as the

[SLUG] mrtg logs

Hi Slugs, I have MRTG running on a RH7.1 box. it logs several serial interfaces on a cisco router. one log stopped updating sometime in october at about 3AM. all the other logs and links work fine even the one not producing a log anymore. I'm yet to find this by RTFM but what produces the log fil

Re: [SLUG] downloading debian

Toliman wrote: as a side note, they put the LiveCD's on magazines and in newsagents theses days,which has the advantage of being ready to go, so no 198mb downloads of security/kernel patches, etc to get a bootable system, a 1 minute install/evaluation, and the livecd's can be copied straight to

Re: [SLUG] am I blocking BIND with IPCHAINS ?

Hi Voytek, also in your named.conf under... options { directory "/var/named"; // query-source address * port 53; }; you may need to uncomment the query-source directive above Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FA

Re: [SLUG] am I blocking BIND with IPCHAINS ?

Hi Voytek, you also might want to consider... www.simonzone.com he has a neat GPL firewall called Guarddog that is very easy to configure (GUI based). Just point and click to configure and you can output the rules it creates. I've learnt a lot from studying its output. Ben Voytek wrote: I'm try

Re: [SLUG] data recovery from raid

Anth Courtney wrote: Howzit, One of our raid arrays kicked the bucket over night - 6 drives in a raid 0+1 array, 2 of which have bitten the dust. Can anyone recommend a data recovery company anywhere in Australia who may be able (somehow) to take the disks, work some magic, and recover data from th

Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)

forgot to say... sometimes there's a button on the back of the tablet that you stick a pen into and it reset's the tablet. otherwise read the manual. -- 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] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)

Hi Elliott, The reason the mouse moves across the entire screen when you move it 2" is because it's set that way on purpose. (however this is resettable) Imagine a graphics tablet 4 feet high x 6 feet wide. (you can get them). If you had an absolute setting you would have to move the cursor/poin

Re: [SLUG] ADSL and DNS

nd so it has to pass the public IP to the USB? interface on the Linux box? (if so i'll have to figure out how the make the ADSL modem do it... any clues here???) Ben Michael Fox wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:54:02 +1000, Ben Donohue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Slugs, I have wha

[SLUG] ADSL and DNS

Hi Slugs, I have what is probably an ADSL setup the same as a lot of people. --public IP--|ADSL|--10.x.x.x--|Linux firewall|--192.168.1.x to internal hosts I want to do my own primary DNS server which points to my domains. (will get it seconded externally) Can anyone point me to a HOWTO that tel

Re: [SLUG] Soundcard, IBM and sox

Well you could go to the IBM website and look up the *cough* windows *cough* drivers for your model and it should show you the sound card drivers to download and it would give you even the model and make etc. Then look for equiv linux ones if that helps. Ben Bill Bennett wrote: I'd like to try

[SLUG] OT. raid failure 36Gb in place of 9Gb?

Hi Slugs, Sorry for the OT post. I've a raid 5 array with four 9.1GB disks. Can't find a 9GB disk to replace it but have a 36Gb disk handy. It's the same SCSI type and pins. Would putting a 36gb in a 9GB RAID array work as in the RAID uses this disk and rebuilds even if only 9GB of it. It's only

Re: [SLUG] shopping cart

Another is ... www.icdevgroup.org Ben Ashley Maher wrote: G'day, Any recommendations on FOSS shopping carts people are using. Regards, Ashley -- 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] re:passwd file corrupted

you can edit /etc/inittab and change the part of the file that says... id:5:initdefault: and change the 5 to a 3 then it will boot to console and not start x change it back to 5 when all fixed up boot the rescue disk and it should go to console anyway shouldn't it??? Ben linley wrote: thanks Tried

Re: [SLUG] xandros ?

Hi Ron, sounds like the monitor is not handling the 1048 x 760. try setting to 640 x 480 @ 60Hz just to test then go upwards to 800 x 600 and then 1024 x 768. Also try another monitor that can handle higher resolutions. some monitors won't handle 1048 x 760 or even some conbinations of 1024 x 76

Re: [SLUG] Ever read a DV tape in a DAT drive?

Sorry Terry, But they are completely different tapes. DAT tapes are larger tapes than DV. DV are a bit thicker though and the DV tape does not fit into a DAT drive. I have a Sony DV camcorder and also two DAT drives. They are different tapes and drives and are not interchangable. (wish they were

Re: [SLUG] disruptive technology wrt54g

well maybe some help to you might be... www.simonzone.com download guarddog - firewall download guidedog - easy routing setup. if you use them post back here to get help configuring them. they run on Redhat or Mandrake, etc. Ben Simon Males wrote: In the last 10 minutes I have almost completly gi

Re: [SLUG] FW: Dell and Linux

does the mouse work? try another keyboard that is not wireless also try hitting the tab keys to cycle around to the button you want. then try up/down arrows. also you could try a text only installation. Ben Garman wrote: Hi,   This is my first call to SLUG. I am a

Re: [SLUG] Epping, Wireless networking

Hi Jon, I've also been looking into joining this wireless network. I was trying to figure out what would be a good antenna for a Netgear Model DG834G 54 Mbps Wireless to reach say 5 or 6 houses out in all directions. Or is this way too much to expect from wireless? Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Use

Re: [SLUG] Help with Samba on Webmin

You can use webmin to change the owner and group permissions. In webmin go to the Other tab, File manager, find folder (on right hand window pane) and click on edit button. Change in there. Does this help? Ben Matthew Tse wrote: Hi all, I'm having a hard time using Webmin to administer a box runn

[SLUG] Dell notebook. Any experiences

Hi Slugs, I'm just about to purchase a Dell Inspiron notebook. (Taxtime) It comes with XP but Linux will definitely be loaded on as well. Any experiences, Good, Bad or Ugly with Dell and Linux? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http:

Re: [SLUG] Redhat 8 server slow exploring

Hi Kenneth, One way of dramatically speeding things up is to map a drive letter rather than exploring. Ben. Kenneth Armstrong, White Property Group Pty Ltd wrote: Hi sluugers - i'm new to this so forgive faux pas please   Setup - Redhat 8 as PDC serving a windows network - 4 of u

Re: [SLUG] Digital cameras and motion video

Hi Jeff, Well not so much weird but something you can do... There is a linux program called Motion. Check it out on freshmeat.net. It allows you to capture still shots from motion detected from your camera and post it to a website for instance. Not full video I know, but you did say weird... Actua

Re: [SLUG] settting bind: allowing access, named.conf help needed

do you need this...? query-source address * port 53; Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to set up BIND on RH73; I've set it up, and, set all zones as 'master' I can nslookup to it on the machine ittself, and, it appears OK; BUT, it seems I have some access control issue: my remote dns server c

Re: [SLUG] Upcoming battle for the web?

Yes I agree with this. Because out of the web came Linux. And all MS problems come from the Web at the moment, eg. Linux, viruses, competition,... Until MS controls the web it will not control Linux and everything else. MS wants control of all software and in turn all markets that use software

Re: [SLUG] Linux on a Toshiba Satellite A30

llite A30 From the boot prompt of Fedora (or any other redhat linux for that matter) try putting in "linux text noprobe" and see how you go. Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Andres, try doing a text based install rather than a gui install. it's one of the options when you initiall

Re: [SLUG] Linux on a Toshiba Satellite A30

Hi Andres, try doing a text based install rather than a gui install. it's one of the options when you initially start it up. I think from memory you can press F1 for more options??? (this could be wrong) it's been a while but textonly may be an option. anyway have a look around at the initial s

Re: [SLUG] DNS and Apache issue

Thanks Conrad for the reply. You're right as with the other posts - it was the server alias. Putting a *.icafe.com.au is also a good tip for another site I have to do later. thanks again Ben Conrad Parker wrote: On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 11:03:08PM +1000, Ben Donohue wrote:

Re: [SLUG] DNS and Apache issue

Thanks Martin and Greg! Worked a treat. And here I was thinking it was DNS! thanks a million guys... I can go to bed now. Ben Martin wrote: $quoted_author = "Ben Donohue" ; I cannot get www.domain.com.au to resolve to the same as its domain.com.au on the

Re: [SLUG] DNS and Apache issue

the same time to the same name based server? (Reliably) Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Slugs, I've been beating my head against a brick wall over this and I thought I knew how to do this stuff. I cannot get www.domain.com.au to resolve to the same as its domain.com.au on the web server. The www just

[SLUG] DNS and Apache issue

Hi Slugs, I've been beating my head against a brick wall over this and I thought I knew how to do this stuff. I cannot get www.domain.com.au to resolve to the same as its domain.com.au on the web server. The www just brings up the first apache webserver created on the server and not the correct

Re: [SLUG] configuring dual boot system

Hi Andrew, well you could use the GAG boot manager, http://gag.sourceforge.net/, which should help you somewhat. Also you can use the DOS based ghost program to backup your linux ext2 partitions if you want to. you can setup linux all in one partition to experiment with. as in, hdb (the second h

Re: [SLUG] A valid analogy.

Felix Sheldon wrote: Oh no. So you're a creationist then? Linux was created. A very bright young man created the Linux operating system using his intelligence and since then many others have helped him make it better by using their intelligence. There was no BSOD and then Linux v1.0 sitting t

Re: [SLUG] A valid analogy.

Sorry Richard but I disagree with this analogy. Evolution theory is based on getting better from NON intelligence. Intelligence is NOT in the equation. Linux and other free software is based on the collective intelligence of a whole lot of very smart people. If I was a programmer I would be a b

Re: [SLUG] SCSI termination and 80 pin devices

Hi Andy, I'm no expert... but they may be saying that if you have a drive enclosure that you terminate the last drive in the enclosure. so don't use their cable or you would have a terminator at the end of their cable and you would have the last drive terminated as well as your card. three term

Re: [SLUG] off topic: transferring W2K to a new system

Hi Voytek, At the risk of making this into a windows help list... The problem you are having is to do with the IDE reg settings. I've done many SOE's and I add the following file to the registry. It is not an exhaustive list but may well cover your hardware. add it to your old w2k machine, ghost

Re: [SLUG] Freedom and Alternatives

OK but there is one thing I don't understand. GPL software that you modify as the base for something else also becomes GPL. OK. SCO claims that derivitave works are theirs in their licence. So in the case of GPL code getting mixed up with SCO code - which licence wins? Ben Robert Collins wro

Re: [SLUG] Reboot-on-Lan?

Hi Peter, There is a site called http://www.sysinternals.com which started out with a lot of good free utils for M$ windows stuff. (PStools is what you are looking for here). However they seem to be branching out into Linux stuff now. You could run a script through WINE and remotely shutdown the

Re: [SLUG] pinging from RH9

Hi David, I'm no expert... you could try lsmod from a terminal. this will show you some firewall processes that are running and numbers next to then ranging from 0 to 5 or 6. If you can see stuff like ip_tables or ip_conntrack etc then you can see that firewall configs are active on the box. You

Re: [SLUG] Still trying to copy a disk...

Hi Peter, you could try http://gag.sourceforge.net/ for a nice boot manager. I'm not very familiar with grub but GAG seems to find all the partitions. maybe it will help. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] rndc: connect failed: connection refused

Hi David, I had this problem recently and it turned out to be that ipv4 forwarding was turned off on RH9. turned it on again and away it went. you can cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward and see whether it's a 1 or 0. mine was 0 but i had a hell of a time getting it to turn on again. even after edi

Re: [SLUG] keys for digital signature

Jeff, I commend you on your posts as you always have a great way of replying and using examples in your replies. You make the SLUG list a much better place for all! And thanks to all others who include examples in their replies too. I have learnt a lot from this type of reply. Thanks again. Ben

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