[SLUG] It's not too late to volunteer for linux.conf.au

2007-01-09 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi all, It's not too late to volunteer for linux.conf.au! We are currently looking for a few more people to help out as runners, front-of-house and theatre managers. If you are interested please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] as soon as possible. As a volunteer you get free entry into the conference an

Re: [SLUG] LCA video recording team

2007-01-04 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu Jan 04, 2007 at 18:49:30 +1100, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: >Hi everyone, > >to all those who are interested to help out with video recordings at >LCA (and in turn get cheaper/free entry to LCA), we're going to go >into the last phase of preparations. > >1. 7th January, 10am-11:30am, 23 Westminst

Re: [SLUG] Programming language

2006-12-15 Thread Ben Leslie
On Sat Dec 16, 2006 at 08:37:06 +1100, john gibbons wrote: >What would be the easiest programming language to learn? Important >variables: (1) my technical knowledge of Linux is limited though I love >the philosophy of openness and (2) I am 80 years old, so at my age >'simple' also implies 'soon

Re: Elementary DNS theory (Was: Re: Why DHCP ? (WAS: Re: [SLUG] My father wants an inexpensive computer))

2006-12-06 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 18:04:03 +1100, O Plameras wrote: >Penedo wrote: >>On 07/12/06, O Plameras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Because you don't understand that to be authoritative it involves >technical as >well as bureaucratice processes. You only know the technical aspect of it. >The technical

Re: Elementary DNS theory (Was: Re: Why DHCP ? (WAS: Re: [SLUG] My father wants an inexpensive computer))

2006-12-06 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 17:08:37 +1100, O Plameras wrote: > >>So really, aarnet.edu.au doesn't need to propagate anything at all. >> > > >Do you mean once aarnet.edu.au enters www.example.aarnet.edu.au IN A >203.7.132.1 >it will be propagated ? This is wrong. aarnet.edu.au is only a branch in

Re: Elementary DNS theory (Was: Re: Why DHCP ? (WAS: Re: [SLUG] My father wants an inexpensive computer))

2006-12-06 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 16:52:21 +1100, O Plameras wrote: >Peter Hardy wrote: >>O Plameras wrote: >>>The authority to associate NAME to ip address has to be propagated up >>>to the ROOT servers. You mean >>>to say that AARNET can do this without the express approval from the >>>owners of 203.7.132.

Re: Why DHCP ? (WAS: Re: [SLUG] My father wants an inexpensive computer)

2006-12-06 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 16:19:47 +1100, O Plameras wrote: >Ben Leslie wrote: >>On Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 15:59:45 +1100, O Plameras wrote: >> >>>Ben Leslie wrote: >>> >>>>On Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 15:17:47 +1100, O Plameras wrote: >>>>

Re: Why DHCP ? (WAS: Re: [SLUG] My father wants an inexpensive computer)

2006-12-06 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 15:59:45 +1100, O Plameras wrote: >Ben Leslie wrote: >>On Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 15:17:47 +1100, O Plameras wrote: >>>>It's the reverse DNS that the owner of the IP address space controls. >>>> >>>So, what happens when you

Re: Why DHCP ? (WAS: Re: [SLUG] My father wants an inexpensive computer)

2006-12-06 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 15:17:47 +1100, O Plameras wrote: >Glen Turner wrote: >>O Plameras wrote: >>>Just a footnote: one CANNOT register to be authoritative for a set of >>>public ip addresses that >>>one does not own. One has to pay (or be authorized by) the owner of >>>the public ip addresses t

Re: Why DHCP ? (WAS: Re: [SLUG] My father wants an inexpensive computer)

2006-12-05 Thread Ben Leslie
On Wed Dec 06, 2006 at 11:59:42 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > >> For a long time, I had wanted to ask: why use DHCP in home networks >> when one can use STATIC ip (using private network ip addresses)? > >> Just curious to know, why. > >Because DHCP makes your network "just work" and doesn't inflict

Re: [SLUG] SLUG AGM: Nominations update

2003-03-19 Thread Ben Leslie
use their full name when nominating others? I'd like to nominate Peter Hardy for president. Regards, Ben Leslie -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Visual traceroute ?

2003-03-19 Thread Ben Leslie
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Bruce Badger wrote: > On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 20:52, Nick C wrote: > > Evening, > > > > Anyone got any ideas about a visual version of traceroute (tktraceroute, > > traceroute-nanog)? > > How about xtraceroute? It uses data from LOC records to show where > hosts are on a 3D g

Re: [SLUG] Silly shell challenge

2003-03-18 Thread Ben Leslie
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Steve Kowalik wrote: > At 10:52 am, Wednesday, March 19 2003, Jeff Waugh mumbled: > > Because whoever has the most bogomips at the end, wins. > > > Okay, I'll bite. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ awk '/bogomips/ { SUM+=$3 } END {print SUM}' /proc/cpuinfo > 7982.27 > > What do I w

Re: [SLUG] SLUG Quiz

2003-03-16 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Tony Green wrote: > All, > > To add to the joyous festivities of the AGM at the next SLUG meeting, we > are holding a quiz! > > More details will be released in the next few days, but we thought it > would be good to get some list participation. > > I'm looking for some que

Re: [SLUG] Emacs mail

2003-03-02 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 03 Mar 2003, Alan L Tyree wrote: > What do emacs users use for mail other than Rmail. I find that I am > spending more and more time in emacs. VM? MH? any other? Mutt. > Or is there good reason not to use emacs for mail? None, other than all the emacs email clients I've tried sucked :

Re: [SLUG] Creating hard Links to directories]

2003-02-26 Thread Ben Leslie
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Crossfire wrote: > Patrick Lesslie was once rumoured to have said: > > unstable provides coreutils 4.5.7-1, in which it must have been > > fixed. Perhaps it's out of the manpage until they have finished > > implementing it ;-) > > > If you must hardlink, you can use emacs h

Re: [SLUG] Avoiding debian dependancies

2003-02-23 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Matt Hope wrote: > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Ben Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > > > I just tried to apt-get install slapd (OpenLDAP server) on a debian > > production server. Debian then wants to install an xfree86-common, > > which I ob

[SLUG] Avoiding debian dependancies

2003-02-23 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi all, I just tried to apt-get install slapd (OpenLDAP server) on a debian production server. Debian then wants to install an xfree86-common, which I obviously don't want on a server. (slapd depends on libiodbc2 depends on xlibs. xfree86-common). Now, I know the way I'll be using slapd doe

Re: [SLUG] Debian apt install question

2003-02-23 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > How can you get apt-get to install a Debian package that is not in the apt > database that was download form the web ? Like what you can do with rpm. > dpkg -i file.deb B -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More

Re: [SLUG] Terminal based editor with syntax hilighting

2003-02-15 Thread Ben Leslie
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Alex Sayle wrote: > On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Ben Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > > > On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Alex Sayle wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Matthew Hyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > > > > > &g

Re: [SLUG] Terminal based editor with syntax hilighting

2003-02-14 Thread Ben Leslie
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Alex Sayle wrote: > On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Matthew Hyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > > > > > Folks, > > > > I am looking for a non-X unix editor that also does syntax hilighting. > > > > I know I could use emacs, however I would prefer something like pico - > > but

Re: [SLUG] what can you do on 8mb that isn't a firewall

2003-02-11 Thread Ben Leslie
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Michael Lake wrote: > Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > > > > My question is: what stuff (clicky stuff) can I install and have run > > > reasonably in 8mb. Ideally I'd like to have a simple word processor, > > > spreadsheet etc. > > > And what window manager do you run on 8mb? I'm

Re: [SLUG] LaTeX slides

2003-02-05 Thread Ben Leslie
> I have to put together a presentation and I would like to use a LaTeX > based solution. I have had a look at Michael Wiedmann's page that lists > a lot of solutions: > http://www.miwie.org/presentations/presentations.html > > Has anybody had any experiences, good or bad, with any particular > so

Re: [SLUG] Two subnets can't ping each other

2003-02-05 Thread Ben Leslie
> Got a weird problem setting up a 192.168.0. network next to a 192.168.1. > network. > > >From 192.168.1.8 I can ping 192.168.0.1 but cannot ping 192.168.0.10 > tcpdump shows the packets hitting 192.168.0.1 but it then does not > route it on to the 192.168.0.10 NT machine. > > >From 192.168

[SLUG] Postfix defer_transports

2003-02-05 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me out with a small postfix problem. Currently I have postfix setup to deliver mail to users home directories, which are on an NFS mounted directory. This works fine. I'm upgrading the NFS server, which will require taking the NFS mount offline for a while a

Re: [SLUG] Microsoft loses showdown in Houston(OT)

2003-01-22 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > the story has been removed > > > This is a "must read." > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030122/tc_ > usatoday/4798893 Umm, works for me. (Note, URL is spread over two lines.) Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User'

Re: [SLUG] Weather leeching

2002-12-29 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Kevin Saenz wrote: > Hi all, > just wondering if anyone has done any weather or news leaching using php > from news.com.au :) www.bom.gov.au is probably a better source for weather info. And they are pretty light on the HTMl so it should be easier for you to parse. Benno --

Re: [SLUG] EMACS Question

2002-12-15 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Erich Schulz wrote: > Does anybody know the command to bring up an auxilliary window, which > you can use to navigate the code you are writing. > > I used this a while ago when I was doing some python and c programming. > The window lists all of the functions in your code

Re: [SLUG] Disk tapper on Woody

2002-12-09 Thread Ben Leslie
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Bruce Badger wrote: > I'm running a Woody system (installed from the SLUG/Debian CD, needless > to say :-) ), and there is something going on that is causing the disk > to be constantly accessed. It's like a constant tapping sound as the > disk is being hit. > > How can I

Re: [SLUG] Terminal programs

2002-12-04 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 05 Dec 2002, Alan L Tyree wrote: > What do people use other than minicom as a terminal program. I'm on RH8 > if it matters. Seyon. Unfortunately it also sucks. Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] System monitoring

2002-12-02 Thread Ben Leslie
On Tue, 03 Dec 2002, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I have found a program called Etheral(?) which seems to monitor traffic, is > there any other way to know what process, software, etc are active / > transmitting data while I'm surfing the internet? Ethereal will give you a *lot* of information, b

Re: [SLUG] HTML indenter/validator recommendations

2002-12-02 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 02 Dec 2002, Simon Wong wrote: > On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 17:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 04:58:09PM +1100, Simon Wong wrote: > > > I have been using HTML tidy from W3C but the Debian package is way out > > > of date. > > > > You could compile from source .. it's

Re: [SLUG] What deb package do I require for true type fonts inmagicpoint ?

2002-11-28 Thread Ben Leslie
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Tony Green wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 14:37, Simon Wong wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 09:50, Michael Lake wrote: > > > Thats right - you can see it in their slides on their web site at > > > http://playground.iijlab.net/material/kazu-kame-presen/ > > > > Can anyone te

Re: [SLUG] Dpkg spinning

2002-11-25 Thread Ben Leslie
> Hi all > > I'm hoping somone can help me with a little Debian problem. > > The problem is that when I try to install packages (either through > apt-get or using dpkg directly), dpkg seems to take a *long* time > at the "Unpacking" stage. (Long == many minutes). For the archives, The problem w

[SLUG] Dpkg spinning

2002-11-25 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi all I'm hoping somone can help me with a little Debian problem. The problem is that when I try to install packages (either through apt-get or using dpkg directly), dpkg seems to take a *long* time at the "Unpacking" stage. (Long == many minutes). When I do a "top" it shows that the dpkg proce

Re: [SLUG] One Request, please!

2001-12-03 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 03 Dec 2001, Scott Howard wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:30:34PM +1100, Rebecca Richards wrote: > > I'm getting rather sick of idiots posting to a _Linux_ mailing list using > > broken mailers like Outlook. I'm getting even sicker of those who send > > emails out with both a plai

Re: [SLUG] One Request, please!

2001-12-02 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 03 Dec 2001, Rebecca Richards wrote: > Guys, > > > > > > I'm getting rather sick of idiots posting to a _Linux_ mailing list using > broken mailers like Outlook. I'm getting even sicker of those who send > emails out with both a plain text, and HTML version. If the plain-text >

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-19 Thread Ben Leslie
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Rich Buggy wrote: > Hi Matt, > > > Currently i'm looking at UTS, Sydney and UNSW but am > > wondering how these differ from universities such as > > Macquarie and UWS and why these may be discouraged ? > > I wouldn't discourage anyone going to club mac (aka Macquarie). I

Re: [SLUG] A PostScript file and a Printer.

2001-11-14 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Bill Bennett wrote: > Dear Anyone, > > Another, alright a recurrent problem with interfacing > Microsoft and Linux. > > The Department has a colour printer, a HP 5. This is connected > to a PC running Windows. The PC is the only contact with the > printer. > > I have a Pos

[SLUG] CVS log

2001-11-09 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi all, I would like to have some program that will extract cvs log messages betwen two dates (or really just for the last week). The cvs log command appears as though it should do what I want but the combination I have tried ersult in either all the messages being shown, none of the messages be

Re: [SLUG] Can't enter a directory after unzipping it

2001-10-24 Thread Ben Leslie
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Simon Wong wrote: > I have downloaded the source code for Java Cookbook from O'Reilly > (fabulous book!) but am having strange things happen when I UNZIP the > source. > > After unzipping two directories are created in the current directory one > called META-INF and the "jav

Re: [SLUG] Answer + Disappointment

2001-09-10 Thread Ben Leslie
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stephen Robert Norris wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 11:53:04AM +1000, DaZZa wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Rick Moen wrote: > > > > > > Only those who have cheap junk modems, or who don't know how to set them > > > > up properly. > > > > > > Well, look, folks, I hate to

Re: [SLUG] NZ proposes GST on downloaded software.[ Here next ?]

2001-06-27 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 04:02:03PM +0930, Richard Sharpe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:53:38AM +1000, Adam F. Bogacki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >wrote: > > > > > >> The NZ government Gov

Re: [SLUG] Fat fingers and Notebooks

2001-06-13 Thread Ben Leslie
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Mehmet Ozdemir wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone know how to disable the capslock key in linux, so that > capslock with only work when say you use ctrl caps lock, I'm sick of > hitting capslock ACCIDENTILLY AND typing upper CASE BY MISTAKE :) Mmm I can do one better, change

Re: [SLUG] Apache serving .doc files

2001-06-12 Thread Ben Leslie
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Artur Hefczyc wrote: > > > > I am trying to get my Linux based apache web server to serve some .DOC MS > Word files. However I am having the following problems. > > > > 1. When I click on the link, the file starts downloading as (garbled) text > into the netscape window. > >

Re: [SLUG] OT - Job advertisement

2001-06-07 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 07 Jun 2001, Heracles wrote: > DaZZa wrote: > > > Why? Why should I be forced to get RSI from rolling a mouse, invest more > > and more into video cards to keep up with the growing trend to drop > > support for older stuff, bloat my OS with a GUI I barely ever use just to > > make conven

Re: [SLUG] Executing an Executable

2001-06-06 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 07 Jun 2001, Debian User Adam Bogacki,,, wrote: > Hi, >I copied Wordperfect 9 into /usr but when I try to execute in /usr it > I get the message "no such file". What command are you trying to execure is with? Are you sure you want it in /usr and not /usr/bin ? What is your path (e

Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux Instructor - what about "jobs wanted?"

2001-05-31 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 31 May 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am a young programmer looking for work and I welcome genuine job postings. > I am very clueful indeed, but clueful in programming and not anything else. > I didn't know about the jobs on linux.org.au until today. > > I am not stupid by any stretc

Re: [SLUG] Linux Instructor

2001-05-30 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 31 May 2001, Mike Lake wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 03:41:23PM +1000, Del wrote: > > > Linux Australia (http://www.linux.org.au/) have a recruitment database > > > which is suitable for this purpose. > > > > I've seen that, but it's rather out of the mind's eye. If someone needs > >

Re: [SLUG] Studying Programming

2001-05-14 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 14 May 2001, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Nick Croft said: > >What I've missed out on learning C and gtk+ at home is how to pronounce > >= and == (in my head while reading code). > > "=" pronounced "equals" or "assignment equals" > "==" pronounced "equalsequals"

Re: [SLUG] Studying Programming

2001-05-13 Thread Ben Leslie
On Sun, 13 May 2001, peterw wrote: > Secret Squirrel wrote: > > > > > > I'm considering taking a 40h course > > or similar to learn how to program > > "the right way" and get help in the > > mean time. > > > > Um, what exactly is the "right way?" > When I am employing people I ask "What have

Re: [SLUG] Studying Programming

2001-05-13 Thread Ben Leslie
On Sun, 13 May 2001, Secret Squirrel wrote: > Hello, > > What does everyone here think of > getting professional training in > programming (and programming in > general) vs self study ? I would definately recommend a degree course. Comp Sci at any big uni should do pretty well. Of course that

Re: [SLUG] IMAP Question

2001-05-11 Thread Ben Leslie
On Fri, 11 May 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > Given imap's apparent lack of configuration (for anything), how does it > > know which directory to get my mail from [ //var/spool/mail//]. > > I'm assuming you're using 'imapd', which is the horrible, disgusting, evil > creation that makes a moc

Re: [SLUG] Re: language jihad

2001-05-02 Thread Ben Leslie
On Tue, 01 May 2001, Angus Lees wrote: > \begin{Ben Leslie} > > Python (www.python.org) is a nice object oriented language which I find > > quite good for most of my needs. I'll outline pros and cons below. > > > > Cons: > no closures ("proper" ano

Re: [SLUG] language jihad

2001-05-02 Thread Ben Leslie
On Wed, 02 May 2001, Anand Kumria wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 11:21:01AM +1000, Ben Leslie wrote: > > > > Let the flame war begin :> > > > > I want comment on others I'll just give you my ideas about my > > favourite high level/scripting langua

Re: [SLUG] language jihad

2001-05-02 Thread Ben Leslie
On Wed, 02 May 2001, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, getadog said: > >I you're going the python route, then go the full monty: > >www.zope.org. > > > >To list a few good points of zope, revision control, it will > >allow multiple people to work on the site at once. > >It w

Re: [SLUG] Next IntallFest ?

2001-05-02 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 03 May 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > (1) when is the next InstallFest due ? I rather liked the Macquarie Uni > > location - fairly central and easy to get to by car with plenty of parking > > space on a Saturday. > > We hadn't planned one thus far, but I'm sure we can cook something

Re: [SLUG] Laptop screens

2001-05-02 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 03 May 2001, Secret Squirrel wrote: > Little off topic ! :( > > Could someone please explain the difference > in laptop screens ? XVGA UXGA TFT etc etc, > > What's good and what totally sucks ? (i've > seen some poor looking screens on budget > Gateway 2000s, are these TFTs ? afaik XVG

Re: [SLUG] language jihad

2001-04-30 Thread Ben Leslie
On Tue, 01 May 2001, David wrote: > > Noted with interest about the use of "mason" as a potential language for > the development of the SLUG site... and I need to learn a language for web > development and database (postgres? mysql?) similar to the SLUG > requirements. > > PERL, PHP, mason? wha

Re: [SLUG] Buying VA Linux in .au

2001-04-20 Thread Ben Leslie
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Jacques Chester wrote: > > Three things will kill it: > > 1) The strength of the Banana Republic Peseta > > Actually, I've looked into this myself. Recall that > the items you buy locally (IBM, Compaq et al) were > *also* manufactured overseas, and are *also* being > jacked

Re: [SLUG] OPEN SOURCE PHOTO EDITING

2001-04-20 Thread Ben Leslie
On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, dkwok wrote: > Any Open Source Photo Editing and perhaps Web authoring software? You want the gimp for your photo editing. (If its just editing photos for the web the gimp is great, if its editing photos for print it might not do everything you want). For web authoring sof

Re: [SLUG] irc client

2001-03-19 Thread Ben Leslie
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Nick Croft wrote: > Sluggers, > > Can anyone recomment an irc client that can display several channels > simultaneously? > > Nick Well if you are X inclined you can't go past XChat imho. And for terminal BitchX is always good. Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group M

Re: [SLUG] Progeny RC1

2001-03-16 Thread Ben Leslie
On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote: > 'tag alles, > > Debian with a non-anal-retentive-system-administrator face on it: > > http://www.progeny.com/news/newsreleases/?newsrelease=03_16_2001 > > Just as I post this, I have the feeling that someone's getting slashdotted. > First one with an

Re: [SLUG] The things we do to low-end machines...

2001-02-26 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Ken Caldwell wrote: > Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > > > > > > Re lwm: I haven't used it, but sawfish doesn't have icons or > > > button bars, or icon docks either. It does have root menus. I > > > can't imagine why you'd want to live without them, and am not > > > sure why y

Re: [SLUG] #include dissapointment

2001-02-26 Thread Ben Leslie
On Fri, 02 Jan 1998, brad payton wrote: > this is gonna sound silly but here goes... > haven a prob with running a.out.. > I can compile O.K but when try and run it > it ,red hat sez"bash: a.out: command not found" > have tryed it in a diferent directorys other than /home ,no go! > have tryed a.o

Re: [SLUG] Printing problem on small home network

2001-02-25 Thread Ben Leslie
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Ken Caldwell wrote: > I have a small home network of three computers. > longwing (running SuSE 6.4), adler (running Debian-unstable) and > superchook (running Debian 1.3.1). > There is a printer on longwing and I can print from this machine ok. If > I try to print from adler

Re: [SLUG] python version

2000-11-27 Thread Ben Leslie
> I need to have python version 1.5.2 > > How do I tell what version I have? Is there a generic way of discovering > versions? benno@benlaptop:~$ python Python 1.5.2 (#0, Apr 3 2000, 14:46:48) [GCC 2.95.2 2313 (Debian GNU/Linux)] on linux2 ^ Just start it up in interactiv

Re: [SLUG] rcp/scp colon probs

2000-10-29 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Rick Welykochy wrote: > On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Ben Leslie wrote: > > > Open source is great but advocating being able to the source when the docs > > aren't good isn't really a big plus. > > How's this: > > 1. global peer re

Re: [SLUG] rcp/scp colon probs

2000-10-29 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Rick Welykochy wrote: > On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Sonam Chauhan wrote: > > > Using *both* quotes and escaping make it work > > > > e.g.: scp sonamc@websvr2:"/nethome/sonamc/test\:2" /tmp > > > > will copy a file called "test:2" > > as does your example without quotes or

Re: [SLUG] Restricting ssh.

2000-10-29 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Rodos wrote: > Is there a way to allow people to use scp to copy files over ssh but not > to login in over ssh? > > I am using Debian if it matters. I found all the config options in man > sshd but there is no mentio of the interworking of scp and sshd appart > from the scp

Re: [SLUG] SQL

2000-10-29 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi Simon! On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Simon Bryan wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone tell me if it is possible to have an SQL server (of any kind) > running on Linux (RH or Mandrake) that can interface with MS Access on an > NT/W2K machine? If so what? I have looked at PostgreSQL and have it > running - sort

Re: [SLUG] Eating with SLUG

2000-10-24 Thread Ben Leslie
> Wrote Anand: > > > > Mamm's Kitchen is an Italian restaurant which is located near the > > Broadway shopping centre. Its distance from UTS is similiar to > > the HoGZ but it is further from train transport (but corresspondingly > > closer to Glebe). > > My experience is that Mamma's kitchen is

Re: [SLUG] Re: Network Security Fest

2000-10-24 Thread Ben Leslie
> redirecting over ssh - probably the most secure. the encryption slows > things down a bit. automatically running xauth on other machines tends > to upset the really paranoid, so don't forward X unnecessarily. Wouldn't the compression options available in ssh make up any slow down? >From total

Re: [SLUG] Modem recommendation.

2000-10-15 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi Rodos! On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Rodos wrote: > I need another (3rd) modem. A few people here are using the US Robotics > Courier V Everything as they are so rock solid. I was going to get another > one until I rang their tech support to ask a question. Seems that unless > your modem is less than

Re: [SLUG] OT - Cracking a password protected winzip file

2000-10-05 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, Richard Hayes wrote: > Dear Sluggers, > > Someone password protected a Winzip file and I need to unzip it. > > Can anyone point me at any tools / faqs / info on how to crack it. http://www.google.com/search?q=crack+password+zip+file+linux&hl=en&lr=&safe=off The ninth one

Re: [SLUG] RE: Python WOW!

2000-10-02 Thread Ben Leslie
> The reason I began to (try) to use linux was the fact that there are so > many programming languages and compilers etc available, and I wanted to > begin to learn to program. Under Windoze this would have cost $$, under > linux it's free. > > I have decided on Python myself, and have purchas

Re: [SLUG] Python, wow.

2000-10-01 Thread Ben Leslie
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I thought people might like to know, I have just started developing under > python, and it' unbelievably fast to develop in. > > If you haven't looked at it yet, it really is worth the effort. It is a > fantastic prototyping language, and for most

Re: [SLUG] Re: Re: XEmacs vs. Emacs (was Re: IDE for java / C etc)

2000-09-21 Thread Ben Leslie
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Angus Lees wrote: > On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 01:17:35AM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Do GNU Emacs and XEmacs share any functionality at all? I know they're > > different, and haven't been merged, but... > > elisp scripts ("packages") either work directly, or are "ported" > re

XEmacs vs. Emacs (was [SLUG] Re: IDE for java / C etc)

2000-09-20 Thread Ben Leslie
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Stuart Cooper wrote: > > > get xemacs (at least version 21) > > > M-x jde > > > class browser, easy links to javadoc, click to compile, click to > > debug, etc, etc > > > will work on windows or any unix. can even use gtk with the new(ish) > > xemacs/gtk port

Re: [SLUG] Debian

2000-09-18 Thread Ben Leslie
> >Not to brag, but to a certain degree i feel a line must be drawn. I > >think things > >can become *over* simplified and *over* centralized. If people want to > >point and > >click maybe free unixs arent the best solution for them. They might just > >have to > >live with NT (or whatever) for no

Re: [SLUG] Re: Re: Basic CVS Usage

2000-09-14 Thread Ben Leslie
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Angus Lees wrote: > > which is going to be so very useful, when the next python license > turns out to be incompatible with the GPL.. (see license for python > 1.6) [insert anti- python / commercially sponsored competitions > bigotry here] Not to start an off-topic flame

Re: [SLUG] CVS Server problems

2000-09-10 Thread Ben Leslie
> Hi all, > I've just built a linux server to act solely as a CVS pserver. > I have been able to successfully log in and import data, however when I > try to check out a module I get the error: > > -f [server aborted]: Cannot check out files into the repository itself > > Has anyone seen this,

Re: [SLUG] Small CD-R blanks

2000-09-10 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi Howard! On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Howard Lowndes wrote: > Does anyone have a source of supply for the credit card sized/shaped CD-R > blanks, pse? > We had a bunch done earlier in the year (they're really cool). I'm not sure that you can get blank ones as such (not ones that go in a desktop cd

Re: [SLUG] OT NT on train timetable screens vs indicator boards

2000-09-10 Thread Ben Leslie
> $50 donation to the Open Source project of your choice in the name of > the first person to post a genuine image of the new train indicators > with a BSOD. My friend took this photo a couple of weeks ago, not quite a bsod but still it didn't work so same end result to the customer. http://bia

Re: [SLUG] daylight saving

2000-08-26 Thread Ben Leslie
> Can anyone confirm that current Linux distributions understand our about > to happen daylight saving change? > > Danny. My Debian potato and debian woody boxes all made the change without a problem. The NT box and Win98 box that are also in the office didn't change :(. Cheers, Benno -- S

Re: [SLUG] Select and kill running process

2000-08-21 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi Terry! On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Terry Collins wrote: > Hello Sluggers > > list process | grep desired-process | kill desired-process > > Can someone tell me the format of the last part? > > ps axf | grep process | kill -9 "process???" ps axf | grep netscape | sed s/^\ *// | cut -f1 -d" " | xa

Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux Certification

2000-08-21 Thread Ben Leslie
> > i see this as being a good way to test the employer. if they insist on > > a redhat (or some other) certification, and ignore whatever other work > > you have done, they probably aren't a good place to work. > > i guess i was thinking that certification would give me some confidence > going i

Re: [SLUG] Printing HTML

2000-08-13 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi John! html2ps seems to work well. benno@lister:~$ wget http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs3121/lectures/core01/overview.html ; html2ps overview.html > overview.ps; gv overview.ps seems to work on my box. Of course you can prolly use wget -r to hack together something and pipe it to mpage, lpr

Re: [SLUG] WAP browser?

2000-07-24 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi Pigeon! On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Pigeon wrote: > Dear all, > > Is there any WAP browser for *nix? Text base, for X, whatever... > > Thanks. Probably not much help, but could be a lead. There is WAP browsers for palm and there is palm emulators for X so this might be the way to go. Also