[SLUG] DST changes - my problem is the other way up

Greets, env: PCLinuxOS 2007. For some reason that I cannot fathom, ntp is setting the time as if DST was over, i.e. its an hour ago. I am using au.pool.ntp.org as the ntp pool and the problem is independent of the actual host used. Any clues? Web searches have brought no enlightnment.

Re: [SLUG] Auntie excludes us

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:30:33 pm Rod Butcher wrote: > > This reminds me of the problems St George Bank had using Java applets > and acres of bad javascript to allow online banking. After thousands of > complaints they dropped the Java applet and javascript and reverted to > (gasp) html forms. No mor

Re: [SLUG] support enquiry

On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 03:59:53 pm Rick Welykochy wrote: > Nigel Allen wrote: > >> "young" IT person? That smacks of ageism and discrimination. > > > > Smacks of "we will only pay peanuts" :) > Oh for Snoopy's sake. The guy is a small business operator. He needs someone to run, maintain and hopeful

[SLUG] tmpwatch - oops

hm >tmpwatch 0.1 . in the ~ directory seems to be a bit of a worry ps -- regards Bruce -- 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] sim card reader on LInux

On Saturday 23 February 2008 10:27, ken Foskey wrote: > Anyone used something like this on Linux? > > I am worried about loosing my phone and it does not have bluetooth or > IR. > > -- > Ken Foskey > FOSS developer If you mean something that will directly read a sim card, then I dont know of a

Re: [SLUG] Wanted web designer for our new web site

On Monday 18 February 2008 11:08, Laurence Scott wrote: > Must be an open source site so that we can change the site on a regular > basis > > > > Regards Laurence > What (I believe) you actually want is a "content management system" aka CMS. If you truely want an Australian based open source sol

[SLUG] Old old old equipment information

Now what I'm looking for exactly is a ref manual on a Trident TD9440PCI/SMT/V4 video card. What I'm asking is for a good reference URL. I'm sick to dearth of scrolling through 144,000 google replies that want to sell me something. Any good ideas folks? -- regards Bruce -- SLUG - Sydney Li

[SLUG] headless servers

On an entirely differnet theme. Some time ago, it used to be possible to "convince" certain BIOS versions that they had a keyboard attached by shorting the PS/2 pins 3 & 4 with a 100K resistor. Trying it today with a "certain" (Compaq Presario desktop P3) box, it doesn't seem to work. This is

[SLUG] woops

(s'pose you've seen it all before but..) Just made a little mistake, using randrtray I set the kde resolution to 320x240 yeegawdIaintseennothinglikethatsincethosefunnymushroompancakesmymumusetofeedmeon wednesdays oh well, still fighting with VBox trying to set up a CD/DVD server using a

[SLUG] BWOI: Hi

Now, how shall I start, history or interest, disinterest or hosiery, confounding interest or hijacking ... Historical details : Bjorn - sometime in the last century on a small planet called RANRL located temporarily near (actually on) Rushcutters Bay, mother PDP 1120, pater GT40, schooling: ma