Re: [SLUG] which kernel archive do I need, 386 or 686 ?

2003-08-30 Thread Chris Deigan
Voytek Eymont wrote: >background: >RH7.3 >I was updating kernel from RHN via ssh connection using >'up2date' when ssh connection dropped off BEFORE the update completed. > >I'm assuming the 'up2date' and other processes started from this ssh >session also were terminated prior to completion, so, I

Re: [SLUG] which kernel archive do I need, 386 or 686 ?

2003-08-30 Thread Chris Deigan
Voytek Eymont wrote: >looking on RHN, there are 386 and 686 kernels available: > >--- >Available Archs: athlon, *i386*, i586, i686 >... >Download: >kernel-2.4.20-20.7.i386.rpm (12,671,436 bytes) Download RPM >kernel-2.4.20-20.7.src.rpm (34,574,079 bytes) Download SRPM > >--

Re: [SLUG] Debian and ESS 1869

2003-08-31 Thread Chris Deigan
mick wrote: >I've been sorting (throwing away, selling, etc, etc) through my >computers and found a neat little Compaq ENS 6300/3.2 slimline desktop >that I've decided to make a Debian box. > >It has an integrated ESS ES1869F Audio Drive chipset. Has anyone had >any experiences with this chipset?

Re: [SLUG] Linux Partition Resize

2003-09-01 Thread Chris Deigan
Tiwari, Rajnish wrote: > I have redhat 9.0 on a laptop and need to place > more installations on separate partitions. > The current install has one big partition and > boots from MBR (from memory). > > Is it possible to resize a ext2 partition ? > What tools are

Re: [SLUG] Gnome configuration error

2003-09-04 Thread Chris Deigan
Adam Bogacki wrote: >--- >"Setting up gconf2 (2.2.1-2) >find: missing argument to 'exec' >dpkg: error processing gconf2 (--configure) > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status (1

Re: [SLUG] Telnet

2003-09-12 Thread Chris Deigan
Paul Davies wrote: >Question 1) I can telnet to the machine - but I do not seem to be able >to telnet to it and log in as root. Is it not >possible to telnet to a machine as root? This is a REALLY, *REALLY* bad idea. I can't emphasize how bad this idea is. (Look at telnet and security, umm, is

Re: [SLUG] Telnet

2003-09-12 Thread Chris Deigan
Voytek Eymont writes: >> Otherwise look at X forwarding. > >is that like running remote X ? Basicaly, you can export the display of a program onto another computer. This is done using the X11 client/server model. So generaly, a cool way of doing this is to use the -X parameter with ssh (man ssh).

Re: [SLUG] Telnet

2003-09-12 Thread Chris Deigan
Paul Davies wrote: >ssh does allows me to log in as root. When I enable X forwarding I am >also able to run gedit over the network remotely. Now I am happy. Login as a normal user and then type: su - to become root. su = Switch User See man su for more details. Also take a look at sudo. If yo

Re: [SLUG] error loading 8139too modules

2003-09-12 Thread Chris Deigan
pesoy misak wrote: >tried to insmod the modules with insmod >/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o it >sned me error saying this > >./8139too.o: unresolved symbol >mii_ethtool_gset_R37c1efdb >./8139too.o: unresolved symbol >mii_ethtool_sset_R686b69b4 >./8139too.o: unresolved symbol >mii_

Re: [SLUG] Telnet

2003-09-12 Thread Chris Deigan
Voytek Eymont wrote: >** Reply to note from Paul Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:45:20 +1000 > > >> Why though, is it OK to log in as root using ssh and not telnet? Aren't >> I just as likely to get my packet sniffed (so to speak)? > >ssh passwd are encrypted, telent, clear text

Re: [SLUG] ot: web/php doc management system ? doc imaging system ?

2003-09-13 Thread Chris Deigan
Voytek Eymont wrote: >any suggestions/recommandation for a web/php doc managment system ? If you could be a little more specific in this region, there are quite a few different kind of systems. Some you may want to look at are drupal(.org), phpnuke(.org) and postnuke(.com). These are all content

Re: [SLUG] Oh Complier ... where out thou?

2003-09-13 Thread Chris Deigan
mick wrote: >I'm trying ti install Xine under Redhat 9.0. I downloaded a Tar file >and unzipped it to my home directory. You can install it from an rpm from redhat. >I typed the ./configure command as instructed in the readme and the >process ends with > >gcc no >cc .no > >valid compli

Re: [SLUG] Anyone know where SuSE hide their kernel .config file?

2003-09-21 Thread Chris Deigan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Under /usr/src after installing the kernel source package in SuSE 8.1, >you get a directory 2.4.19.SUSE, but I can't find the config file that >shows what options they compiled it with. Take a look under /boot - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Gro

Re: [SLUG] kill procesname, how ?

2003-09-22 Thread Chris Deigan
Voytek Eymont wrote: >I'm trying to kill a process by it's name, not by pid, but, can not figure >out how to specify the process name to kill; > >I can kill the proces OK by pid , I just do not seem to get it by its' name, >what am i missing: Use killall to terminate something by it's name. killa

Re: [SLUG] building debian packages from source

2003-09-22 Thread Chris Deigan
Peter Chubb wrote: >There's a file debian/rules in a Debian source package. > >Edit it to add the coniguration options you need. >Then do: > debuild -b >to create the .debs, and then as root, > debi >to install them. Just a note, there are some good notes from SLUGlets a few months back at:

Re: [SLUG] kernel 2.6 (again)

2003-09-28 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Ken Foskey wrote: >Can someone give me a web like that can give me a complete download of K >2.6 test6 source? Debian has patched theirs and I want to have a clean >source tree to start with. http://kernel.linux.pacific.net.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.0-test6.tar.bz2 - Chris

Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] The final Word

2003-09-29 Thread Chris Deigan
Hi everyone, Could we please keep this discussion on slug-chat, and preferbly keep it down to constructive criticism rather than flames. - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] hard disk copy

2003-09-30 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Chris Barnes wrote: >stretch that partition to be 60gigs? The partition is formatted as vfat. There are commercial apps like Partition Magic that can do that, and I know there are also some free apps. (One I remember is DiskDrake, part of Mandrake, but I beleive that's just a front

Re: [SLUG] Slow DSL connection

2003-10-02 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Jared Pritchard wrote: >One of our clients (on a DSL connection) is having some issues. >His connection is running at almost dialup speed and he is on a >256k ADSL connection. > >He is the only client experiencing this problem, and he says it has >built up over about 1-2 weeks. Whi

Re: [SLUG] Slow DSL connection

2003-10-02 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Jared Pritchard wrote: >If he downloads a big file, and does NOTHING else at the same time, he can >get (eventually) about >a 20kbps download speed, but if he downloads, or even uploads oddly enough, >at the same time, it >all drops to about 4kbps weird. Does it vary durin

Re: [SLUG] Adding Netowrking To Debian Woody

2003-10-02 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Terry Collins wrote: >I have a Debian Woody base installation. > >How do I add the networking? pppconfig for dialup (with pon/poff to disconnect/connect) /etc/networking/interfaces to configure interfaces. - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://s

Re: [SLUG] Firewall appliance box

2003-10-05 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Kevin Saenz wrote: >I am looking for a box that will be about the size of >an ADSL router, with about 512 RAM, multi NIC prefered min 3, >to build a firewall. Does anyone know where I could source >such a box? It would be helpful if it had a CPU and NVRam I beleive everythinglinux.

Re: [SLUG] Firewall appliance box

2003-10-05 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Kevin Saenz wrote: >Maybe Anthony could tell me where I should look. :) >I thought it would be under hardware. http://www.everythinglinux.com.au/cat/systems/thinclients - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.sl

Re: [SLUG] Telstra bigpond adsl Mandrake 9.1

2003-10-10 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Voytek Eymont wrote: >Telstra just told me that to connect a bunch of Macs using Telstra supplied ADSL and >T-supplied Alcatel SpeedTouch I'll need a winblows computer to configure the router... Rubbish. http://www.ozcableguy.com/alcatel.html for the Alcatel Speed Touch Pro. Else

Re: [SLUG] Re: [activities] Codefest

2003-10-14 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: >I've got an idea, the coding equivalent of high wire trapeze that might >even bring non-coders, wanna-be coders and I-could-never-be-a-coders >along. I'll stand by and make fun of your buggy code. :p Just kidding. :-) - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SL

Re: [SLUG] Video Servers

2003-10-14 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Simon Bryan wrote: >I have been asked to research Video Servers for our school. The aim is to store the >Video / DVD on a hard disc and then deliver the video from there to the desktop / >TV. > >There are a number of Windows based systems, I was wondering if anyone knew of an >Open

Re: [SLUG] Installfest this Saturday

2003-10-15 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Robert Collins wrote: >And what time would this be? 6am? 6pm ? Sorry, forgot to mention that. Around 10am-4:30pm -- earlier than 10am we will probably be setting up for those of us who are awake. :-) - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org

[SLUG] Installfest this Saturday

2003-10-15 Thread Chris Deigan
Hi all, This upcoming Saturday we'll be holding an Installfest at UTS Broadway. Location: UTS Broadway; Ashmore Smith Room, Level 3, Tower 1. Directions: Go in through the main doors (of the tower building) and down the first set of stairs, then right twice and down those stairs then right again

Re: [SLUG] OT: question about IBM Aptiva

2003-10-21 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Kevin Saenz wrote: >I know this is a little off topic, Not really >Does anyone know how to get to the bios on an IBM APtiva? On my 2140, it's F1 -- may vary though. - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug

Re: [SLUG] Recommended .com.au registrar

2003-10-22 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Matthew Palmer wrote: >I've got a couple of domains coming up for renewal in the next couple of >months, and don't particularly want to give another chunk of change to >Extortion IT. > >Does anyone have any particular experiences, good or bad, with the rest of >the crop of registrar

Re: [SLUG] Linux Shared Calendar SME

2003-11-11 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Peter Rundle wrote: >I'm looking for a shared desktop calendar solution for a small office >(10users). Obviously has to run on Linux. Main critera is that calendars >can be shared and that PDA devices (as yet not specified) can be >synchronised. > >There seems to be two main appr

Re: [SLUG] enabling ntpd through firewall ?

2003-11-12 Thread Chris Deigan
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 18:29, Grant Parnell wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, John Clarke wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 05:56:10 +, Voytek wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to enable ntpd on RH73, what port do I need to allow in the > > > ipchains for ntpd ? > > > > 123 or ntp - you can use eit

Re: [SLUG] Debian PPPoE

2003-11-12 Thread Chris Deigan
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 11:42, Richard Hayes wrote: > There are a lot of instructions to configure Roaring Penguin but I can't > find or work out the setup pppoe instructions. Under debian, as root, run: pppoeconf That will set everything up for you, and then to control the connection use:

Re: [SLUG] python.

2003-11-15 Thread Chris Deigan
On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 16:53, Shaun Oliver wrote: > I'm wondering who would be the best person to speak to about learning > python. http://pig.slug.org.au/ - Python SIG -- Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listi

Re: [SLUG] Install new fonts for Mozilla

2003-11-16 Thread Chris Deigan
On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 07:22, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > I'm using Debian, and wants to install some new windowz fonts in my box. > anyway, after a few steps, the install has been recognised by other > software (abiword, dekstop, etc) but not for Mozilla. > > Is there any trick to stuck the new fon

Re: [SLUG] Bandwidth/packet/netfilter log file analysis tools

2003-11-16 Thread Chris Deigan
On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 09:46, Gareth Walters wrote: > I need to > keep a reliable record of bandwidth usage. > help me debug connection problems mttr or cricket might be of interest, it will give you nice purty graphs :-D -- Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://

Re: [SLUG] Bandwidth/packet/netfilter log file analysis tools

2003-11-16 Thread Chris Deigan
On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 16:11, Steve Kowalik wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 03:47:46PM +1100, Chris Deigan wrote: > > mttr or cricket might be of interest, it will give you nice purty graphs > > I think you mean mrtg. MTTR is something very different. :-) Yes, thanks for that.

Re: [SLUG] What's up with the Debian Mirrors?

2003-11-21 Thread Chris Deigan
On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 21:58, Ken Caldwell wrote: > I can't seem to find any working Debian mirrors. Is there a known > problem with them? mirror.pacific.net.au and ftp.iinet.net.au seem to be working fine for me with a woody box. -- Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

[SLUG] Financial Member E-Mail Addresses

2003-11-23 Thread Chris Deigan
Hi everyone, Along with many of the other benefits of being a financial member of SLUG, you can now get your own @slug.org.au email address, so you can be "A real SLUG dude"[1]! Not only that, but as long as you stay a financial member of SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Running SpamAssassin as user nobody

2003-11-25 Thread Chris Deigan
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 15:51, Howard Lowndes wrote: > When I fire up SA in the default mode it fires up as root and when ir gets > passed an email by spamc it switches to user nobody. > > Thus I decided to start it as user nobody anyway and gave that use a home > directory in /tmp and a subdir /t

Re: [SLUG] Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 - debian

2003-12-20 Thread Chris Deigan
On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 15:01, Hal Ashburner wrote: > Does that make any sense? > I've just got a sneaking suspicion I could download kernel sources, burn to cd, > unpack in my debian, compile & install the same and I still won't be able to get > onto the net. Having said that, I really have no clu

Re: [SLUG] web-script

2003-12-21 Thread Chris Deigan
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 11:03, Trevor Tregoweth wrote: > Hi All > > was wondering if someone could give me a little help, i want to be > able to run commands from a web interface on a Linux (redhat 9) > machine. > > what i would like is a start / stop link on a web page to run sat the > foll

Re: [SLUG] Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 - debian

2003-12-21 Thread Chris Deigan
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 17:06, Hal Ashburner wrote: > su to root > copy e100.0 to /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf24/kernel/drivers/net/ "make install" would have worked here too :-) > ___ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfr

Re: [SLUG] debian install

2003-12-24 Thread Chris Deigan
On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 13:14, Peter Hardy wrote: > Apt stores its packages in /var/cache/apt/archives/ . The immediate > solution would be to copy the contents of this directory from the > desktop machine to your laptop. Apt will check there before retrieving > a package from one of its listed sou

Re: [SLUG] Debian au mirror

2003-12-25 Thread Chris Deigan
A good mirror I've found is PacNet's. Their Security Archives are updated every hour and main debian mirror every 6 hours. Here's a set of sources: ### Official Sources ## Main deb http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian stable main deb-src http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian stable main ## Non-US de

Re: [SLUG] jigdo and Debian DVD images

2004-01-08 Thread Chris Deigan
On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 20:04, Chris MacKenzie wrote: > Hi All, > > Just a quick query, has anyone managed or knows of a way to use jigdo to > make a bootable dvd image of debian 3.0r2 instead of the 7 cds ? http://us.cdimage.debian.org/jigdo-area/3.0_r0/jigdo/dvd-test/ has DVD images for 3.0r0,

Re: [SLUG] file transfer with speed limit

2004-01-17 Thread Chris Deigan
On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 11:59, Gottfried Szing wrote: > protocol (scp, http, ftp, ...) does not matter, because i want to > download the files from my on server. and i dont like to install with > QOS and stuff like this. dont want to change my kernel config for this. The --limit-rate switch in wge

Re: [SLUG] Email to SMS gateway

2004-01-18 Thread Chris Deigan
On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 08:27, David Kempe wrote: > Mike, > do you know of a service for vodafone subscribers? > smssend seems to work for (has a script for) optus subscribers only. > is there a vodafone or even telstra service similar to info2you? Vodafone has a web interface to sending SMS text m

Re: Stale AU Debian sources (Re: [SLUG] Xinerama and fonts - nvidia TwinView setup)

2004-01-21 Thread Chris Deigan
Pacific Internet's Debian mirror is updated every six hours, with their security archive mirror hourly updated. The URL for the main mirror is at: http://mirror.pacific.net.au/ - Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slu

Re: [SLUG] powerbook and linux

2004-01-30 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Gottfried Szing wrote: >today at the [EMAIL PROTECTED] i have seen a couple of powerbooks and at least >one ibook with linux on it. so i am sure that someone could help me. i >am also a proud powerbook user, but i dont want to change the >configuration of it. no, repartitioning o

Re: [SLUG] powerbook and linux

2004-01-30 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Gottfried Szing wrote: >first the answer to chris' mail: i cannot access the mirror 'cause using >a prepaid telpaficic dialup. I tried a google and found a mirror at http://debian.tu-bs.de/knoppix/powerPC/ too. I can probably help if low-speed bandwidth is an issue in downloading

Re: [SLUG] TUrn off firewall

2004-01-31 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Simon Bryan wrote: >HI all, >Two versions of this story: >SHORT VERSION: >1. How do I ensure that there are no firewalls enabled in a RH7.2 install? >ie if they are enabled what do I do to turn them off? iptables -F That will flush all your iptables rules. - Chris -- SLUG - Sy

Re: [SLUG] Looking for SLUGgers in the Surry Hills / East Redfern Area...

2004-02-05 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Sean Cohen wrote: >Also, would anyone happen to have a copy of Mandrake 10 Beta 2 (or 1)? >It's the only distro that'll boot on my poor little notebook, and - I'm >ashamed to say - I've only got dialup I may be able to help you out with that. - Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linu

Re: [SLUG] Anyone going to the Installfest....

2004-02-05 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Sean Cohen wrote: >from the inner east (Surry Hills) this Saturday? I could use a ride >(one car, two people. not my lucky day). Shine your shoes? It probably should have been put in the announce, but the warehouse is a block or two walk up from the train station. (You go throu

Re: [SLUG] Dlink DSL-302G modem configuration

2004-02-08 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Dennis M. Gray wrote: >The documentation states that I can change the port number of the >built-in administration server but I am unable to find a link to change >it. The default is 80 and I need to change it to something else. Any >suggestions? Some iptables work should do the tri

Re: [SLUG] Trouble finding Linux

2004-02-08 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Greg Brennan wrote: >Thanks for the quick reply! > >I've thought of that, but I was under the impression that the download >was around 450 mb or so. As I only have a dial-up connection, that's a >bit large. > >If anyone lives or works in the city and is feeling generous enough to

Re: [SLUG] Trouble finding Linux

2004-02-10 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Heracles wrote: >Mandrake is 3 CDs usually, but I haven't seen it on the front of a >magazine recently. >However, You can get a copy of Morphix (based on the cutting edge Debian >distribution - sometimes referred to as unstable) on the cover of PC >Authority. It runs from your CDROM

[SLUG] SLUGAMuSIG - Audio/Music Group Meeting

2004-02-12 Thread Chris Deigan
All interested in music/ audio and Linux are invited for the fourth gathering of the group. There will be a demonstration/ discussion in the morning, followed by a open session of jamming/ coding/ talking in the afternoon. All levels of interest are welcomed. The meeting will be held on Saturda

Re: [SLUG] SuSE CDs?

2004-02-13 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: >I'm not up on SuSE's license terms. Can someone make CDs for me to use >to try it out? (The latest version, please). > >I'd be happy to provide blanks in exchange, or pay a small fee. Basically, the free way to install SuSE is to do a FTP Install or o

Re: [SLUG] st george bank broken

2004-02-17 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Benno wrote: >FWIW Commbank works fine for me (using any gecko based browser), and I >don't have a JVM installed. Commbank uses plain HTML and JavaScript. That's the only real requirements I can see. The java applet only shows advertisments (odd to employ Java for showing banner a

Re: [SLUG] squirrelmail: smtp or sendmail ?

2004-02-19 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Voytek wrote: >I'm just updating Squirrelmail, should I use SMTP or sendmail ..? > >with the previous install, it seems I had 'sendmail'. sendmail should work fine if you have a perfectly working mail server setup that's sendmail-compliant. - Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

Re: [SLUG] firewall logfile analysis

2004-02-20 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Hilton De Meillon wrote: >I am using Gentoo. I use Metalog as a logger. I use Fwbuilder to design >my rulesets. What can I use to analyse my log files - I have tried >fwanalog but it does not look like it likes the way Metalog logs. > >any recommendations ? First, for live analasy

Re: [SLUG] ATO goes OSS

2004-02-24 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that James Gray wrote: >Noticed over on the venerable /. a report about the ATO going open >source AND that SLUG was partly responsible :) Here's the /. article; >http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/24/0241225&mode=thread > >Notice the URL to the second pressure group at the end?

Re: [SLUG] AOL SUCKS

2004-02-25 Thread Chris Deigan
It is said that Jeff Waugh wrote: >Use your ISP's mail relay. AOL are, fairly legitimately from my POV, >blocking SMTP connections from hosts determined to be dynamic or otherwise >impermanent (residential, yada). AOL is not the only one I've seen block such messages, and I won't deny that it is a

Re: [SLUG] [Job: Syd] Java Coder wanted

2004-02-25 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Mary Gardiner"); >I'm not sure who is filtering posts to that list... it was Tony Green >for a while, maybe it still is. In practice, about 50% of the posts are >people asking for work, the rest non-agency. But I don't know whether >that's because agency stuff is filtered out :) I mostly do

[SLUG] SLUG Monthly meeting, Friday 27th February 2004

2004-02-25 Thread Chris Deigan
Sydney Linux Users' Group Monthly Meeting: Februrary 2004 When: Friday, February 27, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Where: UTS Broadway, room 2.4.13. Directions at http://slug.org.au/events/uts.html SLUG's monthly meeting, featuring general talks, special interest talks and SLUGlets. Meetings

Re: [SLUG] ADSL modem recommendations?

2004-02-29 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Erik de Castro Lopo"); >I'm about to move from cable broadband to ADSL and the ISP I >have chosen allows me to choose my own modem instead of the >one the supply (Netcomm NB1300). I've heard of some problems >with the NB1300 so I'm looking at alternatives. > >Anyone have any recommendations?

Re: [SLUG] imap sync

2004-03-05 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Gottfried Szing"); >i am using mozilla with imap, but the support of imap is not really >usable if there is a slow dial up connection. mozilla first downloads >the headers, afterwards the message body and when i move the message >into a local folder, it downloads the message body again. a

Re: [SLUG] Small Business File/Job Management Solution?

2004-03-11 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Ken Foskey"); >A simple solution may be storing it in CVS. The engineer then simply or Arch. ;-) - Chris -- 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] Copies of MDK 10? Found :)

2004-03-11 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Michael Fox"); >And pacific is on pipe peering, so these are a free download for anyone >with a broadband isp in sydney who is peered with pipenetworks. Not all ISPs connected to PIPE actually offer free data from the PIPE network. For example Pacific Internet or Internode. :-) - Chris --

Re: [SLUG] computers to give away

2004-03-11 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("linley"); >first in gets them >1 x powermac 6200 >1 x powermac 7200/20 >1 x powertower pro 200 > >all working >please call me -linley on > 0409 831 404 >localtion: Mascot You may like to talk to the ComputerBank[1] guys about this as a worthy cause. Take a look at http://cbnsw.org.au/ [1]

[SLUG] Committee Nomination

2004-03-15 Thread Chris Deigan
I'd like to nominate Jamie Wilkinson for Treasurer. -- Chris (running) -- 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] home wanted for POwerPC server

2004-03-19 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("[EMAIL PROTECTED]"); >AST Manhattan S series >6 scsi drives, one of which is thought not to work, apparently >hot-pluggable >200MHz (I think) >Free collected from me at Lindfield >Used to boot a minute or two after power-up. Take a look at http://cbnsw.org.au/ perhaps. :) - Chris -- SLUG

[SLUG] Planet SLUG

2004-03-22 Thread Chris Deigan
Some of you may have seen the sudden increase of Planets throughout the world such as Planet GNOME[1] and Planet Debian[2]. Well now there's Planet SLUG! Located at http://planet.slug.org.au/ (and thanks to the developers of Planet[3]) -- You can now read the blogs of your fellow SLUG'ers from a s

Re: Parking near UTS (Re: [activities] Re: [SLUG] SLUG flyer: help SLUG advertise)

2004-03-23 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Mary Gardiner"); >The Broadway Shopping Centre's car-park is a few blocks away. However, I >think most people find parking in the streets immediately behind UTS. >Any dirvers got suggestions? I have found it fine to get something on Jones Street or Thomas Street. If nothing there, Mary Ann

Re: [SLUG] Nomination: Vice President

2004-03-25 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Peter Hardy"); >Will that do? You forgot to mention how you fixed the horrible, horrible list searching function. ;-) - Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Committee Nomination

2004-03-25 Thread Chris Deigan
If it's not too late, I'd like to nominate Grant Parnell for Secretary or ordinary committee member. - Chris -- 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] Committee Nomination

2004-03-25 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Dan Treacy"); >Just looking at the election page and things seem a little threadbare in >terms of numbers. So in the interests of choice I'm putting my hand up >for Ordinary Ctte Member. Seconded! Updated nominations page! - Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http:

Re: [SLUG] finding Linux professionals

2004-04-08 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Bret Comstock Waldow"); >I'm advising some people who are establishing a business. I know >GNU/Linux can do their computer stuff, and they are interested. > >How do I go about finding people to do the work? Likely there's a >website to set up, and perhaps e-commerce, and likely a database

[SLUG] 2.4.25 Kernel & Intel e100 Freezing

2004-04-16 Thread Chris Deigan
Hi everyone, I've been compiling a 2.4.25 kernel for my gateway tonight (2.4.26 doesn't have the grsecurity patchset availible for it yet) and I've ran into a problem with my Ethernet card. (A generic Intel Card). Basically, every second time it boots up it hangs at: "PCI: Enabling device 00:0d.

Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] SLUG Monthly meeting, Friday April 30th

2004-04-28 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Philip Rhoades"); >People, > >Will the FTA talk show up on the "Past Talks" page? - I won't be able >to get to the meeting . . Sure, I'll make sure this get's done upon Rusty's permission. - Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

[SLUG] SLUG Monthly Meeting, Friday May 28th

2004-05-25 Thread Chris Deigan
When: Friday, May 28th Where: UTS Broadway; Room 3.04.24 SLUG's Monthly Meeting. Meetings are open to the general public and free of charge. Please note the change of rooms. This month's meeting will be held in room 3.04.24. That is building 3, level 4, room 24. A map of UTS is a

Re: [SLUG] rhn's /var/spool/up2date/* : is it needed ?

2004-05-29 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Del"); >up2date is dead. long live yum. > >If you have RH73 then you should be getting your updates from >www.fedoralegacy.org via yum, and not from RedHat any more, at >which point everything in /var/spool/up2date can be removed, >as it will begin to accumulate in /var/cache/yum instead.

Re: [SLUG] no debsig/codefest?

2004-05-29 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Del"); >I came. >I saw. >The building was locked. No it wasn't! You just didn't look hard enough. ;-) >There was a room nearby with a Debian logo outside of it. >The room was empty. Which room is it that you speak of? :> >I went home. Shame. >What happened to everyone else? We came,

Re: [SLUG] no debsig/codefest?

2004-05-29 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Del"); >Perhaps it was easy to find if you were a uni student and know >the secret entrances into the building, which I failed to find. >Trouble is, I went to Uni of WA and not USyd. So perhaps you >need to restrict these meetings to USyd old boys, put a sign up >(or perhaps several), or ma

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

2004-06-12 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Sonia Hamilton"); >Anyone know of a walkman style device (or smaller) that plays ogg-vorbis >sound files? > >Lots of devices play mp3 files - haven't come across any that do ogg. The iPod does. Of course, you'll just need to install linux on it first.. ;-) - Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] OK, I'm impressed :)

2004-06-12 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("[EMAIL PROTECTED]"); >At least there are websites for Fedora 2 which enable you to add their >repositories to 'yum' (software installation tool) - from there, you can >at least then install the various updates which aren't so limited. >I haven't managed to find one for Suse yet :-( You can

Re: [SLUG] linux laptop shopping

2004-06-19 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Simon Males"); >Other things I feel I must have included: Firewire, which it seems that >many toshiba models lack. Audio must work, so should I pay attention to >the chipset. Possibly 64MB video (Nvidia I've had experience with >although I believe ATI has the portable market). Do not want

[SLUG] SLUG Monthly Meeting, Friday June 25th

2004-06-21 Thread Chris Deigan
When: Friday, June 25th. Where: UTS Broadway, Room 01.04.06 SLUG's Monthly Meeting. Meetings are open to the general public and free of charge. Please note the change of rooms. This month's meeting will be held in room 01.04.06. That is building 1, level 4, room 6. A map of UTS i

Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] SLUG Monthly Meeting, Friday June 25th

2004-07-04 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Philip Rhoades"); >People, > >Is there an electronic summary of Andre's talk anywhere? http://www.algorithm.com.au/mt/archives/talks/beyond_c_c_perl_and_python.html#000105 - Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://sl

Re: [SLUG] startx problems...

2004-07-05 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Michael Fox"); >Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, >removing from list! >Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, >removing from list! > >waiting for X server to shut down > >Looking back over the warnings and errors we see the follow

Re: [SLUG] Linux installation day

2004-07-07 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Cheng Lim"); >Hi, > >Do you have a day where installation of Linux is provided free of charge ? >Thanks > >Cheng Lim >IT architect Hi Cheng, SLUG occasionaly holds days known as "Installfests" where people of the general public can come and volunteers help to install linux on their compute

Re: [SLUG] Recommendation for a good CSS book

2004-07-07 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Stuart Guthrie"); >I'm looking for a good book on CSS. I was wondering if anyone had a fav. >they might be able to recommend. My recomendation would be to look at other's CSS, find the tricks, and then nearly every CSS style has a good description on w3schools website. (Try google) Cheers,

Re: [SLUG] Web Project Management Software - Calendar, Source Sharing, etc.

2004-07-13 Thread Chris Deigan
On 13/07/2004, at 10:10 AM, Joel Heenan wrote: Dear Slug, I was wondering if sluggers could recommend some software so that myself and the project team and submit availability calendars and compare times that we are all available. I guess it needs to be pretty powerful so I can submit my week sc

[SLUG] SLUG Monthly Meeting, Friday July 30th

2004-07-25 Thread Chris Deigan
When: Friday, July 30th. Where: UTS Broadway, Room 02.04.13 SLUG's Monthly Meeting. Meetings are open to the general public and free of charge. Please note the change of rooms. This month's meeting will be held in room 02.04.06. That is building 2, level 4, room 6. A map of UTS i

Re: [SLUG] Telstra ADSL modem recommendation

2004-07-27 Thread Chris Deigan
quote("Phillipus Gunawan"); >Any telstra-experienced can give me an advice about >the router with built in ADSL modem? I know telstra >always put some sortof software and a bit tricky to >handle. AFAIK, Telstra use standard PPPoE for ADSL. No heartbeat or anything as such. - Chris -- SLUG - Sy

[SLUG] Re: [activities] Wireless fest - 14 Aug 2004

2004-07-29 Thread Chris Deigan
Funny that, I happen to be organizing an Installfest at UTS Broadway on that same day. :-/ -- 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] WRT54G + ADSL

2004-08-01 Thread Chris Deigan
On 01/08/2004, at 6:22 PM, Indelible wrote: I'm wondering how people with the Linksys WRT54G and ADSL use it? With a separate ADSL modem? Which one? Thanks. M. I have mine uplinked into my wired network. So for wireless it goes something like this, ADSL --> DSL Modem --> Linux Server --> WRT54G -

[SLUG] Re: [activities] Wireless fest - 14 Aug 2004

2004-08-01 Thread Chris Deigan
On 29/07/2004, at 10:43 PM, Chris Deigan wrote: Funny that, I happen to be organizing an Installfest at UTS Broadway on that same day. :-/ Okay, seriously - is this Wireless Fest still on? Perhaps we could run something together, or I can just move the InstallFest a week forward. Cheers, Chris

Re: [SLUG] FTA

2004-08-01 Thread Chris Deigan
On another note, tonight there's going to be a story about the FTA on four corners (ABC - 8:30pm) Cheers, Chris. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

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