Re: [SLUG] Netbook experiences?

I installed Debian on the 701 without problems. It even installed through the wireless. Very neat. are you a debian purist too? Debian makes the world go around[1] Dean [1] http://rantage.com.au/item/1228623722/ -- http://fragfest.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - h

Re: [SLUG] Netbook experiences?

> what was wrong with Xandros - which the 701 shipped with? it wasnt debian. Ok, but I have had problems installing basic debian...and went with the knoppix distro in 2004. Thats fine with me. There are a number of distributions based on Debian. Some users might want to take a look at thes

Re: [SLUG] Netbook experiences?

> what was wrong with Xandros - which the 701 shipped with? it wasnt debian. Dean Marghanita da Cruz wrote: Dean Hamstead wrote: acer aspire one > eepc i did pay the windows tax but oh well. the eepc is tonnes of fuss to install http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC what was

Re: [SLUG] Netbook experiences?

months. Dean Rev Simon Rumble wrote: This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: the msi looks like the same hardware as the aspire one. the main difference i have seem from the eepc to the aspire is better support for the network hardware in the aspire. MSI Wind apparently has a great

Re: [SLUG] Netbook experiences?

acer aspire one > eepc i did pay the windows tax but oh well. the eepc is tonnes of fuss to install http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC the acer just took linux and loved it http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAcerOne the msi looks like the same hardware as the aspire one. the main difference i have s

Re: Which wireless data service should I signup to? was [SLUG] Don't buy ZTE's

optus is being resold like crazy check out plans from http://www.dodo.com.au http://www.exetel.com.au/residential-hspa-information.php rumours are of woolies (safeway) and internode entering the market via optus also (cites IT sections in various editions of Financial Review) Dean Margha

Re: [SLUG] how to find if cpu is 32 or 64 bit

ahh you want to know if the cpu will do 64bit, even if the current OS is 32bit tricky Dean Dean Hamstead wrote: arch on solaris uname -m in linux do i win a prize? Dean Sonia Hamilton wrote: How do I find out if a cpu is 32 or 64 bit? (Notice: cpu, not kernel). Googling seems to

Re: [SLUG] how to find if cpu is 32 or 64 bit

arch on solaris uname -m in linux do i win a prize? Dean Sonia Hamilton wrote: How do I find out if a cpu is 32 or 64 bit? (Notice: cpu, not kernel). Googling seems to suggest 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' and look for lm in the flags. Are there any other ways of doing this? Yes you can look at the

Re: [SLUG] How to "restart" sound?

distribution? in general /etc/init.d/alsa[-utils] restart where [-utils] varies. this will work for debian. however if flash is locking your sound, something is wrong and its not closing properly. use tools like lsof to find out whats holding up the show. ie lsof /dev Dean bill wrote: Q

Re: [SLUG] Where to buy cheap Cisco routers?

under Ubuntu 8.04. Heracles Dean Hamstead wrote: Ebay cisco stuff is constantly churning through. However your question seems two fold. 1) im not sure what router i want 2) where can i get one. so as for point 1) you will need to be more specific with your requirements. However assuming an

Re: [SLUG] Where to buy cheap Cisco routers?

Ebay cisco stuff is constantly churning through. However your question seems two fold. 1) im not sure what router i want 2) where can i get one. so as for point 1) you will need to be more specific with your requirements. However assuming an adsl router, ebay is still a great place to start.

Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

I dont think it would be fair to say 'filtering will make mistakes so dont use them', because that argument would therefore logically extend your morality to 'police make mistakes, so get rid of them' also this thread should be in slug-chat. Dean Rev Simon Rumble wrote: This one time, at ban

Re: [SLUG] ssh certificate logins

you can configured your sshd's configuration in /etc/ssh/sshd_config however in your case you might want to look at denyhosts http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/ Dean Phill O'Flynn wrote: Hi everyone I am running a fedora server and currently using hosts.allow to only allow ssh accesses fr

Re: [SLUG] Choosing a sensible host

maybe try http://www.bur.st/ Dean Mary Gardiner wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2008, Jim Donovan wrote: Can anyone suggest a better host which also allows SSH logins? http://www.anchor.com.au/ is a SLUG-friendly Aussie company that has SSH logins. Dreamhost is a widely used US company and costs US

Re: [SLUG] Too many ethx ports

what distribution are you running Dean Gerald wrote: Hi Guy's, How can I get rid of eth1,eth2,and just keep eth0. with no references to the other ports? The system is very confused and will not send/receive email with all the network ports.

Re: [SLUG] Hardy won't multitask properly when archiving large files

Sounds IO related. is your controller well supported? or is it running in a compatibility mode? Dean Ben wrote: I've got Hardy running on a Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz with 2GB of RAM, but it won't multitask in a friendly manner. In gnome, if I right click on a file and select "add to archive", variou

Re: [SLUG] cacti/snmp/wag54g/wlan

no that model doesnt look promising Dean Voytek Eymont wrote: On Thu, September 11, 2008 8:45 am, Dean Hamstead wrote: are you running stock firmware or dd-wrt (or friends?) stock Linksys f/w "Firmware Version: 1.00.46 " not sure if WAG54 'v3' is modifibale,

Re: [SLUG] cacti/snmp/wag54g/wlan

are you running stock firmware or dd-wrt (or friends?) Dean Voytek Eymont wrote: I guess I should really ask this on a cacti list, but, incase some here can shine some light: I have WAG54Gv3, and, have setup cacti on centos to chart traffic; cacti picked up the following i/f on WAG54 via snmp2

Re: [SLUG] ATO/wine

for one off? im not going to talk them through findind their ip, opening a port, install vnc etc. when they live 10 mins away :) Dean Alex Samad wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:34:14PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: appdb shows a fail i spent a few hours on it, until i just drove to my

Re: [SLUG] ATO/wine

thanks.. but I have a tax agent anyway. I was curious what on-line services are available.. my tax agent has 'net/ATO access to things about me that even I didn't know! Naturally I'm p-ed off that the ATO spends our money supporting Bill. Is there any good reason for this? or just typical IT

Re: [SLUG] ATO/wine

appdb shows a fail i spent a few hours on it, until i just drove to my inlaws and used XP. seriosly didnt seem worth the effort for a once off usage. Dean david wrote: Sorry if this has been previously covered. I couldn't find it with a quick search. Has anyone had success installing the AT

Re: [SLUG] This is a direct attack on process

Of course you realize that these people write crap like this to cause outrage and generate hits. They want this sort of half informed drool to make it to slashdot and friends thereby paying their wages. Just ignore them and even if they dont go away, you will be ignoring them :) Dean Jeff Wau

Re: [SLUG] Web Interface for slug mail?

the list archive maybe? Dean Luke Vanderfluit wrote: Hi. Is there? I want to be able to read the slug mailing list via web. No feeds on Nabble or others (gmane etc) I believe... Is subscription the only way to read this list? Thanks. Kind regards. Luke. -- http://fragfest.com.au -- SLU

Re: [SLUG] DODO

in my experience, production servers tend to be replaced rather than updated Dean Dave Kempe wrote: Lindsay Holmwood wrote: I'm 99% certain they're using Squid, but I think they've either severely misconfigured it, or are running a dodgy hacked up older version. yeah I ran into the TPG p

Re: [SLUG] DODO

that name seems strangely appropriate these guys are cheap* http://www.tsninternet.com.au/ *i offer no definition of 'cheap'. i prefer to spare myself from changing isps Dean jam wrote: Who did iinet acquire now? upnaway.com (cica January) Dodo sucks. -Original Message- From:

Re: [SLUG] Glen Turner : The return of the Walled Garden

their traffic is already tunneled, its part and parcel of ADSL. Dean Robert Collins wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 11:53 +0930, Glen Turner wrote: Tunnel brokers are fine for experimentation. It's nice to see Internode offer one, as the AARNet one is incredibly hammered (the most-heavily used H

Re: [SLUG] Prefered video card for Linux dual-head?

I agree with open drivers, but if you are going to go buy an $80 video card and use it right away. The nvidia is the best option. Yes its a binary driver and no there isnt source code, so yes it taints your kernel. But right now, today, nvidia binary driver works the best. So having installe

Re: [SLUG] Prefered video card for Linux dual-head?

get a cheap nvidia Dean Amos Shapira wrote: Hello, My boss bought second-hand extra monitors for all of us and I now need to buy a graphics card which can support dual-head for Debian/Ubuntu (and Windows XP and Vista). Since there are always swings around about "best linux support" which I di

Re: [SLUG] appaling wireless performance

on channel 9, you should not be using any channel near that plus/minus 2 or 3, for example you could try 6 or 12. The easier option is just to try a bunch of channels and do a test copy. On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

[SLUG] great gui snmp browser

hey all just curious if anyone can recommend a great snmp browser. something that can load mibs, walk snmp agents, send sets to agents etc. even perhaps diff'ing walks and sending traps obviously there is net-snmp, but something with a gui. Dean -- http://fragfest.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] appaling wireless performance

whats network performance like with the dlink firmware? also, whats the noise level at? is there a crappy 2.4ghz cordless phone around? Dean Richard Heycock wrote: I've got a D-Link dir-300 flashed with dd-wrt (v24) and my network performance is shocking. If I transfer a file to another machi

Re: [SLUG] Adobe Illustrator program for Linux

inkscape Dean Daryl Thompson wrote: Hi all I am looking fro an similar to Adobe Illustrator program for Linux. That is one with similar features and be able to save / export to an "ai" format. Has any one got some ideas please regards Daryl Thompson Ph : 0408 472 041 E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [SLUG] dns test tools ?

2nd'd. www is redundant. sites should be domain only. i recall seeing some sort of anti-www action group somewhere online. but i dont want to jack this thread. Dean Mary Gardiner wrote: On Fri, Aug 15, 2008, Voytek Eymont wrote: can anyone recommended free dns online test tools ? http://ww

Re: [SLUG] comparing domain registrar prices

crazydomains.com.au is the cheapest ive seen Dean On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:27:19 +1000, Peter Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Lazy Web, > > I did actually try to find this on my own, honest! > > Is there an equivalent to whirlpool.net.au for domain name registrars? > I.e. a single site w

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

apt-get [remove|purge] package-name apt-get autoremove refer to the apt-get man page (man apt-get) for the nuances of apt-get's options. other useful tools are deborphan and the happy menu based orphaner. which you may have to apt-get install first :) Dean On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:13:41 +1000, S

Re: [SLUG] Safe samba configuration

prevent samba from getting involved with browsing at all by adding this to your smb.conf [global] domain master = no local master = no preferred master = no os level = 0 its also a good idea to set up a wins server, and send its details out using dhcp and set the client mode to wins only. fr

Re: [SLUG] [ot] Any micropayment systems useful??

paypal is the cheapest i have found. some places claim to be cheaper, but i havent found any that have cheaper per transaction costs with or without annual fees. also paypals api isnt terrible, but regardless all the heavy lifting is already implemented in php, perl etc. and its also the most

Re: [SLUG] merging pdf

see pdfjoin as part of the pdfjam package apt-cache search pdfjam Dean Daryl Thompson wrote: I have a PDF document that is in parts and i need to merge them into one PDF. I have know idea can any any help me please -- http://fragfest.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] more RS232: USB-RS232, PCI ?

there are piles of these on ebay for about $10 if you dont mind buying from randoms in HK via paypal. the on i got works perfectly in linux and freebsd. so a good buy for $10 Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I came across this - seams very simple... and cheap too... It's just a cable with all

Re: [SLUG] Hyperthreading

My understanding (from uni cpu architecture) is that Hyperthreading (descended from supathreading) essentially straps a second control unit to the instruction portions within the cpu and then links it to the other control unit. It can therefore pretend to be a second cpu by utilizing the other

Re: [SLUG] more RS232: USB-RS232, PCI ?

you can run commands in real time rather than scheduling them strategically with at and cron? Dean Voytek Eymont wrote: On Tue, June 24, 2008 3:17 pm, Dean Hamstead wrote: you know you can get a dualcore amd, ram, disk, all on board mboard and case for like $350? Dean, but, apart from

Re: [SLUG] more RS232: USB-RS232, PCI ?

you know you can get a dualcore amd, ram, disk, all on board mboard and case for like $350? Dean Voytek Eymont wrote: On Tue, June 24, 2008 2:11 pm, Dean Hamstead wrote: I really like to utilize my hardware till it drops, and, utilize every interface till there is no holes left vacant, I

Re: [SLUG] more RS232: USB-RS232, PCI ?

I really like to utilize my hardware till it drops, and, utilize every interface till there is no holes left vacant, I still use 486SL (which I think is a 386 with math co-pro?) as a fax server/answering machine/file server You are thinking of a 386DX, 486SL is the powersaver/mobile version of

Re: [SLUG] login-less logins

GDM has autologin, even with passwords. just configure it in gdm configuration. you can just make grub have a very short time, or install lilo. Dean david wrote: I have an 86 year old Mother in law who has never used a computer. I want to give her an old laptop to play solitaire etc on while

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

with the aforementioned non-free logos and trademarks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceweasel Dean Rick Welykochy wrote: Dean Hamstead wrote: firefox on debian? *gasp* iceweasel is the OSS browser of choice for debianites. Crikies I must keep up. I'm only using Linux in serverland, sans

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

firefox on debian? *gasp* iceweasel is the OSS browser of choice for debianites. Dean Rick Welykochy wrote: Dean Hamstead wrote: there is a debian/amd64 package? *scratches head* And I am sure there are packages for FF 3.0. And many mirrors of it. I hope the Firefox team are taking this

Re: [SLUG] Is someone is snooping my wireless?

Hi Rick if someone is 'trying to connect' then fortunately they arent actually connecting. there isnt much you can do about people attempting to connect (unless you hire some sort of sniper on top of your building). however. if someone is actually attaching to your wireless lan, that is a d

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

ng on their site for "license" (sic), you get a few hits that all seem to indicate restrictions depending on the market/device you fall under. Is it actually considered free software? On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: fwiw, opera 9.5 is out

Re: [SLUG] Firefox 3.0 Download Day

fwiw, opera 9.5 is out :) in lots of fruity linux flavours Dean Rick Welykochy wrote: Hi Guys, Firefox 3.0 is coming out tomorrow. The 18th here is the 17th in the USA, which is global download day for the Firefox 3.0 launch. Mozilla is attempting to win a Guiness Book of World Records entry

Re: [SLUG] snmp 1, 2,3

snmpv2 doesnt offer much in the way of security features over snmp 1. snmpv2 is pretty much better in all ways over snmp1, snmpv3 is snmpv2 with better security. given a read only, private LAN, just go snmpv2. Dean Voytek Eymont wrote: I want to setup snmp / rrd to chart Linksys WAG54G, loo

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs

casionally passwords - i have two strikes youre out, with 2 week ban time. Dean Rick Welykochy wrote: Dean Hamstead wrote: Denyhosts is a great daemon/cronscript that will manage hosts.allow for your ssh server. you can set thresholds and instant triggers etc which will result in that ip bei

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs

I am running a server that was getting heaps of password cracking attempts on SSH port 22. Since changing the port, the attempts have stopped. Denyhosts is a great daemon/cronscript that will manage hosts.allow for your ssh server. you can set thresholds and instant triggers etc which will res

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

At the end of the day... software is judged by whether it works for the customer or not. Not whether it has a long list of accreditations. Thats nonsense. Management will continue to buy software and force it upon their engineers and techs based on the all important characteristics of... - m

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

Not wishing to start an OS war, but I rarely if ever have seen a BSD or Sun box compromised. Is this due to sheer numbers of Linux and Doze? there are a lot of people out there setting up linux machines who really havent got the skills to do so. not listing any names... ausgamers.com Dean

Re: [SLUG] Thunderbird addon?

Cant you just put filters on the "sent" folder? Dean Michael Still wrote: Nigel Allen wrote: A customer has a requirement for outgoing emails to be "auto-filed" as they are sent. The idea is that when the send presses "send", a dialog box pops up and asks them for a customer number. The cus

Re: [SLUG] opening com port in terminal

another fine option is "cu", which personally i find to be less fuss than minicom cu -l ttyXX -s 2400 gtkterm also seems 'just right' to be if you are in X its handy as it gives a nice drop down of available serial ttys (usefullish if you have USB serials you are plugging in and out of) Dean

Re: [SLUG] setting up nfs

post your exports file? Dean Kevin Shackleton wrote: I've set up some nfs entries in /etc/exports (in Etch) on my desktop PC but though I can see the entries in my eeepc I don't have permission to go into the entries. The eeepc defaults to an automatic logon as "user", with a userid of 1000 an

Re: [SLUG] scary freeze/reboot

looks like gnome went crazy and consumed your system at the expense of everything else. if it happens again, try updating gnome, deleting your ~/.gnome files (disclaimer, you may want to copy them off some place else) Dean david wrote: symptoms (Feisty): screen freeze.. no keyboard or mo

Re: [SLUG] Read MS Access files on Linux (using php?)

the screenshots had the 'whoar! thats neat!' factor. i was tempted to apt-get it just to witness the miracle. Dean Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Mon, 5 May 2008 at 13:43, "Amos Shapira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Peter Rundle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does

Re: [SLUG] Question on wine.

appdb.winehq.org is very very helpfull. also, the wine forums/mailing list are also excellent. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just been given a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking. It seems to me that I *should* be able to run it under wine. Has anybody any experience with this? I ask beca

Re: [SLUG] Linux "clustering" - what are the options?

given the samba-oriented nature of dazza's query, in addition to linux-ha take a look at http://ctdb.samba.org/ i believe this is the sort of system you are after? Dean Sonia Hamilton wrote: On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 11:44 +1000, DaZZa wrote: Does the Linux world support the concept of active/pa

Re: [SLUG] Multiple Domains - Apache

you need the ServerAlias directive Dean Deepan wrote: Hi All, I am serving two domains from the same machine using Apache. I want www to be used in both of the domains, hence I redirect urls without www to appropriate urls with www. I have the following configuration in httpd.conf to a

Re: [SLUG] uptime and multicore/multithreaded cpu's

multiple cores are seen as multiple cpus. so there is no difference. i dont know how threads are implemented in the cpu. a load average of 2.0 on a dual cpu (or dual core) system is a 100% load average. accroding to man. Dean Sonia Hamilton wrote: A question about uptime. My understanding

Re: [SLUG] Debian question

| I've been, erm, "asked" to work on a little embedded box that $POE is | trialling for a POS graphical display terminal. | | Said device runs Debian - and has issues with running a graphics mode | higher than 1024x768. | | Naturally, $POE want it at 1280x720 (widescreen 16:9 ratio) | | It's runni

Re: [SLUG] Xorg Multiple Monitors

twinview merges the two screens in the driver save yourself the pain, sudo nvidia-settings and use the happy gui then set them up as seperate screens. i have personally set up a machine with 8 screens (4 dual head hards) with current nvidia hardware. what you are after is achievable! Dean Phi

Re: [SLUG] Xorg Multiple Monitors

please post xorg.conf Dean Phil Scarratt wrote: Dean Hamstead wrote: twinview merges the two screens in the driver save yourself the pain, sudo nvidia-settings and use the happy gui then set them up as seperate screens. i have personally set up a machine with 8 screens (4 dual head hards

Re: [SLUG] Sound puzzle

but what i mean is, if its using oss, maybe oss only configured for your onboard sound - not your usb. iceweasels sound preferences may not be honored by flash... Dean Alan L Tyree wrote: On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:55:06 +1100 Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: is flash usi

Re: [SLUG] Sound puzzle

is flash using oss emulation? Dean Alan L Tyree wrote: Hi, Debian Etch with flashplugin-nonfree: I've got an on-board sound card and a usb one. The usb is the one that I use. It works for Rhythmbox, Ekiga, Totem and other noise makers. It doesn't work for Flash in Iceweasel. That uses the on-

[SLUG] kernel module eeprom causing system freeze

Hi all, after a circuit breaker caused a power outage, which reset the bios. debian/amd64 is now freezing (solid) at 'Loading kernel module eeprom'. I have tended to the bios and reset to optimized, fail safe etc. Prior to the power outage there wasnt anything fancy in the bios settings regard

[SLUG] Someones bouncing funny

when i post, someones mail server sends me this (see attached) i have no idea whos email is causing this. sorry for the on list post Dean --- Begin Message --- The email address has changed from gl-asia.com to gltrade.com. The new email address is in the format mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For mor

Re: [SLUG] Optus dial-up with Linux

With CHAP, it works just like PAP. you have a chap-secrets file rather than a pap-secrets file both the same format there will be an option telling wvdial to use pap, then, having made the chap-secrets file, you just change from pap to chap. im not sure with distribution you are using, but 'ppp

Re: [SLUG] Optus dial-up with Linux?

there should be no reason why if you dont just update the various settings, she would have problems connecting just phone number, user and password. the only complication is if optus uses CHAP/MS-CHAP rather than PAP. linux does support both without any dramas. it would simply be a matter of ena

Re: [SLUG] measuring traffic

these two links might help http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bridge+Firewall.html http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Bridge Dean Alex Samad wrote: On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 06:53:51AM +, Visser, Martin wrote: This won't work if it is a network with a dumb (cheap/unmanaged) switch. (An old dumb hu

Re: [SLUG] measuring traffic

that solution will give all traffic, not just internet traffic. traffic between hosts, i assume, isnt a problem? Dean Michael Chesterton wrote: On 08/01/2008, at 3:49 PM, david wrote: I have a local network for which I do not have access to the gateway host. What tool would folk suggest t

Re: [SLUG] measuring traffic

if you cant get at the gateway you could set up monitoring on each host... or set up a machine configured as a bridge to measure the throughput. this would be invisible to both the hosts and the gateway. Dean david wrote: I have a local network for which I do not have access to the gatewa

Re: [SLUG] File server

Most linux distributions can easily achieve all those goals, as they all include samba, an ftp server, an sshd, and apache. Try CentOS or OpenSUSE and the GUI tools should be straight forward for most users. Dean Andre Kolodochka wrote: Hi, I need to set up a simple file server in office. Th

Re: [SLUG] linux filesystem

if you are using large files, you will see better performance on any file system by increasing the allocation unit size. for 5gig, just push it to the maximum available. just be sure to archive up any small files prior to storing them. i believe reiser4 has tail packing, which helps overcome th

[SLUG] Xorg Configurators

Hi All, In spite of being a staunch fan of configuring X with vi, i am looking for a graphical configuration tool for Xorg. Especially one with good multi-head support. So i am wondering if anyone has any thoughts. Generally i am a debian man, but am willing to go with suse, fedora etc. Not su

Re: [SLUG] USB to serial

i bought one from dick smiths (whilst in new zealand), just happened to be on special so i thought it might come in handy. it really has! the linux kernel has a stable driver that picks it up automagically in debian. windows XP doesnt know what it is until you install a driver then it works fine.

Re: [SLUG] Quick and dirty mail/spam server

Huray for flaming over MTA's! the reality is there are a number of MTA's which are all in common use which indicates that they must have strengths which people value. it is therefore logical to assume that they also have weaknesses which people feel are an acceptable trade for the strength. no do

Re: [SLUG] Networking weighting problems

did you set a policy? http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds4/route.htm ... -policy n Specifies the policy to be used for Multipath Routing. n is number between 1 and 5 where these numbers mean the following: 1. Weighted Round-Robin

Re: [SLUG] feedback sought on rrd monitoring apps

cacti with snmp? not sure if thats what you're after? Dean On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:01:04 +1100 (EST), "Voytek Eymont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking at installing something like 'mrtg' or some rrdtool based > monitor to, well, monitor my clustered server(s) (currently monitoring 1 > ser

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

thanks for that, the ones i have used are huawei devices. Dean On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:45:39 +1100, "Sonia Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:26:58 +, "Rev Simon Rumble" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> This one time, at ba

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

> Virgin Broadband has a 30-day cooling off period, which might be worth > investigating if you're just trying to plug a gap waiting for fixed-line > broadband. do any of those $30 1gig things work in linux yet? i spent some time trying to get an optus then a 3 one working. (both use the same hard

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

> If you're using the ethernet modem, it Just Works. Standard IP and > DHCP. > >> gotchas etc? > > Unwired sucks. If there's any other option except maybe Next G, you'll > be better off. The latency is enormous. Ah yes, this i realise. I have unwired through internode which is just vanilla p

[SLUG] unwired and linux

has anyone used unwired with linux? comments? gotchas etc? Dean -- 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] ADSL - UNLIMITED DOWNLOAD

check out whirlpool.net.au for those sort of questions Dean On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:19:11 +1100, Antonio Cosimo Costantino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everybody! > > My Australian (digital) life is in danger... I have to change ISP!!! > ahah!!! > > I'm looking for one unlimited and unshap

Re: [SLUG] expect - more modern tool available?

expect is still in common use (thats the joy of unix as opposed to windows). it certainly wouldnt be a bad choice. Dean Sonia Hamilton wrote: I'm starting to learn expect [1][2] to help me automate some programs that prompt for input. Expect dates from the early 90s - is it the right way to go

Re: [SLUG] Printer

*pedantic* technically ogg is just an envelope, its vorgis you are after *endpedantic* dont go past lexmarks from aldi, they are laser and way cheap. they work quite well in linux (look for a penguin on the side) i wouldnt (i dont infact) go past ipods for personal audio, however i use the AAC

Re: [SLUG] Recommendation for a VPN for linux

I play games with it all the time, thanks go to wine also Dean Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 10:06:21PM +1000, Dave Kempe wrote: Ian Brown wrote: Hi, - Can anybody recommend on a free VPN for linux ? There is no other choice aside from OpenVPN IMHO :) That's what I've he

Re: [SLUG] WiMAX 802.16 wireless

I believe unwired uses a WiMAX like technology, i have an unwired modem (i dont think modulate-demodulate is the right term, maybe radio or bridge) although i use it through an internode plan (no longer offered) its just pppoe to linux and works nicely. with only one bar of signal i get my full d

Re: [SLUG] AMD Sempron

did you try another linux dist install cd? how far through does the kernel boot get? Dean On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:10:44 +, Malcolm Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On trying to install an already set-up version of Slackware 11 (it is > running in an Athlon XP (761) box), from a bootable

[SLUG] MySQL Description Dumper

hi all im looking for something that will spit out something human readable from mysql, describing all the tables something that will connect to mysql and spit out a html data dictionary cheers Dean -- http://fragfest.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.

Re: [SLUG] Mac Mini (hardware) alternative

I have looked long and hard for a machine that matches the mac mini, in terms of both features, power and size. You are paying the apple toll somewhat, but its still a very cheap machine (although you get nothing but a small box) its amazing that a very usable computer is $1000 these days, i r

Re: [SLUG] Home Linux Server

get something as cheap as possible if you can grab something around the 2ghz mark with around 512 meg of ram. if you want to run a gui on the machine, maybe a little more ram. disk space is up to you. you can just toss an inexpensive SATA controller into the machine then drop in large disks. my

Re: [SLUG] Audio skipping on Ubuntu kernels

see hard disk IO Dean Jeff Waugh wrote: i know this isnt a solution, but... is there any reason you cant go to a cpu specific kernel? Because the largely pointless number of CPU specific kernels were reduced to a single generic kernel for edgy. - Jeff -- http://fragfest.com.au -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Audio skipping on Ubuntu kernels

i know this isnt a solution, but... is there any reason you cant go to a cpu specific kernel? Dean James Gregory wrote: Hey guys, I've found that playback of music on my laptop has this horrible, horrible tendency to "skip" (by which I mean that the music stops for some fraction of a second)

Re: [SLUG] Squid and File Serving

squid is proxying software, youd best use apache for web serving Dean Stephen Black wrote: I have been hitting the Linux documentation hard and after much learning I think I have decided on a course of action. I would like to get another computer and set up a Proxy Server for my network secu

Re: [SLUG] reported memory and actual memory

cat /proc/meminfo or was that mentioned already? Dean Ben Donohue wrote: Hi all, Just to ask a bit more... The server has 5GB mem but top reports 3632188KB. That is approx 400K missing. I have another server with 4GB and it reports 34KB approx with around 600K missing. Shouldn't top r

Re: [SLUG] Etax 2007

exploring prior to trying windows software in wine, but given the 'niche' market for etax, slug is probably the best bet ;) Dean James Gregory wrote: On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 23:20 +1000, James Gregory wrote: On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 21:39 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: ran perfectly in wine (w

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