Re: [SLUG] Internet at 500m

2014-05-22 Thread Edwin Humphries (text)
get a 5MHz signal to propagate 500m). Of course, you should plan on two matched antennas. Regards Edwin Humphries On 23/05/14 02:57, Rick Welykochy wrote: Hi Sluggers, I have a friend living in near jungle conditions in a small town in the Philipines that wishes to span about 400m - 500m from an In

[SLUG] Download speed

2014-05-21 Thread Edwin Humphries (text)
Can anyone suggest a way of testing the download speed of my NBN fibre connection every hour and logging it? I have an ostensibly 100Mbps connection, but the speed seems to vary enormously, so an automated process would be good. -- Thanks Edwin Humphries -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

Re: [SLUG] Reuse or Recycle Your Old Computer

2014-02-02 Thread Edwin Humphries
cost effective. Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 On 03/02/14 15:40, Jason Ball wrote: On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:29 PM, James Linder wrote: On 3 Feb 2014, at 10:48 am, Jason Ball wrote: Your old computer uses much more energy than a new one. Powering the beast creates much more CO2

Re: [SLUG] Linux Exchange Alternative

2014-01-30 Thread Edwin Humphries
lab 8. scalix Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 <>-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Linux Exchange Alternative

2014-01-29 Thread Edwin Humphries
is Outlook-based shared calendaring. -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) <>-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Installing Richcomm PowerManager on Ubuntu-type system

2013-05-07 Thread Edwin Humphries
usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usbhid while 'richcomm_usb' sets config #1 which all looks OK to my (admittedly untrained) eye. I'm running LMDE 13 x64 KDE. I have tried installing NUT, but it's somewhat beyond me, I'm afraid. Help would be appreciated. Thanks, Edwin Humph

Re: [SLUG] DIY Linux Supercomputer

2013-02-02 Thread Edwin Humphries
Nice! On 01/02/13 15:09, David Lyon wrote: If you ever need your own supercomputer at home, now there's a chance to build your own: - http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-Supercomputer-Legos-Linux,17596.html NetSense Computers logo Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051

Re: [SLUG] Tuning Systems and Energy Use (Sys Admin Roles and Responsibilities)

2012-10-21 Thread Edwin Humphries
Jake, THanks for the correction - it's good to learn. Enabling ErP features has killed WOL on any system I've seen, but that's clearly not every system available. NetSense Computers logo Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 View Edwin Humphries's profil

Re: [SLUG] Tuning Systems and Energy Use (Sys Admin Roles and Responsibilities)

2012-10-21 Thread Edwin Humphries
Oops, sorry; I'll correct that! NetSense Computers logo Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 View Edwin Humphries's profile on LinkedIn <http://au.linkedin.com/in/edwinhumphries> NetSense Computers 79 Barney St, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone/Fax: +61 (0)2 423

[SLUG] Inverting network interfaces

2012-05-21 Thread Edwin Humphries
stomer has learned that rebooting the system (cleanly) solves any non-working interface issue. Can anyone shed any light on this? NetSense Computers logoRegards, Edwin Humphries View Edwin Humphries's profile on LinkedIn <http://au.linkedin.com/in/edwinhumphries> Mobile: 0419 233 0

[SLUG] List servers

2012-03-29 Thread Edwin Humphries
ent free list server that * Allows admins to fully administer the group * Provides a free service to community organisations NetSense Computers logoRegards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) 79 Barney St (P. O. Box 423), Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +6

[SLUG] Q&D HTML server address

2012-03-22 Thread Edwin Humphries
location, and I'd rather not have to make ad hoc changes to the code on installation.. Is there a simple was that I can do this? (Apache runs custom code written in PHP, but not by me) Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) 79 Ba

Re: : [SLUG] Re: Raspberry Pi

2012-03-05 Thread Edwin Humphries
Martin, I'd agree with you in general; however, I'm an Atrix owner, and I really don't see how it can claim to be in any way functionally equivalent to a NetSense Computers logoRegards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) 79

Re: [SLUG] Re: Raspberry Pi

2012-03-01 Thread Edwin Humphries
Sorry to be so ignorant, but I haven't heard of the Raspberry Pi before. The posts seems to indicate it as a mini PC; however, it seems to be just a SoC board? NetSense Computers logoRegards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) 79 Barney

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu touchpad issues

2012-02-27 Thread Edwin Humphries
y install of Kubuntu 11.10 on a thinkpad everything just worked without installing any extra packages, or modifying grub parameters. Regards, Peter On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:45:53 AM Edwin Humphries wrote: G'day all, I'm wondering whether anyone has had success at resolving Ubuntu touc

[SLUG] Ubuntu touchpad issues

2012-02-25 Thread Edwin Humphries
G'day all, I'm wondering whether anyone has had success at resolving Ubuntu touchpad issues? My daughter and I both have dual-boot (Win7 64/Ubuntu 11.10 64) laptops; mine is an Acer Travelmate 5740 and hers a Fujitsu Lifebook S6410. the Acer has a Synaptic PS/2 touchpad, and the Fujitsu a "Mi

[SLUG] Help with a weird problem, please

2012-02-16 Thread Edwin Humphries
ing. Can anyone suggest what's going on? NetSense Computers logoRegards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) 79 Barney St (P. O. Box 423), Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Fax: +61 (0)2 4233 2781 Web: http://www.netsensecomputers.com

Re: [SLUG] Android-based smartphones - any drawbacks ?

2012-02-08 Thread Edwin Humphries
I thought SLUG was a technical group aimed at exchanging thoughts on, and getting help with problems in, Linux, not a political group aimed at the protection of freedom and liberty and the American way? Regards, Edwin Humphries On 3/02/2012 2:30 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: The most important

Re: [SLUG] Android-based smartphones - any drawbacks ?

2012-02-08 Thread Edwin Humphries
.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2087731/Apple-founder-Steve-Wozniak-says-Android-phones-offer-iPhone.html#ixzz1lGGiQF2v I think this says it all, right?:-) NetSense Computers logoRegards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technolog

Re: [SLUG] Re: Android-based smartphones - any drawbacks ?

2012-02-06 Thread Edwin Humphries
n if they are not OSS). I haven't checked the availability of these on the iPhone, as none of my techy friends have iPhones; however, I have heard that the Apple Ap Store has far fewer free aps than the Android market. For what it's worth. Regards, Edwin Humphries <>-- SLU

[SLUG] Slug posts marked as spam

2012-02-03 Thread Edwin Humphries
G'day Can anyone explain why my slug posts are marked as spam? I'm beginning to take it personally. Regards, Edwin Humphries <>-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Suggestions please

2011-12-06 Thread Edwin Humphries
er do I want to have to play with command line configuration of wireless for every access point I set up! Am I really asking too much for a light distribution that will run quickly /*and*/ have simple support for wireless? If not, can anyone suggest a suitable distro? -- NetSense Computers logoRega

[SLUG] Lightweight distribution

2011-12-06 Thread Edwin Humphries
wbie, I don't really get off on always doing things the hard way. Does anyone have any suggestions? -- NetSense Computers logoRegards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) 79 Barney St (P. O. Box 423), Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2

[SLUG] Samba slow at opening root folder of share

2006-04-30 Thread Edwin Humphries
have identical smb.conf entries (aside from share names and paths, obviously). Can someone give a hint as to what's happening and how to fix it? -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd ACN: 094 533 641 ABN: 88 094 533 641 P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533

[SLUG] Code Management Database

2005-09-08 Thread Edwin Humphries
riting the customised code. The code is delicious mix of C, PERL, PHP and bash scripts (don't ask). My understanding is that CVS is not the tool for this job, but does anybody know of a tool that is good for this? -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Lt

Re: [SLUG] Samba problem

2005-08-24 Thread Edwin Humphries
tc. The problem occurs even with firewalls turned off. I'm obviously overlooking something simple, but can't figure out what it is. Suggestions please. Bill -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone

[SLUG] Switching a website to ssl

2005-08-16 Thread Edwin Humphries
We have a web application served by apache (2.0.52-9) that we want to switch from normal http to https. I suspect this is relatively simple, but - how do I do it? -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233

[SLUG] Apache (?) errors

2005-08-01 Thread Edwin Humphries
our system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). Can anyone tell me what's happening? -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4

[SLUG] Apache (?) errors

2005-08-01 Thread Edwin Humphries
g: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_AU" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). Can anyone

Re: [SLUG] Apache virtual server configuration

2005-07-26 Thread Edwin Humphries
line anymore in this case. Best practices might dictate another approach (anyone?), but removing the NameVirtualHost line should be ok. - Rog -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61

Re: [SLUG] Apache virtual server configuration

2005-07-26 Thread Edwin Humphries
. - R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Humphries Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2005 9:39 AM To: Peter Rundle Cc: slug@slug.org.au Subject: Re: [SLUG] Apache virtual server configuration Guys, Thanks for your input. I've tried all

Re: [SLUG] Apache virtual server configuration

2005-07-26 Thread Edwin Humphries
stone-error_log CustomLog logs/ironstone-access_log common ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ServerName ww2.ironstome.com.au DocumentRoot /var/www/html/website2/ ErrorLog logs/ironstone2-error_log CustomLog logs/ironstone2-access_log common HTH P. -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile:

[SLUG] Apache virtual server configuration

2005-07-26 Thread Edwin Humphries
o the /var/www/html/ location. Can anyone offer some ideas? It's Redhat ES3. The httpd.conf file (stripped) is attached -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233

Re: [SLUG] Samba 3 login from XP

2005-06-28 Thread Edwin Humphries
server)? 2. If that doesn't help, what happens if you comment out the socket options line? I think NTLM takes a while to do it's thing, and specifying the delays may cause more problems. Regards, Jill. -Original Message----- From: Edwin Humphries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[SLUG] Samba 3 login from XP

2005-06-28 Thread Edwin Humphries
orkgroup = Ironstone server signing = Auto printcap name = /etc/printcap preferred master = no max log size = 50 [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = yes writeable = yes createmask = 0777 Can anyone help? -- Regards, Edw

[SLUG] Dual Boot (Windows/FC)

2005-05-30 Thread Edwin Humphries
e FC2 install. It was quite long, but with its help, I was successful. But I've lost the document. Does anyone know it, and have a URL? -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2

Re: [SLUG] Compatibility Issues with Windows64

2005-05-05 Thread Edwin Humphries
was able to clarify that as well. Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299 Web: http//www.ironstone.com.au *** This email

[SLUG] Cash Drawer options

2005-05-04 Thread Edwin Humphries
We're quoting on a Linux think-client network, and one of the clients needs to be able to operate a cash-drawer and print receipts. Does anyone know of an easy answer? -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61

[SLUG] Compatibility Issues with Windows64

2005-05-04 Thread Edwin Humphries
don't see how this is relevant, and I suspect it's a crock (another threatened Windows quasi-guru), but before I go in to bat, has anyone heard of this? -- Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285

[SLUG] Group Calendaring Application

2005-04-20 Thread Edwin Humphries
I'm looking at Mozilla Calendar/Sunbird on Firefox - or even Thunderbird. But are there any other solutions that anyone knows of that will do this job well? Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facs

[SLUG] PHP load error

2005-04-11 Thread Edwin Humphries
ine 0 --- We tried re-installing php, but no change. Can anyone shed any light on this? Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 229

Re: [SLUG] Linux Software Installation

2005-04-02 Thread Edwin Humphries
ux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299 Web:

Re: [SLUG] SMS Gateway

2005-03-31 Thread Edwin Humphries
ave seen, output from a > program/process/whatever you want gets piped to the Messagenet-supplied > perl script, which in turn initiates a TCP/IP connection to the > Messagenet SMS gateway and transmits the content of the message. The SMS > gateway in turn generates the SMS > > S

[SLUG] SMS Gateway

2005-03-31 Thread Edwin Humphries
We're looking for a way to provide users on an apache/php-based Intranet service with the ability to send an SMS message from a web browser. Does anyone know of a Linux solution? We're running RH7.2. I presume there would need to be some kind of compatible account with a telco? Rega

[SLUG] Apache redirects

2005-03-31 Thread Edwin Humphries
ect 301 http://www.e-quality.com.au http://www.ironstone.com.au/equality/"; to the httpd.conf file, but it redirects to the root of the ironstone domain - not quite what I'm after. Any suggestions? Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Ki

Re: [SLUG] IPCOP Firewall

2005-03-28 Thread Edwin Humphries
oot is the only user. I tried > > creating > > user "admin" and set it's password - still no good. Tried setting the > > "admin" > > password using the setup utility - no good. Tred entering "Restricted" as > > the > > userna

[SLUG] IPCOP Firewall

2005-03-27 Thread Edwin Humphries
hows root is the only user. I tried creating user "admin" and set it's password - still no good. Tried setting the "admin" password using the setup utility - no good. Tred entering "Restricted" as the username - no good. Can anyone help? Regards, Edwin Humphries Mo

Re: [SLUG] ISP recomendation

2005-03-22 Thread Edwin Humphries
ss how impressed I have been with them. Totally enjoyable > to deal with. Not sure if they will suit you, but they have the best > customer service ever. - period - > > Thanks > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info a

Re: [SLUG] Sharing IMAP Folders

2005-03-22 Thread Edwin Humphries
ng a Windows > person) not aware of? > > Cluesticks, anyone? > > > David x22707 > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.

Re: [SLUG] Sharing IMAP Folders

2005-03-22 Thread Edwin Humphries
gt; -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Regards, Edwin Humphries, Managing Director Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61

[SLUG] Sharing IMAP Folders

2005-03-19 Thread Edwin Humphries
this? Regards, Edwin Humphries -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Repartitioning Dell Dimension 8300

2005-03-19 Thread Edwin Humphries
get an error message "hda: host proected area => 1" and the boot hangs. I'm assuming that this refers to the OEM partition - is this right? How do I get the bootloader to ignore this partition? Regards, Edwin Humphries -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - htt

[SLUG] Accounting/Bookkeeping

2005-03-15 Thread Edwin Humphries
ny, so a Linux solution would be better (and our bookkeeper is reasonably IT literate as well!). Regards, Edwin Humphries, Managing Director Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299 Web: http://www.i

[SLUG] Fedora/XP Dual Boot

2005-01-24 Thread Edwin Humphries
I had a dual boot XP/FC2 system, but had to reinstall XP, and it trashed grub (thanks, Bill). How do I reinstall grub so that I can boot into Fedora again? Best Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285

[SLUG] Latest Oxymoron

2005-01-24 Thread Edwin Humphries
Microsoft Works (Heard on Canberra ABC) Best Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Fax: +61 (0)2 4233 2299 Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] OT: Water damaged computers

2004-12-20 Thread Edwin Humphries
i can't think of any > hdd's that would survive getting flooded (at least not for very long) > > On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:55:45 +1100, Edwin Humphries > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been asked to put together a report on several computers at a client'

[SLUG] OT: Water damaged computers

2004-12-20 Thread Edwin Humphries
I've been asked to put together a report on several computers at a client's premises that got spashed with water in the recent storms. Apart from the obvious (corrosion, staining, puddles!) and the problem of wettened dust, can anyone offer any suggestions about what to look for? Edwin Hunphries

Re: [SLUG] Re: Mini-ITX Rackmount cases

2004-12-20 Thread Edwin Humphries
. At 11:43 am 21/12/2004, matthew palmer wrote: on tue, dec 21, 2004 at 11:33:41am +1100, edwin humphries wrote: > there's a company in sydney that sells mini-itx rackmount cases, inlcuding > a dual motherboard case. Does anyone know of this company? There's probably dozens. Do you

[SLUG] Mini-ITX Rackmount cases

2004-12-20 Thread Edwin Humphries
There's a company in Sydney that sells mini-ITX rackmount cases, inlcuding a dual motherboard case. Does anyone know of this company? Edwin Humphries -- 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] reinstallting XP on a dual boot system

2004-12-16 Thread Edwin Humphries
OK. no worries, worked it out - delete the old partition first! At 05:04 PM 17/12/2004, Edwin Humphries wrote: I'm trying to reinstall XP on a dual boot XP/FC2 desktop. Grub is the bootloader, installed in the MBR. When I reboot after the DOS part of the XP install, I'm taken to

[SLUG] reinstallting XP on a dual boot system

2004-12-16 Thread Edwin Humphries
I'm trying to reinstall XP on a dual boot XP/FC2 desktop. Grub is the bootloader, installed in the MBR. When I reboot after the DOS part of the XP install, I'm taken to the old XP prompt, not the setup program. What to I need to do to make grub load the windows setup program? Edwin

[SLUG] BIND Settings

2004-12-06 Thread Edwin Humphries
I seem to remember there's a line somewhere in BIND's configuration that tells it to refer any queriers for uncached domains to a specific upstream DNS server, rather than doing a top-down resolution exercise. I can't find it. Can anyone remind me where it is? Best Regards,

[SLUG] BIND DNS settings

2004-12-05 Thread Edwin Humphries
where it is? Best Regards, Edwin Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 2 4233 2285 Fax: +61 2 4233 2299 Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and

Re: [SLUG] Evolution IMAP folders

2004-10-26 Thread Edwin Humphries
Thanks, Peter. I'd thought of that. But as I don't always have access to the server (eg, whilst travelling), I was hoping for something a little more elegant :-) On 27 Oct 2004 at 9:59, Peter Howard wrote: > On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 09:49, Edwin Humphries wrote: > > G'd

[SLUG] Evolution IMAP folders

2004-10-26 Thread Edwin Humphries
G'day, Does anyone know hoe to create nested IMAP folders using Evolution? It seems that handling of IMAP folders under most email clients (Linux AND Windows) is quirky at best. Regards, Edwin Humphries, Managing Director Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423,

[SLUG] Transmeta crusoe motherboards

2004-09-30 Thread Edwin Humphries
Does anyone know who in Australia sells Transmeta crusoe-based motherboards? Regards, Edwin Humphries, Managing Director Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299 Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au

RE: [SLUG] Starting swat spawns multiple instances

2004-09-29 Thread Edwin Humphries
gt; Try not starting it from either of your methods, and just see if it responds > anyway. > > Cheers, > > Jill. > > -Original Message- > From: Edwin Humphries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 30 September 2004 10:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

[SLUG] Starting swat spawns multiple instances

2004-09-29 Thread Edwin Humphries
anyone seen this, or know a fix to it? Regards, Edwin Humphries, Managing Director Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299 Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User&#x

Re: [SLUG] Bloody Fedora Installation! (again)

2004-09-19 Thread Edwin Humphries
aconda parameters. On 20 Sep 2004 at 11:19, James Gregory wrote: > On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 11:02 +1000, Edwin Humphries wrote: > > You're right about the sources of the CDs, but I know in every > > previous case with Fedora that the system has installed OK form the > > &qu

Re: [SLUG] Bloody Fedora Installation! (again)

2004-09-19 Thread Edwin Humphries
On 20 Sep 2004 at 10:56, James Gregory wrote: > On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 10:49 +1000, Edwin Humphries wrote: > > I've done several installs of Fedora C1, and had a variety of > > experiences: some went very smoothly, and some had great problems. > > > > Now I've t

[SLUG] Bloody Fedora Installation! (again)

2004-09-19 Thread Edwin Humphries
media error. I tried GUI and text installs, and installs with mem=64M, nodma and noprobe settings, all with the same result. Does anyone have any additional clues? When is redhat going to fix anaconda so this doesn't happen? Regards, Edwin Humphries, Managing Director Mobile: 04

Re: [SLUG] Linux Databases

2004-09-14 Thread Edwin Humphries
it on Open Office http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/oodbase.html Regards, Edwin Humphries, Managing Director Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299 Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au Mobile: 0419 233 051 --

[SLUG] Linux Databases

2004-09-14 Thread Edwin Humphries
- and there isn't a simple GUI front-end. Regards, Edwin Humphries, Managing Director Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299 Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User&#x

Re: [SLUG] IMAP (UW imapd)

2004-08-05 Thread Edwin Humphries
David Kempe wrote: Edwin Humphries wrote: But seting up the IMAP folders requires a setting: IMAP Server Directory. Now I know where the server binary is - that's easy. But is it talking about mailbox location (/var/spool/mail) or where the IMAP folders usualy go (/home/username)

[SLUG] IMAP (UW imapd)

2004-08-05 Thread Edwin Humphries
I've been trying to switch our office server to IMAP for q while, and having initially problems with email clients. I've tried Outlook and Outlook Express (yeah, I know, boo hiss), Eudora, Pegasus and now Thunderbird, which seems the best of the bunch (as long as we're stuck in Windows; can't u

[SLUG] [OT] Cat 5E Cabling

2004-07-19 Thread Edwin Humphries
We're quoting a building that has Cat5E phone cabling and no data cabling. Does anyone have experience with splitting the Cat5E to carry both voice and data? Regards, Edwin Humphries, Managing Director Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd Phone: +61 2 4233 2285 Fax: +61 2 4233

[SLUG] ESP Ghostscript

2004-07-17 Thread Edwin Humphries
ot; to job 5326. Job 5326 queued on 'epson' by 'edwin'. Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for job 5326! Hint: Do you have ESP Ghostscript installed? Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug". How do I tell if the Ghostscript that's installed (under Fedo

[SLUG] Asiasat 2-way Satellite

2004-07-04 Thread Edwin Humphries
of an all-Linux solution? Or, for that matter, any other stable and secure solution? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://s

Re: [SLUG] Help with Samba on Webmin

2004-06-28 Thread Edwin Humphries
. > > Ideally I'd like the client to avoid touching the Linux machine as > much as possible. Making it easier than doing it on Windows is > preferable. > > Thanks in advance, > > Matthew. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://sl

RE: [SLUG] Flooded mail queue

2004-06-28 Thread Edwin Humphries
as some of the others, but if it's working ... On 29 Jun 2004 at 15:09, Ben Lisle wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > > Of Edwin Humphries > > Sent: Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:16

[SLUG] Flooded mail queue

2004-06-28 Thread Edwin Humphries
avail. But i tried to delete the queue with "rm *" in /var/spool/mqueue, but got "Argument list too long". Can I just delete the mqueue directory? If so, will sendmail re- create it on the fly, or do I need to manually re-create it? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond ADSL MASQ web broken

2004-06-15 Thread Edwin Humphries
ed to know is how to set the MTU value for the ppp0 interface. With that, we can try different levels and find the largest one that works. On 15 Jun 2004 at 17:21, Alexander Samad wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 05:19:21PM +1000, Edwin Humphries wrote: > > G'day, > > >

[SLUG] Bigpond ADSL MASQ web broken

2004-06-15 Thread Edwin Humphries
r do we progressively reduce the CLAMPMSS setting until it works? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Comparing partition contents

2004-05-31 Thread Edwin Humphries
ge list of lines saying "skipping non-regular file transfer/[filename]". The files I knew to be different aren't listed at all. Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong - or a better way to achieve the same result? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.i

[SLUG] Realtek Support

2004-05-20 Thread Edwin Humphries
like to know is how to confirm that the redhat kernel driver for the 8139 will also work for the 810x. Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing

Re: [SLUG] Stuffed Triple Boot System

2004-05-09 Thread Edwin Humphries
Problem has almost gone ()linux rescue to the rescue) - all I'm now experiencing is that the filesystem labels don't quite match what is being looked for. On 10 May 2004 at 11:37, Edwin Humphries wrote: > I have just stuffed up my triple boot system: Fedora/WinXP/RH7.2 > >

Re: [SLUG] Stuffed Triple Boot System

2004-05-09 Thread Edwin Humphries
ECTED] wrote: > > > Send us your grub.conf and details of your disk > partitioning -- to the list > Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux U

[SLUG] Stuffed Triple Boot System

2004-05-09 Thread Edwin Humphries
he grub command-line, either. Fortunately I can still boot into Windows (or I wouldn't be sending this email!) :-/ Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User&#x

[SLUG] Triple Boot: XP, Fedora & RH7.2

2004-05-06 Thread Edwin Humphries
ed to install it as the default drive and boot it to record the information? Or can I install it as a slave, boot into Fedora, mount the partitions (somehow - instructions would be appreciated) and get the information for Grub from there? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [

[SLUG] KDE dies

2004-05-04 Thread Edwin Humphries
USB system: when loading into Windows, it can't find the USB mouse attached, and seems to require making a change to the USB settings in the BIOS. Weird! Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 23

[SLUG] KDE dies

2004-05-04 Thread Edwin Humphries
USB system: when loading into Windows, it can't find the USB mouse attached, and seems to require making a change to the USB settings in the BIOS. Weird! Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 2

Re: [SLUG] mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-04-28 Thread Edwin Humphries
OK, now I have that straight - the cd IS hdb. But I still have the system trying to load the floppy driver to mount the cd! On 29 Apr 2004 at 10:18, John Clarke wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 10:11:08AM +1000, Edwin Humphries wrote: > > > Should the /dev/cdrom symlink be poin

[SLUG] mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-04-28 Thread Edwin Humphries
peats of: ide-floppy driver 0.97 hdb: driver not present The fstab line shows: /dev/cdrom/ /mnt/cdrom/ iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 Should the /dev/cdrom symlink be pointing to /dev/hdc rather than dev/hdb? If so, how do I change it - I haven't done that yet? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone

[SLUG] Bad magic number in super-block

2004-04-15 Thread Edwin Humphries
t! So I don't know what other super-block to try with e2fsck -b. Can anyone suggest how we get around this problem? I'm now more than a little uncertain about putting any data on this drive! Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 423

[SLUG] USB Printer

2004-03-29 Thread Edwin Humphries
ed to the parallel port, work fine. Does anyone have a clue how to fix this? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://s

[SLUG] OT: wireless security

2004-03-16 Thread Edwin Humphries
tspot services. That assumes, of course, that laptops are wireless capable, and the wireless system is configured. But it seems to me that allowing wireless hotspot use has significant security issues. Any response - via the list or direct - would be gratefully accepted. Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Techn

Re: [SLUG] Printer port

2004-03-16 Thread Edwin Humphries
Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Printer port

2004-03-16 Thread Edwin Humphries
Our RH7.2 server printer port died last night, and we've installed another on a PCI card. However, kudzu don't recognise the new system, and running printconf shows no printer devices. How do I get the system to setup the new printer port as an lp device? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone

[SLUG] Route Reject

2004-01-05 Thread Edwin Humphries
or "route del". Is this right? If so, would the correct syntax be: "/sbin/route add -net 151.193.141.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 reject"? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 233 051

Re: [SLUG] Speeding up gs printing

2003-12-16 Thread Edwin Humphries
Memory usage 16.5%, processor usage 95.2% On 17 Dec 2003 at 11:27, Peter Chubb wrote: > >>>>> "Edwin" == Edwin Humphries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Edwin> We're printing a postscript file to a shared windows printer; > Edwin> it ta

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