Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: [Lias] Latest Microsoft Stupidity]

2002-04-21 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
Robert Reid wrote: > > (end of quote) > Two clauses from the NT 4 Workstation EULA: > Single COMPUTER. The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed with the > HARDWARE as a single integrated product. The SOFTWARE PRODUCT may only > be used with the HARDWARE as set forth in this EULA. > This looks to have ch

Re: Leading newbies astray... (was Re: [SLUG] Why)

2002-04-19 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
David Fitch wrote: > > Second thing is never run anything at all > as root unless you're really sure you know what > (a) you're doing, and > (b) what the command will do. > and (c) You really have to! // Note: (c) should not just be for 'newbies' > (and then there's keeping backups/

Re: [SLUG] USB Webcam

2002-03-24 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know if the cheap run of the mill USB webcams work under > linux, if so how? > > swann USB smartcam deluxe (640x480) - $58 at unmart. based on the ov511+ chip - so it works with linux. -- Jim. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - htt

Re: [SLUG] USB Webcam

2002-03-24 Thread Jim Clark (Logique)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know if the cheap run of the mill USB webcams work under > linux, if so how? > > swann USB smartcam deluxe (640x480) - $58 at umart. based on the ov511+ chip - so it works with linux. -- Jim. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http

[SLUG] GRE and netfilter NAT

2002-03-24 Thread Jim Clark (Logique)
Has anyone successfully got a pptp client running behind a linux firewall/NAT (linux 2.4.x / netfilter)? Or even a reference to howto/faq? (I have found some, but they are all for linux 2.0 && 2.2) -- Thanks, Jim. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Inf

Re: [SLUG] dual IP addresses

2002-03-19 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
Simon Bryan wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible in RH to assign two IP addresses to the one NIC? > Everything I have tried simply overwrites the first IP with the second. > Google rulez! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&q=LINUX+IP+alias returns: Setting up IP Aliasin

Re: [SLUG] OT: reliable mail

2002-03-18 Thread Jim Clark (Logique)
Frode Egeland wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 09:11:48AM +1030, David Fitch wrote: > > >>What do other people with perm connection who run their own mail >>server do for secondary/backup? (ie. secondary mx) >> It is good to have friends with static IP's (esp if they run an ISP :) > > Ther

Re: [SLUG] bind version

2002-03-18 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
Ben Donohue wrote: > Thanks Slugs, > however I *DID* RTFM and the -v option is not there! > Well it is documented in the man page for BIND9 that shipped with Mandrake 8.1. Perhaps you have an older version (both man page and bin). > it also gives an error when i do > named -v > it just gives

Re: [SLUG] Optus Dial-Up Internet

2002-03-17 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
Antony Stace wrote: >>You have to give them a call and ask them. >> > > Will do. > > >>If you live in a unit, chances >>are they won't be able to provide cable service to your home. >> > > Is there any one who has Cable/DSL to a unit/apartment? If so who is the providor? > ADSL runs over s

Re: [SLUG] Optus Dial-Up Internet

2002-03-17 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
Tiwari, Rajnish wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Thanks to all who replied to my earlier query regarding > Linux friendly ISP's. > > Has anyone has had any experience with using Optus's > dial-up networking with Linux ? Are there any issues with > using their service and li

Re: [SLUG] Linux Friendly ISP in Sydney

2002-03-12 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
Tiwari, Rajnish wrote: > Hi Folks, > > With dingo blue shutting its doors soon, I am, once again, > looking for a Linux friendly ISP servicing Sydney. (dial-up > networking, 56k modem) > > Suggestions are most welcome. So is information on quality > of service, pri

[SLUG] [OT]: Cables, KVM switchs, etc

2002-03-11 Thread Jim Clark (Logique)
I've finally got around to finishing the (home) office. But for what I have in mind, I would like to run the CPU boxen away in a cabinet (so I can pretent all the machines are as quiet as the iMac :) Q: Has anyone here have experience running VGA over 10m cables (at high resolution: 1600x1200).

Re: [SLUG] ownership of samba shares

2002-03-11 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
Terry Collins wrote: > >The easiest protocol for small situations is called "head space" and >chart on wall. > >I currently have five users that are entered onto all machines in the >same order so they all have the same uid/gid. > I have a similar setup, but running with NIS (ok, the win2k and iM

Re: [SLUG] Downloading to a floppy.

2002-03-10 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
Bill Bennett wrote: >I've got a file on the laptop that I'd like to download to floppies. > >Unfortunately the file will run to 3 floppiesworth. > >When I used to use pkzip, I could tell the programme to download >and if the floppy filled up it would add a "to be continued" and >tell you to bung

Re: [SLUG] Fax to email service?

2002-02-27 Thread Jim Clark (Compaq)
Peter Vogel wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a service whereby I get a phone number >which behaves just like a fax machine for receiving faxes, but the fax >is delivered to me via email as a pdf? > How about a fax-modem + hylafax? Or did you want somebody else to provide it for you? (am I se

Re: [SLUG] Putting faster RAM in a machine that can't deal with it

2002-01-17 Thread Jim Clark
- Original Message - From: "Jeff Waugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 18 January 2002 10:10 Subject: Re: [SLUG] Putting faster RAM in a machine that can't deal with it > > > > This has worked for me on a number of boards - even putting 256Mb RAM in a > > o

Re: [SLUG] Delivering new mail to a Courier shared maildir from Postfix

2002-01-16 Thread Jim Clark
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 22:00, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > > Note that the *existing* mail appears in the client's shared mailboxes, > i.e. all mail that was in /home/shared/Maildir/.group1/cur/ appears in the > clients Share->Group1 mailbox. > > The problem is that Courier isn't picking up on *

Re: [SLUG] ISP's AND INTERNET SOLUTIONS

2002-01-15 Thread Jim Clark
- Original Message - From: "David Fitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] ISP's AND INTERNET SOLUTIONS > On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 10:21:11AM +1100, George Vieira wrote: > > Home connections don't have fixed IPs.. e

Re: [SLUG] ISP's AND INTERNET SOLUTIONS

2002-01-14 Thread Jim Clark
> > I am setting up a Linux firewall for our small network (10 Hosts). We > currently have a Telstra ADSL connection, (1.5Mbps 500MB allow usage @ $130 > pm). However I want a static IP address and they seem pretty anal about > handing them out. > There are alternatives to telstra. I went with I

Re: [SLUG] Internet Banking

2001-12-13 Thread Jim Clark
- Original Message - From: "Christopher Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 14 December 2001 12:28 Subject: Re: [SLUG] Internet Banking > I have been checkng out Commonwealth Banks' netbanking > > On Mandrake 8.1 I can connec

Re: [SLUG] Re: Memory Probs in 1.6G Athlon was RH 7.2 and AMD Duron 1ghz

2001-12-13 Thread Jim Clark
> Thats what I thought until I did 2 installs on each individual chip (just > 256Mb in the computer). Absolutely no problem... > > Any suggestions on how to run a detailed stress test? I find doing a full kernel compile quite stressful :-) Also, get hold of badmem to do a real mem-test. If you

Re: [SLUG] Telstra ADSL - Quick Query

2001-11-26 Thread Jim Clark
I have had a few people asking me about my reference to Internode in a previous post, so I thought I'd just followup publicly with a few details here: http://adsl.internode.on.net I opted for the 1500/256k link with 500MB/month for $135/month. Note: That is 500MB downloads, uploads are free (Te

Re: [SLUG] Telstra ADSL - Quick Query

2001-11-25 Thread Jim Clark
> Good morning all. > > Is there a 'Telstra BigPondDirect - ADSL' Linux Howto type document > that will ease me into this wonderful service offering of Telstra ? > Last time I checked, Telstra BPDirect were charging arm+leg for their ADSL service. That, and it requires a pppoe client for authen

[SLUG] windows98 and djbdns oddity

2001-10-24 Thread Jim Clark
Does anyone here have a windows98 (in my case, win98/win4lin) talking to tinydns or dnscache successfully? I have just found my win4lin session not resolving names at all, when configured to only look at my dnscache or tinydns servers. Reconfiguring dhcpd to provide an external dns server to th

Re: [SLUG] Webcams

2001-10-02 Thread Jim Clark
> I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for linux compatible > webcams, or rather, webcams that you can actually write applications for. > A good cheap webcam that works on linux (and everything else) is the Swann USB Smartcam Deluxe. Based on the OV511+ chipset, it is supported under

Re: [SLUG] Autostart to a desktop in KDE

2001-09-19 Thread Jim Clark
> > Is there a way to cause an autostart application to target to a specific > > desktop in KDE? > try: kstart --desktop where is the number of the desktop, and is the program to launch. (use it myself to launch win4lin on the windows desktop) see 'kstart --help' for lots more options

Re: [SLUG] win4lin + reiserfs = ok

2001-07-02 Thread Jim Clark
On 02 Jul 2001 20:12:21 +1000, Andre Pang wrote: > hello, > > i was doing a search on google about reiserfs and win4lin and noticed > that somebody (Jim Clark?) was trying to do it without success. That was probably me :) Way back in the win4lin 1.0 days, win4lin would not work

Re: [SLUG] Linux Friendly ISPs?

2001-03-06 Thread Jim Clark
> Tom Deckert wrote: > > Hi, > > Anyone have comments on Linux-friendly ISPs? I can recommend nlc.net.au - Northlink Communications. Not only do they support linux, *bsd etc, the site is running on linux. -- Cheers, Jim. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/

[SLUG] pptp over dialup

2001-02-19 Thread Jim Clark
Has anyone got pptp (client) working over a dialup ppp connection? It looks like I need to patch pppd for mppe support. But I suspect that I may also run into trouble with getting the second pppd (ppp1 for the tunnel) talking over the dialup connection (ppp0). If anyone has tips or links to info

[SLUG] Win4Lin on reiserfs partitions

2000-09-04 Thread Jim Clark
Here is a workaround that I came up with this morning (had an hour to kill while flying to work this morning :) background: attempting to install win4lin onto a reiserfs partition fails when attempting to loadwindowsCD, failing with an error something like: NO_MEMMAP: specifically,

Re: [SLUG] Kmail woes

2000-08-31 Thread Jim Clark
Erich Schulz wrote: > > I upgraded from SuSE 6.3 to 6.4 yesterday, and I happened to be looking at > my Mail directory, when I noticed the size of the Inbox folder was > huge. So I played around with it a bit, and deleted a whole swag of > messages using pine, because they do not show on kmail. >

Re: [SLUG] sed help please

2000-08-21 Thread Jim Clark
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, you wrote: > ; $CHARS is not being expanded when enclosed within single quotes. > ; > ; try: > ; sed -e "s?CHARS?$CHARS?g" > > firstly, you don't need the -e. good point. > secondly, there's no need for an > alternate pattern/replacement seperator, sed is smart enough to >

Re: [SLUG] sed help please

2000-08-21 Thread Jim Clark
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Howard Lowndes wrote: > This is an example of a script I am trying to put together: > > #!/bin/sh > PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin > . /etc/site-params > ssed -e 's/CHARS/$CHARS/g' this.file > > $CHARS is not being expanded when enclosed within single quotes. try: sed

Re: [SLUG] Easy shell scripting question

2000-08-21 Thread Jim Clark
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, CaT wrote: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 12:49:08PM +1000, John Ferlito wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 12:36:51PM +1000, Doug Stalker wrote: > > > > > > I'm sure this is easy but U'm having a big mental blank when I try to do > > > it. > > > > > > I have a variable in a shel

Re: [SLUG] Broadband access with permanent IP address?

2000-08-01 Thread Jim Clark
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, Anand Kumria wrote: > > It seems a lot of companies/people are getting permanent links to Telstra > dialup for about $500 install and 0.19$/Mb > I think Optus was advertising similar for around $200 connection (if you were referring to the 56k permanent modem connection - b

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake 7.12 and Yamaha 4260 CDRW (SCSI)

2000-07-30 Thread Jim Clark
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Bill wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > Just installed (on 3rd attempt)Mandrake 7.12 (Linux Central 2 cd set), and > the only real problem I have is that the system keeps trying to access my > CDRW even though there's no CD in it. > > Setup devs and mountpoints exactly the same as Red

Re: [SLUG] Going around in circles

2000-07-14 Thread Jim Clark
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, David wrote: > Am I committing a fundamental stupidity? I am trying to update python to > the latest version, and I've got into a cyclic dependency problem. Is this > a RedHat problem, or just me? > > I'm trying to install mailman, which requires python 1.5.2, which in turn

Re: [SLUG] Stupid Regex questions..

2000-07-10 Thread Jim Clark
Anthony Rumble wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Rick Welykochy wrote: > > > Anthony Rumble wrote: > > > > > > s/\$ord\{/\$ord\-\>\{/g > > > > > > Why doesn't that work? > > > > Assuming this is perl: > > > >s/\$ord\{/\$ord\-\>\{/g > > > > changes nothing, unless "$ord" is found in > > the cur