[clug-talk] Wireless Internet

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I will be staying at the Peter Lougheed hospital for the time being. The only 
connection I have is Healthspot. It is a pain to hook up to. I have to try 
various browsers and still a lot of muking around. Does anyone have any 
suggestions to get this working. Not a lot of experience, so need a simple 
solution. 


Thanks, 

Joe 
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[clug-talk] Trouble with backups

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I decided to use rsync to do a backup. I the most familiar with. 
I got most of my backups done, but tried making a directory in 
/media/joe/rbackup/backup.00. Couldn't do it. It said there was already a file 
there, but couldn't see one. I was trying to make: /usr/local in there. I tried 
rebooting the laptop, no help. 

Thanks, 

Joe 
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[clug-talk] file transfer

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I installed linux on a laptop and I want to install my files from my desktop to 
the desktop to the laptop. 
Is there a simple way to do this. I just want to save a lot of typing. 

Thanks, 

Joe Shuttleworth 



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Re: [clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad

[Joe Shuttleworth]

Do know anything about the Lenovo Thinkpad T40S. Are they good for a laptop? 
the age of this machine? 
Is it a 64 bit? I don't know much about bios, so I need to know if this is good 
for modern distros. Also concerned about removing the operating system and not 
being able to return if I can't get Linux to work. I would like to stick with 
Busnsenlabs. I know it and don't have the time to learn something else. I think 
the hard drive is solid state, 500 G. I can't remember what else. I don't have 
my receipt handy, so will have to contact Memory Express. 

Thanks for help 

Joe 

From: "Greg King"  
To: "clug-talk"  
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 3:33:40 PM 
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad 

My Lenovo Thinkpad T430 (~7 years old) boots up fine in Mint 19.1 based on 
Ubuntu 18.04 with Linux kernel 4.15. Make sure secure boot is turned off (or 
legacy boot is on). Mine is set to boot "both" and I am able to interrupt 
default boot and select a USB with ISO image. I did have to start in 
"compatibility mode" which has slower video rendering, but I suspect that I 
could resolve video driver issues after installation and boot normally 
thereafter. I am leaving it running Win10 right now for various reasons. 

Good luck. 
Greg 

From: "Joe Shuttleworth"  
To: "clug-talk@clug.ca clug-talk@clug.ca"  
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 2:58:38 PM 
Subject: [clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad 

I am having problems with finding answers so am rethinking this. I am using new 
linux distros. How much is this going to be a problem in compatibility with 
using an old laptop. I am also open to returning this and getting something 
that is not going to be a problem. I just don't have a lot of time to sort this 
out. Can someone give me some suggestions on a good laptop that would work for 
linux distros. I was thinking of something up to $800 that would be a good 
solution. Something that is fairly compact that I could carry in a packsack, 
fairly durable. Would consider something used that is fairly recent. 

If someone wants to contact me I am at the Peterlougheed Hospital. Ask for 
Joseph Shuttleworth, Unit 38. Phone 403 943 6638 

Thanks for any suggestions and help. 

Joe Shuttleworth 

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[clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I am having problems with finding answers so am rethinking this. I am using new 
linux distros. How much is this going to be a problem in compatibility with 
using an old laptop. I am also open to returning this and getting something 
that is not going to be a problem. I just don't have a lot of time to sort this 
out. Can someone give me some suggestions on a good laptop that would work for 
linux distros. I was thinking of something up to $800 that would be a good 
solution. Something that is fairly compact that I could carry in a packsack, 
fairly durable. Would consider something used that is fairly recent. 

If someone wants to contact me I am at the Peterlougheed Hospital. Ask for 
Joseph Shuttleworth, Unit 38. Phone 403 943 6638 

Thanks for any suggestions and help. 

Joe Shuttleworth 
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[clug-talk] Lenovo thinkpad

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I bought a Lenovo Thinkpad and am trying to install Bunsenlabs. I am having 
trouble getting past Cantana. It wants to set up windows 10. I want to just 
remove everything and install Linux. I've have tried to boot up with a usb 
drive, but not successful. Can someone help with this? When I installed in the 
past I never had any problems with this, just boot up the computer and it would 
load the drive with Linux. 

Appreciate any help. Need to get this working now. 


Joe 
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[clug-talk] Playing Blu-ray on computer

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I was planning to get a Blu-ray/DVD player for the computer and use it
to watch movies. I was told I need the right software to do this. Are
there any good software in Linux for this; is it reliable or the
problems with things such as copyright protection?

Joe

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Re: [clug-talk] Claws-mail: transferring configuration

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I backed up my home directory so I can find those files. I didn't know if I 
could just use the old files. I'll copy that folder over and give it a try. 

Thanks, 

Joe 

From: "Neil Mayhew"  
To: "clug-talk"  
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 5:00:58 PM 
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Claws-mail: transferring configuration 

You'll need to figure out where the claws configuration files were kept on your 
old system. I think the default is $HOME/.claws-mail/. If you copy this folder 
to your new system you should be good. Your mail itself may be in a different 
place, but the configuration files probably say where. 

If you copied your entire home directory from the old system, you may find that 
claws is already set up with the previous configuration. However, if you backed 
up only the files and directories you can see, ie the ones that don't begin 
with '.', you'll be missing a lot of important stuff. 

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[clug-talk] Claws-mail: transferring configuration

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I was running Claws-mail in Debian Wheezy and and now have installed it in 
Hydrogen derived from Debian Jessie. 
Is there a way to transfer the configuration files from Wheezy? I want to keep 
the same folders and same configuration that I have set up to redirect mail 
into various folders. and keep start off where I left off reading mail. 

Thanks, 

Joe 
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[clug-talk] Extend picture from computer to TV?

[Joe Shuttleworth]

Would like to extend the picture from the computer to the TV. The TV in a crt. 
It has composite, component(wires red, blue, green) and svideo. On laptop I am 
using CrunchBang Waldorf 64 bit at the moment and have a vga and hdmi output 
and a converter to go to composite or svideo. I hooked it up today, but am not 
getting a picture on the TV. Is there something that I need to set up in Linux 
to get the picture on the TV. I'm not sure how good these converteres work so 
would appreciate any advice about that and what is the best choice of 
connection for picture.

Thanks

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Re: [clug-talk] Computer not booting

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I was able to boot up CrunchBang today with the System Rescue CD, but not 
Windows. CrunchBang seems to be working ok now.Is it alright to run the 32 bit 
version on a 64 bit Intel laptop?

I tried to reinstall grub in the MBR:
root@sysresccd /root % grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/custom /dev/sda

and got this message

root@sysresccd /root % /dev/sda does not have any corresponding BIOS drive

I was hoping to do a clean install, from what I've read Windows will only let 
me shrink the partition to half and I don't want to leave it with 300 G.


- Original Message -
From: Chris gafu...@netscape.net
To: CLUG General clug-talk@clug.ca
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 6:38:40 PM
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Computer not booting

Hi Joe,

Sorry you're having problems with your dual boot setup.  I've never 
tried crunchbang in a dual boot set up.  I wonder how well it plays with 
windows, especially with an EFI drive.  I can tell you Ubuntu works well 
with Windows 7.  In theory, crunchbang should work fine. If I were in 
your shoes I'd do the following:

1) Clean install windows 7.  Allow windows to partition the drive the 
way it wants.  This usually means 3 partitions, including a 300MB boot 
partition and a 20 GB or so recovery partition in addition to the main.

2)Shrink main windows partition (not the boot or recovery) from within 
windows.

3)make windows recovery CD (just in case)

3)Install Crunchbang on free space.  Allow Crunchbang to auto partition 
the drive (making sure not to touch the windows stuff). Don't do manual 
partitioning here.

You shouldn't really need to do anything else.

Good luck.

Chris

On 13-09-29 03:47 PM, Joe Shuttleworth wrote:
 I'm having trouble with my computer not booting and was wondering if someone 
 would be able to help. I have a laptop that was working fine yesterday 
 morning: Acer Aspire5742z 64 bit. I partitioned the hard drive and installed 
 Windows 7 in the first partition and Linux in 3 other partitions: / /home and 
 swap. After I installed Windows everything seemed ok and I did some updates 
 and shut things down. I latter installed CrunchBang Waldorf. The Linux 
 install didn't go well: I couldn't use any of the menu to access anything in 
 CrunchBang, all I got was failed to execute child process (input/output 
 error). I rebooted and the computer died. I can't boot into either OS, I 
 can't even boot the System Recovery CD that I have.

 I'm hoping someone will have some incite into this. I don't know how much is 
 hardware or software related. I installed Grub in the MBR. I don't know if 
 that would cause the problem.


 Thanks for any help.

 Joe

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[clug-talk] Computer not booting

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I'm having trouble with my computer not booting and was wondering if someone 
would be able to help. I have a laptop that was working fine yesterday morning: 
Acer Aspire5742z 64 bit. I partitioned the hard drive and installed Windows 7 
in the first partition and Linux in 3 other partitions: / /home and swap. After 
I installed Windows everything seemed ok and I did some updates and shut things 
down. I latter installed CrunchBang Waldorf. The Linux install didn't go well: 
I couldn't use any of the menu to access anything in CrunchBang, all I got was 
failed to execute child process (input/output error). I rebooted and the 
computer died. I can't boot into either OS, I can't even boot the System 
Recovery CD that I have.

I'm hoping someone will have some incite into this. I don't know how much is 
hardware or software related. I installed Grub in the MBR. I don't know if that 
would cause the problem.


Thanks for any help.

Joe

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Re: [clug-talk] Dual Install

[Joe Shuttleworth]

How do I need to partition the hard drive: how many partitions do I need to 
make primary for Windows 7 and Linux? If I install Windows 7 in one partition 
will it partition itself? Would I need a Recovery partition if I have an 
installation DVD? I'm not sure what that is used for.

Running the Windows 7 on a virtual machine sounds interesting, I just don't 
know if my computer would be up to that and whether I have the time to study 
and set that up.

Thanks

- Original Message -
From: TekBudda tekbu...@gmail.com
To: CLUG General clug-talk@clug.ca
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 4:59:40 AM
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Dual Install

I did something similar with a laptop I bought a year or so ago.  Using
Windows 7  Kubuntu.  I don't believe I touched the recovery partitions
or anything like that.  Everything went pretty smoothly actually until I
tried to view my partitions in Windows  they disappeared.  I did lose
some data but it gave me a chance to re-visit  re-structure things.

I set it up again  it was only recently (truthfully no sure when) that
I lost access to my Windows 7 partition  am not 100% on in the Kubuntu
side.  It could have been an update or something else.  Not sure why
because I am not sure when it happened.

I did try to set-up a shared partition between the two with the hope of
using the same Thunderbird (and others) profile information from both.
I think I also set-up the partitions as fairly minimal at first (i.e.
100 GB or so)  then when re -did it split things a bit more equitably
based on my usage...so about 250 GB for Windows  the rest Linux.

I am looking to re-install things on the laptop but this time I will
likely make a full Linux partition  likely with Windows 7 as a virtual
machine.  I still want to try to be able to share information between
the two though so will need to look into how to do that more effectively
then I have in the past.



On 13-09-23 08:00 PM, Joe Shuttleworth wrote:
 I have a laptop with Windows 7 installed and would like to install Linux with 
 it. I have the following partitions:
 15G recovery partition
 100M system partition
 625G C:
 All these are ntfs filesystems and primary partitions
 
 From what I understand I need to shrink the C: and install Linux in extra 
 space. Do I need to do anything with the other partitions? Is there anything 
 I need to do to prepare for this? I have dual booted with Linux and XP, but 
 not with any other Windows. I have downloaded SystemRescueCd from 
 http://www.sysresccd.org/
 
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[clug-talk] Dual Install

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I have a laptop with Windows 7 installed and would like to install Linux with 
it. I have the following partitions:
15G recovery partition
100M system partition
625G C:
All these are ntfs filesystems and primary partitions

From what I understand I need to shrink the C: and install Linux in extra 
space. Do I need to do anything with the other partitions? Is there anything I 
need to do to prepare for this? I have dual booted with Linux and XP, but not 
with any other Windows. I have downloaded SystemRescueCd from 
http://www.sysresccd.org/

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[clug-talk] Kernel Failure

[Joe Shuttleworth]

Using Debian Squeeze.
I've had a kernel Failure the last couple of days. What do I need to do about 
this. How would I fix this or change the Kernel? I can still boot up, but 
everytime it gives me the message and it froze on me yesterday.

Thanks for help

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Re: [clug-talk] Trouble with display

[Joe Shuttleworth]

On September 5, 2009 12:50:33 pm Hendrik Schaink wrote:
 I have come across video trouble with the Vanta chip before. If you
 could get hold of a spare video card, I would try that without delay.
 The NVidia Vanta video chip is rather old and no longer well supported.

 HTH, Hendrik

Could you suggest a video card. I'm looking for something that is quiet,
preferably. Also I plan to get an LCD monitor. What would I need to
consider for that?
I use the computer for work applications, audio, and I watch video,
but don't play games, so I don't think 3D would be a big
concern.

Also if an onboard video is good, I might look at getting a barebones
computer to use, that was inexpensive.

Could these problems be caused by things like a faulty mouse or
keyboard?

Thanks.

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[clug-talk] Trouble with display

[Joe Shuttleworth]

Distro: Debian Lenny
Using KDE

I have been having trouble with the display on my computer:
The display switches between windows.
On a webpage the page moves up and down
The Start menu shuts down
When I have a shell open the display switches tabs.
 
Does anyone have an idea of what can be causing this?

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[clug-talk] Trouble with display

[Joe Shuttleworth]

If you have a glide pad, it may have a hardware fault. You could try
unload the module or de-enabling it (don't know how to do this with KDE).

Simon.
Not sure what that is.

Gustin Johnson
Do you have compiz or some other 3d render manager loaded?
Not that I know of
compiz is not installed

Under settings  Desktop  Behavior I have the following:
Show icons on desktop
Show tooltips
Menu Bar at Top of Screen: none
Mouse Button Actions ...

Are these what you mean. I don't see much else.

Out of curiosity, which version of KDE is this?
3.5

Some more info on the hardware might be useful as well.
System Information
Manufacturer: Compaq
Product Name: Evo D500
Version:
Serial Number: 6Y25JYFZ309N
UUID: 35D862FA-EE55-BD11-B038-4E391078B020
Wake-up Type: Power Switch

Processor Information
Socket Designation: XU1
Type: Central Processor
Family: Pentium 4
Manufacturer: Intel
ID: 12 0F 00 00 FF FB EB 3F
Signature: Type 0, Family 15, Model 1, Stepping 2
Version: Pentium(R) 4 processor 1700 MHz

Video card:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT] 
(rev 15)

I have 756 mb of ram and 2 gig of swap space.

Sorry I'm not sure what you need for information

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Re: [clug-talk] Trouble with display

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I forgot to mention. This is the driver I installed from Nvidia's site:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-71.86.11-pkg1.run
There is no 3D on this card. I couldn't get it on Slackware either.

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Re: [clug-talk] Need help install for Debian Lenny

[Joe Shuttleworth]

 I am personally a fan of the netinst CDs
 http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst

I used this CD, but I must have missed something.
I selected the install menu, and tabbed. I added desktop=kde
I still ended up with twm for a window manager.

What would be the difference between the install and the expert?

Thanks

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[clug-talk] Package Managers: Apt/Aptitude

[Joe Shuttleworth]

Installed: Debian Lenny
I would like feedback on package managers.
2 I heard of are Apt and Aptitude.
What would be the difference between using these?
Which one would be easier to use?
Can I use these interchangeably (do they know what each other are
doing)?

Is Apt hard to learn? I looked at the HowTo; some of it seems hard
(Maybe I need to read it a few times). Are there some tutorials for Apt or
Aptitude that would make this easier?

Thanks.


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[clug-talk] Need help install for Debian Lenny

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I need some help with insalling Debian Lenny.
I downloaded  the first 3 CDs (first CD is KDE).
I used that to install with. It didn't istall the KDE
Desktop, and it didn't ask me for the other CDs.
What would be the best way to fix this?
I'm not sure of how much to install. I want the basic utilities like 
rsync, wget, and tools for finding info dmesg, ethtool etc, as well
as programs to deal with files Openoffice, pdf, vim, multimedia.

I also have the regular first Cd if that would be better.

Thanks

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[clug-talk] Install nvidia driver on Kubuntu

[Joe Shuttleworth]

Thanks for the help.
I think that support for the nvidia-71 driver is dropped.
I couldn't get the driver from Nvidia's site to work either.
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[clug-talk] install-nvidia-on-kubuntu

[joe Shuttleworth]

locate nvidia-xconfig
or
sudo find / -iname nvidia-xconfig
possibly
sudo find / -iname nvidia-xconfig\*
Didn't find anything.
I talked to someone who told me there was no program for nvidia-glx-71,
but there was for other drivers.

From a terminal try this:
lsmod |grep nvidia
j...@kubutu:~/Desktop$ lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia   3918028  0
agpgart42696  2 nvidia,intel_agp

If the driver is installed, why is Kubuntu not using it?

Thanks.


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[clug-talk] Kubuntu: KDE , xorg.conf

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I installed Kubuntu 9.04
I have some issues with KDE:
When I first installed Kubuntu the resolution and refresh rate was set
to: 1600x1200. I was having thin white lines flickering through the
desktop. This is the same for other distros, but was fixed when I 
lowered the resolution to 1280x1024.

I set the resolution and refresh rate for the monitor to 1280x1024 which
usually fixes this, but am still having problems

Is Kubuntu buggy as far as KDE is concerned; I read an article on the
internet that says Kubuntu 9.04 uses KDE from the unstable repsoitory?
Would there be less problems installing Ubutu instead or can I fix this?

I also have a copy of the xorg.conf file:
I got this from running: sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
There doesn't seem to be much information showing: drivers, video card,
etc. Can I get another xorg.conf file that would show more?
I want to install a nvidia driver:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT] 
(rev 15)
and I will need to edit the xorg.conf file. I would also like to see
about how it is configured.



***Here is a copy of my xorg.conf file:***
[quote]# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type man xorg.conf at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section Device
Identifier  Configured Video Device
EndSection

Section Monitor
Identifier  Configured Monitor
EndSection

Section Screen
Identifier  Default Screen
Monitor Configured Monitor
Device  Configured Video Device
EndSection[/quote]



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Re: [clug-talk] Distro choice, besides *buntu?

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I was wondering what the issue is with RPMs. I heard wome negativity 
about these in the past, but don't know what it is about?


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[clug-talk] difference between Debian and Ubuntu?

[Joe Shuttleworth]

Thanks to those who gave me advice on distros. I think I might try a
few. I want something for a desktop. One that I want to try is either
Debian or Ubuntu, but I would like to hear more about what the differences are
between these.

Do they have support for Nvidia?

Is Ubuntu stable?

I know Ubuntu is based on Debian, but are there some important differences?

Thanks.






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Re: [clug-talk] Distro choice, besides *buntu?

[Joe Shuttleworth]

On July 19, 2009 06:40:05 am John Jardine wrote:
 Slackware - Don't use it as a laptop/desktop anymore - used to have it
 on everything

On July 19, 2009 05:03:44 am Shawn wrote:
 I can get my hands dirty with Gentoo, LFS, etc.  But I moved away from 
 Gentoo because I decided I'd rather spend my time earning a living, 
 rather than maintaining a desktop.  So, the same would apply in the 
 Slackware case.  (this is not to say that Gentoo or Slack require a lot 
 of maintenance, only that in my experience and how *I* use my computer 
 maintenance was an issue)

What were the problems as far as using Slackware: maintenance, etc. Can
you elaborate.

I'm curious because I have been using Slackware for a couple of years
(Maybe because I wanted to learn Linux, and curious because I heard about
Slackware).  I like Slackware, but I wish it would have a way to
resolve dependencies. Some say that a Package manager that resolves
dependencies can be a problem (any comments?)  I would also like to try out
some other distros.  What other distros would you recommend. What are the
similarities and differences to Slackware?

Thanks




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Re: [clug-talk] Distro choice, besides *buntu?

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 Fedora, Cent, RHEL, *Ubuntu, possibly Mandriva (never personally tried
 it), and not in that order (I am pretty much a Ubuntu and Debian guy
 100% of the time now, with the exception of OpenWRT that I put on my
 NSLU2s, my routers run voyage linux a Debian derivative).

How do these distros work as far as compiling packages. I'm just wondering
incase I need to install a package in the future that isn't in the repository?




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[clug-talk] Question about programs for IPtables

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I want to use a program as a firewall for Iptables.
Is it OK to run a program as a GUI as root to do this, or would there be 
problems with this?

I was using Guarddog to do this as a normal user and it gave me this message: 

Since you do not have superuser privileges, Guarddog is running with
reduced functionality. Firewall scripts may be Imported/Exported, but
the system's firewall settings may not be changed.Since you do not have 
superuser privileges, Guarddog is running with
reduced functionality. Firewall scripts may be Imported/Exported, but
the system's firewall settings may not be changed.

Some other ones I was looking at are fwbuilder, firehol. Are these better 
choices?

Thanks for any help.


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[clug-talk] Meeting

[Joe Shuttleworth]

Is there a meeting tomorrow?


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[clug-talk] Faxing

[Joe Shuttleworth]

I would appreciate advice on sending faxes.
Can you recommend devices(models) for sending faxes: fax machine or modem?
Which is a good way to go. I want to use this with Linux.
Can I get a fax machine that I can load a file into to send?

Thanks.

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Re: [clug-talk] IPCop

[Joe Shuttleworth]

On June 12, 2009 04:05:10 pm Gustin Johnson wrote:

 I am a big fan of openwrt.  You can even run openwrt on X86 hardware,
 giving you the best of both worlds IMO.

 Of course I am now right back where I started, a vanilla Linux box where
 the routing, netfilter, DNS, etc is all configured by hand.

Thanks for the posts.

I took a look at http://openwrt.org/
I'm not familiar with networks and routers, so I'm still not sure of what to 
do with this. Is there some more help I can find?

Can you recommend a router that I could get?

I was also wondering what openwrt would add to the router?

Thanks

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[clug-talk] IPCop

[Joe Shuttleworth]

Thanks for the input. It looks like installing IPCop is best on a separate 
computer.
I have a P3 I could use. I was just wondering how much power it would use to 
have another computer running ?

Would using a router give enough protection or would I need a firewall?

Thanks

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[clug-talk] IPCop

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I would like to add IPCcp as a firewall. Does IPCop have to be installed to 
it's own computer? Can I install it to the same computer (that I'm running 
Linux on) to another hard drive?

Thanks 

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