OT: laptop for sale
Sorry to anybody who get s upset with OT's of this nature. If anyone is interested I have an old(ish) laptop for sale (runs linux well), check it out here: http://www.steve.nicholas.net.nz/laptop/laptop.html and contact me off list. :) Many thanks, Steve -- )Stephen Nicholas( Uni Hall Ph: (03) 341 1500 Private Bag 4760 Extn: 54419 Christchurch 021 504 412 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 70245950 )---www.steve.nicholas.net.nz(
Re: compiling a module for a different kernel version
One way is to: (I imagine there's a quicker/easier way) You'll have to download the entire source tree for the kernel, and do a './configure' (and pick the right things...) and then a 'make modules'. Assuming you're using the same glibc gcc version it'll all work when you copy the module across... YMMV though, I did this for pwc.o for a 2.4.3, compiled it on a 2.4.9 machine, with the same glibc and gcc, you've probably got more version issues than I had. (pwc.o is the Philips webcam driver, and 2.4.3 didn't have it, but the target machine didn't have enough disk space for the kernel source tree) Good luck :-). Cheers, Chris H. - Original Message - From: Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 5:13 PM Subject: compiling a module for a different kernel version Can anyone tell me how to compile a kernel module for a kernel thats not on the development machine. This module is NOT in the standard kernel, it is a third party job. I need it compiled for 2.2.21rc1 for my ipcop firewall. ipcop does not have development tools on board and all my other machines are 2.4 based. Can I download the kernel headers for 2.2.21rc1 and then compile on a 2.4 machine? -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MYSQL HTML OUTPUT
The html2ps utility works fine but does not interpret php code, it does not run via apache. To extract table data I must run mysql in batch mode ie *mysql -H batchfile *.html' from the command line. This will output in html table format but with only one line per row. What I am getting is:- TRTD field 1 /TD/TR this line should be /TDTD TRTDmaking this line redundant field2 /TD/TR field1 /TD/TR etc What do I do to get a multi column table correctly described in the output file? can anyone help please Barry
Attempting to set up Debian 3.0 on a dell 3800 laptop
I have just installed Debian 3.0 on my Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop, and like any good Debian install I seem to be having a few problems First of all the base system seems to run fine Gnome and KDE both look great. However if I swap from X to a full screen console (ctrl alt f1). I am unable to read anything and the screen goes mad, (a sort of hazy mess of randomly colored and moving lines all over the screen). Secondly the laptop has a PCMCIA network card a Belkin cardbus 10/100 network card to be exact. It is a reasonably pricey card and on the Belkin site under the card info it says that is supported by linux. When I run cardmgr I can see that the card is in the slot and correctly identified as a cardbus network card however when I edited the file that stores info on network devices it keeps telling me that the device is unreachable. I am relatively new to linux so if I have made a silly mistake I will not be surprised. Any help on either of the problems would be greatly appreciated. Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MYSQL HTML OUTPUT
Why not run your php script from the cmd line and pipe it to htmltops? that way you can control the formatting better :-) jeremyb. From: Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2002/07/30 Tue PM 09:21:00 GMT+12:00 To: 'clug' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MYSQL HTML OUTPUT The html2ps utility works fine but does not interpret php code, it does not run via apache. To extract table data I must run mysql in batch mode ie *mysql -H batchfile *.html' from the command line. This will output in html table format but with only one line per row. What I am getting is:- TRTD field 1 /TD/TRthis line should be /TDTD TRTD making this line redundant field2 /TD/TR field1 /TD/TR etc What do I do to get a multi column table correctly described in the output file? can anyone help please Barry
Open Source, you guys are into it, right?
National Radio, after the 1 pm news on Saturday have tech show, which will cover Open Source this week. I heard it advertised this morning. Regards, Michael.
Re: [Installfest] Re: Tin of worms/was Printing the Rute manual
I'm a newbie! and still have trouble with the Linux installation, where I still can't read my other hard drive partitions after weeks of corresponding with this newsgroup. Anyone wouldn't mind performing a site visit to help me set it up? I live close to the Cant. Uni. I envisage the setup should not take too long, unless a re-installation is required. Email me and we can set up a time. Cheers, Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in Addington but with reasonable notice I will visit most anyone on site in ChCh if I can help. Regards, Jason Greenwood 021-184-3160 03-338-3805 Chris Hellyar wrote: I'm just looking for suburb :-). That way the emails will get spread around a bit. Leo has(is) collating the email addresses etc from the yellow forms, and I was hoping we (The royal) would be able to do a brief mailout this week sometime with contact emails for clug folks prepared (initially) to answer emails etc, for folks not comfortable with the mailing list concept. If the person the email is in their vague area then if a visit is required it's not a major hassle for the newbie/cluger.. Obviously all of this is at the clugers discretion, I don't want to have anyone think we're drumming them into service, so to speak. Cheers, Chris H. - Original Message - From: Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Installfest Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Installfest] Re: Tin of worms/was Printing the Rute manual I think / hope I have sorted out Peter Cornelius' immediate problems by e-mail. I can take the odd 'phone call too, I have a couple or three friends who do that already, so I suppose another won't make that much difference. If the exercise were to get onerous, I'd want to review the arrangements. Number's correct in the 'Phone book. -- Christopher Sawtell. Zane Gilmore wrote: I don't mind giving a hand. Taking phone calls in the evening might be a problem. (I have a young family which makes it difficult) However I can answer emails and make calls a little more easily. Maybe take the odd call here at work (not too many though) I could even do the odd visit or similar. I certainly don't think we should leave people in the lurch with their Linux installs. On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 22:15, Chris Hellyar wrote: NOTE: this is on the installfest list... (just to avoid the crosspost :-). Do we have any other members on the northern side of town who can help Peter? He's out in Rangiora. I've offered to print him a copy of Rute if he's interested in coming out and standing in front of the printer watching it. I also offered to fix up his printer, but then found out he's 1 hours drive from here... (yes, I know, copyright, GPL, Blah blah) Someone should offer to set up his printer for him if we've got a capable member in Rangiora or at least closer than me :-). - Original Message - From: Peter Cornelius What a tin of worms I've opened up. All I wanted was some documentation which would tell me, amongst other things, how to unzip, install a printer and print a manual for myself. But since I don't have such a manual I was ___ Installfest mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxnut.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/installfest ___ Installfest mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxnut.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/installfest ___ Installfest mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxnut.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/installfest
Desktop/LX
Has anyone seen this? http://www.lycoris.com/products/desktoplx/ Looks like a competitor to Lindows, very XP'ish, would be a good environment for people who could never grok linux and just wanted to do stuff, rather than spend hours setting things up. The company that makes it has an amusing name, Redmond Linux Corp. I wonder if it's a dig or something more sinister ;-) jeremyb.
Re: Arggg Cant See out after pppd connects
Okay in english i just set up another Gateway type system to replace my 486dx100, and i can get it to dial on demand just not resolve an address i think, ive used the old machine to compare the .conf files to match it all but to no avail. only after a push in the right direction, much appreacited. Can you ping external ip addresses (as opposed to host names that you need to resolve to ip addresses)? ie does ping 203.96.152.4 work whereas ping rachel.paradise.net.nz doesn't? If so it is a likely a dns problem. And is this from the gateway or a client? -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks, good to meet you
Hi everyone,This is a message of appreciation to all the kind folk involved with Installfest 2002. You've done a great job.Here is my 1st send from Kmail off my XP1800 desktop, running Mandrake 8.2 successfully. Especial mention goes to Nick Rout for the install, 'the travelling Irishman' at Installfest for some tricky PCTel modem modules, Mahesh Nick for CD supply etc., Zane for his sheer hard work, the knowledgeable Keith McGavin for a day's setup tuning last week.Most of my available time since platform gain has been spent keeping up with the CLUG post reading RUTE online. It looks all good to me!A brand-newbie's $0.02 worth? (finding it hard to refer to cents when five are the least I can find ; ) - Win2K was looking good, but now I've seen *real* computing. That is, the idea that programming access and learning is important, and a stable desktop is not too much to ask (e.g. a common old Genius.Netscroll+ mouse can crash Win2K, while Mandrake didn't even need an extra driver source and hums along without a glitch).Full migration to the new system depends upon my Ethernet card coming back to life (we set it for the LAN @Installfest, and I think a now incorrect proxy setting lurks somewhere). Will persevere ask for help if no luck in finding it. Kia ora, kia kaha -be well,keep up the fightRik Tindall
Re: Arggg Cant See out after pppd connects
You'll need your isp's dns servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf for name resolving, is the gateway box only going to be used as a firewall? asking because it may be simpler to just run smoothwall / ipcop and then you have a nice web based admin console to do all the work for you :-). jeremyb. From: Craig Molloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2002/07/31 Wed PM 06:20:19 GMT+12:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Arggg Cant See out after pppd connects Okay in english i just set up another Gateway type system to replace my 486dx100, and i can get it to dial on demand just not resolve an address i think, ive used the old machine to compare the .conf files to match it all but to no avail. only after a push in the right direction, much appreacited.
Re: Re: Arggg Cant See out after pppd connects
The other thing that could be causing you problems... Whats your routing table look like? run route after connecting to your isp and see if theres a default route out via your ppp interface, there will be one to an ip at your isp and you should be able to ping that, but if you don't have a default one that gets created after dialing up you won't be able to do any dns resolves or reach anything but the other end of the ppp link. jeremyb. From: Jeremy Bertenshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2002/07/31 Wed AM 10:34:43 GMT+12:00 To: Craig Molloy [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Arggg Cant See out after pppd connects You'll need your isp's dns servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf for name resolving, is the gateway box only going to be used as a firewall? asking because it may be simpler to just run smoothwall / ipcop and then you have a nice web based admin console to do all the work for you :-). jeremyb. From: Craig Molloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2002/07/31 Wed PM 06:20:19 GMT+12:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Arggg Cant See out after pppd connects Okay in english i just set up another Gateway type system to replace my 486dx100, and i can get it to dial on demand just not resolve an address i think, ive used the old machine to compare the .conf files to match it all but to no avail. only after a push in the right direction, much appreacited.
Re: [Installfest] Re: Tin of worms/was Printing the Rute manual
Hansen Loke wrote: I'm a newbie! and still have trouble with the Linux installation, where I still can't read my other hard drive partitions To examin the set-up of your partitions you use the fdisk utility in list mode. Be sure to append the -l to the fdisk command, or you will have fdisk in partition table edit mode. You DON'T want that!!! Here is the fdisk command in list mode and its output on my machine: [chris@berty chris]$ su Password: [root@berty chris]# /sbin/fdisk -l Disk /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1099 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart End Blocks Id System /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 2 16033+ 83 Linux /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 3 1099 8811652+ 5 Extended /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 327 200781 83 Linux /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part62855 224878+ 82 Linux swap /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part756 758 5646816 83 Linux /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 759 947 1518111 83 Linux /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part9 948 1099 1220908+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 1002 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes Device BootStart End Blocks Id System /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 1 1002 1026032 83 Linux Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 8960 cylinders Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes Device BootStart End Blocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 8960 4233568+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 8960 cylinders Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes Device BootStart End Blocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 8960 4233568+ 83 Linux [root@berty chris]# What happens on your machine if you do that? You will then have to mount the partitions to which you wish to have access. Once again here is the mount command and its output on my machine: [root@berty chris]# mount /dev/sda5 on / type ext2 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) devfs on /dev type devfs (rw) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) /dev/sda8 on /home type ext3 (rw) /dev/sda7 on /usr type ext3 (rw) /dev/sda9 on /var type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdb1 on /home2 type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda1 on /mnt/disk1 type ext2 (rw) /dev/hdc1 on /mnt/disk2 type ext2 (rw) [root@berty chris]# As you can see from the above mount list I have two disks which are not in the normal run of things, namely: /dev/hda1 on /mnt/disk1 type ext2 (rw) /dev/hdc1 on /mnt/disk2 type ext2 (rw) In order to do this I created two new directories in the /mnt directory:- # mkdir /mnt/disk1 # mkdir /mnt/disk2 and then mounted the disks. # mount -t ext2 /dev/hda1 /mnt/disk1 # mount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 /mnt/disk2 the '-t ext2' tells the mount command that it is to mount an ext2 type of linux file-system, you will need to substitute the correct flag for the types of file-systems you wish to mount. you should have access to the file-systems now. See:- [root@berty chris]# exit exit [chris@berty chris]$ ls /mnt/disk1/isos/ debian/ Mandrake/ OpenOffice/ slackware/ VALinux/ gentoo/ Mandrake82updated/ peanut/ smalltalk/ winlinux/ [chris@berty chris]$ You can get the whole story about these commands by using the man command:- $ man fdisk $ man mkdir $ man mount Clear as mud now? after weeks of corresponding with this newsgroup. For a plea for help from a mail list, or news group, to be effective you need to tell us the basic info about your machine and the distribution. This really is a big, big help, especially if we are trying to get something like a video or sound card to work. For generic stuff like the above it's not quite so important. Anyone wouldn't mind performing a site visit to help me set it up? One of the really useful features of unix and its offspring is that all this command line stuff can be done remotely over the Internet, or for that matter a direct connection via the phone. I installed and set up a database system for a fellow in California not so long ago doing it this way. I live close to the Cant. Uni. I envisage the setup should not take too long, All of 5 mins at the most I should think. unless a re-installation is required. Email me and we can set up a time. Please feel free to 'phone. Number's correct in the latest 'phone book. Here endeth the Lesson. :-) -- Christopher Sawtell.
Re: [Installfest] Re: Tin of worms/was Printing the Rute manual
Chris, I think we have been through all of this, but it probably helps that you have put it all in one place :-) Hansen, is your machine a laptop? if so ring me up and you can bring it into the office, maybe this evening. Otherwise I may be able to visit. work 3798966 Nick Hansen Loke wrote: I'm a newbie! and still have trouble with the Linux installation, where I still can't read my other hard drive partitions To examin the set-up of your partitions you use the fdisk utility in list mode. Be sure to append the -l to the fdisk command, or you will have fdisk in partition table edit mode. You DON'T want that!!! Here is the fdisk command in list mode and its output on my machine: [chris@berty chris]$ su Password: [root@berty chris]# /sbin/fdisk -l Disk /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1099 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart End Blocks Id System /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 2 16033+ 83 Linux /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 3 1099 8811652+ 5 Extended /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 327 200781 83 Linux /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part62855 224878+ 82 Linux swap /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part756 758 5646816 83 Linux /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 759 947 1518111 83 Linux /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part9 948 1099 1220908+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 1002 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes Device BootStart End Blocks Id System /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 1 1002 1026032 83 Linux Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 8960 cylinders Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes Device BootStart End Blocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 8960 4233568+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 8960 cylinders Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes Device BootStart End Blocks Id System /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 8960 4233568+ 83 Linux [root@berty chris]# What happens on your machine if you do that? You will then have to mount the partitions to which you wish to have access. Once again here is the mount command and its output on my machine: [root@berty chris]# mount /dev/sda5 on / type ext2 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) devfs on /dev type devfs (rw) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) /dev/sda8 on /home type ext3 (rw) /dev/sda7 on /usr type ext3 (rw) /dev/sda9 on /var type ext3 (rw) /dev/sdb1 on /home2 type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda1 on /mnt/disk1 type ext2 (rw) /dev/hdc1 on /mnt/disk2 type ext2 (rw) [root@berty chris]# As you can see from the above mount list I have two disks which are not in the normal run of things, namely: /dev/hda1 on /mnt/disk1 type ext2 (rw) /dev/hdc1 on /mnt/disk2 type ext2 (rw) In order to do this I created two new directories in the /mnt directory:- # mkdir /mnt/disk1 # mkdir /mnt/disk2 and then mounted the disks. # mount -t ext2 /dev/hda1 /mnt/disk1 # mount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 /mnt/disk2 the '-t ext2' tells the mount command that it is to mount an ext2 type of linux file-system, you will need to substitute the correct flag for the types of file-systems you wish to mount. you should have access to the file-systems now. See:- [root@berty chris]# exit exit [chris@berty chris]$ ls /mnt/disk1/isos/ debian/ Mandrake/ OpenOffice/ slackware/ VALinux/ gentoo/ Mandrake82updated/ peanut/ smalltalk/ winlinux/ [chris@berty chris]$ You can get the whole story about these commands by using the man command:- $ man fdisk $ man mkdir $ man mount Clear as mud now? after weeks of corresponding with this newsgroup. For a plea for help from a mail list, or news group, to be effective you need to tell us the basic info about your machine and the distribution. This really is a big, big help, especially if we are trying to get something like a video or sound card to work. For generic stuff like the above it's not quite so important. Anyone wouldn't mind performing a site visit to help me set it up? One of the really useful features of unix and its offspring is that all this command line stuff can be done remotely over the Internet, or for that matter a direct connection via the phone. I installed and set up a database system for a fellow in
mail sort delema
I have a mail folder with 5000 messages in it many of which are repeated i.e. 10-20 copies of the same message from an occasion when my mail system got truly arsed up. Does anyone think it's feasible to come up with a script (procmail I would guess) to sort the folder and delete the duplicates ??? Ta ChrisB
Re: mail sort delema
I have a mail folder with 5000 messages in it many of which are repeated i.e. 10-20 copies of the same message from an occasion when my mail system got truly arsed up. Does anyone think it's feasible to come up with a script (procmail I would guess) to sort the folder and delete the duplicates ??? Yes, procmail. There are duplicate-removal recipes all over the show. They all work the same: stick the msg-ID into a cashe (with formail), check for each msg whether its id is in the cache. Make the cache big enough yada yada Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.orcon.net.nz/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
Re: Desktop/LX
Jeremy Bertenshaw wrote: Has anyone seen this? http://www.lycoris.com/products/desktoplx/ Earlier .iso versions available from:- http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/redmondlinux/redmond/iso/ Looks like a competitor to Lindows, very XP'ish, would be a good environment for people who could never grok linux and just wanted to do stuff, rather than spend hours setting things up. The company that makes it has an amusing name, Redmond Linux Corp. I wonder if it's a dig or something more sinister ;-) An effective way to get cheap publicity by getting Microsoft to get out their legal swords and then caving in meekly. They used to call the distribution RedmondLinux, iirc. -- C. S.
Re: Desktop/LX
It's linux right ? so it's GPL right? You wouldn't know it from the site huh? :) ChrisB Linux is GPL, the install/config utilities may not be. -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Desktop/LX
who cares?? looks way too much like flippen windoze! whats wrong with standard linux anyway?? On Wednesday 31 July 2002 14:46, you wrote: It's linux right ? so it's GPL right? You wouldn't know it from the site huh? :) ChrisB Linux is GPL, the install/config utilities may not be.
Re: Open Source, you guys are into it, right?
What's their frequesncy and band, I've never heard of National Radio but would be keen to have a listen. Cheers, Jason Michael wrote: National Radio, after the 1 pm news on Saturday have tech show, which will cover Open Source this week. I heard it advertised this morning. Regards, Michael.
