Re: uses for old computers
Derek Smithies wrote: Hi, So what do you do with the old computers that one tends to acquire? They are old so the hardware is borderline for reliability, so there is not much point in putting lots of time in them to making them do big important jobs. An old computer as a fileserver - will work, but when it fails the blood pressure goes up (the kids want their videos to watch) and it is not good. The WAF is poor - they don't seem to appreciate when their videos are not available fileserver yes, maybe. Bit limited on ram, so is a bit slow. firewall - yes, the throughtput is low cause ADSL is quite slow. But I only need 1 firewall and I have lots of the old computers. On the old computers, the harddrive is often thefirst thing to go, so maybe a liveCD running some application is the way to go. Yes - but what? As a book end - well, it is a bit big for this.. Hmm, - two computers + some planks of wood and we have a respectable shelf.. Just a bit big. What about a really exotic use? Some custom software, custom hardware, use the computer power supply and we could have a really high speed battery charger.. ---Does anyone know of such a project ?--- Ahh. A teaching tool. Yes, - show kids how they work - pull it apart. Remove cover on the hard drive, and scratch the platter as it it attempts to start up. Makes a horrible sound, but the kids see that when the disk surface is scratched, the computer cannot even begin the boot process.. Install win98 on it, and run all the old games which are still available. Yes, but it is of questionable legality to install pirated win98 isos. Comment?? Derek. P.S. In fact, the most common use for old computers is to take up space in the garage. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ The only thing IE should be used for is to download Fire Fox Increase your popularity amongst your peers, by overemphasising an uncharacteristic surge of generosity, and donating said old computers to those less disturbed by the legality of installing a clearly illegal Dos 6.22/Windows 3.11 and playing all the old classic games, which are likely just as illegal as the OS itself
Re: Linux Debian and RPM packages of OpenWatcom updated
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Friday 27 October 2006 08:06, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Just in case someone's interested. FWIW, this means you can write 16 bit DOS applications in Linux. Uhmm, why would anyone would want to do that? Simply because the licence for DOS/Win-3.1 is transferable machine to machine. e.g. if you have a time-tested and prooven DOS app running on 10,000 machines you'd be very interested in being able to write extensions to your app., thus saving the cost of a complete re-write for Win. to say nothing of the non-trivial cost of 10,000 Windows licences. Good riddance to that stuff. DOS was stable. DOS was a horror story. Worst operating system to drive, learn, or teach for that matter. Manually installing every driver it needed wasnt a night of fun, and then when it DID get unstable, it blew EVERYTHING apart. Dos in itself was as you say stable, but once you start adding to it, such software as drivers, TSR memory managers, and ::reads up:: home built apps, it became a nightmare. I remember with an involuntary cringe the 486 days... DOS 6.22/Windows 3.11/and for the brave of heart OS/2 days It's a mongrel. Andy
Re: Telstra cablemodem ...
Jim Cheetham wrote: I've just had Telstra install a cablemodem at my house, which works. I'm now trying to understand what it actually does, in terms of IP, so that I can put a secure network around it. It's not a routing device in itself, so you'll need to add a computer to it at some stage It looks like it DHCP's addresses in 192.168.100.0/24; but as far as I can tell the only thing I can do with them is to access the admin interface ... can it route these addresses out at all? I think they're all set like that, so the admin interface cant be played with from the outside world. It will bridge the IP address I'm given (121.something) out onto the TCL network; so my machine's interface needs to hold that external IP address. I presume that the default gateway on their network (121.whatever.1) is not associated with the modem itself, and is some other bit of kit? Needs to be set into your IPCOP machine Any gotchas with their setup? Any advice on problems/workarounds would be welcome ... -jim
Re: Mouta here
Jim Cheetham wrote: On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 03:51:56PM +1200, Zane Gilmore wrote: I thought it always rained in Britain :-) Well, yes, seeing as Scotland is part of Britain :-) -jim Horizontal Drizzle
Re: Telstra cable...
Don Gould wrote: TCC is being installed on a site on Friday that I have to supervise... Is anyone on cable that can tell me what is required? ...from you?... Nothing. Modem doesnt care for it's own IP address, so you'll need a router or machine that can host a 203.xxx.yyy.zzz ip address... Easy enough, for IPcop and a PC with two network cards, or indeed a proper router... I know they supply a modem, what do I need to plug that in to? Computer. See most of the above. Applies here. Can I put it directly into the back of a debian machine? What software do I need install? Yes, you can. Install for what? What is it that you suspect you need to do? Then I can just share it on the wireless and other net cards. ...with proper routing you can, yes. Modem Wireless router would work, if that is indeed what you are after. TIA Cheers Don Whats your plan? Sounds like you have a few ideas floating around there, with no set goal. Tell us what your after, and lets see what comes to the top...
Re: Telstra cable...
Static. Dont think they like Dynamic Addresses. Harder to track stuff with a dynamic address. Harder to offer DNS toys with a dynamic address too... Davidson, Brett (Managed Services) wrote: I know this is off-topic but do TC normally configure a static IP address or dynamic? Anyone know what would it take to get a static address from them? *From:* Ben Devine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, 22 June 2006 2:03 p.m. *To:* linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz *Subject:* Re: Telstra cable... It is *normally* terminated as ethernet. They will need a power socket as in one of the boxes they install is a media converter. You simply need your machine to be natting to share it over your network. Also the ip they are providing you may be required to configure your interface. On 6/22/06, *Don Gould* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TCC is being installed on a site on Friday that I have to supervise... Is anyone on cable that can tell me what is required? I know they supply a modem, what do I need to plug that in to? Can I put it directly into the back of a debian machine? What software do I need install? Then I can just share it on the wireless and other net cards. TIA Cheers Don -- --Ben Devine No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/372 - Release Date: 6/21/2006
Re: Telstra cable...
Sorry about the address, yeah, I run a linux server this side, helped by a static address. It's good learning for IRCds, Linux game servers of many flavours, MTAs and setting them up, Bind DNS (which I'm reasonably raw at), and so on... All boring as hell, but attempting to get this back on topic... so had to mention the linux server. Davidson, Brett (Managed Services) wrote: If that's true (your addy does not inspire me *grins*) then that would suit me well. I prefer static at my end as well, for obvious reasons.
Re: Telstra cable...
Correct. I dont have to maintain a heartbeat at all. UTP cable to modem (which is only a means of transport), the GATEWAY does the NAT and Routing and so forth... I use IPCop as the Gateway, and it just works.. No intervention from me required. Your wireless/wired setup sounds just the ticket. I'm interested in how the wireless part of this goes, cause thinking of doing a wireless home setup myself in the near future... Linux based of course... In AU TCC requires software to put a heart beat on the line. I think you've indirectly said that there's no such thing required here. The modem just gives you a live ip which you then host. No pppoe software required either. I'll put a second nic in the debian box then use it to nat for a wireless and wired network via a switch. Thanks to all for the response. Cheers Don
Re: OT - xtra email on tcl connection
Roger Searle wrote: Hi, we have someone staying with us for a while who has a laptop with a $10 xtra account (therefore no doubt doesn't live on the internet) so ...you decided to let her use your paradise cable connection to give her access to the Xtra Webmail...thingy...? Good man!
Re: adsl, scary or not? (Inline)
Julian Visch wrote: Thinking of buying an adsl modem/router but unsure if setting up is easy or difficult, I have in the past managed to connect two machines together via a network connection, is it as simple as that or is there a lot more to it? DSL router? as in a stand-alone LAN device that just happens to connect to an ISP as well? Isnt that a UTP cable to the computer? A-la No device therefore no device drivers required? (along the lines of finding out if there are linux drivers out there for a lan hub) Set device of your choice on the table, Plug in the power, connect a LAN cable from router to computer, phone cable from wall to router, configure via WEB administration doohicky, and away you go. Should I buy the modem/router first and work out if I can connect from computer to it before I get an adsl connection as I want to be sure I can get it working before I start paying for an adsl connection that I can't get working. This then leaves me the option of returning the modem/router if I can't get it working. Xtra router home installation kit... Good router. When next in Harvey Norman, find out what the router is, then hit trademe for a realistic price on one. Are they subject to driver issues like is the case with a cnet 56k modem No external modem will suffer driver issues. No external router will either. It's all self sufficient, doesnt require the computer, doesnt rquire the OS, Drivers, operator, or anything. Of course, it's nice to HAVE all this stuff, but it doesnt NEED it... Internal modems, they're another story altogether. Much fiddlier... Have a look at a DLink DSL 504G, for example... Not a bad router, and relatively easy enough to set and forget
Re: Dial-up networking
Paul Parkyn wrote: Hello I am having a bit of a problem communicating over a dial up connection. The SNIP! Any ideas as to the problem! Default Route? 73's Andy George ZL3ST
Re: Dial-up networking
Paul Parkyn wrote: Hello Steve Andy, The result of route -n:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# /sbin/route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 202.0.46.87 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 192.168.42.00.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 00 eth0 0.0.0.0 192.168.42.12 0.0.0.0UG0 00 eth0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# ping 202.0.46.87 PING 202.0.46.87 (202.0.46.87) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 202.0.46.87: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=151 ms 64 bytes from 202.0.46.87: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=143 ms 64 bytes from 202.0.46.87: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=141 ms 64 bytes from 202.0.46.87: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=139 ms 64 bytes from 202.0.46.87: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=613 ms 64 bytes from 202.0.46.87: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=132 ms 64 bytes from 202.0.46.87: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=138 ms --- 202.0.46.87 ping statistics --- 7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 6004 ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 132.969/208.995/613.898/165.379 ms, pipe 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# What puzzles me is why the ISP assigns me this ip address. I have tried with seLinux disabled and the firewall turned off and set kppp to assign the default route. Looks like it's pinging OK... Tell ya what, try this... At a command prompt, type route add default gw 202.0.46.87 ...then see if you get traffic through. Maybe related, maybe not, Hows the DNS setup?
Re: best Linux version
Christopher D Maher wrote: --- Vik Olliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 14:42 +1000, Christopher D Maher wrote: What is the best Linux version for an amature programmer with moderate experience?? eg redhat, debian etc? What do you want to program? Or is actual programming not on the agenda? Vik :v) Umm I'm starting a BInfSci@ Massey and I'm interested in PHP, I've had experience in Java and a little web development. Also I want to learn about linux networking. Any distro is good with all that. It's personal preference time!
VI Issue
Lazy question! ...in VI the editor-of-the-gods... How do you do a word find/replace? I could google this, and imagine I'd find an answer, but then subscription to this list becomes redundant, and I might as well fly solo for as long as google has all the answers to everything.
Re: best Linux version
Christopher D Maher wrote: Hi there, What is the best Linux version for an amature programmer with moderate experience?? eg redhat, debian etc? Sorry if this is late replying, but... I dont believe there is a best version for coding persey. Most distributions do the range of languages, C, Perl, PHP which is my current toy, Python, and the list goes on... The difference in distribution would be the different between a Toyota Corolla and a SL class Mercedes, say... Both will do the same job, getting you from A to B, just one feels so much better doing it, even at the cost of fuel consumption. Personal preference, Hardware Stats, Level of Impatience, all play a factor in what Distro you settle on. opinion I like FC series Redhat (or CentOS...Same thing...) for it's Do Anything atitude, Suse for it's simplicity, configurability, and easy updates, and Knoppix for it's portability, and ability to lend itself to most crashes, usually with good results... /opinion Andy George
Re: Cable connection dropped repeatedly
Similar problem, probably unrelated answer, I stopped using BitComet, and my line dropping instantly stopped, the cable modem calm. Install BitComet, and start a download? CRASH! Instant carnage, every three minutes! I use utorrent now, and modem hasnt so much as whispered. Andrew Errington wrote: Hello, Anyone else on Paradise/Telstra cable finding their connections being dropped? I am inclined to blame my router, but it's been working great for 4 years here and I haven't changed anything. I have an SMC 4-port router and a Motorola Surfboard cable modem (the big white one, Telstra supplied). Recently my connection to the outside is being dropped a lot. The router has been great for the 6 years I have owned it (the last 4 years here in NZ). A dropout like this happened maybe a couple of times in the last two years (or something similar, maybe), but since last Tuesday is happening at least twice a day. When it happens the internal communication on the four ports is fine, the PCs inside my network can get to each other, but none of them can get out, and no-one outside can get in. To fix the problem I go to the 'status' page in the router (it has a small web server inside for configuration). The act of viewing the status restores connection to the outside world. I think this is due to the router checking something in order to show that the cable is Connected or Disconnected. Whatever it does unsticks the problem. I called Paradise technical support when it happened yesterday. They said they could see the modem okay, but could not ping my server (which was symptomatic). They said they hadn't changed anything and suggested that I plug a laptop directly into the cable modem and see if the connection was still up. I did this and I was able to access the internet, which tends to indicate a fault with the router. The firmware in the router is up-to-date, and normally everything works fine, so what has changed? I shall follow Volker's Firewall suggestions thread with interest, but I am loathe to give up my SMC as it has until recently proved very reliable. I wonder if there is some network activity on the outside, either a Paradise packet, or a hacker probe, that triggers a fault in the router. Has anyone else had connections dropped with such monotonous regularity? Thanks for any insight, Andy
Re: Which Distro...
Nate Walker wrote: I have a P3 800, 128MB RAM, 40GB HDD I want to turn it into the main download box for the people in my flat File Share Server? or Downloading machine? I have a Downloading machine (one tha runs all my file grabbing things, and sits 24/7 doing my downloading while I endure my socially acceptable dose of life) and a file server as seperate computers. What distro would be good, considering that I might well put it into a 10gig drive for the OS and a 30gig for downloads… and that it would probably need a bandwith limiter and ability to access it remotely… RedHat 8, RedHat 9, Fedora Core *, CentOS * are all much the same thing, FC4 and CentOS4 being newer and subsequently more prone to working straight out of the box, easy to use via WEBMIN (www.webmin.com), or SSH (built in) SuSE 9.0 onwards are all very good, and again, easy enough to drive via webmin (www.same-place-as-last-time.com), or SSH (Built in) Mandriva can do it too, with the same minimal fuss as the aforementioned. Really, most if not all distros can do file server and most DLers will run on most distros, but for pure Best chance of success with any job, I myself would choose one of the more modern RedHat family. CentOS 4, myself. Also, what DC++, torrent and sharazaa clients would I want/need? DC++ has a linux flavoured client, and Kazaah is potentially dangerous. There's a Bit Torrent client available for Linux too, for all those Freebe Linux Distro's you intend to download, given that you wouldnt be actually STEALING software... would you... ::wink:: Nate
Re: internet sharing in MEPIS
I could be out of my leauge here, but i'm trying to get my Mepis box to act as a gateway for the rest of the house to the net. Eth0 is configured as the connection to the net using my cable modem fixed IP . Eth1 i set up as 192.168.0.1 and cant find any tools to set up a DHCP server, or to pass traffic through my machine between the internet and the LAN. Could someone give me a clue what i should be looking for, and/or how to make this work? http://easyfwgen.morizot.net/gen/ Fill in the form, with your required settings, and this thing generates an IPTables firewall script for you. Quick, easy, and good learning, if you print and follow it through. Good to see how it's done.
Re: DHCPDISCOVER
Static IP Robert Fisher wrote: I just installed Kanotix on my laptop (Debian based) At home it uses DHCP to get an address successfully but when not connected it takes a while to get past DHCPDISCOVER How can I shorten the time it tries?
Quick Samba Question
Is it possible (just installing FC4 to try this, but getting enthusiastic) to SMBMount a drive from one server, then share it on with samba?
Re: [Fwd: DBMAIL: delivery failure]
Nick Rout wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:51:34 +1300 Andy George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the DBMAIL-SMTP program. I'm sorry to inform you that your message, addressed to ipre, could not be delivered due to the following error. *** Mailbox of user ipre is FULL *** yes one of our users has an overful mailbox. why don't you email him and tell him about it :-) Bound to be greeted by the same message, right? Wouldnt it be more effective to not argue with the mailbox is full daemon, and temp suspend user from list?
Re: [Fwd: DBMAIL: delivery failure]
Nick Rout wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:36:19 +1300 Andy George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bound to be greeted by the same message, right? you didn't spot the smiley right? I did, but I have had a personality clash or two with you before, on matters of humour. I didnt quite know where you were heading on this, and dived off on the wrong direction. Sorry...
OT - 172.20.18.55 port 67
Dear Andy, This traffic is generated by one of our servers on the cable modem network and is not malicious in anyway, due to the shared nature of a cable network this activity is not uncommon. The traffic itself isn't routed and so it is not being counted as usage towards your allocated datacap, and I recommend you configure your firewall to ignore/drop and not log this BOOTP traffic. Kind Regards, Matt TelstraClear Customer Help
[Fwd: DBMAIL: delivery failure]
---BeginMessage--- This is the DBMAIL-SMTP program. I'm sorry to inform you that your message, addressed to ipre, could not be delivered due to the following error. *** Mailbox of user ipre is FULL *** If you think this message is incorrect please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Header of your message follows... --- header of your message --- Received: (qmail 7493 invoked by uid 502); 27 Feb 2006 01:49:41 - Received: from ip210-55-104-139.thenet.win.co.nz (HELO b300.antispam.net.nz) (210.55.104.139) by ceres.concept.net.nz with SMTP; 27 Feb 2006 01:49:41 - X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1141004977-6396-174-0 X-Barracuda-URL: http://210.55.104.139:8000/cgi-bin/mark.cgi Received: from cantva.canterbury.ac.nz (cantva.canterbury.ac.nz [132.181.2.27]) by b300.antispam.net.nz (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 4E4D5DC535; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:49:41 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from PROCESS-DAEMON.it.canterbury.ac.nz by it.canterbury.ac.nz (PMDF V6.2-X27 #31178) id [EMAIL PROTECTED] (original mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED]); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:49:29 +1300 (NEW ZEALAND DAYLIGHT TIME) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.it.canterbury.ac.nz by it.canterbury.ac.nz (PMDF V6.2-X27 #31178) id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ORCPT linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:49:26 +1300 (NEW ZEALAND DAYLIGHT TIME) Received: from PMAS-DAEMON.it.canterbury.ac.nz by it.canterbury.ac.nz (PMDF V6.2-X27 #31178) id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ORCPT linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:49:26 +1300 (NEW ZEALAND DAYLIGHT TIME) Received: from linda-5.paradise.net.nz (bm-5a.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.184]) by it.canterbury.ac.nz (PMDF V6.2-X27 #31178) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ORCPT linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:49:26 +1300 (NEW ZEALAND DAYLIGHT TIME) Received: from smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (tclsnelb1-src-1.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.172]) by linda-5.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:49:12 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (203-97-121-247.cable.telstraclear.net [203.97.121.247]) by smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA1974E205D for linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:49:00 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:49:00 +1300 From: Andy George [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-ASG-Orig-Subj: OT - 172.20.18.55 port 67 Subject: OT - 172.20.18.55 port 67 To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Reply-To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-PMAS-Software: PreciseMail V2.1-1 [060225] (cantva.canterbury.ac.nz) X-PMAS-Allowed: Message allowed by user rule Comments: University of Canterbury Linux Users Group List-Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Virus-Scanned: by Barracuda Spam Firewall at antispam.net.nz X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=3.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=6.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.02, rules version 3.0.9219 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description -- -- --- end of header --- . -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.0/269 - Release Date: 2/24/2006 ---End Message---
Re: [OT] RCDs (Was: web hosting for club)
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Some appliances (including dishwashers?) are not suitable to run off RCDs. What's the reason given for this? Anything involving water would be the first thingeme I'd spend an RCD on. Volker At a guess, amp rating. I've seen devices with a Crowbar circuit, a device that, if an appliance reaches 80% of rated load very quickly (such as turning heaters on, to heat water, or dry dishes, or the likes) the protection device assumes this is the ramp-up to a direct short (Run-away amp load), and slams the gate shut... Clever, but terrifically inconvenient
Re: OT: web hosting for club
Hadley Rich wrote: On Friday 24 February 2006 15:31, Carl Cerecke wrote: I'm a member of a Toastmasters Club which would like a web presence. Nothing fancy. Something similar to http://threekings.toastmasters.gen.nz/ It would be very low volume, I imagine. Ideally, I'd like a CMS or wiki so that the burden of site updates isn't solely mine. It needs to be cheap. Webdrive do a free package (plus domain name), but don't appear to have a CMS/wiki option. Do you have a link to the free webdrive hosting? I couldn't see it there. Kiwi webhost[1] do a $1 a week package with PHP/Perl/Python/MySQL which you would be able to install your choice of CMS/Wiki on. I'd say that's probably one of the cheapest plans in NZ. I've not used their hosting service myself so it's not a personal recommendation sorry. They are operated by iSERVE who are a well respected hosting company in NZ. I can recommend them. www.roverclubcanterbury.org.nz has been running on IServe (same people) for the last two years, nil hiccoughs... $108 a year is getting me the domain name, and the $1/week hosting for a year. Pretty damn good in as far as I've seen.
Re: General ipcop firewall question
Craig Molloy wrote: i have a vast amount of data showing on my red interface from a cable medem and was just wondering if i could get a break down on what is actually happning as im reciving this every 4 - 16 seconds. *Time* *Chain* *Iface* *Proto* *Source* *Src Port* *MAC Address* *Destination* *Dst Port* 21:11:40INPUT eth1UDP 172.20.18.55 /cgi-bin/ipinfo.cgi?ip=172.20.18.55 67(BOOTPS) 00:03:e3:21:61:41 255.255.255.255 /cgi-bin/ipinfo.cgi?ip=255.255.255.255 68(BOOTPC) No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - Release Date: 2/21/2006 You shouldnt be gettng red traffic from 172.16.xxx.yyy thru to 172.31.xxx.yyy as this is the Private IP ranges, unroutable via the net. (Refer RFC 1918) Port 67 (BootPS) and 68 (bootPC) refers usually to Bootstrap Protocol requests (DHCP, DNS, things of this nature). It's starting to look like a LOCAL machine trying to get out past the router to find network information that it needs, and cant find. I'd suggest checking the network configuration of all LAN computers, and then the configuration of the DHCP server default with IPCOP installation.
Re: General ipcop firewall question
Craig Molloy wrote: i have a vast amount of data showing on my red interface from a cable medem and was just wondering if i could get a break down on what is actually happning as im reciving this every 4 - 16 seconds. *Time* *Chain* *Iface* *Proto* *Source* *Src Port* *MAC Address* *Destination* *Dst Port* 21:11:40INPUT eth1UDP 172.20.18.55 /cgi-bin/ipinfo.cgi?ip=172.20.18.55 67(BOOTPS) 00:03:e3:21:61:41 255.255.255.255 /cgi-bin/ipinfo.cgi?ip=255.255.255.255 68(BOOTPC) No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - Release Date: 2/21/2006 Just had a look at my IPCOP with Paradise. Had 172.20.18.55 bashing the hell out of MY gateway too. Anyone else on paradise noticing this?
172.20.18.55 port 67
Paradise has agreed to (after a 38 minute wait, then a small battle with a phone operator) fix this if you send every log you have on this anomaly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include account number and/or phone number... Andy
[OT] 172.20.18.55 port 67
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Wednesday 22 February 2006 22:43, Andy George wrote: Paradise has agreed to (after a 38 minute wait, then a small battle with a phone operator) fix this if you send _/every/_ log you have on this anomaly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include account number and/or phone number... I have logwatch o/p for every day since 27-Dec-2005 - Some 715k I also have many 10s of Megs of messages files since then too. Do they really want _all_ of that? The 172.20.18.55 host has been sending me about 10,000 packets a day since at least last Christmas. Also _many_ NETBIOS connect attempts from many hosts in the local class C net. Par for the course I suppose, but it's totally un-necessay traffic. Phone here is 981-5469 I kid you not. Paradise English-as-a-second-language technician went to great lengths to tell me how wonderful he was at IT, how less-than-adequate my IT talents were, and how wrong my suggestion was that he didnt need ALL the logs, cause thats a lot of material. He told me 6 times, he wants the whole lot. Wife sent 24 emails, one for every day that my IPCop has been logging things. I know it sounds like I'm being vindictive and pedantic to a ideals war, but eleven thousand connections per day since christmas? I'm OK paying for traffic that I use, but I certainly draw the line at paying for bombardment thats not me. Thats why I sent it all. Dont want to be charged for any of it.
Re: 172.20.18.55 port 67
Andrew Errington wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:47, you wrote: snip Since I have heard that almost all ISPs are staffed by a symbiotic collection of barely post-pubescent youths and semi-geriatric Ebenezer Scrooges, I suppose that it's asymptotically close to a probability of zero. That's a sweeping generalisation. I will counter it by saying I had excellent technical support from two techs at Xtra yesterday. Yes, Xtra. Check out the addresses CS was sending the bitch to... LUG, and CC [EMAIL PROTECTED], and [EMAIL PROTECTED] I believe Mr Sawtell has the art of complaining perfected more than is made apparent... Very clever.
ATI Mobility M10
As the manufacturer doesnt appear to provide drivers for the M10 video card in my laptop, and SuSE 9.whatever I have (9.3, I think) doesnt support the ATI Radeon 9600 (Mobility M10), and Packard Bell support is similar to Burger Kings after sales service, I wonder if there's a favourite drivers place where CLUGers like to get their third party really hard to find drivers for Linux from? Perhaps even someone with SuSE 10 might tell me if the M10 is supported, with the new version. Cheers in advance Andy George
Re: ATI Mobility M10
Andy George wrote: As the manufacturer doesnt appear to provide drivers for the M10 video card in my laptop, and SuSE 9.whatever I have (9.3, I think) doesnt support the ATI Radeon 9600 (Mobility M10), and Packard Bell support is similar to Burger Kings after sales service, I wonder if there's a favourite drivers place where CLUGers like to get their third party really hard to find drivers for Linux from? Perhaps even someone with SuSE 10 might tell me if the M10 is supported, with the new version. Cheers in advance Andy George Packard Bell M7 notebook ATI Radeo 9600 Mobility M10 Video Card SuSE 9.1 (Correction from the before mentioned 9.3)
ATI Radeon M10
According to the SuSE site, SuSE latest supports my video card, so upgrading from 9.1 looks like the fix. Might have to talk nicely to Volker again for latest SuSE (hint...) :) Andy
Re: OT: Free machines
My P200 box at home dishing out internet access to/from the internet to my home lan, has a PCI 4 port lan switch, and IPCop. Hasnt missed a beat in 9 months... Very pleased. Roger Searle wrote: to make it an on-topic thread ;-) Would one of those machines (hypothetically if they're already gone) be enough to set up an ipcop box? Perhaps with a larger hard drive? Cheers, Roger Craig FALCONER wrote: I have too much crap. Currently there are four or five P166-P200 machines waiting for a trip to molten media. If anyone wants them please email me off list and they're yours. P166-P200 MMX 32-96 Mb ram, 1-4 Gb HDD, 100 Mbit NIC, some modems or sound cards. All are ATX and are working. Relevance to linux? Ummm This email passed through three linux boxes?
Re: rpms
YD is a variant on RH, so yep, it uses them... Debian CAN use them... in the same way the Prime minister of New Zealand CAN run a country... Steve Holdoway wrote: RedHat, Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE... can anyone think of any other x86 distros that use them? Does anyone use Yellow Dog? Cheers, Steve
Re: From the beginning
Good to see you having a crack at it. Splendid... Andy George Going to localhost it shows php4.3.4 installed, its now just mysql that I'm concerned about. I'm just glad I'm at last finding this working with *nix that much easier for some reason. Although problems will start I should imagine when I start trying to find all the files and folders. Cheers and thanks for your reply. Regards Kelvyn.
Re: From the beginning
I can probably donate a set of Fedora Core 4 CDs to that cause if/when required... Yep, we'll talk about Rovers whenever your happy... That PHP Book sounds REAL good... It has to be done. Need to get a firewall up and my web server, plus a mail server. Then I need to figure out how to network all these things so that I can still have 3 windows boxes on the net also. I'm guessing my life is going to be stink for awhile from this point. BTW, I have a great php book over here (forgot all about it) that I could lend/drop off for you, if you like. Perhaps then you could talk rover parts with me for a bit. Cheers Regards Kelvyn.
Re: which folder please
960 5132 On windows you have an htdocs folder which is where you place your files to be served up by apache. So which folder is it here: var/www var/www/html var/www/web I'm wanting to test out ?php phpinfo ? Thanks Regards Kelvyn.
Re: From the beginning
Answering from an RH9/FC4 background mount /dev/cdrom cd /mnt cd cdrom ls that backwards cd / umount /dev/cdrom eject Is there a simple way to check if my cdrom is reading my cd's. I cant get over this, the problems just keep on coming. Regards Kelvyn
Re: was: From the beginning now:find cdrom
MAndrake cant work the same as RH then... thats a little suprising, assumed it'd work... Try man mount (dont laugh, it's a legit command...) Tell me what that does... lets try this a different way: how can I find the path to my cdrom ?? I have tried several suggestions from previous posts although I must admit to not understanding what the - is actually meant to be in (instructions from Ross Drummond): /dev/hdc - ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd I get. no such file or directory, with: mount /dev/cdrom
Re: was: From the beginning now:find cdrom
Come to think of it, Just type mount and it should, if my guess is right do one of two things... No such file or directory (this may mean the command MOUNT is missing) or /dev/blaa... (spew a whole heap of devices at you, as a list of all mountable (mounted) drives it sees...) lets try this a different way: how can I find the path to my cdrom ?? I have tried several suggestions from previous posts although I must admit to not understanding what the - is actually meant to be in (instructions from Ross Drummond): /dev/hdc - ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd I get. no such file or directory, with: mount /dev/cdrom
Re: was: From the beginning now:find cdrom
OK, so maybe... mount /dev/hdc might have better results hda - Primary Master hdb - Primary Slave hdc - Secondary Master (assuming this is your CDRom, here...if it's not, you can adjust the above command to suit?) hdd - Secondary Slave Thought you meant: man mount/dev/cdrom which did nothing. man mount brings up everything on mount. Gives a discription of file tree on unix systems etc,etc
Re: SourceForge Unblocked.
Christopher Sawtell wrote: Greets list. SourceForge is once more available to Paradise members. Amazing what a polite e-mail to the holding company will do. Who'd have thunk it possible in this day and age. Really? Whats the URL of this trove of wonders?
Re: sending password problem?
Roger Searle wrote: Hi, perhaps this is just more writing on the wall and time to upgrade. For some time I've had a problem with using kopete for chat, I had the password saved in kdewallet (a password manager thing) and it would log on for me each time I logged on. At some point it stopped sending the right password and even manually entering it would fail to get me logged on to the chat network. So I changed that password and it all works fine in windows, so coming back to linux and entering the new password should work, entering it both in kdewallet and manually still fails. Kopete and a Yahoo! account? I've found that Yahoo! is allergic to clones, so they change their authentication system around to 'discourage' the use of any other piece of software than Messenger. I had a similar instance of Kopete failing, on SuSE 9.1 First on an upgrade issue, Volker coming nicely to the rescue here with the upgrade CD. This worked for a while, but then it started bombing again. Perhaps updating it MAY work for you, but I've found that downloading and installing the real deal from messenger.yahoo.com is the faster, more permanent fix. An opinion perhaps not shared by the others of the group and they may have a better solution for you... Andy
Re: Database choice?
generalisation type=gross PostgreSQL is tidier, and handles load better. Does it lend itself to all the usual tools and tricks the MySQL has? I have mysqladmin. Off the top of your head, is there a postgresqladmin or does mysqladmin work with postgre? Same again with tools like webmin... That sort of thing Andy
Re: Database choice?
Andy George wrote: generalisation type=gross PostgreSQL is tidier, and handles load better. Does it lend itself to all the usual tools and tricks the MySQL has? I have mysqladmin. Off the top of your head, is there a postgresqladmin or does mysqladmin work with postgre? Same again with tools like webmin... That sort of thing Andy Ignore ALL that, just visited the site for system specs, and found everything I was looking for
[OT] PHP Online tutorials
I have decided to teach myself PHP/HTML with a MySQL Database, online. Found a couple of good looking 'beginner' places that have taught me more than a few things about it. Basic code Logic code Connecting and authenticating to Databases Reading information from a Database, as a single or multiple rows The tutorials are brilliant for a first timer, but dont cover some of the things I'd like to look at, such as... Writing information back to the database Database information comparisons for IF statements Table authorisation Anyone reasonable good (and by reasonably good I mean better than me) at PHP, and willing to conduct a reasonably simple offlist conversation in regard to some/all of these and subsequent little questions that I manage to come up with? Cheers in advance to anyone who can/will Andy wreckingcrewparadise.net.nz
Database choice? (was: Minimum hardware for LAMP server.)
Not intended as a slur, or sarcasm, or to cast aspersions to anyones intellegence, the question is purely one of query from someone that doesnt know a blind difference between Postgre and My SQLs You might like to consider PostgreSQL instead of MySQL. Why? Andy
Re: dual utp cable-end
Now, because the cable in question is physically pretty much stuck where it is, and I'd hate to stuff it up, I'm proposing leaving it entirely untouched. But what I can do, I hope, is to get a couple of double-headed extension cables ... a single socket at one end, and a pair of plugs at the other end. If the socket bit is difficult to sort out, I could use a plug and then one of those double-socket extenders to join on to the original. Now, has anyone tried a double-headed cable? Care to whip up a couple for me? ;-) - Only catching up with this thread now, so my appologies for the late reply... Tries this, duel head Tarantula cable... Doesnt work nicely, signal crosstalk makes for a very very slow network. Pin 1, 2, 3, and 6 are used on a standard UTP cable, leaving 4, 5, 7, and 8 If you wire the secopnd half into the same slots (slot 1, 2, 3, and 6) it should equal a dual head UTP cable. 1 - Orange/White 2 - Orange 3 - Green/white 6 - Green 1 - Blue 2 - Blue/white 3 - Brown/White 6 - Brown ...but, again. I've tried this before... it went pear shaped very quickly... Switch on either end WOULD be a better solution... Textbook solution is a pair of Bridgehead servers
Re: Clever mail server
I lie! Hylafax isnt working... Odd...it was when I first tested it... Must have blown something up. Either way it gives me the perfect excuse to go away and have another go at those instructions you pointed out at me Nick, Well done... Cheers... Nick Rout wrote: well which howto did you follow? theres more than one way to skin this cat IIRC. there is very extensive instructions on the hylafax site and an active mailing list.
Clever mail server
Has anyone ever successfully mated QMail and Hylafax together to make a MailFax FaxMail gateway? I saw a set of instructions, and either blew it, or followed incorrect information religiously (thinking the former, myself). The end result is The mail server works, Hylafax works, but the two dont do a red bean TOGETHER...
Re: Free to good home
Mail server - to keep our own mailing list. Nothing wrong with the one we have already, but it.canterbury.ac.nz is more to do with a polytech or university than a Linux Group. DNS Server - to keep and maintain our own domain name for the above (and anything else we wanna throw in there... like a... IRCD - cause we have, in the past, gone banging on about #CLUG channels on this and that IRCD... when irc.our.own.dns.here can sit quietly in a corner and look after itself... PHP platform - for those forums or CLUG wiki (or personal web projects) we need our own apache server (and DNS thingy) for... HTTPD - Hey! It's there, we dont have one of our own, it's free... Why not... FTPD - See HTTPD and think File sharing... maybe parking that example.conf file for later retrieval (you all remember me harping on about THIS one, dont ya)... If you put your mind to it, there's gotta be 101 uses for server of our own. We have volunteer with Cable to run beasty... TWO offers for adequate machinery... HUNDREDS of CLUG users who are Itching to try their hand (supervised, of course) at making something go... Whats left? What else do we need? -- Andy George Webmaster, Canterbury Rover Car Club http://www.roverclubcanterbury.org.nz
Re: Free to good home
Dual processor, right? Couple of 450s? 256 RAM, and whatever IDE drive we wanna hurl in there? Wanna swap for an IBM Netfinity server? Twin PIII-600s 768 ECC Ram 3 * 9.1 Hotswaps IDE CDRom Once was rankmounted, now isnt, thusly not asthetically attractive, and it weighs close to 6 million tonnes... but surely a better operational fitment for both... I need smaller physically, you need something bigger than 4gb... and I already have the quad processor Intergraph server (seen at installfest Suse 9.1). On Saturday 12 March 2005 07:43, Robert Fisher wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What sort of Video Card has this thing got? Does it (can it) do IDE drives? I think that the video card is a whopping great 8Mb model and yes it has an IDE CR ROM drive and can take IDE hard drives. -- Webmaster, Canterbury Rover Car Club http://www.roverclubcanterbury.org.nz
Re: Free to good home
::chuckles:: Not quite what I had in mind... Here's my thinking... If the club has BETTER use for a Netfinity server than a Compaq Workstation... Swap the Compaq for the IBM, then give the IBM to the club. I have better use for a Dual Processor workstation than a Dual Processor server... I already have a quad processor server... Just trying to kill two birds with one stone... Whatcha think? On Saturday 12 March 2005 08:06, you wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:55, Andy George wrote: I need smaller physically, you need something bigger than 4gb... and I already have the quad processor Intergraph server (seen at installfest Suse 9.1). No I do not need anything else unless it is better than our new server - PIII, 1GHz, 256Mb ram, 72Gb of scsi HD's. -- Webmaster, Canterbury Rover Car Club http://www.roverclubcanterbury.org.nz
Re: install a server-router
Hi, i need help, i would like to know how i could setup a router, email server and file server, i have to choices of machine and 2 distrib for each machine, 2. Celeron 1.3 Ghz 256 Mb Ram 40 Gig HD This is purely from a Andy George perspective, and as I'm nowhere NEAR a linux guru, others might have a better view than I, but the following is currently in service for me at my feet, and working well... Your Celeron computer will do splendidly. Ram is always always a good thing though... Disto is personal preference, SuSE or RH/FC works well for me, but the home server (Goliath) runs RH9. IPTables for a router. Configurable Drop and Run router scripts can be had from http://easyfwgen.morizot.net/gen/ and free... Samba for a file server, thats a pretty straight forward affair, email me for an example of a simple/effective smb.conf file. QMail is domain mail, works unbelievably well in this circumstance, and web interface for administration. Easy enough to set up. Guide for a QMail server from go to whoa... Have a read, see what you think... http://www.askdavis.com/qmailtoaster/
Re: slingshot dialup not authenticating
Cant offer any more than I am, and it's from a WVDIAL perspective... stupid_mode = On Andy George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just got a new slingshot dial-up but can't get authenticated. Details of the attempt are in the log attached. Modem dials, does handshake, sends password/username but slingshot doesn't reply. I'm using PAP authentication which I'm pretty sure is correct. pap-secrets exists with correct information in it. I've googled for the problem and answers point to modem init strings. I've also emailed slingshot but no reply from them. Dynalink 1456vqe-r1 external serial modem on Slackware-10 system. I've run pppsetup and tried various combinations of settings, esp different init strings (ATZ, ATF ...). I previously (few weeks ago) was connecting to paradise.et ok but I don't have access to that account anymore so I can't test it out. I forgot to bring my pppscript and options files out to work today but if needed I can post them tomorrow. If anyone successfully connects to slingshot can I see your scripts? Any help would be great. Cheers, Tim 10:28 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/ppp# ppp-on 10:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/ppp# Jan 25 22:30:28 jessica pppd[1512]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0 Serial connection established. using channel 3 Jan 25 22:30:53 jessica pppd[1512]: Serial connection established. Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/modem Jan 25 22:30:53 jessica pppd[1512]: Using interface ppp0 Jan 25 22:30:53 jessica pppd[1512]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/modem sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0x219368a7 pcomp accomp] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 mru 1514 asyncmap 0x0 auth pap magic 0x6f41b760 pcomp accomp mrru 1514 endpoint [null]]sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 mrru 1514] rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0x219368a7 pcomp accomp] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 mru 1514 asyncmap 0x0 auth pap magic 0x6f41b760 pcomp accomp] sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 mru 1514 asyncmap 0x0 auth pap magic 0x6f41b760 pcomp accomp] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user=username password=hidden] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x2 user=username password=hidden] rcvd [PAP AuthNak id=0x0 52 65 71 75 65 73 74 20 44 65 6e 69 65 64] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x3 user=username password=hidden] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x4 user=username password=hidden] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x5 user=username password=hidden] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x6 user=username password=hidden] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x7 user=username password=hidden] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x8 user=username password=hidden] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x9 user=username password=hidden] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0xa user=username password=hidden] No response to PAP authenticate-requests sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 Failed to authenticate ourselves to peer] Jan 25 22:31:24 jessica pppd[1512]: No response to PAP authenticate-requests sent [LCP TermReq id=0x3 Failed to authenticate ourselves to peer] Modem hangup Connection terminated. Jan 25 22:31:28 jessica pppd[1512]: Modem hangup Jan 25 22:31:28 jessica pppd[1512]: Connection terminated. Jan 25 22:31:29 jessica pppd[1512]: Exit. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 21/01/2005
Re: VMWARE LUG offer ......
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:44, Andy George wrote: Dale Anderson wrote: Hi All Not sure if anyone is interested or not http://www.vmware.com/lugprex/lugPrez_login.jsp Cheers Dale. Dont wanna keep one, but I could certainly borrow one until I get bored with it... I wouldnt mind a turn with one of the copies... I'm not a lawyer, but my reading of the totally obnoxious ( like they all are ) EULA gives me to understand that passing copies around and 'borrowing' of VMware is not allowed. For your (plural) own safety I'd like to suggest that young fellows don't discuss 'sharing', 'borrowing', or 'copying' or such-like verbs with reference to VMware here, or in any other public forum. Change of tact... It's not worth the effort, Stand down the request for a copy. Dont need it this bad. Young Fellow -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 16/01/2005
Re: VMWARE LUG offer ......
Dale Anderson wrote: Hi All Not sure if anyone is interested or not http://www.vmware.com/lugprex/lugPrez_login.jsp Cheers Dale. Dont wanna keep one, but I could certainly borrow one until I get bored with it... I wouldnt mind a turn with one of the copies... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 12/01/2005
Re: Windows XP converted to MEPIS in 15minutes - Customer Unhappy
Paul Swafford wrote: Are you really sure you want me to toast this XP for you? Yes ... Okay .. final chance to speak .. really sure? YES. Okie .. this might take some time .. perhaps 20mins or so .. happy with that? Oh yeah no worries .. The pretty little Dell D600 Centrino was toasted and Mepis installed in 15minutes well 13 actually .. everything work flawlessly first time. Why was mr customer not happy? In the mean time his car got clamped .. hehe so come up with a moral for this story if you dare Regards Paul Swafford Moral: Dont buy such a bulky computer. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 10/01/2005
Re: OT: DSL Modem and Router question - New Jetstream connection.
Bryce Stenberg wrote: Hi, I see a number of you are very familiar with using Jetstream type services so hope you don't mind my asking this question here I get a new jetstream connection later this week. Telecom sent me a DSL Modem (Dynalink from memory - don't have it in front of me at moment) - it says it is for connecting a single computer. I also have a Netgear WGU624 wireless firewall router for connecting up my home computers. This has a port labelled 'Broadband Modem' where I assume I connect it to the Dynalink. Does anyone know if this will work? Or am I going to have problems with the modem only supporting one internal address since box says for single pc? I haven't taken the Netgear stuff out of it's wrapping yet in case I need something different (but I did like it's specs for speed and distance). I can always try sending the Dynalink back to telecom for something different - it was part of special promotion they had last month with free modem. [ remote stations :: 192.168.1.dhcp ] - [ 192.168.1.1 :: IPCop :: 203.79.isp.address ] [ modem ] I have done this before. Your router SHOULD be able to be set with the IP address you desire (dhcp assigned, from memory?) The BROADBAND PORT as you righty assume, is OUTPUT...Throw the modem on this... The router needs to do two things for your setup to work... NAT and DHCP... The router needs two addresses... inside and outside... 192.168.1.xyz (usually called the INSIDE range (or green zone for us IPCoppers)) for the internal network... NAT (Network Address Translation) to translate your 192.168.1.100 traffic to 203.79.xyz.abc (outside address), and DHCP so that any computer attached to your network, automatically settles down to the job...seemlessly... Those things in mind, you sound pretty much bang on the money! Andy -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 10/01/2005
IPCops good but...
Experimenting with firewalls, tried the default IPTables, via a script, via Webmin, and played with a P200 being a firewall. IPCop is really good, autodetects the USB Cable modem, the Ethernet card, sets up a heavy duty firewall between the two, and a default route, all the magic needed for a happy comms server. What else do you guys play with? Whats the popular firewall alternatives? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 12/30/2004
Re: IPCops good but...
Steve Holdoway wrote: Andy George wrote: Experimenting with firewalls, tried the default IPTables, via a script, via Webmin, and played with a P200 being a firewall. IPCop is really good, autodetects the USB Cable modem, the Ethernet card, sets up a heavy duty firewall between the two, and a default route, all the magic needed for a happy comms server. What else do you guys play with? Whats the popular firewall alternatives? Well, I use a Cisco PIX 515 ( thanks again Volker! ), but that's probably not what you're after. Smoothwall's out there, but I hear that the support is a bit bolshie (: IMHO you'll find it hard to beat IPCop. Steve Gotta admit, I've just burned the Smoothwall ISO file, while that was burning, I used another machine to drift around the SCREENSHOTS page. It's remarkably similar in appearance to IPCop, isnt it...
Re: Christchurch IX
I got exactly the same, when asking if they offered or are GOING to offer wireless internet Andy George http://www.roverclubcanterbury.org.nz - Original Message - From: C. Falconer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 2:44 PM Subject: FW: Christchurch IX Interesting conversation here between myself and a telstraclear rep about the new Christchurch Internet Exchange http://chix.nzix.net/ run by Citylink. CF said Gidday - does Telstraclear intend on peering at the new Christchurch IX ? http://chix.nzix.net/ Peering there will mean that traffic to another local address (ie, Canterbury University) doesn't have to travel via Wellington - improving response times and decreasing national traffic. The response from TCNZ was... Hi Craig , , this has caused an interesting response. The product manager will neither confirm nor deny due to the information being commercially sensitive at this stage. I'll keep you posted. Interesting, no?
Re: Good,simple book
Prepared to teach you, Free... Converse with me offline with the subject you want to discuss, and we'll start... Cant profess to being an expert, but I'm sure happy to help where I can. Andy George http://www.roverclubcanterbury.org.nz - Original Message - From: motivated [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:41 PM Subject: Good,simple book I have been intersted in linux for quite some time, probably for about as long as I've had a computer (about 5yrs). I have been purchasing books : Red Hat Linux Server 6 Unix Made Easy MS-DOS 6.2 Database Management Systems DOS Power Tools etc,etc The point is (although I'm almost 50) I want to learn, but I've never been the smartest guy on the block so I need simple instructions. I'm trying not to make this a long email but please let me explain: When I first started with a computer I naturally wanted to learn html. Many tutorials started with open your favourite text editor. Immediately I was lost, whats a text editor?. Finally I found a tutorial that said if you dont know what a text editor is go to: start/programs/accessories/notepad. I don't need anything on the internet yet, but I do want to learn how to set up web servers, mail servers etc and Red Hat Linux Server 6 overlooks the basics. If anyone can point me in the right direction with a book/books that dont overlook the basics or can recommend classes or is prepared to teach me at a reasonable fee please help. Regards Kelvyn
Welcome aboard.
A chance to welcome aboard John Banfield (ZL3KJ), a good friend of mine to the Linux Community. He's trialing SuSE 9.1 on a PII 400, 128 Ram, 10GB system. So far, he's having a good time with it, although some things are proving to be difficult. John owns a Canon LIDE20 scanner, USB unit. This unit works, but it's sporadic at best. Sometimes The Gimp sees the scanner, sometimes, it doesnt. SuSE autodetected the scanner, under YaST so we installed it that way. Can we make the connection to the scanner more persistant? The Printer (Epson Colour 460) has also been installed via YaST, and works most of the time. When printing a JPG file for example, it will print the JPG file not as a Colour Picture, but as a TEXT stream. Any Thoughts? The Vibra16 Sound Card just works mic, when placed too close to the speakers, produces feedback, as you'd assume. The Mic, on any other application is Deaf, though. Cant record a WAV file, but can hear yourself breathing through the speakers. I assume I've done(not done) something fundamental here. Any ideas? John has a problem with his eyesight, and a 14 HP monitor. He'd really like to know how to keep the resolution at 800*600 but increase the default font size, so he can see it clearly. Any/all help gratefully appreciated On Behalf Andy George
Re: ignorate priciple's
You, on the other hand, know better... Wouldnt worry about the principal, as nothing you/we can do or say will make him change his mind. He will, in time, discover exactly where his fundamental error lies. Chances are he had a bad experience with Linux, one of the early versions of Linux that was un-cooperative, and heavy duty to use, and hasnt gone back to see how far Linux has progressed in recent years. Under the circumstances, there are specialist tasks that windows can do, that linux can not yet do, without the help of WINE. That to someone who doesnt WANT to learn about linux, is enough of an excuse for him. He's comfortable with Windows, leave him there. On Wednesday 17 November 2004 21:15, Caleb Sawtell wrote: This is the priciple of my school ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) he thinks linux is a peice of shit. feel free to drop him a line.
Fax Software
I'm about to install another ex-windows user computer with SuSE... Honestly, this is great being able to offer an alternative, that people just get on with... This man in brand new to computers, and wants to be able to attach his Canon LIDE20 scanner, set up a fax modem, and scan documents straight to fax machine. I got the scanner to go, without so much as batting an eyelid, got The Gimp rockin, but I look in YaST for fax, get a whole raft of different fax goodies. Which one of those goodies is likely to send a fax away, one scanning is complete? Andy George
New 'recruit'
Yesterday, I was dragged away from my ice cold beer to repair a Windows ME problem. My friend has owned a Windows ME equipped PIII for a whole week, before it got all unco-operative, with everyone, including me. PIII550, with 192 megs ram 10 GB HDD, 42* CD Rom, and then 24* CD Writer 56k Dynalink external modem It was suffering from scripting attacks, as you'd expect Windows ME to be... Something was altering the details in Dial Up Networking to alter the number, name, and password in the dialer, so it would end up dialing Austria, or Germany, or somewhere... It had worms, and Trojans, and wasnt looking in a good way at all. I installed Windows XP Pro, just as a trial, but warned them that most virii and hack attempts are designed to bring the mighty Microsoft corporation to it's senses (so they build a SECURE O/S, just for something new to try...) to which I got... So, lets try this Linux, that you rattle on about so much... It just so happened that I had the 5 SuSE 9.1 CD's handy (never leave home without them...) so we installed Suse (flawlessly, I might add). Set up the desktop to their liking (icons to Google, Online Banking and all that personal touch thing), they were elated that Linux is so easy on the eye, Easy to operate, and quote unlike Windows, just does what it's told, no fuss, no bother, and none of those blue screens... /quote In the next week, they plan on warming the machine up to 80GB HDD, and 256 if not 512 megs RAM, but for the meantime... One more story of End user + SuSE Linux = Happy Family...
Re: Computer names, was RE: Opinions re choice of CPU; marginally on topic
Anyone with novel names they are willing to share??? Laptop = WarPig Server = Goliath Other Server = Galaxy PIII450 = Dunedin PIII700 = Merlin P4 3.2 = Frankenpute Previous computers Socrates Maximillian Drama Chronic Rhedegydd Dralafi Hinenui ...and finally a DX4-100 called... Ordinary
OT: Re: Computer names, was RE: Opinions re choice of CPU; marginally on topic
Uniform Naming convention... Simplistic, tidy, and informative. Very Nice Andy George On Thursday 11 November 2004 12:37, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: At work we are boring e.g. nzlchcrfisher Regards, Robert
Re: it's much quieter...
On knowing that, congratulations on an absolutely fantastic tool. I'll get in touch one day (prefer soon) to hurl bundles of cash at you to register the copy I have. Fancy whipping up a Linux happy version? Andy George On Wednesday 10 November 2004 14:58, Steve Holdoway wrote: Jim, ... actually, I am. Not only is it a Kiwi product, it's from Chch - in fact, it's from the very office I'm in (: Fancy a copy? Steve On Wed, November 10, 2004 2:56 pm, Jim Cheetham said: Steve Holdoway wrote: ... now my mailwasher server is in place. Unfortunately, I still get the replies ): Are you aware that there is an NZ-written anti-spam product called mailwasher, and a version called mailwasher server? -jim
XMMS
Winamp has a ShoutCAST DSP plugin... I already have a remote ShoutCAST server, but have switched from XP to SuSE... Can XMMS play to a remote server, like winamp did? Andy George
OT: Goodbye Hare Krishna (Was Re: Linux...)
Did he even get the point? or did he overconcentrate on the word Rose and go spinning off on the biggest tangent ever... I'm going to loose this guy, filter by address... The Fascisim from Vatsalla has become unacceptable. Pity really, nice bloke and all, but cant keep his head on one thing at a time, subsequently teaching him anything turns quickly into Hare Krishna propaganda, or a bashing for not being proficient at every single Linux fault that ever was. I wonder quietly if he joined a Windows Users Group somewhere, and acted the same, when he couldnt do something under XP... Did he stand an accuse an MCSE Engineer for being incompetent when something went wrong with his WINDOWS install? So why is he even THINKING about trashing voluntary help in a free OS, when he should ASSUME...that things will go wrong... Things always do... regardless if you think H.K. had a hand in things or not. Fact of life. So, for the Unwanted ramblings on the list, for the unwanted and unappreciated fascism, for the equally unappreciated flames re: incompetence, and being unable to fix every single little problem that he has on HIS PC, for the list bashing, and for the lack of patience with a new OS, his expectations of everything working 100%, and working NOW, the level of frustration he's built with the LUG community, and a raft of other things I coulr rattle on about... Goodbye Hare Krishna. Goodbye Vatsalla, your Email, your name, and the word Hare Krishna are all being hurled into the Abyss. No point in replying, all the best for your future endeavours, and certainly hope your windows installation happens a lot smoother. Andy George On Tuesday 09 November 2004 15:28, eBhakta wrote: Umm... :| That would be unfortunate. :$ No doubt people have varying reasons for their interest in Linux. Fortunately there is a conspiracy to save this world, like it or not. Linux is part of that. Might as well accept it. :) Good advice (thanks Robert), to wake up and smell the roses... (lots and lots of roses with Hare Krishna). :) Unfortunately some of your words don't particularly resemble anything to do with the very sweet smell of the rose... :( The rose is very sweet smelling. So, good advice to all, to try smelling a rose (especially a Hare Krishna rose), and find out what sweetness is. :) - Original Message - From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 2:57 PM Subject: RE: Linux... As another poster has hinted, most of us on this list have nothing in common except an interest in using Linux - not destroying or saving the world or any other conspiracy. (The only conspiracy is to possibly kick you off the list). Wake up and smell the roses. Regards, Bhaktavatsala Dasa (Vatsala) @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~vatsalaji - Hare Krishna!
Re: Linux...
Agreed. He doesnt need a linux group On Tuesday 09 November 2004 15:37, Phill Coxon wrote: I'll put forward my evil capitalist vote for kicking this dumbass off the list. On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 15:28, eBhakta wrote: Umm... :| That would be unfortunate. :$ No doubt people have varying reasons for their interest in Linux. Fortunately there is a conspiracy to save this world, like it or not. Linux is part of that. Might as well accept it. :) Good advice (thanks Robert), to wake up and smell the roses... (lots and lots of roses with Hare Krishna). :) Unfortunately some of your words don't particularly resemble anything to do with the very sweet smell of the rose... :( The rose is very sweet smelling. So, good advice to all, to try smelling a rose (especially a Hare Krishna rose), and find out what sweetness is. :)
Re: OT: Xtra broadband
Possibly a little too late to reply to this, but I notice you got an ORCON address... Seen their deal? 128 up/256 down/No Cap, for Cheaper than Telecom are doing it. Might be easier to do that as an existing customer too Andy George On Sunday 07 November 2004 20:40, dave G wrote: Hi all I see telecom are offering a broadband starter promotion this month (for existing customers?) - no this isn't a promo plans start at $39.95 for 256 kbs/1GB allowance up to $69.95 for 2Mbs/10Gb allowance plans include free xtra broadband single pc self install kit and jetstream connection etc. ($99) - supposedly compatible with linux etc. I am reasonably keen on switching from my current dialup/second line setup but don't know much about the pros and cons of broadband, I will keep googling but would appreciate any suggestions/recommendations etc. ...eg .the 1GB cap seemed a bit on the low side to me etc.
Re: OT: Xtra broadband
Here here. Andy George Using Paradise to boycott Telecom On Monday 08 November 2004 10:38, C. Falconer wrote: If you can get cable, get cable. The 1:10 international break means that national traffic is sodding cheap. And you're not giving any money to telecom... Gotta be a plus there. -Original Message- From: Robert Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 7 November 2004 9:15 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Xtra broadband On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 20:40, dave G wrote: I will keep googling but would appreciate any suggestions/recommendations etc. ...eg .the 1GB cap seemed a bit on the low side to me etc. ADSL is great. In fact it is fantastic for us at the moment. We do not know why but we seem to be uncapped at the moment. Downloads at 650KB/sec are awesome. It is probably a good idea to shop around a little now for the best deal which suits you. We are currently with Orcon.. For high-speed at an unbeatable price, Orcon's residential DSL service is the right choice! It's 4-8 times the speed of dialup, always-on and has no hidden Telecom charges. 256k downloads * Unlimited usage * No slow-downs
Re: What's going on here?
Hi, Morning Really? It'd be okay to try another dial-up gui setup for Ubuntu... You were running SuSE, last time you emailed. As I remember you were getting on better with SuSE than you were Ubuntu. You didnt just put in a whole swathe of effort getting SuSE to co-operate (mostly) with you, just to smoke it, and reinstall Ubuntu, did you? ;) So, what gui program...? Must've slipped by... SuSE (through YaST) can do PPP Dialup perfectly. If this is inadequate, WVDial is absolutely marvelous at the task. Sure, it's not like Windows DUN, but expecting Linux to be anything like Windows is folly, no? All it takes is Acclimatisation. Which unfortunately takes time, patience, and practise. Time, Patience, and practise are not easy to do, but you get used to it. Hmm... And what about the softlink thing...? Whats a thing? Good to see if the default gui can be configured to work with wvdial first though, before trying the other idea... WVDIAL instructions After configuring WVDIAL.CONF (found in the /etc directory) Crtl-Alt-F2 Log in as yourself, with your password wvdial enter watch it go! Ctrl-Alt-F7 :$ Get that dialin' gui thing worked out for Ubuntu... sometime, perhaps, all things going well. ;) I dont know Ubuntu at all. If you've changed to Ubuntu, I cant help you. Sorry. Andy George
OT: Obituary
It is with great sadness, that I must inform you of the death of a once proud project, to resurrect, run, and through the cable modem, share, an AS400 System 36/9402. This had the possibility of happening, but not while I didnt know a damn thing about them. Wesley will surely be as crushed, or at least disappointed as I with the surrender, as the machine was his, and it was initially his plan with it too. In my internet travels, and talking with people about the AS400, I learn that I had a shot at attaching the server to the network, running a terminal emulator for it, and Remote Administering it from the SuSE box. This remote shot was quelled by the discovery of a Network Card fault (locked on TX), and a still horrific lack of knowledge about the machine in the first instance. I will keep the machine, on the off chance that suitable parts/knowledge comes my way slowly to restore the old girl to her working glory, and share the machine with you all, but until that happens, she will be missed.
Re: SuSE/KDE Linux...
On Saturday 06 November 2004 17:46, Bhaktavatsala Dasa wrote: Hi, Morning Am seriously considering going back to W#$%ows... It's your computer, your choice of Operating System, but one of the considerations (of which there are many), is What are you most comfortable driving? Linux or Windows? Can you honestly say you gave linux your best shot, and after 100% effort, it still wasnt happy? Am I right in reflecting, that you've only given SuSE a week, at most. Surely not enough time to come to grasps with the hows, and whys as am finding SuSE/KDE annoyingly buggy... and am not getting replies to tech questions in order to resolve said bugs, etc. Yes, there are minor tweaks that you have to overcome, one of mine, being the keyboard issue. YaST assumed my keyboard was German. Easy enough to change, but you have to have SOME Linux experience behind you before you even ASSUME to look for the setting to change. Only time, and messing with it can give you experience. Your typing seems to have settled somewhat since your last email. Why not sit back, have a play then write out a list to the group, of all the things you'd like, things you cant do, things you'd want to change, concerns you might have, and let us have at one BIG question, rather than 1/2 dozen little ones. At least there has been success with getting the modem going under Linux, and getting connected with Linux. Thank you for the help in this regard. Wishing well, always... Regards, Bhaktavatsala Dasa (Vatsala) @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~vatsalaji - Hare Krishna! Awaiting a deluge of issues, to try my hand at. Andy George SuSE 9.1
Re: SuSE/KDE Linux...
On Saturday 06 November 2004 18:03, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 16:00, Andy George wrote: Awaiting a deluge of issues, to try my hand at. You might be looking forward to the deluge, but many of us apprehensive about the forthcoming flood in our Inboxes. I wonder therefore if you would be so kind as to do you stuff either on IRC, or some other IM system, or indeed by private email. Happy with that, but I will be the first to admit that I dont know the second thing about SuSE linux, and the first thing about his particular installation of it. Also happy to deal with this on IRC, happen to have an IRCD that he can use too. Assuming he's going to accept advice, and send one big (Hint: relevant) email, rather than 400 small ones, then the level of emails SHOULD (tongue in cheek) be acceptable to all. Andy George irc.jenoa.net but MAKE A TIME TO MEET ME HERE!
Final word on the Packard Bell Dilemma
I got it to go... Knowledge base on SuSE website suggested pressing and holding SHIFT while it boots. This forced a TEXT ONLY menu, where I could see the NOACPI setting. Choosing that, the installation proceeded as smoothly as the other PCs. Thanks to everyone that threw help into the ring. It was a hell of an adventure, but I'm glad it's over... Andy George
semi related stuff...
On Wednesday 03 November 2004 12:10, you wrote: Wiki wiki wiki it! Whats Wiki? No, stop laughing, I'm serious... :)
Re: semi related stuff...
On Wednesday 03 November 2004 12:24, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 06:20, Andy George wrote: On Wednesday 03 November 2004 12:10, you wrote: Wiki wiki wiki it! Whats Wiki? No, stop laughing, I'm serious... :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWikiWeb Nice... Bookmarked!
OT: Initialisms (Was GUI User...)
Another procmail recipe candidate I fear? wadr, rtmf my friend. Gleening a probable meaning from RTFM for RTMF, but WADR stumps me...
Packard Bell Dilemma
What I have: Packard Bell I-Media, or E-Media, or whatever they called themselves back then... PIII-700 Slot CPU 128 MB SD Ram 15GB IDE 24* IDE CD Rom (cause the DVD Rom blew up) VooDoo 3-2000, 3dfx, 8 meg Video Card 15 Philips Monitor (105S) Creative 128 AudioPCI (Soundblaster legacy) RTL8139 PCI Network Card Standard arrangement of PS2 mouse, keyboard, and all that. Nothing USB attached What I need: I wanna introduce my wife to the awe and wonder of SuSE Whats going wrong with this theory: I plug in the first CD, get as far as the Many versions of Welcome screen, and the entire process stops. No errors, no beeps, the CD Rom goes idle (stops working), but no Install Menu... I would have thought that the internals of Merlin would have been pretty straight forward, but having spoken to Volker about it, I'm now suspecting that there might be a hardware conflict of some description. Weird as that may sound. Any thoughts? I have no problem with researching a cure for this, but heck, it's not offering me a lot to work with... Andy George
Re: OT: Initialisms (Was GUI User...)
On Tuesday 02 November 2004 00:20, Rex Johnston wrote: Robert Fisher wrote: Another procmail recipe candidate I fear? wadr, rtmf my friend. Gleening a probable meaning from RTFM for RTMF, but WADR stumps me... Got me too. Google throws up a few options but none which fit the context. With All Due Respect, Read The Mother .. Procmail? I don't even want it to get that far. Rex Ah. With All Due Respect. Hand that man a Cigar! Well done...
Re: Packard Bell Dilemma
Can you change to another virtual console? Ctrl-Alt-F1? F2 during startup? Cheers, Rex Quick responce before I go do all the BIOS suggestions... No luck with Alt --- or Alt --- or for that matter Ctrl-Alt-F* Sorry... Nothing...
Re: Packard Bell Dilemma
In regard to the Packard Bell, further information... BIOS reset to Factory Defaults (with the exception of the Packard Bell splash screen, thats just wrong...) Replaced the CD Rom with a Known Good CD Burner. The CDRom found a new home in a windows 2000 server, and is operating fine. Before I swapped it, it booted from a Windows XP Install CD, well. The SuSE CD found it's way into the CD Burner, same dilemma. Welcome screen then death. No amount of coersion into console changing will be entered into by the PC at all... Almost like it's hanging. A quick check of the NUMLOCK button/light initially says that the machine hasnt hung, just not DOING anything. When I get home from work, I'll run all the hardware components past the HCL list for SuSE 9.1 and see if there's any known issues with anything. Andy George
Re: Packard Bell Dilemma
On Tuesday 02 November 2004 01:41, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Replaced the CD Rom with a Known Good CD Burner. The CDRom found a new home in a windows 2000 server, and is operating fine. Before I swapped it, it booted from a Windows XP Install CD, well. The SuSE CD found it's way into the CD Burner, same dilemma. Perhaps the CD is faulty? Do you have another SuSE or Linux machine available? There are media md5 sums in my susegrep-data packages, but the md5 for 9.1 cd1 is cae3c4422f94a6bc97b35976ef0b760f Please check that cd first. Here's the bit that makes this whole ordeal a little bit spooky. The boot CD (SuSE CD#1) boots just fine in any number of different machines I have dotted around the place (including that Quad Processor beast you saw at the last installfest). It's just this Packard Bell thats having issues. IBM Netfinity Server - Perfect InterGraph Server - Perfect Compaq Deskpro P200 - Perfect P166 Homebuild - Perfect PIII 450 Homebuild - Perfect P4 2.8 Laptop - Perfect PIII700 Packard Bell - Fails every time. When I get home from work, I'll run all the hardware components past the HCL list for SuSE 9.1 and see if there's any known issues with anything. Leave that for later, the components look pretty standard to me. Rex already came up with some excellent ideas. apic/irq trouble looks like a likely cadidate to me too. Select the safe option from the initial boot menu, This is the boot menu I just dont get. Weird, isnt it... I see a likely candidate for perusal at the next installfest... this turns off all the fancy stuff like apic. But check the hardware and reset the bios to defaults first. Select no PnP OS for Linux; you should leave all DMA + IRQ settings on auto if you only have PCI cards. You could try not to allocate IRQs to some on-board devices (graphics card, parallel port, ...) if the bios allows it and see if it makes a difference. Volker Further news... Adjusting the bios from OPTIMAL, to ORIGINAL, to FAILSAFE produced no change, and certainly no happiness. Ohh, and while I'm thinking about it, the bootdisk idea had the same fate too. I personally think it doesnt like me. :) Andy George
Re: Packard Bell Dilemma
On Tuesday 02 November 2004 02:09, Rik Tindall wrote: Andy, what was your server box that SuSE got put on to start with? Intel P3? Quad P200, I see where your going. I have successfully installed SuSE on other Intel machines from the very same CD thats acting up in the 700... It's just this Packard Bell thats being unco-operative. Andy George
Re: GUI user...
On Tuesday 02 November 2004 11:23, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: Paul at e-caf has SuSE 9.2 I believe. He has very reasonable prices too. really? think it might be worth a go in this PB?
Further to the PB issue
I've just scouted out the HCL for SuSE 9.x Of the system components, I found in the machine... two just do not appear in the list, which raises eyebrows Intel PIII700 cartridge processor didnt appear. The 600 did, and the 800 did, but the 700 didnt. This isnt too much of a worry though, cause hell... If the 600 works, and the 800 works, I dont see a whole raft of reasons why the 700 wouldnt. The MS6168 motherboard didnt appear. The MS6163 and MS6167 do, but the MS6168 doesnt. This is the thing that concerns me a bit, cause SuSE might be having a hard time with the BIOS version/make itself. BIOS - AMIBIOS version 2.96 I dont see too much there in the way of a BIOS compatability list, so maybe someone can yay or nay my BIOS? Andy George
OT I've about had enough, really...
Linux related question Can spam assassin filter mail on a word in content? If I wanted to filter out Hare Krishna cause I've heard just about enough about it, I can halt the flow of 1,000,000+ emails about the damn thing, yes? I havent read any more than the 9th email, so if the thread HAS stopped, then cool! I dont have to turn all evangelical, and unleash Billy Graham on everyone. If it has stopped, then accept my appologies, and I shall shut up from here. Andy Doesnt WANT to be a Hare Krishna! George
Re: GUI user...
On Monday 01 November 2004 21:36, eBhakta wrote: Hi, *** Destructive Editing *** So, what to do? Where are the competent experts to resolve all these crazy issues? You got them? Isn't that what the list is for? Now there are heaps of emails bombarding the inbox here (from other Linux lists as well), just in order to resolve a few petty issues in getting it going on a couple of insignificant computers! Sh#t!!! The other system is up and running, so, gunna stick with that for a while, thank you! Didn't expect it would be such a trip to configure Linux to work... :$ And now it's crapped out! Hey! Guess what...! Linux/Windows or not, though foolish people think differently, there is NO life without Hare Krishna! Sincerely etc., Bhaktavatsala Dasa (Vatsala) *** Destructive Editing *** Wow. Quite the raft of hostility, uncommon coming from one who has patience, and a deeper understanding of Hare Krishna than anyone else here. Often the wise know, that biting the hand that feeds you, leads to starvation. The result of this little rant, being that people might very well, suddenly wash their hands of your situation, and your on your own with it. The section I've reflected here, is to point out that your attached to a linux Users Group... a Group of people that use, and appreciate Linux. Not the Linux Experts Group... Not the Jump when Vatsala barks Group... The Linux Users Group. Perhaps you might think about retreating from this, have a little reflect on your approach angle, and appreciate the help that you get, from volunteers. Attacking your computer issues by yourself, can be a long and painful process. Andy George
Re: OT: 21 monitors - group order
On Sunday 31 October 2004 21:46, motivated wrote: I'm a newbie so please excuse me if I'm getting this wrong. I'm hanging out for the first meeting and in the meantime my mailbox is filled up with all your mail. So I received this email: Paul Wilkins wrote: C. Falconer wrote: I'm putting together an order for some ex lease 21 CRT monitors. If anyone wants to join me in buying some I will add you to my order. If its ok for a newbie to jump in here I would be very interested in 2 thanks. Let me know how you want payment to be arranged. Bank transfer, I can drop off cash, pay in advance if required. Regards Kelvyn Ditfort Welcome to the group, and it looks like a perfectly timed and executed addition to the list to me. Well done, look forward to seeing more like this. Andy George
Suse on a Packard Bell Laptop
Number of questions, which you might like a stab at... Hardware: Packard Bell M7 Notebook Intel 2.8Ghz Processor 512 MB Ramn 60 Gb IDE drive DVD Writer, Toshiba 1031 Built in LAN, SiS900 Winmodem, eeeurgh! ATI Radeon 9600, Mobility M10, 64 MB LCD Laptop screen obviously, but no idea what it is... USB Mouse and Keyboard Software: Suse Professional 9.1, plus updates (when they finish downloading) Problems: Desktop Network Navigation doesnt work, with either the Linux Server (Samba), or the Windows 2000AS File server. Both fail, shortly after the name/password phase. Note: fortunately, i believe i've got around this via the smbmount command smbmount //dunedin/ddrive /home/andy/ddrive -o username=* password=* rw uid=500 I need an email client that can archive (or save to file) emails, if anyone has any suggestions I've having difficulties with movies. Can SuSE be coersed into playing WMV files (Windows Media) without the need to wun Windows MEdia player with WINE? AVI's that I have have been written either with the DivX 3 or 5 codec. SuSE doesnt play these at all well... Is it possible that they, and MPEG movies can again...be played by SuSE (say Kaffeine) without the need to load a Windows player thru WINE...? I believe SuSE has taken it's best guess at my Video Card... Unfortunately this is an enormous card, which is limited by it's drivers... SuSE cant use the 3D accelerator, for games. I love games, so does my son. It'd be good to see SuSE 3D games if I can. Anyone done this, or throw a suggestion in the hat?
[OT] Um..Volker...
resend your phone number again please... I wrote it down on the same piece of paper I spilled coffee on... :/
Re: yast online update server
Slow, but getting there. The current project is installing Cable Internet, which happened today... Trying to establish a Paradise Logon... Wont go. On the phone to Telstra now. I *did* get the machine to go in Suse though! (using SuSE to reply to this mail) On Friday 27 August 2004 14:09, Rik Tindall wrote: How's your raid server box turned out Andy? Interesting project. Cheers, Rik Andy George wrote: Server is mirror.pacific.net.au directory is linux/suse/i386/9.1 It's working for me Andy George
Re: yast online update server
::chuckles:: It's OK Volker, Some yutz on their end forgot to activate my account, so my password wasnt working at all... It's rectified now, so... Cable Internet is extremely fast... I've thrown my 56k modem away (fig) Galaxy is running SuSE! SMP is happy, Raid is humming along nicely, LAN is perfection-on-a-stick Goliath is also running SuSE now. Goliath is a bigger server so I wasnt all THAT keen on bringing it to the meeting. On Saturday 28 August 2004 15:18, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: which happened today... Trying to establish a Paradise Logon... ?? You just plug the ethernet cable into the modem and the back of your computer, and program the computer's ethernet interface with the IP you've been given - that's it. Investigate the settings of SuSEfirewall2, if you're paranoid, before plugging in.
