Re: iMac upgrade
On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 13:00 +1300, Craig FALCONER wrote: Hey all Just to let you know that I've sucessfully put a 40 Gb IDE drive into my imac, and I've got OSX 10.3.something installed fine. I couldn't install 10.4 cos school's copy was on DVD not CD. I can assist or advise if you want to change the hard drive. How are you all going with yours? Ken says: When Ubuntu sent me a dozen copies of 5.04 for Intel they included a couple for PowerPC and one for AMD64. Magnum Mac wanted $300 for OSX and it didn't come on CD. At home I discovered some of the reasons why OS9 had to be upgraded to *nix OS10 in 2002: several things need unicode support, for example. And my daughter wanted to print with her $230 Brother HL2040 laser. So I installed Ubuntu on the iMacs. I'm delighted. Daughter is delighted. Everything works. And the right-hand mouse button on those splendid Apple optical one-button mice is, as everyone but me knew already, F12. Three cheers for Ubuntu!
Re: [OT:joke] forums
IMHO - yes definitely. At this time of year, particularly. Me too
Re: [OT:joke] forums
Brilliant. Thank you, Nick
Brilliant programme, thanks
A real convenience. Could you please insert a line, as my browser shows for example, Brides 11:15am, 5:15pm Gallipoli 7:15pm Gloomy Sunday 2:30pm, 9:00pm Me and My Sister 1:15pm, 4:00pm My Mother India At first, second, and third glance, it seems that Gallipoli is at 7.15 and Gloomy Sunday screens twice. This is not the case. Thanks and congratulations again from Christchurch.
Re: linux printers
On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 00:02 +1300, Philip Charles wrote: ... a Brother HL-2040 Laser a week or so ago. ... I am very happy with it. Me too. $230 from Bond and Bond, Riccarton Mall. Plugs straight in. Fast, cheap. OT: I've installed two as DOS-capable LPT1 replacement printers for a legacy DOS programme.
Re: Control K B-for-block (Was Joe editor)
On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 11:52 +1300, Mike Pearce wrote: Text Cut/Paste etc - Also known as block commands To mark the Beginning of the text use^KB To make the End of the text use ^KK To Move marked block to current location ^KM To copy to current location use ^KC To delete marked block ^KY It's all coming back to me! WordStar, circa 1980. The Kaypro Portable (15 cm green screen, 10 mb hard drive) was something like $10 000. Only used car dealers and sheep farmers could afford them.
OT, but probably LOL, possibly ROTFL
Forwarded Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EngFor] Humour -- A difficult thing for English Learners to Understand Dear Members, My sister Rosemary sent this to me today. Because the humour in this post is very subtle and tied to the understanding of vocabulary usage, I will explain any questions that you may have. Matthew -- After every flight. Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a gripe sheet which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems and document their repairs on the form and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded by the maintenance engineers (marked with an M). By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident. P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. M: Almost replaced left inside main tire. P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough. M: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft. P: Something loose in cockpit. M: Something tightened in cockpit. P: Dead bugs on windshield. M: Live bugs on back-order. P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent. M: Cannot reproduce problem on ground. P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear. M: Evidence removed. P: DME volume unbelievably loud. M: DME volume set to more believable level. P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick. M: That's what they're for. P: 1FF inoperative. M: 1FF always inoperative in OFF mode. P: Suspected crack in windshield. M: Suspect you're right. P: Number 3 engine missing. M: Engine found on right wing after brief search. P: Aircraft handles funny. M: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious. P: Target radar hums. M: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics. P: Mouse in cockpit. M: Cat installed. And last of all ... P. Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer. M: Took hammer away from midget.
RE: What to do with an old mac
On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 20:20 +1300, Craig FALCONER wrote: Anyone have a use for a powerbook 170? Apparently its linux capable, but four Mb ram and no ethernet is somewhat limiting. Yes, please. Portable word-processing. How much?
Re: [OT] Recommendations for CV/Resume Writers
... in all it's glorious detail ... Yeah, right. Up there with a current of a million volts
Re: Looking for recommendations for a good value laser printer
On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 15:46 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote: The old Laserjet 4P in my 'office' at home is on its last legs and I'm looking for advice on a good value replacement that will work under both Linux and Windows. I've fairly much decided to stick with a laser as the cost per page is substantially less than that of an inkjet so if anyone can recommend a good value laser for light duty use I'd appreciate it. Brother HL2040 from Bond Bond, Riccarton Mall recently. 600 dpi, claimed 20 ppm, toner and drum replaced separately ($70 for 2500 copies and $200 for 12 000 copies). Parallel and USB.I couldn't see any specified differences between it and the next model at $450. The staff are completely ignorant but well-meaning and willing. They pushed things off a desk in the cluttered office so I could google for reassurance, and they gave me a week to return it if it didn't work under Linux. Price $250 less 10% for cash.
Re: Another job for someone
I saw this advertisement: a job selling a computer service. Small businesses (including schools) get, in effect, their own IT department. I have a school in mind, I said, keen to get on the road. Five computers, lots of staff laptops, a computer room with 20 screens. No qualified staff, endless trouble, no Internet all through term I because of viruses ... needs Linux. Well, wash my mouth with soap! In real life, Microsoft help us to migrate people to Windows, the promoters said. We'll train you in selling Windows. Anyone out there yet doing it faster, better, and cheaper with OSS and need a salesperson?
Re: GLU workshop July 6th +SFD
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 19:11 +1200, Richard Tindall wrote: if enough people say yes, and nobody says no, I would post an attached .sxw copy here. Please do: it's on topic, it's interesting, it's not large, and opening it is optional.
TelstraClear and MTU low. (Continued)
My email with Jim's observations, and TelstraClear's automated reply, are recursing, but it's now taking a day or so at their end to automate it. Each reply is still labelled Problem solved. There is no evidence yet of intelligent life. /snip/ Sorry, this is turning in to a rant. But lowering MTU to 250 isn't a fix, it's proof that your ISP have a problem that must be fixed. -jim Your question has been received. Below is up to 5 Items that the System has identified as containing keywords from your question, please check these for possible answers to your question. If they Do Not solve your question please reply in the space between the lines below. [=== Please enter your reply below this line ===] [=== Please enter your reply above this line ===] Question Reference No050624-000239 Date Created: 24/06/2005 10.18 AM Last Updated: 24/06/2005 04.03 PM Status: Solved
Telstra-Clear and MTU (Was: Puzzle, ppp)] [Incident:050617-000743]]
Here's TelstraClear's response. It was almost instantaneous. Not one of the five web-pages mentions MTU. I shall persevere. Doesn't the last word make a brave sound? From: TelstraClear Helpdesk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your question has been received. Below is up to 5 Items that the System has identified as containing keywords from your question, please check these for possible answers to your question. Cannot Establish connection/frequent disconnections. Setting up forwarding on a Clear.net mailbox. Problems sending large email attachments. What is a Virus, Trojan, Worm? Cannot connect via Clear.net but can via another ISP Question Reference No050617-000743 Date Created: 17/06/2005 06.34 PM Status: Solved
Puzzle apparently solved; MTU the clue (Was: Puzzle, ppp)
On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 17:35 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: In the account setting in kppp click on customise pppd arguments and add mtu xxx as a parameter. where xxx is a number. before doing this take a look at the output of ifconfig ppp0 when you are connected and see what the mtu is set to, and try something smaller. Both problems (not sending email with more than a few words, and not receiving secure web pages) are apparently solved by taking mtu in stages down to 250.The original setting (from ifconfig) was apparently MTU:1500. I wonder what made the change necessary? Switching from Mandrake to Ubuntu? Switching from Ubuntu to Mandrake? I found it very messy and tedious getting Ubuntu on line (dial-up), although my daughter's installation had previously gone smoothly. I wonder why Telstra Clear didn't suggest MTU to me? Perhaps they would have if they'd known. Thanks again Nick and Jim
Re: Puzzle apparently solved; MTU the clue (Was: Puzzle, ppp)
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 12:09 +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: ... lowering MTU to 250 isn't a fix, it's proof that your ISP have a problem that must be fixed. Thanks, Jim. I've addressed a pointed note to Clear, and I'll post any reply. DHYB.
Puzzle, probably perfectly preventible (Part 2)
And I can't send emails more than a few words long, or emails with attachments. Connection timed out - mail not sent
Puzzle, probably perfectly preventible (Part 1)
On changing from Mandrake 10.1 to Ubuntu, and since changing back again, I can't log on to secure (https) pages.
Re: A 'Puter Funny
Derek Smithies wrote: Suddenly, There's not half the files there used to be, And there's a milestone hanging over me The system crashed so suddenly. MILLstone
Re: OpenOffice
Ian Laurenson wrote: On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 12:56, Ken McAllister wrote: Hopeful Question: The manual line break, shift-enter or otherwise, that appears in View Non Printing Characters as a little box - does anyone know a way of searching for this and replacing it? I answer my own question: apparently in Oo (and So7, my current WP) you can search within paragraphs, not FOR the beginning or end of a paragraph. ... checkout IannzFindReplace from http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ A very attractive macro. Works in SO7 too, in whole document. Run in selected text in SO7 the macro returns an error message Variable already defined If you liked WP 4.2 then you might like my RevealCodes macro also available at the above URL. The macros and the site are very worth while. Thank you, Ian.
Re: Newbie - Christopher Sawtell's help (was: wanting to backup Ubuntu settings)
Christopher Sawtell wrote: Put floppy in drive find ~ | cpio --create /dev/fd0 Good until ... the diploma course you will discover at:- man ... have fun. Dear All I too have boggled my mind with 3 500 000 Google pages and I've researched every Rute Manual index reference that seems remotely relevant. My understanding of relevant is obviously faulty. I'd love help, in similar brief words and Man-pages as Chris's help above. I've got two computers, Mandrake 10.0 and Mandrake 10.1, a couple of metres apart, both with one parallel port, and I have a Lap-link parallel cable. Can I connect the computers and, at the command prompt or otherwise, send files from one to the other? I have one printer, on one computer's parallel port. Can I, by means of one of those old parallel switches or otherwise, use the printer from either computer? Much obliged in advance (gratitude, they say, is a lively sense of future favours) Ken McAllister
Re: Rosegarden (was Win4Lin (inc. Noteworthy))
On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:08:37 +1300 I wrote: I was a year out of date in my Googling. How time flies. Nick Rout wrote: I don't understand what you are on about here. Although I had Googled, it is some time since I Googled. The sites I visited then have changed now. Thanks for the lead to the up-to-date Rosegarden. Thanks for the advice on the clock, too. In Mandrake 10, right-click on clock, open DrakClok, tick ntp, type in nz.pool.ntp.org.
Re: Win4Lin (inc. Noteworthy)
david merriman wrote: ... Noteworthy Composer, a music composition program, and the only program I need Windows for. Audio (MIDI) playback is essential. If I can get it running under Linux, I can wipe Windows off the box completely :-) . Me, too. Any other music programme for Linux would do that (a) plays the tune through the computer speakers (b) prints the blobs and lines (c) allows cut-and-paste of those blobs and lines, including transpositions up and down the staff. Google has lead me to, apparently, any two out of the three. I'd love to save time by hearing advice. Ken McAllister
Re: Win4Lin (inc. Noteworthy)
Nick Rout wrote: I think you both want rosegarden. my son believed for one short minute that i really had learned to play a Bach sonata on our (midi equipped) electric piano Yes! Issue of December 16, apparently. I was a year out of date in my Googling. How time flies. My clock's fast, too. (OT) Why does my computer gain 15 seconds a day? It's rarely turned off.
Re: VMWARE LUG offer ......
Someone wrote: What's happening about this? Are we anywhere in the running? 6 pm Sunday I just registered for something, although (a) it wouldn't accept my email address (already registered) and I had to supply another, and (b) at no stage did it ask me what LUG I was claiming to be President of, and (c) at no stage did I claim to be President of a LUG, and (d) I had to answer 21 questions about the product, which I know little about. Probably by not downloading the enormous PDF of terms and conditions I have made myself liable for Guantanamo Bay. I await an email from them, Guantanamo Bay or not, and I'll post results here.
[Fwd: VMware LUG Program]
Original Message From: - Sat Jan 29 18:02:00 2005 X-UIDL: 79-1071967500 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from fep8 (fep8-yellow.clear.net.nz [192.168.16.108]) by local-daemon (CLEAR Net Mail) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:48:33 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from london.vmware.com (london.vmware.com [208.48.65.103]) by mx2.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:48:32 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from weblogic-dev (unknown [172.16.16.24])by london.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE74E4B8076 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:48:29 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:48:29 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: VMware LUG Program X-Envelope-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Original-recipient: rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Ken McAllister, Thank you for applying for the VMware Linux User Group Presidents Program. We will contact you shortly regarding your application. If you have any questions, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best Regards, The VMware Team
Re: VMWARE LUG offer ...... what's in it for VMWARE?
Nick Rout wrote:... heres the text: In consideration VMware asks that each Linux Group President inform his or her colleagues, associates and Linux user group members of the benefits that he or she receives from using VMware products. a Linux User Group President must submit the Linux User Group Members email address to VMware. ** It's true that the last sentence doesn't say all addresses. But when they ask, in terms of Condition So-and-so, Whom have you told about us? the only practical way our Presidential Nominee can reply is by making available the complete LUG address list. 11. By participating .., you are consenting to receive e-mail advertisements ... and you are consenting to have ... third part(ies)...contact you If you do not want to ... receive ... e-mail, then do not participate ** Fair enough. They give away 1000 discs. They get 1000 Lugs. 1000 Lugs! That's a valuable list. It's clean, up-to-date, and spammable, although I am sure the honourable people at VMWARE have no intention to spam. Instead, if they sell - who knows - 10 000 extra discs at a rebate off the full price, then for the cost of the rebate they've got a legitimately spammable, sellable list, with irrevocable permission to contact, and contact, and contact ... I don't mind. My filters can cope. I hereby give permission for our President to (a) tell me the benefits of VMWARE (b) tell VMWARE that they can contact me for confirmation that I've been told the benefits of VMWARE. Ken McAllister PS Free licence for five others? Yes please.
Re: VMWARE LUG offer ...... what's in it for VMWARE?
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: I beg to differ. Pres can say I told every subscriber of http://CLUG, and vmware can spam that... Volker Ah. Um. Thanks. My clock's wrong, too. Ken
Re: OT: Linux PC's for sale...
Chris Wilkinson wrote: ... My other system is still for sale... AthlonXP 2500+, 512MB DDR RAM, 40+20GB hard disks, GeForceFX5600 gfx, USB2x6, 10/100LAN, Combo drive, Epson Perfection 1260 scanner, 19 high-res monitor, and much more...running Mandrake 10.0, and Fedora Core 3...runs *very* nicely... Was asking $1500, but that now drops to $1200... ...and as an incentive to CLUG list members I'll offer the machine as specified above for $900. I also forgot to mention it includes a nice desk (with wheels) and a chair... Okay, Chris. (3.30 pm) Address? Ken McAllister
Re: Mandrake 10.1 Official and autoconf/automake
Phil said automake is on the fourth MDK 10.1 CD. ... which I haven't got. I couldn't understand why Mozilla wasn't spell-checking my emails any more. Same answer.
Re: Computer names, was RE: Opinions re choice of CPU; marginally on topic
Col wrote: i got a workstation named belenus. can you guess the hardware? My guess is a Sun. Col. Google 1, 2, 3, and 4 out of 15,900 Elektronische Ersatzteilkataloge + Service-Informationssysteme von ... - [ Translate this page ] Standardsoftware zur automatisierten Erstellung von Ersatzteilkatalogen für CD, Internet, PocketPC und Papier. Dienstleistungen wie Kataloghosting, Datenaufbereitung ... www.belenus.com/ - 20k - Cached - Similar pages Belenus Belenus is the Gaulish/Celtic god of light, and referred to as 'The Shining One'. ... Belenus is in charge of the welfare of sheep and cattle. ... www.pantheon.org/articles/b/belenus.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages Belenus ... Belenus. Symbol(s): Horse, Wheel. Belenus (The Shining One), later known as Beli Mawr, refers to the Continental Sun-God of the Celts. ... www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/ Ancient_religions/Europe/belenus.htm - 17k - Cached - Similar pages Belenus: The Continental Celtic Solar God Belenus meaning 'bright' or 'brilliant', refers to the Continental Sun-God of the Celts. ... The fire festival Beltene is probably related to Belenus. ... www.kernunnos.com/deities/belenus.html - 3k - Cached - Similar pages To use Googling is cheating, really. I didn't know before I googled, so don't send a chocolate fish.
Re: OT Rute User's Tutorial - Paul Sheer
I haven't read the licence but if there is any way, by offering folding money or otherwise to any of the people on this or any list, that I can take action to bring about the printing of a single copy for my own use, I shall choose to do so. D'you take Visa or shall I come round with cash? Ken McAllister
Re: What do I give my parents [OT.. Macs]
Edwin F wrote: On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:38:04 +1300, Steve Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could prise my matt aluminium PowerBook from my cold, dead fingers. For free? :P Ancillary costs - a dollar for the rifle cartridge, running costs for the getaway car, usual honorarium for the Clug duty lawyer to explain overwhelming passion.
Bart Simpson cartoon
It's only a 5.2k Gif, so I hope it sneaks through as an attachment. Bart writing lines at a chalkboard: I will use Google before asking dumb questions. I will use Google before asking dumb questions. inline: BartSimpson.gifinline: mepislovers.com/uploads/cavt419909d7668b8.gif
Re: ignorate priciple's
It's the greengrocer's apostrophe that really sets my teeth on edge, as in potatoe's and banana's cheap today and tin's of sardine's 50c.
What distro? Was:: New 'recruit'
Advice please, but I must declare an interest: we want to make some money. The back-story has three parts. Part 1: Andy George's eulogy on Suse /Quote/ ... My friend has owned a Windows ME equipped PIII for a whole week, before it got ... scripting attacks, as you'd expect ... It had worms, and Trojans,... 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 to its senses ...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 ... One more story of End user + SuSE Linux = Happy Family... /unquote/ Part 2: I forwarded the letter above to a friend in the trade, with a cover note. let's put a Linux package together and see how many we can shift before Christmas. Part 3: He replied: From: Care Free Computing [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Not a silly idea ... Try out the following for entry level - AMD Sempron 2.4GHz, 256MB Ram - 40 GB Hard Drive, 52 Speed CD Writer - 56k Lucent Modem, Keyboard and Optical Mouse - 17 CRT Philips Monitor - Standard one year warranty Could supply for say $850 inc GST, so if you sold for $950 would make $100 a unit! Good profit for you! What Linux do you use, have mandrake 10 here but as I have to support windoze haven't played with it a lot,... you can maybe support people with the Linux. /end/ - Three million Google references suggest that Lucent = winmodem. The Lucent should be swapped for an external modem, shouldn't it? What distro? Xandros for CD writing? I expect that a printer, a sound card, and speakers will be what the customers want in the basic package. What else? A USB hard drive for backups? Are floppies dead yet? Should we point our dozens - nay, hundreds - of users towards CLUG or sign them up with, say, MandrakeUsers? The average user won't need CLUG. The intelligent, adventurous command-line user will. All advice and comments gladly received. Please snip before bottom-posting!
Restraint
If members were being deliberately provoked, anger would be the desired response, and the provokation would continue. I understand that this is the reason for not feeding trolls. I don't believe that members are being set up. I believe that all we've got is inadequacy, inexperience, a desire to have the last word, and a mind-boggling and quite unfounded self-confidence. Before rushing to condemn, I'm ashamed to admit that I recognise myself at 20. It's no credit to me that my acquaintances put up with me forty years ago, and many of them didn't. Let's acknowledge good behaviour with praise and encouragement. Let's ignore not-so-good behaviour and get on with our lives. By all means, if we must, let's write exactly what we feel - but let's send our own rage and frustration to /dev/null, not to the archives. In twelve months time we'll all be a year older and a year wiser. Well, I hope that I will be.
Re: Linux...
Restraint, restraint. Dev/null it. Not for his benefit, not just to keep the archives un-embarrassing, not even for our benefit, but for your own peace of mind. If a fifty-cent light bulb flickers and buzzes, simply switch off. Dont hurl abuse at the light bulb and hurl the light bulb at the wall. Regrettably, the world is full of opportunities for me to rage, scream, and spit the dummy. I am very rarely a good example to others while doing so, I'm afraid.
Re: [Fwd: Ubuntu 4.10 Pressed CDs Status and Last Call]
Jim Cheetham wrote: ... If you would like to order CDs or if you would like to check to see if we have processed your order (we unfortunately cannot track individual shipments), you can log in to the Ubuntu CD Distribution database here: http://shipit.ubunutlinux.org Ken suggests: Try http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org
Re: Ubuntu (was: Re Xandros)
Paul Swafford wrote: Hey all, this is for the chappie who was after Xandros - yesterday. I downloaded it (the Open Circulation version NOT 2.5) So its here if you're still keen. Regards Paul Swafford Sorry to mook thee abaht, lad. Yesterday is past and gone, and tomorrow's out of sight. All I'm taking is your time. Help me make it through the night. Got Ubuntu for folding money? Kind regards Ken McAllister
Re: Re: Linux
Kevin Cosgrove wrote: Hi Ken Are you the Ken McAllister who lived in Waldronville Dunedin and was famous as a scanner listener. ** No, sorry. Jokes aside ** Don't get it, sorry. I am keen to install Linux on my computer but dont know where to start Would you like to give me some advice Ciao Kevin Cosgrove [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Many user groups, such as [EMAIL PROTECTED] run installfests and invite the public. To join, send an e-mail to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Such groups are very helpful. You may google for one in your area. Without joining a group, you may acquire one or another distribution of Linux from magazine CDs or from the Internet or from your local cyber cafe - indeed, from your public library, I imagine. I'll copy this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that anyone can join in with good advice for Kevin Cosgrove. The approach has the feel to me of a sociological experiment. I read of one such in New Scientist. A student sends out 1000 or 10 000 or 1 000 000 emails with a more or less personal touch and grades the responses for friendliness, helpfulness, etc.
Re: Xandros installation
Robert Fisher wrote: I downloaded Xandros Open Circulation edition in the weekend ** I got it off an A.P.C magazine CD It was an absolutely painless installation ... including repartitioning of Win2k. ** Agreed Everything just worked. Even in the Xandros File Manager there were icons to browse Windows and NFS networks and the C drive (ntfs). ** And burn to CD: (1) music, (2) data, (3) erase, (4) copy, (5) show existing CD projects waiting to burn I think it is worth considering for our Installfest although Mandrake 10 is more up to date (2.6 kernel and KDE 3.2) ** It's slower than Mandrake 9.2. (450 Pentium and 384 Mb) StarOffice7 takes 18 seconds to load instead instead of 5. Okay, I usually have StarOffice open all the time. But simply to switch screens takes 3 to 5 seconds. Just for that reason I'll try Mandrake 10, which I remember more and more fondly. Unless there's a man page I don't know about? (I followed a recent thread without success) Ken McAllister
Re: Xandros Desktop OS Open Circulation Edition - Any one got it
Nick Rout wrote: On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 22:36, Nick Rout wrote: On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 22:27, Nick Rout wrote: On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 22:04, Brendan Greer wrote: Hi Is there any one out there with Xandros Desktop OS Open Circulation Edition on CD or a fast internet connection who wouldn't mind Two copies of the April 2004 Australian PC Authority with CD, Xandros Desktop OS Version 2 Standard, are in the letterbox at 125 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, opposite medical centre, marked XANDROS. Take both copies - one CD was faulty and I can't remember which. Xandros installs and works easily. It's slower than Mandrake 9.2 on my Pentium 650, 384 Mb. Ken McAllister
Re: Wiki for CLUG
jim wrote: In the meantime, have a play with the wiki, let me know of any problems with it, and *enjoy*! http://clug.inode.co.nz -jim I edited my own trivial addition to the Thanks Jim page. Oops. Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /var/www/docs/clug/html/lib/ArchiveCleaner.php on line 19 Ken McAllister
Re: Wiki for CLUG
Tried to sign in, with (a) empty password (b) password. OOps. Insufficient permissions Ken McAllister
RUTE (was: How do I see the Fat32 patition?)
Barry wrote: Others have answered your specific question. For a lot of help/advice (for the experienced as well as beginners) I suggest you download the Rute manual. Google for it. Mine is in html and bookmarked in my favourite browser. As you familiarise yourself with it your knowledge of linux will greatly increase. It took six minutes to download on a steam age copper wire modem. I'd been put off by a previous discussion which seemed to involve megadollars and endless trouble. I was wrong! The book is refreshingly straightforward. It is a tutorial. I keep it open in one screen and keep a console open in another (not always root). I'm only up to section 4.10 (out of 44) but I agree with a previous writer: the Rute manual should be on every CD and linked on every website. It will save me endless frustration and save the list a lot of patient re-explaining the wheel. Thank you Barry, and others. Ken McAllister
What's going on, if anything? Returned mail: User unknown
I've been getting one or two of these letters a week, saying that my mail cannot be delivered. The addresses are entirely strange to me. There appears to be no content, just attachments, couple of .tmp attachments in this case. They may not survive forwarding to the list. I never open attachments on principle. Have I been kidnapped and is my address being used for nefarious purposes? How? I've been 100% Linux for ages! Ken McAllister. Original Message From: - Tue May 25 18:47:40 2004 X-UIDL: 28997-1014316118 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: Return-path: Received: from fep8 (fep8-yellow.clear.net.nz [192.168.16.108]) by local-daemon (CLEAR Net Mail) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 25 May 2004 18:27:57 +1200 (NZST) Received: from omr-m01.mx.aol.com (omr-m01.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.1]) by mx2.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 25 May 2004 18:27:57 +1200 (NZST) Received: from rly-xh03.mx.aol.com (rly-xh03.mail.aol.com [172.20.115.232]) by omr-m01.mx.aol.com (v98.19) with ESMTP id RELAYIN8-940b2e75f3bb; Tue, 25 May 2004 02:27:43 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost) by rly-xh03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8/AOL-5.0.0) with internal id CAH09361; Tue, 25 May 2004 02:27:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 02:27:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Mail Delivery Subsystem [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Returned mail: User unknown X-Envelope-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Auto-submitted: auto-generated (failure) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary=CAH09361.1085466463/rly-xh03.mx.aol.com X-AOL-IP: 172.20.115.232 Original-recipient: rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED] The original message was received at Tue, 25 May 2004 02:27:23 -0400 (EDT) from flashcafe.snap.net.nz [203.97.28.214] *** ATTENTION *** Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section labeled: - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -. The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section labeled: - Transcript of Session Follows -. The line beginning with describes the specific reason your e-mail could not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a general translation for other e-mail servers. Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail administrator. --AOL Postmaster - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to air-xh01.mail.aol.com.: RCPT To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... User unknown Reporting-MTA: dns; rly-xh03.mx.aol.com Arrival-Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 02:27:23 -0400 (EDT) Final-Recipient: RFC822; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Remote-MTA: DNS; air-xh01.mail.aol.com Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 02:27:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aol.com (flashcafe.snap.net.nz [203.97.28.214]) by rly-xh03.mx.aol.com (v99_r4.3) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXH310-49c40b2e749263; Tue, 25 May 2004 02:27:22 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: info Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 18:27:01 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary==_NextPart_000_0003_0ECE.221F X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-AOL-IP: 203.97.28.214 X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:XXX:XX X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Security Guidance Kit
Don Gould wrote: I'm more than happy to order their CD I tried. Repeatedly. We cannot accept your order at this time... Please try again later. An own-goal DOS attack? Ken McAllister
