Re: Which Android?

John, Which Android would you recommend? I'm very happy with my Nexus One. I just upgraded it to Android 2.2 (Froyo) and it's great. I haven't seen any other Android phones to compare it with though. Thanks David Kirk

Web Site Slow to Start

see the authentication in any of the logs. -- Thanks David Kirk

Re: Web Site Slow to Start

pretty quickly. Brett, how would I go about adjusting the worker timeout? I'm looking at the apache documentation but I can't find anything. -- Thanks David Kirk

Re: Web Site Slow to Start

Thanks Steve. I thought Brett might have been talking about some setting for the worker module that I couldn't find. I have adjusted the timeout. I'll see how it goes. -- Thanks David Kirk

Postfix Header Rewriting

email. Users authenticate to Trac with Active Directory, so I can login as david. When users send an email to Trac through our Exchange server, the From address comes through as David Kirk da...@mydomain.com. This is what shows up as the Reporter of the ticket. Staff only have access to view

Farewell Meal and Drinks for Chris

. He can also let you know what time it will be. Unfortunately I can't go, but I would like to thank Chris for all his work with the CLUG and wish him the best of luck for the future. -- Thanks David Kirk

Re: Farewell Meal and Drinks for Chris

change my understanding and we'll have the gathering on that day. Ach! Sorry 'bout that. I should have just put the date. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Farewell Meal and Drinks for Chris

OK then well have it on the 2nd. June 6:30pm onwards @ Twisted Hop. Folks should take the above line as the 'Official Announcement'. I'll book a table. I won't be able to make the meal, but I will probably come by a bit later and have a drink with you. -- Later David Kirk

Re: End of monthly meetings

Hey everyone, csawt...@gmail.com wrote: There is also the matter of a few ( hundred ? ) dollars in a bank account for which I am the legal entity. IIRC there were three signatories for the account; you, Nick Rout and David Kirk. If that's correct, then all you have to do is to resign your

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

keen to hear about this. -- Later David Kirk

Re: unsubscribing

Reg, On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Reg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just tried to unsubscribe from the list and a message came back unsubscibe command not recognised how do I unsubscribe then Check your spelling. It should be unsubscribe. -- Later David Kirk

Re: How to change your sender address in the mail server...

]) by bowenvale.pointclark.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FDEEB16FE for linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:45:10 +1200 (NZST) I'd guess your mail server is Postfix. -- Later David Kirk

Re: how do I grep a string of characters from a file?

GCW0FP.gpx being uploaded (limited to 6 characters - numbers/letters all uppercase) You can add your own error checking. -- Later David Kirk

Re: === Meeting Tuesday 13 November 2007 - That's Tomorrow! ===

Don, I've set up reverse proxying to publish a server behind my fw. The logs on the web server show the local ip address of the fw. Is there a way around this? Look at the logs on the reverse proxy instead? -- Later David Kirk

Re: Pre-Order Official Gutsy CDs Now

Chris, or a plan CD/DVD The Centre has CDs, and I think DVDs, for sale very reasonably, but you can take your own. The machine that the files are stored on seems to only have a CDRW/DVD ROM drive. If I wanted to write a DVD, is there a DVD writer available? -- Later David Kirk

Re: sandboxes

account. Log in to it and install your plugin. Surely if you don't mess around with the permissions it can only stuff up things that your temporary user has write access to. When you are finished, just delete the temporary user. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Rebuilding debian boxes from package list...

. -- Later David Kirk

CLUG Accounts

at the bottom of any money that is owing or owed for anything. http://clug.net.nz/index.php/ClugAccounts -- Thanks David Kirk

Re: OT - reading an iso in windows

Barry, In linux I can simply mount the iso and read it. What software / how do I do the same thing in windows (98)? I use 7-Zip. It will allow you to explore all sorts of archives like .iso, .tar, .cpio, .gz, .bz2, .rar, .zip, .rpm, .deb, etc. -- Later David Kirk

Re: CLUG Funds and SFD donation (was something else)

(and probably cheaper) way of getting the word out than advertising in the press. Hands up who takes any notice of the small adds in the Press. I know we are not in this for the money, but there must be better uses for this money than donating it to the Press. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Internet problems recently

? Authentication? Now you should have a better idea of where your problem is. -- Later David Kirk

Re: SQL and PHP

like to hear about dumping and loading databases. I had to move a MySQL database from one server to another using phpMyAdmin. The problem I had was that when the tables were very big, the import would timeout before it completed. -- Later David Kirk

Re: SQL and PHP

that again any time soon, but I'll keep the info for future reference. I'm sure Zane appreciates that too. I know how much he likes to avoid any sort of system administration tasks :-) -- Later David Kirk

Re: Out of network ports - what to do?

able to daisy chain up to 2 switches is incorrect. Our network has at least 10 switches all linked together with redundant links. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Out of network ports - what to do?

network is going to exhaust the MAC address tables. -- Later David Kirk

Re: LTSP guru???

in the appropriate directory. http://www.ltsp.org/README.pxe might help you setting up everything correctly. -- Later David Kirk

Re: LTSP guru???

; filename /lts/vmlinuz-2.6.17.8-ltsp-1; Does /tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz-2.6.17.8-ltsp-1 exist? option root-path 192.168.1.11:/opt/ltsp/i386; } Are your clients using PXE or some other sort of network booting? -- Later David Kirk

Re: LTSP guru???

of network booting are you using (PXE, etherboot floppy or other)? If you are using PXE, check that the kernel listed in /tftpboot/lts/2.6.16.1-ltsp-2/pxelinux.cfg/default is correct. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Ubuntu upgrade to 7.04 gone to sleep

to find out: $ df -h -- Later David Kirk

Re: Ubuntu upgrade to 7.04 gone to sleep

of space in /boot. I would check out the Ubuntu forums as Lyndon suggested. -- Later David Kirk

Re: New Monitor woes

Warwick, There are more at Countdown Beckenham Thanks. I'll let my friend know. -- Later David Kirk

Re: New Monitor woes

and wants one. The two of you might be able to work something out (although if you say they are for sale at Countdown at the moment, I'll let him know). -- Later David Kirk

Re: Projector and screen for February meeting

wiki at http://clug.net.nz/index.php/ClugAccounts (I should get around to updating it with details of the last meeting). -- Later David Kirk

Re: Firewalls talk 14 Nov - slides

for putting in so much effort. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Tuesday's meeting

Nick, OK before I download 1.5 G of DVD DOES ANYONE AGREE WITH THE SUGGESTION OF A MOVIE NIGHT?? I'm happy with the idea of a movie night. I'll bring the jaffas (not the Aucklanders). -- Later David Kirk

Re: Missing Library?

to put the compressed archive in /home/david/src and then it extract to /home/david/src/packagename. -- Later David Kirk

Re: How do I subscribe to the list?

n, RTFM the web site... http://www.clug.net.nz/ isn't the right answer at present. The headers of your e-mail tell you how. Comments: University of Canterbury Linux Users Group List-Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Later David Kirk

Samba Shared Directories Won't Delete

writeable = yes -- Later David Kirk

Re: Samba Shared Directories Won't Delete

at --- test 4455 192.168.1.81 Thu Sep 14 13:33:08 2006 No locked files -- Later David Kirk

nfs Install of SuSE 10.0

GUI. The problem seems to be specific to the SuSE 10.0 and 9.2 network install CD's because I can boot a Knoppix CD on the same box and it gets an IP address via DHCP and I can mount the nfs share. Does anyone have any idea how I should go about fixing this? -- Later David Kirk

Re: Installing Mepis

out of it. I've seen this when using a USB extension cord. If you have an extra USB cable plugged in to extend the cable, try removing it and plugging the keyboard directly in to the USB port on the computer. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Meeting Tomorrow - Tuesday 8 Aug 2006

there? Now might be a good time to make sure you have a gold coin ready for tonight :-) -- Later David Kirk

Re: Ubuntu - software updates query?

Bryce, (I'm not sure but it looks like maybe the files it downloaded went to '/var/cache/apt/archives' – would this be correct? Would I just copy all the files here to a CD?) Yep, that is correct. Just copy all of that to your other installation and let it do it's updates. -- Later David

Re: Ubuntu - package manager?

with these? You will need to install build-essentials. This includes, make, gcc and all the other essential stuff to build things :-) -- Later David Kirk

Re: Roll-your-own boot CD

-matic.net and install LTSP on the server. That way you don't have to stuff around making a custom live CD. You can get your kernel and your filesystem via NFS and start X. Get your display manager to automatically log your terminal in and start your slideshow. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Desktop server upgrade time - Ubuntu or Mepis?

thing I do after an Ubuntu setup is install EasyUbuntu or Automatix. They allow you to install the stuff that Ubuntu won't package for you. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Starting an app on bootup

in ~/.icewm. You can lock IceWM down so it doesn't do anything but run your startup script. I have 4 LTSP terminals running IceWM with a startup script that runs Firefox in kiosk mode and connects to our Intranet. If Firefox is closed it will automatically restart. It works really well. -- Later David

Re: Running problem

the directory you are in now, just type ./program (obviously change program to the name of the program you are running). If that doesn't work, try giving us a bit more information like the error you are getting when you run the program. -- Later David Kirk

Re: VMWare Player...

live CD's don't have something that you need, you can build your own live CD. I did this for our last Installfest. [1] http://www.ltsp.org -- Later David Kirk

Re: local network name resolution

. That should do it. -- Later David Kirk

Re: local network name resolution

. I just did a test. I changed a PC to a static IP address with no DNS servers. I can ping other hostnames, but nslookup fails. If it's not using DNS, then what else could it be? -- Later David Kirk

Re: local network name resolution

Nick, OK interesting, i never knew that. It was more a query than a challenge to what you said. That's ok. I was only guessing when I wrote it initially. I thought I should test it just to be sure. -- Later David Kirk

Re: local network name resolution

and addresses of all your computers to /etc/hosts. -- Later David Kirk

Re: local network name resolution

David Kirk

Re: any nfs gurus out there??

? -- Later David Kirk

Re: any nfs gurus out there??

Steve, How about using /etc/hosts.allow? I take that back. It will still listen on all interfaces, it just won't allow connections from anyone who is not allowed. You could do the same thing in /etc/exports anyway. Sorry, I don't know. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Opening programmes with a terminal window

Bernard,Is it a normal action that when you open a programme in a terminal window, that closing the terminal window also closes the programme?If you type in a command in your terminal screen then that program is reliant on that terminal screen being there (it is running in the foreground). If you

Re: Tomorrow night's meeting

On 5/8/06, Bernard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is David kirk still doing the talk on Linux in the casino?Yes I am. I hope there is other stuff happening as well because I can probably only stretch my talk out to 30 minutes.-- Later David Kirk

Re: Tomorrow night's meeting

On 5/8/06, Bernard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do I need to bring my router. It is working fine under Linux.No. There is a working Internet connection. Just bring the ethernet cable. -- LaterDavid Kirk

Re: OT: List replies

Andrew,When I reply to Bernard, it goes directly to him, not to the list.I expect the opposite to happen.Is there something up with the list, or isit the 'gmail' reply-to problem surfacing at ihug now?Did you have a look at the headers of the e-mail you replied to? Check and you will see:

Re: xnview and sudo apt-get install alien

Bernard,To get your CD repository back, add a custom repository and paste this in:deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restrictedNick's one is from an older version. You are running 'Breezy Badger'. On 4/28/06, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My

Re: X-Server question

at work using Cygwin/X. Instructions are on the wiki at http://clug.net.nz/index.php/Cygwin. -- Later David Kirk

Re: X-Server question

have to update the wiki page. -- Thanks David Kirk

Re: High load average and high waiting time

in the RAID controller and change it to write back caching mode (I think). Now it works nicely. I just transferred a couple of gigs to it and it showed a wait of about 50% -- Later David Kirk

Re: OT: web hosting for club

Carl, Ideally, I'd like a CMS or wiki so that the burden of site updates isn't solely mine. It needs to be cheap. Any recommendations? I use http://www.objectis.net. It's a free Plone hosting site. It's not fast, but it seems to work ok for what I use it for. -- Later David Kirk

Watching .bash_history

broke, and I want to see what he is doing (for educational purposes rather than lack of trust).-- Thanks David Kirk

Re: Watching .bash_history

Thanks guys. Hadley's suggestion of using script looks good to me.It's a shame they have already finished working on the server, but at least I know for next time. You might be able to do something cool likescript -fqa -c /bin/bash /tmp/script_log-- LaterDavid Kirk

Re: Headless box without keyboard will not boot

. You don't want to completely stuff up your BIOS. It is a DOS program, so you might need a DOS boot disk. You only have to run it once. I found a reference to it on the IPCOP site http://ipcop.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=FAQfile=indexmyfaq=yesid_cat=5 -- Later David Kirk

Re: Read this before trying control-alt-backspace

mine as it is. -- Later David Kirk

Re: ADSL link problems

really). That side of the filter is unfiltered. -- Later David Kirk

Re: ADSL link problems

that you did wrong), then they shouldn't charge you the $150. -- Later David Kirk

Re: Just upgraded ubuntu warty to hoary

too. I upgraded a few months ago and it has been very stable. -- Later David Kirk

Re: [OT] Hitchhiker's Guide

I propose the Palms or Riccarton, providing we can get seats in the biggest screen at either venue. I'm keen. Have you got a date in mind? -- Later David Kirk

Re: [OT] Hitchhiker's Guide

Andy, Yes, sorry David, I was going to take my wife. Oh well, I had to try :-) -- Later David Kirk

Re: Bash question - a range of parameters?

Nick, wget www.example.org/pub/download/file{01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09} However it can be tedious to type all that. Is there a way of doing it with a range, like this: wget www.example.org/pub/download/file{01-09} How about wget www.example.org/pub/download/file0[1-9] -- Later David

Re: Bash question - a range of parameters?

was downloading were log files so there were only 0-6. No errors about 7-9 not existing. Maybe it is a difference between cmd.exe and bash? -- Later David Kirk

Re: disk problems / kernel lockups

and see if that makes any difference. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: Just got Mepis 3.3 - password assistance please

, but it wouldn't accept that, so there must be a default one on initial livecd loadup. Have a look at the FAQ on the Mepis web site. http://www.mepis.org/node/5539 -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: X server on SuSE9.2 (success)

on my X-less PC. This has now been done and I have X and sax2 properly installed. OK, got there in the end, thanks to all who helped. Woodsey On Monday 28 February 2005 01:32, David Kirk wrote: Maybe it would be a good idea to go into yast and install sax? -- Later David Kirk ** Beware

Re: [Fwd: Warty Install wont allow WinXP to boot on NTFS partition]

Lindsay, Isn't that the way I have it already as indicated from the output included. I don't know. In your original post you said you tried to install to a FAT32 partition. If that is not the case, then don't worry about it. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header

Re: [Fwd: Warty Install wont allow WinXP to boot on NTFS partition]

, you can modify /etc/fstab after the installation is complete. How to do it has been discussed on this list recently. Check the archives. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: Hello and a question re IP Accounting statistics

for it), but it is an idea that Shane can research himself if he wants. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: OT: basic tabulation in a wiki

David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: daily apt-get (auto download)

without the quotes and see what happens. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: Vidalinux to Gentoo

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:44:52 +1300, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know what package updatedb would be in? At a guess, I would say locate or slocate. It does not seem to be in VidaLinux (download edition) -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply

Re: computer clock accuracy

a /etc/ntp.drift file. Then the system can keep a correct time based on the value in the drift file even if you are offline. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: In Evolution make all ISP's download email-newbie question

. Click Apply. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: Writing to FAT partition

to look like this: /dev/hda5 /media/FAT vfat rw,user,noauto 00 user = any user can mount the partition noauto = don't mount on startup When you double click on it in Gnome, it will mount and you will be able to read and write to it. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded

Re: Writing to FAT partition

was for you: /dev/hda5 /media/FAT vfat rw,user,noauto 00 but I couldn't get a /mnt/FAT entry to work at all, however at least it mounts and reads OK with a /media/FAT line, suggested by David. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying

Re: SuSE 9.2 Disks

and the directory that you exported. The rest of the install should go as normal. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: SuSE 9.2 Disks

could put it in to a shared folder and select SMB when doing the install. [1] DVD, SLP, FTP, HTTP, NFS, SMB, Hard Disk -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: Ubuntu queries

you had an NTFS partition, yet you are trying to mount it with vfat. Which is it? If you are unsure, run fdisk -l and send it back to the list. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: Ubuntu queries

ntfsuser,umask=0222 0 0 That's just my personal preference because I don't often need to access the Windows partition. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: Websites/Content Management Systems

Volker, Is there any usable CMS programmed in python? Plone is programmed in python. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

SuSE 9.2 Disks

Hi, I would like a copy of SuSE 9.2. I can provide replacement blank CD's or DVD. Whoever is closest to the Casino will win :-) Whoever is in the Casino will eventually lose :-) -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: Websites/Content Management Systems

to have a play before installing it on your own server, go to http://www.objectis.org and set up a free plone instance to play around with. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: Ubuntu queries

Ubuntu set up the way you like. For your specific query, look at http://ubuntuguide.org/#automountntfs -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message **

Re: Major blunder (X stuff)

without saving it by typing ':q!'. It is also a good idea sometimes to backup a file before you edit it. This is especially true if you are not going to be able to remember how to get the file back to the way it was if it doesn't do what you expected. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded

Re: List files in directory created on specified date

-mtime - when the file's contents were last changed So, you could use eg: find /home/ross -ctime 1 -exec ls {} \; to see what files ctime have changed in the last 24 hours. 'man find' to get more information. -- Later David Kirk ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying

Re: Network activity monitor

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