I was recently informed privately, that I was to put my replies at the
bottom.
On another list I am on, with 36,000+ members, the new comments are to
go at the top, as suggested by Derek in this Post.
Linz
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 10:33 +1300, Derek Smithies wrote:
Hi,
There are, I am told, two
Hurrah for common sense. Wish I live in ChCh again.
Linz in Taumarunui
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 11:30 +1300, Richard Tindall wrote:
Hi all,
The first formal meeting of GNU/Linux Users (GLU) took place last
Thursday evening, at the Sydenham Community Association Hall. A report
was requested,
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:29, 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
Wesley Parish wrote:
[snip]
It's a wonder if I can manage to keep my paradise.net connection going for
longer than three minutes.
I am getting six to death of the substandard service I'm offered. Who
should I complain to?
It's not good enough. Not good enough at all.
[snip]
Happy to post
On Wed, Feb 16, at 02:19:34PM, Vik Olliver wrote:
Yeah, I hardly ever use mice. Cordless thumb-based optical trackballs
just beat them hands-down.
Agreed.I recently bought a 4d trackball from dick smiths XH1866, a lot
better than swapping the mouse over to the left hand. With three buttons
Why is it that for no reason text that is typed in the address bar of
konquerer web browser it will magically move hard over to the right hand edge
instead of it being hard to the left ???
it will 9 times out of 10 start on the left (as one would expect) and at some
point during my surfing it
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:13, Bryan Frechette wrote:
Hi i would like to know if ever anyone has tried and installed
successfully Linux, Fedora Core 3 or Debian Sid on a IBM thinkpad I
series, (1161-93U), i have been having problems with both these
operating system with the video card and the X
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 21:23 +, Keith McGavin wrote:
On Wed, Feb 16, at 02:19:34PM, Vik Olliver wrote:
Yeah, I hardly ever use mice. Cordless thumb-based optical trackballs
just beat them hands-down.
Agreed.I recently bought a 4d trackball from dick smiths XH1866, a lot
better than
Hi Dave,
You wouldn't be using a laptop by any chance with a touchpad? I have a
similar phenomenon and I found that it is to do with my hands brushing
on the touchpad as I type, making it do similar things.
Woodsey
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 21:23 +1300, dave wrote:
Why is it that for no reason
On Wed, Feb 16, at 09:47:51PM, Vik Olliver wrote:
I looked at that mouse, but it seemed I might accidentally bash the
buttons on the wings. Do you find this is a problem?
No, the trackball is well away to the right and I use the keyboard most
of the time to maximize/iconify windows. A
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:48, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
As I said in my previous posting, the solution is on the way.
Ok good news - though as a personal policy I tend to ignore vapourware
;)
NDA bit so I can't tell you much more, but I assure you that a pretty
good acroread Version 7 is being
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 08:55:55PM +1300, Jim Cheetham wrote:
btw, did we actually decide anything?
I think we can agree that we all have some quite different views on
email layout.
But can we agree at least to delete un-necessary quoted material?
right, that part is the most annoying of all.
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 11:36:53PM +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
You ain't studying fast enough!! :-)
:-) I just thought that you might have been able to pick up a speed-reading
skill along the way. I was curious.
Are the Posting Police happy?
no, you are not leaving any space between
Be very wary of running costs for LaserJet printers - typically more than 8
cents per page when you take both the toner and drum modules into account.
Regards,
Robert
-Original Message-
From: yuri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 7:28 p.m.
To: CLUG
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:11:22 +0100, Martin Bähr wrote:
so please trim your quotes.
Top-posting, bottom-posting or inline comments, whatever one you chose
will be fine as long as you trim the quotes.
All of the problems people have with one style or another stem from
lack of trimming.
All of the
yuri wrote:
Top-posting, bottom-posting or inline comments, whatever one you chose
will be fine as long as you trim the quotes.
All of the problems people have with one style or another stem from
lack of trimming.
All of the people who have commented on this thread seem to agree on
one thing only:
I have a HP Scanjet 6350C that works perfectly under SuSe 9.0.
Suse was able to detect the scanner automatically and I did not have
to install any drivers.
I did notice a speed difference running the scanner under Windows XP
and Linux...the scanning process seemed a bit slower under Linux than
The latest
I just had a call from my ISP - Orcon.
Telecom have advised that I will be reconnected next Wednesday, the 23rd.
Should I be happy?
Regards,
Robert
Robert Fisher wrote:
The delay for the disconnection took 10 days after our shift and now I am
told that the delay to connect
I think 'The rest of the World' would concur with your sentiments.
I have told them as forcefully as I could
Thanks heaps! Although we'll have to see whether Adobe listens/cares
more this time round than the last 10 years.
:-) I just thought that you might have been able to pick up a
Be very wary of running costs for LaserJet printers - typically more than 8
cents per page when you take both the toner and drum modules into account.
The drum would probably be an economic k.o. (black streaks printed in
paper moving direction). Last year I was offered a LJ4 (no net though)
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 21:19, Wesley Parish wrote:
[snip]
It's a wonder if I can manage to keep my paradise.net connection going for
longer than three minutes.
I am getting six to death of the substandard service I'm offered. Who
should I complain to?
I too have Paradise as my ISP. The
Also
Be very wary of printers that offer a long life drum with separate toner
bottle The kyocera and brother lasers tend to get a grey cast on the page
after x0,000 pages, and look terrible.
My advice is to hold onto those printers with standardised cartridges. Most
of the HP series of
If I do not get some satisfaction regarding this issue I may need
medication. It is making me so angry.
Commerce Commission has not replied. Telecommunications Minister has not
replied.
Should I go to the media?
Regards,
Robert
-Original Message-
From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
The latest
I just had a call from my ISP - Orcon.
Telecom have advised that I will be reconnected next Wednesday, the 23rd.
Should I be happy?
Tell telecom that because they have taken too long to reconnect your
ADSL that they now must forfeit their
Even if it did work, I would still be out of action for a total of 19 days.
Regards,
Robert
-Original Message-
From: Carl Cerecke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 17 February 2005 10:29 a.m.
To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Subject:Re: FW: UBS Broadband
Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
Even if it did work, I would still be out of action for a total of 19 days.
Bill them for the loss of productivity caused by the difference between
their policy of reconnecting Xtra customers, and reconnecting you.
Of course, they will pretend that their terms
Robert .. in a word YES
go to the media .. BIG companies hate bad publicity...
Paul
Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
If I do not get some satisfaction regarding this issue I may need
medication. It is making me so angry.
Commerce Commission has not replied. Telecommunications Minister has not
Hi Ian,
what type of modem are you using? I have good results with an
external 56k
dynalink or US Robotics modem on Paradise in the rural setting. Telecom
have also put
chokes on our phone line.
Our Laptop with an internal wincra* TM modem doesn't fare so well
but we run it out over a
I'm getting angry just reading your email. I don't have any broadband
options at my place (Yaldhurst / West Melton).
My Telecom options are:
wireless (starting at a mere $90 odd a month for something like dial-up
speed) (I don't think so thank you!)
a second phone line installed for $400 (no
On Thu, February 17, 2005 10:52 am, Paul Swafford said:
Robert .. in a word YES
go to the media .. BIG companies hate bad publicity...
Paul
Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
If I do not get some satisfaction regarding this issue I may need
medication. It is making me so angry.
Commerce
Does anyone have an ISA dial-up modem which we could borrow for our IP cop
box for a week?
Regards,
Robert
-Original Message-
From: Paul Swafford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 17 February 2005 10:53 a.m.
To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Subject:Re: FW:
Greetings,
Some time ago, someone on the list recommended Toms RTBT disk for
gaining CD ROM access via a floppy boot for installing Linux on a
machine that won't boot from CD ROM.
I have been trying to use this disk but have come up against a few
problems:
/mnt/cdrom gave the message:
cdrom not
yes
happy to oblige, just let me think where it is...
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:12:10 +1300
Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone have an ISA dial-up modem which we could borrow for our IP cop
box for a week?
Regards,
Robert
-Original Message-
From:
I have an external 56k modem if you want to borrow that Rob.
Lance B
- Original Message -
From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: RE: FW: UBS Broadband connection delays
Does anyone have
I have received an offer of an old HP ScanJet 4c with a SCSI card for $50ish.
Pros:
* $50 is cheaper than $120 for the LiDE 20 from tastech
* HP is sort of linux-friendly
* ScanJet 4c is supported by SANE.
* I've been in love with HP ever since I got my RPN calculator over a
decade ago.
External any use???
On Thu, February 17, 2005 11:12 am, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) said:
Does anyone have an ISA dial-up modem which we could borrow for our IP cop
box for a week?
Regards,
Robert
-Original Message-
From: Paul Swafford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:16:24 +1300
rob wrote:
Greetings,
Some time ago, someone on the list recommended Toms RTBT disk for
gaining CD ROM access via a floppy boot for installing Linux on a
machine that won't boot from CD ROM.
I think either the advice was wrong or you misunderstood it. Toms
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:48:18 +1300
Nick Rout wrote:
If you are trying to boot from a cd on a machine whose bios does not
allow you to boot from cdrom you should try this program
http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/about.html
actually can that url and try here:
http://btmgr.webframe.org/
--
Yes, I think external should be fine with IPCop.
Whoever is the most convenient (time and proximity) will be accepted. (All
offers are gratefully thanked)
Where are you Steve?
Regards,
Robert
-Original Message-
From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 17
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:51:50 +1300
Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
Yes, I think external should be fine with IPCop.
as long as the serial port is detected on boot (see dmesg) it should be
fine.
Whoever is the most convenient (time and proximity) will be accepted. (All
offers are
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:12, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
Does anyone have an ISA dial-up modem which we could borrow for our IP cop
box for a week?
YES.
--
C.S.
Robert,
I have an ISA modem, unknown speed and untested, Lucent chip. If you
want to try it you are more than welcome to it if you don't get any
better offers. Post your address and I'll mail it to you.
Cheers - Woodsey
On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 11:12 +1300, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
Does
Hi,
Apologies if this has been discussed before, I seem to be unable to access the
list archives from work at the moment.
I want to buy a webcam so my son can talk and see his grandmother over in Perth
via msn in windows, but obviously I'd also like to try to get it running under
linux. I'm
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:16, rob wrote:
The old DOS /p page at a time switch
does not work. Is there an alternative for Linux?
more
or
less
--
C.S.
I work on Salisbury Street, opposite the (ahem) cheesemongers. However,
said modem is in Diamond Harbour. I can bring it in tomorrow if it's any
use?
Steve
On Thu, February 17, 2005 11:51 am, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) said:
Yes, I think external should be fine with IPCop.
Whoever is the most
Thanks Nick,
I managed to get the CD ROM to mount using /dev/hdc and got a directory
listing of the CD.
I will try the programme that you suggested and see what happens.
Woodsey
On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 11:48 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
I am not sure if you are able to mount a cdrom from toms, that
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:16, rob wrote:
Greetings,
Some time ago, someone on the list recommended Toms RTBT disk for
gaining CD ROM access via a floppy boot for installing Linux on a
machine that won't boot from CD ROM.
You are not telling us the Distribution you are trying to install from CD.
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:19:46 +1300
rob wrote:
Thanks Nick,
I managed to get the CD ROM to mount using /dev/hdc and got a directory
listing of the CD.
I will try the programme that you suggested and see what happens.
Is the aim to read the cd or boot it?
If you are trying to boot from
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:14:45 +1300
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
You will then have to copy the bootable image file(s) off the CD on to
floppies and then use those to boot the machine.
Also BG-Rescue implements the chroot command correctly ( Tom's rtbt doesn't )
the smart boot manager is a
If it happens to be a Toshiba laptop, we've found that the C key is the magic
incantation - hold down the C key during boot-up.
Just on the off-chance.
rob wrote:
Some time ago, someone on the list recommended Toms RTBT disk for
gaining CD ROM access via a floppy boot for installing Linux on a
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:16:24 +1300, rob wrote:
special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
Try replacing /dev/cdrom with one of the following depending on which
IDE ribbon the CD drive is attached to, and whether it's jumpered
slave or master:
Primary Master - /dev/hda
Primary Slave - /dev/hdb
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:16, Ian Laurenson wrote:
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 21:19, Wesley Parish wrote:
[snip]
I too have Paradise as my ISP. The reason I can't connect faster than
33k is due to electric fence noise on the line (you can hear the regular
clicks through the phone). Originally I had
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:50, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:16, rob wrote:
The old DOS /p page at a time switch
does not work. Is there an alternative for Linux?
more
or
less
syntax:
type filename | more /* DOSish, I know, but it works */
more filename
more
Quoting rob [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi Dave,
You wouldn't be using a laptop by any chance with a touchpad? I have a
similar phenomenon and I found that it is to do with my hands brushing
on the touchpad as I type, making it do similar things.
Woodsey
No Oldish PC ( pet 200MMX ).
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:37, Wesley Parish wrote:
I was told to get
a new double-adapter - don't know whether that will do anything. ;)
Quite possibly, a cheaper alternative is to try cleaning the contacts.
--
C. S.
Thanks to all who offered the analogue modem. Chris had the most convenient
one.
My son is now trying to get it working at home. (Seems to dial up,
authenticate and stay connected but he cannot ping outside.)
I have suggested that he removes the red NIC and tries again.
Regards,
Robert
Wesley,
No I couldn't get type filename less to work either. I don't know
about the vertical character in your syntax, I've never understood that.
Woodsey
On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 13:49 +1300, Wesley Parish wrote:
syntax:
type filename | more /* DOSish, I know, but it works */
more filename
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:19, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
My son is now trying to get it working at home. (Seems to dial up,
authenticate and stay connected but he cannot ping outside.)
I have suggested that he removes the red NIC and tries again.
He'll have to remove the old default route
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:25:04 +1300
rob wrote:
Wesley,
No I couldn't get type filename less to work either.
type on linux is not the same as type on dos. man type shows its a
completely different beast, in fact i don't really comprehend what it
does do.
I don't know
about the vertical
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:39, Nick Rout wrote:
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:25:04 +1300
rob wrote:
Wesley,
No I couldn't get type filename less to work either.
No, because Linux and Unix are _completely_ different beasts to DOS.
DOS has 'borrowed' quite a few command words from unix.
Sometimes the
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:12, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
Does anyone have an ISA dial-up modem which we could borrow for our IP cop
box for a week?
Got a spare pci if you are intersted.
Regards,
Robert
-Original Message-
From: Paul Swafford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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