Re: XH6822 - Will it work with Linux?

2004-06-03 Thread Vik Olliver
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 10:01, Nick Rout wrote: http://www.usb.org/faq/ans5/ 3-5 metres, but extendable with extra usb hubs (cost?) DSE's XH7906 are $22 retail, including Grab Snatch Take. Vik :v) -- This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers

Re: XH6822 - Will it work with Linux?

2004-06-03 Thread Vik Olliver
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 10:01, Nick Rout wrote: lets get started. Jun 3 18:02:52 morpork kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.3-1, assigned address 2 Jun 3 18:02:52 morpork kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.3-1, assigned address 3 Jun 3 18:02:52 morpork kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod

DSE XH6859

2004-06-03 Thread Vik Olliver
OK, I have a DSE XH6859 USB WiFi adapter and when I plug it in I get:\ Jun 3 18:42:52 chrysler kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.2-2, assigned address 5 Jun 3 18:42:57 chrysler kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Can anyone translate into English? Vik :v) -- This PC runs Linux. If you

Re: Trouble with Mdk10 install

2004-06-03 Thread Michael JasonSmith
On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 17:55, Ed wrote: PS. it would be good if you could tell me what an md5 sum is. Rather than arrogantly pointing you at Google, I will arrogantly point you at Everything2 :P http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=793551 Basically, it is a way to see if data was

Re: DSE XH6859

2004-06-03 Thread Vik Olliver
On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 19:12, Paul William wrote: have you installed the drivers? You probably need a hotplug script as well to configure it. Well, thinks I. Let's upgrade to 2.4.26-1-686 and grab the latest wlan drivers while I'm at it. Edit lilo.conf, run LILO, reboot. Up comes the boot menu,

RE: Done my google... 5 buttons, how do I assign a task?

2004-06-03 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 15:46, Don Gould wrote: I was not attempting to be offensive rather just frustrated at my own apparent incompetence. Cheers Don so are we all!

Fwd: Michael's Minute: Bill - I don't want your $1,158

2004-06-03 Thread dave
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Re: Michael's Minute: Bill - I don't want your $1,158

2004-06-03 Thread Dale Anderson
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Re: Michael's Minute: Bill - I don't want your $1,158

2004-06-03 Thread Dale Anderson
Yeah the court case's have been rather interesting .definitly up there with the current SCO movement ;-) the latest bit at groklaw is rather a laugh I really do wonder what the SCO Group is smoking .. Dale. - Original Message - From: Nick Elder [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Parallel inkjet problems..

2004-06-03 Thread Steve Brorens
Title: Message Having some problem getting a parallel printer running. It's a Epson Stylus 480. On a test temporary Knoppix/HDD installI had it running on this machine - did a test print,but nowthat I've done the 'real' install of Mandrake 10 it won't go... Kernel is standard mdk 10

Re: Customising screens

2004-06-03 Thread Rowan
Can anyone advise me how to either move the page higher or condense it so that I can reach the 'apply' and 'ok' buttons ? Rowan If you use the Alt key you camn then click anywhere in the window and move it about. Sounds like it is running at 640x480 pixels. You wanna fix that,

RE: Trouble with Mdk10 install

2004-06-03 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
PS. it would be good if you could tell me what an md5 sum is. Found with Google http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/m/md5sum.htm Md5sum is a software utility used to check the integrity of an ISO image before the file is used to create a CD. Computers running a recent distribution of Linux

/. book review

2004-06-03 Thread Jim Cheetham
Here's a review for a book that many people on this list would be interested in, I think. -jim http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/03/1753226 Linux for Dummies, 5th Edition Posted by timothy on Thursday June 03, @09:00PM Two strongly contrary claims describe the usability of Unix

Re: Trouble with Mdk10 install

2004-06-03 Thread Carl Cerecke
Nick Rout wrote: on a linux box you rin, for example the command, [EMAIL PROTECTED] gentoo $ md5sum gensmall.iso b2c244923a0ddf4b266fb2bf665f65ac gensmall.iso the number starting b2c244... is the mdksum of the file gensmall.iso. Just for the record, the number has letters in because it is in

Re: /. book review

2004-06-03 Thread Carl Cerecke
Jim Cheetham wrote: http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/03/1753226 Linux for Dummies, 5th Edition Posted by timothy on Thursday June 03, @09:00PM Two strongly contrary claims describe the usability of Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Roughly, these claims go like this: 1)

Re: How to get the most out of google, wasRe: Done my google... 5 buttons, how do I assign a task?

2004-06-03 Thread Carl Cerecke
Derek Smithies wrote: Anyone else willing to add comments on how to get the most out of google??? I set the list length to 100 instead of the default 10. Allows for a much faster scan through the best hits for possibly useful sites. Cheers, Carl.

OT:email disclaimers (was Re: How to get the most out of google)

2004-06-03 Thread Carl Cerecke
Williams, Olwen - SAL wrote: Another useful trick is to search from http://www.google.com/linux or http://www.google.co.nz/linux [...] CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended

Re: OT:email disclaimers

2004-06-03 Thread Michael JasonSmith
On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 10:41, Carl Cerecke wrote: There's an article on slashdot at the moment about the uselessness of these. Everybody reading the archives is not an intended addressee, right? Lots of other issues too. Read /. for the rest. You could stick a viral licence in your Sig and the

Re: /. book review

2004-06-03 Thread Jim Cheetham
Carl Cerecke wrote: Jim Cheetham wrote: http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/03/1753226 That is the most incorrect sterotypical blather I've seen for years. Well, it was on slashdot, Carl. What did you expect? :-)

RE: Trouble with Mdk10 install

2004-06-03 Thread David Taylor
-Original Message- From: Derek Smithies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 4 June 2004 10:06 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Trouble with Mdk10 install Maybe it is a heat problem I thought, and turned the laptop off. Came back next day, and it installed all of CD 1

RE: How to get the most out of google, wasRe: Done my google... 5 buttons, how do I assign a task?

2004-06-03 Thread David Taylor
-Original Message- From: Derek Smithies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 4 June 2004 10:21 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to get the most out of google, wasRe: Done my google... 5 buttons, how do I assign a task? Hi, There are several basic skills a linux person

Re: /. book review

2004-06-03 Thread Carl Cerecke
Jim Cheetham wrote: Carl Cerecke wrote: Jim Cheetham wrote: http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/03/1753226 That is the most incorrect sterotypical blather I've seen for years. Well, it was on slashdot, Carl. What did you expect? :-) Ah. Point taken. Carl.

Re: How to get the most out of google, wasRe: Done my google... 5 buttons, how do I assign a task?

2004-06-03 Thread Roger Searle
A variation on the same theme is the search within results link at the bottom of any results page, and is another way of reducing a large number of results. Starting with 5 button mouse gives 2,8000,000 results. Searching within those with linux narrows it to a mere 300,000, and first on the

Re: ntpd

2004-06-03 Thread Jim Cheetham
Andrew Errington wrote: Do I have to do anything else? Is it really that simple to set up? In general, yes. However, you generally won't see anything much in your log files for a long time. ntp on my debian box seems to log only about once a day. -jim

Re: ntpd

2004-06-03 Thread Michael JasonSmith
On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 12:19, Andrew Errington wrote: Is anyone using ntpd properly? I think I am. Here is the ntp.conf file for my Debian box at Uni: # /etc/ntp.conf, configuration for ntpd # ntpd will use syslog() if logfile is not defined #logfile

Lucent Winmodem drivers for Mandrake 10 Kernel 2.6

2004-06-03 Thread Paul Wilkins
It appears that someone has had good success with compiling modem drivers for the 2.6 kernel. Here's a copy of the article from http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=13773 HW-03: Lucent Winmodem drivers mdk10 Kernel 2.6 Some of you may use a Lucent Winmodem like I do with Mandrake.