Re: links in /windows

2005-03-20 Thread Roger Searle
link - sort of backwards and in contradiction to the general unix principle you mention of using lowercase! Roger Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:42, Roger Searle wrote: I have some partitions newly mounted in /windows - /windows/G and /windows/H - folders I created myself

ethereal's icon

2005-03-21 Thread Roger Searle
Hi - I can use [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ locate ethereal | grep bin /usr/X11R6/bin/ethereal and create a desktop icon to launch it, but can't find the usual icon - locate ethereal | grep icon or grep ico gives nothing. Where would I locate the icon? It's not one of the standard ones available

Re: ethereal's icon

2005-03-22 Thread Roger Searle
locate name locate name | less (e.g. locate icon | less) locate name | most (e.g. locate icon | most) locate name | grep another_name | most (e.g. locate icons | grep mozilla | most) or qpkg -l mozilla|grep icons|less Regards, Robert -Original Message- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: ethereal's icon

2005-03-22 Thread Roger Searle
Nick Rout wrote: Roger what version of SuSE are you running? 9.1. My quick google of the problem last night revealed the absence of icons in earlier releases of ethereal, which lead me to conclude the best approach would be the latest release. However your determination of it being more a

Re: ethereal's icon

2005-03-22 Thread Roger Searle
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:13, Roger Searle wrote: I struck out last night with Nick's direction on this, none of the methods revealed any obvious signs of icons! I'm going to change tack on this one a little and look to upgrade ethereal, the one on my home desktop

Re: ethereal's icon

2005-03-22 Thread Roger Searle
indeed i do know. thanks for doing that for me. roger Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:23, Nick Rout wrote: I will email them off list later. I've sent him a 64x64, I hope he knows what to do with it. -- C. S.

Re: ethereal's icon

2005-03-23 Thread Roger Searle
ahhh look at that the ethereal icon on my desktop at last !!! Roger Searle wrote: indeed i do know. thanks for doing that for me. roger Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:23, Nick Rout wrote: I will email them off list later. I've sent him a 64x64, I hope he

Re: EMACS customisation question

2005-04-04 Thread Roger Searle
you need to thank yourself now . . . Carl Cerecke wrote: Carl Cerecke wrote: Hi, I've got the following shortcut keys defined for macros: (global-set-key [f8] 'start-kbd-macro) (global-set-key [f9] 'end-kbd-macro) (global-set-key [f10] 'call-last-kbd-macro) Now I'd like to bind the last kbd macro

Re: OT - Tales of Digital Cameras / Video cameras

2005-04-21 Thread Roger Searle
We have had a Sony DSP for a couple of years old now [I have on my to do list setting up udev with it in my spare time]. In the asbence of udev, my SuSE 9.1 distro automatically detects it's presence when plugged in and I can manage the files as per any other device within 15 seconds or so.

Re: OT - Laser Printer service

2005-04-21 Thread Roger Searle
We used printtech for servicing an hp laserjet we used to have here. Will collect and deliver if you wish. 338 2335. I found them good to deal with. Cheers, Roger Andrew Sands wrote: Recently came into the possession of a pre-loved HP LaserJet 4 in working condition with a 10M JetDirect

paradise email misbehaving today?

2005-05-04 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, is anyone else experiencing email delivery problems with Paradise? I've not received any messages to my account all day, including ones to this list. It's not easy to find any network status messages from their home page either. Cheers, Roger

Re: paradise email misbehaving today?

2005-05-04 Thread Roger Searle
My problem is just today. I just spoke with a human at the call centre who tells me a large team is working on the problem. Roger Andrew Errington wrote: On Thu, 05 May 2005 12:06, you wrote: Hi, is anyone else experiencing email delivery problems with Paradise? I've not received any

Re: paradise email misbehaving today?

2005-05-05 Thread Roger Searle
Yuri do you know what was up with the paradise servers yesterday? No email delivery for at least 9 hours (that i know of). Roger yuri wrote: On 5/6/05, Nick Rout wrote: Perhaps there is a new virus or spam scam doing the rounds, they tend to clog email servers pretty fast.

Re: Saving a file

2005-05-08 Thread Roger Searle
hang in there kelvin, been where you're at and moved on (a little), good to hear you are determined to stick it out, which is why i'm still here. i still have many unanswered questions, but many of them can be found right here or with google. cheers, roger motivated wrote: Linux just takes

Re: Wheres my mysql

2005-05-08 Thread Roger Searle
the whereis command will do the trick: seven:/home/roger # whereis mysql mysql: /usr/bin/mysql /usr/lib/mysql /usr/share/mysql /usr/share/man/man1/mysql.1.gz you might have to be root? and this didn't initially work on my suse installation until i installed the findutils-locate package (sorry,

starting firefox as normal user

2005-05-08 Thread Roger Searle
I am dual booting my work machine, and have succeeded in installing thunderbird so I can share the email store and address book via a symlink, and created a desktop icon to start it. Similar process with firefox, and am sharing the bookmarks via a symlink to the windows bookmark file. That

Re: starting firefox as normal user

2005-05-08 Thread Roger Searle
install firefox from? the package should have made a menu entry. click and drag it onto the desktop. If that doesn't work open a terminal and type firefox then press enter. If that produces an error report it back. On Mon, 09 May 2005 13:51:20 +1200 Roger Searle wrote: I am dual booting my work machine

Re: starting firefox as normal user

2005-05-08 Thread Roger Searle
etc set for the non-root user ?? such things usually live in the user's home directory good luck Paul Roger Searle wrote: I am dual booting my work machine, and have succeeded in installing thunderbird so I can share the email store and address book via a symlink, and created a desktop icon

Re: starting firefox as normal user

2005-05-08 Thread Roger Searle
the installer is me - so for future reference, where should I have told it to install (assuming I'm silly enough to try installing any software manually again?). oh the joys of being near the bottom of the learning curve... seeing i've managed to get thunderbird working wrongly like this, I

FIXED - Re: starting firefox as normal user

2005-05-08 Thread Roger Searle
, I can live without that. Thanks for telling me off - I've learnt things today. Please can I go home now? Roger Roger Searle wrote: the installer is me - so for future reference, where should I have told it to install (assuming I'm silly enough to try installing any software manually again

starting apache

2005-05-15 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I have apache2 installed on this suse 9.1 box (Yast tells me all sorts of apache2 packages are there). How can I start the server? Running httpd gives me command not found. In a browser http://seven or http://192.168.0.7 or http://localhost all give the connection was refused when

Re: starting apache

2005-05-15 Thread Roger Searle
seven:/etc/init.d # ls -l apa* -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 8767 2005-03-16 07:50 apache2 Steve Holdoway wrote: On Mon, May 16, 2005 12:48 pm, Roger Searle said: Hi, I have apache2 installed on this suse 9.1 box (Yast tells me all sorts of apache2 packages are there). How can I start the server

Re: starting apache

2005-05-15 Thread Roger Searle
apache installed files would tell you: rpm -ql apache |grep init easier to use yast :) On Mon, 16 May 2005 12:48:46 +1200 Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I have apache2 installed on this suse 9.1 box (Yast tells me all sorts of apache2 packages are there). How can I start the server? Running httpd gives

Re: Configuring USB ADSL modem in SUSE

2005-05-15 Thread Roger Searle
To get a file into an editor, here are some gui options. Get a konqueror window going (on the start menu, click Home). (or add another application button to your taskbar called home and use that). Navigate up a few levels and go to the /etc directory, find the file called fstab, click it.

Re: Configuring USB ADSL modem in SUSE

2005-05-15 Thread Roger Searle
well, icons, on your taskbar... when you right click your taskbar, you get the options to add or remove buttons. like when you added the special button for terminal sessions. Deane Foreman wrote: (Buttons? My mouse has buttons?...)

suse shutdown hangs

2005-05-17 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, suse 9.1, when I shut down this machine (and have pressed F2 to see the details) all the commands complete without error, as far as the usual second to last line of proc umounting. Last thing to appear prior to powering off is the system will be halted immediately however the system will

Re: Deane's dual-boot machine + modem

2005-05-19 Thread Roger Searle
While you still need to dual boot (as I do), we can get thunderbird going so that you can access your email from both OSes. Roger Deane Foreman wrote: Forgot to add, I had to reinstall grub before I could boot into Suse to try the different sync.bin files so it was grub that was at fault - not

OT - rugby ticket (cheap)

2005-05-19 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I suddenly have a single ticket for tonight's game for less than cost price (one of our group is sick). $30 (worth $35), good seat in the new west stand, right on half way, in the lower bowl towards the back (under shelter, I'm pretty sure). Any takers? Email me off list to this address

adsl modem recommendations?

2005-05-23 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I have discovered today that my local phone exchange box thing now supports adsl (actually it has for the last 6 months). I am just waiting for confirmation of available capacity from that cabinet (it has been fully subscribed in the past prior to the recent addition of a new bit and

Re: adsl modem recommendations?

2005-05-23 Thread Roger Searle
Yes, basically with Telstra Clear (Paradise). From my conversation last night with the sales person, I understand it to be a usb cable only, ie no ethernet port to connect to my switch. Perhaps I will clarify when I am contacted today - and maybe just get the thing anyway - it is free so

Re: the hand of fate...

2005-05-25 Thread Roger Searle
Given you have a choice, anyone BUT telecom (being the company responsible for the current price and speeds available for NZ being amongst the worst in the oecd). Roger Steve Holdoway wrote: Steve Holdoway wrote: Just had a call from ihug telling me I've got to get off their bundled

Re: the hand of fate...

2005-05-27 Thread Roger Searle
booth? It would seem we're headed in the same direction! yuri wrote: On 26/05/05, Roger Searle wrote: Given you have a choice, anyone BUT telecom (being the company responsible for the current price and speeds available for NZ being amongst the worst in the oecd). Unbundled

Re: Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Roger Searle
i only have 50 invites left, suppose i could spare one of them for a member of this list :-) roger Robert Fisher wrote: We now have another border living with us and our eldest son has moved home - that makes 5 large boys and Paula and I to feed and connect to the internet. I have set up

k3b, no cd drive

2005-06-03 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, when trying to use k3b there is no device listed for the reading or writing device. Trying to refresh or add a device through configure k3b devices, using either /dev/hdd or /media/cdrecorder just gives could not find an additional device at [either of those paths]. Trying to view files

k3b, no cd drive

2005-06-03 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, when trying to use k3b there is no device listed for the reading or writing device. Trying to refresh or add a device through configure k3b devices, using either /dev/hdd or /media/cdrecorder just gives could not find an additional device at [either of those paths]. Trying to view files

Re: k3b, no cd drive

2005-06-05 Thread Roger Searle
Steve Holdoway wrote: Roger Searle wrote: Hi, when trying to use k3b there is no device listed for the reading or writing device. Trying to refresh or add a device through configure k3b devices, using either /dev/hdd or /media/cdrecorder just gives could not find an additional device

Re: k3b, no cd drive

2005-06-05 Thread Roger Searle
info. AFAIK that will only get scsi emulated devices. To get IDE devices where there is no scsi emulation in place (as should be the case with 2.6.x kernels) you will need: cdrecord --scanbus dev=ATAPI: Cheers Ross Drummond On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:56, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, when

Re: k3b, no cd drive

2005-06-05 Thread Roger Searle
are on the device and mount point. On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 18:51 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: SuSEbox:/home/roger # cdrecord --scanbus dev=ATAPI scsidev: 'ATAPI' devname: 'ATAPI' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Use of ATA is preferred over ATAPI. Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. Warning: The related libscg

Re: k3b, no cd drive

2005-06-05 Thread Roger Searle
point. On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 18:51 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: SuSEbox:/home/roger # cdrecord --scanbus dev=ATAPI scsidev: 'ATAPI' devname: 'ATAPI' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Use of ATA is preferred over ATAPI. Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. Warning: The related libscg interface code

Re: k3b, no cd drive

2005-06-06 Thread Roger Searle
SuSEbox:/home/roger # file -Ls /dev/hdd /dev/hdd: writable, That's it. Not good. Nick Rout wrote: On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 13:54 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: I should have googled in the first place before trying to see what's going on with the permissions, and now that I've found

FIXED Re: k3b, no cd drive

2005-06-08 Thread Roger Searle
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. I have eventually realised that when the drive recently visited the daughter/partner's machine for it's annual format/install, it had to be jumpered as master (sharing a cable), but wasn't changed back when going back in this one (alone on it's cable).

Re: FIXED Re: k3b, no cd drive

2005-06-08 Thread Roger Searle
! (shows the value of the command line too :-) On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 06:12:01 +1200 Roger Searle wrote: Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. [snip] , it had to be jumpered as master (sharing a cable), hdc and hdd aren't the same thing.

Re: Spare gmail invite?

2005-06-08 Thread Roger Searle
there's one on it's way now. Phill Coxon wrote: Hi. Anyone have a spare gmail invite they can give to me to give to a friend? Thanks!

Re: FIXED Re: k3b, no cd drive

2005-06-08 Thread Roger Searle
i'm getting old enough (but not THAT old) to struggle these days in this department. when i moved that drive to the other machine temporarily, i was probably thinking: must remember to change the jumper back must remember to change the jumper back must remember to change the jumper back must

Re: Spare gmail invite?

2005-06-09 Thread Roger Searle
I may be mis-interpreting your question if you didn't realise Slosh has accessed his gmail via a pop client - if this is what you do want look here: http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12103topic=194 http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12103topic=194 Plua

Re: Puzzle apparently solved; MTU the clue (Was: Puzzle, ppp)

2005-06-17 Thread Roger Searle
not sure why it's there, but it sure is a cool puzzle to solve! and not quite as hard as the name might imply. a quiet place for half an hour or so is required though. i ended up finding it easier to use a spreadsheet to put the bits together. a good puzzle for the logical thinkers among

making coasters with k3b

2005-06-17 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I'm trying to back up a cd with k3b but am making coasters. The copy goes fine, then track 1 writes, the failure comes at the point of fixating track 1. The first attempt and failure suggested I should run k3b as root, which I did the second time. Here is the output of the error message

Re: making coasters with k3b

2005-06-19 Thread Roger Searle
is the command which I have adapted to your machine from the debugging output you provided. cdrdao copy --device /dev/hdd --eject --driver generic-mmc If you do a lot of cd copying it may be usefull to alias this command. Hope that helps. Cheers Ross Drumond On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:52, Roger Searle

Re: OT - anyone else having roblems with the net today?

2005-06-27 Thread Roger Searle
I've had a few of these today, and with the paradise home page just now: The following error occurred: [code=GATEWAY_TIMEOUT] A gateway timeout occurred. The server is unreachable. Retry the request. I can ping ihug.co.nz and google.co.nz - we're on ihug here. This

Re: Greylisting [was Re: OT: horse]

2005-07-13 Thread Roger Searle
I'm involved with the administration of around a dozen email lists that run via mailman. They would typically get at least half a dozen messages a day that were either spam or viruses/worms etc and generate an email requesting they be dealt with by the individual list admins. A couple of months

Re: ADSL modem/switch/wireless combo with Linux

2005-07-18 Thread Roger Searle
I recently purchased the Linksys WRT54G for home, have had no problems with it, works fine with firefox linux. It came on the recommendation of a network engineer friend. Since getting my one, I have subsequently seen it recommended in a number of forums. Roger Carl Cerecke wrote: I'm

Re: ADSL link problems

2005-07-28 Thread Roger Searle
You may have tried this already, but what follows is my experience resolving similar telecom issues with phones and adsl that exist in the house... It may take a couple of minutes for the adsl link to activate after switching the box on. If you've powered it down, leave off for a minute

Re: ADSL link problems

2005-07-28 Thread Roger Searle
Carl Cerecke wrote: I didn't use the splitter at all. Just plugged it straight into the phone jack. Tried unplugging the phone too. I did leave it on for a few minutes, too. The modem didn't come with a telecom-style phone plug, so I'm using the same one from my dial-up modem: male telecom -

Re: ADSL link problems

2005-07-28 Thread Roger Searle
Oh - so maybe this is Carl's problem? If this is eliminated / confirmed, and a direct connection to the jackpoint won't result in a connection, then it's got to be a Telecom problem? And as David points out, surely they can't charge you for fixing something they didn't have right in the first

Re: Windows authentication to Gentoo mail server

2005-08-09 Thread Roger Searle
It's in the Account Settings dialog box (Tools menu) and can be separately set if you have Thunderbird set up for several email addresses (click the specific account name). Roger Robert Fisher wrote: Although I need now to find how to change the Thunderbird reply to settings.

Re: python, for the 3rd time

2005-08-11 Thread Roger Searle
it's arriving here... this is the third i've got today. Carl Cerecke wrote: Something is blocking my python script email to the list. maybe the hash-bang is triggering some sort of anti-virus filter.

List subscriber settings (was Re: python, for the 3rd time)

2005-08-11 Thread Roger Searle
If it's only your own postings from your gmail account, perhaps your settings on this list's mailserver software is set to not receive your own posts? Though where to go to check this is a mystery to me currently - can anyone offer a clue or link? Cheers, Roger Carl Cerecke wrote: On

Re: August Meeting.

2005-08-14 Thread Roger Searle
I too would be very interested in a talk on kernel compiling. And perhaps as an extension (or prelude?) if there was time, a look at the upgrade of KDE (I'm looking to upgrade my current 3.2.something to 3.4 if I can pluck up enough courage / figure out where to find my spare time). Seeing

Re: August Meeting.

2005-08-14 Thread Roger Searle
Rout wrote: On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:04:09 +1200 Roger Searle wrote: I too would be very interested in a talk on kernel compiling. And perhaps as an extension (or prelude?) if there was time, a look at the upgrade of KDE (I'm looking to upgrade my current 3.2.something to 3.4 if I can pluck up

Re: SUSE 9.1 KDE 3.4.2 [was Re: August Meeting.]

2005-08-14 Thread Roger Searle
Thanks for the missing link about why I couldn't do the KDE upgrade from within YAST. However this misses the whole point of wanting to learn about downloading the relevant files from the KDE site and doing it that way. Roger Nick Rout wrote: or update the whole bizzo to 9.3. On Mon,

Re: August Meeting.

2005-08-15 Thread Roger Searle
Nick Rout wrote: You may be ready for gentoo :-) I was a starter for the 'fest a couple of times ago in the garage but had to cancel due to family commitments :-( I didn't mention the command line actually! I said stick with packages from your distro :-) That is because i thought your

Re: SUSE 9.1 KDE 3.4.2 [was Re: August Meeting.]

2005-08-15 Thread Roger Searle
. Unless I want to break something really well... Cheers, Roger Andy Leach wrote: Roger Searle wrote: Thanks for the missing link about why I couldn't do the KDE upgrade from within YAST. However this misses the whole point of wanting to learn about downloading the relevant files from

Re: SUSE 9.1 KDE 3.4.2 [was Re: August Meeting.]

2005-08-15 Thread Roger Searle
Steve Holdoway wrote: Roger Searle wrote: Thanks for the missing link about why I couldn't do the KDE upgrade from within YAST. However this misses the whole point of wanting to learn about downloading the relevant files from the KDE site and doing it that way. Roger There are a *lot

kde 3.4 needs x11

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, my plan to upgrade a suse 9.1 installation to KDE 3.4 is on hold, and is perhaps impossible? It appears, I have discovered after seeing a long list of dependency issues, that 9.1 is based on XFree86 and KDE 3.4 requires X11. Am I basically at a dead end with this install and my best

Re: kde 3.4 needs x11

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 21:06 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, my plan to upgrade a suse 9.1 installation to KDE 3.4 is on hold, and is perhaps impossible? It appears, I have discovered after seeing a long list of dependency issues, that 9.1 is based on XFree86 and KDE 3.4

open app on specified desktop

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
I'd like to be able to make certain applications open on a specified desktop? For example when clicking a desktop or panel shortcut to have thunderbird and firefox always open on desktop 2 which I have renamed web, and shells and yast always open on a desktop named admin. Plenty of info on

Re: kde 3.4 needs x11

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
Nick Rout wrote: Ahh yes that does seem to be so, but probably not an official part of Suse, they often have unsupported extras on their ftp server. In the same tree (at suse) there are xorg binaries: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/Xorg/ although whether there is a yast

Re: open app on specified desktop

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
Yes, KDE. Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 06:05 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: I'd like to be able to make certain applications open on a specified desktop? For example when clicking a desktop or panel shortcut to have thunderbird and firefox always open on desktop 2 which I have

Re: open app on specified desktop

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
a certain desktop? XMMS opens to Desktop 6, and ONLY desktop 6...regardless of where it's started from... If thats what your trying to do then I too would be interested in this result... It's something I've tried to do too... Andy Roger Searle wrote: I'd like to be able to make certain

Re: open app on specified desktop

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
Hadley Rich wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 06:05, Roger Searle wrote: I'd like to be able to make certain applications open on a specified desktop? For example when clicking a desktop or panel shortcut to have thunderbird and firefox always open on desktop 2 which I have renamed web, and shells

Re: open app on specified desktop

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
the desktops, though. David On 17/08/2005 6:05:26 a.m., Roger Searle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I'd like to be able to make certain applications open on a specified desktop? For example when clicking a desktop or panel shortcut to have thunderbird and firefox always open on desktop 2 which I

Re: installing devilspie (was Re: open app on specified desktop)

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
neither package was installed, but is now. seven:/home/roger/devilspie/devilspie-0.10 # rpm -ql gtk2-devel | grep /usr (nothing returned. without the grep, I can see that ALL the output is to the /opt/gnome directory or sub-directory). Trying the ./configure command again gives (at the

Re: installing devilspie (was Re: open app on specified desktop)

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
but hopefully only need to do so once... interesting exercise though. Volker Kuhlmann wrote: checking for working aclocal-1.4... missing checking for working autoconf... missing checking for working automake-1.4... missing checking for working autoheader... missing checking for working

Re: installing devilspie (was Re: open app on specified desktop)

2005-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
to see how it goes on Monday. I don't consider that the whole exercise has been a waste of time, on the contrary, I have learned a few things, and I really appreciate the help I've had today. Cheers, Roger Roger Searle wrote: but hopefully only need to do so once... interesting exercise

Re: installing devilspie (was Re: open app on specified desktop)

2005-08-17 Thread Roger Searle
by this one when setting up development environments across platforms with the same toolkit. I think debian does this as well. A good test is 'if you can build STLport, you can build *anything*' Steve On Wed, August 17, 2005 5:48 pm, David Mann said: On Aug 17, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Roger Searle wrote

Re: installing devilspie (was Re: open app on specified desktop)

2005-08-17 Thread Roger Searle
as far as a distro upgrade goes, the 2 on the list are either suse 9.3 or gentoo. i'll keep an eye on whether a garagefest eventuates and see if i can put aside that day (though that is quite a challenge just now). i looked through the installation documentation when i was intending coming

sending password problem?

2005-08-21 Thread Roger Searle
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

suse 9.3 dvd

2005-08-21 Thread Roger Searle
Hi Volker, could I arrange to get a suse 9.3 dvd from you? I have a spindle of blank disks here, would a swap be a good arrangement for you? Cheers, Roger

Re: sending password problem?

2005-08-21 Thread Roger Searle
one above. and that it's time to organise an updated distro... thanks for all the replies. roger Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 17:05 +1200, Andy George wrote: Roger Searle wrote: Hi, perhaps this is just more writing on the wall and time to upgrade. For some time I've

Re: HD advice.

2005-08-24 Thread Roger Searle
I'm not offering an opinion on the choice of model, and understand this may be tied in to your warranty claim, just wanted to say that you could easily get 160GB and perhaps 200GB for less than these prices from numerous suppliers http://www.pricespy.co.nz/cat_3.html Cheers, Roger Nick

files to back up pre-upgrade

2005-08-25 Thread Roger Searle
Well it looks like tonight is a possibility for upgrading to suse 9.3. While I am essentially happy with setting up from scratch there are a few files I want to back up first, here's all I can think of: fstab, firefox bookmarks, and thunderbird address book. And I would probably make a copy

Re: files to back up pre-upgrade

2005-08-25 Thread Roger Searle
approach it differently. Cheers, Roger Nick Rout wrote: Why are you thinking of starting from scratch? (Yes it is a good isea to back up regulalry, esp before a major upgrade, but you should be able to upgrade ratther than start from scratch) On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:50:00 +1200 Roger Searle

Re: files to back up pre-upgrade

2005-08-25 Thread Roger Searle
OK so I will make some tarfiles of the relevant folders. Having looked at the man page I understand generally the command tar -NumerousOptions directoryname but my next question is which options should I use? And should that also include gzipping too? (The order of these options seems to be

Re: ot: lappie batteries.

2005-08-31 Thread Roger Searle
Similar situation and response from me, I'm faced with shelling out $375 ( !!! ) for my Acer's battery replacement, 2 years old and lasting 15 minutes. Have had the same place recommended to me as a cheaper (but still not cheap) alternative, and just as soon as I've got a spare couple of

Re: samba

2005-09-08 Thread Roger Searle
shares? Also I note that some of your options use the - instead of =, for example in [data] you have Writable - Yes - I think it should be witeable = yes Try running testparm, it tests your smb.conf for internal correctness. It is a command line tool. On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:21:12 +1200 Roger Searle

Re: samba

2005-09-08 Thread Roger Searle
and ownerships to check. Are there any quotas in place on linux or windows? On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:04:47 +1200 Roger Searle wrote: OK I have tidied up the capitalisation of the paths making them all consistent. The file is mostly created by suse. I had added a few lines... I see

Re: samba

2005-09-08 Thread Roger Searle
when a file is extended. Setting this to yes can help Samba return out of quota messages on systems that are restricting the disk quota of users. Default: strict allocate = no On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:04:47 +1200 Roger Searle wrote:

Re: From the beginning

2005-09-11 Thread Roger Searle
for those others of us following the thread, what was the answer? roger motivated wrote: SOLVED... 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

Re: now:find cdrom (Attn: Steve Holdoway)

2005-09-11 Thread Roger Searle
And you would want to check the jumpers on both the hard drive and cdrom drive, to ensure that one was master and the other slave. Hang in there Kelvyn, reminds me of a similar difficulty I had not too long ago that really frustrated me. In my case it was partly because the device was on

Re: was: From the beginning now:find cdrom

2005-09-11 Thread Roger Searle
It's not necessary to log in as root. Of course you have to learn how to accomplish all these things while logged on as a normal user. For the command line stuff, I know a couple of options. Start up a normal shell prompt and type su, you will be asked for your root password. Alternatively

Re: samba

2005-09-12 Thread Roger Searle
I have subscribed to the samba mailing list. I'll post this issue there in the next day or so and if there is a resolution let the list know. Roger Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 17:11 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: This posting I thought to be particularly interesting/relevant

notebook resolution problem?

2005-09-12 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I have just completed a network install of suse 9.3 to my notebook via nfs which was a good learning exercise and went well right up to logging on for the first time. Clearly the resolution was detected too low and I was prompted to configure it so I chose [EMAIL PROTECTED] thinking this

Re: notebook resolution problem?

2005-09-12 Thread Roger Searle
thanks again nick. got it corrected though did need to do it twice for some reason, but is all good now and has survived a reboot. cheers, roger Nick Rout wrote: On Mon, September 12, 2005 10:25 pm, Roger Searle said: Hi, I have just completed a network install of suse 9.3 to my

Re: My screw up

2005-09-13 Thread Roger Searle
this from me a couple of days ago: It's not necessary to log in as root. Of course you have to learn how to accomplish all these things while logged on as a normal user. For the command line stuff, I know a couple of options. Start up a normal shell prompt and type su, you will be asked

wireless laptop card advice

2005-09-13 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, now that I have a wireless router at work and home (both are 802.11b g), I need a pcmcia card for my laptop. Plenty of them about of course, but I want to make sure it will work under linux. Any advice on which ones are better / easier to get going under linux / reliability / range etc

Re: wireless laptop card advice

2005-09-14 Thread Roger Searle
I have a cameo usb wireless device which stopped going, went back for repair, it's replacement doesn't work either. Possibly flakey drivers, though I don't know for sure... I certainly can't get it going in more than one (windows) machine. It's going back tomorrow for credit on something

Re: wireless laptop card advice

2005-09-14 Thread Roger Searle
For my application I specifically need pcmcia, it's the only slot my laptop has. Or reliable USB. But my experience with the stupid cameo thing has left me weary of that option. And definitely support for g. The comments on chipsets and power ratings etc are very helpful. Further

Re: [OT] Recommendations for CV/Resume Writers

2005-09-14 Thread Roger Searle
who over 30 can? i sure can't... Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:01, Nick Rout wrote: I regularly receive CV's from Germans looking to spend their three month elective working in a law office in NZ. Their spelling and grammar are usually perfect. Ah. But they are

Re: IPCOP Question

2005-09-16 Thread Roger Searle
are both your networks going out through the ipcop box? i think that the problem is not with your ipcop box, but with the ms server's settings governing the vpn connection. you need to talk to the administrator of that server (is it you?). there is a setting in routing and remote acccess

Re: embarrassed by ssh hacking.

2005-09-20 Thread Roger Searle
I would be very interested in such a session. And if I could (in my naivety) attempt to broaden the scope? Remote access more generally, ssh-ing to another box and running apps (like vnc for example) through it, or more generally administering remotely. And how to go about doing so without

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