Re: disk partitioning and format scheme

2007-05-09 Thread Roger Searle
Steve Holdoway wrote: I'd use ext3 formatting and tune the superuser only blocks ( tune2fs -m 1 /dev/sda1 ) to 1% from the default 10. Could you explain this a little or point me towards some url or a man page? I have no idea what this is about ! Roger

sudoers file

2007-05-15 Thread Roger Searle
I have a new install of kubuntu feisty and have lost access to sudo. It appears to be related to entries in the /etc/sudoers file that has been modified by smb4k (while attempting to configure the latter). Any attempt to run a programme like adept or automatix returns su returned with an error.

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Roger Searle
Gauland, Michael wrote: My son is interested in a certificate in “Internet and Webpages” from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say students will need: /PC with Internet connection, Microsoft Office version 2003 or 2007 (including Outlook, Word, FrontPage),

Re: Could we have a warning next time...???

2007-05-20 Thread Roger Searle
happened to me a couple of months back, not sure i ever got an explanation, you've not missed any messages today... Steve Holdoway wrote: I don't know how many others have been un/resubscribed to the list, but it would have been nice to have been warned first!!! Steve

Re: Weird booting problem with new kernel.

2007-05-28 Thread Roger Searle
Jonathan Bell wrote: Robert Fisher wrote: Today my Kubuntu kernel was updated (Automatically using Adept) but then I had lock-ups at boot time. Thanks for the guinea pigging... think I'll wait until .17 now :) I've got three Kubuntu machines, three assignments, and two dogs and don't feel

vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I am trying to complete the installation of vmware server on a kubuntu feisty install. I thought I had installed the required header or source files but to be honest have lost track of exactly which ones I have added. I do have gcc-4.1, linux-kernel-headers for 2.6.20-16 (-386 and

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Roger Searle
. On 29/05/07, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to complete the installation of vmware server on a kubuntu feisty install. I thought I had installed the required header or source files but to be honest have lost track of exactly which ones I have added. I do have gcc-4.1

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Roger Searle
nice, this works. and yes i have http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main as an adept repository. Thanks everyone Roger Roger Searle wrote: cool, thanks for all the speedy replies, am trying this option via adept first... Kerry Mayes wrote: STOP! vmware server

excluding hidden files in tar

2007-05-30 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I have some backup scripts for (individually) copying data, email, home, making use of --exclude lines to ignore certain folders I don't want to copy. Generally works really well except that hidden folders specified in --exclude are ignored. For example --exclude /home/roger/dvd \

Re: excluding hidden files in tar

2007-05-30 Thread Roger Searle
, Christopher Sawtell wrote: Quoting Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How can I get tar to honour --exclude with hidden folders? Can anyone point me in the right direction? aside from man tar or info tar or google which I have already tried. You have either just discovered a bug in tar

Re: back on list

2007-06-05 Thread Roger Searle
Reg wrote: Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Tue 05 Jun 2007 16:37:42 NZST +1200, Reg wrote: That'll be because most of the interesting codecs are missing. No commercial company is able to ship those or they'll get their pants sued off by the music/film mafia. You're not alone though and the

Re: back on list

2007-06-06 Thread Roger Searle
Reg wrote: Roger Searle wrote: I have 3 suggestions for playing music - they are all amarok. Roger OK from the brief look at it B4 I killed it off it seemed it would have done the job if it had of worked. All I have to do now then is get it back on and working. Hi Reg, I

vm guest can't access host samba shares

2007-06-07 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I can't figure this one out. I have a feisty box running vmware server, and windows guest. Feisty has some samba shares set up via webmin, and another (windows) box on the network can do all the expected things with those shares. Network is 192.168.1.0/24, each machine is using DHCP,

feisty sounds

2007-06-07 Thread Roger Searle
Sounds are partially working on this feisty install. Amarok goes great so at least I know that I have codecs for mp3 files and that the onboard sound is working in some way. I have installed via automatix all the available multimedia codecs, mplayer and firefox plugins, and non-free audio

Re: vm guest can't access host samba shares

2007-06-07 Thread Roger Searle
firewall (ipcop) running that connects to the bridged and host only network. All vms only connect to the host only network. IPcop provides better dhcp and dns mirroring than vmware with very minimal footprint. Kerry. On 08/06/07, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I can't figure this one out

Re: vm guest can't access host samba shares

2007-06-07 Thread Roger Searle
. Reinstalling from the repos, or doing an upgrade, resets the network settings to the default. So you need to rerun that .pl script after these events. Kerry On 08/06/07, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I agree with the idea that the networking has become confused, though for different

Re: Networking With Suse and Samba

2007-06-11 Thread Roger Searle
Reg wrote: Steve Holdoway wrote: I recommend you install swat, and then manage the configuration using http://localhost:901 on the linux box ( external access is disabled by default ). Steve I think I have swat installed, I know I enabled it somewhere along the line when

Re: Networking With Suse and Samba

2007-06-11 Thread Roger Searle
Reg wrote: Roger Searle wrote: Reg wrote: Steve Holdoway wrote: I recommend you install swat, and then manage the configuration using http://localhost:901 on the linux box ( external access is disabled by default ). Steve I

Re: Networking With Suse and Samba

2007-06-11 Thread Roger Searle
oh yeah, use root username and password. Reg wrote: Roger Searle wrote: Reg wrote: Steve Holdoway wrote: I recommend you install swat, and then manage the configuration using http://localhost:901 on the linux box ( external access is disabled by default

Re: Networking With Suse and Samba

2007-06-11 Thread Roger Searle
Robert Fisher wrote: On Tuesday 12 June 2007 2:17 pm, Reg wrote: You can also restart samba using SWAT How do you do that? I do not have SWAT installed but I know that you can restart smbd and nmbd somewhere. Is it the Status tab? I don't have swat installed here

Re: Networking With Suse and Samba

2007-06-11 Thread Roger Searle
Reg wrote: Below is my smb.conf file: If anyone can tell me where my error is I would be very thankful. Regards Reg [/home/reg] guest ok = Yes available = No how about for this section, no more than [/home/reg] path = /home/reg comment out the other lines (put # at

Re: Networking With Suse and Samba

2007-06-11 Thread Roger Searle
Reg wrote: I tried that command line and it said permission denied, because you weren't root...

Re: Networking With Suse and Samba

2007-06-12 Thread Roger Searle
Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, June 12, 2007 4:39 pm, Roger Searle wrote: Reg wrote: Below is my smb.conf file: If anyone can tell me where my error is I would be very thankful. Regards Reg [/home/reg] guest ok = Yes available = No how about for this section

Re: acessing files on a windows drive from linux

2007-06-15 Thread Roger Searle
If you are the only one using the computer then I would, as root, type chmod -R 777 /music/My Music/ (To be root, type su - then press enter then enter root password) I think that may not work due to the space between My and Music, so you need chmod -R 777 /music/My\ Music/ Roger

lcd monitor refresh rate

2007-06-18 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I have managed to partially configure the settings for an LCD monitor that is rated at 1440x900 @60Hz (from the manual's specs - an AOC 193FW). I did so by using SuSE's Graphics Card Monitor tool in Yast. This got me as far as getting 1440x900, but the only refresh options available

Re: lcd monitor refresh rate

2007-06-19 Thread Roger Searle
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Hi, I have managed to partially configure the settings for an LCD monitor that is rated at 1440x900 @60Hz (from the manual's specs - an AOC 193FW). I did so by using SuSE's Graphics Card Monitor tool in Yast. Good. This got me as far as getting 1440x900,

Re: new recipient address?

2007-06-21 Thread Roger Searle
but not with the way reply-to was set on your message! i removed the to filter I had for my clug emails last night, leaving from and cc - filter no longer works (thunderbird). to is the one for me. and cc catches a few from time to time... Roger Brett Davidson wrote: Filter on the

hardware queries

2007-06-21 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I am purchasing some hardware for a server on a small network and am a little unclear on a couple of points. It seems to be a popular suggestion in the windows world to NOT get 4GB of ram for a windows box due to the limitations in the ability of windows to fully address all 4GB given a

Re: Motherboard advice

2007-06-26 Thread Roger Searle
Robert Fisher wrote: I am about to upgrade my home PC and trying to make sure I get a Linux compatable mobo. One of my suppliers' web sites suggest that the Asus P5N-E SLI is a popular purchase. Any list members used it? Any other recommendations? Robert I recently put an Asus

Re: Advice for a Windows user

2007-06-28 Thread Roger Searle
Roy Britten wrote: Thanks all for your responses. Some interesting projects there. For now I'll suggest nautilus or konqueror (whatever he has available) and see what happens when he hits F9. Cheers, Roy. Konqueror has become my choice though following the suggestions yesterday I have been

dvi cable extension

2007-06-28 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I am trying to extend a 2m DVI cable that is a metre too short and am surprised to discover that I may be out of luck so am seeing if anyone has any ideas. It doesn't appear that you can get a simple extension in the same way you can with VGA. I can find a 5m cable which would be fine,

Re: dvi cable extension

2007-06-28 Thread Roger Searle
in touch with them though so thanks for the leads. Roger Robert Fisher wrote: I think cabledirect.co.nz have what you need. (They are also based in Chch) I have an account with them if you need it. (search for dvi) Rob On Friday 29 June 2007 12:00 pm, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I am trying

Re: dvi cable extension

2007-06-28 Thread Roger Searle
hey thanks! this could be just the thing. i'll go there monday... Nick Rout wrote: Jaycar have a F-F adaptor, $23 (!). http://jaycar.co.nz/products_uploaded/productLarge_7108.jpg Would that work with two M-M cables? On Fri, June 29, 2007 3:04 pm, Roger Searle wrote: male / female

Re: dvi cable extension

2007-07-01 Thread Roger Searle
and the aforementioned improvement. Cheers, Roger Roger Searle wrote: hey thanks! this could be just the thing. i'll go there monday... Nick Rout wrote: Jaycar have a F-F adaptor, $23 (!). http://jaycar.co.nz/products_uploaded/productLarge_7108.jpg Would that work with two M-M cables? On Fri

Re: no sound - browser plugins

2007-07-05 Thread Roger Searle
Nick Rout wrote: Roger Searle wrote: Hi, kubuntu feisty. Sound generally works in that I can use amarok to play MP3s. Yet I have no sound trying to view something like a YouTube video in a player embedded in a web browser. And the Test Sound button in System Settings doesn't produce any

Re: no sound - browser plugins

2007-07-07 Thread Roger Searle
Steve Holdoway wrote: lspci sould tell you what hardware is installed this motherboard is onboard everything except graphics, but i'm failing to spot what the sound is... i'm guessing it is SMBus by elimination. anyway, no added sound card. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Memory

Re: no sound - browser plugins

2007-07-07 Thread Roger Searle
Robert Fisher wrote: On Friday 06 July 2007 6:41 am, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, kubuntu feisty. Sound generally works in that I can use amarok to play MP3s. Yet I have no sound trying to view something like a YouTube video in a player embedded in a web browser. And the Test Sound button

Re: == July Meeting 10 July 2007 ==

2007-07-09 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, while very much wanting to, unfortunately I am not able to get to the meeting tonight, and so would like to put some sort of virtual signature on Ben's card. Best wishes, Roger Isaac Devine wrote: Hi All, First off thanks for your concerns and wishes for Bens improvement. I will be at

Re: vm guest can't access host samba shares

2007-07-18 Thread Roger Searle
, but that this has it's down side too... Cheers, Roger Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I can't figure this one out. I have a feisty box running vmware server, and windows guest. Feisty has some samba shares set up via webmin, and another (windows) box on the network can do all the expected things with those

amarok won't run - mepis 6.5

2007-07-18 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I initially had amarok running yesterday afternoon, however subsequent attempts to launch it usually yield nothing better than the splash screen. This is true regardless of whether I try launching via KDE menu or from the command line. Sometimes there are amarok processes left running

Re: amarok won't run - mepis 6.5

2007-07-18 Thread Roger Searle
, nor will an icon appear in the system tray. Nick Rout wrote: It's not starting minimised in the taskbar is it? Or already running i the taskbar when you start it? On Thu, July 19, 2007 12:03 pm, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I initially had amarok running yesterday afternoon, however subsequent

Re: amarok won't run - mepis 6.5

2007-07-18 Thread Roger Searle
restarting has resolved this, and has also given me that vmware menu entry. thanks for the suggestion. Cheers, Roger Nick Rout wrote: On Thu, July 19, 2007 12:03 pm, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I initially had amarok running yesterday afternoon, however subsequent attempts to launch

Re: amarok won't run - mepis 6.5

2007-07-18 Thread Roger Searle
with the differences. this is the first time i can recall where a restart was needed to have a menu entry created. i live and learn. and am happy to have these 2 apps running well - they are must haves for me . . . Nick Rout wrote: On Thu, July 19, 2007 12:50 pm, Roger Searle wrote

Re: sharing a printer / Open Suse / KDE / with XP computers

2007-07-19 Thread Roger Searle
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On 7/20/07, Reg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just added a local printer to my Open Suse Computer via Yast and all was straight forward, works fine locally. How do I go about sharing this printer on my XP based computers on my local network? install cups (if

Re: deleting oldest files

2007-07-24 Thread Roger Searle
involved with df, and a listing of the newest files in both locations. This is all working like a charm, and is going to reduce/eliminate the occurrence of failures in this backup routine due to zero free space. Thanks again for all the replies. On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:55:22 +1200 Roger Searle

Re: deleting oldest files

2007-07-24 Thread Roger Searle
Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, July 25, 2007 12:37 pm, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, thanks to everyone for their replies. Steve Holdoway wrote: Need more coffee. ls -1tr - 1 entry per line, t ime order, r eversed. Sorry, that should be ls -ltr to put them in reverse time order

Re: Confused file system

2007-07-25 Thread Roger Searle
Is the issue with this folder only and a more simply named folder on the drive can be renamed etc? I ask because I am wondering if the issue is actually the permissions the server has imposed on the entire drive. Cheers, Roger Kerry Mayes wrote: One of my music rippers has created a

Re: Confused file system

2007-07-26 Thread Roger Searle
it is the point that jim mentioned that is the root cause of the problem, while there is the colon in the file name you are stuffed in windows. as you may well be with any of / \ | ? * and (the other invalid characters for a windows file name) i was somewhat surprised to find that i can

Re: Clug domain renewal time

2007-07-26 Thread Roger Searle
and the rule is ?? Steve Holdoway wrote: The Green Gecko's happy to sponsor a couple of year at freeparking... on condition that the 5 line footer rule is reinstated. I support those companies ( especially Kiwi ones! ) that provide me with exemplary service, and Freeparking is one of them

Re: compaq laptop- install didnt go to plan

2007-07-29 Thread Roger Searle
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On 7/29/07, thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello fellow linux users I just tried to install ubuntu 6.06 on my partners laptop to run with its vista system but now no vista... Just in case the worst has occured has anybody got a 'Doze Vista rescue disk

Re: compaq laptop- install didnt go to plan

2007-07-29 Thread Roger Searle
Steve Holdoway wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:05:43 +1200 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But surely (I'm guessing) the laptop come with a boot disk for situations where the start menu entry for a restore can't be used? That may be all that is needed. What vendors now do

Re: Advice on building PC?

2007-08-02 Thread Roger Searle
I like building systems myself though have a good amount of experience now. First time was a little scary, if you want to play around do so on some cheap second hand gear first and do some upgrades. I was pleasantly surprised when buying parts for a system recently, from Dragon. For those of

Re: Internet problems recently

2007-08-08 Thread Roger Searle
earlier in the year we had some serious/frequent problems with dropped ADSL connections. ultimate cure was (after the normal equipment isolation steps you seem to already have tried) was a port reset. been no problem since. wasn't offered in the first couple of calls, i suggested it before

CLUG Funds and SFD donation (was something else)

2007-08-14 Thread Roger Searle
Jim Cheetham wrote: On 15/08/07, Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone done the bean counting lately? Yes, David Kirk is very good at maintaining the wiki page for the accounts :- http://clug.net.nz/index.php/ClugAccounts Balance end July $642.31 Sounds like an

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

2007-08-16 Thread Roger Searle
$20 from me . . . Nick Rout wrote: With Zane's pledge we have $90.00, doubled to $180.00 Come on everyone - we need to double that to get to the initial target of $175 (doubled to $350.00).

putting arrows on pictures

2007-08-19 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I am putting together some articles on a wiki, and including some screen shots on which I want to draw an arrow to point to a particular part of the screen. I thought this would be a really simple task but am yet to find some cool tools to help with this. I can use gimp to draw 3 lines

Re: putting arrows on pictures

2007-08-19 Thread Roger Searle
. http://www.gimphelp.org/ Steve On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:27:42 +1200 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am putting together some articles on a wiki, and including some screen shots on which I want to draw an arrow to point to a particular part of the screen. I thought this would

Re: CLEAR broadband (was XTRA Broadband dead (again)

2007-08-27 Thread Roger Searle
Robert Fisher wrote: On Monday 27 August 2007 11:15 pm, alanw wrote: But I'd be interested to know how anyone on this list rates TelstraClear's broadband, either paradise.net or clear.net. Helpdesk response is slow - IMHO I've been with Paradise (TCL) for years - nothing humble

Re: CLEAR broadband (was XTRA Broadband dead (again)

2007-08-27 Thread Roger Searle
Steve Holdoway wrote: On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:14:39 +1200 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] about such service. My answer lies in using my own domain and addresses though I'm not convinced I can get better reliability via this route, at least I would no longer be tied

apache talk install

2007-09-11 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, my thanks to Brett for last night's talk, I found it really interesting, setting up apache and doing useful things with it (lamp based things) has been on my want to do list for ages. To start with I thought I'd set up a simple site hosted on my home machine, not a server as such but this

Re: apache talk install

2007-09-12 Thread Roger Searle
Thanks Steve, that is useful. Are the slides available anywhere yet? I don't see them on the wiki - may have been a boy look... Cheers, Roger Steve Holdoway wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:07:25 +1200 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, my thanks to Brett for last night's talk, I

Re: Parts to give away

2007-09-13 Thread Roger Searle
Rex Johnston wrote: Don Gould wrote: Last year I need some, this year I've got them coming out my ears... If anyones needing an extra one, then please yell. Will you hear, with monitors in your ears? :Q Rex no - that's why he said to yell...

apache talk presentation

2007-09-14 Thread Roger Searle
Hi Brett, I'd really like to get hold of a copy of the presentation you gave this week, I'm keen to make use of a lot of the material you talked about. Cheers, Roger

time drift

2007-09-16 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I have a SuSE 64bit install on an Asus M2N motherboard, and I recall others having (unresolvable?) time drift issues with a 64bit installation. Perhaps the common factor was nvidia chipsets, but I could be making that up. It is losing something like an hour a day. ntpd is running and getting

Re: time drift

2007-09-16 Thread Roger Searle
I should have said, 10.2.1.1 is the IPCop box. Also, there had been one or more ntp restarts on the 11th and 12th. Strange that there are no log entries over the weekend, uptime is 18 days. Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I have a SuSE 64bit install on an Asus M2N motherboard, and I recall others

Re: time drift

2007-09-16 Thread Roger Searle
info. Have you checked the state of the battery which powers the crystal clock and CMOS? btw what kernel version are you running? On 9/17/07, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should have said, 10.2.1.1 is the IPCop box. Also, there had been one or more ntp restarts on the 11th

Re: time drift

2007-09-17 Thread Roger Searle
Thanks to everyone for all the replies, very useful. I was unclear about the difference between ntpdate and ntpd. Kernel version on the problematic machine was up to date. I have altered the installation source to include the nvidia drivers, checked for all updates, turned off the IPCop box

Re: time drift

2007-09-18 Thread Roger Searle
this sufficiently now? And what is that maximum tolerance ntp can deal with? Roger Steve Holdoway wrote: On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:48:38 +1200 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll see what date shows me tomorrow. Google tells me that some people have resolved this issue by appending

Re: time drift

2007-09-18 Thread Roger Searle
I'm pleased to report that time on that box is no longer drifting. So I won't need to implement one of these options, and will give some thought to the no answer to point 1. Thanks to everyone for their replies. Roger Steve Holdoway wrote: On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:15:21 +1200 Roger Searle

Re: time drift

2007-09-18 Thread Roger Searle
Steve Holdoway wrote: On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:27:47 +1200 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm pleased to report that time on that box is no longer drifting. So I won't need to implement one of these options, and will give some thought to the no answer to point 1. Thanks to everyone

Re: time drift

2007-09-18 Thread Roger Searle
Steve Holdoway wrote: If that is the case then I expect that you'll find that there's a call to ntpdate in the start section of /etc/init.d/ntp, as this functionality is *not* a part of the ntp daemon. Yes there are. So now I can make sense of the apparently conflicting replies from you

openoffice 2.3 installation

2007-09-20 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I have the OpenOffice 2.3 deb download but am not sure how to do the install - this is a Mepis 6.5 installation. I have all the deb files extracted in a folder along with the desktop integration file. On a SuSE box yesterday the equivalent was executing rpm -Uvh *.rpm. Cheers, Roger

Re: openoffice 2.3 installation

2007-09-20 Thread Roger Searle
light OOo user.. Steve On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:16:06 +1200 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have the OpenOffice 2.3 deb download but am not sure how to do the install - this is a Mepis 6.5 installation. I have all the deb files extracted in a folder along with the desktop

workstation power consumption

2007-09-20 Thread Roger Searle
Marginally on / off topic I guess... I am interested in quantifying how much it costs to leave a computer running over night, and therefore what the power saving is per year to an organisation if computers that are otherwise left running all night are turned off via a schedule. The question

Re: workstation power consumption

2007-09-23 Thread Roger Searle
, I read 20W for my EPIA server, 15W for a Transmeta laptop, and 200W for a workstation, although I would guess that modern workstations would use more than 200W. - neil On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:11:04AM +1200, Roger Searle wrote: Marginally on / off topic I guess... I am interested

Re: time drift

2007-09-23 Thread Roger Searle
Disappointingly the clock is back to drifting again, so a cron job every 10 minutes it is . . . The board in question is an Asus M2N which has been fine in all other regards. Roger Roger Searle wrote: I'm pleased to report that time on that box is no longer drifting. So I won't need

Re: Internet problem or my problem?

2007-09-26 Thread Roger Searle
all fine here via TCL . . . Roger Robert Fisher wrote: I installed Mepis 7 (Beta5) yesterday and now (I think coincidentally) I have problems browsing to some sites. Anyone else got problems getting to www.google.co.nz www.mepis.org www.mepis.com I do not think it is the OS because I have

Re: openSUSE 10.3 released

2007-10-04 Thread Roger Searle
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Thu 04 Oct 2007 21:33:37 NZDT +1300, Robert Fisher wrote: I would love a copy of the 32 bit version. (I would like 64 bit but I understand there are still not codecs available to play things like .wmv files.) mplayer was handling a .wmv file for me yesterday

tune2fs and raid1

2007-10-14 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I have a couple of drives set up as raid1 via software raid with /, /boot and /home partitions. Before I potentially destroy the data, I thought I'd check - can tune2fs be used on a multidisk set? ie just do tune2fs -m 1 /dev/md3 (being the /home partition)? Cheers, Roger

Re: boot partition full

2007-10-23 Thread Roger Searle
, keep an eye on it, and move on to why when I have a little time. Roger Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, October 24, 2007 9:04 am, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I have a newish suse 10.3 box acting as a file server that I ssh into to check for data backups each morning. Yesterday it was extremely slow

Re: boot partition full

2007-10-23 Thread Roger Searle
Nick Rout wrote: Although google doesn't tell me why, this is the first page google turns up and appears to have a solution: http://www.techtalkz.com/suse-linux/62655-x-server-problem-10-2-a.html On Wed, October 24, 2007 1:45 pm, Roger Searle wrote: Thanks for the replies. Turns out that /var

Re: boot partition full

2007-10-24 Thread Roger Searle
the following to the ServerFlags section (not the server section as mentioned in the link below): Option NoPM true and /var/log/Xorg.0.log has been the same size for over 10 minutes now! Thanks to everyone who replied, and I'll be looking in to logrotate in the nearish future. Roger Roger Searle

konsole session profiles

2007-10-24 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I have a konsole session autostarting and use it regularly by renaming it, then starting a second session which I also rename. This is saved as a profile which I can start up with the konsole menu kicker button. I can't figure out how to have this profile be the one that can be made to

Re: konsole session profiles

2007-10-24 Thread Roger Searle
Ross Drummond wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:53, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I have a konsole session autostarting and use it regularly by renaming it, then starting a second session which I also rename. This is saved as a profile which I can start up with the konsole menu kicker button. I

Re: konsole session profiles

2007-10-24 Thread Roger Searle
One solution (which is enough for me!) I discovered is to create a new link to application, with the command konsole --profile profile name and put that in the autostart folder. Having first saved the profile... Roger Roger Searle wrote: Ross Drummond wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:53

Re: Does anyone have a better toy for the next meeting?

2007-10-30 Thread Roger Searle
Don Gould wrote: I forget who's it was, one of the andrews . . . sorry i haven't really figured out which one is which yet.

vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-05 Thread Roger Searle
A fresh install of Gutsy Gibbon on an AMD64 machine, I am trying to installed vmware-server (1.0.4-56528). Prior to running vmware-config.pl I have run vmware-any-any-update114 which leads to the following error: Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. VMware 2

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Roger Searle
it required was build-essential and xinetd. I understand that 64 bit host used to be difficult, but latest reports seem to indicate it all works as for 32 bit. Kerry. On 06/11/2007, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A fresh install of Gutsy Gibbon on an AMD64 machine, I am trying to installed

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Roger Searle
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: I have run vmware-any-any-update114 which leads to the following error: gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory Install the compiler completely, not just the preprocessor. (I'd imagine a compiler doesn't fit onto a 1-CD

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Roger Searle
Kerry Mayes wrote: NO! don't try apt-get install vmware-server under gutsy! It's not in the repo yet. And the ONLY dependencies are build-essential and xinetd. g the tech republic page had an error build essential - adept just told me build-essential was NOT installed. So now

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Roger Searle
I really appreciate all the help. I have uninstalled vmware, the second reinstall has progressed better now that the compiler, build-essential and xinetd are already available. Clearly the issue of the missing libraries remains: The correct version of one or more libraries needed to run

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Roger Searle
Hi Kerry - are you running 32 or 64 bit Gutsy? Kerry Mayes wrote: NO! don't try apt-get install vmware-server under gutsy! It's not in the repo yet. And the ONLY dependencies are build-essential and xinetd. Kerry.

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Roger Searle
Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, November 7, 2007 6:10 am, Roger Searle wrote: The correct version of one or more libraries needed to run VMware Server may be missing. This is the output of ldd /usr/bin/vmware: linux-gate.so.1 = (0xe000) libm.so.6 = /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7ed6000

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Roger Searle
Steve Holdoway wrote: ldconfig??? I really must get some remote access going between work and home... so that command will have to wait for a few hours.

Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?

2007-11-06 Thread Roger Searle
as expected. So in summary, there were 3 things I needed to do: install build-essential, xinetd, and ia32-libs first (Adept or apt-get install), then install vmware-server. Thanks to everyone who has replied. Cheers, Roger Matthew Gregan wrote: At 2007-11-07T09:16:16+1300, Roger Searle wrote

gigabit nics

2007-11-07 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I'm looking to put gigabit network cards in a couple of suse 10.2 boxes (among others) and seeking list experience on what models/chipsets are good/bad. For example DSE have the XH8266 supposedly supporting linux:

Re: kopete crashes - only 32 bit solutions

2007-11-08 Thread Roger Searle
Thank you Matthew, kopete will connect without crashing now. Roger Matthew Gregan wrote: At 2007-11-09T11:08:17+1300, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, kopete crashes when logging in to the msn network, a commonly reported issue at the moment for kubuntu gutsy users, the issue is described here

kopete crashes - only 32 bit solutions

2007-11-08 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, kopete crashes when logging in to the msn network, a commonly reported issue at the moment for kubuntu gutsy users, the issue is described here and there is a fix: http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3041 The problem being that this is for 32bit - GDebi (the new package installer) reports

Re: skype install (was: kopete crashes - only 32 bit solutions)

2007-11-08 Thread Roger Searle
, Roger Roger Searle wrote: there doesn't appear to be a 64 bit skype.

Re: gigabit nics

2007-11-13 Thread Roger Searle
Criggie wrote: Here's some examples GigE PCI card to GigE on-board PCI card mythbox.criggie.dyndns.org 239.000Mbps 0.025 GigE PCI card to GigE PCI card sucrose.criggie.dyndns.org 196.103Mbps 0.029 what is the method you are using to obtain these stats?

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