RE: [Scottish] Strange DNS problem

So DNS may well be up, you just can't see it - it's the network that's down, got any crontabs running monthly on the 27th? Not that I can see, although I'll doublecheck what does an ifconfig and a route show give when your getting this outage? maybe even a dump of netstat -ap might reveal

Re: [Scottish] Talk Suggestions ?

can join in more easily, and then perhaps you can have one big talk only once every 3 months or something? Just my £0.02 Ben Thorp (mrBen) ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

Re: [Scottish] When and where are the meetings?

Welcome. The meetings are on the last Thursday of the month, beginning at 7.30pm in the CIS Staff Room on the 11th floor of some big Strathclyde Uni building. I think there is a map on the website http://www.scotlug.org.uk At 9.00pm we 'retire' to the Counting House on George Square for a few

Re: [Scottish] FlameWar: Window managers

I've been using Fluxbox happily for a long time now - very easy on the hardware, very little window or desktop 'clutter'. If you like icons, simply add something like idesk or acidlaunch. And it's rock solid, IMHO. Ben Thorp

[Scottish] Certification Centres

. I just want to pay for and sit the exams. (Oh, and slightly OT, but http://www.sdit.co.uk/products/range.asp?prid=9 have some nice cheap Linux boxes - £199 inc VAT + delivery for an AMD Duron1300, 128Mb RAM, RedHat 8.0 preinstalled!) Ben Thorp (mrBen

Re: [Scottish] Certification Centres

that route I think. Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

Re: [Scottish] Free to a good home.

I'd be interested in one or other of the harddrives and the mobo+processor - although I have very little exp (ie none) with twin boards - I am assuming it is fully Linux compat, and would I be able to slot it nicely into a standard ATX case. Ben Thorp Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Support

Re: [Scottish] Need advice on setting up a Mandrake/Debian home network

running BIND on the Debian box ;) This and further advice would be very welcome, thanks.. Further advice? Don't eat the yellow snow. David. Ben Thorp mrBen ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

Re: [Scottish] Need advice on setting up a Mandrake/Debian home network

There are also some helpful help files at http://www.justlinux.com You might like to try the one on Routing at http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Networks/Routing.html They also have a couple on using ipchains, but nothing yet on iptables. Ben Thorp

Re: [Scottish] at76c503 wireless usb adaptor

/at76c503/ suggests that this driver, while being developed on 2.4.20, has also been known to work on 2.4.19? Ben Thorp rayH

Re: [Scottish] May 2003 ScotLUG Meeting

Are we not meeting in the Uni to start with? Make sure you put up notices, after the debacle last time. mrBen (Ben Thorp) Kenny Duffus

Re: [Scottish] Fw: LUG Screening

me too Ben Thorp Kyle Gordon [EMAIL

Re: [Scottish] Anybody want an HP Deskjet 500 printer?

If you don't have a printer that works in Linux, then your needs are greater than mine, as I do. Ben Thorp ptb

Re: [Scottish] Couple of things

is probably 0+0, if this is possible (can you double-stripe?) ?!? Oh, and Mark, if you have any hubs left, I would take one if no-one else wants it ;o) Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Scottish] Next meet - 27/11/03

the pressure, it would be nice to set something up (I am assuming that Strathclyde Uni is still open to us as a venue)? Thoughts, anyone? (Or, even better, offers to do a talk) Ben Thorp As an aside - it appears that you can no longer 'Reply-To', as it goes to an individual, rather than back

Re: [Scottish] Next Meeting

still have banned me from attending a SLUG meet. (women!) Ben Thorp Kyle Gordon

Re: [Scottish] Mailing list to web interface

, linuxquestions.org etc, etc) Don't know whether thats enough for you to retract your retraction, but mebbe... Ben Thorp Kyle Gordon

Re: [Scottish] storing current directory

export AMB_TMP=`pwd` Ben Allan Bruce

Re: [Scottish] storing current directory

Yay! First post :o) Ben Thorp Ben

Re: [Scottish] Re: XFree86 4.4 RPMs for Mandrake 10.0? (Fulvio Valente)

credit that console script in my splash screen or about page, then I must also credit XFree. This could be a big deal (as you can imagine) IANAL :) Ben Thorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 15-03-2004 12:35:00: Interesting to know WHAT has changed in the license. Had a look at the license page

[Scottish] Suggestions/help with barcode scanner

might do) that works under Linux, that somebody would like to either sell, or lend to me for 6 months while I finish the project involved. Otherwise I'm heading back to eBay to try again :( Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Scottish] Suggestions/help with barcode scanner

to the scanner. So it looks like I might be screwed software-wise, and hardware-wise :( /me heads back to eBay Maybe you can pick up the decoder on eBay? Graeme On 19 Mar 2004, at 10:18, Ben Thorp wrote: OK - I got burned by an eBay purchase - it had to happen sometime. I

Re: [Scottish] Suggestions/help with barcode scanner

have the pinout diagrams. I guessed the big problem was the power. Ultimately, I don't really have the time/inclination to spend a lot of time adapting it, so if someone would like it, they would be welcome to it. Regards Kenny /delurk - Original Message - From: Ben Thorp [EMAIL

Re: [Scottish] Suggestions/help with barcode scanner {Scanned}

nope. tried it on the works laptop (win2k) and it doesn't pick it up at all, and you still get no laser :( Ben Thorp CRM/BTO Contact Centre, EMEA Tel: +44 (0) 1475-892000 Ext: 69688 Visit our Web sites: External: http://www.ibm.com Internal: http://w3.emea.ibm.com/ssc [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Scottish] Suggestions/help with barcode scanner {Scanned}

Thorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote .. nope. tried it on the works laptop (win2k) and it doesn't pick it up at all, and you still get no laser :( Ben Thorp CRM/BTO Contact Centre, EMEA Tel: +44 (0) 1475-892000 Ext: 69688 Visit our Web sites: External: http://www.ibm.com

[Scottish] Marchs Meeting

House pub on George Square from about 21.00 This month Gordon Pearce (aka gordonjcp) will be doing a talk on Wireless Computing. There will also be to usual opportunity for Q+A and discussion. Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Scottish] Marchs Meeting

later on :) Unfortunately Gordon's talk on encrytion is not quite finished, so but he kindly offered to talk about wireless instead. Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

Re: [Scottish] Am I the only person locked out of Ebay?

I've been getting that from Moz 1.6 and Firefox on Linux, but its working fine under Windows (Firefox) at work. There is a project (i think called uabar) for adding user-agent changing to mozilla - uabar.mozdev.org IIRC, but I'm not sure that that is the issue. Ben Thorp [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Scottish] Aprils Meeting

House pub on George Square from about 21.00 This month quiz-meister Kev McDermott (aka bigkevmcd) will be running, well, a Quiz. Generally (but not exclusively) Linux-related, and fun for all the family. Look forward to seeing you all there. Ben Thorp

Re: [Scottish] Cheapo digital camera recommendations

it on http://www.westendletting.co.uk/search.php ) - 1600x1200 photos and very clear. Ben Thorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 26-04-2004 08:09:31: I was looking at picking up one of the little cheap digital cameras which are floating around just now for 50-100 quid. I noticed that Jenners

[Scottish] 2H 2004

able to attend the meetings so far this year should take the time to thank those who have been involved in running meetings ;) Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

Re: [Scottish] Failed RPM dependencies - what to do about 'em?

If you are using Mandrake, usr URPMI, it will sort the deps for you Most RPM-based distributions now have some sort of automatic dependency-resolving system. IIRC Fedora uses up2date, Mandrake uses urpmi, and some use apt-rpm Dependency resolution may have been an issue for convertees a

Re: [Scottish] Failed RPM dependencies - what to do about 'em?

Care to offer a ranking of distros, according to user/newbie friendliness? Based on reviews, and some (but not all) personal experience, I would like to suggest some of the following distros: - Xandros: looks like they've done a lot to make a solid, dependable, Debian-based distro, with

[Scottish] June's Meeting

questions in advance, please email them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

[Scottish] July's Meeting

venues. Ben Thorp (mrBen) ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

[Scottish] August's Meeting (and Sept/Oct preview)

on Video Editing in Linux. If anyone is interested in running the meeting in November, then please do contact me - December is likely to be something Christmassy ;) Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Scottish] August's Meeting (and Sept/Oct preview)

Ooops - sjmurdochs homepage is http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/ Ben Thorp Ben Thorp/UK/Contr/IB

Re: [Scottish] wat courses should i take? {Scanned}

are these courses being offered, or is it internal to your job? Ben Thorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23/08/2004 19:36:24: Hi, I've got the opertunity to take a couple of linux based coarses (and a couple of others) over the next few months, and thought id ask you lot what the better corses would

[Scottish] Upcoming Meetings

The following topics have been agreed for the next few meetings: September 30th - BSD by Kevin McDermott (bigkevmcd) October 28th - Video Editing under Linux by Ben Thorp (mrBen) November 25th - LFS (Linux from Scratch) by Andy McKay (lonewolff) December 30th (? TBD) - Christmas/New

Re: [Scottish] xbox linux (again)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 26/10/2004 09:43:03: Georgia Thomson wrote: not as far as i'm aware, playstation2 can run linux, but with a lot more work than is required for an xbox to do so. I'm sure someone got a PlayStation running some form of Linux or NetBSD (it's just a MIPS target

Re: [Scottish] Hi from Down Under

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/11/2004 12:41:58: Hi guys, I was wondering if you were having a LUG meeting in December, I notice the shindig on the 30th- so no meeting? There's none planned apart from the shindig at this point, but there's no reason why we can't have a meeting if there is

Re: [Scottish] SPAM SPAM SPAM - Clear out

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16/11/2004 15:27:06: Also playstation one, with about 50 games or so. --- end of free stuff /me wouldn't mind that I'm also flogging a 17inch dell flat panel monitor (decided dual screen is not for me), for about £150ish, 1 month or so old. Comes with driver

Re: [Scottish] November Meeting

us in the Counting House any time from about 6ish. Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 18/11/2004 15:39:27: On Wednesday 17 November 2004 15:44, Ben Thorp wrote: Just a wee reminder - the November meeting will be on Thursday 25th November, at 7.30pm and Livingston Tower (directions on the webpage

[Scottish] January's Meeting

://www.blender3d.org and http://www.blender.org If anybody has any suggestions of the kind of meetings they would like to see in 2005, I would be happy to hear them. Likewise, if you would like to organise a meeting, please drop me a line. Ben Thorp ___ Scottish

Re: [Scottish] (no subject)

and could meet me to help me verify if I'm just a doughball, or if indeed I've got a bad copy of Linux, would you please get in touch? I'm in the Westend and could meet up if you like - mail me off list: mrben at jedimoose.org Ben Thorp (mrben

Re: [Scottish] Good Live Disk for ...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/02/2005 14:00:43: *** This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the

Re: [Scottish] A Wee Hello

Welcome. Ben Thorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/02/2005 13:15:23: Hi there, My name is Peter Shillan, a software developer from Stirling. I mainly develop server-side Java at the moment and have just started my first I.T. contract in Glasgow so I thought I'd join the list. My

Re: [Scottish] Anyone there??

at the end of last week - Rolands emergency email to me only arrived on Sunday We are hopefully going to reschedule this talk for later in the year. Ben Thorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24/02/2005 18:52:09: Hi did anyone get that last email about the lecture? I'm still waiting on some feedback from

[Scottish] LUGRadio Live

. If anyone is interested in coming, and wants to catch a lift, then we should hopefully be able to arrange something. It would be cool for a crowd of us to go. Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk

[Scottish] This months meeting, and other stories

;) Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

Re: [Scottish] Linux Install Day

(and IIRC have a broadband connection). Ben Thorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 22/03/2005 20:31:36: Been bit of a discussion on IRC regarding this today and the response seemed good. The idea would be to get members of the general public to bring machines along that we'd install Linux on for them

[Scottish] Aprils Meeting

Aprils meeting will be at 7.30pm on the 28th April at Livingstone Tower, retiring to the Counting House at 9pm for a few light ales and further Linux discussion ;) This months talk will be on Voice over IP (VoIP), including Asterisk, and live demos, and the like. Ben Thorp/mrben

[Scottish] OT: Guitar Amp

and socket for a footswitch. Can take an FX loop too. Hopefully that makes it sound like I know what I'm talking about ;) Any questions can be mailed to me offlist at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http

Re: [Scottish] Meeting this month?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 27/06/2005 22:29:43: Is there a meeting on thursday? This will be one of the few times I'm free on a thursday evening, so wouldn't surprise me at all if it was a month with no slug meeting ;-) There is indeed a meeting this month - usual format - 7.30pm at

Re: [Scottish] Something for nothing

FYI these guys did a lightning talk at LUGRadio Live last weekend, and were apparently very good. Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 29/06/2005 14:04:34: SOMETHING FOR NOTHING JULY 11th RADIUS SHOP 423 SHIELDS RD, POLLOKSHIELDS - 7pm - 9pm As part of the 'Grow Your Your Own Media Lab'

[Scottish] July's Meeting

. Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

[Scottish] Augusts Meeting

postponed talk on Linux PVR software (MythTV/Freevo) by Kyle (aka Bagpuss). There have also been vicious rumours about a short Gentoo talk from Scott, but these have not yet been confirmed. Hope to see you there. Ben Thorp aka mrben ___ Scottish mailing

Re: [Scottish] future meeting idea

So which of you corporate whores is going to fill it out and be our Novell contact? Ben Aidan Skinner [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scottish] Random lockups! Hardware Diagnostics?

It would be worth checking your cooling - I had similar problems recently due to a faulty cpufan. Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/10/2005 13:53:23: Harry F Doherty wrote: Hi I've been having random lockups on my machine - no response to keyboard or mouse. This has happen both

Re: [Scottish] Website changes

While we are looking at changes to the website, it's probably also a decent time to think about the meetings themselves. We had a long discussion about this a couple of years ago, so it must be time to revisit it. Additionally, I believe that Livingstone Tower is going to have renovations

[Scottish] Novembers Meeting

from 6ish. Apologies for the late notice, and lack of speaker. Ben Thorp (mrben) ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

[Scottish] Time flies - January's meeting and other stories

probably mean having a 'special' meeting on a Saturday at some point (Kenny is this doable with Strathclyde?) and charging a nominal entrance fee? Ben Thorp (aka mrben) ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Scottish] SuSe Internet Access

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23/02/2006 09:50:43: Colin McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The cheapo adsl adaptors which come for 'free' with ADSL packages are almost universally USB connected and (mostly) only work with MSWindows. I'd recommend getting your own ADSL router with

[Scottish] March's Meeting

on IRC (#scotlug on freenode - see the site for more details) or drop a mail to the list; sadly the big fluffy penguin that used to identify the group is not currently with us :( Ben Thorp (aka mrBen) ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish

[Scottish] This months meeting

Arrgh - forgot to send this out early again. Apologies. This month is as normal - Andrew Calverley (aka MrLithic) will be talking about Novell and stuff. Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https

Re: [Scottish] Dapper gets thumbs up in the Daily Record.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/06/2006 10:51:53: I cannot understand why Ubuntu is so popular. It seems to be a repackaging of Debian. It is a step backwords for Linux. I am considering migrating to MEPIS. Does anyone have a MEPIS CD they can give me? Thanks. MEPIS is just a repackaging

[Scottish] June's Meeting

source product. You can find the LogicalWare webpage, and mailmanager details at http://www.logicalware.com/ Ben Thorp (aka mrben) ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

[Scottish] BBQ

Street, Whiteinch - G14 0SA. If you get lost, then my mobile is 07890-291021 Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

[Scottish] Augusts Meeting

August's meeting will take place this Thursday (31st) as per usual. This month Andrew Elwell will be giving a talk on Big Systems. All the usual arrangements and timings apply - see the website or ask if you require more details. Ben Thorp

Re: [Scottish] X-server issue

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/09/2006 13:54:55: Hi, I recently received the latest edition of Ubuntu and Kubuntu. I successfully installed Ubuntu but now I the X-server problem. I would be surprised if you had the x-server problem if you have not updated - it was only broken for a few hours

[Scottish] Fw: [JOBS] Senior PHP Developer

Apparently I'm the main contact - I don't remember signing up for that :( Oh well - Jobs Ahoy! Ben Thorp - Forwarded by Ben Thorp/UK/IBM on 18/09/2006 10:43 - Phill Gillespie

[Scottish] September's Meeting

palatte) and alcoholic beverages (most likely beer). There will likely be much Linux- and IT-related talk :) Normal service will be resumed next month. Ben Thorp (aka mrBen) ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https

[Scottish] Decembers Meeting - Quiz Time!

. Or something. There will likely be pre-meeting eats (and drinks) in the Counting House from 6pm (if not earlier) for those who want to go straight from work. So - get your pre-quiz preparations in order (scan that bookshelf of O'Reilly covers) and we'll see you there! Ben Thorp (aka mrben

Re: [Scottish] Virtualisation comparisons

Don't suppose anyone would be interested in doing something in one of the meetings about virtualisation? It's quite a hot topic at the moment and I'm sure folks would be interested. Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/02/2007 11:47:32: I'm from Edinburgh, but I seem to have a lot of visits to

Re: [Scottish] Virtualisation comparisons

Never having yet been to a meeting, and the wiki indicating there isn't a normal one this month... what's a meeting like? If there's scope for a computer and maybe a projector I'll have a go. Dunno how that would work in the 20-people-in-a-pub UK model of LUGs though :-) Meh - ignore the

Re: [Scottish] Re: BBC/DRM

It should probably be pointed out that the BBC finished their consultation process before the original email was sent. The objections raised by both Mac and Linux users was noted in their response, and they are looking to have an available client for other platforms as soon as possible, but

Re: moRe: [Scottish] time spent on Linux stuff...

OK - lets step through some of this. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 28/02/2007 09:53:23: Dear All, Well, I am now to the point where I realise that Linux is really only ever going to be a hobby, as it just seems to require so much time to simply make up its mind to *function*...(or for

[Scottish] Next few months

For those not aware, my wife is due to give birth on the 7th April, so I think I am going to need to step away from organising the formal part of the scotlug meetings for a few months. It would be really good if someone could maybe fill the void while I'm away. You don't have to do much - just

Re: [Scottish] Different meeting

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 18/03/2007 18:32:53: Hi , I wouldn't discount IBM totally - the plant in Greenock is still open AFAIK, it just works on a far smaller scale. They have tons of office space, some rented out, some just lying bare (great use for a function). They make

Re: [Scottish] Scotlug coffees in L13.18 - still happening?

This happens if Kenny is present as it's the Computer Science Department coffee machine and he's the member of staff that fetches it for us! As far as I know he'll be present this month (he's generally offline at the moment due to RSI) There were some problems with the coffee machine

Re: [Scottish] chris fleming - openstreetmap talk

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/11/2007 13:47:01: For those that missed Chris Fleming's OpenStreetMap talk at edlug in June, Or, for that matter, if you missed it at Scotlug's June meeting ;) mrben ___ Scottish mailing list

Re: [Scottish] Gear

I'd be interested in the LCD (assuming there's nothing horribly wrong with it) Ben Thorp From: Alan R [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SLUG-list scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk Date: 06/02/2008 09:11 Subject: [Scottish] Gear Hi peeps, I have some stuff up for grabs: 19 LG Flatron LCD monitor 2 x Epson

[Scottish] August's Meeting

at 7.30pm in Livingstone Tower, and then retiring to the Counting House around 9pm ish. Maps 'n' stuff on the website (http://www.scotlug.org.uk) Ben Thorp/mrben Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office

Re: [Scottish] Scotlug Meeting on Thursday Jan 29th?

interest some folk. First come, first served. Ben Thorp scottish-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote on 28/01/2009 04:27:46: From: Kyle Gordon k...@lodge.glasgownet.com To: SLUG-list scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk Date: 28/01/2009 04:30 Subject: Re: [Scottish] Scotlug Meeting

Re: [Scottish] Spare IT kit. FREE!!!!

Chance of a spec sheet? Processor speed, memory, hdd at a minimum would be helpful Ben Thorp From: Tim Brocklehurst t.brocklehu...@henryabram.co.uk To: scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk Date: 09/03/2009 10:52 Subject: [Scottish] Spare IT kit. FREE Ladies and Gentlemen, There is some

Re: [Scottish] Hardware recommendations?

http://nakedcomputers.org/ Might be helpful. Ben Thorp scottish-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote on 07/09/2009 12:06:20: From: Magnus Lawrie m.law...@gmx.net To: ScotLUG scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk Date: 07/09/2009 12:06 Subject: Re: [Scottish] Hardware recommendations

[Scottish] Free books

2nd hand when I got them, but they're all in reasonable condition. Let me know if you're interested. -- Ben Thorp mr...@jedimoose.org Carpe Aptenodytes ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo