[SLUG] Handheld scanners

2007-10-13 Thread Alan L Tyree
Has anybody had any experience with these? I want something to scan written text in a library. Any experiences greatly appreciated. Thanks, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092

[SLUG] endless packets from my wireless router

2007-10-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Hi, can anyone explain what these packets coming from my wireless router are? These are the lines from tshark: 0.00 Netgear_a0:1a:fc - IntelCor_80:3f:54 LLC I, N(R)=0, N(S)=0; DSAP NULL LSAP Individual, SSAP NULL LSAP Command and from tcpdump: 12:23:12.489965 00:14:6c:a0:1a:fc (oui Unknown)

[SLUG] Aus based web hosting?

2007-10-13 Thread Blindraven
I'm after a decent Sydney (or Aus) based host that has all the cpanel/ftp/mysql/php perks but for a fairly low (ok ,very cheap) price. I only need it for a Linux blog that i can update from time to time when I fix things so i can come back to it later + I'll likely chuck a simple portal system on

[SLUG] Gutsy/Gnome, too much crapon the desktop

2007-10-13 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Hi all, I'm recently upgraded my desktop from Feisty to Gutsy and now find that Gnome wants to put an icon on the desktop for every file and directory in $HOME. Now like many people, I havd a huge amount of crap in my $HOME, so I'd like to turn off this feature completely. I've looked in the

Re: [SLUG] Aus based web hosting?

2007-10-13 Thread Ken Wilson
Sydney Web Hosting has such http://sydneyweb.net./ Geoffrey is a TAFE teacher, teaches Linux and is very helpful, lives in Marrickville, member of SLUG. See website for prices but I think it is $100 per year. Lisa has her sites there. Ken Blindraven wrote: I'm after a decent Sydney (or

Re: [SLUG] Gutsy/Gnome, too much crapon the desktop

2007-10-13 Thread Jeremy Visser
On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 13:37 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Now like many people, I havd a huge amount of crap in my $HOME, so I'd like to turn off this feature completely. I've looked in the menus, but can't find anything. Anyone able to whack me with a cluebat? This shouldn't normally

Re: [SLUG] endless packets from my wireless router

2007-10-13 Thread David P
I get these all the time as well since I switched to a netgear wpn824v2 for wifi. Seems to be a normal part of the wifi's operation. It does get annoying sometimes as it tends to clutter up packet captures; unfortunately wireshark doesn't accept a capture filter of not llc (it only works as a