Re: [SLUG] error
Ryan, On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 16:49 +0930, Ryan Verner wrote: On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 11:06 +1000, ashley maher wrote: The dmesg output is: cx88[0]/0: AUD_STATUS: 0x7372 [mono/no pilot] ctl=BTSC_AUTO_STEREO That's something dicky with the cx88xx module; I'm going to take a random pot-shot here and guess you've got an MSI [EMAIL PROTECTED] card (or removed tv card, dmesg is happy. I agree unlikely to be influencing the display problem. Instead, I'll ask a different question: are you using the default nv drivers, or the proprietary nvidia with the module from restricted-modules? I use the nvidia module from the restricted modules. If the latter, have you tried tweaking NvAGP/agpgart settings, et al? no didn't know you could. Have you checked xorg logs/syslog for any further clues? nothing obvious, but this comes and goes. So I could be looking at it and not see it. If it happens agin I may post the sections from the logs and see if somebody else can see what I cann't Thanks for teh help so far. Regards, Ashley -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Another Spammer caught
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20050517p2a00m0dm011000c.html Got a good laugh from this. Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Problems with setting up sound card in Ubuntu 4.10 (now 5.04)
Hi again. - and thanks to Ben. Sorry for the long post, but I thought it best I explain as clearly as I can. I loaded Ubuntu 5.04, then installed KDE - what a whopper of an exercise that was! I also installed the SB16 card I have and disabled the onboard sound card in the BIOS. THEN per http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=31494highlight=soundblaster sudo modprobe snd_sb16 Then alsamixer and boosted the volume. This gave me sound!! Installed a kid-friendly collection of icons and a pink-cat Firefox theme (urm, okay, this is the point that I tell you this is for my daughter - why does she like PINK? - and is on an old Compaq) So all works well, except... on reboot, I've no sound. I then followed the suggestions at: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Creative+Labscard=Sound+Blaster+Vibra16X.chip=sb16module=sb16#modp and my install is brand new, with updates and with alsa-driver and alsa-utils up-to-date, so I shouldn't have to install the latest, as of posting, X.X.X.X.0.1 version (should I?) when I have those that were the latest the day before? So I made a file called alsa, installed it as the suggested /etc/modutils/alsa containing: # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-sb16 # module options should go here # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 # card #1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss (just a question, where is says # module options should go here, should there be anything there?) Then ran update-modules and then... still doesn't work. So sudo modprobe snd_sb16 and alsamixer again and again, sound... with XMMS and Realplayer, but not with Amarok...? The Alsa site also suggest (I think this is correct) that I should modify the: /etc/modules.conf but the link describing how is broken. Any assistance, advice, suggestions would be most appreciated. I can get sound (though not in Amarok), which is a huge improvement, but have to buggerise around after rebooting. Thanks, Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Problems with setting up sound card in Ubuntu 4.10 (now 5.04)
This one time, at band camp, elliott-brennan wrote: So all works well, except... on reboot, I've no sound. [snip] and again, sound... with XMMS and Realplayer, but not with Amarok...? KDE uses artsd as its sound server, Ubuntu uses esd. This means you can't directly access the sound card but have to go through the sound server. In preferences, see what XMMS is using. If it's going direct (to OSS or ALSA), then the reason Amarok isn't working is that artsd isn't running. One of the KDE control panels controls the sound server. Check that out. You'll need to set non-KDE apps up to use artsd. This might require installing the xmms-arts package and the like for other apps. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other. - Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] pptp IP address assignment
On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 11:26 +1000, Michael Fox wrote: I think you need to tell us more about this setup of yours. Sounds very interesting :) Nothing really that special; I can't get ADSL at my current residence so I'm running a WEP'ed wireless link (utilising Debian+HostAP+Prism cards) up the road to a client of mine who can. As WEP is bloody awful, I also tunnel an encrypted connection that everything is routed over (and all traffic is encapsulated); pptpd was what I found worked well at the time writing/packaging the solution (over 2 years ago now, ignoring routine upgrades). The internal connections are just for wireless (a second Prism/HostAP card); wifi hands out dhcp, but you're on a lone nonrouted subnet until you VPN in from a client machine (and you get an IP on the local ethernet subnet). I much prefer tunneling/encrypting each individual connection rather than using a shared encryption scheme such as WEP; I don't want other users sniffing my traffic. I'm in the midst of moving it to a completely different solution right now, actually, which probably is a bit more interesting :-) R -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] web site analysis/statistics
At 12:05 AM 17/05/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Relatedly, can anyone recommend a good squid log analyser? There's quite a few around -- but i'd like to see what people actually recommend. I used Calamaris in the past and liked it. That *was* a while ago though :) cheers, Rob -- We don't hate vegetarians, we just think they're funny. This is random quote 1159 of 1268. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] pptp IP address assignment
Ryan Verner wrote: I'm in the midst of moving it to a completely different solution right now, actually, which probably is a bit more interesting :-) I hope its openvpn :) dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] DebSIG
Does DebSIG have a topic tonight? Regards, Ashley -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] pptp IP address assignment
On 5/18/05, David Kempe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ryan Verner wrote: I'm in the midst of moving it to a completely different solution right now, actually, which probably is a bit more interesting :-) I hope its openvpn :) So openvpn is the way to go? I want to setup something similar to Ryan, or atleast configure my linux machine thats currently serving files out to my lan to also do some vpn server end point stuff (for wireless and wan connected people). I am still researching on what way to attempt on Debian Sarge install. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] FS: Dlink DWL660 (802.11b) PCMCIIA Card
Works VERY well in Linux (cs_orinoco). I've upgraded to an 11g card and the DWL660 is surplus to my requirements. I'm looking for about $35 + postage. I've still got the driver disk (Windows), plastic case for it and manuals - just not the box :) Contact me via e-mail if you're interested: james at grayonline dot id dot au. Cheers, James -- My mother was a test tube; my father was a knife. -- Friday -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Clipboards under X
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm currently using Ubuntu Hoary (top distro btw), but I have one minor annoyance. Up until I moved to Ubuntu, I'd been using Redhat/Fedora. The clipboard, regardless of whether I selected the text or ctrl+c the text, it ended up in the same clipboard. Now under ubuntu selecting text and ctrl+c text appears to be two seperate clipboards. This can be quite annoying since some applications can't ctrl+v to paste and others I have can't middle mouse click to paste. Is there any way of combining the two? - -- Cheers, David. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCisLShPPdWeHRgaoRAu+RAKCdwPW1pd2UR/Yrmd5ejWwsZ8UlEgCghVR0 8n6Fj3jCRLr33XEh6c4axC4= =A4Ng -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Clipboards under X
David Gillies wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm currently using Ubuntu Hoary (top distro btw), but I have one minor annoyance. Up until I moved to Ubuntu, I'd been using Redhat/Fedora. The clipboard, regardless of whether I selected the text or ctrl+c the text, it ended up in the same clipboard. Now under ubuntu selecting text and ctrl+c text appears to be two seperate clipboards. This can be quite annoying Really? I think it keeps things consistent. If you selected something Unix style, that'll be what you see when you paste Unix style. If you cut something windows style, and paste Windows style, you'll see what you expect too. since some applications can't ctrl+v to paste and others I have can't middle mouse click to paste. What apps don't support Unix pasting? Mike -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Clipboards under X
David Gillies wrote: Now under ubuntu selecting text and ctrl+c text appears to be two seperate clipboards. This can be quite annoying since some applications can't ctrl+v to paste and others I have can't middle mouse click to paste. hehe, if you think that's annoying, ctrl-c from an app, close the app and then ctrl-v somewhere. Trent -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Clipboards under X
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike MacCana wrote: David Gillies wrote: since some applications can't ctrl+v to paste and others I have can't middle mouse click to paste. What apps don't support Unix pasting? WINE applications don't. I have to use Lotus Notes for my work email. A bit annoying when I want to copy data from Lotus Notes into x3270 or into VMWare (which only recognises data from the Unix clipboard). - -- David. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCisxjhPPdWeHRgaoRAiXdAJ0Q5JvjQNOilJHKRlTNKyEER5TFUgCg4Tce D9Q2Yz4XPhL8dTJ3TWwPQfI= =rgaf -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Clipboards under X
David Gillies wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike MacCana wrote: David Gillies wrote: since some applications can't ctrl+v to paste and others I have can't middle mouse click to paste. What apps don't support Unix pasting? WINE applications don't. Windows apps don't support Unix paste eh? Damn you and damn your logical answers :^P Mike -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Clipboards under X
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 QuantumG wrote: David Gillies wrote: Now under ubuntu selecting text and ctrl+c text appears to be two seperate clipboards. This can be quite annoying since some applications can't ctrl+v to paste and others I have can't middle mouse click to paste. hehe, if you think that's annoying, ctrl-c from an app, close the app and then ctrl-v somewhere. Yeah, I only just stumbled upon that one recently, since I usually keep all my apps open from when I start in the morning, until I finish at night. Apparently the GNOME Clipboard Daemon helps out with that problem: http://members.chello.nl/~h.lai/gnome-clipboard-daemon/ I haven't had a chance to try it out though. I wonder whether it'll help out with my other problem (not that it mentions whether it does or not). - -- David. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCis5AhPPdWeHRgaoRAl2oAKCScF9MRXU+rGrA21I1dpemBrsuFgCgvJcS uQiE/LjQO9xqWk82HWLY+N0= =Tmyr -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Education Expo Report and Thanks
Good morning everyone, We had a rocking weekend at the Education Expo! By all accounts, the buzz we generated was immense, and will hopefully have a lasting impact. The Linux Australia booth was right at the front of the busiest show floor, and thanks to a bit of LOUD costuming and a penguin sticker pandemic, everyone knew who we were! We handed out hundreds of CDs and stickers, ran a popular quiz with fluffy penguins prizes, talked to students, parents and schools about what Linux and Open Source can do for them, and had a lot of fun in the process. I'm not a huge believer in trade shows, but the Education Expo has a massive audience with surprising breadth. On one hand, it is targeted at the schools themselves, with plenty of products and services aimed at schools, teachers and their administration - this includes everything from crayon to canteen supplies, graphics tablets to management software. On the other hand, it is aimed at parents looking for learning resources, information about schools in their area, and special needs education. So it covers teachers, education purchasing decision makers, parents, students, the schools themselves, other companies working in the education market, etc. The breadth of people we met at the Education Expo was nothing short of incredible. This is a market that touches everyone! :-) First off, I'd like to thank Sara Kaan for encouraging (and convincing!) us to run a booth at the show, Pia Waugh for making sure it all came together, and Linux Australia for sponsoring the effort as part of the grant scheme. This was also the first official outing of the new Linux Australia banner, which looks awesome (photos below). Many thanks to the following contributors to the event: ABD Computers - computer hardware prizes Canonical - 100s of Ubuntu CDs Everything Linux - stickers and fluffy tux prizes Linux Australia - primary booth sponsor, rocking LA banner Novell - SuSE CDs and pens Pia Waugh - alcoholic prizes Red Hat - posters and clothing prizes SLUG Chris Deigan - hosting the live webcam for those who couldn't go Solutions First - providing comfy and funky furniture for the booth And of course, to all of our booth babes! Bruce Badger Chris Deigan Lindsay Holmwood Sara Mo Kaan Grant Parnell Telford Tendys Craig Warner Pia Jeff Waugh Ken Wilson Murali (sorry Murali, didn't get your surname) Here are some blog entries and galleries of the event - please reply with more if I haven't listed them: http://ctd.id.au/index.php/2005/05/15/penguin-plague/ http://pipka.org/blog/1116150840?flav=roses http://holmwood.id.au/~lindsay/?p=158 http://www.slug.org.au/gallery/edexpo05 Thanks, - Jeff -- GUADEC 2005: May 29th-31st http://2005.guadec.org/ You know, it's not that unusual, even in Hollywood, for brothers to work together. Heard of the Warner brothers? - Ethan Coen -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] DebSIG
quote(ashley maher); Does DebSIG have a topic tonight? Yes, it's surprise topic night. Come for a surprise topic. :) (Yeah, DebSIG is still on...) -Chris. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
