Re: [Eug-lug]Comcast Digital Cable and Linux

2003-04-02 Thread Mr O
RedHat is going to have a 'netconf' or Network Configuration type option available in the menu. Just go there and enable DHCP on startup and it'll pick right up on your cable modem. The reason DHCP is down right now is I didn't configure it because RedHat hangs for about 2 minutes looking for a

Re: [Eug-lug]How would you have Perl make a web page?

2003-04-02 Thread Bob Miller
Neil Parker wrote: if (/inet addr:([-.0-9]+)/ and not $1 =~ /^127\./) { $result = $1 if $result eq 127.0.0.1; Thank you for noticing the descriptor leak. I am, like, *SO* embarassed. (-: The loopback address is actually a /8 block of addresses, not a single address. (Most

[Eug-lug]ebooks

2003-04-02 Thread Rob Hudson
Anyone know about how to create an ebook using Linux tools? I hear it's similar to XHTML as a document type, with some sort of attachment ball for graphics and charts and such. -Rob ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Eug-lug]HB2892 Testimony Information

2003-04-02 Thread Cooper Stevenson
Friends, Oregon's Open Source Consideration Bill, HB2892, is scheduled for a hearing before the General Government Committee Thursday, April 03 at the Oregon State Capitol building in Salem. If you wish to testify before the committee, please join us in Conference Room H-382 at 8:00 for a

RE: [Eug-lug]ebooks

2003-04-02 Thread Barker, Gerald A (MD)
Title: RE: [Eug-lug]ebooks I am interested in this topic too. I have been messing around with tex and find it interesting but difficult. Also can someone suggest how to make text files into formats for a palm using linux tools thanks Garry -Original Message- From: Rob Hudson

RE: [Eug-lug]ebooks / palm-friendly reading tools

2003-04-02 Thread Ben Barrett
One simple way, without preprocessing, is to put your file up on a local webserver (say, apache on your own machine, linux or otherwise) and then use a utility like AvantGo (with a custom channel definition for your own machine, if possible, or even a small free-hosting service) to load up your

[Eug-lug]Needed 1 each gentoo guru.

2003-04-02 Thread Daniel
This is what I HAVE done. Downloaded the stage1 tarball and burned to a CD Followed the instructions to the letter. Using dchcpd it easily connected to the winmodem in my XP box, over the eth0. Everything installed and comppiled fine. I emerged gnome, Xwindows, mc, diald, wvdial, ppp, pppd,

Re: [Eug-lug]Nifty Laptop for sale with ALL the fix'ns

2003-04-02 Thread Harald Sundt
Title: Re: [Eug-lug]Nifty Laptop for sale with ALL the fix'ns Excalibur LT300 Specifications Hal Sundt @ 541-942-1386 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Structure: Based on ChemBook 301 5 Series Dimension Weight: 10.2 (W) x 12.7 (D) x 1.5 (H) weighing 6.1 lbs with FDD and battery pack). LCD Display Panel:

RE: [Eug-lug]Nifty Laptop for sale with ALL the fix'ns

2003-04-02 Thread Harald Sundt
Title: RE: [Eug-lug]Nifty Laptop for sale with ALL the fix'ns Excalibur LT300 Specifications Hal Sundt @ 541-942-1386 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Structure: Based on ChemBook 301 5 Series Dimension Weight: 10.2 (W) x 12.7 (D) x 1.5 (H) weighing 6.1 lbs with FDD and battery pack). LCD Display Panel:

RE: [Eug-lug]Nifty Laptop for sale with ALL the fix'ns

2003-04-02 Thread Harald Sundt
Title: RE: [Eug-lug]Nifty Laptop for sale with ALL the fix'ns Excalibur LT300 Specifications Hal Sundt @ 541-942-1386 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Structure: Based on ChemBook 301 5 Series Dimension Weight: 10.2 (W) x 12.7 (D) x 1.5 (H) weighing 6.1 lbs with FDD and battery pack). LCD Display Panel:

RE: [Eug-lug]Nifty Laptop for sale with ALL the fix'ns

2003-04-02 Thread Grigsby, Garl
Ok. Enough is Enough. I think you have sent this ad to the list plenty of times. Posting the same ad over and over is not going to make anybody buy the laptop. In fact it will probably just aggravate people. Also, just as a friendly suggestion, you may want to check the accuracy of your

[Eug-lug]April Presentations (reminder)

2003-04-02 Thread Bob Miller
We have two presentations this month. The newbie track: Title: Gentoo Linux Presenters: Jack Morgan, Graham Forest Time: Saturday, April 12th, 1:00 to 3:00 PM Place: EFN World HQ, 43 W. Broadway Gentoo Linux is surging in popularity. Learn from two of

Re: [Eug-lug]Nifty Laptop for sale with ALL the fix'ns

2003-04-02 Thread Bob Miller
Grigsby, Garl wrote: wow. 8.5 feet wide. That must suck to try to find a place to work.. There was an accident involving a sendmail bug and a month's worth of penis enlargement spam... -- Bob Miller Kbob kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com

Re: [Eug-lug]ebooks / palm-friendly reading tools

2003-04-02 Thread Ben Huot
Abiword can save to palm doc format as well as open them. OpenOffice 1.1 can do that too. Ben Barrett wrote: One simple way, without preprocessing, is to put your file up on a local webserver (say, apache on your own machine, linux or otherwise) and then use a utility like AvantGo (with a custom

Re: [Eug-lug]ebooks / palm-friendly reading tools

2003-04-02 Thread Rob Hudson
I'm asking for a friend, and so far I don't know too much about eBooks. I thought thew were like PDFs and Adobe had something to do with them? What's the Open Ebook and all the other 'ebook' formats mentioned (zTXT, Rich Reader, TealDoc, Plucker, etc)? What's an ebook? Are they just for PDAs?

Re: [Eug-lug]ebooks / palm-friendly reading tools

2003-04-02 Thread Ben Barrett
Your friend probably wants to use a format that default PalmOS devices can read! I assume there are some commercial preparation services designed for people in this friend's situation, who help professionally prepare the document for sale. Of course if this is a low-budget/shoestring operation,

RE: [Eug-lug] Sorry

2003-04-02 Thread Harald Sundt
I intended to send to individuals when I forwarded. ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

Re: [Eug-lug]ebooks / palm-friendly reading tools

2003-04-02 Thread Rob Hudson
Help! It doesn't work for me. :) # make money make: *** No rule to make target `money'. Stop. On 20030402.1252, Ben Barrett said ... Your friend probably wants to use a format that default PalmOS devices can read! I assume there are some commercial preparation services designed for

Re: [Eug-lug]ebooks / palm-friendly reading tools

2003-04-02 Thread Bob Crandell
You need xyzgcc 4.02.3.51. Rob Hudson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Help! It doesn't work for me. :) # make money make: *** No rule to make target `money'. Stop. On 20030402.1252, Ben Barrett said ... Your friend probably wants to use a format that default PalmOS devices can read! I

Re: [Eug-lug]ebooks / palm-friendly reading tools

2003-04-02 Thread Ben Barrett
Oh, that -- you need to have read *and* write access to your account records (.qif files or otherwise)... if it still doesn't work for you, send me your swiss bank account numbers and access codes, and I'll see what I can do for you. You might simply need a customized target, or in the worst

Re: [Eug-lug]ebooks / palm-friendly reading tools

2003-04-02 Thread Larry Price
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Rob Hudson wrote: I'm asking for a friend, and so far I don't know too much about eBooks. I thought thew were like PDFs and Adobe had something to do with them? What's the Open Ebook and all the other 'ebook' formats mentioned (zTXT, Rich Reader, TealDoc, Plucker, etc)?

[Eug-lug][Fwd: [laneopensource] HB 2892 - history in the making]

2003-04-02 Thread Beaker (aka Jeff W)
This might be interesting to hear -Beaker Original Message From: - Wed Apr 02 13:27:13 2003 From: Ken Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [laneopensource] HB 2892 - history in the making Oregon's House Bill 2892, a piece of legislation that I wrote, will be heard at 8:30 am

Re: [Eug-lug]ebooks / palm-friendly reading tools

2003-04-02 Thread Larry Price
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Rob Hudson wrote: I was actually looking at DocBook. The document is being written in Word, but I found an rtf-to-xml converter that might get us most of the way. Not sure. With DocBook, I was never able to find an 'editor'. How do you create DocBook documents? I can

Re: [Eug-lug]ebooks / palm-friendly reading tools

2003-04-02 Thread Robert M. Solovay
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Larry Price wrote: Or use a heavyweight logical markup like DocBook or Latex and generate multiple output formats. My own preference would be DocBook, because I know I can find output filters for PDF, postscript, smart-ascii, html and most any widely available format.

Re: [Eug-lug][Fwd: [laneopensource] HB 2892 - history in the making]

2003-04-02 Thread Bob Miller
Beaker (aka Jeff W) wrote: From: Ken Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [laneopensource] HB 2892 - history in the making [...] You will need RealPlayer installed on your computer for this to work. The irony is delicious. (-: -- Bob Miller Kbob kbobsoft

Re: [Eug-lug] HB 2892 - history in the making

2003-04-02 Thread Bob Miller
Ken Barber wrote: In the draft of the bill that I sent to Rep. Barnhart, there was a clause that would have required the State to use open-standard formats in all public documents available for electronic download -- which would probably require them, in the future, to make these things

Re: [Eug-lug] HB 2892 - history in the making

2003-04-02 Thread Ken Barber
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 15:06, Bob Miller wrote: From: Ken Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [laneopensource] HB 2892 - history in the making [...] You will need RealPlayer installed on your computer for this to work. The irony is delicious. (-: In the draft of the bill that I sent

Re: [Eug-lug] HB 2892 - history in the making

2003-04-02 Thread Ben Huot
I'm glad they did put it in RealPlayer format - how many people have an Ogg Vorbis player and why should they half to download yet another program for multimedia. There is already Windows Media Player, Quicktime, Realplayer, Flash, Java, etc. Ken Barber wrote: On Wednesday 02 April 2003 15:06,

[Eug-lug]mozilla's new roadmap

2003-04-02 Thread Rob Hudson
Not sure when this happened, but Mozilla is heading in a new direction. In summary, gone are the days of the all-in-one browser, mail client, composer, chat client, calendar, etc., etc. (We already have Emacs for that! ;) http://www.mozilla.org/roadmap.html -Rob

Re: [Eug-lug] HB 2892 - history in the making / codec and mediaplayers (mplayer does Real!)

2003-04-02 Thread Ben Barrett
The difference, as I understand it, is that the good media players allow plug-in protocols -- I believe that even Windows Media Player will play Ogg Vorbis files, if the codec is installed. If the proper codec is installed, on windows, just about any media player can use it, iirc. Same goes for

[Eug-lug]Clinic 4/3/2003?

2003-04-02 Thread Kent Loobey
Is there going to be a Linux clinic this Thursday evening? ___ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug

Re: [Eug-lug]mozilla's new roadmap : Phoenix browser

2003-04-02 Thread Ben Barrett
Phoenix and Minotaur are the ideal models of their new development, as I understand their statements... I've been using Phoenix since I came across it (was using Galeon, which I liked more than Mozilla, but I like Phoenix better for the most part), and it is great! The recovery feature of Galeon

Re: [Eug-lug]Clinic 4/3/2003?

2003-04-02 Thread Joseph Carter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:09:57PM -0800, Kent Loobey wrote: Is there going to be a Linux clinic this Thursday evening? Well I'm going to be there. =) - -- Joseph Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED]Bring our troops home! I stopped a

Re: [Eug-lug]Clinic 4/3/2003?

2003-04-02 Thread Larry Price
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Kent Loobey wrote: Is there going to be a Linux clinic this Thursday evening? Yes. 04-03-2003 1830-? btw. I will not be attending the clinic on 04-10-2003, but Patrick has graciously acceded to being the one who will keep a lid on the mad scientists club while I am on

Re: [Eug-lug]Clinic 4/3/2003?

2003-04-02 Thread Kent Loobey
Joseph Carter wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:09:57PM -0800, Kent Loobey wrote: Is there going to be a Linux clinic this Thursday evening? Well I'm going to be there. =) - -- Joseph Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED]Bring our

[Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-02 Thread Cooper Stevenson
Friends, I've just returned from the capitol building. I first met with Rep. Kitts (R) regarding this bill. He indicated the following: * IT certainly has taken it in the chin during this economic downturn * We need to do more to help the IT community in Oregon beyond R D tax credits *

Re: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-02 Thread Beaker (aka Jeff W)
Cooper Stevenson wrote: Finally, I am told that the Business Software alliance _will_ be testifying in opposition of this bill. If some of you could do some research on the BSA and send me links of articles outlining their practices, motivation and case history I would be very great full. This

Re: [Eug-lug]HB2892 Update

2003-04-02 Thread Beaker (aka Jeff W)
Finally, I am told that the Business Software alliance _will_ be testifying in opposition of this bill. Here's another telling link: http://www.howtotell.com/ww/script/bsa.asp I think perhaps BSA is a puppet organization of M$ -Beaker ___ Eug-LUG

Re: [Eug-lug] HB 2892 - history in the making / codec and media players (mplayer does Real!)

2003-04-02 Thread Bob Miller
Ben Barrett wrote: So there *is* a less-evil option, but if you want to use the truly Free player, you still have to rely on (and allow!) some non-free code onto your system (the DLL). The DLL is designed for Windows, so one would hope that it would not make any malicious linux kernel

Re: [Eug-lug] HB 2892 / codec and media players (mplayer doesReal!) / EULA, tcpa

2003-04-02 Thread Ben Barrett
EULA? That's not a TLA... is it a button I clicked on? 2892 would be great, but what if linux (without tcpa adherence) was outlawed?! would we just get our source from off-shore or is it the End? Could, for instance, tivo start using cygwin and a host of other changes in similar direction? I