Re: Emacs editor workshop Weds 1 June

2005-05-31 Thread Richard Tindall
Giving proper introduction to tonight's speaker, a repost: Notice of GNU/Linux Users workshop, Wednesday, June 1st, 7.30pm, Sydenham Community Association Hall, 25 Hutcheson Street, Sydenham. Derek Smithies will guide us through a user's-eye view of the Emacs program editor. As Emacs's especial

Re: RealPlayer

2005-05-31 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:28, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > I'm currently trying to get realplay to play radio stations off the net. > It works ok playing local files by saying aoss realplay file... > but not sound radio ( bbc ) off the internet using their popup "internet > radio player" I have th

Re: RealPlayer

2005-05-31 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:43, Nick Rout wrote: > It just works AFAIK. > > What problems are you having? > > Are you using realplayer or mplayer compiled with realplayer support, or > something else? I'm currently trying to get realplay to play radio stations off the net. It works ok playing local file

Re: RealPlayer

2005-05-31 Thread Nick Rout
It just works AFAIK. What problems are you having? Are you using realplayer or mplayer compiled with realplayer support, or something else? The standard way to get a non arts aware app to play through arts is artsdsp mpg123 blah blah The standard way to get a non alsa aware app to play thoug

RealPlayer

2005-05-31 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Anybody know the incantations needed to get RealPlayer to play nice in an alsa / arts environment? Thanks -- C. S.

RE: horse downtime on Saturday / scrounging motherboard

2005-05-31 Thread Craig FALCONER
Just luck I think... It’s a matter of knowing what something is, despite a bad description. I hate buying from overseas - twice out of three purchases from ebay I've had problems. Compare that with 130 on trademe and only 5ish problems. -Original Message- From: Martin Baehr [mailto:[

Re: horse downtime on Saturday / scrounging motherboard

2005-05-31 Thread Martin Baehr
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 03:36:17PM +1200, Craig FALCONER wrote: > Thanks Martin - I got one off ebay for $69 NZ. how did you find that? when we had the discussion i was actually trying to find one on ebay but i had no luck. greetings, martin. -- cooperative communication with sTeam - ca

Re: [Fwd: Forthcoming IT..] GLU-night reminder

2005-05-31 Thread Richard Tindall
Zane Gilmore wrote: FYI 1. GNU/Linux Users Meeting /GNU Emacs, C, language views/ Presented by Derek Smithies Wednesday 1 June, 7:30 PM Sydenham Community Association Hall, 25 Hutcheson Street, Sydenham http://www.infohelp.co.nz/glu.html Thanks Zane, for passing the notices on. It wo

RE: horse downtime on Saturday / scrounging motherboard

2005-05-31 Thread Craig FALCONER
Thanks Martin - I got one off ebay for $69 NZ. I'll be upgrading the horse router this weekend I think. -Original Message- From: Martin Bähr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 3:14 p.m. To: Craig FALCONER Cc: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: horse downtim

Re: Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:17, Robert Fisher wrote: > We now have another border living with us and our eldest son has moved home > - that makes 5 large boys and Paula and I to feed and connect to the > internet. > > I have set up another LTSP client for the 2nd border and was considering > getting him

Re: horse downtime on Saturday / scrounging motherboard

2005-05-31 Thread Martin Bähr
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 12:33:13PM +1200, Craig FALCONER wrote: > Failing that, I'm searching for a couple of dual port or a quad port > ethernet card. Not one of the dick smith "hub on a card" nics - I need four > discreet ethernet interfaces. i just stumbled across a place that seems to have so

Re: Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:16, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > In your particular situation I still recon it's probably the best for your > boarder. Accepted and sorted. Thanks to all who replied. -- Robert Fisher (aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish) FishNet Computer & Electrical Services www.fisher.

Re: Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:50, Robert Fisher wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:35, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > Pro: > > It's simple, permanent, available from anywhere with a web client, your > > mail is searchable. > > I am not so sure of the "permanent" status Chris. > > From their website > We'

Re: Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Joshua Stewart Collins
On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 12:40 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Should we set up a workshop on 'how to set up your own mail server'? After > all, it really isn't that expensive. I would like that :D --Slosh --Waning: GMail in use, please check to address before sending when replying.

Re: Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:40, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Should we set up a workshop on 'how to set up your own mail server'? After > all, it really isn't that expensive. I have my own mail server but I do not want to encourage our kids and our borders to stay too attached. LTSP serves a great pupose

Re: Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Roger Searle
i only have 50 invites left, suppose i could spare one of them for a member of this list :-) roger Robert Fisher wrote: We now have another border living with us and our eldest son has moved home - that makes 5 large boys and Paula and I to feed and connect to the internet. I have set up an

Re: Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:35, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Pro: > It's simple, permanent, available from anywhere with a web client, your > mail is searchable. > I am not so sure of the "permanent" status Chris. From their website We're currently only offering Gmail as part of a preview release

Re: Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
Should we set up a workshop on 'how to set up your own mail server'? After all, it really isn't that expensive. Steve On Wed, June 1, 2005 12:35 pm, Christopher Sawtell said: > On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:17, Robert Fisher wrote: >> We now have another border living with us and our eldest son has move

Re: Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Abhinav Keswani
Hi gmail is a very fast and efficient mail client...i cant complain...feature rich for almost all users on this planet happy to give you one of my invites...let me know. -Abhinav On 6/1/05, Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We now have another border living with us and our eldest son h

Re: variable bitrate mp3 to wav

2005-05-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
Thanks Timothy, It looks like I was trying to decode a directory full of corrupted mp3's. When I came back to this and tried after your suggestion, everything worked fine. Never could get the hang of Wednesdays (: Steve On Wed, June 1, 2005 11:29 am, Timothy Musson said: > Steve Holdoway, 2005-

Gmail invitation

2005-05-31 Thread Robert Fisher
We now have another border living with us and our eldest son has moved home - that makes 5 large boys and Paula and I to feed and connect to the internet. I have set up another LTSP client for the 2nd border and was considering getting him a Gmail account. Any pros and cons or words of advice?

Re: wget, but for >2GB

2005-05-31 Thread Brad Beveridge
I often use prozilla (http://prozilla.genesys.ro/). I don't know if it copes with 2GB+ files, but it splits the download into multiple streams, which can make a big difference on some servers. Brad (Beware the dreaded gmail reply to header.) On 5/31/05, Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: Convert ogg to mp3?

2005-05-31 Thread Hadley Rich
On Mon, 30 May 2005 22:46, Nick Rout wrote: > So, any tips, magic incantations or other suggestions would be > gratefully received. OK, I felt a bit stupid after suggesting you convert your ogg files to ogg files the other day so I hacked up a (very rudimentary) little script for you which prese

Re: variable bitrate mp3 to wav

2005-05-31 Thread Timothy Musson
Steve Holdoway, 2005-06-01 10:48:54: > Anyone know how to do this? mpg321, lame, madplay... > None seem to be able to handle vbr. mpg321 -w output.wav input.mp3 I've just tried it with a VBR from eMusic, and the .wav seems fine. mpg321 Version 0.59q (2002/03/23) -- Timothy Musson PGP 0xD59

Re: wget, but for >2GB

2005-05-31 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> > Have I gone invisible or wot? It's a real p*sser when you go to the > trouble of sorting through your notes, give exactly the required answer > (probably the only current solution), offer to deliver the software, and > *still get ignored*. > Hey Steve, come down ;) and give a man a break

variable bitrate mp3 to wav

2005-05-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
Anyone know how to do this? mpg321, lame, madplay... None seem to be able to handle vbr. Steve -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?

Guarddog (and Mepis installation report)

2005-05-31 Thread Andrew Errington
Hi, Do I need Guarddog? I have just installed Mepis (3.3.1) on my ThinkPad 600E, and so far it has been excellent. I am impressed with the general speed of operation, and the range of installed applications. One of the main reasons I wanted to get Mepis going was that it includes ALSA driver

Re: Compile problem - kx stitch

2005-05-31 Thread Barry
Thanks, now fixed. I have spent ages looking for the old filename -kdelib-devel It is now libkdecore-develGGRR! Abhinav Keswani wrote: I believe you need the kde libs development package installed. Should sort it out for you. checking for KDE... configure: error: in the prefi

Re: wget, but for >2GB

2005-05-31 Thread yuri
On 31/05/05, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > Have I gone invisible or wot? It's a real p*sser when you go to the > trouble of sorting through your notes, give exactly the required answer > (probably the only current solution), offer to deliver the software, and > *still get ignored*. > You're not invi

Re: Glue is coming unstuck with Firefox..

2005-05-31 Thread yuri
I get the MS page when I try that link in FF. Not funny. It's almost as bad as a goatse link *shudder* I need a shower. Yuri -- ** WARNING to mailing list repliers ** Gmail over-rides "Reply-To:" field. Check your "To:" address before sending reply to this post.

[Fwd: Re: Sounding out the politicians]

2005-05-31 Thread Richard Tindall
This post must have been dropped by Mozilla / sorry if you get two copies. - Rik --- Begin Message --- --- End Message ---

Re: wget, but for >2GB

2005-05-31 Thread Philip Charles
On Tue, 31 May 2005, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Funny, I use lftp because it is user friendly. I don't use wget because > > it is not user friendly. > > Yes, very funny, since wget just gets the specified URL to local disk > and is done with it, whereas lftp requires some farting with -c, > quoti

Re: Compile problem - kx stitch

2005-05-31 Thread Ross Drummond
On my Mandrake 10 Oficial box I compiled kxstitch with kxstitch-0.6-1mdk.src.rpm. I can not remember the details but I remember that it would not compile out of the box. Cheers Ross Drummond On Tue, 31 May 2005 18:37, Barry wrote: > I compiled this app some time ago, now when I try, it fails. Fo

Re: Sounding out the politicians

2005-05-31 Thread Richard Tindall
Thanks Zane, for keeping us in Ch-ch posted about NZOSS matters. Zane Gilmore wrote: Ooops, I should have said a few days ago. Because of politicians cancelling, this has been cancelled. :-( Zane Gilmore wrote: On 1st June in Wellington there is going to be an event where politicians from th

Re: wget, but for >2GB

2005-05-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Funny, I use lftp because it is user friendly. I don't use wget because it is not user friendly. Yes, very funny, since wget just gets the specified URL to local disk and is done with it, whereas lftp requires some farting with -c, quoting, and ftp commands which I

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

2005-05-31 Thread Wesley Parish
On Tue, 31 May 2005 13:08, Richard Tindall wrote: > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > ... more like what you're smoking then :) > > None of that either. But I agree that the early draft was poor & > shouldn't have been released. > > > Good night, too. Shame they can't win lineouts as well! > > Yes, well do

Re: wget, but for >2GB

2005-05-31 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Funny, I use lftp because it is user friendly. I don't use wget because > it is not user friendly. Yes, very funny, since wget just gets the specified URL to local disk and is done with it, whereas lftp requires some farting with -c, quoting, and ftp commands which I have no interest in knowing

Re: wget, but for >2GB

2005-05-31 Thread dave
On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:35, Philip Charles wrote: > On Tue, 31 May 2005, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > lftp is said to do it, but it's not user-friendly. Ya i can vouch for lftp as being user friendly(ish) I mean i got to grips with lftp quite quickly ( very powerful ftp beastie). can do multiple ge

Re: Compile problem - kx stitch

2005-05-31 Thread Abhinav Keswani
I believe you need the kde libs development package installed. Should sort it out for you. > checking for KDE... configure: error: > in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will fail. > So, check this please and use another prefix! -Abhinav

Re: OT: Zen Garden of CSS

2005-05-31 Thread Richard Tindall
Rob Wood wrote: Christopher Sawtell wrote: No, "Sticks and stones break your bones, but words will never hurt you" It's oil that fuels wars. I look forward to the day when it is exhausted. But guess what unholy mess will break out over it before that day. Oh.. It's on the news already.

Compile problem - kx stitch

2005-05-31 Thread Barry
I compiled this app some time ago, now when I try, it fails. Following are the last 3 lines of the configure report. I do not think I have made any basic alterations to my setup since the original compile. (Mandrake10 distro) checking for KDE... configure: error: in the prefix, you've chosen,