Re: Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Linux Kevin
I am sure I will be there where ever that is (out of towner; so a street name and or number and what time at the Twisted Hop. (GPS co-ord if you must but I am not sure if I have cracked that function yet)). Been to one meeting half a year ago and lurked for oh so simply ages so you will have a

Re: Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Zane Gilmore
There were those that mentioned doing it on Thursday night instead. It actually would be better for me on Thursday night. What does everybody else think? Zane -- - Zane Gilmore Development and Web Infrastructure Team Leader DDI: 325 9631

Re: Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 08/12/2008, Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There were those that mentioned doing it on Thursday night instead. It actually would be better for me on Thursday night. What does everybody else think? Thursday's ok for me. Table booked? -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell

Re: Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Robert Fisher
On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 5:20:09 pm Zane Gilmore wrote: There were those that mentioned doing it on Thursday night instead. It actually would be better for me on Thursday night. What does everybody else think? Thursday was, I thought, the day agreed to at the last meeting. Unfortunately I have a

Re: Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Linux Kevin
Thats cool, I will just go there on Tuesday night as I have been planning for the last couple of semi-decades and see some of what I might have been missing out on if I could have got there on Thursday, Altered Eegos Toast still on the menu there? Robert Fisher wrote: On Mon, 08 Dec 2008

Re: Regexp talk at CLUG next Tuesday. Need USB keyboard

2007-02-08 Thread robert vickerstaff
i can bring the keyboard from my home desktop: it has a double sized backspace and is a standard US layout i believe Rob On 08/02/07, Carl Cerecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it will be easier to use my laptop. Thanks for the offer, though. Carl. On 08/02/07, Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL

Re: Regexp talk at CLUG next Tuesday. Need USB keyboard

2007-02-08 Thread Carl Cerecke
Thanks robert. On 09/02/07, robert vickerstaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i can bring the keyboard from my home desktop: it has a double sized backspace and is a standard US layout i believe Rob On 08/02/07, Carl Cerecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it will be easier to use my laptop.

Re: Regexp talk at CLUG next Tuesday. Need USB keyboard

2007-02-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
So can I have a volunteer to bring a USB keyboard please (I don't have one)? And, if I can be so fussy, please make sure it has a double-width backspace key. I will be bringing my ThinkPad, if you'd care to use that you may. And yes it does have a double-width backspace key. -- CS

Re: Regexp talk at CLUG next Tuesday. Need USB keyboard

2007-02-07 Thread Carl Cerecke
I think it will be easier to use my laptop. Thanks for the offer, though. Carl. On 08/02/07, Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So can I have a volunteer to bring a USB keyboard please (I don't have one)? And, if I can be so fussy, please make sure it has a double-width backspace

Re: [Fwd: Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling]

2006-09-13 Thread Roger Searle
You could try the Party Warehouse on Blenheim Road who have a helium balloons sign out the front... Roger Rik Tindall wrote: PS does anyone know how cheap a small supply of helium is? (balloons)

Re: [Fwd: Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling]

2006-09-13 Thread Rik Tindall
Roger Searle wrote: You could try the Party Warehouse on Blenheim Road who have a helium balloons sign out the front... Roger Rik Tindall wrote: PS does anyone know how cheap a small supply of helium is? (balloons) Thanks Roger. Correct track - $56 job - SFD counting. -- Rik

RE: [Fwd: Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling]

2006-09-13 Thread Gordon Findlay
: Rik Tindall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 14 September 2006 3:12 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling] Roger Searle wrote: You could try the Party Warehouse on Blenheim Road who have a helium balloons sign

RE: [Fwd: Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling]

2006-09-13 Thread Gordon Findlay
. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Reminder: CLUG meeting - photo handling] Roger Searle wrote: You could try the Party Warehouse on Blenheim Road who have a helium balloons sign out the front... Roger Rik Tindall wrote: PS does anyone know

RE: Re: Schoolzone RE: CLUG is dying

2006-07-31 Thread Craig FALCONER
So - do you actually have anything to contribute towards answering the question? -Original Message- From: Don Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 1 August 2006 12:23 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: OT: Re: Schoolzone RE: CLUG is dying Craig FALCONER wrote

Re: [SPAM-Bowenvale] Re: CLUG web server changes

2006-07-17 Thread Nick Rout
Don, putting the tag SPAM in your subject line does not excuse a meaningless post. Or even two meaningless posts in a row. Can I remind people that this list is primarily about GNU/Linux and software that runs under GNU/Linux . Secondarily it covers general FLOSS issues and other free/open

RE: MythTV was RE: CLUG meeting topics

2005-10-19 Thread Craig FALCONER
connection to the front end? Is the P3 866 too gutless for this task? It has a Gb of ram. -Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:04 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: MythTV was RE: CLUG meeting topics On Tue, 18

Re: MythTV was RE: CLUG meeting topics

2005-10-17 Thread Hadley Rich
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 10:08, Craig FALCONER wrote: I am having problems with the mysql backend - I get errors like client cannot authenticate to database, upgrade your client Everything is mysql 4.1.14, which is the latest. This sounds like the client is trying to use the old MySql

Re: MythTV was RE: CLUG meeting topics

2005-10-17 Thread Hadley Rich
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 10:14, Hadley Rich wrote: On Tuesday 18 October 2005 10:08, Craig FALCONER wrote: I am having problems with the mysql backend - I get errors like client cannot authenticate to database, upgrade your client Everything is mysql 4.1.14, which is the latest. This

Re: MythTV was RE: CLUG meeting topics

2005-10-17 Thread Nick Rout
] Sent: Tuesday, 18 October 2005 9:11 a.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: CLUG meeting topics On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:57:16 +1300 Craig FALCONER wrote: Mythtv is almost worth a NZ mailing list on its own! I'm trying a (budget) lifeview card in a P3 866 backend

Re: MythTV was RE: CLUG meeting topics

2005-10-17 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:08:04 +1300 Craig FALCONER wrote: I use debian This forum is apparently devoted to myth on ubuntu, so may help with debian. Then again it may not! http://www.abarbaccia.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,39/ This may also help

Re: Nmap tutorial, was RE: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2005-04-23 Thread Robert Fisher
the inside. -Original Message- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 2004 7:17 a.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin How about this newbie suggestion . . . I don't know much about nmap

Re: Nmap tutorial, was RE: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2005-04-23 Thread Nick Rout
keep your eyes open Rob that server is now known as shell.clug.org.nz On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 12:41 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: Is this url still valid or has it changed. I did not see anything about it on our wiki. On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:42, C. Falconer wrote:

Re: HEADS UP next CLUG meeting Sawtell Stew

2005-03-06 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 13:43, Nick Rout wrote: A Desktop Potpourri === Chris Sawtell is one of our older members, but still seems to be able to remember his root AND user passwords! It's a bit hard to get out of Chris exactly what he is going to do, and he's too busy preparing

Re: HEADS UP next CLUG meeting Sawtell Stew

2005-03-05 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Lynda has produced several dozen of two different types of small cream cakes. I understand that the plain ones are going to be filled with whipped vanilla cream and raspberry jam, while the chocolate ones will have a chocolate and hazelnut butter cream. Unbelievable, I'm coming, man, who

Re: HEADS UP next CLUG meeting Sawtell Stew

2005-03-04 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 13:43, Nick Rout wrote: Supper == Due to a few costs we thought that instead of supplying supper, we would supply tea and coffee, and ask members to bring a plate - now don't do anything fancy, just the half packet of bikkies you have in the cupboard will be fine.

Re: HEADS UP next CLUG meeting Sawtell Stew

2005-03-04 Thread Martin Bähr
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 01:43:00PM +1300, Nick Rout wrote: Blender Caleb Sawtell A Desktop Potpourri Chris Sawtell Supper ... when i read this i thought now supper would have to come frim mrs. sawtell and then chris writes: On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 04:14:18PM +1300, Christopher Sawtell

Re: HEADS UP next CLUG meeting Sawtell Stew

2005-03-04 Thread Ben Devine
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 16:14:18 +1300, Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 13:43, Nick Rout wrote: Supper == Due to a few costs we thought that instead of supplying supper, we would supply tea and coffee, and ask members to bring a plate - now don't do

Re: HEADS UP next CLUG meeting Sawtell Stew

2005-03-04 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:28, Martin Bähr wrote: the whole evening by the sawtell family, gee, i'd love to be there! I'll try to get some pictures taken, no promises mind. Could somebody bring a camera so Martin Lynda can see what we get up to? -- C. S.

Re: FW: Re: 1st CLUG AGM

2004-10-19 Thread Zane Gilmore
Robert Fisher wrote: Further (clarification) to my motion yesterday, I would like to make the analogy of CLUG as a family. I.E. The rules are unwritten. We respect each other. If a brother pisses us off we can politely tell him (but we still love him). If the family really pisses us off we do not

Re: FW: Re: 1st CLUG AGM

2004-10-18 Thread Rik Tindall
Thanks Rob List, I've really felt this today - our international movement's central aspect: Thanks for fixing my bug for me. - Fewer * rough edges appreciated, (* includes me). You well facilitate Linux as a choice of career. Cheers, Rik Robert Fisher wrote: -Original Message- From: Carl

Re: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2004-10-04 Thread Roger Searle
methods. -Original Message- From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 4 October 2004 10:17 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:54, C. Falconer wrote: ... Anyone add more

RE: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2004-10-04 Thread C. Falconer
Okay - I'll work up something. -Original Message- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 2004 7:17 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin I don't know much about nmap or ssh but am thinking some

Nmap tutorial, was RE: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2004-10-04 Thread C. Falconer
] Subject: Re: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin How about this newbie suggestion . . . I don't know much about nmap or ssh but am thinking some of these things should be high on the list to get some practical experience with. So... some of us newbies request an account

Re: Nmap tutorial, was RE: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2004-10-04 Thread Rik Tindall
Great link, very helpful, thanks Craig. Regards, Rik C. Falconer wrote: http://shell.canterbury.lug.net.nz:8080/nmap.html Of course you can use nmap from any machine - but you can't test the outside of your firewall from the inside. -Original Message- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2004-10-03 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:54, C. Falconer wrote: ... Anyone add more ... A small amount of off-site backup space perhaps? -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell

RE: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2004-10-03 Thread C. Falconer
Yes - the home partition is ~18 Gb You can ssh and scp to the machine - if theres demand I'll look at other methods. -Original Message- From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 4 October 2004 10:17 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Why? RE: horse, was RE

RE: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2004-10-03 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Hi Craig, I would not mind being a user on horse. Username = robert Regards, Robert -Original Message- From: C. Falconer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 4 October 2004 9:55 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed

RE: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2004-10-03 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Oops! Regards, Robert -Original Message- From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 4 October 2004 11:11 a.m. To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:RE: Why? RE: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin Hi Craig, I would not mind being

Re: horse, was RE: CLUG and the yellow-eyed penguin

2004-10-02 Thread Brendan Greer
Hi This is a newbie question. What would a person want an account on another machine for? Brendan Greer C. Falconer wrote: Right that's all up and working. If you want an account on the machine please check out the web pages at http://shell.canterbury.lug.net.nz:8080/ (specifically the AUP) Then

RE: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-25 Thread Zane Gilmore
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 09:35, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: Presbyopia is an age-associated progressive loss of the focusing power of the lens. This results in difficulty seeing objects close-up. Arf arf! Thanks Rob :-/ (aren't you older than me? :-) --

RE: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-25 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
. To: Linux_list Subject:RE: Yast going GPL - CLUG On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 09:35, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: Presbyopia is an age-associated progressive loss of the focusing power of the lens. This results in difficulty seeing objects close-up. Arf arf! Thanks Rob :-/ (aren't you

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread Zane Gilmore
Errr.. According to my calculations 6th May is a Sunday...and approx 5 weeks away. Do you mean the 6th of April? (2 weeks away) On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 19:43, InfoHelp wrote: Thanks Volker, I'll nab that booking for CLUG tomorrow. I'd be glad to have the installation (esp 9.1) on my

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread InfoHelp
Zane Gilmore wrote: Errr.. According to my calculations 6th May is a Sunday...and approx 5 weeks away. Do you mean the 6th of April? (2 weeks away) No. Is that a 2004 calender you're viewing Zane? -- InfoHelp Services http://www.infohelp.co.nz/linux.html i686 2.4.20-8

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread Nick Rout
6 may is a thursday and i just realised i cannot be there on that date. If thats an immovable date i won't rock the boat, but if it can be another day i'd like to make it. On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:03, InfoHelp wrote: Zane Gilmore wrote: Errr.. According to my calculations 6th May is a

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread InfoHelp
Hi Nick, Nick Rout wrote: 6 may is a thursday and i just realised i cannot be there on that date. If thats an immovable date i won't rock the boat, but if it can be another day i'd like to make it. We're working round Volker's timetable. His options are: Thurs 15 April, Thurs 6 (13th, 20th

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread Madhusudhan Rajagopal
Hi chaps, I am getting a bit confused here. Are we having a clug meeting tomorrow on this or sometime later? Cheers Madhusudhan InfoHelp wrote: Hi Nick, Nick Rout wrote: 6 may is a thursday and i just realised i cannot be there on that date. If thats an immovable date i won't rock the boat,

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread InfoHelp
We are voting in support of an upcoming date for a meeting - 6th May, or later.. Nothing in March, sorry. Madhusudhan Rajagopal wrote: Hi chaps, I am getting a bit confused here. Are we having a clug meeting tomorrow on this or sometime later? Cheers Madhusudhan InfoHelp wrote: Hi Nick,

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
I can make it any day of the week. 15 Apr is very likely too early for me. I picked May to increase the chances of having 9.1. You find a date ;) Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread Wesley Parish
I'd love to see the other major European distro. Count me in. On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:05, you wrote: Nick, you're onto it again ;) Thurs 6 May sounds good to me, with 9.1 if I can source a copy at least 2 days before, otherwise 8.2. Whether it'd be worth waiting until end Jun to have 9.1 is

RE: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
I am interested. Regards, Robert Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windscreen. -Original Message- From: Volker Kuhlmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004 7:06 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG Nick

RE: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Hey Zane, forget the calculations, just look at a calendar. Regards, Robert Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windscreen. -Original Message- From: Zane Gilmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004 7:49 p.m. To: Linux_list Subject:Re

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread Zane Gilmore
Doh! I was looking at June :-/ I need to be more careful looking at that little calendar thingy in KDE InfoHelp wrote: Zane Gilmore wrote: Errr.. According to my calculations 6th May is a Sunday...and approx 5 weeks away. Do you mean the 6th of April? (2 weeks away) No. Is that a 2004

RE: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-24 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
: Thursday, 25 March 2004 9:33 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG Doh! I was looking at June :-/ I need to be more careful looking at that little calendar thingy in KDE InfoHelp wrote: Zane Gilmore wrote: Errr.. According to my calculations 6th May

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG Suse demo + Gentoo

2004-03-24 Thread InfoHelp
Hi folks, After much head-scratching, consulting Volker's busy timetable, I have booked us in for the Sydenham Community Centre hall, 25 Hucheson St, for Thursday evening 6th May. Sorry Nick. Our next available date (including Volker) is Wednesday 30th June - I have booked that too. This

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-23 Thread InfoHelp
Thanks Volker, no problem. We'd be glad to hear you speak whenever it suits you. Those of us who've never seen Suse running would be quite happy with an 8.2 demo, as it's your insight into Suse's ongoing innovations that we are most interested in. That said, once some hardware a projector are

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-23 Thread Nick Rout
no go for it, is this to be a demo of an installation, or a running system? If the latter then I guess it will focus on stuff that is peculiar to SuSE, as we have obviously all seen a running linux distro before Having said that there is plenty to show off on a running SuSE distro, the

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-23 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Nick, you're onto it again ;) Thurs 6 May sounds good to me, with 9.1 if I can source a copy at least 2 days before, otherwise 8.2. Whether it'd be worth waiting until end Jun to have 9.1 is something the audience would have to decide. There's no point in showing Linux, we've all seen it, so

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-23 Thread dave
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:05, you wrote: I´d be interested in attending. time 7:30pm ??? dave. Nick, you're onto it again ;) Thurs 6 May sounds good to me, with 9.1 if I can source a copy at least 2 days before, otherwise 8.2. Whether it'd be worth waiting until end Jun to have 9.1 is

Re: Yast going GPL - CLUG

2004-03-23 Thread InfoHelp
Thanks Volker, I'll nab that booking for CLUG tomorrow. I'd be glad to have the installation (esp 9.1) on my lappie, so long as current partitions are preserved. P4-2.66G 512MB. How much space req'd max? Any hardware declines? (This is the big Q.) Yes Dave, 7.30pm is the usual start time -

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-23 Thread pmw57
On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 05:32, Carl Cerecke wrote: Fixing of problems is the main use of this mailing-list. Although fixing things often works better face-to-face if you have someone who knows what they are doing, hte mailing list still serves as a very valid and useful forum for problem

RE: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-23 Thread pmw57
On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 22:27, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: Do a google search for finance packages for Linux I've already done that, which is why I'm coming forward with the query. WHat I'm after is other peoples experiences and reccomendations of Linux accounting programs. Even a pointer to

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread pmw57
On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 21:27, Carl Cerecke wrote: As a general rule of thumb, if you aren't close to the answer within 5 minutes of competent googling, then ask away. We certainly don't want to put newcomers off asking questions, otherwise it might turn in to some elitist linux-experts

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Lee Begg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:07, pmw57 wrote: After logging in I always receive three identical warning messages. They being Could not find mime type application/octet-stream. OK, so you a loading KDE or Konqueror when you get this message. To solve

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread pmw57
On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 12:19, Lee Begg wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:07, pmw57 wrote: After logging in I always receive three identical warning messages. They being Could not find mime type application/octet-stream. OK, so you a loading

RE: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Do a google search for finance packages for Linux Regards, Robert What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! -Original Message- From: pmw57 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 23 January 2004 2:26 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Purpose of the CLUG

RE: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Kerry Mayes
(encouraged by these postings, I'll add my 5cents worth - since 2cents isn't legal tender anymore). -Original Message- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 22 January 2004 06:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purpose of the CLUG (encouraged by Douglas's

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Douglas Royds
This is a FixItFest or a ProblemFest, which would be a good side-track to an InstallFest. Victims bring along their gear (just like at an installfest), but with something they want to achieve, e.g. Install Linux on this Windows machine; Set up a mail server for my home network; Set up a photo

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Jamie Dobbs
Now this is an idea I _really_ like, makes me even more desperate to move my wife and I down to Christchurch!!! (now if only we could find work to enable this to happen). This is a FixItFest or a ProblemFest, which would be a good side-track to an InstallFest. Victims bring along their gear

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Nick Rout
This is where we started the conversation. One of my points in initiating this discussion was that not many people were attending/supporting the workshop sessions. And that includes both patients and doctors. So it looks as if there are still some problems out there that people want fixed/sorted

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Carl Cerecke
Nick Rout wrote: This is where we started the conversation. One of my points in initiating this discussion was that not many people were attending/supporting the workshop sessions. And that includes both patients and doctors. Fixing of problems is the main use of this mailing-list. Although fixing

RE: Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Lance Blackler
-Original Message- From: Douglas Royds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:50:52 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purpose of the CLUG This is a FixItFest or a ProblemFest, which would be a good side-track to an InstallFest. Victims bring along their gear (just like

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Buy more memory! Is there an empty socket? Could you toss out the 4Meg stick and insert a 16 Meg one? Lance Blackler -Original Message- From: Douglas Royds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:50:52 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purpose of the CLUG

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Chris Bayley
Lance Blackler wrote: Talking of fixits and stuff - I'd like an opinion on the following. I have been given a 486 (DX475) Digital HiNote laptop - no CDROM 20mb of RAM 1.3gb hard drive. I would like to load Linux of some flavour on it so that I can use it for word processing (Abiword) and

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Chris Bayley
Lance Blackler wrote: Talking of fixits and stuff - I'd like an opinion on the following. I have been given a 486 (DX475) Digital HiNote laptop - no CDROM 20mb of RAM 1.3gb hard drive. I would like to load Linux of some flavour on it so that I can use it for word processing (Abiword) and

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-21 Thread Roger Searle
(encouraged by Douglas's first posting, here's mine) Sure, installfests serve a great purpose, but for me one of the easier parts of (an attempt at) a move to linux is the initial OS install. As someone who can do almost anything in windows I can figure out a linux install even if I need to

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-21 Thread Nick Rout
look post away at your questions. one of the mottos of a board like this is theres no such thing as a stupid question. whilst there may be some exceptions to that rule, you're unlikely to be one of them :-) so fire away, put up a question some lowly amateur like me might know the answer to!

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-21 Thread Carl Cerecke
Roger Searle wrote: and there have to be places where competent people can take relatively trivial questions about how to do this stuff. I'd hoped that joining this group might be such a place, but on seeing the nature of the postings, would be embarrased to put my questions here. The list is

RE: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-21 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! -Original Message- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 22 January 2004 6:26 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Purpose of the CLUG (encouraged by Douglas's first posting, here's mine) Sure

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-21 Thread Jason Greenwood
Hi Roger and Doug, Great to see you posting on list. As already stated, there are Linux users on this list at every conceiveable Linux user level. From Newbie to Expert and everywhere in between. I felt as you did when I first started with Linux. Everyone on this list knows I am a big GUI fan

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-10 Thread Nick Rout
: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003 re acpi - this will entail patching the kernel as the acpi patch is still waiting for inclusion into the marcelo(ie stable) tree OR using one from the -ac (alan cox) tree since this patch has been included in his series for some time

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-10 Thread Peter Elliott
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:04:22 +1200 Nick Brettell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:17:55 +1200 Nick Rout wrote: It may need acpi turned on in the kernel. I assume you have done the usual google searches? and the linux laptops page? Yes, but I'm don't really know

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-10 Thread Nick Rout
I suspect he is better to download the kernel source for his distro and kernel version - otherwise other things may break. On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 21:00, Peter Elliott wrote: On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:04:22 +1200 Nick Brettell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:17:55 +1200

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-10 Thread Peter Elliott
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:04:23 +1200 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect he is better to download the kernel source for his distro and kernel version - otherwise other things may break. um yes and no (irish blood) we could try it that way but a common problem here is that

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-10 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:53, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Peter Elliott Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:35 PM Subject: Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003 On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:04:23 +1200 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect he

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-10 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:35:46 +1200 Peter Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:04:23 +1200 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect he is better to download the kernel source for his distro and kernel version - otherwise other things may break. um yes

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-10 Thread Nick Brettell
- Original Message - From: Christopher Sawtell Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:55 PM Subject: Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003 On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:53, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Peter Elliott Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:35

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-10 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:12, you wrote: Might be a good idea to do a 'uname -r' to confirm that, it'd be pity to turn up at the evening with the wrong kernel. Yes, I checked it and it is indeed 2.4.21... But we need to know what the ellipsis ( ... ) is hiding? -- C. S.

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-10 Thread Nick Brettell
- Original Message - From: Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:20 PM Subject: Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003 On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:12, you wrote: Might be a good idea to do a 'uname -r

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-09 Thread Nick Brettell
, and I don't want to try it when I don't know what I'm doing. Maybe someone could give me a hand with all of this? - Original Message - From: Peter Elliott Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003 re acpi - this will entail

Re: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003

2003-06-09 Thread Nick Rout
buggered if I know actually! On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:49:16 +1200 Peter Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: re acpi - this will entail patching the kernel as the acpi patch is still waiting for inclusion into the marcelo(ie stable) tree OR using one from the -ac (alan cox) tree since this patch

Re: 3d editing (was: CLUG tux)

2003-03-11 Thread Helmut Walle
On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Martin Baehr wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 08:55:17PM +1300, Vik Olliver wrote: Try kpovmodeller. Actually, I'm about to start an article on 3D modeling programs for Linux so any feedback is welcomed. Vik, you will certainly have to try Blender - if you have not already

Re: 3d editing (was: CLUG tux)

2003-03-11 Thread Lee Begg
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:54, Helmut Walle wrote: Anyway, once you get going with Blender, it is really fun to exploit all the neat things like inverse kinematics for making things walk, particle models for emitting puffs of smoke, or for growing fur, or simple key frame animations, if you like

Re: 3d editing (was: CLUG tux)

2003-03-11 Thread Martin Baehr
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:54:21PM +1300, Helmut Walle wrote: i looked at blender, and could not figure out how to use it Yes, Martin, it is the CAD-like concept of Blender ah, that gets my hopes up, i have played around with CAD many years ago, so i might handle the effort to learn this...

Re: 3d editing (was: CLUG tux)

2003-03-11 Thread Ryurick M. Hristev
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Martin Baehr wrote: [...] it is, but the question was geared towards simpler programs, of which there are many for windows but none for linux it seems :-( The problem with simple is that sooner or later you will need something only a complex program can deliver. Then, if

Re: 3d editing (was: CLUG tux)

2003-03-11 Thread Martin Baehr
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:43:22AM +1300, Ryurick M. Hristev wrote: The problem with simple is that sooner or later you will need something only a complex program can deliver. Then, if you move to the more complex program all the time spent on learning the simple one goes to waste. i

Re: 3d editing (was: CLUG tux)

2003-03-11 Thread Martin Baehr
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 08:40:41AM +1300, Ryurick M. Hristev wrote: there are general concepts in all these things that don't change. I wasn't talking about general concepts but specific techniques. This is were you spend most of the time and they are not transferable. only if your goal is to

RE: There is no CLUG

2003-01-30 Thread Bjorn Nilsen
Will do as soon as it propagates to the archive. Wow I bugger off to Auckland for a few days and CLUG gets a organised! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll second Carl's comment. I will add that now people have wanted to organise meetings a little better, there are

Re: There is no CLUG

2003-01-30 Thread Jason
power to co-opt another member? =) That was funny. Thanks for making me smile Nick. See, we are friends after all I look forward to hearing from other members in the CLUG re these issues. If we don't hear much then I guess these points are pretty moot anyway. Cheers J Regards

RE: There is no CLUG

2003-01-30 Thread Mahesh De Silva
Will do as soon as it propagates to the archive. Wow I bugger off to Auckland for a few days and CLUG gets a organised! Arr.. there's the first problem.. you went to auckland.. :) = For Linux CD's check out http://www.xsolutions.co.nz http://movies.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Movies - What's

Re: There is no CLUG

2003-01-30 Thread Tim Wright
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Jason wrote: I still think a meeting in 2 halves is best. First half GUI and app based discussions/presentations. Second half, CLI/programming oriented discussion. We start the halves at preset times, then, if people didn't want to stay for the second half they could

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