[LUG] Dreaming of being the next Apple CEO?

2011-08-29 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/27/tim_cook_bonus/ Let the Benjamins do the talking ... ___ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: LUG@linux.or.ug Mailing list

Re: [LUG] CNN - At 20, Linux is invisible, ubiquitous

2011-08-29 Thread Peter Kyoma
Success. Freedom(as an article of faith etc). Should one preclude the other? This, and an earlier thread, seemed to imply so, given the opposing views across the divide. But is that surely the case? On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Tim Schofield t...@weberpafrica.com wrote: On 29 August 2011

Re: [LUG] Dreaming of being the next Apple CEO?

2011-08-29 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
It's a valid argument, but I suggest that we should encourage (enforce?) more consistent use of the [OT] tag rather than banning all non-Linux/OSS chat. P. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and

Re: [LUG] NIC Website hacked

2011-08-25 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
As you can see from some of the inner pages, this site was developed using a CMS so safe to assume the usual SQL injection attack? http://www.nic.co.ug/pg.php?p=contacts P. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises

Re: [LUG] File server

2011-08-23 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
You can mark a share as read only by adding the option: *read only = Yes* Peter -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 23 August 2011 14:03, Baluku Godfrey gbal

Re: [LUG] [OT} antitrust cases and patent wars

2011-08-18 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Register with a proper email address then you'll be worth listening to. 100 Tims over an anonymous coward any day of the week, except Sunday - coz it's my day of rest. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from

Re: [LUG] Google buys Motorola

2011-08-18 Thread Peter Kyoma
/blogs/babbage/2011/08/valuing-patents Peter. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:05 PM, sanga collins sanga.coll...@gmail.comwrote: LOL in your original you said million, that was where i was pointing :) Either way Tim, since you always have good points, whats your take on the amount spent. especially

Re: [LUG] mabira

2011-08-16 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
The problem is that such good intentions may be hijacked by thse who want to hack into government and other organisational sites for bad intentions. Hope it is not another anonymous or lulzsec Ug chapter in the making. P. On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:36 PM, G.Y. Mukalazi mukal...@gmail.com wrote:

[LUG] Google buys Motorola

2011-08-15 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/15/breaking-google-buys-motorola-for-12-5-billion/ In a blog posthttp://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/supercharging-android-google-to-acquire.html, Google co-founder and CEO Larry Pagehttp://www.crunchbase.com/person/larry-page writes that Google has acquired

[LUG] Expanding disk size on Linux virtual machine using fdisk

2011-08-09 Thread Peter Kyoma
get it to mount? I can still access the hard disk on another machine and can change the partitioning from there. Is the partitioning in the second instance wrong? Thanks in advance. Peter ___ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages

Re: [LUG] SALE

2011-08-04 Thread Simon Peter Lwanjo
ear plugs please. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Reinier Battenberg reinier.battenb...@mountbatten.net wrote: just a small tip: using caps on the internet is considered screaming. HI LUGGERS IM NOT SURE WETHER ANYBODY IS INTERESTED,BUT I HAVE THESE ON OFFER 1. LEVEL ONE FBR

Re: [LUG] Task Report Application Inquiry

2011-07-25 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
You might have a bit of luck if you get an account at http://freshmeat.net/ and look at the apps. Registering lets you do more advanced filtering than anonymous users. On 24/07/2011, Edmonds Namasenda namase...@gmail.com wrote: Hello LUG-gers I am requesting for help in identifying a good OSS

Re: [LUG] Squid Multiple Outgoing Connections

2011-07-23 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
instantaneous :) On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Peter C. Ndikuwera pnd...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Anyone have experience with using squid with multiple outgoing connections? Some conditions: - squid cannot be in transparent mode - some IPs must be set to use conn #1 (the faster

Re: [LUG] Squid Multiple Outgoing Connections

2011-07-23 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Spencer k...@stormzero.com wrote: Hi Peter, Just a shot in the dark: 1) Bond the two WAN links outside of Squid (i.e. make one large virtual link out of two physical links). 2) Bridge the LAN and newly created (bonded) WAN interfaces. Configure Squid to transparently intercept traffic

[LUG] Squid Multiple Outgoing Connections

2011-07-22 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Hi, Anyone have experience with using squid with multiple outgoing connections? Some conditions: - squid cannot be in transparent mode - some IPs must be set to use conn #1 (the faster one) - if either conn #1 or #2 go down, squid should always use the active connection. Ideas? Peter

Re: [LUG] Squid Multiple Outgoing Connections

2011-07-22 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
connection goes down all traffic is redicrected to the other virtual router where squid rules still apply and failover is almost instantaneous :) On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Peter C. Ndikuwera pnd...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Anyone have experience with using squid with multiple outgoing

[LUG] RIP Google Labs

2011-07-21 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
http://theandroidsite.com/2011/07/20/google-labs-shutting-down-uncertain-future-for-apps-like-goggles-and-listen/ ___ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: LUG@linux.or.ug Mailing

Re: [LUG] 80 Funnest Open Source Applications

2011-07-20 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Actually, it's 60 points because you get a bonus of 50 for using all 7 letters. And if it's on a triple word score then -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 20

Re: [LUG] IMAP and Pop settings for infocom

2011-07-18 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
You can reach them on 0414562800. I am sure they will be willing to help. P. On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Timothy Saidimu tsaid...@gmail.com wrote: ** Greetings Does anyone know these settings ___ The Uganda Linux User Group:

Re: [LUG] Google +

2011-07-15 Thread Simon Peter Lwanjo
Hi David or any one else, send me an invite Simon On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:12 PM, David Lubowa zi...@trueafrican.comwrote: I believe you can say all you want about G+ but numbers don't lie, its like how the buzz was Apple's iOS and its market share , there came android and now its doing

Re: [LUG] Help with Squid

2011-07-13 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
You could look into squidguard to block hosts regardless of protocol. You can't get around the restrictions on transparent proxying of https. It's a security precaution. Peter -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order

Re: [LUG] hello

2011-07-08 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
http://www.google.co.ug/search?hl=ensafe=offq=what+is+the+point+of+the+mailing+list%3F -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 8 July 2011 15:06, billyn...@gmail.com

Re: [LUG] Comment

2011-07-08 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Lol. On 8 Jul 2011 21:11, Hari Kurup hari.ku...@ieee.org wrote: ha ha I wonder if the LUG police also deem it rude to point someone to http://www.giyf.com -- Hari On 8 July 2011 18:27, Dan Carpenter erro...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see a problem in telling people get off their lazy

Re: [LUG] Debian Lenny: Optiplex 360/380 on-board NIC not working

2011-07-05 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
like a charm. Peter -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 5 July 2011 11:48, Kyle Spencer k...@stormzero.com wrote: Hi all, I can't seem to get Debian 5/Lenny

Re: [LUG] (no subject)

2011-06-29 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Try out Gimp. P. On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:04 AM, kaaya stanley stanleyka...@gmail.comwrote: does linux have a good text editor which has options for design,text or both linux dreamweaver or microsoft expression web4 for windows? ___ The Uganda

Re: [LUG] Check out this site

2011-06-28 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
I love that it recognizes backspace! -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 28 June 2011 16:42, Brian Ssennoga b.ssenn...@gmail.com wrote: lqtm indeed - totally

Re: [LUG] Mobile Broadband Data Usage

2011-06-19 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Basic usage counter: knemo. P. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 19 June 2011 15:19, Kyle Spencer k...@stormzero.com wrote: Depending on your needs, it may be

Re: [LUG] USB Modem using WICD

2011-06-14 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
wicd doesn't do usb modems. Strictly for ethernet wlan. http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ Peter -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 14 June 2011 08:21, Brian Ssennoga

[LUG] Asterisk using Huawei USB dongle

2011-06-13 Thread Peter Hyeroba
Hi guys, For all Asterisk guru's out there this was very pleasing to my eyes, i hope it will be to yours. http://code.google.com/p/asterisk-chan-dongle/ and the older one... http://code.google.com/p/datacard/ Have a blast as you explore HP. ___ The

Re: [LUG] Running an application from a PHP script

2011-06-11 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Do you have exec enabled on your machine or host? What errors are shown in the web server logs? P. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Ashenafi Shifferaw ashena...@gmail.comwrote: Greetings, I recently wrote a C program as follows; #include stdio.h #include stdlib.h void main() {

Re: [LUG] PostgreSQL Libraries

2011-06-03 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
You need postgres-libs. But also postgres-contrib and postgres-devel packages are needed too. Don't forget to install postgres-server too. Make sure you install the right packages for the version of PostgreSQL you intend to install on your PC. Let us know when you get stuck and we shall assist

Re: [LUG] Fw: Best Linux Distro for Developers?

2011-06-03 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
?... Are U sure it will exist in its current format in the next few years (or months), with all the Novell M$ sm**ching going on. Think Solaris + Oracle and the effect it had on the Java OO.org dev't environment. Francis. GridWorX Ltd -Original Message- From: Peter C. Ndikuwera pnd

Re: [LUG] PostgreSQL Libraries

2011-06-03 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
friend, you could use something like: yum whatprovides libcrypto.so.6 to get more info ( I hate anything RPM). OR if you have for example iibcrypto.so.7 on your system you could just create a symlink to it. :) Regards, -- Markus On Jun 3, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Otandeka Simon Peter wrote

Re: [LUG] Fw: Best Linux Distro for Developers?

2011-06-02 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
openSuSE - Linux for open minds. Current version is 11.4 P. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Colline Waiswa wcoll...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi all, I know this question is quite subjective and will probably elicit a huge array of different answers but I still have to put it forward. Like Ubuntu

[LUG] Router or WIC cards wanted

2011-06-02 Thread Peter Hyeroba
Hello guys, I am looking for any cisco router or a WIC card with 2 ethernet/ fast ethernet ports. Anyone with one please contact me off list. Regards, HP. (0776006771) ___ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this

Re: [LUG] Fw: Best Linux Distro for Developers?

2011-06-02 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
collins sanga.coll...@gmail.com wrote: Most of our developers use ubuntu for development and centos for production servers. They like the vast array of development tools available in ubuntu compared to other distros. On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Otandeka Simon Peter sotand...@gmail.comwrote

Re: [LUG] Fw: Best Linux Distro for Developers?

2011-06-02 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Sorry to be a zealot but openSUSE has daily (and sometimes hourly) updated repositories of almost every linux app under the sun. The OpenSUSE Build Service (http://open-build-service.org) is an amazing platform for package creation. And it also works for Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu. Give SUSE some

Re: [LUG] VM ware for linux

2011-06-01 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Free as in beer vs. Free as in freedom. Let the flame wars begin. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 1 June 2011 20:07, sanga collins sanga.coll...@gmail.com

Re: [LUG] FTP server not accessible through the browser

2011-05-31 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Please post your vsftpd.conf I may be able to help P. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 28 May 2011 11:58, Kizito Thomas manmes2...@gmail.com wrote: Goodmorning

Re: [LUG] FTP server not accessible through the browser

2011-05-31 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
You may need to enable one or both of these: pasv_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=YES Peter -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 31 May 2011 10:02, Peter C

Re: [LUG] FTP server not accessible through the browser

2011-05-31 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Glad you got it working. As someone said above try filezilla for uploading. No idea about Mint though. Peter -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 31 May 2011 12:01

Re: [LUG] The Best of Linux page

2011-05-25 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Boo. No emacs. ;-) -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 23 May 2011 18:33, Victor van Reijswoud victor.vanreijsw...@gmail.comwrote: An interesting page

Re: [LUG] screen sharing apps

2011-05-25 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Team Viewer can help. I use it to remotely manage computers of different O/S. P. On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Victor van Reijswoud victor.vanreijsw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Anyone aware of cross platform (linux/mac/win) screensharing applications that allow me to temporary take over a

Re: [LUG] The linux Lorld Map

2011-05-17 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
I was wondering what disturbed me about this map, then I went on Slashdot (of course) and realized it's a ripoff of xkcd maps of the past: http://xkcd.com/256/ http://xkcd.com/802/ P. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency,

Re: [LUG] The linux Lorld Map

2011-05-17 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Oh, you can also order prints: http://store.xkcd.com/xkcd/ -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 17 May 2011 15:02, Peter C. Ndikuwera pnd...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: [LUG] HELP Ubuntu upgrade on a note book

2011-05-14 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Hey, Check in the archives. Had a similar problem which I managed to get around and then posted the solution to this mailing list. Will send it again once am on my laptop. P. On 14 May 2011 20:57, Steen Andersen st...@andersen.net wrote: ___ The Uganda

Re: [LUG] Linux Server Monitoring

2011-05-13 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Or if you're really hardcore look at zabbix http://www.zabbix.com/ Peter -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 13 May 2011 13:23, Kyle Spencer k...@stormzero.com

Re: [LUG] Linux Server Monitoring

2011-05-13 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Monit's really cool for basic monitoring. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 13 May 2011 18:34, Bernard Adongo bernard.ado...@gmail.com wrote: Monit

Re: [LUG] [OT] M$ Just Bought Skype For A Staggering $8.5 Billion.

2011-05-12 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Remo, For how long will M$ support skype non-ms platforms? I think it won't be long before they change their minds. How will they do it? You might find the version on non-ms platforms will always lag behind the one running on Windowz. My 1 cent. P. On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Remo Samuel

Re: [LUG] Natty issues

2011-05-11 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Collins, What kind of laptop (model) are you using? Natty 11.04 is sometimes nasty with some manufacturers. P. On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Colline Waiswa wcoll...@yahoo.com wrote: Hey all, I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 10.10 to Natty 11.04 via the inbuilt upgrade tool over the net.

Re: [LUG] [OT] M$ Just Bought Skype For A Staggering $8.5 Billion.

2011-05-10 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Someone else will surely come up with an alternative that is linux friendly. On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Simon Vass sv...@etech.ug wrote: And what a loss for linux, as I guess development will be discontinued and we will have to rely on third party hacks. Simon Vass Managing Director

Re: [LUG] Ubuntu Natty

2011-05-08 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
-team/unity-2d-daily sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install http://www.linoob.com/category/install-2/ unity-2d It should work well. --- On *Wed, 5/4/11, Otandeka Simon Peter sotand...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Otandeka Simon Peter sotand...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [LUG] Ubuntu Natty

Re: [LUG] (no subject)

2011-05-06 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Also Amarok. Or gpodder if you're only doing podcasts. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 6 May 2011 09:52, Janosch Maier li...@phynformatik.de wrote: I am using

Re: [LUG] Ubuntu Natty

2011-05-04 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Dominic, Were you able to get the new Unity desktop installed? I have gotten stories of people who have done online upgrades and failed to get Unity. Kind regards, P. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Dominic Kibuga dominic...@yahoo.com wrote: BM, I just made an online upgrade. From the look

Re: [LUG] Evaluating Gnome 3

2011-05-04 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Unity is an alternative shell for GNOME3. However, you can switch to the default GNOME3 shell, called gnome-shell, if you choose. Wiki has a decent write-up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_(desktop_environment) P. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events

Re: [LUG] Ubuntu Natty

2011-05-03 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Anyone running Natty 11.04 and can give us a good testimony about it? On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Reinier Battenberg reinier.battenb...@mountbatten.net wrote: Hi, I added the Ubuntu Kubuntu Natty 11.04 iso's to the downloads page http://linux.or.ug/Downloads On a properly

Re: [LUG] LUG messages in Spam Box

2011-05-03 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
while ago, the yahoo search is more advanced than gmail, (for example i can search for a subject and filter by recipient, attachment, etc, maybe gmail has these features, and i havent used them In Gmail, next to the search button there's a tiny link: Show search options' Peter

Re: [LUG] LUG messages in Spam Box

2011-05-03 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Could it be something to do with this? All my other mailing lists have valid permitted senders... Received-SPF: softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning lug-boun...@linux.or.ug does not designate 41.190.128.28 as permitted sender) client-ip=41.190.128.28; Authentication-Results:

Re: [LUG] rsync and Cron

2011-04-26 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
chmod +x /root/rsyncrun.sh P. On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Richard Zulu z...@gtugs.org wrote: Hallo, Quick question here: I am rsyncing files from a remote computer to my local machine over the internet. Since the internet is *not reliable*. I have had to think about ways of

Re: [LUG] *** SPAM *** [5.3/5.0] OT: XKCD

2011-04-19 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
You should probably have linked to the comic: http://xkcd.com/887/ Hilarious entries (for me): by 2068: Entire World Population Gay Due to chemicals in the water and by 2069: Public masturbation legalized. Any correlation? Peter -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely

Re: [LUG] Connecting Android to a Ubuntu Ad Hoc network

2011-04-17 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
http://smarterware.org/4575/how-to-tether-your-android-phone/ Should be having pointers to what you require. P. On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Victor van Reijswoud victor.vanreijsw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I get the same impression, but I can hardly believe this. Have none of the hackers

[LUG] Gaddafi's missus joins Lads from Lagos

2011-04-15 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/15/gaddafi_419/ Very hilarious. P. ___ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: LUG@linux.or.ug Mailing list archives:

Re: [LUG] 2500 for 1Gb of 3G data on UTL

2011-04-08 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
That page brings up an error when I try and view it: We are sorry, but we were unable to complete your request. When reporting this error to Blogger Support or on the Blogger Help Group, please: - *Describe what you were doing* when you got this error. - Provide the following *error code*

Re: [LUG] Problems Linux Enthusiasts Refuse to Address

2011-04-05 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Have you configured the network in Yast? Also, which desktop environment are you using? In KDE, you'll need to run knetworkmanager if it's not showing in the system tray. If it's GNOME, you should us nm-applet. P. On 05/04/2011, Ivan Timothy onetimi...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/5/11, Mpagi Fred

[LUG] Corrections for Ivan (was: Re: How to Change the expiration date of a GPG key)

2011-03-30 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Ivan, start a new topic, then people will be encouraged to help you. Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 30 March 2011 16:02, Ivan Timothy onetimi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, i just changed from ubuntu 9.04 to open suse recently but im getting a serious

Re: [LUG] geek's desktop Linux system?

2011-03-23 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
upgrade all packages, then roll several different flavors of your system: bootable LiveDVD, bootable USB image, VMWare appliance, etc. You should take a look at it. It's pretty amazing. I guarantee I could do an Ultimate SUSE in a day using SUSE Studio! Peter Happiness makes up in height what

Re: [LUG] geek's desktop Linux system?

2011-03-23 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Check out some of the things SUSE Studio can let you do: http://www.novell.com/promo/suse/the-disters-contest-winners.html P. Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 23 March 2011 17:49, Peter C. Ndikuwera pnd...@gmail.com wrote: SUSE Studio allows you

Re: [LUG] geek's desktop Linux system?

2011-03-22 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
amazing. Peter Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 22 March 2011 16:50, joachim Gwoke jowor2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hey, assuming you didn't have to manage a Linux system except that of your desktop or laptop PC how long would it take you(bandwidth aside

Re: [LUG] The unofficial google shell

2011-03-17 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Wow. I'm already addicted! Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 17 March 2011 10:40, Bernard Adongo bernard.ado...@gmail.com wrote: This is TRUE FREEDOM. Freed from the mouse at last. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Victor van Reijswoud

Re: [LUG] The unofficial google shell

2011-03-17 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Now if only I could see the results in text format as well... Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 17 March 2011 10:51, Peter C. Ndikuwera pnd...@gmail.com wrote: Wow. I'm already addicted! Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert

Re: [LUG] Squid + Windows Updates

2011-03-16 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Is there any way to make update accelerator work independently of IPCop? P. Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 16 March 2011 11:24, Reinier Battenberg reinier.battenb...@mountbatten.net wrote: You might want to have a look at this too

Re: [LUG] openSuSE 11.4 x86_64 iso

2011-03-12 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Sent you a message off-list. Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 12 March 2011 13:53, Phillip Simbwa sim...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone with a 64 bit iso to share? My connection is smoking weed! Peter or someone? Also if Mountbatten has a local iso, would

Re: [LUG] SuSE 11.4

2011-03-11 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
/plasmoid-networkmanagement.ymp?base=openSUSE%3A11.4query=plasmoid-networkmanagement ) Peter Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 11 March 2011 08:31, Mark Tinka mti...@globaltransit.net wrote: On Friday, March 11, 2011 01:28:19 pm Paul Bagyenda wrote: Trusty

Re: [LUG] Samba Sharing Failing

2011-02-24 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Does user nobody have access to those partitions? Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 24 February 2011 13:20, byekwaso wilson wbyekw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, I need your help. I have a windows drive whose one of the two partitions it has is failing.

Re: [LUG] Samba Sharing Failing

2011-02-24 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
in length -- Robert Frost On 24 February 2011 14:53, byekwaso wilson wbyekw...@gmail.com wrote: Yes Peter user nobody has access. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:10 PM, byekwaso wilson wbyekw...@gmail.com wrote: Yes Peter user nobody has access. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Peter C

Re: [LUG] IP Routing Multiple interfaces

2011-02-23 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Richard, Give us the output of 'ifconfig' and 'route -n' commands. You can comment out some details so as to keep your IP addresses anonymous. You could be doing something wrong but we need some more details to help. P. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Richard Zulu z...@gtugs.org wrote:

Re: [LUG] IP Routing Multiple interfaces

2011-02-23 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Richard, First of all have one default gateway. Usually the public IPs default gw is used. So your public IPs should use that. For your private IP, you may need to specifically set a route in your table to channel traffic through the gateway specified something like route add -net 172.16.0.0 gw

Re: [LUG] Partition Solution needed

2011-02-23 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Check out /var/log /var/cache. Most likely culprits. Also, you used fdisk wrong, It should be *fdisk /dev/sda* not *fdisk /dev/sda1* But as said before, be careful about messing with fdisk! Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 23 February 2011 15:33, Dan

Re: [LUG] IP Routing Multiple interfaces

2011-02-23 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
He already has the necessary routing for his interfaces, it's the multiple default gateways causing trouble. Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 23 February 2011 15:38, Otandeka Simon Peter sotand...@gmail.com wrote: Richard, First of all have one default

Re: [LUG] Shorewall Help

2011-02-11 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Also, did you disable SuSEFirewall2? Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 11 February 2011 12:22, Noah Sematimba kse...@psg.com wrote: please post the output of iptables -L -n just after reboot, and then again after you restart the firewall. Noah. On

Re: [LUG] Shorewall Help

2011-02-11 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
There are shorewall packages for openSUSE by the way: http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=shorewallbaseproject=openSUSE%3A11.2lang=enexclude_filter=home%3Aexclude_debug=true Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 11 February 2011 12:51, Peter C. Ndikuwera

Re: [LUG] LUG Digest, Vol 78, Issue 16

2011-02-09 Thread Peter Hyeroba
Peter On 9 February 2011 17:04, lug-requ...@linux.or.ug wrote: Send LUG mailing list submissions to lug@linux.or.ug To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help

Re: [LUG] problem

2011-02-08 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
I think he means a bios password. Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 8 February 2011 10:45, kibalama francis divinecorpor...@gmail.comwrote: David thanks ..my case is a password set on the HDD by a user from the bios. meanwhile let me try other

Re: [LUG] Mailing List - Website Link Broken

2011-01-31 Thread Peter Kyoma
forward. And while we are at it, +1 for Kyle... Regards, Peter. On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Kiggundu Mukasa kiggu...@kym.net wrote: Simon In the mean time, Please have your link/script send me an email with the email address of the person who wants to get on I will subscribe the person

Re: [LUG] back to the future

2011-01-06 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
I agree it's a toy but it does have support for up to 48GB of storage according to: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/motorola-atrix-4g-hits-atandts-website-complete-with-specs/ Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 7 January 2011 09:08, Paul Bagyenda

Re: [LUG] Using Warid Modem on suse linux

2011-01-05 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Are you using KDE or GNOME? Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 4 January 2011 14:10, G.Y. Mukalazi mukal...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone used a warid mobile modem on suse linux? if so i would like to be helped on archieving the same -- This message has

Re: [LUG] Software Advice

2010-12-28 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
The last time I tried fingerprint reader as logon, (about a year ago) there were some issues with KDM. GDM was better but didn't always work. Please tell us how things go for you. P Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost -- This message has been scanned for

[LUG] Good reading

2010-12-27 Thread Peter Hyeroba
Hello, Interesting stuff. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/12/27/top.tech.trends.year/index.html?hpt=C2 Regards, Hyeroba Peter -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean

Re: [LUG] OS I'd most like to see make a comeback

2010-12-20 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Amiga OS - my first OS! Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 17 December 2010 15:07, Simon Vass sv...@etech.ug wrote: Acorn MOS, I miss my youth! http://www.repton3.co.uk/chuckieegg.aspx Simon Vass Managing Director E-Tech Uganda Ltd

Re: [LUG] wiki lympics

2010-12-10 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Use http://wikileaks.ch/ Hosted out of the US these days Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 9 December 2010 18:47, Mugarura Cavin mugaru...@gmail.com wrote: Lug, with wiki leaks being taken down, a loose outfit of hackers have launched counter attacks

Re: [LUG] fan management

2010-11-28 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
There's a new module in the 2.6.36 kernel that's supposed to be for the Ideapad. Not sure if it enables fan control though. Maybe you should look into that first? Maybe email the module author? http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-...@vger.kernel.org/msg00456.html Peter Happiness makes

Re: [LUG] fan management

2010-11-26 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
performance, rather than adaptive, the fan will be on most of the time) also your graphic card's power management - if it's a high-end card, it's creating the most heat. Peter Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 26 November 2010 19:06, Victor van Reijswoud

Re: [LUG] fan management

2010-11-26 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
No idea how it's done in GNOME. I use KDE. But look for a cpufreq applet. From a quick google search, It's probably an ATI, so you could look through your Ubuntu repos for an ATI configuration tool. Sorry I can't help - on NVIDIA myself. Peter Happiness makes up in height what it lacks

Re: [LUG] fan management

2010-11-26 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
I can do this in windows and osx). I have no clue what the graphics card on this machine is. V On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Peter C. Ndikuwera pnd...@gmail.com wrote: What graphics card do you have? I have an Ideapad Y550P and from my research there's no way to control the fan

Re: [LUG] Upgrade of Mailman

2010-11-12 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
So can I use the included signature to sign cheques? Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost On 12 November 2010 17:30, Kiggundu Mukasa kiggu...@kym.net wrote: Simon and everyone at the function, I am very sorry about the bug As I log in as admin it did not

Re: [LUG] Speed camera that can check your seatbelt

2010-11-09 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
You may have to 'cloak your vehicle' to survive big brother. (sci-fi :-)) On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Noah Sematimba kse...@psg.com wrote: On Nov 9, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Joshua Twinamasiko G. wrote: Good morning, While East Africa is yet to have speed cameras installed on highways (I

Re: [LUG] Technology Used Badly

2010-11-08 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Daniel, they took off the pictures you pointed out in the earlier post :-) On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Daniel Bwente dbwe...@gmail.com wrote: The Iranians did the same with the missile launch photos http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/in-an-iranian-image-a-missile-too-many/

Re: [LUG] Please reply if you get this message

2010-11-04 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
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Re: [LUG] Please reply if you get this message

2010-11-04 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
And what have you just done? Big ups to Patrick. On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Peter C. Ndikuwera pnd...@gmail.comwrote: And if we don't. Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -- Robert Frost ___ LUG mailing list LUG

Re: [LUG] MySQL - Oracle version

2010-11-04 Thread Otandeka Simon Peter
Has anyone tried using mariadb? P. On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Reinier Battenberg reinier.battenb...@mountbatten.net wrote: or, how to drive 2 projects a week into oblivion. (after 30 programmers left openoffice earlier this week.) I guess some people at http://mariadb.org/ are going

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