RE: [SLUG] OT: Budget AMD System / Cheap Motherboards !

2001-11-28 Thread George Vieira
Because they just work... -Original Message- From: Matt - [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] OT: Budget AMD System / Cheap Motherboards ! Hi Group ! I am looking to upgrade my current system (P2 350) to an AMD

Re: [SLUG] OT: Vector data on Sydney CBD

2001-11-28 Thread Cameron Shorter
Surprise, surprise, there is some free map data. There are many key gov agencies putting their map data online using the Open GIS standards for serving map data (http://opengis.org ) The local claim to fame is http://canri.nsw.gov.au which links to our local maps. The key is to get the

Re: [SLUG] OT: Budget AMD System / Cheap Motherboards !

2001-11-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=James Newburrie Is this a bang-for-bucks rule of thumb which holds true or is there something under linux that I am still to run into? This is very true for all operating systems these days, but even more so for UNIX(-like) operating systems such as Linux, because they use RAM far

Re: [SLUG] OT: Budget AMD System / Cheap Motherboards !

2001-11-28 Thread Ken Foskey
James Newburrie wrote: Well - I think that I prefer Gigabyte with AMD - in my experience (admitidly mostly with Microsoft based networks) they are more stable. I freely admit that I have only been using linux solidly for the past couple of months - and I am using a simple distribution,

Re: [SLUG] Help with error message

2001-11-28 Thread Damien Elmes
Bernhard Lüder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, Can anyone tell me, please what the following means: Nov 28 14:38:26 home kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 6, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 02 5c 01 58 00 00 08 00 Nov 28 14:38:26 home kernel: Info fld=0x25c0158, Current sd08:11: sense key

[SLUG] compiling to a shared object

2001-11-28 Thread Chris Barnes
Hi, could anyone inform me on how to compile a shared object (.so) file. I am trying to use a program i have compiled, but it comes with only 2 modem drivers. I have found the source for my modem serial_cb.c, I also found another object file serial_cb.o but the program I want to run tries to get

Re: [SLUG] compiling to a shared object

2001-11-28 Thread Jan Schmidt
quote who=Chris Barnes could anyone inform me on how to compile a shared object (.so) file. I am trying to use a program i have compiled, but it comes with only 2 modem drivers. I have found the source for my modem serial_cb.c, I also found another object file serial_cb.o but the program I

Re: [SLUG] OT: Vector data on Sydney CBD

2001-11-28 Thread Tony Green
* This one time, at band camp, Terry Collins said: Cameron Shorter wrote: Surprise, surprise, there is some free map data. Okay, send me the dummies guide on how to get it, because I can not find any. OK, you start of at slug, take a right, a left, go past a little church, take the

Re: [SLUG] OT: Vector data on Sydney CBD

2001-11-28 Thread Cameron Shorter
I missed the start of this thread (I'm not subscribed to SLUG), so am a bit in the dark as to what you are trying to achieve. Firstly: I remember seeing an announcement that the NSW Mapping Dept (can't remember it's name - Land and Information Services or something) are releasing a lot of map

Re: [SLUG] Advice on coding in VI ?

2001-11-28 Thread Stuart Cooper
I can't help but buy into this discussion: In command mode: 'D' also deletes to the end of the current line, saving a whole keypress 'ZZ' to save and exit instead of :wq... you don't need to move your fingers between keys :) Here's what someone had to say in the memorable vi vs Emacs Slug

[SLUG] 203.x.x.x get a 408 error on web server

2001-11-28 Thread Stuart Russell
Most network address starting with 203.x.x.x respond with a 408 error in apache and AOLserver, time out error. There has been only time that a 203.x.x.x got a response and the IP was 203.43.231.x the web server address is 203.222.x.x Log eg. 199.245.228.136 - - [24/Nov/2001:09:57:28 +1100]

[SLUG] Getting Java working in netscape and mozilla.

2001-11-28 Thread Peter Hardy
It's been bugging me for ages. I downloaded the Java plugin package, followed the instructions to the letter, and nothing. The plugin doesn't show up in about:plugins, mozilla doesn't complain at all, it just starts up and refuses to acknowledge the new plugin. This was even more infuriating

[SLUG] Catalyst Activist Tech Training Camp (Sydney, 15-20 December)

2001-11-28 Thread Colene Woods
Hello SLUGs, Apologies for sending this information again, I heard this morning that your group has something like 600 members so wanted to make a further push. A large part of the reason that Catalyst is running this training week (see info below) is to get more activist geeks involved in the