Re: [SLUG] cant install linux mandrake 9.0, please help

My estimate is you have damaged cds. You can get a fresh copy of mandrake 9 for the price of Australian Personal Computer (APC) magazine at most any newsagent. You want the current november edition. D Josh Brady wrote: hi, to make things short i have five copies of linux. the only one i have

[SLUG] Kernel patch question

Does anyone know whether, to build a kernel from patch-2.4.20-pre10-ac2, does that mean I have to also fetch and apply in order all patches from patch-2.4.20-pre1 to patch-2.4.20-pre10 and then fetch patch-2.4.20-pre10-ac2 and apply that, or do I go from -pre1 to -pre9 and then apply -pre10-ac2?

Re: [SLUG] Kernel patch question

quote who=[EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone know whether, to build a kernel from patch-2.4.20-pre10-ac2, does that mean I have to also fetch and apply in order all patches from patch-2.4.20-pre1 to patch-2.4.20-pre10 and then fetch patch-2.4.20-pre10-ac2 and apply that, or do I go from -pre1 to

[SLUG] PDA: Acer s60 or s65

Does anyone know if this model will interface to Linux yet? (I guess it will soon, as it can't be too much different to the other USB Palm O/S systems) Anyone know of any users comments? (none on Web I could find) Doug PS this retails for $799, includes 16M memory stick, which seems good

Re: [SLUG] PDA: Acer s60 or s65

Yeah the place to look is http://www.alllinuxdevices.com there was a link there today to a website that has further links to howto's on connecting PDA's to Linux On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 22:38, Doug Foskey wrote: Does anyone know if this model will interface to Linux yet? (I guess it will soon,

Re: [SLUG] cant install linux mandrake 9.0, please help

On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 11:41, Josh Brady wrote: hi, hey how you doen. i get to the prompt where is display the msg, press enter to install or f1 for more options. i press enter to install. the problesm starts not long after this. its display a msg saying loading stuff into memory and i see

Re: [SLUG] winmodem

Why do you still want an internal modem? wouldn't it be just be easier now and in the long run to invest in a cheap external modem which is more than likely going to work first time not just in linux but windows too. Cheap internal modems aren't that much cheaper than cheap external modems. just

[SLUG] Virus Alert - ScanMail for Lotus Notes--0, Setup will fail.

ScanMail has detected a virus during a real-time scan of the email traffic. Date: 11/11/2002 1:29:50 Subject: 0, Setup will fail. Virus: WORM_KLEZ.H File:New-Salty[1].bat From: slug [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Action: Uncleanable, Quarantined;

[SLUG] Pentax

I noticed in the gtkam listings there is no Pentax cameras listed. What is it with Pentax? Do they not make their API available? Kind regards Kevin -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Kevin Waterson Byron Bay,

Re: [SLUG] Pentax

quote who=Kevin Waterson I noticed in the gtkam listings there is no Pentax cameras listed. What is it with Pentax? Do they not make their API available? My girlfriend has a pentax 430RS. When you plug it into the USB port, it gets detected and loaded as a USB-attached generic scsi device -

[SLUG] DebianSIG (Sydney) on 13 Nov 2002

Hi all, Mark your diaries, DebianSIG is on again this month. As usual it is the second Wednesday of the month (13 Nov). This month our speaker will be Matthew Palmer on Debconf: Use and abuse. The meetings are held at the Wooloomooloo Bay Hotel (WBH) around 7pm with a bunch of gathering around

[SLUG] Portability of (Kernel/Xfree86) drivers?

I just bought an Acecad Flair USB Graphics tablet. Works very nicely under Windows (ME/2K/XP), with the drivers supplied. Acecad don't directly support Linux but they do link to http://perso.wanadoo.fr/edouard.tisserant/acecad/ Now I assume this driver actually works however getting there will

[SLUG] SLUG Python Interest Group: 18th November

For our last act in 2002[1], the SLUG Python Interest Group presents: Andrew Bennetts: Fun New Stuff in Python 2.2 Fun new stuff in Python 2.2 An introduction to new language features, including: - Iterators - Generators - Properties, classmethods and staticmethods - Type/class

Re: [SLUG] Can anyone recommend an open source text for a third year course?

On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:32:51PM +1100, William Chivers wrote: I am looking for a book to make the required text. I am not looking for a how to install and use Linux book, but more a book on the open source philosophy, how and why it works, social and IT implications of the success of the

[SLUG] DBD::mysql

Hi all, I am trying to install Squidalyser, which amongst other things needs MySQL and DBD::mysql. Having spent all morning learning mysteries of CPAN and install I am now stuck on the DBD module. I am running on RH7.2 and have installed MySQL server and clients from the rpm files and it is

Re: [SLUG] DBD::mysql

Hi Simon, On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 11:49:17AM +1100, Simon Bryan wrote: I am running on RH7.2 and have installed MySQL server and clients from the rpm files and it is running fine, howver the files that CPAN complains about are nowhere to be found on my system (did a slocate -u and then tried

[SLUG] gnome(2) cursor

Hi sluggers.. this is probably a FAQ but here goes: running mdk9/gnome2 i had a little forced reboot episode earlier and now my mouse cursor is a 32x32 black box that no amount of restarting x seems to fix. er... help! :-) cheers, ..S. PS belated thanks to those who offered suggestions the

[SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] DebianSIG (Sydney) on 13 Nov 2002

On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark your diaries, DebianSIG is on again this month. As usual it is the second Wednesday of the month (13 Nov). This month our speaker will be Matthew Palmer on Debconf: Use and abuse. That would be me. I'm planning on working from slides, they're

[SLUG] 2x dialup or 2x DSL connections bonded under Linux

Hi, can someone point me in the right direction for information to create a single bonded connection out of 2 dialups (Optusnet Net 56 offers this feature). Windows (bah) call it Multiple connection or Multicast and it works find under that OS, but I want

Re: [SLUG] 2x dialup or 2x DSL connections bonded under Linux

Before the days of ADSL, I did a lot of research on this, the product you are probably after is EQL: http://home.indyramp.net/eql/eql-1.html HTH Stuart On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 14:35, Bernhard Lüder wrote: Hi, can someone point me in the right direction for

[SLUG] TV Recording

Hi, What do I need in the way of hardware/software to record TV programs onto the hard disk and then replay them through the TV? Thanks for help, Alan -- -- Alan L Tyree[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/~alant Tel: +61 2 4782

Re: [SLUG] TV Recording

Quoting Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, What do I need in the way of hardware/software to record TV programs onto the hard disk and then replay them through the TV? Thanks for help, Alan A TV Tuner card for your PC that is supported under Linux. I believe the BrookTree chipsets are

Re: [SLUG] TV Recording

On 11 Nov 2002 15:32:29 +1100 Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What do I need in the way of hardware/software to record TV programs onto the hard disk and then replay them through the TV? Almost any Bt8x8 card will work for the input ( tuner ), otherwise, there are some Video-USB

[SLUG] auth svc (113) - good thing or bad?

I would be interested to hear folks opinions about services trying to auth with a client. I am especially interested in smtp, imap pop3. I notice with sendmail that it only tries twice and then gives up, but the imap server that comes with RH (UW ??) keeps trying for 30 seconds before giving up

Re: [SLUG] iptables problems

At 17:31 11/11/2002, you wrote: I'm having a hard time deciphering iptables rules. Would any of these rules cause a sendto: operation not permitted error? Short answer: Probably not. Long answer: Yes, but only if your IP is in the range 10.0.0.0/24, and if it was, well, you wouldn't be able