[SLUG] kernel halts before init2 on cold boot

since this morning, whenever i cold boot this box, it hangs before runlevel 2, and after hwtools. but after resetting it, through the reset button since keyboard is also stucked up, it all went fine. what do you think is the problem? looked at dmesg, but nothings there. -- .''`. Mike C

[SLUG] schools squid proxy

I updated the school squid proxy with the stuff I pulled from the .pac file. I point the parent as 'proxy... parent 80 0 no-query' (the query stuff was dying...) Still no joy, it timed out. I can telnet to proxy:80 so the connection is there in theory anyway. Any suggestions welcome. KenF

[SLUG] Red Hat 8

Does anyone could burn me the Red Hat 8 Cds? I lived around city, it would be a pleasure if I can collect it somewhere in city and the fees as well (as long as it reasonable) I bought the official one ($34.95) and I just released that even the first Cd has broken for no reason. I thought there's

[SLUG] how do I join??

Hi my name is Mohammad and I have been advised by Jeff Waugh to join the mailing list.How do I join ?? Kind regards Mohammad ABD Computer Installations

Re: [SLUG] how do I join??

quote who=A B D Computer Installations Hi my name is Mohammad and I have been advised by Jeff Waugh to join the mailing list.How do I join ?? Hi again Mohammad, :-) You can sign up here: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug Thanks, - Jeff -- chown -R us:us

Re: [SLUG] how do I join??

* A B D Computer Installations [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-11-22 01:16]: Hi my name is Mohammad and I have been advised by Jeff Waugh to join the mailing list.How do I join ?? Fill in your details at http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/

Re: [SLUG] Red Hat 8

Quoting Phillipus Gunawan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does anyone could burn me the Red Hat 8 Cds? I lived around city, it would be a pleasure if I can collect it somewhere in city and the fees as well (as long as it reasonable) I work in North Sydney, so if you can make it over this way, I'd be happy

Re: [SLUG] Red Hat 8

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 11:57:04PM +1100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: I bought the official one ($34.95) and I just released that even the first Cd has broken for no reason. In what way broken? Does it fail the mediacheck? Anyway, I can burn you a copy if it's convenient for you. Matt -- SLUG

[SLUG] mgetty

Hi list I am setting up a redhat 7.2 box with a netcomm Mega I modem on ttyS0 and I am trying to get mgetty working. I have used all the defaults and mgetty is starting from inittab OK. When I try to dial into the machine the modem is always off hook. I have tried a couple of modems to make sure

Re: [SLUG] mgetty

Quoting Richard Luckhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi list I am setting up a redhat 7.2 box with a netcomm Mega I modem on ttyS0 and I am trying to get mgetty working. I have used all the defaults and mgetty is starting from inittab OK. When I try to dial into the machine the modem is always

[SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] Reminder: linux.conf.au Regional Delegate Program: Sponsored trip!

On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 09:51:53PM +1100, Mary Gardiner wrote: Hi everyone, As you may remember, Sun Microsystems is sponsoring one lucky person from each state to attend linux.conf.au in Perth in January 2003! SLUG is choosing the NSW delegate and we've had very few applications so far.

[SLUG] Apache Servers - Load Balancing

Slug List Does anyone have thoughts/experience/solutions to allow multiple Apache web servers on seperate IP addresses to be 'bound' into a load balance/redundant bank. This would include 2 servers on the same network and a third on a different one. In the case of any/upto 2 servers

Re: [SLUG] Serial Tunneling

Richard Luckhurst wrote: Hi list I am trying to sort out a problem with a set up for a client. I have 2 PC's with 8 port serial cards in them and they work fine under redhat 7.2. At present I have the 8 ports connected to ports in /etc/services and I can telnet to these ports OK. The idea is I

Re: [SLUG] Apache Servers - Load Balancing

Quoting pworboys [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Slug List Does anyone have thoughts/experience/solutions to allow multiple Apache web servers on seperate IP addresses to be 'bound' into a load balance/redundant bank. This would include 2 servers on the same network and a third on a different one.

Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] Reminder: linux.conf.au RegionalDelegate Program: Sponsored trip!

On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Anand Kumria wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 09:51:53PM +1100, Mary Gardiner wrote: SLUG is choosing the NSW delegate and we've had very few applications so far. If you're interested in attending LCA, are a Free Software contributor ^^^ Which is what

[SLUG] Debian network install

Dear list, Reading the Debian installation how to I did not see how many floppy disks I need to do a network install? If I need to make a number of the same machines, is there a tool similar to Red Hat's Kickstart? regards, Richard Hayes -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group -

Re: [SLUG] Debian network install

At 12:14 22/11/2002 +1100, Richard Hayes sent this up the stick: Reading the Debian installation how to I did not see how many floppy disks I need to do a network install? I did this with my Alphas, and I only needed the two boot floppies. cheers, rob -- Vote Cthulhu! Why choose the lesser

Re: [SLUG] Apache Servers - Load Balancing

pworboys wrote: Slug List Does anyone have thoughts/experience/solutions to allow multiple Apache web servers on seperate IP addresses to be 'bound' into a load balance/redundant bank. This would include 2 servers on the same network and a third on a different one. I would suggest a

Re: [SLUG] mgetty

Richard Luckhurst wrote: I am setting up a redhat 7.2 box with a netcomm Mega I modem on ttyS0 and I am trying to get mgetty working. I have used all the defaults and mgetty is starting from inittab OK. When I try to dial into the machine the modem is always off hook. I have tried a couple of

Re: [SLUG] Serial Tunneling

On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 10:13:43AM +1100, Andy Eager wrote: Richard Luckhurst wrote: Hi list I am trying to sort out a problem with a set up for a client. I have 2 PC's with 8 port serial cards in them and they work fine under redhat 7.2. At present I have the 8 ports connected to ports

[SLUG] ADSL speed

Hi all, Are there any programs around that can automatically monitor the speed of an ADSL connection (say once an hour) and keep the results in a file? _ Simon Bryan IT Manager OLMC Parramata ICQ#: 137562751 _ --

Re: [SLUG] ADSL speed

On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:49:04 +1100 Simon Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Are there any programs around that can automatically monitor the speed of an ADSL connection (say once an hour) and keep the results in a file? Short of downloading a 1Mb file every hour and timing it, I don't see

[SLUG] Base64 Decoder

Hay guys, If anyone can point me in the direction of a working base64 decoder i would be most appreciative. Prize : cookie Thanks Andrew Wilson Technical Support Netway Networks 8920-8877 Netway Networks Pty Ltd (T) 8920 8877 (F) 8920 8866 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group -

Re: [SLUG] Base64 Decoder

On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 02:03:01PM +1100, Andrew Wilson wrote: If anyone can point me in the direction of a working base64 decoder i would be most appreciative. mimencode MIME::Decoder::Base64 Cheers, John -- whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key id: 0xD59C360F http://kirriwa.net/john/ -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Base64 Decoder

on Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 02:03:01PM +1100, Andrew Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hay guys, If anyone can point me in the direction of a working base64 decoder i would be most appreciative. Prize : cookie The best ive found is uudeview. search freshmeat for it. BB -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

RE: [SLUG] Base64 Decoder

Thanks guys, Not having much luck.. I seem to have a natural aversion to decoder's.. If anyone else knows of any other base64 decoders it would help me greatly. -Original Message- From: Broun, Bevan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:11 PM To: Andrew Wilson Cc:

Re: [SLUG] Base64 Decoder

On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:57:11 +1100 Andrew Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually ignore my last message guys, RIPMIME works a treat. * hands cookie over to paul * thanks most appreciated. Wooohooo...I can have it with my lunch :-) Now, back to my webcam grabber application *curses

Re: [SLUG] Can't get 800x600 in X on my laptop LCD

On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 10:53, Simon Wong wrote: I'm trying to get 800x600 to work on my laptop (so I can use the TV out - also good for checking web pages). I am getting errors that the horizontal sync rates are out of range. Final solution as to increase them to some crazy limits. Seems the

Re: [SLUG] Base64 Decoder

On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 02:03:01PM +1100, Andrew Wilson wrote: Hay guys, If anyone can point me in the direction of a working base64 decoder i would be most appreciative. Prize : cookie openssl will do it -- no frills though: openssl base64 -d inputbase64.txt output.txt (that's

Re: [SLUG] Firewire and Mdk 9.0

On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 01:29:32PM -0800, Bill wrote: Insmod ieee1394, insmod ohci 1394 and insmod raw 1394 show Using /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394.0.gz If I'm not mistaken, modprobe is encouraged over insmod. There is no raw1394,1394 or firewire in /dev. I

Re: [SLUG] Firewire and Mdk 9.0

On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 04:53, Matthew Hannigan wrote: I have read docs at http://www.linux1394.org/ and searched Google for linux firewire and it appears that I need to create /dev/raw1394, but when I (as root) cd to /dev and try make dev raw1394 I get the message No rule to make target