Re: [SLUG] Debian and apt

2003-06-09 Thread Chris D.
Ashley Lynn wrote: >I know this is a strange question for me to ask, but: >Does anyone have a couple of Debian sourses to go in the apt_sources.conf file >that do NOT have the words mirror or ftp in them. I need to upgrade a system, >but the server block any site with these words in them. Strange

Re: [SLUG] debian, missing unstable debs

2003-06-09 Thread Chris D.
ramon buckland wrote: >I use apt-proxy as well I was getting a problem where all my index files were cached, and not being updated. Try removing the dists/ directory of all your cached dirs in /var/cache/apt-proxy/ - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature -- SLUG - Sy

Re: [SLUG] Browser email retrieval

2003-06-09 Thread John Clarke
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 01:24:18PM +1000, Anthony Wood wrote: > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:32:57PM +0100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > > > > > Also worth sticking a copy of the Putty executable on your web > > server. You'd be surprised how many Internet Cafes will let you run > > arbitrary execu

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a second CD device.

2003-06-09 Thread Erich Schulz
Bill Bennett wrote: Many thanks for the help. I located the hotplug rpms on the installation disks (there are two:hotplug and gtk_hotplug---this latter, I presume, is the front end for the other). Both have been installed. I'm unsure how to proceed now. There's nothing on the desktop (or in the a

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a second CD device.

2003-06-09 Thread Bill Bennett
Many thanks for the help. I located the hotplug rpms on the installation disks (there are two:hotplug and gtk_hotplug---this latter, I presume, is the front end for the other). Both have been installed. I'm unsure how to proceed now. There's nothing on the desktop (or in the applications list) t

[SLUG] Call for interest: linux.conf.au kernel miniconf

2003-06-09 Thread Chee Kent Lam
This is a call for interest to gauge the Linux kernel community interest in a Kernel miniconf for the next Australian Linux conference. Linux.conf.au is the annual Australian Linux conference. The 2004 conference will be held in Adelaide, South Australia in January. The two days preceding the conf

Re: [SLUG] Ximian Desktop 2

2003-06-09 Thread Ken Foskey
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 14:34, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > It looks really cool and concidering I use all the software included in > > the package, it makes sense to have it all intergrated. > > There are a few people considering building Debian packages that include the > Ximian patches. Perhaps wait

Re: [SLUG] Ximian Desktop 2

2003-06-09 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Although Debian is not in the supported distro list, does anyone know if > Ximian Desktop will install on it It won't install on Debian "through official channels", and you'd be hard pressed to get a working install by hacking it all up using alien, etc. > and if so how does it go about deali

[SLUG] scsi cables?

2003-06-09 Thread Ben de Luca
sorry for being a little off topic but can some one give me some recommendations for purchasing scsi cables in sydney I am after a cable with VHD Centronics 68 Male, Half Pitch DB68 Male connectors. as seen here http://www.scsischool.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?topbar=scsi-topbar.htm&Product_ID=SC

Re: [SLUG] Ximian Desktop 2

2003-06-09 Thread Adam Hewitt
Jeff and others, Although Debian is not in the supported distro list, does anyone know if Ximian Desktop will install on it, and if so how does it go about dealing with dpkg in removing the current gnome/evolution/galeon packages?? It looks really cool and concidering I use all the software inclu

Re: [SLUG] Debian and apt

2003-06-09 Thread Dave Airlie
> I know this is a strange question for me to ask, but: > Does anyone have a couple of Debian sourses to go in the apt_sources.conf file > that do NOT have the words mirror or ftp in them. I need to upgrade a system, > but the server block any site with these words in them. > just nslookup the IP

[SLUG] Debian and apt

2003-06-09 Thread Ashley Lynn
I know this is a strange question for me to ask, but: Does anyone have a couple of Debian sourses to go in the apt_sources.conf file that do NOT have the words mirror or ftp in them. I need to upgrade a system, but the server block any site with these words in them. Stay well and happy Heracles P

[SLUG] Sendmail Configuration

2003-06-09 Thread Jimmy
Good Afternoon list, I've set up a Sendmail SMTP proxy (10.1.1.1), this is used to scan mails for spam before forwarding them onto our exchange server (10.1.1.2). This is all workng well, I used the mailertable file to set up the relaying mydomain.com esmtp:[10.1.1.2] I have now configured th

Re: [SLUG] Browser email retrieval

2003-06-09 Thread Anthony Wood
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:32:57PM +0100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > Also worth sticking a copy of the Putty executable on your web > server. You'd be surprised how many Internet Cafes will let you run > arbitrary executables... I was surprised to find ssh possible from > most of the internet c

Re: [SLUG] Network

2003-06-09 Thread Phil Scarratt
Thanks to all who responded. I was aware of the distance limit of 5e but wanted to know if there was any other reason why fibre would be better. I am enlightened Thanks a million fil Jon Teh wrote: On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:42:57PM +1000, Robert Tillsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am thi

RE: [SLUG] test - please ignore

2003-06-09 Thread Robert Tillsley
DNS changes we requested have finally come through! Yeah! Rob T > -Original Message- > From: Robert Tillsley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 10 June 2003 10:13 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [SLUG] test - please ignore > > > > >

[SLUG] test - please ignore

2003-06-09 Thread Robert Tillsley
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Re: [SLUG] debian, missing unstable debs

2003-06-09 Thread ramon buckland
Hi Matt, Yeah i do that all the time :-) I use apt-proxy as well So the problem maybe there, I'll check again tonight. :Thanks ramon On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:51:18 +1000, Matt Hope wrote > On Mon, 09 Jun 2003, ramon buckland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > > > Hi, > > > > Ive just installed a new

Re: [SLUG] Root access to X server

2003-06-09 Thread Simon Wong
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 11:36, Dave Airlie wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Simon Wong wrote: > > > > The problem is with just the top one I get (with "export DISPLAY=:0.0": > > > > try export DISPLAY=:0 No luck :-( > > have a look at the xauth list to see what you have... Good tip! What I had to d

RE: [SLUG] Redundant Web Servers

2003-06-09 Thread Jon Biddell
Well, we've solved the problem, and it works perfectly With much thanks to all the SLUGgers (and squid-ers) that gave suggestions, we presented a plan to marketing that was almost foolproof And we costed it at approx. $200k initially, plus another $50k recurring costs They saw our po

Re: [SLUG] Video Card Problems

2003-06-09 Thread scott
> > are you running the latest Nvidia binary drivers? if you are using the > XFree ones you'll get issues I think.. > > Dave. > > Yup, The I believe they are the latest. (although I Haven't looked for a few weeks). The problem seems to be getting more severe, lockups are happening more freque

Re: [SLUG] Video Card Problems

2003-06-09 Thread Dave Airlie
> > I am thinking it is the video card, Has anyone had any similar problems? I > have a GeForce 4 Ti4200. are you running the latest Nvidia binary drivers? if you are using the XFree ones you'll get issues I think.. Dave. > > Also, is there any programs in Linux that will stress test the video ca

[SLUG] Video Card Problems

2003-06-09 Thread scott
Hi All, I seem to be having mysterious problems with my video. One problem is When I launch into X, then Ctrl+Alt+F2(F3,F4 etc) to switch to a console, the console has display problems. Its hard to describe, but its like at every block there is 4 white dots, and in some blocks there is coloured

Re: [SLUG] NFS home dirs across a network.

2003-06-09 Thread umug
Ken Foskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The exports file was: The exports file is pretty sensitive to errors, a space in the wrong place will ruin your case. (I don't even have to try to be lame) > /home/teachers/ 192.168.0.*(rw,no-rootsquash) I haven't seen no-rootsquash before, its no_root

Re: [SLUG] Browser email retrieval

2003-06-09 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
On Mon 09 Jun, Ben Donohue bloviated thus: > I've got a RH9 box running sendmail and imap. I want to be able to > access my email remotely via a browser, ie. like a hotmail service. > So far i've only come across IMP. Is this the only option or are there > more etc. pro's con's? If you plan to

Re: [SLUG] NFS home dirs across a network.

2003-06-09 Thread Matt Hope
On Mon, 09 Jun 2003, Steve Kowalik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > You should also check hosts.{allow,deny} for portmap. .. and make sure you have portmap installed and running. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] sluglet notes backup and recovery

2003-06-09 Thread Jon Teh
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 11:20:12AM +1000, Robert Tillsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LVM and EVS were mentioned, but not in detail. > EVS extended volume ??? > > EVMS - Extended Volume Management System, a tool which combines some functionality of LVM, disk partitioners and disk formatters

Re: [SLUG] NFS home dirs across a network.

2003-06-09 Thread Steve Kowalik
At 9:57 pm, Monday, June 9 2003, Ken Foskey mumbled: > I did try to run tcpdump (not installed) I am kicking myself as this is > classic NFS debugging, I should have remembered that. > You should also check hosts.{allow,deny} for portmap. Cheers, -- S

Re: [SLUG] NFS home dirs across a network.

2003-06-09 Thread Ken Foskey
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 21:45, Michael Still wrote: > On 9 Jun 2003, Ken Foskey wrote: > > > The mount was being tried and I got a message that the mount was failing > > but not authorised. The last part I got an RPC message from the client, > > I think the firewall settings stopped the connection

Re: [SLUG] NFS home dirs across a network.

2003-06-09 Thread Michael Still
On 9 Jun 2003, Ken Foskey wrote: > The mount was being tried and I got a message that the mount was failing > but not authorised. The last part I got an RPC message from the client, > I think the firewall settings stopped the connection altogether. The default Redhat firewall config will stop NF

Re: [SLUG] Network

2003-06-09 Thread Heracles
On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 11:20 am, Phil Scarratt wrote: > To the network guru's out there > > I am working at a school that is currently expanding. There are > some new buildings being added to the campus (almost finished) > that are now being wired. The question is what is the best way > to wire to a

Re: [SLUG] SME-server and mail

2003-06-09 Thread TP
Hi Amanda If you want to explore the directory structure of e-smith you will find that Midnight Commander is installed ( command line # MC). Your mail server is Qmail http://qmail.glasswings.com.au/top.html Your webmail is Imp http://horde.org/imp/ E-smith is www.e-smith.org and you will find t

[SLUG] NFS home dirs across a network.

2003-06-09 Thread Ken Foskey
I was trying to get an NFS system going for computer Bank New England on the weekend and the whole process eluded me. The situation is: a) Primary server containing the home directories. b) Multiple desktops mounting that server for their home directory. The exports file was: /home/teachers

Re: [SLUG] Browser email retrieval

2003-06-09 Thread Jeff Waugh
> I'm searching for whatever is needed to access my email via a browser > from anywhere. > So far i've only come across IMP. Is this the only option or are there > more etc. pro's con's? > Anyone have any recommendations on what to use? My preferred choice out of a scary bunch: http://www.

[SLUG] Browser email retrieval

2003-06-09 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Slugs, I'm searching for whatever is needed to access my email via a browser from anywhere. I've got a RH9 box running sendmail and imap. I want to be able to access my email remotely via a browser, ie. like a hotmail service. So far i've only come across IMP. Is this the only option or are t

Re: [SLUG] debian linux on the XBox.. completed.

2003-06-09 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Purely for interests sake > it's done, and this is being type out on my XBox too. > > http://www.thebuckland.com/index.php?m=200306#20 This sounds eerily like a good idea for a SLUG presentation. *hint*hint* :-) - Jeff -- GU4DEC: June 16th-18th in Dublin, Ireland http://www.gua

Re: [SLUG] RH7.1 hangs when install Adaptec 2930 PCI SCSI card

2003-06-09 Thread Ben Donohue
Well just something to try... Go into your BIOS and change the PCI settings. Some BIOS's have a plug and play setting for all interrupts. Try turning this on or off - opposite from what it is now. Also try reserving the interrupt for the card (if you can find it out) in the BIOS settings - ie se

[SLUG] SME-server and mail

2003-06-09 Thread Amanda Wynne
Hi, The latest Linux Format has SME-server 5.6 (formerly e-smith) on the cover CD's, so I ditched Mandrake 9.0 off my local file server and installed. Must say I'm very impressed. I'm setting up Webmail, and basically got it working. First problem is I can't see where the actual maildir is. I've

[SLUG] Ximian Desktop 2

2003-06-09 Thread Jeff Waugh
So, If anyone's interested, Ximian Desktop 2 has been released. :-) http://www.ximian.com/products/desktop/ It's a "Complete Enterprise Linux Desktop" based on GNOME 2.2, and includes some very sexy OpenOffice.org integration features. Evolution 1.4 (based on the GNOME 2.2 platform) has also b

Re: [SLUG] debian, missing unstable debs

2003-06-09 Thread Matt Hope
On Mon, 09 Jun 2003, ramon buckland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > Hi, > > Ive just installed a new system (see other email re: XBOX :-) > and converting to unstable. > > Im getting a few 404's on some packages (namely GCC 3.2) from unstable. > I've noticed this occurs from time to time. > > Is