Re: [SLUG] Pants off, SLUGsters

2006-10-26 Thread DaZZa
On 10/26/06, Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quote who=Adam Kennedy I gather this is the why don't we just block EVERY post with an image approach... failing... but good idea :) Yeah, we figured that, instead of setting up an OCR anti-spam thingy, we would just block various bonkers

Re: [SLUG] Pants off, SLUGsters

2006-10-26 Thread TongMaster
On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 15:55 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: I mean, who posts images to SLUG anyway? Only fascists, spammers, Spanish absurdists and the deranged. Isn't this where I am supposed to post the photo's of my fully-extracted, water cooled, purple, silver racing striped Gentoo case mod with

Re: [SLUG] Pants off, SLUGsters

2006-10-26 Thread Penedo
On 26/10/06, DaZZa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/26/06, Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quote who=Adam Kennedy I gather this is the why don't we just block EVERY post with an image approach... failing... but good idea :) Yeah, we figured that, instead of setting up an OCR anti-spam thingy,

Re: [SLUG] Pants off, SLUGsters

2006-10-26 Thread Adam Kennedy
No, it's where you post a link to the photos stored on some web server somewhere... like a normal geek. Adam K TongMaster wrote: On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 15:55 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: I mean, who posts images to SLUG anyway? Only fascists, spammers, Spanish absurdists and the deranged.

Re: [SLUG] Pants off, SLUGsters

2006-10-26 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=DaZZa I mean, who posts images to SLUG anyway? Only fascists, spammers, Spanish absurdists and the deranged. And the list admins? :-) It was a multiple choice question. You'll just have to pick one. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2007: Sydney, Australia

Re: [SLUG] Pants off, SLUGsters

2006-10-26 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Jeff Waugh You've done a heck of a job, Brownie. If this goes to the list as well as you, then we've screwed up again. Your entertainment for the day! Hooray! Seriously, this time: Pants *off*. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2007: Sydney, Australia http://lca2007.linux.org.au/

Re: [SLUG] Re: UPS and monitoring software

2006-10-26 Thread Ben
On 10/26/06, Michael Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Usually UPS unit have IEC plugs, but I have seen some with Aussie mains socket plugs, so you don't need to go buy male - female IEC leads :) Don't forget backup for hubs and routers etc. The Pulsar Ellipse models I have come with one or two IEC

Re: [SLUG] Pants off, SLUGsters

2006-10-26 Thread Peter Hardy
DaZZa wrote: On 10/26/06, Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, we figured that, instead of setting up an OCR anti-spam thingy, we would just block various bonkers content-types. I mean, who posts images to SLUG anyway? Only fascists, spammers, Spanish absurdists and the deranged. And

Re: Re: [SLUG] Re: UPS and monitoring software

2006-10-26 Thread Michael Fox
On 10/26/06, Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't forget backup for hubs and routers etc. The Pulsar Ellipse models I have come with one or two IEC leads and sport both International (including AU) sockets and IEC, they also come with the serial and USB cable, so you don't need to buy any more

[SLUG] naturalness dynamo

2006-10-26 Thread Maude Kessler
I read all the time, watch good television and movies, write and play and listen to music. But the cool weather makes everything around you crisp and somehow more clear. The place where I live has casement windows, the largest width of the opening being a skimpy nineteen inches. The smallest

[SLUG] Matrox dual monitor cards query

2006-10-26 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi all, This is just a quick 'check in and see' if anyone has any experience with what I'm thinking of doing, before I do any more reading/research :) (and especially before I ask the wife for an advance on my pocket money :)) I'm thinking of getting one of the Matrox dual head Vid cards.

[SLUG] drawl

2006-10-26 Thread Ranald Hartman
Thank you to everyone who has sent me private emails over the past few days. tis a neat idea and comparison. In my case, a knowledge management expert, I learned plenty. With the thousands of people who read this blog, keeping the archived and new content together in one spot is very

Re: [SLUG] Pants off, SLUGsters

2006-10-26 Thread Peter Chubb
Adam == Adam Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam I gather this is the why don't we just block EVERY post with an Adam image approach... failing... but good idea :) Why not block HTML-only emails as well? Pete C -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/

Re: [SLUG] VMware question

2006-10-26 Thread Billy Govan
Hello Howard, Here's my ideas and suggestions: For the ra0 issue, if you don't get any assistance from this list, then I suggest you have a look in here: http://www.vmware.com/community/index.jspa I believe ra0 is your wireless card but that's all that I know myself. For VMware Player, by

Re: [SLUG] Matrox dual monitor cards query

2006-10-26 Thread jam
On Friday 27 October 2006 07:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is just a quick 'check in and see' if anyone has any experience with what I'm thinking of doing, before I do any more reading/research :) (and especially before I ask the wife for an advance on my pocket money :)) I'm thinking

[SLUG] How to correctly remove a Debian package whose status is 'deinstall'.

2006-10-26 Thread Michael Lake
Hi all I have had exim installed in the past and it probably was partially removed. I want to remove all traces of it. Status is indicated as below. $ dpkg -L exim /etc/exim /etc/init.d/exim /etc/cron.daily/exim /etc/cron.d/exim /etc/ppp /etc/ppp/ip-up.d /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim

Re: [SLUG] How to correctly remove a Debian package whose status is 'deinstall'.

2006-10-26 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Michael Lake wrote: So how do I remove the files listed by dpkg and have the package manager know that it is now not installed? I know there is --force but I'm not sure if that's the right thing for here. The package isn't broken. apt-get --purge remove package

Re: [SLUG] How to correctly remove a Debian package whose status is 'deinstall'.

2006-10-26 Thread Peter Hardy
Rev Simon Rumble wrote: This one time, at band camp, Michael Lake wrote: So how do I remove the files listed by dpkg and have the package manager know that it is now not installed? I know there is --force but I'm not sure if that's the right thing for here. The package isn't broken. apt-get

Re: [SLUG] How to correctly remove a Debian package whose status is 'deinstall'.

2006-10-26 Thread Penedo
On 27/10/06, Michael Lake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So how do I remove the files listed by dpkg and have the package manager know that it is now not installed? I know there is --force but I'm not sure if that's the right thing for here. The package isn't broken. re-install then purge the

Re: [SLUG] How to correctly remove a Debian package whose status is 'deinstall'.

2006-10-26 Thread Martin Pool
On 27 Oct 2006, Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one time, at band camp, Michael Lake wrote: So how do I remove the files listed by dpkg and have the package manager know that it is now not installed? I know there is --force but I'm not sure if that's the right thing for

Re: [SLUG] How to correctly remove a Debian package whose status is 'deinstall'.

2006-10-26 Thread Penedo
On 27/10/06, Martin Pool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my experience if the package is a bit crufty then dpkg is the better bet. As far as I can tell - dpkg lies underneath all the rest (apt-get, aptitude, synaptec, whatever). They are all interfaces to do the file finding and other operations

Re: [SLUG] How to correctly remove a Debian package whose status is 'deinstall'.

2006-10-26 Thread Michael Lake
Martin Pool wrote: So how do I remove the files listed by dpkg and have the package manager know that it is now not installed? I know there is --force but I'm not sure if that's the right thing for here. The package isn't broken. apt-get --purge remove package Not sure of the dpkg

Re: [SLUG] Problems with Evolution email

2006-10-26 Thread Simon Wong
On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 21:46 +1000, Ken Caldwell wrote: Error while Storing folder 'Inbox'. Summary and folder mismatch, even after a sync I have seen other queries about this on Ubuntu forums but not what causes it or how to fix. Can anyone on this list cast any light on this? Ken, this

Re: [SLUG] VMware question

2006-10-26 Thread David Gillies
Howard Lowndes wrote: I'm trying to install VMware workstation on a lappy with 2 interfaces, eth0 and ra0. It appears, as far as I can make out, that the vmware-config.pl script only identifies interfaces of type eth? and knows nothing about any other interface type, and hence does not

[SLUG] Re-announce: October SLUG monthly meeting

2006-10-26 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
G'day all! == October SLUG Monthly Meeting == When: Friday, 27th October Where: IBM Building, St. Leonards SLUG's monthly meeting, featuring talks and SLUGlets. Meetings are open to the general public, and free of charge. This month's meeting will be at our new venue, the IBM

[SLUG] Getting a Debian network install working on a Dell Latitude 620

2006-10-26 Thread Michael Lake
Hi all I'm having probs getting a Debian network install started on a Dell Latutude 620. I have the latest Debian Network install iso on a CD. When I get to select the network card the machine does not detect the Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx card. I have various web pages from people who have

[SLUG] seeking tips on where to park for tonight's meeting

2006-10-26 Thread Billy Govan
Hi all, I plan to attend tonight's SLUG monthly meeting. This will be the first one that I've attended. I'm not familiar with the St Leonards area. Can anyone pass on advise as to where to park the car? Thanks. Regards, Billy.

Re: [SLUG] seeking tips on where to park for tonight's meeting

2006-10-26 Thread Michael Fox
On 10/27/06, Billy Govan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I plan to attend tonight's SLUG monthly meeting. This will be the first one that I've attended. I'm not familiar with the St Leonards area. Can anyone pass on advise as to where to park the car? I believe I remembering seeing a post

Re: [SLUG] seeking tips on where to park for tonight's meeting

2006-10-26 Thread Michael Fox
On 10/27/06, Billy Govan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I plan to attend tonight's SLUG monthly meeting. This will be the first one that I've attended. I'm not familiar with the St Leonards area. Can anyone pass on advise as to where to park the car? Found the post I am thinking about; On

Re: [SLUG] seeking tips on where to park for tonight's meeting

2006-10-26 Thread Jon Teh
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 01:50:22PM +1000, Billy Govan wrote: Hi all, I plan to attend tonight's SLUG monthly meeting. This will be the first one that I've attended. I'm not familiar with the St Leonards area. Can anyone pass on advise as to where to park the car? Thanks. Hello

Re: [SLUG] seeking tips on where to park for tonight's meeting

2006-10-26 Thread Penedo
On 27/10/06, Michael Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's some multi-story carparks provided by the City of Willoughby off Willoughby Road; I think this will be free at that time. That's about There is one on Pole Ln. between Hume St. and Oxley St.: *http://tinyurl.com/yk2r86* (have to

Re: [SLUG] seeking tips on where to park for tonight's meeting

2006-10-26 Thread Billy Govan
My thanks to all that have replied. I now know where to go looking for a parking spot. Regards, Billy. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: