[SLUG] Reading File Maker Pro 5.0 files

2007-10-04 Thread Rick Welykochy
At the risk of facing the guillotine, I will ask this before I begin searching with Google. Might save me some time :) Has anyone run into a FOSS utility that can read File Maker Pro 5.0 files, and at perhaps dump their contents in CSV (text) or some database format? Any hints most welcome, on

[SLUG] (no subject)

2007-10-04 Thread leei
Hi All, How does one install google earth on Fedora 7 as the download does not start on the google site and on the prefect desktop site the file does not exist. Hope someone can help me. Thanks, Lee --- South Africas premier free email service -

Re: [SLUG] (no subject)

2007-10-04 Thread Heracles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Download the GoogleEarthLinux.bin file. Become root and make it executable. Run it. It will install. Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, How does one install google earth on Fedora 7 as the download does not start on the google site

[SLUG] Backing up over a WAN connection

2007-10-04 Thread leei
Hi all, Sorry to bother you all again. How does one do a backup over a WAN connection with latency for servers across the world and create an image of the entire system including SQL. What Linux free software will do the above for us. We have tried rdiff and that does not work. Thanks, Lee

Re: [SLUG] Lock failure on /var/mail/adam.lock

2007-10-04 Thread Amos Shapira
On 03/10/2007, Adam Bogacki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've had Mutt working for some time but all of a sudden I get the following (below). Trying to change permissions gives me chmod: changing permissions of `/var/mail/adam.lock': Read-only file system Can anyone suggest a fix ?

forcing reinstall of packages on CentOS (was: Re: [SLUG] removing source installed after rpm install ?)

2007-10-04 Thread Amos Shapira
On 03/10/2007, Voytek Eymont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: or is there a safe to use option to re-install ? That's something I'd like to find about too. A brain-dead script have erased the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory on one of our CentOS 5 and I couldn't find the equivalent to Debian's apt-get

Re: [SLUG] Backing up over a WAN connection

2007-10-04 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Sorry to bother you all again. How does one do a backup over a WAN connection with latency for servers across the world and create an image of the entire system including SQL. What Linux free software will do the above for us. We have

Re: [SLUG] Backing up over a WAN connection

2007-10-04 Thread Dave Kempe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Sorry to bother you all again. How does one do a backup over a WAN connection with latency for servers across the world and create an image of the entire system including SQL. What Linux free software will do the above for us. We have tried rdiff and that does

[SLUG] Türk Patent Enstitüsü ve Moğolis tan Fikri Mülkiyet Ofisi Dayanışması

2007-10-04 Thread NETMARK PATENT
Türk Patent Enstitüsü ve Moğolistan Fikri Mülkiyet Ofisi Dayanışması Türk Patent Enstitüsü (TPE) ve Moğolistan Fikri Mülkiyet Ofisi (IPOM) arasındaki teknik işbirliği görüşmeleri 21-23 Ağustos 2007 tarihlerinde Moğolistan'ın Ulan Batur şehrinde gerçekleştirildi. IPOM

Re: [SLUG] Lost directory

2007-10-04 Thread Kevin Shackleton
Good point Tony! $ file dt0 [that's what I named the file as] dt0: PNG image data, 1024 x 768, 8-bit/color RGB, non-interlaced And I find . . that the file is an image from playing Club Penguin under Iceweasel. It's overwritten the directory Desktop. Rather naughty - is that something that

[SLUG] [ot] New Opencoffee / Beer 2.0 group @ Parramatta Mon 8th Oct 6.30pm

2007-10-04 Thread Richard Hayes
Dear List, To help tech startups and hacking generally a new OpenCoffee / Beer 2.0 group has been formed for the west. Meet other tech entrepreneurs, hackers and other people interested in the startup space. Location : Albion Hotel, Parramatta 135 George St Parramatta NSW 2150 Tel:

Re: [SLUG] Reading File Maker Pro 5.0 files

2007-10-04 Thread Rick Welykochy
Ken Foskey wrote: If it is one off use odbc onto the PC and then create a real database. I have had a kind offer from a Slugger to extract the data in CSV format using his FP5 software. I have since been told that FP5 has been found on a PC at my client's office, so we will simply export the

[SLUG] cartoon/stick figure packages?

2007-10-04 Thread Sonia Hamilton
My mum (bless her cotton socks) has been using Ubuntu for a couple of years now. She wants some software for drawing cartoons and stick figures for some birthday cards, but I haven't been able to find much (The Gimp would be too hard). I'm going to start her off on TuxPaint; can anyone suggest

Re: [SLUG] (no subject)

2007-10-04 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:23:39 +0200 (SAST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi All, How does one install google earth on Fedora 7 as the download does not start on the google site and on the prefect desktop site the file does not exist. Lee, I don't know much about Fedora 7 or Google Earth, but I

Re: [SLUG] cartoon/stick figure packages?

2007-10-04 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 07:16:37 +0800, Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: quote who=Sonia Hamilton My mum (bless her cotton socks) has been using Ubuntu for a couple of years now. She wants some software for drawing cartoons and stick figures for some birthday cards, but I haven't been

Re: [SLUG] cartoon/stick figure packages?

2007-10-04 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Sonia Hamilton My mum (bless her cotton socks) has been using Ubuntu for a couple of years now. She wants some software for drawing cartoons and stick figures for some birthday cards, but I haven't been able to find much (The Gimp would be too hard). I'm going to start her off

Re: [SLUG] Lost directory

2007-10-04 Thread Tony Sceats
can you reproduce it? It may have been a case where your kid tried to save something, selected Desktop instead of going into the directory, a dialog popped up asking if you want to replace the file, which was answered yes That's a wild stab in the dark, but as always steps on how to reproduce

Re: [SLUG] cartoon/stick figure packages?

2007-10-04 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Sonia Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mum (bless her cotton socks) has been using Ubuntu for a couple of years now. She wants some software for drawing cartoons and stick figures for some birthday cards, but I haven't been able to find much (The Gimp would be too

[SLUG] unable to delete ftp files after upload?

2007-10-04 Thread Voytek Eymont
I'm having some ftp probs: I've logged on to ftp with xp CLI ftp as user '.com.au' I've made a dir 've', and, cd to the new dir I upload some files OK; they list OK, the won't delete with 'no such file' any thoughts ? as far I can see, logs report successful logon and I haven't found anyt

Re: [SLUG] unable to delete ftp files after upload?

2007-10-04 Thread Amos Shapira
On 05/10/2007, Voytek Eymont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having some ftp probs: I've logged on to ftp with xp CLI ftp as user '.com.au' I've made a dir 've', and, cd to the new dir I upload some files OK; they list OK, the won't delete with 'no such file' any thoughts ? There was

Re: [SLUG] unable to delete ftp files after upload?

2007-10-04 Thread Tony Sceats
Depends upon your client, but it looks like you want mdelete *.zip instead of delete - your wildcards are being taken literally On 10/5/07, Voytek Eymont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having some ftp probs: I've logged on to ftp with xp CLI ftp as user '.com.au' I've made a dir 've',

Re: [SLUG] unable to delete ftp files after upload?

2007-10-04 Thread Voytek Eymont
any thoughts ? There was a question about FTP servers here not long ago - some of the advanced ones can be configured to allow/deny certain operations (e.g. upload/download/list/delete/move each can be allowed or denied per user). Which FTP server is this? Amos, # proftpd --version -

Re: [SLUG] cartoon/stick figure packages?

2007-10-04 Thread jam
On Friday 05 October 2007 09:21:09 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mum (bless her cotton socks) has been using Ubuntu for a couple of years now. She wants some software for drawing cartoons and stick figures for some birthday cards, but I haven't been able to find much (The Gimp would be too

Re: [SLUG] unable to delete ftp files after upload?

2007-10-04 Thread Voytek Eymont
On Fri, October 5, 2007 11:37 am, Tony Sceats wrote: Depends upon your client, but it looks like you want mdelete *.zip instead of delete - your wildcards are being taken literally thanks, Tony, 'mdel *.zip' done the trick (I'm sure I have used 'del' before, as you say, must be a different

[SLUG] CAD software for architecture?

2007-10-04 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
Hi folks. I'm planning some building alterations and was wondering if anyone could recommend any free CAD-type software for architectural drawings or 3D models of houses? Something that doesn't take a lifetime to master would be good, as I want to keep it simple. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL