[SLUG] old router needs a home

2007-11-12 Thread jimd
Netopia R5100AU Serial router - Aust sync/async frame relay RSVP - can collect at Nth Syd. Jim Donovan 8923-5208bh -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Simon Males
For those interested in the OLPC project, there is a limited public release kicking off. You pay for two, donating one and the second is for a child you know. Unfortunately it's available only for US and Canadian buyers. So if you have US/CAN contacts or a forwarding address the best time

Re: [SLUG] RegEx question

2007-11-12 Thread Stuart Guthrie
Thanks everyone for some great help. I thought there might be a couple of regex gurus out there! Stuart On Nov 9, 2007 5:42 PM, Roger Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not being a regex expert I was hoping someone could point me at a list, forum or just give me a pointer on how to achieve

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Simon Males wrote: This is the only time we're making the XO laptop available to the public and quantities are limited, I have to say, this really does seem like a boneheaded idea. Surely it's in their interest to have loads of geeks buying these machines.

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Rev Simon Rumble This one time, at band camp, Simon Males wrote: This is the only time we're making the XO laptop available to the public and quantities are limited, I have to say, this really does seem like a boneheaded idea. Surely it's in their interest to have loads of

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Jeff Waugh wrote: The answer to this is really simple: Retail *SUCKS*. They're sucking up a considerable cost (in time and dollar terms) to provide the G1G1 programme, because it massively increases their workload to deal with annoying customers, they have to

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Rev Simon Rumble So get someone else to do it, and purchase 100,000 of them up-front. Get them to do all the annoying customers handling too. If it's an existing retailer, they're the experts already. That's a massive distraction for the core organisation. Remember, it is not a

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread jam
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 10:10 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the only time we're making the XO laptop available to the public and quantities are limited, I have to say, this really does seem like a boneheaded idea. Surely

[SLUG] ftp upload failures

2007-11-12 Thread Voytek Eymont
I'm seeing this in some of /var/log/secure, how do I tell whether client needs to be active or passive ? - Nov 12 19:40:00 bilby proftpd[20540]: bilby (:::123.45.65.78[:::123.45.65.78]) - Passive data transfer failed, possibly due to network issues Nov 12 19:50:27 bilby

[SLUG] tip: how to renumbber screens in gnu screen

2007-11-12 Thread Sonia Hamilton
If you use gnu screen, here's a tip on how to reorganize/renumber your screens: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2007-11/msg2.html Really useful, and given it took me so many years to work it, probably useful to others. -- Sonia Hamilton -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] tip: how to renumbber screens in gnu screen

2007-11-12 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:47:45 +1100, Sonia Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: If you use gnu screen, here's a tip on how to reorganize/renumber your screens: s/renumbber/renumber/g -- Sonia Hamilton -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and

[SLUG] [ot] free wiki host that allows you to use own domain

2007-11-12 Thread Richard Hayes
Dear list, I am organising a Innovation conference for OpenCoffee and the state government called Innovaton07. If I register www.innovation07.org does anyone know any free wiki hosting that allows using your own domain? Conference Innovation07 Innovation and new venture creation Where:

[SLUG] DOJO Toolkit 1.0 Training course 6-8 Feb 2008

2007-11-12 Thread Stuart Guthrie
Hi everyone, checked and OKed by slug committee, as it should be Dojo hit 1.0 a couple of weeks ago. It is a great toolkit (we use 0.4 currently) for building rich web apps. I chatted to the sitepen folks and they are keen to get a course going downunder! Currently they are only running the

[SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
has anyone used unwired with linux? comments? gotchas etc? Dean -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: has anyone used unwired with linux? Yes. comments? If you're using the ethernet modem, it Just Workstm. Standard IP and DHCP. gotchas etc? Unwired sucks. If there's any other option except maybe Next G, you'll be better off. The

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
If you're using the ethernet modem, it Just Workstm. Standard IP and DHCP. gotchas etc? Unwired sucks. If there's any other option except maybe Next G, you'll be better off. The latency is enormous. Ah yes, this i realise. I have unwired through internode which is just vanilla pppoe.

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Christopher Vance
On Nov 13, 2007 3:20 PM, Dean Hamstead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does unwired know who you are if it is using dhcp? do they want your MAC address? Unless things have changed since a friend got rid of his, the Unwired modem is your dhcp server. -- Christopher Vance -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: Ah yes, this i realise. I have unwired through internode which is just vanilla pppoe. Unwired has prepaid which is appealing for the circumstance for which i am investigating. Virgin Broadband has a 30-day cooling off period, which might be

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Jeremy Portzer
Christopher Vance wrote: On Nov 13, 2007 3:20 PM, Dean Hamstead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does unwired know who you are if it is using dhcp? do they want your MAC address? Unless things have changed since a friend got rid of his, the Unwired modem is your dhcp server. I've used unwired

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
Virgin Broadband has a 30-day cooling off period, which might be worth investigating if you're just trying to plug a gap waiting for fixed-line broadband. do any of those $30 1gig things work in linux yet? i spent some time trying to get an optus then a 3 one working. (both use the same

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: do any of those $30 1gig things work in linux yet? i spent some time trying to get an optus then a 3 one working. (both use the same hardware). but with no love. 1 gig isnt enough, and the data charges after 1gig are just theft. Probably,

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:26:58 +, Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: do any of those $30 1gig things work in linux yet? i spent some time trying to get an optus then a 3 one working. (both use the same hardware). but with no love.

RE: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Roger Barnes
This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: has anyone used unwired with linux? Yes. Unwired sucks. Ditto here, everything from the modem to PC running linux works well, but from modem to tower can really suck. I've lived in 4 metropolitan Sydney locations within the coverage area

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
thanks for that, the ones i have used are huawei devices. Dean On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:45:39 +1100, Sonia Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:26:58 +, Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: do any of those $30 1gig

[SLUG] OT LPI 101 Exam

2007-11-12 Thread leei
Hi Guys, I am writing the Linux LPI 101 exam on Monday next week and wanted to know if you guys have any suggestions for me besides me going through the notes for course. Thanks, Lee --- South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Dave Kempe
Dean Hamstead wrote: do any of those $30 1gig things work in linux yet? i spent some time trying to get an optus then a 3 one working. (both use the same hardware). but with no love. 1 gig isnt enough, and the data charges after 1gig are just theft. This is what you need: