[SLUG] datalogger project or similar?

I'm looking for a starting point for a project. Basically a datalogger, usb i/o, x interface. Only thing I found on sourceforge was jaws. Project entails a micro-controller, probably an avr, with numerous adc, dac, digital i/o, transferring raw data over serial usb, to a host (industrial sbc)

Re: [SLUG] gunzip 1.3G file over ssh - crawling

Quoting Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi guys! I'm pulling a compressed (gzip -9) disk image over the LAN and decompressing prior to writing to disk with dd. The command I am using is ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat client.img.gz | gunzip | dd of=/dev/hda1 This seems to

Re: [SLUG] Rsync Long Ping Times

I've got SME servers in Perth Mackay rsync'ing with a server in Sydney. After setting --timeout=300 most of my similar problems like yours went away. Amanda Quoting Kevin Fitzgerald [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi All I use rsync to back up data between servers for one of my clients. I have just

[SLUG] php mkdir on remote filesystem

I have an SME server with an ibay with lots of php.Under /files in this ibay I have mounted a drive on a Windows 2000 server.Php can read files off this remote drive, but I can't mkdir or write to it.My mount command, (which I run from a script), as options, gives a valid username password

Re: [SLUG] php mkdir on remote filesystem

- Original Message - From: Brendan Dacre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] php mkdir on remote filesystem On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 13:36, Amanda Wynne wrote: I have an SME server with an ibay with lots of php. Under

RE: [SLUG] Granville TAFE Linux courses

. regards, Lucas -Original Message- From: Amanda Wynne To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28/06/03 19:32 Subject: Re: [SLUG] Granville TAFE Linux courses Has anybody had a response from Geoffrey about these courses. I'm trying to find out what time(s) and where on the campus

[SLUG] streaming video web server

My ADSL connection is about to be activated. Got the modem/firewall/dmz/web_server/virtual_hosts sorted(in my head at least). My flatmate has got a security camera. Wants to plug the camera into the computer, and have it accessible from the web; check up on what the ferrets (don't ask) are up to.

Re: [SLUG] Granville TAFE Linux courses

Has anybody had a response from Geoffrey about these courses. I'm trying to find out what time(s) and where on the campus enrolments are. Does anybody know? Amanda Quoting Geoffrey Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Details of next Linux courses for next semester are at

[SLUG] SME-server and mail

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.

Re: [SLUG] home server on adsl; advice

time, at band camp, Amanda Wynne wrote: I'm looking at getting an Alcatel Pro. Currently running a P120 with Freesco via dialup. I'd recomend the DSL-300 from D-Link. There it maintains the authentication and you just plugin a cat5 crossover to your system. On the system it's connected

[SLUG] home server on adsl; advice

I'm about to go to adsl for my home. Going with tpg, for the static IP number unlimited downloads. I have several domains, which are currently hosted elsewhere. The question in a nutshell is this; Can I host 2 (or more) domains on one static IP address? And if so, can someone point me

Re: [SLUG] home server on adsl; advice

Chris, All files except one (mod_l33t-1.0.zip) are empty archives. Probably not important, but thought maybe you should know. Amanda On Sunday 01 Jun 2003 4:17 pm, Chris D. wrote: This one time, at band camp, Mary wrote: The term you are looking for is virtual hosts. It is handled

Re: [SLUG] home server on adsl; advice

you download :) dave - Original Message - From: Amanda Wynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll probably think of lots of other questions, but this will do for a start. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] binary

There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those who don't. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] binary-sorry

Sorry, didn't mean to do that. On Thursday 27 Mar 2003 8:31 pm, Gonzalo Servat wrote: On 27/03/2003 8:13 PM +1100 Amanda Wynne wrote: There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those who don't. There are 2 types of jokes in the world, those that are really

[SLUG] Mobile phone usb connectivity

I'm thinking of updating my mobile phone, and am looking at a Nokia 5510. It has a built-in MP3 player, with usb connectivity. Does anyone know if this is a problem to connect to. I'm using Mandrake 9, but have never played with anything usb. Any advice welcome. Amanda -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

[SLUG] pid timeout

Thanks to David Carl, I've done a heap of reading on threads. Now decided I don't actually need to use threads for my application. So I've modified this library to make it threadless. Now works a treat. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

[SLUG] printf control code question

if \n is newline, and \t is horizontal tab what's home; as in put the cursor back to the start of the current line? I've searched high low, but can't seem to find any info anywhere. Amanda -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Re: [SLUG] printf control code question

I know absolutely nothing about ncurses. I'm eventually going to migrate this program to gtk+. At least I have several books on the subject which I browsed through about a year ago. Amanda On Monday 24 Mar 2003 2:41 pm, James Gregory wrote: On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 14:35, Amanda Wynne wrote

Re: [SLUG] printf control code question

\r sort of works. Only it only updates the line about every 20th pass through the loop. Oh well. On Monday 24 Mar 2003 3:22 pm, Shane MacPhillamy wrote: I think you are looking for \r - carriage return. Cheers Shane On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 02:35 PM, Amanda Wynne wrote: if \n

Re: [SLUG] printf control code question

I mean I only get output to the screen about every 20th call to printf. On Monday 24 Mar 2003 5:00 pm, Ian Su wrote: \r just moves the cursor, it won't update the line. Whatever you mean by that. printf(hello world\rfoo bar\n); would print foo barorld so it could be a matter of

[SLUG] pid timeout

I'm writing a little program to exercise the modbus interface on our embedded system (modbus is a serial protocol). I have an infinite loop, which sends a request from the PC to the embedded device, and then receives a response. So far so good. But, it will only do it 127 times. The library I'm

Re: [SLUG] 4 hour Internet lines?

I'm actually with iPrimus, but imagine they operate the same. Depends on how busy they are. The fine print on my contract actually spells this out. Amanda - Original Message - From: Doug Foskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SLUG List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 7:33 AM

Re: [SLUG] Apache, php, mysql configuration problems

Thanks. Got it going. Found php-mysql on my cd's installed it, with some difficulty. Since upgrading from MDK 8.2 to 9.0, my Krusader right click menu to rpminst won't work anymore. Amanda On Sunday 03 Nov 2002 7:11 pm, James Gregory wrote: On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 03:20:21PM +1100, Amanda

[SLUG] Apache, php, mysql configuration problems

I have a problem getting these 3 to play together on my MDK 9.0. When I run phpBB2 install.php I get the following error message. The php configuration on your server doesn't support the database type that you choose in etc/php.ini I have the following lines: extension_dir =

Re: [SLUG] mime type, enable .dwg in Apache

document, will open in IE Mozilla, but not Netscape. Amanda - Original Message - From: Glen Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Amanda Wynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] mime type, enable .dwg in Apache Amanda Wynne wrote

Re: [SLUG] mime type, enable .dwg in Apache

Just a quick followup. I got it sussed. image/vnd.dwgdoesnt work. image/vnd.dwg dwgdoes work. similarly for amipro *.sam documents. application/vnd.lotus-amipro sam Amanda -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] mime type, enable .dwg in Apache

I'm trying to make a hyperlink to an AutoCad .dwg file. A search on Google reveals the correct mime type to use is image/vnd.dwg which is in my mime.types file for Apache. In Mozilla I've added, under "helper applications", extension dwg, mime type image/vnd.dwg, handled by application

Re: [SLUG] KDE 3...problems

Thanks for that. The symlink has fixed kde. So simple when you know how. Krusader still has no toolbar. And my rpmdrake doesn't look anything like you describe. There's nothing about diffs. I tried re-installing Krusader; make clean, make, make install. Amanda On Saturday 26 Oct 2002 1:15

Re: [SLUG] KDE 3...problems

I've almost fixed Krusader. Found this in the Faq on the krusader website. Some distributions put the 'krusaderui.rc' file in the wrong place. To solve the problem, just copy the file (from the package or the installed path) to either $KDEDIR/share/apps/krusader or ~/.kde/share/apps/krusader

[SLUG] KDE 3...problems

Hi, I've upgraded my Mandrake system from 8.2 to 9.0, using the 3 CD set from Everything Linux. Took the upgrade packages only route. The KDE desktop won't run. It quits with the error message saying that etc/profile.d/lang.sh doesn't exist. I normally use IceWM as my default desktop. KDE is

[SLUG] php help passing variables

(Linux relevance; This will all run on a Linux box, as soon as I can get some hardware.) I can't seem to get php to pass variables from an input page to an output page. ---test-in.htm--- form action=""test-out.php" method="get"(or "post", tried them both) input type="text" name="name"

Re: [SLUG] Re: St.George Browser Based Banking Feedback

Suggestion. Vote with your feet. I use Westpac. Their internet banking page just works. I've used, on Windoze, both Netscape Mozilla. On Linux, Mozilla. Amanda. Standard Disclaimer. I am in no way endorsing Westpac, other than to say I've had no problems with the web interface to internet

[SLUG] Paradox to MySQL en masse

I'm looking at moving a custom Paradox solution (written in Delphi and running on Windoze) over to an Apache/PHP/MySQL web solution. The original application uses distributed Paradox tables (one in every directory, must be thousands of them). Can anyone point me in the direction of a script

Re: [SLUG] Repair shop?

Why not set all four to Auto? Amanda Hardware tips for newbies. Go into the bios setup and detect the hard drives again. Hope this helps, KenF -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] backup script, WinME, networked, HELP

Hi all, I have a bash script which I run nightly(via cron) on my MDK machine. It backs up itself, the Windows partitions on the same machine, and another Windows machine on the network. The backups are written (as tgz)to a third machine, also running MDK. It does weekly a full backup, and

Re: [SLUG] Mail

- Original Message - From: Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Mail I don't know which one is closest to Eudora, but That would be Kmail. I use both at home. At work I use Outlook Express, and I hate it. My 2

Re: [SLUG] the internet fridge arrives - but does it run linux?

If thats in US dollars, I'm in the wrong business. I can put together a very nice computer with flatscreen for about $1300, buy a fridge for another $1300, stick the flat screen on the fridge door, the PC case next to the compressor underneath, duct cool air from inside the fridge to cool my

Re: [SLUG] NOIE to host Linux hoedown

Don't be silly. Why have anybody there who actually knows anything about it? Amanda - Original Message - From: craigw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:05 PM Subject: [SLUG] NOIE to host Linux hoedown NOIE to host Linux

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

I once had a faulty CD on a magazine cover. Took over a month for a replacement to come. And that was a single customer. These people have thousands of CD's to ship. I wouldn't be getting upset after 10 days. Amanda - Original Message - From: Kevin Chi Wai Tong To:

Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk

- Original Message - From: Kevin Chi Wai Tong To: Amanda Wynne ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Next Handbook and faulty disk But the point is, they should have at least took one set of CDs off

[SLUG] Dosemu working mouse

I've finally got a mouse working. It's not my funky 5 button optical scroll-wheel PS2 mouse, but at least it works. The mouse is a 3 button Logitech MouseMan connected to com2. This is the bit from dosemu.conf. $_com1 = /dev/ttyS0 # e.g. /dev/mouse or /dev/cua0 #

Re: Alternative to AutoTrax/Protel, was Re: [SLUG] dosemu; help needed

to AutoTrax/Protel, was Re: [SLUG] dosemu; help needed Amanda Wynne wrote: I've got dosemu itself going. Exitemu works fine. I can dir, copy to/from floppy (painfully slowly). But I can't get anything worthwhile working. Protel Trax just goes into a black hole. Nothing

[SLUG] Mice questions

1: Anybody know what baud rate PS2 mice run at? I seem to recall the old serial mice ran at 9600. 2: In X, how do I change the resolution of the mouse (not to be confused with acceleration). I've got a new mouse, but the cursor only moves about a quarter the distance of the old mouse for a

[SLUG] DosEmu Protel Trax

Just wanted to say I've got it going (finally). I haven't got the mouse sorted yet, but I'm working on it. Next milestone: Goodbye Windoze. Amanda -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] DosEmu Protel Trax

OK. Read the Dosemu Howto. Installed Dosemu Freedos from MDK8.2 rpm's. At this point, after re-reading the how-to several more times, I could do a dir, copy stuff to/from floppy. Trying to run any program which had graphics output caused the whole system to go bye-byes. Figured I had a problem

Re: [SLUG] Cheap network cards?

I'm using several of the RTL8139 10/100 cards with no problems. Cost about $20.00 each at the markets. ticI think Dazza doesn't know where to shop.\tic Amanda. If you wanna how to shop, ask a woman. - Original Message - From: DaZZa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SLUG] dosemu; help needed

At Fri, 13 Sep 2002 19:31:06 +1000, Amanda Wynne wrote: [dosemu's exitemu.com] yes there is, but it's inside a hdimage file. I've pulled it out, copied it over to my bootdir. I want it this way so I can access the files in there directly from Linux. you'll want to copy over all the other tools

Re: [SLUG] Cheap network cards?

Most of the embedded applications with on-board ethernet use the RTL8139. If they're such a cpu hog, how come they work fine with 8 bit micros ?? Amanda - Original Message - From: Crossfire [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just realise that the rtl8139's are simplistic cards

Re: [SLUG] Cheap network cards?

tic Patrick must be psychic, he wrote his reply to this message 4 months ago. \tic - Original Message - From: Patrick Kelso [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Cheap network cards? snip -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group -

[SLUG] dosemu; help needed

Hi all, I installed dosemu 1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm from my MDK8.2 CD's onto my MDk8.2 system. I made a directory under /var/lib/dosemu called /bootdir, and copied across command.com, io.sys, msdos.sys, config.sys, autoexec.bat from a win95 installation. Dos appears to run fine, except I can't

Re: [SLUG] dosemu; help needed

that it's supposed to work fine, but right now it seems beyond me. Amanda On Friday 13 September 2002 19:00, you wrote: quote who=Amanda Wynne So. edit the dosemu.conf to make it use hdimage.freedos, copy exitemu.com to somewhere, get out of freedos (presumably using exitemu.com

Re: [SLUG] AmiPro *.sam to OpenOffice

[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] AmiPro *.sam to OpenOffice On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 12:32, Amanda Wynne wrote: I just tried several documents. Saving from Amipro as *.doc OO won't open them at all. Saved a document with lots of tables as *.rtf, OO

[SLUG] Xcdroast data CD's

Mandrake 8.2. Xcdroast 0.98 alpha 9. The drive is a Samsung combo drive, SM316. Audio CD's appear to be no problem. But if I put a data cd in there to copy, it says it is empty. Obviously, I can see the files on the CD just fine in anything else; eg Krusader. My previous CD burner, a

[SLUG] AmiPro *.sam to OpenOffice

Anybody got any idea how to convert a heap of documents from AmiPro 3.2 (1994) into something that Open Office can read? Amanda

Re: [SLUG] AmiPro *.sam to OpenOffice

, 2002-09-12 at 10:14, Amanda Wynne wrote: Anybody got any idea how to convert a heap of documents from AmiPro 3.2 (1994) into something that Open Office can read? Amanda -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney

[SLUG] test message

sorry, but I find it hard to believe there's been no messages posted since 1am today. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Fw: The Embedded Muse 74

Just thought I'd forward this along. Amanda - Original Message - From: Jack Ganssle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 8:27 AM Subject: The Embedded Muse 74 The Embedded Muse Embedded

Re: [SLUG] Mozilla save all Greek to me

When you save the file, do you change the extension from php to htm? There's also a style sheet associated with this page (do a view source look near the top). Without this file, your browser has to guess at what fonts to use. Amanda On Sunday 08 September 2002 09:26, you wrote: I often

Re: [SLUG] .rc.local

I tried this but figured it was a _BAD_ idea. If the remote machine you're trying to mount is not available, the boot process hangs. Your mileage may vary. Amanda On Friday 06 September 2002 19:22, you wrote: I have been trying with various success to get samba mounts to load at boot time...

[SLUG] mdk, winME, dual boot, lilo, BIG Problem

My main machine at home is a dual boot machine. If I boot into mdk8.2 (or previously 8.0) via lilo off the hard disk, when I log in then go startx it crashes big time. Like black hole. nothing. Ctrl Alt Backspace won't rescue it. Reset button is only option. If I boot from the boot floppy I

Re: [SLUG] mdk, winME, dual boot, lilo, BIG Problem

. There was also a layoff of about 8 months from the previous win95 / mdk 8.0 to the current setup due to a change of employment, during which time the machine was completely rebuilt. Amanda On Sunday 01 September 2002 05:42 pm, you wrote: quote who=Amanda Wynne My main machine at home

Re: [SLUG] mdk, winME, dual boot, lilo, BIG Problem

On Sunday 01 September 2002 06:07 pm, you wrote: quote who=Amanda Wynne Wouldn't the kernel on the floppy be the same as the one on the hard disk, considering I installed mdk8.2 as a new installation? If you made the boot floppy with mdk8.2, it's most likely very similar. Sometimes

[SLUG] Gcc, djgpp, and math.h

I'm writing some C code for a project. I'm using djgpp on my windoze box at work, and gcc on mdk8.2 linux at home. Yesterday, in djgpp, I added some math routines which use "log", "exp", and "pow". #include math.h and it works fine. Took it home on a floppy and tried to do a make with gcc,

Re: [SLUG] download speeds

56K is a maximum. Actual connection speed will vary depending on the quality of your phone line. Don't know about coyote as I use FreeSco. Connecting to the cgi-bin on my router I can get all the stats, logs, etc. I usually get 49300 out of my 56K modem. Amanda - Original Message -

Re: [SLUG] Use Microsoft Office in Linux? You can now! (fwd)

Hate to point this out, but two things. OpenOffice.org can already handle Word Excel. CxOffice doesn't (yet) handle Access. The fact that nobody else does either is beside the point. Problem for me is all my personal financing budgeting is done in Access. Amanda - Original Message -