Re: [SLUG] LVM

Hi, What is the problem with the disk? Is it not spinning up or is it making strange noises? How is the raid connected? Many times I've managed to get data off dead disks that won't start up. Sometimes it's just a matter of getting the thing spinning and then get the data off. If it is that

[SLUG] Telstra USB wireless internet

Hi all, I'm fixing a pc for someone. Their MS windows got horribly virus infected after being on the internet for a short while with their new Telstra USB wireless stick. I'm thinking of loading some Linux distro but if the Telstra USB wireless has no drivers etc. then there is no point

Re: [SLUG] Open source POS software and MYOB

Gnucash is one open source accounting package. heaps of POS systems... On 16/05/2010 8:10 AM, John Nielsen wrote: Hi All My lover has a stall that sells a great number of small items and were looking for an open source POS system that can assist me in tracking the demographic and psychogragpics

Re: [SLUG] web dav setup

Hey Foskey Location /books DAV On Order allow,deny Allow from All Deny from none--- do you need this? /Location Ben On 13/05/2010 8:39 PM, Ken Foskey wrote: Location /books DAV On Order allow,deny Allow from All /Location -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] blender

try zooming out or fit view... all cad packages have this turn on all levels... Ben On 9/05/2010 2:00 PM, Ashley Maher wrote: I hope there are some patient Blender users around. I have tried several tutorials. It does no matter what view I start, Front View Numpad 1 Side View Numpad 3 Top

[SLUG] Linux hosting providers - recommendations

Hi all, I know this has been asked before but I think it was a while ago and the landscape changes often I think... Any shameless plugs or otherwise on Australian hosting providers? Either that or any reasons why going offshore for hosting? Specifically I'm looking for

Re: [SLUG] How to get TightVNC to display remote desktop

No promises on the security of the below setup... but the following works on getting a remote RedHat distro to work with KDE. Maybe some settings may help you or modify to suit. Login as root type vncserver and put in the password twice Edit /root/.vnc/xstartup rem out as follows #twm insert

[SLUG] Tar backup of links

Hi all, how does tar handle links? I have several nested layers of folders and some of them are linked back to other folders. If I use tar to make a backup of the root folder and subfolders, does tar backup the link files or does it backup the REAL files? Such that if I do a restore, I

Re: [SLUG] Fedora KDE audio capture problem

Hi Steven, I've missed your first post but anyway... You could try a live CD disro like Knoppix which may find your sound card and auto load all the drivers. You could test it working. If it works then that is a start in that you know that you CAN get it working and the hardware is OK. Then

[SLUG] FAX server or gateway or some other solution

Hi all, I have a requirement to have a FAX at home. I have vmware ESXi with CentOS virtual machines and would like to create a FAX machine hooked into a modem to the phone line. However solutions like Hylafax require a serial port but VMware does not support serial ports. (yet) I'm just

[SLUG] resolv.conf.swp

Hi all, i'm trying to edit resolv.conf it keeps coming up with the message that there is a resolv.conf.swp so something else must be editing resolv.conf however i'm not and i've restarted the machine. I also cannot find resolv.conf.swp by doing... find / -name resolv.conf.swp anyone care

Re: [SLUG] NTP Issues

I think from memory you can test whether NTP is working... isn't there a test button to check it can find an upstream NTP server? Also check basic network settings... has the gateway setting changed or is now missing. Ben Kyle wrote: Hi Slug, Having a bit of an issue at the moment with NTP.

Re: [SLUG] Wireless Broadband?

From memory you can get them in two general packages... time online or monthly download. you really have to watch the downloads of these... If you go over, you get slugged quite heavily. They are not capped at whatever and then shaped. You get hit for every additional MEGABYTE! (unless their

Re: [SLUG] Australian government to censor your internets

Don't pirates kidnap people and hold them for ransom, therefore denying their freedom? Anyway, I for one don't mind the Gov't filtering out child porn and all the other crap that tries to get my attention. There is so much good stuff out there that I can fill my mind with that rather than

Re: [SLUG] Brasero || K3B || growisofs creating coasters :(

== david da...@kenpro.com.au writes: david Ben Donohue wrote: Could it be the file size too large or the path limit being reached? what about burning a single small size file. david File size doesn't seem to matter. It seems to be a case of the david last files written fail - almost

Re: [SLUG] Free DNS services ?

www.everydns.com Kyle wrote: Hi Slug, whom can you recommend pls as reputable, reliable (as it gets for free) free full-control dns services along the lines of what dnsmadeeasy does please? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and

[SLUG] where does postfix store email?

Hi all, yes I know this may seem obvious but I'm scratching my head... I have email setup as postfix and dovecot for imap. Email is working fine in and out. I'm using thunderbird as mail client and the server type is set to imap mail server port 143. Now this is supposed to leave all the

Re: [SLUG] where does postfix store email?

Yep thanks Adrian and Jake, /var/spool/mail/donohueb Thanks, Ben Adrian Chadd wrote: Because it may be storing the inbox folder in /var/spool/mail/${user} or /var/mail/${user}. Adrian On Wed, Nov 25, 2009, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi all, yes I know this may seem obvious but I'm

[SLUG] auto get file out of email to folder then act on it

Hi all, So far I have not found a solution in Google but maybe I'm not looking for the correct thing...? A client of mine is getting a .zip file every day to his redhat postfix inbox. I need to automatically get the zip file from the email and put it in a folder on another machine, then

Re: [SLUG] Using a Linux live CD to recover a Windows installation DVD

Hi Kevin, Usually the recovery partition is accessed by pressing F12, or F11 or whatever. This usually overwrites the system completely. You will lose forever the data on the partition that it overwrites. Better to pull the disk out and connect it as a slave to another PC. Recover the data.

Re: [SLUG] Port forwarding weirdities

I've only ever port forwarded port 80 from external to port 80 on an internal web server. A client picks a high port and sends this request to port 80 on the web server. The web server responds out from port 80 to the high port on the client. So from a router it would port forward any

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake

Hi John, I've a bunch of CD's here that has Mandrake 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and 10.0 You are welcome to them. I'm inner west Sydney. Contact me off list to arrange pickup? Ben John Hogan-Doran wrote: Hi, Does anyone know if it is still possible to get a Mandrake 8 or 9 from somewhere? We have a

Re: [SLUG] quiet computer

Hi Ken, I've read that sinking it in an oil bath reduces the noise and gets rid of the heat quite well... Sunflower oil is OK but pure Aceite De Oliva Espanol Moro Pure Olive oil is best. Make sure it's the 100% pure (no cholesterol) so you can also drain it six monthly and cook some hot

Re: [SLUG] vpn install problem

Hi Luke, I've always found that using different network classes for VPN access seems to give me trouble free access. Sounds weird but you might have in your routing setup classless network aggregation or supernetting which could be mucking things up. Try using 172.16.1.0 network instead of

Re: [SLUG] upgrading php to 5.2 or 5.3 latest version so as to use phpmyadmin

problem but my info might be useful On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 03:13:45PM +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi all, Im trying to install phpmydmin but going into it, it says it requires php 5.3+ I'd just install from EPEL - it's in there! (phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5) problems there. And it's an old

Re: [SLUG] upgrading php to 5.2 or 5.3 latest version so as to use phpmyadmin

Yes you are right. I had thought that the new version was more secure... but even so upgrading php was becoming a nightmare. I've installed phpmyadmin 2.11 and working ok now. Thanks all! Ben Michael Knight wrote: Hi Ben, On 21/09/2009, at 3:13 PM, Ben Donohue wrote: Im trying to install

[SLUG] upgrading php to 5.2 or 5.3 latest version so as to use phpmyadmin

Hi all, Im trying to install phpmydmin but going into it, it says it requires php 5.3+ I'm using centos 5.3 which comes with php 5.1xxx. So I've tried to use an earlier version of phpmyadmin but there are problems there. And it's an old version. So I'm now trying to upgrade php with yum.

[SLUG] off topic - (a bit) - shopping cart sites and payment gateways

Hi all, I have a client who would like a shopping cart site set up with most likely a payment gateway and all else that that entails. I'd like to use a linux server and open source software of course. I'm after any tips or blatant recommendations etc on whether to outsource it to a linux

Re: [SLUG] Dreamweaver clone for Linux ?

you could try Kompozer http://kompozer.net/ Ben Kyle wrote: Hi Folks, what is the best FOSS Dreamweaver clone for Linux?Junior wants to start building his own website, so he's going to require some assistance. What do folks use pls? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] Writing Double layer DVD-R - problems

HI Bill, sometimes slowing the burn down works. Also check that the blank can write at the nominated speed. Another thought is that sometimes you can update the firmware on these things. Might be worth checking the manufacturer website occasionally. Ben bill wrote: Thanks Tony and Ben As

Re: [SLUG] DNS Appliances/Web Frontends

www.webmin.com Ben UnspecifiedId wrote: Greetings, a) can anyone recommend a good virtual DNS appliance with a decent Web GUI frontend or b) good Web Front ends for DNS. I was thinking of looking at MyDNS, MyDNSConfig either needs to have the ability to do zone transfers. Any

Re: [SLUG] Writing Double layer DVD-R - problems

Does it burn a CD? Ive got a DVD drive that is faulty (i believe) because it won't burn a DVD under Linux or Windows but will burn a CD. It's definitely a DVD writer. What can yours do? How old is it? Under warranty? Take it back to the shop you got it from and ask them to test it? Ben bill

Re: [SLUG] squid reverse proxy almost working - but only ever hitting default site

Hi Martin, All, thanks. I realized that vhost was missing and put it in. squid still fails. internally the ip addresses are as follows... 10.1.2.249 www.pamphlets.org.au 10.1.2.250 www.icafe.com.au 10.1.2.252 squid.icafe.com.au If I have the config as below, I only ever get www.icafe.com.au

Re: [SLUG] squid reverse proxy almost working - but only ever hitting default site

gives a very old www.icafe.com.au site even after deleting and clearing the browser. I'm trying to figure where it is getting this old version from. What does no cache_peer mean here? Thanks Ben. Martin Barry wrote: $quoted_author = Ben Donohue ; http_port 80 accel defaultsite

Re: [SLUG] squid reverse proxy almost working - but only ever hitting default site

Martin Barry wrote: $quoted_author = Ben Donohue ; 2009/08/27 11:08:34| squid.conf, line 648: No cache_peer 'icafe_peer' 2009/08/27 11:08:34| squid.conf, line 649: No cache_peer 'pamphlets_peer' Ah, I think you need to move the cache_peer lines above the cache_peer_access ones

Re: [SLUG] squid reverse proxy working successfully

Hi all Just posting this here so that it gets saved in the SLUG archives and may help someone in the same situation in future. The following configuration has been successfully tested and more sites should be easily added by adding to the following config. The following was added to a default

[SLUG] squid reverse proxy almost working - but only ever hitting default site

Hi all, Just to get squid reverse proxy 2.6 working with two sites for now... it seems to be working in that the access.log is registering hits but only for the default site. Default site is www.icafe.com.au other site is www.pamphlets.org.au If I bypass squid, I can port forward port 80 to

Re: [SLUG] netbook distro installation hell

When is the next installfest that Michael could go to? Ben Michael Kidd wrote: Hello All. A novice, I have tried yet another flavour of Linux to dual boot, but I lack the ability [even with Googling] to make any of them work on my eee1000H, the latest being Ubuntu Remix, and now I don't even

Re: [SLUG] setting up squid proxy

Hi all, thanks for the help. Sorry about no feedback as I've been away from this project. I'm still having trouble with squid. I have three sites. I can port forward each site individually through from the adsl and firewall etc. I can get to each site internally so internal DNS is working

Re: [SLUG] setting up squid proxy

Thanks Robert, I've put in the below examples right at the top of the squid.conf file but when i restart the squid service, i get stopping failed and start failed. Does each line have to go into the correct section of the squid file? The site you suggested said that the changes should go

[SLUG] setting up squid proxy

Hi all, I'm trying to set up squid proxy so that external clients can come in through my adsl connection and then get sent to the correct web server. All the docs I've read seem to assume squid is used as a proxy for internal clients going out through it. I know it be used the other way

Re: [SLUG] linux firewall/vpn devices wanted

something I saw recently called Untangle. I've only just started looking at it but it may do what you want. Ben Grant Parnell wrote: Something sub $500.00 that's small, runs linux and is customisable. It probably should have 256MB of RAM and at least the same in flash and two ethernet ports

Re: [SLUG] Hanging /or random reboot probs

Sounds like bad memory. Replace memory or pull out all memory chips bar one if possible. See if you can isolate which chip it is. I've had this before. Ben Adam Bogacki wrote: Hi, I have just installed lenny on a machine with 800MHz AMD Duron chip, 1Gb RAM, 63.3 GbB /usr, 320Gb /home yet

Re: [SLUG] RAID1 issues

Is this a hardware raid? pull out the suspect disk and put it back in again. It could be a loose connection. Check all the connections. If hardware raid you should see it rebuilding again. Check the raid card setup. Check that the scsi termination is correct. Also the scsi ID that the disk is

Re: [SLUG] cannot boot Ubuntu with bios raid setting

Hi Ken, after you set the raid setting, don't you have to then configure a logical drive? what sort of machine is it? server? HP? also usually when you set it to raid it does not matter what the SCSI drive ID is as the raid controller handles this. however i'm not sure of this on all

Re: [SLUG] virtualisation solutions?

Pittman wrote: Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au writes: Doesn't anyone know that VMware ESX3.5i is now free? Sure, as in beer. That fails the FOSS highly desired bullet point on the original posters list of features. Point one, in fact. It's not FOSS but you can get a free

Re: [SLUG] virtualisation solutions?

Doesn't anyone know that VMware ESX3.5i is now free? It's not FOSS but you can get a free license and use it. The management interface is simple and neat. I'm not talking about vmware server which runs on top of a windows or linux host. ESX3.5i runs on bare metal and supports windows and linux

Re: [SLUG] [OT] how to wipe a mini dv tape?

Magnetic tape gets easily erased by strong magnets. Ben Sonia Hamilton wrote: (totally off topic) I'm doing lots of video stuff at the moment, and I'm wondering how to wipe/format mini DV video tapes. My camera doesn't have such a function, and at the moment I'm doing it by leaving the lense

Re: [SLUG] Re: Mythbuntu box shutting down at random

Hi Patrick, pull out everything that is not needed to start the box up. you only need a video card. check that your IDE cables are the right way. only connect one IDE device like the HDD. pull out network cards and anything else in there. pull out all memory except one chip. also try changing

[SLUG] Ask SLUG - IP Telephony

Hi all, (this is a bit like an ask Slashdot... maybe we can have an ask SLUG) my work is looking at rationalizing phone/mobile usage with possibly VOIP between offices. I've suggested setting up Linux boxes and using Asterix. As usual FOSS is a bit unknown to the higher ups and they are

[SLUG] VLC to TV

Hi all, I'm looking to setup a pc with an output to a tv (big flatscreen) to play video files. Sort of like home theatre. or video files over a lan connection from a server. recording tv is not necessary but may be good. Is there a Linux distro that does this or do people go for a hardware

Re: [SLUG] sata drive problems - slow load

Have you tried making a small partition... eg 50GB and letting the rest just spin. See if it is the size of the partition or the size of the disk? Ben Jake Anderson wrote: Ken Foskey wrote: I installed a very large harddrive today and now everytime I boot I am dropping to a kernel prompt. I

Re: [SLUG] General Protection Fault

Hi Heracles, to me it sounds like it is doing something in memory and hitting a problem. It could be a faulty memory chip. If you have two RAM chips then you could remove one if possible and run the same stuff again, albeit a bit slower. If you get the same fault then replace the removed chip

Re: [SLUG] mt for backup to DAT tape

Thanks Mick, that worked. mt installed now. now i'm trying to figure out what device it is... I have two DAT drives connected via SCSI. the command |mt -f /dev/st0 status says no such file or directory. Are these devices supposed to be detected on startup? Or do I make the directories and then

[SLUG] mt for backup to DAT tape

Hi Slugs, I was trying to backup to tape using amanda but realised mt was not installed. I can't find what package installs it. I'm using CentOS5.2 (redhat). Can anyone help with what/how to install mt for CentOS5? Thanks, Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] mt for backup to DAT tape

install mt note this will need to be run as root -Original Message- From: Ben Donohue [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: slug@slug.org.au Subject: [SLUG] mt for backup to DAT tape Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:08:52 +1000 Hi Slugs, I was trying to backup to tape using amanda but realised mt

[SLUG] OT: image file reduction batch tool

Hi Slugs, anyone have a favourite tool that they use for reducing image file size? Not necessarily reducing image size on the page but the amount it takes up on storage. I need something that would crawl the network and attack files over a certain size in target directories. Is there such

Re: [SLUG] dns test tools ?

www.dnsstuff.com does some free stuff and some pay stuff. Ben Voytek Eymont wrote: can anyone recommended free dns online test tools ? I've used ocassionally dnsstuff in the past, but, that seems to be fee based now? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/

Re: [SLUG] Opinions pls on best/easiest setup Groupware suite.

An easy way to try is to visit www.vmware.com/appliances and download a complete package. It will run with the free vmware server. so you save all the hassle of setting up one yourself. if you don't like it you just delete it and try another. Ben Kyle wrote: Hi Folks, wading in to the

[SLUG] postfix error sending email every 15 mins

Hi all, I have a postfix email server with dovecot. Someone I sent an email to with an attachment is getting the email every 15 minutes. I presume it's my mail server resending it as there was some error somewhere. After Googling a bit I've run... postfix flush I'm not a postfix guru so is

Re: [SLUG] Intel Xeon 7350 and x86_64

Did you download an ISO and make a CD? Try again or do a checksum on the download. I had a similar problem in the past and it was a faulty CD. Ben Tony Sceats wrote: Has anyone here encountered a problem with the Intel Quad Core Xeon X7350 chips not booting from x86_64 media? I'm trying to

Re: [SLUG] Intel Xeon 7350 and x86_64

(I know you may have tried this...) Did you download an ISO and make a CD? Try again or do a checksum on the download. I had a similar problem in the past and it was a faulty CD. Ben Tony Sceats wrote: Has anyone here encountered a problem with the Intel Quad Core Xeon X7350 chips not

Re: [SLUG] MythTV = Media Centre ++

How does this plug into the TV... if it does? Or do you use a video card like a conexant? Ben Grahame Kelly wrote: Hi Sluggers. In response to several questions on Media Centre (or is that arr.. Media Center) the only way to go is: Myth-Ubuntu downloadable on a single DVD off the net.

[SLUG] image content management

Hi All, anyone have experience with an OS CMS primarily for images? I know there are heaps of CMS packages for docs. Something that can be searched for images with metadata, possibly scan images from various file server sources and give thumbnail images or whatever. Something based on LAMP.

Re: [SLUG] Netcomm Nb9W - any problems with Linux?

Hi, I have that modem with TPG and I have linux web servers. All works well. Only problem with TPG and VOIP is that there is an echo on the line. Very annoying sometimes to people who you call. Ben elliott-brennan wrote: Hi all, I'm with TPG and thinking of using their VOIP service. To

Re: [SLUG] IBM xSeries 306 has 4 x 1 GB RAM, but only sees 3.2 GB

Yes I've seen it and posted it to the Slug list before... seems the jury is still out. Don't know why it happens. Ben Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: Hi, We have an IBM xSeries 306 (88364SU) in which we just put 4 x 1 GB of RAM, and when it boots, it says 4096M System Memory Installed, and then

RE: [SLUG] CLP? Novell course 3072

Hi, I've had in my hands an 80% off voucher for RHCE course and exam. I got it at a trade show. It ran out as I didn't have the time. Anyway you could always go to the Red Hat stand at Cebit for instance and ask for one. I will be next time. Thanks, Ben Donohue IT Manager Communications

RE: [SLUG] Fwd: Laptop repairs - anyone?

What model is it? Thanks, Ben Donohue IT Manager Communications Design Management PTY Limited Level 23, 1 Oxford Street Darlinghurst Sydney N.S.W. 2010 Ph. 02 9286 2238 Fx. 02 9286 2200 M. 0408 291 153 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [SLUG] drive woes

Hi Rufi, you should be able to eject the drive with just the power cable plugged in and not the IDE cable. (If it is an IDE cable that is). Power should be enough to eject. You can power down the machine and disconnect the drive IDE cable and power on the machine and eject the DVD.

RE: [SLUG] reported memory and actual memory

Hi Jamie, I'm not running a kernel that supports more than 4G or RAM so I'm not worried that it reports less than 5GB. However it reports about 400k less than 4GB so that is really the question. Why does top and other utilities only report about 3.6GB? Ben IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RECIPIENT

RE: [SLUG] reported memory and actual memory

Hi all, Just to ask a bit more... The server has 5GB mem but top reports 3632188KB. That is approx 400K missing. I have another server with 4GB and it reports 34KB approx with around 600K missing. Shouldn't top report 410 approx (whatever the numbers are). Ben IMPORTANT NOTICE TO

RE: [SLUG] reported memory and actual memory

Hi all, But can you use a 64bit kernel on a 32bit processor? I was assuming you couldn't however I'm happy to be corrected. Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Turner Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2007 5:16 PM To: slug Subject: RE:

[SLUG] reported memory and actual memory

Hi all, I have a server which has 5GB memory in it. BIOS reports 5120GB and that's fine. Top in CentOS linux reports 3632188 total. What gives? IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RECIPIENT Computer viruses - It is your responsibility to scan this email and any attachments for viruses and defects and

RE: [SLUG] reported memory and actual memory

Hi, Sorry, didn't know that would be an issue... HP server x86 32 Bit. 2.6.18-8 CentOS 5 -Original Message- From: Dave Kempe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 25 July 2007 4:58 PM To: Ben Donohue Cc: slug@slug.org.au Subject: Re: [SLUG] reported memory and actual memory we

Re: [SLUG] Possible BIOS problem

Hi Howard, have you tried to reset bios to factory default? Ive also seen before on a machine that had the bios selecting whether it was going to boot from a PCI video or AGP. If set incorrectly you saw the Bios on one screen and then the operating system on the other... same symptoms you see

Re: [SLUG] Possible BIOS problem

This could happen because of simply plugging the mouse into the keyboard socket and vice-versa. Why not simplify the problem and have only one hard disk and no CDROM, or change the HDD. Change the memory chips, and only put in one known good one. Even just try to boot off a floppy with no HDD,

Re: [SLUG] vmware-server and kernel headers

+1000, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi David, make sure gcc is installed. gcc is the latest version according to apt-get [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/gcc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2007-05-26 22:10 /usr/bin/gcc - gcc-4.1 gcc-4.0 also exists, but isn't symlinked. Should I uninstall

Re: [SLUG] vmware-server and kernel headers

Hi David, make sure gcc is installed. if you've got an old version, uninstall it first. I run rpm -i VMware-server-1.0.1-29996.i386.rpm (or whatever version) after you've installed run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl do you get that far? Ben david wrote: I'm getting some conflicts (?) with the

RE: [SLUG] recommendations for SATA RAID controllers?

Hi Amos, I have an Adaptec SATA II raid model 2820SA which is an 8 port working in centos (RH) 5. I don't know offhand if it will do the raid you want but it's PCI-X and works. Thanks, Ben Donohue -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

[SLUG] fixing or deleting file system

. from withing centos. But I cannot get there... I've tried knoppix but it does not seem to like anything in the TB size range using gparted... Any pointers on what I should do next? (I'm also googling...) Thanks, Ben Donohue IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RECIPIENT Computer viruses - It is your

[SLUG] expanding array

this before so any pointers/sites to look at would help on how you get the Linux partition to expand into the newly available space. It's all one big drive. I don't want to lose the data on the array if possible. Thanks, Ben Donohue IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RECIPIENT Computer viruses - It is your

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

True, however vmware console can be a bit of a pig. You have to load the vmtools, sizing of the screen, etc. VNC makes the whole remote display process much easier. So you can have both, and VNC is very easy to setup these days... Ben Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Ben Donohue This is if you

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

Hi, I use vmware server on linux. It runs fine. It starts as a service. You just have to answer a few questions to start it up. you can download *FREE* vmware server licenses from vmware.com make sure gcc is installed. Yum install gcc (I use CentOS) then run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl this

Re: [SLUG] Open source document/content management system

I mucked around with quite a few till I found wordpress. www.wordpress.org fairly simple setup however I'm running it on Linux. But there is a MS version too. Ben John wrote: Hi list, I have a real live project to handle and I'd like to do it using an open source solution. The o/s is MS,

Re: [SLUG] Slight flickering on dual monitor set up

Hi, I've had similar to this before... sometimes it power. You might try to plug them into the power in a different way. Ben elliott-brennan wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions or advice? I'm running Kubuntu 6.06 on a Hyperthreaded 3Ghz P4 with 1.5G RAM. I have to

Re: [SLUG] Tweaking VMware

why not leave the Kubuntu and Ubuntu at whatever... say 800x600 and then get to the gui login screen via tightvnc? You don't have to worry about starting the vmware console or even pressing ctrl-alt to release the cursor. It's very smooth and the cursor just flows between vmware screens and

[SLUG] OT domain name and company name

Hi all, It used to be that to get a .com.au domain name you had to have a company or business name. Is this still the case as I've heard different responses. Also what if you have .com.au domain name and you close your company or business related to the domain name, do you lose the .com.au

Re: [SLUG] On fitting an internal hard drive

Also you want to know if it is an IDE drive or a SATA. It's most likely a 2.5 inch drive. Usually these are no hassle to replace. First time round put the screws on the table exactly in the place of where you took them from. Some of these laptops have different length screws. And if you put the

Re: [SLUG] ssh and vnc

Hi Alan, does this help... http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-sslvnc.html?ca=dgr-lnxw02SSLVNC Ben -- 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] Sudden Loss of Networking

Hi Stephen, why not pull the card out, reboot and let it be detected as removed, save. Then put it back *in a different slot* (if there is one) and see how that goes... Ben Stephen Black wrote: I have Fedora Linux and an Intel pro 1000 network card for PCI Express. and it all used to work

Re: [SLUG] Spam again

yes as well. I have IPCop with Copfilter and I'm not sure that it's doing too much to stop it as it still ends up in the inbox. I'm having to train thunderbird to treat it as spam. Any copfilter users here who are *not* getting any spam? Ben Howard Lowndes wrote: I've just noticed that the

[SLUG] OT: Phone number portability and ADSL.

Hi all, Recently I put an order in with Exetel to get ADSL2+ on my phone number. I received an email back from Exetel saying that Telstra has issued a Telstra Rejection Advice Report on the phone number and it is not portable from the Telstra network to Optus! There are two things wrong with

Re: [SLUG] Low power domain controller / user authentication ?

you could always run vmware server on a powerful box and have a few machines on that. A machine running just authentication should not hit the machine very hard and it's using a maching you have on anyway. Also vmware server is free. Ben (recently i've done just this.) Greg Wright wrote: Hi

[SLUG] access to internal web server

Hi all, I'm having trouble getting to an internal web server which the outside world can see. I have an ADSL modem forwarding port 80 to an IPCOP firewall. This firewall forwards port 80 to the webserver (Centos 4.4) From outside the website comes up fine. From internal I get the webpage of

Re: [SLUG] access to internal web server

but it does not. (from outside the ADSL public IP address and port 80 gets NAT'd and forwarded correctly to the internal webserver IP= 192.168.x.x (in a DMZ). What does everyone else do? Ben DaZZa wrote: On 1/4/07, Ben Donohue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm having trouble getting

Re: [SLUG] Computer keeps turning itself off.

Hi Adelle, Could be just a dud power supply... Also sometimes when bits heat up they expand and a connection is broken, power stops, seen it before. Also (might be a bit obvious but hey...) check that the power cable in the power supply is in properly. Might be only just connecting. Try

Re: [SLUG] Contracting stuff: wrap it into a company or PAYE through agency?

If you do something malicious as a director then they can get behind the company and sue the Directors for their houses. But this has to be proven. If you are just incompetent or unfortunate then it's pretty much only the company that cops it. IANAL but that has been my official advice. Also

Re: [SLUG] Contracting stuff: wrap it into a company or PAYE through agency?

Hi Simon, Ive been both a contractor and also permanent staff on and off for many years... There is a good reason to get a PTY Limited company in that is says LIMITED. In short it means that if you do something WRONG they can only sue the COMPANY for every cent it has. Leaving YOU with your

[SLUG] Redhat exam voucher 70% off

Hi Slugs, I've a Redhat exam voucher that gives 70% off the RHCE exams. Anybody want it? Unfortunetly it expires 31 AUG 06 so not much time. I was going to use it myself but other things came up. I'm in Sydney and work in the city/darlinghurst area. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

[SLUG] OS or Linux equivalent of windows media streaming

Hi Slugs, I'm after a Linux equivalent of windows media streaming or windows media services. Anyone have some ideas, success stories, whatever. I'm looking around and Slug input would be appreciated. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

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