[SLUG] Computerbank NSW domain

2010-01-06 Thread Brad Thomson
Hi All Can anyone shed any light on what is happening with Computerbank NSW, or the domains, cbnsw.org.au and cbsyd.org.au, which seems to have been last registered by Grant Parnell. The www records for both of these currently point to a host that has basic authorisation for the SHEBA Staging

[SLUG] Memorial service for Grant Parnell 11/01 at 11AM

2010-01-04 Thread Brad Thomson
Hi All, The memorial service for Grant Parnell will be held in the Magnolia Chapel at the Macquarie Park cemetary next Monday, 11 January at 11:00. There will be a wake following the service at a private residence in Gladesville, please contact me off-list if you would like more

Re: [SLUG] Open Source Medical Practice Management Software

2008-03-05 Thread Brad Thomson
On 06/03/2008, at 9:05 AM, Ken Wilson wrote: [...] But they do have to keep it for 7 years plus, for the taxman, and in medical negligence court cases it can be 21+7 years plus. Most would have the backup disc and just hope someone could read it if ever required. Ken -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] convert .chm to .pdf?

2008-01-27 Thread Brad Thomson
On 28/01/2008, at 5:57 AM, Sonia Hamilton wrote: I'm reading a largish manual that's in .chm format, which makes it a real PITA to read consecutively onscreen (of course navigation is easier than a .pdf). Anyone know of a way to convert a .chm file to a .pdf? Aptitude didn't bring up

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

2007-08-22 Thread Brad Thomson
Hi DaZZa, I had some success in getting cheap screen repairs for a Thinkpad T30 with Laptop Rescue a coupla years back: http://www.laptoprescue.com.au Might be worth a call. cheers, b. On 22/08/2007, at 12:23 PM, DaZZa wrote: Second try - got a weird bounce from the first one!

Re: [SLUG] difficult recruiters.

2003-02-19 Thread Brad Thomson
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 12:55:54PM +1100, Jon Biddell wrote: The simple solution is either; A. Send them a PDF file Or B. Rename your resume.txt to resume.doc Either way they'll still read it. Nope, PDF files generally go in the too hard basket due to lack of ability to easily edit

[SLUG] Bynari's Insight Server

2003-02-17 Thread Brad Thomson
. Oh, and web-based software is not an option. cheers, Brad Thomson -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Bynari's Insight Server

2003-02-17 Thread Brad Thomson
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:55:52PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Brad Thomson wrote: Does anyone have Bynari's Insight server, connector and LDAP client running in a production environment? Run the hell away - NOW. We're migrating back to Exchange from

[SLUG] Paging services

2003-02-03 Thread Brad Thomson
Hi All, I'm looking for recommendations on a paging service to hook into netsaint for alerts. What experiences have people had with business offering paging services? I also require network coverage out in the sticks, Central West NSW to be precise. cheers, Brad -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] RedHat 8

2002-10-29 Thread Brad Thomson
I dunno about that, I purchased my copy of the pocketbook from my local newsagency in Mudgee. cheers, Brad Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: 0421 920 497 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] ADSL modem

2002-09-21 Thread Brad Thomson
kernel next week, when Telstra get around to making appropriate routing changes. I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who's gotten one of these cards working in a stable manner. Brad. -- Brad Thomson ph: 0421 920 497 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SLUG] dpkg: too many open files

2002-09-06 Thread Brad Thomson
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 03:32:09PM +0930, David Fitch wrote: On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 03:14:51PM +1000, Andrew Bennetts wrote: On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 02:57:37PM +1000, Brad Thomson wrote: I've got a problem with dpkg on Debian unstable, that's preventing further package installation

Re: [SLUG] OT: windows sftp client

2002-09-05 Thread Brad Thomson
/download.html cheers, Brad Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] dpkg: too many open files

2002-09-05 Thread Brad Thomson
I've got a problem with dpkg on Debian unstable, that's preventing further package installation (I can remove packages fine). Here's some output to illlustrate: detritus:~# apt-get install xlibs-dev Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will

Re: [SLUG] top level kernel source directory

2002-08-19 Thread Brad Thomson
On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 15:40, Bill Taylor wrote: hi all, I'm trying to change my kernel. (woody - 2.4.19) I have tried to run make-kpkg in a number of directories which I thought _may_ have been appropriate. Could someone define top level kernel source directory please? The top level

Re: [SLUG] File Manager Holy Grail

2002-08-15 Thread Brad Thomson
On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 17:44, Matthew Davidson wrote: I've scoured the net looking for this, and have yet to find anything acceptable. I need a file manager for non-geeks that fits the following criteria: - Looks and feels somewhat like Windows explorer - Does not have a ridiculous number

Re: [SLUG] Linux Sound :-)

2002-07-01 Thread Brad Thomson
From: Crossfire [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ramon buckland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux Sound :-) [2] I still use isapnptools when possible. I'm sure people will say there are better ways, but I prefer actually having control since I know whats going on.

Re: [SLUG] tables in latex

2002-06-21 Thread Brad Thomson
On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 09:48, Michael Lake wrote: On Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 02:29 PM, Mary wrote: [snip lotsa great useful examples] When your business correspondence is converted to latex tables your clients will likely notice the neater and more professional appearance of the table

Re: [SLUG] ssh forwarding x

2002-06-10 Thread Brad Thomson
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:39:55PM +1000, Ken Foskey wrote: debian woody... I have tried to set up my gateway for forwarding x so that I can use one of the firewall builder products. I have editted the ssh_config and sshd_config to include X11forwarding options to yes. How do I get

Re: [SLUG] ask help(how do I read *.info under emacs or xemacs)

2002-05-28 Thread Brad Thomson
On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 16:16, henry wrote: Dear List: I am a newbie of emacs . How do I read *.info under emacs or xemacs ? C-h i will give you the main info menu, C-u h i will prompt you for a specific file. Brad. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Backing up data to multiple CDs (was: Re: Leading newbies astray... (was Re: [SLUG] Why))

2002-04-20 Thread Brad Thomson
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 04:48:25PM +1000, Jim Clark (Compaq) wrote: [snip] and since we all do this regularly cough, does anyone know of a way of backing up large amounts of data (700MB) across multiple CD-Rs? The equivalent of: # tar /home cvMf /dev/fd0 would be real handy (floppies

Re: [SLUG] Ordinary Committee Member Nomination

2002-02-14 Thread brad thomson
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 15:27:35 +1100 (EST), Craige wrote: CM I'd like to nominate Tony Green for the position of Ordinary Committee Member. Seconded. b. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] [OT] CBNSW Austel approved cabling

2002-01-03 Thread Brad Thomson
be contacted on the mobile number below. Now back to your regularly scheduled program :-) cheers, Brad Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: 0401 748 415 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] [OT] CBNSW Austel approved cabling

2002-01-03 Thread Brad Thomson
misunderstanding. rgds, Brad. On Fri, 04 Jan 2002 12:09, Brad Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, As some may know, Computerbank NSW has gained use of a facility at Penrith, giving us a fantastic build, storage and training facility. One of the things that we need out there is to run cat5

Re: [SLUG] Slightly OT. overriding filename with headers from CGI program.

2002-01-03 Thread Brad Thomson
redirect to page where the page itself, title and Content-disposition all pointed to the filename you wanted. cheers, Brad Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: 0401 748 415 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

FS snapshots Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

2001-12-05 Thread Brad Thomson
On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 15:03, Jill Rowling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On which filesystem? Were you using Linux EXT3 ..? One thing I'd like to try BTW is the new (to Solaris 8) snap feature for backup of a live UFS. I'm not sure that anyone has attempted to emulate that sort of thing yet on a

Re: [SLUG] Check this out

2001-09-11 Thread Brad Thomson
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 23:58, Jamie Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one time, at band camp, Antony Clarke wrote: Turn the news on. ObLinux: xawtv and vcr are two excellent applications for those of you with tv tuners. Oh Bugger (it deserves the caps). I have CNN live, but the tv

Re: [SLUG] sh scripting help

2001-05-16 Thread Brad Thomson
I've probably got the wrong end of the stick at this time of night, er, morning but something like find /basepath -type f -exec grep -H sometext {} \; would grep all files in directories under /basepath and print out filenames and lines that matched. Brad. On Thu, 17 May 2001 00:19, Paul

Re: [SLUG] turning an LP into a CD - undex Linux?

2000-11-19 Thread Brad Thomson
better luck. Brad. -- Brad Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: 0417 254 536 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] All this printing going on!

2000-10-20 Thread Brad Thomson
Dave Kempe wrote: snip I'd love to do a review. Probably just buy the book anyway. I find im getting more and more requests/demands to set up printing under linux. Having some troubles in general as well. I would almost venture to suggest that printing under linux sucks :/ The stock BSD lpr

Re: [SLUG] backup using rsync and file permission

2000-10-20 Thread Brad Thomson
Andrew Reilly wrote: On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 10:10:43AM +1000, Rodos wrote: On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Ian Ward wrote: As administrator, you will need to keep UID/GID consistent between the two systems. Okay this is the bit I want to know more about. What are the ways of doing this?

[SLUG] NIS on Linux

2000-10-20 Thread Brad Thomson
I've never seen much said of NIS on Linux here on SLUG. Are there people out there using it, and if so, have you found many problems with it? At work, we run a network of around 100 RH 5 and 6 workstations, and 12 servers and while we don't do anything fancy with it (haven't set up any