Re: [SLUG] Linux Databases

2004-09-14 Thread Dean Hamstead
try running filemaker in wine Dean Phil Scarratt wrote: Edwin Humphries wrote: I'm trying to convert my personal PC use from Windoze to Linux. But there is a Win application that I've used for a long time for flat-file databases: Filemaker Pro. It's much better than other simple Win databases

Re: [SLUG] Linux media player ...

2004-09-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
i like mplayer Dean Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Jason Rennie So what is the best easiest media player for linux with the most supported codecs and so on ? What ever is recommend need XviD and DivX support. Totem with the libxine backend. - Jeff -- WWW: http://dean.bong.com.au LAN:

[SLUG] embperl and its mail function

2004-09-08 Thread Dean Hamstead
i cant seem to make sense of how to use embperl's inbuilt email functions can someone send me a quick example even a link found on google ;) Dean -- WWW: http://dean.bong.com.au LAN: http://www.bong.com.au EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 16867613 -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] embperl and its mail function

2004-09-08 Thread Dean Hamstead
im more after how i would use embperls mail functions in a web page Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 05:32:11PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: i cant seem to make sense of how to use embperl's inbuiltr email functions can someone send me a quick example even a link found

[SLUG] cgi.pm and the upload function

2004-09-01 Thread Dean Hamstead
im trying to upload (via a web form) an image file and then put it into a mysql table (wow i bet thats never been done befre) my $filehandler = $cgi-upload('file'); while ( $filehandler ) { print $_; } is just returning

[SLUG] mrtg + exim

2004-08-28 Thread Dean Hamstead
if anyone has some nice mrtg config and scripts for monitoring exim i would be really appreciative if you linked or sent them ive googled away my evening without much love. would asking for graphs with rejections or even spam oriented stuff be too much? well anything that would stop me having to

Re: [SLUG] IDE Flaky on Linux ?

2004-08-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
about that). thanks, Rod Dean Hamstead wrote: ide is way better on linux than in windows but that all depends on the support for your ide controller chip (so basically the driver) options include upgrading your kernel or getting another ide controller. i just bought a nice silicon image pci ide

Re: [SLUG] IDE Flaky on Linux ?

2004-08-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
--- Brought to you by a thunderbird, penguin, gnu and a camel Dean Hamstead wrote: yeah you can just get pci card - ide controllers. but first of all i would make sure your running the latest version of your distribution of choice. you could upgrade your kernel (which is effectively what im saying

Re: [SLUG] IDE Flaky on Linux ?

2004-08-24 Thread Dean Hamstead
ide is way better on linux than in windows but that all depends on the support for your ide controller chip (so basically the driver) options include upgrading your kernel or getting another ide controller. i just bought a nice silicon image pci ide controller for $40 whole dollars that gives me

Re: [SLUG] exchange server 2003 linux replacement

2004-08-16 Thread Dean Hamstead
most people dont even need all features of exchange. most people (even just for internal mail) will do quite happily with nothing more than a pop3 mail server. even my work, which has pisses hundreds of thousands into exchange and hardware blah blah blah, could easily just use pop3 (even with

Re: [SLUG] exchange server 2003 linux replacement

2004-08-16 Thread Dean Hamstead
wiping out ie and thunderbird is taking outlook express to town. Dean Rev Simon Rumble wrote: This one time, at band camp, Dean Hamstead wrote: most people dont even need all features of exchange. most people (even just for internal mail) will do quite happily with nothing more than a pop3 mail server

Re: [SLUG] Which flavour of Linux

2004-08-01 Thread Dean Hamstead
personally i would never consider mandrake ever. its major bloatware (so flame me *shrug*) debian is really really good. I havent used fedora but redhat was seriously becoming bloatware and i just left it. mandrake took redhat and just bloated it more. if debian is a little raw for you (no offence

Re: [SLUG] Re: [activities] Wireless fest - 14 Aug 2004 - Postponed for 5 weeks

2004-07-28 Thread Dean Hamstead
doesnt it fall under slugs PLI? Dean Richard Hayes wrote: On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 01:50 pm, Simon Males wrote: this still on ? if so mail acitivies again to get on the slug.org.au front page Sorry for the delay in replying but the Wirelessfest is delayed for about 5 weeks. The cheapest public

[SLUG] mailman and exim (well mysql as well but its ok)

2004-07-20 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 im trying to get mailman to play nice with exim versions are both latest exim is working fine (its using mysql,exiscan+spammassassion+clamav) delivering email happily to pop3 and qpopper is just loving life as well now mailman works just fine on the

Re: [SLUG] RAID-5 array problems

2004-07-18 Thread Dean Hamstead
it may be time to replace the whole original array 3x40 gigs isnt much any more, so you might want to dump it off to tape and make the raid5 again from scratch with the new disks seeing as one has died it may be the beginings of more deaths so replacing them all now might save problems in the

Re: [SLUG] Home LAN IP details

2004-07-08 Thread Dean Hamstead
your modem/router shoul dbe able to tell you leases or 'arp -a' will tell you what your computer knows about Dean bill wrote: I have a home LAN - 3 PC's networked via an ethernet switch and connected to the 'Net via a modem/router. The PC's IP's are generated by the modem/router via DHCP. AS

[SLUG] port trunking

2004-07-07 Thread Dean Hamstead
anyone got a link of somewhere to start for port trunking we have all cisco gear on the server farm, and id like to make some server - switch trunks (gigabit is an option, but seeing as we have lots of free 100mbps ports and multiple unused 100mbs cards. say hello dell servers) Ideas? Links?

Re: [SLUG] port trunking

2004-07-07 Thread Dean Hamstead
(and others) can pretend to be a switch (etherchanel or whatever) and thus have n x 100mbps throughput full duplex Dean DaZZa wrote: On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Dean Hamstead wrote: anyone got a link of somewhere to start for port trunking we have all cisco gear on the server farm, and id like to make some

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Dean Hamstead
just because you get http doesnt mean you get ftp so check that your running ftp through your http proxy also check that your proxy allows you to get to ftp stuff maybe you need to set passive ftp *shrug* Dean Louis wrote: On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:40:13AM +1000, Louis wrote: I hope queries

Interested Was Re: About LPI exams (was Re: [SLUG] Semester 2 Linux Courses)

2004-06-27 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well im interested i emailed the gentleman who posted initially (graham??) not sure if he responded somewhere in the flood of responses. just need to know more details than the general ones right now eg. day of the week, do you need to be a tafe

Re: [SLUG] linux laptop shopping

2004-06-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 i can vouch for an ibook. they are great. dont look past powerpc's. linux runs perfectly personally im running debian, but you can compile stuff if you like (which i sometimes do) works just like linux anywhere else. Dean Chris Deigan wrote: |

Re: [SLUG] Wireless fest - 14 Aug 2004

2004-06-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 penrith is good for me. would be there with bells and whistles and my debian-ibook Dean Richard Hayes wrote: | On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 02:13 pm, Simon Males wrote: | |where? | | | Yet to be confirmed but maybe either Seven Hills or Penrith | | Penrith is 5

Re: [SLUG] Digital cameras and motion video

2004-06-07 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 if you can get your camera supported via video4linux then you can use gnomemeeting etc. if its just usb-storage, youll just have to save to .mov or whatever and move it across. chances are if you cant use it as a webcam in windows you can in linux

Off Topic? - Re: [SLUG] Which open source license is best

2004-06-05 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 not sure if im correct, but i think this thread is more ontopic in the slug-chat list, but im sure debating licensing isnt ontopic for a linux discussion list. anyone with higher authority want to clarrify? not trying to stiffle debate but just trying

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-17 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 | Debian has some good points and some very serious failings. One I have | just come across was in trying to install RAID and LVM at the same | time. In fact even trying to install RAID as part of the installation | didn't want to work for me using

Re: [SLUG] ADVICE REQUEST: Modem support in mission-critical environments

2004-05-13 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 if they are just hardware modems then there is no need for 'drivers'. you just initialise it and off you go. its just that windows calls everything 'drivers'. drivers is a strange word anyway, do you need a driver for your cpu?. oh the philosophy of it

Re: [SLUG] mysql databases

2004-05-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 success! thanks Dean Matthew Palmer wrote: | On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 02:35:43PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: | |is it possible to copy a database from one mysql installation |to another by copying the files | | | Yes, but make sure you stop both

[SLUG] mysql databases

2004-05-11 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 is it possible to copy a database from one mysql installation to another by copying the files obviously i could dump the database and reimport it but thats not practical i just want to copy the files from /var/mysql and drop them in on another machine

Re: [SLUG] Desktops

2004-05-08 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 i believe there is a gnome version of oo that has ms style buttons and stuff. also gnome or kde should behave enough like windows for normal users. just click on button, click on app. easy! personally i cant stand using windows at all, i find it cant

Re: [SLUG] Linux on an xbox

2004-05-06 Thread Dean Hamstead
] Linux on an xbox Dean Hamstead wrote: i believe sony helped get linux going on playstation2, but youll need to google it. the xbox is a powerpc with an ati card. its biggest problem is that it doesnt have a hard disk (unlike ps2 and xbox) I'm guessing you mean't GameCube instead of xbox

Re: [SLUG] spam filters not working

2004-05-06 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeff Waugh wrote: | quote who=James Gregory | |How can we get a spam filter to check for misspelt words and reject the |mail on that basis? | |I thought about this a while ago. It would be relatively easy to implement |-- just hook aspell into a

Re: [SLUG] Linux on an xbox

2004-05-05 Thread Dean Hamstead
the xbox is basically just a pc. i believe its a celeron with an nvidia video card the interfaces are just usb with different plugs, ethernet card, ide with hard disks so throw a bunch of monkeys (or even better, hackers* with too much time) in a room with an xbox and some linux sources and sooner

Re: FW: [SLUG] TPG modem recommendation

2004-04-27 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 i would go out and just buy a little firewall. im using a netgear one. my set up is an alcatel bridge with a netgear firewall. the alcatel bridge connects ethernet to the phone line (bridging the ethernet over the dsl), then the firewall reeches down

[SLUG] network sound daemons

2004-04-21 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 can anyone recommend a good network sound daemon? ive had a play with esound but havent had much sucess when going over a network. by much i mean any. just doesnt seem to work. im looking at jack. does anyone have any experience that could recommend

Re: [SLUG] Small network Windows replacements

2004-04-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Simon Bryan wrote: | Hi all, | I am helping a disability organisation I am associated with to setup a | small network of 10 Linux, three Windows and a Linux server. We can't | afford the needed hardware or the licences to go to XP and MS Office etc,

[SLUG] virtual desktops in gnome

2004-04-15 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 i finally got sufficiently pissed of with my imac and blew away macos9 and installed debian unstable. now as a normally devout fan of enlightenment, im quite enjoy having large virtual desktops and indeed, 2 or more virtual desktops indeed my ibook

[SLUG] macosx binaries in linux powerpc

2004-04-02 Thread Dean Hamstead
does anyone know if you can run macosx binaries in linux powerpc. ive googled it. but if someone has better google power. good =) Dean source isnt available otherwise i would use make ;) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] Linux and Website

2004-03-22 Thread Dean Hamstead
do to them what one does to Microsoft dont buy their products! seriously though, if they loose big chunks of business theyll soon tighten their belt. Dean Alexander Samad wrote: Hi I noticed there was some talk previously about St george and linux. I occasionally check out harris tech web site,

[SLUG] Linux (Debian Unstable Even) on Ibook (clamshell)

2004-03-21 Thread Dean Hamstead
hey all, well its good to be back.if anyone even remembers me =) anyhoo, now im back in the country and back on the slug mailing list. im curious if anyone is running linux on an ibook (of the clamshell) variety. the reason i ask is because, being the little *nix nut that i am, am now doing so.

Re: [SLUG] Linux (Debian Unstable Even) on Ibook (clamshell)

2004-03-21 Thread Dean Hamstead
I do, just post questions to SLUG as usual. The internet wins again. just as a plug clamshell ibooks are dirt cheap on ebay and really are classy. not to mention that x runs great, sound (alsa *grin*), usb firewire, airport card (built in 802.11b) all work great. i havent got the modem working

Re: [SLUG] Linux (Debian Unstable Even) on Ibook (clamshell)

2004-03-21 Thread Dean Hamstead
changing to the ati driver made life worth living. far out videos actually work really well now. i cant believe the stress my poor little cpu must have been under with the fb driver =\ If you use GNOME, install 'acme'. Otherwise, there's pbuttonsd and a few other GUI-ish ones for wmaker and so on.

Re: [SLUG] Linux (Debian Unstable Even) on Ibook (clamshell)

2004-03-21 Thread Dean Hamstead
does it just show up as ttyS0? i dont know if the driver is loaded or what. found it, macserial. works beautifully. Dean -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Yahoo Messanger

2002-02-21 Thread Dean Hamstead
Ive got some blocking to do this afternoon, so im wondering if someone can tell me... What port does yahoo messanger run on? What port does msn messanger run on? Dean -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Yahoo Messanger

2002-02-21 Thread Dean Hamstead
Thanks Dean Christopher Booth wrote: On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:44:57 +1100 Dean Hamstead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ive got some blocking to do this afternoon, so im wondering if someone can tell me... What port does yahoo messanger run on? cs.yahoo.com port 5050 What port does msn

Re: [SLUG] ask perl(script for telnet)

2002-02-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
can you telnet to the machine normally? like not in perl? Dean henry wrote: Dears : I can telnet to host(linux802) by typing telnet linux802 , bilbo (uid) ,

Re: [SLUG] What have I forgotten, steeing up virtual Apache server

2002-02-10 Thread Dean Hamstead
check that your webserver can resolve the hostname for that virtual server to an address that is on your server check that your config is correct (looking for obvious visual errors, checking against prior virtual host entries and by running /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl configtest) if you

[SLUG] perl quicky

2002-01-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
does perl have a function to return the length of a string? eg $length = size($foo); Dean -- -- -- ME: http://dean.bong.com.auICQ: 16867613 [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] Failing pop3 login

2002-01-17 Thread Dean Hamstead
if no one has answered details about your MTA (aka qmail, sendmail, exim etc) and your pop daemon will be helpful there may be a lockfile in addition to permissions problems Dean Shannon wrote: Hi people, I nedd a little help. I am trying to get my pop3 server back up and running here

Re: [SLUG] Getting a USB controller recognised

2002-01-17 Thread Dean Hamstead
i find its usually worth compiling in the usb controller but since your using out of the box, have you run depmod -a then tried modprobe usb-uhci ? Dean Howard Lowndes wrote: I have just put a PCI USB controller card into a box and kudzu can find it and has logged it in its database. How

Re: [SLUG] Getting a USB controller recognised

2002-01-17 Thread Dean Hamstead
uss720.o -rw-r--r--1 root root 5808 Apr 9 2001 wacom.o GV suggested I insmod usbcore which I have done and that is installed OK. On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Dean Hamstead wrote: i find its usually worth compiling in the usb controller but since your using out of the box, have you

Re: [SLUG] Sydney Wireless Mailing List up

2002-01-15 Thread Dean Hamstead
this isnt mine but http://www.sydneywireless.com/ nothing like reinventing the wheel ;) Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For all of you who may be interested in wireless networking in Sydney, this is just a quick message to inform people that the Sydney Wireless Mailing List is now up.

Re: [SLUG] An impossible X11 dream?

2002-01-14 Thread Dean Hamstead
copy and paste are catered for nicely by your middle mouse button which imo is much more eligant than select-ctrlc-click-ctrlp i can only begin to express my frustration when i try the same in windows ;) Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the many things I have on my list of `Things To

Re: [SLUG] An impossible X11 dream?

2002-01-14 Thread Dean Hamstead
as i mentioned select the text then middle click into your target text widget never leave home without it Dean Chris Barnes wrote: Your right they do implement cut and paste, but it still bugs me that if I was to cut or copy something from Licq, I cant paste it into Mozilla That goes

Re: [SLUG] Enlightenment Themes

2002-01-14 Thread Dean Hamstead
themes.org seems to have merged into one archive and in the process dropped all its old content Dean Daniel Harper wrote: I have found that site to be very confusing, and lacking in any worthwhile content, except a couple of themes -Original Message- From: Dane [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [SLUG] Mozilla Spell Check

2002-01-13 Thread Dean Hamstead
spell check isnt in yet, you can read about it on mozilla.org Dean Paul Copeland wrote: Hi All, The other night I downloaded Mozilla 0.9.7. I went for the typical install with just Navigator, Mail and News. I have found, however, that there does not seem to be a spell checker for out

Re: [SLUG] limit apaches bandwidth usage

2001-12-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
mod_throttle mod_bandwidth http://modules.apache.org lists a good many modules you can also build apache with modules in a nice scripted (lazy) fashion by using apache toolbox http://www.apachetoolbox.com i recommend it Dean George Vieira wrote: I don't think apache can do it *george looks

Re: [SLUG] Virus attacks on Linux

2001-12-06 Thread Dean Hamstead
this is really a slug-chat sort of post im sure jeff can clarify Dean Internet User wrote: Of course we will see more and more attacks on Windows, but Linux will be a target because its use is becoming more widespread, said Raimond Genes, European president for antivirus at Trend Micro.

Re: [SLUG] ADSL Monitor

2001-12-04 Thread Dean Hamstead
i use a little app called 'xnetload' which gives a running graph of in and out data on a given interface... in this case ppp0 not anything amazing or anything, but suits me. Dean George Vieira wrote: All I have is a simple pppstats command monitoring transfer rates and logging to a file.

Re: [SLUG] XMMS

2001-12-03 Thread Dean Hamstead
alsa broke horribly on 2.4.16, so i venture to think similarly for xmms. alsa works fine too :). alsa-0.9-beta7. perhaps try upgrading your ALSA version? 0.5.12a which is for 2.4.16, and i tried removing the libAALSA output plugin to no avail Dean -- --

[SLUG] XMMS

2001-12-02 Thread Dean Hamstead
has anyone built xmms 1.2.5 on kernel 2.4.16? having just done so, i am now being presented with unsolvable segfaults. which is most od (and annoying) seeing 1.2.4 was workig just fine, however built on a prior kernel version (2.4.4.. something like that) alsa broke horribly on 2.4.16, so i

Re: [SLUG] Telstra ADSL - Quick Query

2001-11-26 Thread Dean Hamstead
They do not use PPP authentication - no client software is required - just hook your ethernet card straight up to the modem, and set up your static IP. Its worth noting that ADSL+router just bridges the ethernet. Hence why its more an ADSL router than an ADSL modem.. infact, wouldnt the

Re: [SLUG] Telstra ADSL - Quick Query

2001-11-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
Just use the scripts from roaring penguin usernames are 'username@bigpond' that caused 5 seconds of grief ;) rebecca (insert name here) claims on her lil page that she needed to drop the MTU in her internal network. i havent had this problem and nor has my friend who also runs dsl via linux

Re: Funky USB hardware (Was: [SLUG] dead video?

2001-11-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
logitech quickcam express's cost like $100 (sometimes like $80 in bigw, but are available from all your big chains stores like tricky dickies, hardly normal etc) and work quite well in linux. youll need the driver and usb support (on linux-usb.org) im running 0.4b on 2.4.11 quite nicely with

Re: Funky USB hardware (Was: [SLUG] dead video?

2001-11-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
there are alot of apps in the xawtv package including webcam which is a cli program and fbtv which puts video streams to fb rather than x just get usb going compile the driver and install it plug in the cam insmod mod_quickcam then go for your life if you use webcam you need to set the

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-22 Thread Dean Hamstead
Gaining a degree (say an engineering degree) gives you a good solid base for changing careers later in the future. Going to uni is also a good place to a) be a bum student (because everyone has to have there turn once) b) meet people (many a man has met his wife at uni, not to mention the friends

Re: Funky USB hardware (Was: [SLUG] dead video?

2001-11-22 Thread Dean Hamstead
If you wana use usb peripherals beyond HID's then i think 2.4 is a must Actually i really think if your not running 2.4 yet you should consider it. Although if its not broke, dont waste your time fixing it ;) Dean Simon Wong wrote: On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 14:47, Tony Green wrote: I've had

Re: [SLUG] dead video?

2001-11-21 Thread Dean Hamstead
Firewire and USB make the forementioned rebooting for hardware changes a thing of the past. Although video cards etc... Hot pluggable ram would go down very nicely, someone care to invent / implement it on the x86 platform? (Ok sure you could change printers and mice etc before.) This is

Re: [SLUG] Multiple NICS under Linux

2001-11-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
Also afaik there're problems with the NetGear FA311s with 2.4.x ? and people have suggested use of FA310s instead. Is this true ? Get Intel EtherExpress cards or Tulips (chipset, not brand). Netgear 10/100's work well in linux. What's the difference between OEM and Retail pricing ? You

Re: [SLUG] Multiple NICS under Linux

2001-11-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
George Vieira wrote: I'm running 2 Realtek 8029 and 1 Tulip card and worked great in the old P100 system and when moved to the new system I had problems with 1 of the 8029 cards having weird conflicts. Probably just an irq conflict or maybe shared pci/isa slot blues. Though I would

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
I attend UWS, if you live out this way i think its a waste of time to go to a city uni. Do engineering over comp science. I know in my elec/mech/comp engineering there is a feeling of comp sci being a bludgy degree. Dean Rich Buggy wrote: Hi Matt, Currently i'm looking at UTS, Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Why the different platforms

2001-10-04 Thread Dean Hamstead
i can get from here to here by going --- | or by going | --- both perfectly solve the problem, and yet like a glass of water, people will rally behind if its hall full or empty. Dean Rick Welykochy wrote: Minh Van Le wrote: Why all the platforms ? - AIX, HP-UX, IRIX,

[SLUG] bbstats 0.21

2001-09-26 Thread Dean Hamstead
has anyone got a copy of the source for bbstats 0.21? the proper site for it according to freshmeat is gone *weep* Dean -- As we enjoy great advantages from inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and

Re: [SLUG] Hotplug and cached Disk writes

2001-09-24 Thread Dean Hamstead
Is there a setting to change the amount of cache? of cache per filesystem? even the life of a cache before it syncs? all of which set to zero or another minimalistic value would serve to push data to the fs on the fly Dean Steve Downing wrote: From the wouldn't it be cool if

Re: [SLUG] a pop keep on server mail client

2001-09-23 Thread Dean Hamstead
Im a big fan of netscape and now mozilla mail flame me, but i like it Dean Craige McWhirter wrote: Thus spake Grant Street, on Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 02:30:08PM +1000: Hello all I am fairly new to using linux for peronal email stuff but: I have a laptop(low powered) that I want to access

Re: [SLUG] Perl-cgi frustrations

2001-07-03 Thread Dean Hamstead
H1Software error:/H1 PRECan't locate LWP/Simple.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ^^^ perl -MCPAN -e install LWP::Simple make sure your on the net Dean -- EMAIL... [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] BONG LANS: http://www.bong.com.au ICQ: 16867613 -- Imagine working

[SLUG] Telstra Outages

2001-06-28 Thread Dean Hamstead
No bitching but seeing telstra was out today (adsl for 7 hours) id like to encourage people to get the value of that period credited to next month. for adsl this is only about $1 ( $100*7/(24*30) ) however thats $1 that your basically giving to them $1 that could buy you some nice refreshing

Re: [SLUG] keeping track of ip;s

2001-06-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
you could whip up a quick ms access 'database', or just use the mysql cli ;) but seriously http://www.wesmo.com/~rwest/MID/ looks good Dean wal wrote: Hi, can anyone suggest a utility or what options do i have if i would to keep track of network addresses assigned to sites for an

Re: [SLUG] PCMCIA 10/100 card tuning?

2001-06-24 Thread Dean Hamstead
Check your duplex setting, seeing as you have a dumb hub you might need to force 10mbps/half-duplex Your symptoms sound like your at full duplex. Dean Rachel Polanskis wrote: Hi sluggers, I've managed to get myself a groovy little notebook running SuSE 7.1 on it. I went and bought a

Re: [SLUG] PCMCIA 10/100 card tuning?

2001-06-24 Thread Dean Hamstead
append options to the kernel or to the module ;) Look in the kernel source ;) Dean Rachel Polanskis wrote: On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Dean Hamstead wrote: Check your duplex setting, seeing as you have a dumb hub you might need to force 10mbps/half-duplex Your symptoms sound like your

[SLUG] Amanda Onstream Tapetype Definition

2001-06-24 Thread Dean Hamstead
Has anyone got an Amanda OnStream ADR50 Tapetype defintion for amanda? Could you please email it to me. Thanks! Dean -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Notification of Internet Violations

2001-06-22 Thread Dean Hamstead
Is this a joke??? Dean Net Authority Investigations wrote: Dear slug, It has recently been brought to our attention that you are, or have been, in violation of the Net Authority Acceptable Internet Usage Guidelines. It has been reported that you distribute offensive materials over the

[SLUG] Multiple Mice in X

2001-06-21 Thread Dean Hamstead
Morning, Does anyone have multiple mice set up in X 4.x? If so would you care to fwd the relevant entries in the config file Ive a PS/2 and a USB mouse and i would like to use two. Not two cursors (that would be neat though) but the normal multiple influences type of arrangement. Kernel does

Re: [SLUG] IPChains and net gaming

2001-06-17 Thread Dean Hamstead
Runs fine with just ipchains -P forward DENY /sbin/ipchains -A forward -s 172.29.0.0/16 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j MASQ even for multiple machines, i wouldnt recommend just those rules unless you have a tight ship. if you want to server you should only need to port map and you should be ok. You wont be

Re: [SLUG] Just Another ISP Question

2001-06-14 Thread Dean Hamstead
yes, fine its just normal ppp advice:- set up like any other provider Dean Tiwari, Rajnish wrote: Dear Folks, Has anyone attempted to use dingoblue internet access with Linux ? Success or failure ? Any advice/suggestions/recommendations on dingoblue and linux is most welcome.

Re: [SLUG] Getting a bt878 to work with xawtv

2001-06-12 Thread Dean Hamstead
Most tv capture cards need a really strong signal. They have virtually no ability to amplify or filter whats coming down the line. Can i recommend that if you are in a poor location (like me), you take a trip to tricky dickies or jaycar (etc) and buy some signal boosting and filtering gear. If

Re: [SLUG] USB Modems.

2001-06-05 Thread Dean Hamstead
Assuming that your modem is supported then you will most likely need to update your kernel. Id be suprised if updated kernels arent available as RPMS but compiling is easy enough even for a newbie. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings. I am quite new to this group but I am committed to

Re: [SLUG] Which USB modem?

2001-06-03 Thread Dean Hamstead
I would go with a brand name usb modem. Thats probably your best bet (look on linux-usb.org), a banksia or netcomm would probably be recognised. You will also wana check what drivers do what, as i have found with usb in 2.4 it doesnt always recognise compatable hardware. (the smc usb ethernet

Re: [SLUG] WFWG clients - How

2001-06-02 Thread Dean Hamstead
Terry, Can i suggest that your try the latest samba, if not i cant see any reason not the use an older version of samba. Samba still speaks basic smb, just does more now! You could try using linux as a novell server which would mean a minimal fuss transition as fast as the clients go. I still

Re: [SLUG] ADSL with two pair cable [slightly OT]

2001-06-01 Thread Dean Hamstead
teething problems on the odd ocassion. Doh Thanks On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Dean Hamstead wrote: They are in the mountains now ;) Glenmoore park has ADSL as well but its one rack is now full (all 80 positions or something silly like that) i think my installation was in the last 20 places

Re: [SLUG] ADSL with two pair cable [slightly OT]

2001-06-01 Thread Dean Hamstead
into rolling out more exchanges in other areas. I only wish :) On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Dean Hamstead wrote: When i had mine installed i asked the telstra tech about it Apparently in a given bundle, only about 2-3/10 lines can have adsl otherwise you get interferance. So if your considering

Re: [SLUG] Toshiba 2540XCDT ALSA help.

2001-05-31 Thread Dean Hamstead
Did you read the documentation accompanying ALSA? you may also find alsa-conf (on the alsa ftp) very helpful if you really dont know much about linux (or if your lazy) Dean Jeremy Kerwin wrote: Greetings all. I am trying to get the Yamaha OPL3SA2 sound card working in my Toshiba 2540XCDT

Re: [SLUG] ADSL with two pair cable [slightly OT]

2001-05-31 Thread Dean Hamstead
When i had mine installed i asked the telstra tech about it Apparently in a given bundle, only about 2-3/10 lines can have adsl otherwise you get interferance. So if your considering it stop considering and start ordering as in a street only a handful of houses can have adsl (or in my street of

Re: [SLUG] Toshiba 2540XCDT soundcard issues.

2001-05-28 Thread Dean Hamstead
Maybe what you need is alsa www.alsa-project.org Dean Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Jeremy Kerwin Does anyone have any experience getting the soundcard to work in a toshiba 2540XCDT laptop? Hah. Swoit machine. :) If it's close enough to the similar model we have at the office, it

[SLUG] Ms Publisher like apps?

2001-05-18 Thread Dean Hamstead
Anyone know of any GPL'd *nix apps like MS Publisher. Its so good i think MS must have outsourced its creation ;) But seriously, i would like something similar it on my normal workstation! Dean -- BONG: http://www.bong.com.au EMAIL... [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

[SLUG] Require in mod_perl

2001-05-15 Thread Dean Hamstead
Whats the story with require in mod_perl? i have to replace it with do inorder to not get an internal server error. i mean hey do works, i just would like to know whats going on. xfire? Dean -- BONG: http://www.bong.com.au EMAIL... [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SLUG] which (non-nvidia) graphics card?

2001-05-10 Thread Dean Hamstead
ati radeon Dean Russell Davies wrote: This is probably a FAQ here -- but can anyone recommend a non-NVIDIA graphics card that has 2d _and_ 3d dri capabilities in XFree 4.0.3? Bonus points for suggesting a cheap place online to purchase one. :) cheers, r. -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Non-GUI ppp configuration for RedHat?

2001-05-09 Thread Dean Hamstead
Edit /etc/ppp/options (not totally needed but makes life a lil easier) edit /etc/ppp/pap-secrets (or chap-secrets) edit /etc/ppp/ppp.chatscript then run /usr/sbin/pppd connect /usr/sbin/chat -v -r /etc/ppp/report-chat -f /etc/ppp/ppp.chatscript works for me ;) Dean Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

Re: [SLUG] [OT] 3 wire fans

2001-05-09 Thread Dean Hamstead
ooh ooh ooh you learn this in high school physics you need a stobe light with a controllable frequency you point it at it and adjust it till the blades stop at that point your frequency is a multiple of the fans frequency. Youll find as you lower the frequency the blades will move again and

Re: [SLUG] Why RedHat sucks

2001-05-05 Thread Dean Hamstead
At this point i would like to mention turbolinux. If your a redhat fan and are sick of the amount of rubbish you get, and youd also like to have more provided binary packages that are better-than-rh integrated, then turbo could be for you. Go get the iso now. There is a workstation and a server,

Re: [SLUG] UPS for linux

2001-05-04 Thread Dean Hamstead
Also, I went out to buy a Netgear FA311TX or Intel EEPro based NIC today, and wound up getting talked into getting a 3com 3C905C-TXM. I was assured this is a reliable NIC with relatively low CPU demands and sustained high throughput. Does anyone have any comments on these NICs? Is it a decent

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