Re: [SLUG] newbie to writing programs

2013-01-18 Thread Del
of children and hand them requests on some kind of load-balancing or round-robin basis, then once a child process has done enough work kill it off and fork a new one to tidy up any possible memory leaks. Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] Can banks handle daylight saving?

2012-03-31 Thread Del
. There will be in 2017. That's a hell of an outage though. Del -- 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] Re: [Jobs] Systems Admin - Build Engineer

2011-05-24 Thread Del
a degree qualified Linux Admin with extensive development experience as well as able to be a MySQL DBA. When I found out the salary on offer my response was you are joking, right?. -- Del Babel Consulting http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9400 0400 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 63, Issue 9

2011-04-12 Thread Del
can't get 10.10 to work with a second monitor plugged in. -- Del -- 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] Linux for Seniors

2011-03-14 Thread Del
of experts, who have agreed to give of their own time to answer those questions in some kind of roster arrangement. I'd certainly be happy to contribute to that in some way or form. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] linked in - please block

2010-12-16 Thread Del
to troll the SLUG list. -- Del -- 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] today's scary thought

2010-07-14 Thread Del
Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Del Someone asked me today, as they often ask me about things Linux, if I had a Linux replacement for their favourite journal app that they run on their (windows) PC. I asked what that journal app did, and was told: You can set it to track when you open files

[SLUG] today's scary thought

2010-07-13 Thread Del
that such an application was possible, and left it at that. -- Del -- 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] Re: Ubuntu 10.04

2010-05-02 Thread Del
-looking changes that were originally slated for PHP 6. The justification for doing that's been argued about quite a bit in the PHP community. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] new ubuntu 10.4

2010-05-02 Thread Del
://www.elx.com.au/cat/software/ubuntu 8GB sticks with Ubuntu 10.04 pre-loaded. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- 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] Best API/abstraction? [Was: Time Pedantry] servers?)

2010-04-07 Thread Del
means 21 days after I actually got around to doing it (after postponing it several times). -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] cloud / VM storage

2010-02-18 Thread Del
additional GB is around $2 per GB per month. Does anyone have a recommendation for a VM provider where the storage space is cheap, for such things as off-site backups? Thanx, -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

[SLUG] WINMOR -- a win for free protocols

2010-02-14 Thread Del
be anything from 200km to planet-wide, so for global communications to be effective over this type of network there is no significant need for large numbers of stations. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] Wireless Broadband?

2010-02-05 Thread Del
Hello Del, The BigPond Elite network gateway is of real interest to me. As I'm not knowledgeable with wireless, I was wondering if you, or anyone, could provide a run down on how to get this thing to work on my linux system, which is Fedora 12 ... a desktop box? I have a home network of 3

Re: [SLUG] shopping carts?

2010-02-02 Thread Del
. Del -- 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] shopping carts?

2010-02-01 Thread Del
Dini wrote: Hi, I'm going to run a shopping cart on my web site. Is there an Open Source Shopping Cart that is idoit friendly and is ok for Au banks? thanks. D You want OpenFreeway. http://www.openfreeway.org/ -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

Re: [SLUG] Wireless Broadband?

2010-01-24 Thread Del
on some kernels and not others, and vice-versa. Your kilometerage may vary a whole lot. In nautical terms that's called cross-track error (XTE). -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] Wireless Broadband?

2010-01-21 Thread Del
, you have to cancel (and pay out) your old plan and buy a new plan. No other internet provider makes you do this -- e.g. iinet don't make you cancel your plan if you buy a new ADSL modem. (*) -- collective term for a group of bankers. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] one serial port multiple readers

2010-01-12 Thread Del
it. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- 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] R.I.P. Grant Parnell

2010-01-01 Thread Del
very much but was from then confined to the SAN hospital at Wahroonga. He faded very quickly from then. Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] one serial port multiple readers

2009-12-29 Thread Del
and not gpsd's output. Thanx, -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- 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] one serial port multiple readers

2009-12-29 Thread Del
Martin Visser wrote: Del, I just did a simple test, that might help you to a solution 1. Used mkfifo to create 3 pipes mkfifo /tmp/r1;mkfifo /tmp/r2;mkfifo /tmp/r3; 2. Used tee -a to write a copy of data to each of these - (while [ 1 ]; do date; sleep 1; done ) | tee -a /tmp/r1 | tee -a /tmp

Re: [SLUG] one serial port multiple readers

2009-12-29 Thread Del
Terry Dawson wrote: Del wrote: Does anyone have a solution to this problem? This might do what you want: http://freshmeat.net/projects/conserver Although it could be overkill for what you want to do. It does the job, though. I found a simple solution for the specific case that I

Re: [SLUG] one serial port multiple readers

2009-12-29 Thread Del
USB serial ports are easy and cheap: 1 serial port per consumer Yeah, in this case that wasn't going to work because the object on the end of the serial port is (a) expensive and (b) susceptible to the sort of voltage drops that can be caused by parallelising serial ports. -- Del Babel

Re: [SLUG] squid ACL question

2009-11-23 Thread Del
The second http_access line is redundant, isn't it? Yes, it is. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- 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] 64-bit Karmic Koala or not?

2009-11-18 Thread Del
) then you'll want 64 bit. If you only have 128MB of RAM total or something like that then there's not much point. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: LTS worth anything? (was: Re: [SLUG] Announcement roundup from October meeting)

2009-11-01 Thread Del
. One of the tricks to getting Firefox, flash, skype etc, working well is to use a 32 bit distro rather than a 64 bit one. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] Announcement roundup from October meeting

2009-11-01 Thread Del
from tomorrow. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] ELX news mailing list

2009-10-29 Thread Del
Hi, In my last post here I said we'd be setting up a news products announcement mailing list. The subscribe page is here: http://www.elx.com.au/lists/?p=subscribe Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

[SLUG] CentOS 5.4 release, in stock

2009-10-26 Thread Del
and every Tuesday. No need to book, just drop in and we'll see what we can do for you. We have longer 1 hour sessions on Thursdays, they need to be pre-booked. Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Linux course at WEA

2009-10-26 Thread Del
actually running tomorrow? The above URL just goes to a course list page, and a search for the keyword linux on the WEA site reveals nothing. Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Everything Linux store opening

2009-10-22 Thread Del
from Novell, Red Hat, and some old ELX items. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- 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] sendmail falling under its own warning messages

2009-10-15 Thread Del
macro file: define(`confDOUBLE_BOUNCE_ADDRESS', `null')dnl define(`confDEAD_LETTER_DROP', `null')dnl define(`LUSER_RELAY', `local:null')dnl -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

[SLUG] ELX on Facebook and Twitter

2009-10-15 Thread Del
Everything Linux on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Everything-Linux/124821692255 Everything Linux on twitter: http://twitter.com/elxcomau -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

[SLUG] ELX store opening Friday 23rd October

2009-10-15 Thread Del
details as they emerge will be here: http://www.elx.com.au/ Come along and join in the cheer! -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

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

2009-09-24 Thread Del
This recipe has always worked for me: yum -y erase php-mcrypt php-mhash php-tidy php-pecl-memcache \ php-pecl-xdebug php-mysql wget \ http://rpms.famillecollet.com/el5.i386/remi-release-5-7.el5.remi.noarch.rpm rpm -Uhv remi-release-5-7.el5.remi.noarch.rpm yum --enablerepo=remi -y update php

Re: [SLUG] web based firewall config tool wanted

2009-09-24 Thread Del
. We've been meaning to ourselves but jobs that pay money tend to take priority. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

[SLUG] ELX on Facebook and Twitter

2009-08-21 Thread Del
://www.facebook.com/pages/Everything-Linux/124821692255 http://twitter.com/elxcomau Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: Which wireless data service should I signup to? was [SLUG] Don't buy ZTE's

2008-12-03 Thread Del
and their service desk is appalling, and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. It took them 9 months to do a landline number port. I wouldn't rate the service desk at bigpond either. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] ssh certificate logins

2008-10-12 Thread Del
* at a certain large organisation that will remain nameless) :) Del -- 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] Asus m51s Audio problem

2008-08-31 Thread Del
). I've rolled back to CentOS 5.2 on the systems I need sound working on, and I'm hoping that the Fedora team fix what's going on shortly. Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] wireless broadband?

2008-07-10 Thread Del
on Linux. My contenders at the moment are Virgin, Optus, and Telstra (Bigpond). The limitation is that I need it working on a boat, and I only have one limited 240v supply. So I'd prefer it to be a USB stick type approach. I'm interested in any success/failure stories if anyone has them. -- Del

Re: [SLUG] wireless broadband?

2008-07-10 Thread Del
Tony Cosentino wrote: Hi Del, I use mobile broadband with the 3 network. It was by far the best value 18 months ago when I got it. I have been very happy with the speed, availability. Its had about 3 major outages in that period of 1-4 hours. None in the last 6 months though. I got have

Re: [SLUG] wireless broadband?

2008-07-10 Thread Del
? It probably has a 240v plug pack that plugs into a small round power connector on the back of the bridge unit itself. Can you look at that and tell me what voltage output it is and whether it's AC or DC? Thanx for the info so far, Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] wireless broadband?

2008-07-10 Thread Del
and that gives me text email with no attachments. I'm looking for something I can use inshore, at marinas and the such like and mostly in coverage zones, as well as while travelling (e.g. on a train or vehicle, on-shore). Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] wireless broadband?

2008-07-10 Thread Del
and H/L systems that they mention. Thanks for the info though. Del -- 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] Advice on data transfer over shortwave

2008-06-14 Thread Del
and a Pactor HF modem: http://www.pca.cc/ -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- 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] On buying a colour printer.

2007-12-27 Thread Del
got the 2840 cheap at Grays online and it hasn't missed a beat, either printing, faxing, scanning, or copying. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9966 9476 fax: 02 9906 2864 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] what to backup on CentOS5 / EHEL5?

2007-10-01 Thread Del
running databases). If your machine needs a restore, boot off the DVD, type in the restore command, and come back an hour or so later to a bootable system, just about where you left it. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] SCO delisted from NASDAQ

2007-09-20 Thread Del
. So there's still time to rush out and buy me a whole stack of SCO shares! Yay! -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Software RAID Questions

2007-09-18 Thread Del
into your /etc/init.d files if required. * If that doesn't work, have a think about what is required to restart your RAID array (mdadm man page will help here), and perhaps run that from somewhere like /etc/rc.d/rc.local -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02

Re: [SLUG] [ot] Waterproof case and SBC for hotspot

2007-08-08 Thread Del
, and is normally found in laptops. You could search ebay for a second-hand Panasonic Toughbook, the previous model (CF-29) sells at a reasonable price. Otherwise this is a good supplier and model for something new: http://www.antares.com.au/products/notebooks/itronix_gobook_xr1/index.php -- Del Babel Com

[SLUG] Quantum hard disk wanted

2007-05-25 Thread Del
a pair of any brand, 80 pin SE SCSI disks, around 10K / U160 speed, around 18 - 36GB capacity. eBay hasn't turned anything useful up so far. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] Quantum hard disk wanted

2007-05-25 Thread Del
Can you wack in a new controller just use newer disks? Skinny 1U machine with no free slots and the controller on the motherboard. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] SLUG Bootcamp, this Saturday!

2007-05-18 Thread Del
Peter Hardy wrote: On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 15:45 +1000, Del wrote: I thought about participating with some hands-on fedora directory server stuff but since the aim was mostly to play with desktop apps and not server ones I decided against it. I may drop by during the day, though, and perhaps

Re: [SLUG] SLUG Bootcamp, this Saturday!

2007-05-17 Thread Del
, though, and perhaps I'll save the FDS/Samba talk for another time. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- 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] SLUG Boot Camp

2007-05-06 Thread Del
Linux on, bring it along. Can someone put some more details on the wiki page please? I have a few people I would like to send along but they aren't going to go if the event notice just says Details: TBA. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- SLUG

[SLUG] Re: recommended internet wireless

2007-04-18 Thread Del
that should give 200km coverage out to sea. Not that I'll believe it until I see it, mind you, and Telstra's pricing is still extortionate (although not as extortionate as satellite, and faster than seamail over HF). -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368

Re: [SLUG] AMD based computers.

2007-03-12 Thread Del
more heat dissipation. How does that relate to home PCs? If you're looking at 64 bit then you can expect your average Intel machine to be hotter and noisier than your average AMD machine in the same price/performance range. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax

[SLUG] cage bolts

2007-03-08 Thread Del
I'm after some cage nuts and cage bolts for rackmounting. I need them on Monday, so mail ordering them from Perth isn't really an option. Does anyone know of any shops around Sydney that might have them in stock where they can be bought over the counter? -- Del Babel Com Australia http

Re: [SLUG] OKI 5540

2007-03-02 Thread Del
Alex Samad wrote: Hi Del why not HP_LaserJet_3390, I used it to replace my hp3330 I need colour and I need duplex, and the 3390 doesn't do either. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] Fedora Core repositories

2007-03-02 Thread Del
://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/ /mnt/repo/fedora_core/6/extras Is anyone else having similar probs? Yes, I am, and I'm assuming it's AARNet. I have switched to downloading from the mirror at pacific.net.au, it's much faster and doesn't die on me continually. -- Del Babel Com

[SLUG] odd eth1/ipw2200 problem

2007-03-02 Thread Del
rubbish should be taken out and shot). -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] OKI 5540

2007-02-27 Thread Del
with similar specs that runs OK on Linux? -- Del -- 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] LDAP replication with OpenLDAP

2007-01-18 Thread Del
is the least of your problems. Alternatively I'd suggest you have a look at doing replication using Fedora Directory Server instead of OpenLDAP. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] bash problem - renaming files with their time stamp

2007-01-18 Thread Del
efficient, however. -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- 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] Linux UI decision

2006-11-11 Thread Del
running, and how complex is that (packaged in an install EXE / MSI file, etc, or do I have to create files all over the file system and install a bunch of registry entries by hand)? -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02 9368 0758 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

Re: [SLUG] Web based poll/survey software

2006-11-08 Thread Del
Simon Wong wrote: On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 21:15 +1100, Del wrote: I've used PHPESP in the past and been pretty happy with it. http://www.butterfat.net/wiki/Projects/phpESP/ Thanks, Del. Do you find it's easy for non-technical people to use and setup? Yes, once it's installed. -- Del

Re: [SLUG] Web based poll/survey software

2006-11-07 Thread Del
://www.butterfat.net/wiki/Projects/phpESP/ -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] print image across multiple pages?

2006-08-24 Thread Del
Hi, Does anyone know of a convenient way of printing a large image across multiple pages (on a standard A4 printer)? I've tried the various dialogs in GIMP, etc, and drawn a blank. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] please help, due in tonight

2006-08-18 Thread Del
? Or something else maybe. What does the m.z bit mean? -- Del -- 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] Cross Platform FOSS Project Management Software

2006-07-19 Thread Del
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Hi all, At work we need to get hold of some project mamagement software and would prefer something FOSS and cross platform (ie both *nix and windows clients). http://www.dotproject.net/ -- Del Babel Com Australia http://www.babel.com.au/ ph: 02 9368 0728 fax: 02

Re: [SLUG] Snakes and Rubies?

2006-05-22 Thread Del
://www.osdc.com.au/osdclub/index.html Pity they are already The Open Source Developers' Club, so no room for another one by that name. Peh. Melbourne people. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] those netgear modems

2006-05-20 Thread Del
see how many we have left, and maybe bring them along to a SLUG meeting for people to collect on a first-come first-served basis. -- Del -- 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] Dialup.

2006-05-15 Thread Del
serial routers. They are also free, however they mostly don't work. If you want some or all of them then you are welcome to them. -- Del -- 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] Dialup.

2006-05-15 Thread Del
Michael Fox wrote: On 5/15/06, Del [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unrelated comment except by subject. I have a number, 20 or so, Netcomm RM356 modem/routers. They have a dial-up modem in them, and 4 ethernet ports. They mostly work quite well, but they are dial up. I think you mean Netgear

[SLUG] arrayprobe

2006-05-12 Thread Del
install this on and send me the binary (it should just be a single self contained binary) that'd be good too. Not sure what arcane magic the debian maintainers used to get it to compile but it doesn't work for me on any of the systems I've tried. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing

Re: [SLUG] Hiding LDAP binddn/passwd

2006-04-21 Thread Del
you want to use. That file should be somewhere where nobody else can find it, and where only you can read it, and even then I wouldn't trust it. -- Del -- 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] debian vs FC threads

2006-04-05 Thread Del
. -- Del -- 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] debian vs FC threads

2006-04-05 Thread Del
some of us can hang out and answer the most basic of questions in a non-threatening manner (something that may have to be done on a volunteer or rotation basis). -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

[SLUG] data centers

2006-04-05 Thread Del
of the folks working in the larger data centers involved. A possible new source of SLUG members, and maybe some of the slug regulars might learn a thing or two, even if only off the list archives? I'd be happy to moderate/admin. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] debian vs FC threads

2006-04-05 Thread Del
You're not the last RH user nor sysadmin on the list :) Glad to hear it. :) -- Del -- 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] data centers

2006-04-05 Thread Del
Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Del So (in the interests of improving SLUG) perhaps it's time for a data centers mailing list @slug.org.au I think that's an extremely awkward 'first topic split' for SLUG. It was a tough call to split off the chat list a few years back, but ultimately I think

Re: [SLUG] debian vs FC threads

2006-04-05 Thread Del
meet? -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Re: DEC Storage Works

2006-04-05 Thread Del
played with left a lot to be desired in comparison with the EMC gear. I wouldn't buy one or recommend one to a client, however if one's fallen into your lap it may be a fun toy, and better than a stack of yellow sticky notes from a storage point of view. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

[SLUG] debian vs FC threads (was: presidents report)

2006-04-04 Thread Del
of the other folks could follow the lead there. -- Del -- 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] MySQL in RHEL3 ?

2006-04-02 Thread Del
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Re: [SLUG] Heads Up - troubles with time zones

2006-03-26 Thread Del
as well. So in addition to making the above copy or its equivalent Oh, and here's the good news: http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/am-and-pm-not-ok-when-pcs-exit-aedt/2006/03/24/1143083999500.html -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] Re: [LINK] Re: Heads Up - troubles with time zones

2006-03-25 Thread Del
Craig Sanders wrote: 3. reformat and install debian. you know you want to :-) Can we not start distro flame wars over something as simple as a timezone file? Other than that, that's not a useful response as the problem doesn't appear to be limited to FC4. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] Heads Up - troubles with time zones

2006-03-25 Thread Del
2006 Rumour has it that various Solaris zoneinfo patches aren't correct either. (No doubt there will be some gnashing and wailing in the press about this once people begin to care about it this week). -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] Fedora Core 5

2006-03-21 Thread Del
copies at their stand at LWE as well. -- Del -- 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] Interesting view

2006-03-16 Thread Del
about 5 months ago; all of the users had windows experience and it took about 1 hour each for them to get the hang of KDE. That'd be an interesting case study to make available via OSIA or similar. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

[SLUG] cvs and subversion

2006-03-11 Thread Del
that's open source that does that well, although there are some expensive high-end CM packages that will. -- Del -- 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] Archiving/searching PDF and PS files.

2006-03-10 Thread Del
patches that were slowly being integrated into the main kernel. That might have been done by now, depending on your distro. -- Del -- 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] linux to linux shares

2006-02-16 Thread Del
systems only, NFS is better. That's not to imply it's better everywhere. -- Del -- 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] Project managment software

2006-02-16 Thread Del
proj. mgmt. http://www.dotproject.net/ It works as a back end for Eventum as well which is quite a good issue management / tracking tool. -- Del -- 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] SQL Query...

2006-02-12 Thread Del
Terry Denovan wrote: Hi Sluggers, I am trying to write an SQL Statement and require some help. There is now a MySQL users' group in Sydney: http://mysql.meetup.com/142/ It has a notice board and Arjen is about to set up a mailing list for it so perhaps you can join up there. -- Del -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] SQL Query...

2006-02-12 Thread Del
) which is a very odd email address. -- Del -- 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] Fedora vs RH Enterprise - consultants advising to change

2006-01-25 Thread Del
distributions, no questions asked. No people-savvy consultant would recommend Debian, or RHEL, or Tao, or White Box, or Fedora, without having a serious look at your needs and requirements first. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] Re: pentium M series

2005-12-25 Thread Del
of you: Have you ever kissed a girl? -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

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