Re: [SLUG] Internet at 500m

The old Pringles\milo tin antenna/yagi may do the trick.I know people had some interesting results, although unimpeded line of sight will be needed. On Friday, 23 May 2014, Rick Welykochy r...@vitendo.ca wrote: Hi Sluggers, I have a friend living in near jungle conditions in a small

Re: [SLUG] Internet at 500m

The high gain antenna would work, just feed it with some decent coax so there actually is some signal. LMR400 or similar. J. On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Ken Foskey kfos...@tpg.com.au wrote: There is a reflector that uses tin foil and catdboard to focus the signal. Uses a hyperbola

Re: [SLUG] Reuse or Recycle Your Old Computer

Your old computer uses much more energy than a new one. Powering the beast creates much more CO2 than the new ones and save the environment (sic) causes much more harm than binning it (hopefully decently) Prove it. Please include the carbon cost of the new machine, shipping etc, while you are

Re: [SLUG] Reuse or Recycle Your Old Computer

On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:29 PM, James Linder j...@tigger.ws wrote: On 3 Feb 2014, at 10:48 am, Jason Ball ja...@ball.net wrote: Your old computer uses much more energy than a new one. Powering the beast creates much more CO2 than the new ones and save the environment (sic) causes much

Re: [SLUG] Red Hat Clustering with GFS2

+1 Sent from Stewie's iPhone 5 On 31/07/2013, at 9:01 PM, miloska milo...@gmail.com wrote: I was at the same place (ie I thought it's my fault), than moved to glusterfs. YMMV On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:02 PM, David Bomba turbo...@gmail.com wrote: What is the application? Are you

Re: [SLUG] Red Hat Clustering with GFS2

was syncing a lot of files, it would hang and the cman process would go into zombie state. I then tried ocfs2, but again getting the same problems as with gfs2. Finally, got the Debian's working with glusterfs. Happy with the result so far. Cheers, Jason Firmino Sent from Stewie's iPhone 5 On 31

Re: [SLUG] WAS: 20 years of using Linux at home NOW: Book - 20 years of Linux

If you really want the early days you need to talk to a few people who may no longer on this list. Jamie Honan comes to mind. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Marghanita da Cruz marghan...@ramin.com.au wrote: OK, I have had a first bash at SLUG - the Book:

Re: [SLUG] Cool New Terminal Emulator for a modern look in Linux (David Lyon)

Welcome to the world of Enlightenment ;) I'm actually surprised it's still going after all these years! On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:57 PM, James Linder j...@tigger.ws wrote: On 05/04/2013, at 9:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: I was really happy with my terminal-shell until I

[SLUG] Question: I gave a lightning talk 1 or 2 months ago. Are these still being posted, downloadable?

Question: I gave a lightning talk 1 or 2 months ago. Are these still being posted, downloadable? -- 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] Managing software across a cluster

Oddly I actually boot a large cluster off a diskless image, with a local HD for file caching/work space. The boot image is relatively small (500MB). Yes this uses a little ram for the root file system on the 'diskless' node, but provides a single point of change and a reboot to update the

Re: [SLUG] High System CPU usage and finding culprit

, but enabled on Centos 6. Cheers Jason. On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Michael Fox micha...@heimic.net wrote: In which case, enable sysstat on centos if it's not already. will help moving forward.. On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Grant Street gra...@al.com.au wrote: 16 core, 12-24G

Re: [SLUG] High System CPU usage and finding culprit

my solution appears to have fixed the problems I was seeing for a little over a week now. As such - reported to Centos for fixing... http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5716 Cheers J. On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Jason Ball ja...@ball.net wrote: I've seen a similar problem that took

Re: [SLUG] Performance Tuning

avoid transiting large backups over firewalls and routers. 802.1q tagging is really useful here (vlan trunking). Not always avoidable but can make a considerable difference. Cheers Jason. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

Not wishing to start an OS war, but I rarely if ever have seen a BSD or Sun box compromised. Is this due to sheer numbers of Linux and Doze? More than likely. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

[SLUG] Re: [wellylug] /dev/mouse /dev/dsp missing !

add those modules to your /etc/modules file so they are loaded on next boot. Hope that helps. -Jason I'd welcome any constructive advice.Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED]-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux)iD8DBQFDT2yk18X1Fk5VORARAt1wAJ4nx0AR9

[SLUG] Unwired for Broadband ?

with linux. Jason -- 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] Unwired for Broadband ?

because of the negative comment I heard. Based on some comments I got at work about the service, it seems like I will go with Unwired (or IBurst through Ozemail). Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

[SLUG] Linux and Mobile Phones

a device driver for it. Anybody know where to begin ? Seems like an interesting project for me to have a stab at. Jason -- 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 and Mobile Phones

What I really wanted was USB support. I don't have a bluetooth enabled computer to connect to. Jason On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 21:04:32 +1000, O Plameras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stuart Guthrie wrote: Are you using bluetooth? KBluetooth works well with P800's yours is newer so probably even

[SLUG] MythTv channel config

Hi all, Anybody got the channel settings for digital tv in sydney ? Or better yet, mythtv setup with channels for digital tv in sydney and the appropriate mysql table ? Or even just where to find them ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription

[SLUG] Ubuntu problem ... sortof

libswt to work and that it cannot find this dependency. Again I presumeI just have to find the right deb archive, but is there any central list of different deb sources ? This seems like a lot of work for something that works out of the box, Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu problem ... sortof

You're trying to install proprietary software that doesn't come in the box... Blackdown Java is proprietary software ? Besides which, Azeurus and a lot of stuff written in Java is not proprietary software at all. I'll give you the error messages this evening when I get home. Jason -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu problem ... sortof

. Is there some offical place I should be sending this to, rather than cluttering up the slug list with it ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Taking the Ubuntu Plunge ...

for setting up things like NFS and Samba ? 4. Do you have to fight with the system to install hand rolled software and the like ? It seems like you might based on the demo Jeff gave, but maybe not. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read this. I'm keen to give ubuntu a go. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Taking the Ubuntu Plunge ...

want mythtv to work. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: linux.conf.au [Was: [SLUG] Taking the Ubuntu Plunge ...]

Like as in cloaca (or a bird's arse) {:-) Thats still got to be better than the Commitee for the Liberation and Intergration of Terrofying Organisms and there Rehabilitation Into Socitey. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs

[SLUG] Slug Tonight and Dell Laptop Configuration ?

, Jason -- 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: DVB Card Advice

I ended up going with a DVICO FusionHDTV card from EYO (for $198) after I found that a helpful student in queensland had written the drivers and posted the instructions for using them on his website. http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~chrisp/DVICO-Linux/ Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing

[SLUG] DVB Card Advice

is know to work ? Jason -- 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] MythTV vs Freevo

Ok so which capture cards do people recommend ? I've got MythTV running but my old TV tuner cards seems to have died somewhere along the way. I was interested in getting a DVB card, what works well with linux and what sort of prices have people seen around the place ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney

[SLUG] MythTV vs Freevo

So what have people tried and what was there experience with these things ? Any recommendations ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Mplayer/Totem crashes ?

it ? It is bizarre as it doesn't always crash like this ... any ideas, i'm confused. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] ATI Radeon, Video Out and MythTv

are a problem, but I don't need video recording (I have a VCR after all) just video out for DVD and movie files. Does the ATI video out stuff work well Does it work with Myth TV ? Does anybody have experience with this ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] ATI Radeon, Video Out and MythTv

Thank you Jan, I'll check the binary only drivers out then. Jason -- 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] Which fs is best ...

it would take a while, but this is ridiculous. Jason On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:03:01 +1000, Lindsay Holmwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:13:37 +1000 Felix Sheldon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read about JFS when SCO was claiming ownership of it. If I was going to go to all

[SLUG] Which fs is best ...

Which linux file system is best for storing large files (Big MPEG and AVI files specifically) ? I'm guessing ext2/3 is not the best choice, but I don't really know which to choose from Reiser, XFS or JFS. What are peoples experiences with such things ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] Which fs is best ...

JFS has been pretty good for me, and I'm guessing that it's more unlikely to eat all my data than a fancy bleeding-edge filesystem. Good large file performance ? What exactly did you like about it ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription

[SLUG] Linux media player ...

xmms with mplayer support, but it is a bit clunky. 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. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

[SLUG] Problem with speex files from linux.conf.au

. Anybody know what is wrong ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Linux,Laptops and Suspension

but requires patching the kernel (not really a problem just a pain as the laptop is a little slow, so I would prefer not to do it unless it is known to be a good option). What do other people use ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

[SLUG] Code Sample Suggestion

. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] 3com network card support in 2.4 kernel

where the option is ? I looked in the PCMCIA drivers and in the Network drivers to no avail. Jason -- 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] Video card info

Eh? 1B = 8 bits. Or have video card makers now started screwing the public over by counting thei video memory in bits? I hope HDD manufacturers never catch on to this trick (like redefining a gig as 1 billion bytes, so their hard drives look bigger). That has been the case for a number of

FW: [SLUG] Interbase

disabled. I am running Red Hat 7.3 as a server, the other thing i am wanting to know is can anyone tell me if it can be cross platformed with Windows. Interbase on a windows machine can communicate with Interbase on Linux. Cheers Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au

[SLUG] Interbase

I am looking at installing Interbase, i seem to have a script that start it as a service on boot up, although it i try to stop the service once started it says that the service is not recognised.. I have checked the log and is says it cant connect to the host, i have also tried with the Firewall

[SLUG] linux mp3 player/jukebox for large collections

that people are using that fit the bill for what I need, its fairly annoying to know that large portions of my collection are virtually inaccessible due to the sheer number of mp3's! Cheers Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo

Re: [SLUG] UTS Bachelor of Information Technology

for IT. Think hard about your decision, this isn't just a clear cut case of a win-win situation, there are costs involved. Jason. Brenton Fletcher wrote: Hi folks, Does anyone have an opinion on the UTS Bachelor of Information Technology? It is a totally scholarshiped course that you can transfer

Re: [SLUG] NTFS resizing without partition magic

Give this a go.. http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfsresize.html I haven't tried it as yet, but plan to in about a week's time.. Jason Kevin Saenz wrote: Hi all, I am after a tool that will allow me to resize an NTFS partition with out loosing data. I am trying to get Linux and XP

Re: [SLUG] mysterious Linux kernel crashes

! jason Danny Yee wrote: I have a Linux server that's been crashing (ir)regularly for more than a year now, and I'm at my wits end to work out what's causing it. The symptoms: every so often (uptimes range from half a day to twenty days) the server crashes, hard - no response to ping, no response

[SLUG] Connecting external Modem

and the /dev/ttyS0 isn't detected. Can anyone advise what the best procedure is to make connection to the modem and establish communication. The external modem I connected was a US Robotics 56k voice/fax. Thanks in advance. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

[SLUG] Weird php apache problem

, i've been trying for a couple of days, has anybody seen as thing like this before ?? Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

Re: [SLUG] size mismatch when apt-getting

Katchaturian's Violin Concerto at the moment. What utter shit. Oh. you prefer the Katchaturian Violin Concerto Dance/Rap Mix ? (duck) regards, -jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] size mismatch when apt-getting

know where it pulled from, but it can't have been somewhere fast. (saens? auric?). hmm. was this in the past, upto the present ? always ? -jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] size mismatch when apt-getting

, affecting timestamps etc. regards, -jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] grep help

jobs. Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Perl Help

(and then forked into the back ground) so it starts out running as root, so changing to another user isn't a problem (probably a good idea even, but perl doesn't seem to have a setuid function ? Have i missed something obvious here ? Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even

Re: [SLUG] Perl Help

to this, but the users dont directly supply any input, and it wasn't my call. Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

[SLUG] grep help

are contained in the lines of the other. Is this possible with grep's -f option ? Is there a better solution ? Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More

Re: [SLUG] grep help

As a sometime student I have to take offense at this! As a student myself I never realised how difficult it can be to mark assignments where students dont follow the spec. I guess I just have a better appreciation of it now. Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect

Re: [SLUG] Has anyone had any experience with Mondo HD backup ?

it works nicely for complete system backups. I guess i shouldn't have tried anything tricky Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

[SLUG] Magic TV Cards

the disk ,so I am able to set the thing up and running ? Hmmm ... how flamed will I get for this post I wonder ? Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

[SLUG] XTerminals update

specific model information RSN. Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] XTerminal Update

Ok, now that I know there is interest I will work out how me can geta hold of them. They will probably need to be picked up from macquaire university. I will get back to you all when I have some more details. Hopefully tomorrow. Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you

[SLUG] Free Xterminals

Hi all, I have an opportunity to get a hold of 40 or so free tektronics xtermials. Would people be interested in any of them ? Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing

[SLUG] Xterminal More info

I'm not sure of the exact model of the tektronics xterms. However, the do not come with monitors, they have a rj45 connector (maybe a coax as well). I will endevour to get exact model. Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law

[SLUG] Video file conversion

Hi all, I have a collection of divx encoded avi files that i need converted to mpg 1 or 2. Can anybody suggest a linux tool to do this ? I had a look at the mjpeg tools but I'm not sure they do this. Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take

Re: [SLUG] Video file conversion

written anything vaguely approaching a manual at this point ? The stuff on the web page wasn't very complete Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http

[SLUG] Suspect Claims Al Qaeda Hacked Microsoft

, a New Delhi information systems and telecommunication consultant. But the real question is, who would notice ? Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http

[SLUG] Internet Banking

Seeing as internet banking has yet come up again i thought that i would mention that suncorp metway's internet banking works flawlessly with linux. I've tried it in netscape 4, galeon, mozilla (these are kinda the same) and opera all with no problems at all. Yay suncorp metway Jason

[SLUG] ssh weirdness

and ssh doesn't answer in time ? Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] ssh weirdness

What's the output if you use ssh -v (for verbose output) rather than ssh in each case? Just the normal verbose ssh conenction when it works. When it doesn't it says connection closed after it gets to connection established and dies. I think, its not doing it at the moment. Jason

Re: [SLUG] MCP Certifications Employability

out there with similar attitudes. Why is this ? Would a large part stem from the large number of paper only MCP's and MCSE's ? Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] nmap

could be so wrong here), the sequences numbers are used track incoming and out going packets. Why the sequence should be random is that it makes it harder to spoof packets, as you cant guess what the next correct packet should be. I think, i 'm sure if i'm wrong i'll be corrected. Jason

Re: [SLUG] X irritations

Would it help if you could disable scrolling of the virtual desktop? Otherwise, your solution is to start a second X-server X :1 on another virtual terminal. Thats also good for old games that want 8-bit mode graphics. Yes an unscrollable virtual terminal would be just as good. Jason

[SLUG] X irritations

of the screen ? A number of windows games end up running under wine, but keep scrolling off into the window manager. Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] Executing M$ / Macs Apps remotely

Win4Lin 2.0 to 3.0 to run a 2.4 kernel for example. Think 3.0 is something like $150? $149 from anthony. I was looking at it for a friend today. Somehow its $80 US dollars to download a copy ? Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law

Re: [SLUG] Telstra ADSL - Quick Query

of course being that it is a business plan :(, and telstra for all there problems is roughly half this price for 3gb limit, even if it does go up and downa bit and is dogily billed, it is still 3gb. Jason -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's

Re: [SLUG] Sending images (eg JPEG) to a web browser [OT]

back from network to host byte order (assuming there different) then this would probably much everyuthing up. Or perhaps i dont knwo what the hell i'm talking about. Both are possibilites. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

a bunch of textbooks on your own time, where else you pick this sort of stuff up. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

the mac uni computing science department to be really good (although i'm kind of biased as i study there and work for them). I've found the course to be excellent, and very flexible as well. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

live locally, i've yet to meet a UNSW student who didn't complain about getting there. Macquarie is good if you have a car (or live on the appropriate bus routes). Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Randall and Perl stuff

Hi all, I guess i missed the post earlier in the week. What is happening with randall schwartz appearing at a special slug meeting tonight ? I checked the web page but there was nothing up. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

[SLUG] Pam and mod_auth_pam problems

and mod_auth_pam as enabled. when i try to authenicate it simply fails, and i get syslog message to that effect. I tried pam_permit.so and that wouldn't let me log in successfully either. Anybody got any ideas ?? I'm running redhat 7.1 btw Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] Pam and mod_auth_pam problems

On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:48:29PM +1000, Jason Rennie wrote: I've been playing around with mod_auth_pam for apache, and i cant seem to get it to work. auth required /lib/security/pam_unix.so debug I've never used mod_auth_pam (reads, I don't know what I'm talking about), but I

[SLUG] changing Xwindows default WM ?

G'day All, Can anyone point me in the direction on how to change the Windows Manager when I type startx ? I have applied the Xfree86 v4.0.2 patch, and now all I get are 2 graphical consoles (I think it's called 'xwm'?). I wish to go back to the lovely 'gnome'. TA!! Jason Ward

Re: [SLUG] mp32wav

I am sure there is a simple way to do this, just as there is for ripping a CD to mp3s. xmms has an output to wave option. Instead of to the speakers. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Hmmm ... I asked the wrong Question ...

xman :) Have i missed anything ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

RE: [SLUG] Hmmm ... I asked the wrong Question ...

g winblows, and who think unix is this funny scary thing that they only need to use to submit assignments. So we are trying to re-educate as well as teach. Also it is worth noting this is 1 50 minute talk not a whole course. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/

Re: [SLUG] Hmmm ... I asked the wrong Question ...

Since you'll be talking to comp.sci. students, how about telling them about the different programming language tools that are available, and how much they cost? ;) Now there is somthing i forgot. It will also make a nice tail into my SLUG installfest plug. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

[SLUG] Sound Card Question

for these cards ?? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Email Programs

also ask the galeon guys for a windows port. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] BASH scripting help needed

think it still is not 100% Note: (I need to do this as a BASH shell script), I know a few of you Perl guru's may be disapointed, but that's just the way it is...this time anywho :-). Thanks for you time!! Jason Ward

Re: [SLUG] SCSI Card recommendations?

the other day. Once i figured out which driver to use everything ran swimmingly from there. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] That somewhat theoretical problem.

one of those languages in stead ? I can recommend an excellent book on learning C++ properly, provided you have a little experience with the basic ideas of programming and dont mind reading. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] That somewhat theoretical problem.

conditions is probably ok, but I'm not willing to risk life or limb to defend that assertion. I guess i'm a sloppy programmer then, i stick exit()'s in code when I have some nasty fail error, sinply becasue it is easy to see where it was up to, and the exits live with the broken peice of code

Re: [SLUG] Anyone heard of this? (Redmond Linux)

to linux. I heavn't used it but this is what i gathered from the web site. Kind of like corel linux i think in approach, and intended market. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] $0.02 worth

... But they coule demand that the linux world attempted to prevent 'piracy' of there software. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] $0.02 worth

At 08:00 AM 17/02/01 +1100, Jason Rennie wrote: Actaully one line of attack, might be to make warranty on software an enforceable thing. What an interesting concept - Microsoft being FORCED to provide support for their buggy shit, instead of their normal tactic. I am familair with how

Re: [SLUG] $0.02 worth

it be legally enforcable ? Possibly nothing a big dump truck full of money and some clue less politicans couldn;t arrange. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] $0.02 worth

to provide some sort of warranty. Still, I think if M$ tried this they would be getting trul;y desperate. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

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