[SLUG] XCDroast user privileges

xcdroast keeps asking for root password. If I enable other users in the preferences and save the prefs it still asks for root password. Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Connecting a Mac to a Linux box masquerading a ppp0 connection

I want to set up the old Mac PPC to access the internet (dial-up) through the Linux box. Where do I start reading? Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] slocal, presort and .maildelivery

#=== subject [SLUG] + ? Slug subject [SPAM] + ? Spam default - + ? inbox What have I missed? Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo

[SLUG] GDM/X corruption issue

the connection and mount my Novell volumes after the boot sequence and when GDM has displayed then my display is well behaved. What should I be looking for in my boot sequence that might create this problem? -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher Pascoe Vale

[SLUG] Gnuplot/Windowmaker weirdness

not Gnome. So I deleted xscreensaver from wm's autostart file (the most recent change) and it was fixed. Any ideas, this one's weird. Both recent versions on RH8 Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Nautilus and file types in RedHat 8.0

files and added application/x-tga tga to one and application/x-tga;/usr/bin/gimp %s to the other. This does not change Nautilus' behaviour. I am not familiar with mime-type naming conventions but this seemed consistent with other entries. Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http

Re: [SLUG] apt-rpm and some weirdness

I had the same problem. Have you checked /etc/apt/apt.conf for your proxy settings if you are behind a firewall? There is a sample in /usr/share/doc/apt-/examples Laurie On 06 Aug 2003 22:02:18 +1000 Ramon Buckland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Helping out someone who has Redhat and has

[SLUG] Spamassin hogging disk

When I download my mail via fetchmail/procmail spamassassin chokes my system (lose mouse, keyboard input takes over a minute to respond etc). It records lots of PIDs when I run top. Yesterday it did this for 15 minutes. How can I prevent this? -- Laurie Savage

Re: [SLUG] xmms problems with multiple users

and chowned :audio /dev/dsp. Still no luck. Have removed/reinstalled xmms hoping that there might have been a conflict with later installations of mplayer and Xine. Still no luck. Laurie On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Chris Deigan wrote: Laurie Savage wrote: xmms works perfectly for root and user 1. Users 2, 3

[SLUG] xmms problems with multiple users

xmms works perfectly for root and user 1. Users 2, 3, 4 on the same machine cannot use it. Error message mixer being used by another applcation, check permissions ... /dev/mixer is u+rw user1:root I tried changing the permissions to a+rw (yes i know but the machine is normally off line) but

Re: [SLUG] Statement of Attainment in Linux

composition, Video Editing, Flash, etc? Not sure if it would fit in 72 hours though.. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher Pascoe Vale Girls' College

Re: [SLUG] SGML pretty printers/formatters

I know that Lyx (a GUI document processor/front end to latex) has a DocBook template and style. I don't know if that helps you! Laurie On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Sonia Hamilton wrote: I'm starting to write my documention in DocBook SGML. Are there any tools that format/layout my SGML? I don't

Re: [SLUG] RE: Ron's Mandrake install probs.

I agree with Jeff - Shouldn't you be able to log into a /home partition from another machine/distro and read your files? It seems there needs to be a standardisation of uids/gids across distros. The aim is to be mainstream isn't it? Because if it isn't then Gawd help us 5-10-20 years downstream

Re: [SLUG] This slipped through the SLUG mail

Sorry, I wasn't sure about the correct procedure here. You should not have received any binary stuff though, I sent a text copy of the raw email and deleted the pif file. Laurie On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Laurie Savage This nasty little piece slipped through

[SLUG] (?) X, ipx confilcts IBM R31 Thinkpad

stable), Gnome 2 with current upgrades from RHN. -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher Pascoe Vale Girls' College Pascoe Vale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

Re: [SLUG] RE: Ron's Mandrake install probs.

and Redhat releases for a while untilI I settled withRedhat 8. -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher Pascoe Vale Girls' College Pascoe Vale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA On 2003-07-17 23:33:16 + mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I

Re: [SLUG] RE: Ron's Mandrake install probs.

in the same sequence during each successive installation, but this requires good record keeping! -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher Pascoe Vale Girls' College Pascoe Vale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA releases for a while untilI I

[SLUG] This slipped through the SLUG mail

This nasty little piece slipped through the mailing list. I assume others have received it but here is the raw text for those who know how to respond. I have snipped the binary. Laurie Savage From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 17 10:38:12 2003 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from

Re: [SLUG] Take 1.5 hrs to learn why linux sucks.

Neast Pty Ltd wrote: Seems to me it may be a course on FUD techniques, launched against an intelligent audience these are unlikely to be successful, take for instance the Peruvian situation, I wonder if the originator of this subject is cognisant of it, or if he understands this email.

Re: [SLUG] Few Questions

Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Phillipus, 1. the address for default webmin is... https://localhost:1 notice the https Ben (Don't know the answers to 2 3.) Later versions of webmin are addresses http:// not https:// Laurie -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

[SLUG] GIMP, Gnome 2 and .xsessions-error bloat

Running RedHat 8 with Gnome 2 and Gimp 1.2.3 When Gimp crashes/freezes (which is more often than I like) it produces an .xsession-error file that fills the available space on /home/~. I cannot open the file - too large for emacs or vim. I have googled but have not found anything that helps me.

Re: [SLUG] GIMP, Gnome 2 and .xsessions-error bloat

Thanks, I'll start gimp via a script. Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Laurie Savage When Gimp crashes/freezes (which is more often than I like) it produces an .xsession-error file that fills the available space on /home/~. I cannot open the file - too large for emacs or vim. I have googled

Re: [SLUG] Take 1.5 hrs to learn why linux sucks. ;)

Reminds me of the sort of training creationist evangelists go through rather doing the hard yards behind a microscope or in the field! Laurie Jon Biddell wrote: It's all one HUGE flash animation which you can't save Although I should have screen dumps finished later today... -=

Re: [SLUG] latex gnuplot missing colour

fig' then manipulte the image in xfig and export as eps. Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Gimp Question.

equivalent, is there an automated way, or are you forced to go back to doing things manually? TIA Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher Pascoe Vale

Re: [SLUG] Openoffice Templates

Try ooextras.sourceforge.net On 15 Jun 2003, Kevin Saenz wrote: Hi all just wondering where can I find some openoffice templates to create presentations and pamphlets (preferred pamphlets that can/allow a4 to be folded into 3) -- Laurie Savage Physics

Re: [SLUG] Linux in a Laptop.

some good info on running linux on thinkpads at www.linux-thinkpad.org. They've got a mailing list too and from memory most of the issues with the t30 (sound graphics etc.) are covered on that list. __ -- Laurie Savage

Re: [SLUG] WORD (.doc) to PDF under Linux

that will run a WORD-PDF conversion nightly so PDF files can be available from a website. Matt -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher Pascoe Vale Girls' College Pascoe Vale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

[SLUG] MozillaMail problems mostly solved

Contacting pop3 server has been solved by removing ~/.mozilla/../../prefs.js and letting Mozilla Mail rebuild it. Still unable to access local /var/mail/user. As I want to use fetchmail-spamassassin this is a hassle. -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher

[SLUG] Using sendmail as transport from Mozilla

this message out of my machine from PINE. -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher Pascoe Vale Girls' College Pascoe Vale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

Re: [SLUG] Using sendmail as transport from Mozilla

book and nothing talks to Evolution's. On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Laurie Savage wrote: I want to set up Mozilla to use my local sendmail to send and read mail in my local mailbox which is filled by fetchmail. The second seems do-able there is a HowIDidIt at mozilla.dev. I tried defining localhost

Re: [SLUG] DHCP/LAN problem: can ping IP cannot ping Hostname

line in its own /etc/hosts. Any feedback on setting up laptops to talk to various servers would be appreciated. -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher Pascoe Vale Girls' College Pascoe Vale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA -- SLUG - Sydney

[SLUG] DHCP/LAN problem: can ping IP cannot ping Hostname

These files swap depending on the host server. The hosts file on the client does not contain 192.168.1.1 blackbox.home because Gnome and OpenOffice complained. Blackbox's dhcpd.conf contains the option host-name blackbox.home; help - all I want to do is use the CUPS printer at home! Laurie

Re: [SLUG] DHCP/LAN problem: can ping IP cannot ping Hostname

On Fri, 30 May 2003, Tom Massey wrote: * Laurie Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-05-30 13:14]: resolv.conf on the client contains these lines search blackbox.home nameserver 192.168.1.1 Do you have a DNS server running on 192.168.1.1? Not sure, the resolv.conf was created

[SLUG] Enabling users to write to vfat partition

/win98 vfatdefaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98 vfat rw,auto,exec,user 0 0 Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Gnome config problem

this? Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Can not initialise the Ximian Evolution shell

After downloading Evolution and all its deps via Red Carpet I get the message above and the following evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase on wombat: (IDL:OAF/GeneralError:1.0) Fixes anybody? laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] Can not initialise the Ximian Evolution shell

I found the answer on Google. What should I read to understand Gnome's environment variables? Laurie Savage wrote: After downloading Evolution and all its deps via Red Carpet I get the message above and the following evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase

Re: [SLUG] Can not initialise the Ximian Evolution shell

I found http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution-hackers/2001-January/001516.html But now that I've looked closely I'm not sure what to do with the information! It talks about GNOME_Evolution*.oafinfo files being in the $GNOME_PATH but I can't find any of these files on my system using

[SLUG] Netscape 6 and RedHat 7.2

MOZ_PROGRAM=/usr/local/netscape/mozilla-bin MOZ_TOOLKIT= moz_debug=0 moz_debugger= Running RedHat 7.1 with Ximian Gnome 1.4. Mozilla 0.9.2 works but the updated 0.9.5 does not either (/usr/share/mozilla - supplied with Ximian RedCarpet update) -- Laurie Savage

[SLUG] Using sendmail with bigpond isp

] there etc, etc SMTP server is mail.bigpond.com Using fetchmail for POP3 downloads - no problems thanks to fetchmailconf! POP3 server is mail.bigpond.com Postfix is much easier! -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High School Orange, NSW, Australia

[SLUG] Mysterious busy-ness with Windows Internet + Evolution/Mozilla/Ximian woes

I'm sorry don't flame me! My kids still use Windows on the Net. I notice the line seems incredibly busy even when no obvious user caused transactions are occurring. Any ideas how I can monitor what's happening? This doesn't happen with Linux! Ah me, so you noticed the headers were from Outlook.

Re: [SLUG] NOW audio software for Linux

A Windows app called Slowgold will sample a section of music from a CD, buffer it and replay it at about 50% with no decrease in Pitch. Perfect for studying style and transcribing solos. Laurie Broun, Bevan wrote: Any one seen any music transcription software for Linux - I'm hunting now.

[SLUG] RedHat 7.1 will close halt gracefully

in this runlevel. Does not power dowwn the machine. I have to power off manually. When I restart the disks are in a mess.. This is the first Linux I've installed that has done this. -- Laurie Savage Many say it was a mistake to come out

[SLUG] Compltetly OT -el Presidente, perfect pitch and boids

Conrad, Never wish for perfect pitch, one day you'll be doing an acoustic gig in a pub and the piano will be ALMOST a complete semitone out! -- Laurie Savage == If Coltrane hadn't have existed it would have been necessary for us

[SLUG] Gnome PPP and KPPP

On my system KPPP works, Gnome PPP dialer fails on attempting to dial. I have read the help file and have created an empty /etc/ppp/options with 644 permissions. -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High School Orange, NSW, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] Email client recommendations

and discovered the use of the BCC field to hide addresses. -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High School Orange, NSW, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Email client recommendations

On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Steven Blunt wrote: : :You can set up a local SMTP server which will hold mail until you next :connect to the net. I'm fairly sure sendmail does this by default. : How do I do this? What server do I stipulate in the SMTP field? -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High

[SLUG] Email client recommendations

? PLz, not Mutt or Pine - I'd have a divorce on my hands! -- Laurie Savage (Using Pine) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] I finally got fed up enough to write this diatribe

will happen. At least with Macs once they're set up your average sysadmin doesn't need to do anything! :) -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High School Orange, NSW, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

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

be downloaded :on to the main workstation(windose :-( ). But also be able to send :some mail as well. : :I know in netscape you used to be able to set Keep on Server but :I don't want to download it if it does not have it. : :Or should I use fetchmail + balsa etc instead. : :Grant : : -- Laurie Savage

Re: [SLUG] I finally got fed up enough to write this diatribe

and advocate it I think this is a safe forum for in-house whingeing. I probably should have posted to the other list. On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Mike Holland wrote: :On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Laurie Savage wrote: : : The problem as I see it is that we tend to sound like Nerdy entusiasts (ok : we are nerdy

Re: [SLUG] Netscape Windowmaker problem

created called in you hidden .netscape directory called : lock When Netscape crashes on me I have to manually delete it. If it is still : :Redhat and mandrake at least, use awrapper script for netscape that :deletes stale locks, among other things. You may wish to use it. : : -- Laurie Savage Earth

[SLUG] File size exceeded message from su -c

What does the message file size exceeded mean when I try to su? I hadn't got as far as doing anything to a file and still have 0.5 Gb free on /home -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High School Orange, NSW, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] File size exceeded message from su -c

Only 28% usage on /var! On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Grant Byers wrote: : :How about the disk space on /var ? :/var/run/utmp and /var/log/wtmp would be updated on an su : :Cheers, :Grant : -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High School Orange, NSW, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group

Re: [SLUG] Netscape Windowmaker problem

The lock file does not exist. Netscape is freezing randomly for this user and no others on the same same machine. Thanks Laurie On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Michael Lake wrote: :Laurie Savage wrote: : I'm puzzled, three users on one machine each use WindowMaker and : Netscape 4.77. User 1 has trouble

[SLUG] Netscape Windowmaker problem

. Is there a file lurking somewhere I should delete or rename? -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High School Orange, NSW, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Late night Latex question

as I would like (the circle is a bit big). The circle used in the :\textcelsius{} command (in the package textcomp) is more what I am after... : :TIA : :Stephen : : -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High School Orange, NSW, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] Replacing Windows!

. :Jonathan Kelly. : : :-- :SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ :More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug : -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High School Orange, NSW, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More

Re: [SLUG] Re: Check this out

you really think for a moment the incumbent is any better? : :-- : :David : : : : -- Laurie Savage Earth Science @ Orange High School Orange, NSW, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Network printing with CUPS

I have a lab with seven LInux boxes hanging off the school's NT server. Six of the boxes share a hub which connects to the NT server, the seventh connects directly to the NT server. NIS/NFS/ is served by one of the six on the hub - this is working perfectly for all seven boxes. CUPS is served by

[SLUG] Sharing a CDROM via NFS

I have included the line /mnt/cdrom box7(ro) in my exports file (box1) and copied the line containing /mnt/cdrom in box7's fstab file and edited it to read box1:/mnt/cdrom /mntcdrom nfs fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 is this right? It isn't working! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group

[SLUG] Unable to export /mnt/cdrom via NFS

.orangehssleepy box2 10.12.177.174 box3.g3.orangehssneezy box3 10.12.177.176 box4.g3.orangehsgrumpy box4 10.12.177.172 box5.g3.orangehshappy box5 10.12.177.178 box7.g3.orangehsbashful box7 Cheers, Laurie Savage science @ orange high school -- Laurie Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED

[SLUG] Setting Netscape preferences globally

for the proxy, homepage, fonts, colurs etc. I tried a copy and paste from my ~/.netscape/preferences.js to /usr/lib/netscape/preferences.js but the settings didn't transfer themselves to a test new user. Laurie Savage science @ orange high school BTW I'm using Evolution, it doesn't seem to have

[SLUG] Linux in a classroom - part 2!

with the useradd -p switch. I assume it interprets the text following -p as crypt(password). I had a look at man crypt but don't understand it. Any clues? Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Problems with useradd -p switch

on the fact that I cannot bind to my NIS server, but can use NFS? Cheers, Laurie Savage Orange High School -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Club management/membership software

or OS/2 bundled equivalents. -- Laurie Savage orange jazz club -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] 2.4.3 kernel compilation problem

section, doesn't work label=linux-2.4.3 root=/dev/hda5 append= ide1=autotune ide0=autotune vga=788 read-only What have I done wrong?! -- Laurie Savage earth science @ orange high school -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More

[SLUG] Midi problems with Mandrake 7.2

I can't get Kmidi, Kmid or Timidity to do anything. ESS-solo 1938 card that works happily in Window$. I have sound in Linux, CD player and Xmms work. Any ideas? -- Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo

Re: [SLUG] Linux Geeks Printing

printer are just not good enough. Laurie Savage earth science @ orange high school == Many say it was a mistake to come down from the trees, some say the move out of the oceans was a bad idea. Me, I say the stiffening