Re: [SLUG] problem with wireless

2005-07-11 Thread Simon Wong
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 10:44 +1000, David wrote: From a fresh install of Ubuntu Hoary, specifying wireless for my net connection, wireless fails to connect. Signal is NOT a problem. You should make sure that you have the required kernel module in /etc/modules so that it is loaded at boot time.

Re: [SLUG] problem with wireless

2005-07-11 Thread David
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 01:00:26PM +1000, Visser, Martin wrote: David, The interfaces that Ubuntu tries to bring up at boot time is determined basically by the contents of /etc/network/interfaces. (This is configured by the network GUI tool) You might want to man interfaces and ifup to

Re: [SLUG] problem with wireless

2005-07-11 Thread David
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 04:52:14PM +1000, Simon Wong wrote: On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 10:44 +1000, David wrote: From a fresh install of Ubuntu Hoary, specifying wireless for my net connection, wireless fails to connect. Signal is NOT a problem. You should make sure that you have the required

Re: [SLUG] Telstra ADSL bridge mode on Linux

2005-07-11 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:41, Peter Rundle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I actually want the IP available to the Linux box so that I can do cool and groovy network thinks like Masquerade, proxy, reverse proxy etc. I could let the Modem hold the IP but then it's not available to the reverse proxy.

[SLUG] Retreiving data from a borked CF card

2005-07-11 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Dear Dr Slug, I have a flash card out of my camera that I'm pretty sure still has some pictures on it. The camera recognises the card but says its empty. If I put the card in my card reader, Linux refuses to mount it (same with MacOSX and 'doze). I've had something similar in the past, but I

Re: [SLUG] Retreiving data from a borked CF card

2005-07-11 Thread James Purser
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 22:07, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Dear Dr Slug, I have a flash card out of my camera that I'm pretty sure still has some pictures on it. The camera recognises the card but says its empty. If I put the card in my card reader, Linux refuses to mount it (same with

Re: [SLUG] Retreiving data from a borked CF card

2005-07-11 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:07:20PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Dear Dr Slug, I have a flash card out of my camera that I'm pretty sure still has some pictures on it. The camera recognises the card but says its empty. If I put the card in my card reader, Linux refuses to mount it

Re: [SLUG] Retreiving data from a borked CF card

2005-07-11 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:20:48PM +1000, James Purser wrote: I've had something similar in the past, but I as able to mount the card, dd the information off it and retreive the pictures from the dd image using a Python script I wrote. Er yeah I didn't read that properly. The stuff should

Re: [SLUG] Retreiving data from a borked CF card

2005-07-11 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
James Purser wrote: Have you tried doing a direct dd from the dev entry instead of the mount point? Yeah, Linux reports No medium found. Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid)

Re: [SLUG] Retreiving data from a borked CF card

2005-07-11 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:20:48PM +1000, James Purser wrote: I've had something similar in the past, but I as able to mount the card, dd the information off it and retreive the pictures from the dd image using a Python script I wrote. Er yeah I didn't read

Re: [SLUG] Retreiving data from a borked CF card

2005-07-11 Thread James Purser
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 22:34, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:20:48PM +1000, James Purser wrote: I've had something similar in the past, but I as able to mount the card, dd the information off it and retreive the pictures from the dd

Re: [SLUG] Telstra ADSL bridge mode on Linux

2005-07-11 Thread Peter Rundle
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Would a half-bridge setup work for you? That's how I have my modem set up. I gave it a NAT rule to forward all packets to my GNU/Linux firewall/router, which decides what to block, what to accept and what to forward to client workstations. snipped Sridhar, That

Re: [SLUG] Telstra ADSL bridge mode on Linux

2005-07-11 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:40, Peter Rundle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Would a half-bridge setup work for you? That's how I have my modem set up. I gave it a NAT rule to forward all packets to my GNU/Linux firewall/router, which decides what to block, what to accept and

[SLUG] Erratic wireless connection (sound footnote)

2005-07-11 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi all, I have 5.0.4 installed (dual boot with Windersninetyeight) on an old Compaq 7770DMT Armada. I have a D-Link DWL-650+ wireless card - picked up by Ubuntu 'out-of-the -box'. I've set everything to default (on the w'router) so there's no WEP etc. This is in my living room - the only

[SLUG] Microsoft Embraces Linux at Partner Conference

2005-07-11 Thread ashley maher
I got this link from my IBM linux news letter. quote The company (MicroSoft) made Linux a topic at its recent Worldwide Partner Conference in Minneapolis, replete with a hands-on lab and advice on how to compete with OSS competitors and a hands-on lab. /quote read the article here:

RE: [SLUG] Retreiving data from a borked CF card

2005-07-11 Thread Rowling, Jill
I've had something similar with a USB device and fixed it with: # umount -f /dev/whatever (even though it wasn't mounted) Re-mounting was OK afterwards. Cheers, Jill -- Jill Rowling, System Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW

Re: [SLUG] Erratic wireless connection (sound footnote)

2005-07-11 Thread David
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:35:17AM +1000, elliott-brennan wrote: Hi all, I have 5.0.4 installed (dual boot with Windersninetyeight) on an old Compaq 7770DMT Armada. I have a D-Link DWL-650+ wireless card - picked up by Ubuntu 'out-of-the -box'. I've set everything to default (on the

Re: [SLUG] Microsoft Embraces Linux at Partner Conference

2005-07-11 Thread Howard Lowndes
keep your friends close but your enemies closer - The Godfather (??) ashley maher wrote: I got this link from my IBM linux news letter. quote The company (MicroSoft) made Linux a topic at its recent Worldwide Partner Conference in Minneapolis, replete with a hands-on lab and advice on how to