Re: [SLUG] Re: Re: [SLUG]kernel panic - security?

2000-07-10 Thread David
is there a fix for this exploit? Where do i look? On 11 Jul 2000, Herbert Xu wrote: Angus Lees [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 11:21:18AM +1000, David wrote: kernel 2.2.5-15 were there any issues there? none that i know of. i was thinking of the 2.2.15 remotely

RE: [SLUG] M$ Crud ??

2000-07-11 Thread David
I know this is nothing new but I got an email from a M$ infected friend yesterday.. 27K ... I cut/paste/forwarded to someone else in pine and it left me 700 BYTES. On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Jill Rowling wrote: Even worse is I can't even use email now as a teaching tool. If I put html source

[SLUG] cyclic dependencies rpm

2000-07-13 Thread David
I know that I am removing all/correct files? RPM doesn't seem to want to remove tkinter for me. This came about as a result of the discussion on mailman, which apparently requires python 1.5.2. thanks, David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

Re: [SLUG] Going around in circles

2000-07-14 Thread David
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Tom Massey wrote: David wrote: I'm trying to install mailman, which requires python 1.5.2, which in turn requires tkinter 1.5.2. RH6 comes with python 1.5.1. and tkinter 1.5.1. I would really appreciate some one taking the trouble to follow the steps below

Re: [SLUG] Going around in circles

2000-07-15 Thread David
You spoke to soon :-(* [root@fast rpm]# rpm -U tkinter-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm python-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: python = 1.5.1 is needed by python-devel-1.5.1-10 [root@fast rpm]# On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Conrad Parker wrote: The real problem is dealing with the cyclic

Re: [SLUG] Going around in circles

2000-07-15 Thread David
Jul 2000, Conrad Parker wrote: On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 04:36:45PM +1000, David wrote: You spoke to soon :-(* [root@fast rpm]# rpm -U tkinter-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm python-1.5.2-13.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: python = 1.5.1 is needed by python-devel-1.5.1-10 [root@fast

RE: [SLUG] Kickarse GIMP Plugins (and stuff)

2000-07-16 Thread David
I use photoshop, so i've only played with GIMP for interest. It seems pretty good to me, and after some initial confusion I have no problem with the interface. (I'm easily confused). Does anyone know if its possible to make Wacom tablets work with it? My one has an apple adb port connection.

RE: [SLUG] Kickarse GIMP Plugins (and stuff)

2000-07-16 Thread David
it. With a tablet, you have to put the pen down. When you pick it up, it can be anywhere on the screen. On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Rodos wrote: On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, David wrote: Does anyone know if its possible to make Wacom tablets work with it? My one has an apple adb port connection. I

[SLUG] Re: SLUg Archive, FAQ, HOW-TO's, etc,

2000-07-19 Thread David
Yes! Yes! YES! And with EXAMPLES!!! an example speaks volumes On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Terry Collins wrote: Andrew Macks wrote: *Andrew wonders quite seriously if a digest is mentioned on the mailing list page on the SLUG website* Well, if EVERYONE wrote just ONE HOW-I-DID-IT PAGE,

Re: [SLUG] Re: STG Browser Based Banking Feedback

2000-08-04 Thread David
It's about the only thing Westpac gets right. Their internet banking runs on any late model netscrape, on any platform (Win/Mac/Unix) - so if Westpac can do it, why can't the others? Mind you, their commercial "DeskBank" only runs on Windows, and is very flaky On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Erik de Castro

[SLUG] Software Required.

2000-08-06 Thread David
I'm looking for someone to set up some web software for me.. including but not limited to shopping carts, credit card facilities etc. This would run on linux/apache (what else?) Anyone on list intersted in quoting? David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] Linux PPC file system???

2000-08-07 Thread David
the beige g3 does, but I think you will find that the blue and white doesnt. After 15 years of SCSI, the new macs dont have it as standard :-( On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Craige McWhirter wrote: Jill is correct. My MP3 disk has had more homes than (insert favourtite cliche). Recently I transfered

[SLUG] X authentication failure

2000-08-11 Thread David
I shut down X/windowmaker and then rebooted the system. Now I can't get X to restart. I get the following "diagnostics": [david@fast david]$ startx xauth: creating new authority file /home/david/.Xauthority Authentication failed xinit: Server error. [david@fast david]$ I can star

Re: [SLUG] X authentication failure

2000-08-11 Thread David
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Roland Turner wrote: David wrote: I shut down X/windowmaker and then rebooted the system. Now I can't get X to restart. I get the following "diagnostics": [david@fast david]$ startx xauth: creating new authority file /home/david/.Xauthority Auth

[SLUG] startx failure

2000-08-12 Thread David
Recently I had to reboot my RH6. Now X won't start for any users, although it will for root. I get the following when I try: [david@fast david]$ startx Authentication failed xinit: Server error. [david@fast david]$ ls -l .Xauthority -rw--- 1 daviddavid 112 Aug 13 11:55

Re: [SLUG] More Anti-Linux Olympic madness!

2000-09-16 Thread David
Lowndes wrote: David, as the father of an Olympic athelete, and one who is very aware of the sacrifices that my son has made to get where he is, I find your remark to be most offensive. -- Howard. Olympics != important. It saddens me enormously when otherwise intelligent people

Re: [SLUG] Sydney _Linux_ Users Group, The Games, etc.

2000-09-17 Thread David
A nice thought. I am on another list where the same idea was floated and implimented. Unfortunately, no one ever uses the other "chat" list and the flames on the main list continue. I'm sure sluggers would be no different - it's human nature.. On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, David Sainty wr

[SLUG] olympics ON topic

2000-09-17 Thread David
nological event more efficiently than anyone ever has. Oh, and btw, some of the sport is good too. Let's be like Michael Klim - punch the air, puff up our chests and do it right. David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Mozilla

2000-09-25 Thread David
I presume that IE will never be an option for linux anyway??? What ever happened to Opera? Are there any other realistic options?? (yes,of course I use lynx, but that isn't useful for many things). Meantime, aren't we realistically stuck with Netscape anyway? I'm constantly having to kill it

[SLUG] printing linux/appletalk/ethernet

2000-11-02 Thread David
I have a HP Laserjet 5MP attached to an ethernet/macintosh-localtalk hardware bridge. My RH6 is on the same ethernet. Is it possible to use the HP to print from RH? Currently the HP is used by all the Macintoshes on the ethernet. Would be handy to use it for linux also. This is NOT a mac

Re: [SLUG] printing linux/appletalk/ethernet

2000-11-02 Thread David
has parallel ports, but the manual doesn't discuss the concept of a mac and pc using the same printer. On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Terry Collins wrote: David wrote: I have a HP Laserjet 5MP attached to an ethernet/macintosh-localtalk hardware bridge. My RH6 is on the same ethernet. Is it possible

[SLUG] mystery files

2000-11-17 Thread David
for a better suggestion What do other people do? or am I the only person who winds up in this situation? David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] banks

2000-11-17 Thread David
I use Westpac and access it via both Linux and Mac without any issues. Their "DeskBank" commercial system is Windows only, but that is being phased out in favour or the internet. David On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Danny Yee wrote: I'm ditching the National Australia Bank because they won

Re: [SLUG] Secondary DNS

2000-11-23 Thread David
secondary since Optus do not offer this service. David On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Craige McWhirter wrote: GraniteCanyon are the pits. For six months now I have not been able to get them doing anything useful (see "dig [EMAIL PROTECTED]"). Sure they set me up as Primary/Secondary DN

[SLUG] DNS/MX secondaries

2000-11-25 Thread David
Prior to the last meeting (which sadly I didnt get to), there was talk about secondary cooperatives or some such. Did anything come of that? David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] ISP support and Linux

2000-11-27 Thread David
(recently connected) was that their techs had a pretty good grasp on what they were doing, and were willing to kick it upstairs if they couldn't deal with it. That's the best anyone could want, IMHO. David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://s

Re: [SLUG] parking for the meeting

2000-11-27 Thread David
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Jason Rennie wrote: OT i know, but i hear there was a car break-in recently at a SLUG meet... Im wondering if anyone has suggestions as to where one could park near by to UTS safe in the knowledge the car will be there upon returning :) -- for those of us not

[SLUG] python version

2000-11-27 Thread David
: $ man python No manual entry for python David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Linux news on slashdot

2000-11-29 Thread David
seem to forget how expert you are. I find it intimidating to even ask questions here cos I feel dumb. When distribs are available that are as brain dead to install as a Mac, apps will follow like night follows day. It'll be interesting to see how MacOSX stands up to scrutiny. Best of both worlds?

Re: [SLUG] Linux news on slashdot

2000-11-29 Thread David
running apps on a linux desktop distrib. (that has yet to be invented) is as brain-dead as installing on a mac, then apps will follow like day follows night. Until then, Linux is a fabulous server OS and a marginal desktop for the boffins. David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List

[SLUG] NOT the /. thread

2000-11-29 Thread David
for someone to go look it up when the geeks are talking greek? What we used to call a "glossary"? http://www.whatthe!@#$aretheytalkingabout.com.au David For those still interested in that other thread. I installed Mozilla on my G4 MacOS in 15 minutes including download. I installed

[SLUG] sendmail

2000-12-03 Thread David
in the O'Reilly book. I found it on http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html (para.6), but unexplained. Many thanks, David. *** vi sendmail.mc FEATURE(`virtusertable', `dbm -o /etc/mail/virtusertable') FEATURE(`genericstable", `hash -o /etc

Re: [SLUG] EXIT COMMAND

2000-12-06 Thread David
vi is proof that all geeks are masochists... I just haven't yet figured out why *I* use it.. On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Rodos wrote: On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Pete wrote: No-one seems to have mentioned :x which only saves if you've made changes iirc. ZZ works the same, it is :x RodosZZ

[SLUG] which language?

2000-12-14 Thread David
I need to learn a language... the Learning to Program thread didn't help, cos everyone was talking about theory and concepts. The need is for something practical. Needs: Mainly cgi/db, occassional quick and dirty data manipulation Time to spend on it: Not enough it's not my main

Re: [SLUG] Perhaps we need this on the list? {:-)

2000-12-16 Thread David
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Jamie Honan wrote: All the pearls, all the crap, the stupid spelling mistakes, the offensive jokes, hurtful slanders and helpful delights are stored, somewhere, somehow to be dredged up in the most unexpected, embaressing and unpleasant manner and thrown in your

[SLUG] OT: IP numbers

2000-12-26 Thread David
How do I find out who owns a given IP number? nslookup doesn't give me anything. The particular number is 203.56.134.207 David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] wots the use of Suse?

2000-12-30 Thread David
: wonder what Englishmen (Germans?) do for piping eigth: post to slug to find out what other silliness is in Suse David PS: Suse keeps insisting that one should "have a lot of fun". Is this what they mean? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More

Re: [SLUG] wots the use of Suse?

2000-12-30 Thread David
. The handbook is not helpful. I'm sure there is a config somewhere, but who knows where? David (PS: original post had tongue slightly planted in cheek, for those who weren't sure) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo

[SLUG] sendmail log oddity

2001-01-06 Thread David
I have this appearing in email headers as well as /var/log/mail: X-Authentication-Warning: test.kenpro.com.au: Host [203.23.36.9] claimed to be fast.kenpro.com.au ... but nslookup says: [david@fast david]$ nslookup Default Server: ns.kenpro.com.au Address: 203.23.36.1

[SLUG] rpm update problem

2001-01-12 Thread David
... I need the latest version of rpm to do an installation, so I downloaded the .rpm for rpm... but guess what? you need the latest version of rpm to install the .rpm for rpm as follows: [david@fast rpm-update]$ rpm -i --test rpm-4.0-4.i386.rpm only packages with major numbers = 3

Re: [SLUG] Computer Literacy in Schools

2001-01-14 Thread David
in-house staff computer training (again hearsay, but I'm told they think it isn't necessary). I know this is not a political list, but sometimes I think community groups have obligations to do some arse-kicking. /rant David. On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting article in today's

[SLUG] sh: cannot use | in command

2001-01-19 Thread David
it with spaces around the pipe. TIA, David. (for the record, the script strips mime attachments.. it's at http://www.phred.org/~alex/stripmime.pl) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Domain Names

2001-01-22 Thread David
yea.. and $20,000 for the data base... that peter costello sure drives a hard bargain.. I wish I could do a deal as good as that on my tax On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Jon Biddell wrote: Oh God, the Government is taking over domain name registrations... Well, so much for free enterprise

[SLUG] video streaming.

2001-01-25 Thread David
d directly into the server, although that would not be my first choice. The audio is voice only, and doesn't require high quality. Does anyone have any thoughts about doing this, or experience with it? Regards, David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More

[SLUG] Re: Web browsing stupidity

2001-01-28 Thread David
for mail, ftp, news, whatever instead of trying to be all things to all men. But then what would I know? David Afterthought: were browsers designed? or did they just evolve.. rather like building Los Angeles on the San Andreas Fault? ;-) On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, chesty wrote: On Mon, Jan 29, 2001

Re: [SLUG] upgrade your bind8 to 8.2.3 at least

2001-01-30 Thread David
Where do you get authorative info about zone files? ORA 2nd edition is out for date, and INA don't seem to give it. Would be nice to be able to get a spec for the zone files, especially if they change. On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, John Ferlito wrote: On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 02:40:19PM +1100, John

Re: [SLUG] Next meeting date?

2001-02-01 Thread David
definitely like the idea of different foci. I would love to have a meeting for like minded people who are not rank beginners, but aren't in the guru class either. On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Ken Yap wrote: |If you feel strongly about any particular day please |let us know either via the mailing

Re: [SLUG] Next meeting date?

2001-02-01 Thread David
supply some space. Regards, David On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Terry Collins wrote: Ken Yap wrote: |If you feel strongly about any particular day please |let us know either via the mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |or the [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a radical proposal. Have it on both nights

Re: [SLUG] MetaSLUG [Was: SLUG Activities]

2001-02-01 Thread David
of not missing something I need, but didn't know about. David On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who="Craige McWhirter" A Debian SIG would be quite useful. There's so much to the Debian world and mostly stuff that would only interest the enthusiasts. The odd "Debia

Re: [SLUG] Results of Completely Unscientific New List Vote

2001-02-07 Thread David
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Rodos wrote: Now, what are we going to call the thing? ;) KIDDING! [SLUG-CHAT] SLIME SLOG ??? -- 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 ...

2001-02-26 Thread David
Maybe you should talk to them about something like linuxconf or YaST. Point and click will be a bit more familiar for the poor fools. Then if you were brave you could demonstrate the flexibility of going to /etc files and showing the changes, and the power of choice between cli or gui with text

[SLUG] mice/Debian

2001-02-27 Thread David
the hardware at all (except the mouse of course ;-) On the old RH install, gpm looks like this: [david@ns david]$ ps ax | grep gpm 521 ttyS0S 0:00 gpm -t ms The debian version looks like this: david@test:~$ ps ax | grep gpm 509 ?S 0:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/mouse -t ms What dumb

Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-04 Thread David
ATO solution that uses SSL, HTML/3.2 and HTTP/1.1. Will work on *all* platforms, *all* browsers and require *nothing extra*. See the online banking websites like Westpac for an idea. I love to hate banks with the best but Westpac have actually got this part right! I use Westpac on

[SLUG] Compatibility ad nauseum

2001-03-07 Thread David
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Andrew Reilly wrote: On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:02:47AM +1100, enterfornone wrote: Even if there was a Linux WP that was better than Word, the fact still remains that if your job involves using a word processor, chances are you will need to know Word. snip Word

[SLUG] Debian anXiety

2001-03-08 Thread David
anything at all? Is it not supposed to be a configuration tool? TIA, David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Debian Vs SuSE ?

2001-03-09 Thread David
eeek... Debian for those who can, SuSE for those who can't. I got SuSE going pretty well first go. I think Debian might be better in the long run, but I'm still trying. On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Jon Biddell wrote: On Friday 09 March 2001 20:32, Adam Bogacki wrote: What are the strengths and

[SLUG] debian console message

2001-03-10 Thread David
I have a nice shiny new Debian install, which I left running last night (logged out). This morning these messages were on the console in multiple repetitions. Can any one tell me what it means? There are no obvious problems, and nothing in the logs that I can find. Spacing left exactly as found.

[SLUG] OT: message board software

2001-03-15 Thread David
Is there any www message board package anyone can recommend? TIA, David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Whats happening here

2001-03-19 Thread David
which begs the question about how they got in Which distro, kernel, etc, etc sounds like the sort of thing everyone needs to know On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Vince Meissner wrote: I had this same thing about 3 weeks ago. (27th Feb, 12:27pm) Basically, you've been hacked. I found on my

RE: [SLUG] Digital camera's for linux

2001-03-19 Thread David
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Alister Waller wrote: I think the original poster meant Webcam not digital camera. I may be wrong ... and whether you are wrong or right, does anyone know anything about webcam or for that matter dv video cameras or even firewire? Would be nice. -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Whats happening here

2001-03-20 Thread David
If Redhat or anyone else chooses to charge for a service, I can't see the problem. If they made it hard to get updates manually I would be pretty upset, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I think some folks miss the difference between "free" and "free". On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Martin wrote:

Re: [SLUG] Slugs

2001-03-21 Thread David
too. When slugs "do what comes naturally", it's quite extra-ordinarily erotic and beautiful. Not at all what you would expect, except that it's pretty slimy. Now I'll make like a snail and go back into my shell (bash) David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org

[SLUG] OT: DNS secondaries.

2001-03-22 Thread David
-operative? Off list replies please, unless there are issues that would interest everybody. David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Uncompressing .tgz files

2001-03-25 Thread David
what does gunzip or gzip do that tar doesn't? tar xzf works and is easier to relate to. On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Crossfire wrote: D.V.Rogers was once rumoured to have said: have readthe book, twice still having problems uncompressing .tgz files Generic solution: gzip -dc mytar.tgz |

[SLUG] wu-ftpd debian

2001-03-26 Thread David
} test:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/wu-ftpd stop test:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/wu-ftpd start test:/etc/init.d# ps ax | grep ftp 5085 pts/1S 0:00 grep ftp Running from the command line: test:/etc/init.d# wu-ftpd -vla Nothing happened. What am I doing wrong? David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] fd and dvd

2001-03-31 Thread David
first suggestion.. .dont install windows On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, computer computer wrote: hi i have laptop thinkpad. however, i have to replace the floppy drive with the dvd drive and vice versa everytime i want use the one or the other. Now, i am trying to install win98 on my empty

Re: [SLUG] bootable cd

2001-03-31 Thread David
ummm.. at the risk of being a repetitive most linux distribs contain at least one bootable cd as far as I know.. and then there is always tomsrtbt if you can do /dev/fd0 are you sure you are on the right list? David. On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, computer computer wrote: does anyone knows how

[SLUG] PHP book blues

2001-04-01 Thread David
aps? A better web site? A knight in shining armour? Thanks, David PS: i vaguely remember a Sydney based PHP group starting up..perhaps with a mailing list.. can any one point me to that? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] MacOS CD = 8.5

2001-04-04 Thread David
I have os9... give me a call... 0418 310312 On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Craige McWhirter wrote: No, it's not off topic, honestly. I was trying to do the "impossible", run Linux on an "old-world" Mac without a MacOS partition or BootX. Well I paid handsomely for that and it now appears the MacOS

Re: [SLUG] The Jedi Way

2001-04-06 Thread David
I wasn't going to add to this extremely off topic thread.. BUT...! RANT TYPE="angry" Call yourself jedi, chrisian or bullamacanken .. 'sup to you.. What pisses me off severely is anyone deliberately fucking up census just because it's the "governemnt" (even little johnies version). These

Re: [SLUG] Mac OS, basiliskii

2001-04-09 Thread David
of any problems with it. David. On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Nick Croft wrote: Has any of the sluggers who retain an interest in the mac os managed to get basiliskii working, to emulate 68k macs up to 8.1 (iirc)? You need getROM, which is not distributed with basiliskii. And to use getROM you have

[SLUG] Re: SLUG Membership

2001-04-17 Thread David
I figure that the odd bits of advice and help and support are worth the money many times over. No problem about the cost. I paid once last year, lost my card, don't care, and neither does slug. If I get asked for more money this year, that's cool too. Having said that, if you take money,

Re: [SLUG] (fwd) Coder by day, love machine by night

2001-04-23 Thread David
Na sorry just a reflection of the fact that most geeks are younger and still have it on their minds all the time. Any way, geeks get used to fscking computer systems all day, so it's just an extention of their day job. On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Anthony Rumble wrote: Exerpt from iTnewsWire

Re: [SLUG] Linux Geeks Printing

2001-04-23 Thread David
Totally agree... here I am still using my Mac for printing related applications every day because I have no choice... too many things don't work easily enough on Linux for me, much less the kids and family. Geeks tend to forget there are people out there who are mere mortals, and don't even

Re: [SLUG] Enivormental variables.

2001-04-24 Thread David
and a dumb extension to this question.. where are they stored? On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Craig Simple question, but one I can't find the answer to. How do you set an Enviromental Variable in bash? export VARIABLE=poo - Jeff -- The ability to

[SLUG] (OT) Optus performance

2001-04-26 Thread David
. David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] deleting files

2001-04-26 Thread David
log file did: [root@ns httpd]# cat access_lot ^d [root@ns httpd]# and that seemed to fix things. David [root@ns httpd]# ls -lH total 1.1G -rw-r--r--1 root root 147M Apr 27 14:11 access_log -rw-r--r--1 root root 294M Apr 27 14:11 agent_log -rw-r--r--1 root

[SLUG] language jihad

2001-04-30 Thread David
are the serious strengths and weaknesses, and which are ridiculously difficult to learn. Do they relate to other languages or are they are a blind alley. Any other thoughts? If this list is the wrong place to pose this question, where would be better? David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] FYI - Net Banking on Linux - Not St George

2001-05-04 Thread David
I hate to advocate ANY bank, but Westpac's internet works fine on all of netscape/linux and netscape/mozilla/IE/mac. On Fri, 4 May 2001, Jon Biddell wrote: On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:47, Terry Collins wrote: If you are considering net banking under linux, avoid St George. Now forcing people

Re: [SLUG] web,cams

2001-05-11 Thread David
and speaking of which.. is there a netmeeting type client for linux? On Sat, 12 May 2001, Alex Salmon wrote: hi all. Im interested in buying a webcam im looking at the el-cheapo - cheap range and obviously i want linux / bsd compatability. All i want it for is to basicly to put pics on

Re: [SLUG] web,cams

2001-05-12 Thread David
damn that google... keeps making people look stoopid fer askin kweschuns On Sat, 12 May 2001, David Kempe wrote: and speaking of which.. is there a netmeeting type client for linux? http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/NetMee ting-HOWTO.html yer go

Re: [SLUG] Studying Programming

2001-05-13 Thread David
or coding or whatever, is being on my own. Maybe others are different? David On Mon, 14 May 2001, Umar Goldeli wrote: Mr. Squirrel, Best way to learn how to code is to sit down, think about a project that needs to be done, and do it in the language of your choice (after deciding on the suitability

Re: [SLUG] list broken, Optus broken???

2001-05-17 Thread David
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote: The unfortunate troubles we've had with the SLUG machine have been due to major network outages at Optus, and a lot of work going on at UTS with both their network, and buildings (so both network and power outages). I'm currently looking at

[SLUG] toner

2001-05-18 Thread David
email. If you run a shop, you can pay me ;-) David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Debian boot messages

2001-05-20 Thread David
Any suggestions what would be causing the following (booting debian spud) test login: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kupdate... VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kupdate... VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kupdate... VM:

[SLUG] (OT) bad HMTL links

2001-05-25 Thread David
Does anyone know of a piece of softare that crawls a web site and checks bad links? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Stuff you miss from Windows...

2001-06-02 Thread David
I know this is off-topic, but being in a Microsoft free zone, there is no one else I can turn to for info. Friends of mine are having nervous breakdowns about the following, quote: I was told of a new virus tonight by my brother-in-law. He has found it on every corporate computer he has worked

Re: [SLUG] redhat 7.1 firewall

2001-09-23 Thread David
You need to enable xinet services Look in /etc/xinet.d and /etc/xinet.conf On the other hand, you could think about using ssh and sftp instead. Maybe a better idea. On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Xiaolu Zhang wrote: I install redhat 7.1 recently, but I could not disable the firewall. I can ping

[SLUG] eth0 kernel message?

2001-09-16 Thread David
before logging in just now, i found this as well as two other similar looking nasty message: Suspect short first fragment. eth0 PROTO=6 208.159.245.1:0 203.23.36.1:0 L=20 S=0x00 I=7444 F=0x4000 T=116 (#0) two questions arise: First, what does it mean? Second, how would I find out what this

[SLUG] virii wasting bandwidth

2001-09-18 Thread David
the internet? a tax we all pay for having half wits on the net? or is there something can be done? David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] LPI cert. / TAFE

2001-10-18 Thread David
I'd be interested Geoffrey. With luck, I will be able to get along to all the classes, too :) David McQuire On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Geoffrey Robertson wrote: On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 01:02:40PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Geoffrey Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There seems

Re: [SLUG] Aussie IT deficit hits $15bn

2001-10-23 Thread David
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, David Fitch wrote: On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 11:09:52AM +1000, Richard Hayes wrote: On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:44, eurk-dsl wrote: Does anyone have any figures on how much M$ are helping the deficit each year in Australia? My personal guess is of the order of $2.5

Re: [SLUG] Domain Name Registration

2001-10-24 Thread David
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Howard Lowndes wrote: You *really* want to pay C$140 for a 2 year .com.au or would you prefer to pay C1/3 (even allowing for US$/A$ conversion) of that for a 3 year (or up to 10 year) .com domain I'm not so in love with the .com system. In order to protect one of my

RE: [SLUG] FW: Paul Thurrot - a Windows XP summary copycat OSes h ey ?

2001-10-28 Thread David
Catch up? [david@fast david]$ uptime 4:50pm up 130 days, 3:12, 5 users Need I say more. PS: last downtime was due to hardware upgrade. Machine serves DNS, web and mail, including mailing lists, as well as general GUI workstation apps. PPS: Apple sued Microsoft for stealing their gui

Re: [SLUG] Filesystem flame^H^H^H^H^H discussion.

2001-10-31 Thread David
Would it be out of place for someone to explain the differences? On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, John Zantey wrote: PH So I'd be very interested to hear experiences, both good and bad, from people using reiser, ?fs, ext3, foo. Just a quick comment. I have been using ReiserFS for a while and have had

[SLUG] censorship on the net (OT)

2001-11-15 Thread David
island was R rated? Please think about it. David McQuire http://www.efa.org.au/Campaigns/nswbill.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] dead video?

2001-11-20 Thread David
I've lost my screen (RH6) and suspect a dead video card. Is there a way of checking remotely whether it's that or something else? All processes seem to be working ok, and I don't really want to re-boot if I can avoid it. Thanks.. David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http

RE: [SLUG] dead video?

2001-11-21 Thread David
Since you mentioned it.. [david@fast david]$ uptime 11:10am up 153 days, 21:32 However, there can be OTHER reasons than impressing NT users for not wanting to reboot. On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Fox, Michael wrote: Damien sketched into the sand.. what some people will do for an uptime

Re: [SLUG] National Bank Internet Banking

2001-12-10 Thread David
You could try changing to Westpac. Either accidentally or deliberately (?), they have managed to write a web based banking system that is supported by all recent browsers I have tried - Netscape IE (RH, Mac, Win), Konqueror, Opera, Mozilla (RH, Mac). Other banks are just bloody minded. On Tue,

RE: [SLUG] Suspect Claims Al Qaeda Hacked Microsoft

2001-12-17 Thread David
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, George Vieira wrote: yeah it is.. it take 10% of your bandwidth and spams microsoft with info. I might start a GUI OS company called bighard. from nslookup: Non-authoritative answer: Name:bighard.com Address: 209.67.60.72 Non-authoritative answer: Name:

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