Re: [SLUG] SATA DVD Burners [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 25/05/2008 10:55:49 PM: Hi All, Has anyone got a SATA DVD burner working under linux yet? From the brief googling around it is supposed to be supported but I'm having no luck with one I bought recently. Is there anything special I should be setting or should it just work? I'm finding when I attempt to burn (I've tried a bunch of programs under ubuntu 8.10 which all seem to use wodim as their backend for burning) and also Nero all to no avail. The program will start attempting to burn to the burner and then it will just eventually timeout. I then get an error back saying that the burner is too slow and that the session has failed. After that the burner usually doesn't respond at all (even physically pressing the eject button does nothing) and it's pretty much dead until I cold boot the system. If I just use the burner as a cd/dvd reader it seems ok though. -- dave. -- I'm likewise having trouble with the Plextor PX760-SA in my workstation at home. I had assumed the problems derived from the Plextor (I believe a lot of its issues can be resolved by upgrading the firmware, especially burning to DVD+RW) but it would be interesting to hear others' experiences. David Please consider the environment before printing this document NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both messages. This notice should not be removed. -- 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] SCO delisted from NASDAQ [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 21/09/2007 12:43:57 PM: On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 12:36 +1000, Del wrote: James Dumay wrote: It has not been delisted yet and the decision is subject to appeal. So they have not been delisted from NASDAQ - apparently there isa certain amount of time between filing chapter 11 and NASAQ delisting your company - and this reporter is just passing this fact off as news. So there's still time to rush out and buy me a whole stack of SCO shares! Yay! I was thinking about putting a pool together to buy UNIX from them. I'm in for $20. -- Pete But it's not theirs to sell... David NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both messages. This notice should not be removed. -- 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] buying new linux dedicated PC, advice sought [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 22/07/2007 08:28:21 PM: I was wondering if there is anyone here who could help me by looking at the quote below (from pioneer) and telling me if there are any obvious specs that jump out and strike the reader as odd, or as overkill, or under-resourced, or in any other way out of balance.. i'm a newbie who is attracted to this deal because it comes with ubuntu pre-installed (the only one, as far as i know, available to me in australia) BUT! i want to be sure that everything will work when i get it, bc i want to hit the ground running with my ubuntu experience so, specifically: 1. if a company like pioneer says it will pre-install ubuntu, can one be reasonably sure that they bed all the software in and test drive it in the factory before shipping it to me? 2. can i expect that there will be no compatibility issues 3. how important is the 64/32 bit issue? 4. finally, is my method good? ie, would i better off just getting a windows computer and then installing ubuntu from a CD (i am not a natively brilliant adept at computers, so my way forward will have to be with lots of good books, good advice and support) thanks heaps, rufi here's the info: DreamVision Power Core2 PC Configuration Summary Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4G 4M Cache 1066M FSB Processor PC Memory 2GB (2 x 1GB) 800MHz DDR2 RAM MotherBoard Intel P965 Chip Set LGA775 Mother Board DP965LTck Graphics nVidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB PCI Express Graphics Card Sound Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio 2nd Graphics None 3.5 Hard Disk 320GB 7,200RPM Serial-ATA Hard Drive 3.5 Hard Disk 2 None 3.5 Hard Disk 3 None HD Partition Single Partition 5.25 Optical Drive 16x DVD-/+RW Dual Layer Drive Network Adapter Integrated 10/100/1000M Ethernet LAN IDE RAID ( for same HD only) None Wireless PCI Card None 5.25 Optical Drive 2 16x DVD-Rom Drive Modem 56K V.90 Internal Modem Floppy Drive 1.44MB 3.5 Internal Floppy Drive Card Reader None TV Tuner None PC Monitor Chi Mei CMV 946D 19 Wide Screen 2ms WXGA (1440 X 900) LCD Monitor Projector None PC Keyboard/Mouse Microsoft Basic PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Value Pack MFC, Printer BROTHER DCP-130C Piezo Colour Inkjet Flatbed Digital 4 in 1 Multi-Function Centre Ext. Speakers 5.1 Channel Surround Speaker System with Subwoofer Case DreamVision MiDi Tower 400w ATX Case 3326 Operating System Ubantu Linux OS Pre-loaded Warranty Pioneer DreamCare 1 Year On-Site Pickup and Return Warranty Production Lead Time Standard Order, Ready in 3-5 Working Days Freight Star Track Road Express (for all PC with Monitor, up to 20kg per box, Australia wide. reference only) RRP (Ex-GST) $1,820 GST $182 Total Amount $2,002 I won't go into the specifics of your proposed machine except to say I have a laptop from Pioneer preloaded with Ubuntu and I am very happy with both the machine and Pioneer's service. Mine's an AMD Turion 64 bit dual core, FWIW. David NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both messages. This notice should not be removed. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Stuffed apt local config
It looks as though apt on this machine is somewhat corrupted.
I am trying to get rid of the blender package; I don't use it and it is
preventing upgrades in its present state. It's defying all attempts to
get rid of it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo apt-get remove blender
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
blender
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 437 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 16.8MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: error processing blender (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
blender
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$
So we try:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall
blender
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
yafray
The following packages will be upgraded:
blender
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 437 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/6354kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 260973 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace blender 2.42a-6
(using .../blender_2.42a-7_amd64.deb) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 1373, in ?
main()
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 1367, in main
rv = action.run(global_options)
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 943, in run
runtimes = get_installed_runtimes(with_unsupported=True)
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 196, in get_installed_runtimes
supported = pyversions.supported_versions()
File /usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py, line 98, in
supported_versions
value = read_default('supported-versions')
File /usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py, line 22, in
read_default
value = config.get('DEFAULT', name)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'config' referenced before assignment
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 1373, in ?
main()
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 1367, in main
rv = action.run(global_options)
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 943, in run
runtimes = get_installed_runtimes(with_unsupported=True)
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 196, in get_installed_runtimes
supported = pyversions.supported_versions()
File /usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py, line 98, in
supported_versions
value = read_default('supported-versions')
File /usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py, line 22, in
read_default
value = config.get('DEFAULT', name)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'config' referenced before assignment
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/blender_2.42a-7_amd64.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 1373, in ?
main()
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 1367, in main
rv = action.run(global_options)
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 865, in run
runtimes = get_installed_runtimes()
File /usr/bin/pycentral, line 196, in get_installed_runtimes
supported = pyversions.supported_versions()
File /usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py, line 98, in
supported_versions
value = read_default('supported-versions')
File /usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py, line 22, in
read_default
value = config.get('DEFAULT', name)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'config' referenced before assignment
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/blender_2.42a-7_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Any clues on how I can fix this?
It's Debian Sid AMD64.
TIA,
--
David
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Re: [SLUG] On fitting an internal hard drive
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 20/02/2007 09:33:20 PM: Any help etc. I should point out that I'll take the Windows-laden hard drive and store it elsewhere. I do have some standards. It should be encapsulated in Synroc and dumped in the Marianas Trench. David 99112707 NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both messages. This notice should not be removed. -- 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] ADSL2+ netcomm NB5+
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/10/2006 10:03:43 AM: i just switched over from adsl1 to adsl2+, and i'm using NB5, and i can confirm bridged mode works just fine. Is this likely to be true also for the NB1? David NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both messages. This notice should not be removed. -- 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] ADSL2+ netcomm NB5+
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/10/2006 10:15:44 AM: Is this likely to be true also for the NB1? So he Rs the FM and discovers the answer for himself. It's yes, btw. David NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both messages. This notice should not be removed. -- 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] UPS for Linux
On Friday 25 August 2006 23:05, you wrote: If you *must* have an ethernet interface, the price skyrockets, however APC UPS' are well equipped in the connectivity area, the newer (small) units have a combo USB/Serial port dependant on the cable you get and apcupsd (http://www.apcupsd.org) is a nice piece of software. The more expensive units also have a web/snmp/ethernet card as an option. I also hear that the MGE UPS' are pretty good as well. cheers, Rob Thanks, Rob. He's gone out and bought an Opti-Ups. I don't know what is involved in setting it up but I guess I'm about to find out. I'll keep your advice in mind. It's about time I got one for myself. -- David It's time to reconsider your thoughts about the iron carbon double diagram. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] UPS for Linux
Sorry to dump this on the list as I don't have time to research this. I have had a phone call from a friend out shopping for a UPS for a Linux server I set up for him, si I need to find out quickly. Can anyone make a quick recommendation? Must be ethernet interface, not USB, etc. TIA, -- David It's time to reconsider your thoughts about the iron carbon double diagram. -- 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: Google Earth available for Linux
Works perfectly on Debian sid amd-64 in the ia32 chroot. -- David It's time to reconsider your thoughts about the iron carbon double diagram. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: Warning impending flamewar (was: Re: [SLUG] Invalid credentials error code 49)
On 4/20/06, Asbestos Benno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to interrupt this currently scheduled thread to alert the list that this thread is about to become a *flamewar*. In the interests of not boring the entire list to death and scaring off a whole bunch of newbies, I implore those involved to please take any followups of list, or if you must just take it to slug-chat@ (and taking it to slug-chat@, doesn't mean CC-ing slug@ at the same time!). Thank you all for your time and understand, What would be most useful is if the protagonists would append ***FLAMEWAR*** to the subject (or the listmaster otherwise does it) so that we can then use mail filtering rules to consign the conflagration to the bitbucket where it belongs. Thanking you in anticipation, David Ext 22707 NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both messages. This notice should not be removed. -- 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] apt gpg key for planetmirror
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:29, Michael Guy wrote: try this if you havent got it already set up wget http://amd64.debian.net/archive.key apt-key add archive.key then apt-get install blah hopefully that should work out for you. Which is what I have now done and which did the trick. Many thanks to Michael for the simple, straight forward advice. And likewise to everyone else for the entertaining and amusing subsequent flamewar. I always wanted to start one of them on the SLUG List; my satisfaction is complete. -- David It's time to reconsider your thoughts about the iron carbon double diagram. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] apt gpg key for planetmirror
I am getting rather fed up with the following message when I run an apt-get update on my amd64 etch box. W: GPG error: http://public.planetmirror.com etch Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY E415B2B4B5F5BBED I can't find any clear concise reference as to what I need to do, and I admit being non gpg savvy. Could someone please hit me with a nice simple cluestick so I can make this damned thing go away for good? -- David It's time to reconsider your thoughts about the iron carbon double diagram. -- 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] apt gpg key for planetmirror
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 21:53, Robert Collins wrote: On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 21:04 +1000, David Fisher wrote: I am getting rather fed up with the following message when I run an apt-get update on my amd64 etch box. http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/174 Should explain it all. Sorry, but it's still as clear as mud to me. What key do I need to import from Planetmirror's amd64 etch archive? Where do I get it from? -- David It's time to reconsider your thoughts about the iron carbon double diagram. -- 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] mailform cgi suggestion ?
Matt's formmail is notoriously insecure and liable to result in you sending large amounts of spam. Instead, try Not Matt's Scripts = http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/ Don't know what distro you're using but there is an nms-formmail package in Debian. You might want to check yours. David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] front page on Apache ?
quote(Voytek); is there any problem hosting Front Page generated web sites on a Linux Apache 1.3x server ? Only if you try to use frontpage extensions. -Chris Don't get too used to using the FP server extensions for linux - they're being deprecated. http://www.rtr.com/fpsupport/end-of-life.htm Presumably MS wants to force FP server operators onto IIS. David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] Sharing IMAP Folders
Thanks very much for that Edwin, but these guys are already using Eudora (which doesn't work on this machine, but does on others) and I tried Thunderbird (which gave the same problem). There is one OE client on the network I have yet to set up (the horror...) I'm really inclined to think it's an issue with this specific box. You'd think the problem would be more widely reported if it was systematic. David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] Sharing IMAP Folders
I'm setting up a couple of imap servers using dovecot myself, but on Debian sarge. You may have a problem here, because the last time I looked (IIRC) dovecot does not yet support shared folders. Having said that I would be delighted for both of us if someone could prove me wrong. David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Edwin Humphries [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20/03/2005 03:43 PM Please respond to edwin To: Sydney Linux User Group slug@slug.org.au cc: Fax to: Subject:[SLUG] Sharing IMAP Folders *** This email message has been processed by MIMEsweeper *** We've been using Dovecot (on FC2) for a while as our IMAP server. But now we need to evolve to sharing some folders. We need to share some folders with one set of users, others with another set of users (overlapping wit the first set), and keep some folders as private. How do we do this? Regards, Edwin Humphries -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- 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] Thunderbird as default e-mail for Firefox - not succesful yet
Is this what you are looking for? http://mozex.mozdev.org/ David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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: Stupidest law of the year candidate!
A whole act of parliment forever defeated by ssh port forwarding !!! Fer gawd's sake, what are you trying to do? They'll prohibit ssh next. David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] Permissions - Sunday arvo confusion
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 19:35, Benno wrote: Thanks Benno and Erik - I realised later, as you do. It's the files in the directory that need to be 666, not the directory itself. Anyway - bayes is now working - mission accomplished. You removed 'x' bit. Which on a dreictory means can cd into it Benno -- David If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life. - Calvin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Permissions - Sunday arvo confusion
I create a directory in /var/spool sudo mkdir test so I now have: drwxr-xr-x 2 rootroot1024 Feb 13 18:50 test I change its permissions: sudo chmod 666 test so I have: drw-rw-rw- 2 rootroot1024 Feb 13 18:50 test World readable, right? So how come I get: cd test bash: cd: test: Permission denied (I am trying to set up a bayes database for spamd to use; it is supposed to be world readable and writeable and the instructions are to set it up with permissions of 666. The bayes database was not being read and upon checking I found the bayes tokens and other files in /var/spool/spamassassin were not world readable and writeable till I changed the directory permissions to 777. Hence the above experiment.) Box is Debian sid, btw. -- David If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life. - Calvin -- 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] Incremental Backup Script
I have one at home which I can send you tonight, if someone doesn't come up with something before then. David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lyle Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/02/2005 10:47 AM To: slug@slug.org.au cc: Fax to: Subject:[SLUG] Incremental Backup Script *** This email message has been processed by MIMEsweeper *** Can anyone point me to a good backup script or program that does incremental backups? I have a particluar directory I want to backup to an external firewire drive every night. cheers -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- 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] Visual Basic port
Visual Basic Port? Not even Jeff Waugh would drink that. David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] exim4 deb pkg not creating conf dirs
Have you already install exim4 and exim4-base? David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rocci [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/01/2005 12:20 PM To: Slug slug@slug.org.au cc: Fax to: Subject:[SLUG] exim4 deb pkg not creating conf dirs *** This email message has been processed by MIMEsweeper *** Hey sluggers, Can someone please tell me how to fix up a stuffed up debian package situation ? I'm trying to install exim4-daemon-heavy on a Sarge version of Debian but apt-get install exim4-daemon-heavy is not creating all the directory paths. Eg. /etc/exim4...with related contents in it. The exim binary is installed etc..but much other important stuff seems to get sucked into some black hole on my drive. I've removed previous version of exim using apt-get remove. Then tried repeatedly to install exim4 without complete success. Tried dpkg-reconfigure after the install but this doesn't help either. Any ideas clues would be appreciated. - Rocci. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- 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] ubuntu newness
On Wed 28/9, David wrote: 5: Sound. Inserting my favourite Mahler CD automatically started up a CD player (good!), but no sound came out (bad!). Maybe Ubuntu doesn't like Mahler. This is totally unacceptable. If it won't play Bruckner as well, its war. MediaPlayer plays Gustav perfectly. A bit depressing really :( A lot of Mahler can be like that. Stay away from the 9th Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde. David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] ubuntu newness
Mike Lake wrote: I dunno bout the above, I have van Gogh's ear for music :-) Not to mention Joaquin Rodrigo's eye for fashion;-) David x22707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] OS in Law Firms
It was being developed by Jeremy Malcolm. I don't know it's current status. His site is: http://jmalcolm.ilaw.com.au/ David hai I remember reading an article on of the many Linux mags on a Debian based distribution in Perth being developed for legal firms.. sorry but I haven't got a link maybe this will jog someones memory On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 23:18, Craig Warner wrote: I've look at Debian packages but does anyone know or have experience in OS in small law firms? Or would like to take on the sales job for OSS here? Craig -- Regards Richard Neal *** Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all. (The Last Continent) *** -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Totally confused about spamassassin
And so I finally decided I'd had enough garbage in my inbox and decided to fight back. I have installed the spamassassin and spamc packages on a testing/ unstable Debian box and configured spamd to be used system wide by following the instructions in README.Exim3.gz. down to step 3. I though it enough to stop there as I use kmail and it should be able to handle filtering based on header contents. After starting spamd I notice that all incoming mail is marked: Received: from mail by colossus.apana.org.au with spam-scanned (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) in the headers but otherwise there is no difference. Now in the fine Debian tradition I would have thought that the packages would have come with reasonable defaults or prompt on install but this seems not to be the case. I presume there is some other configuring of spamassassin to get thing working but the available documentation just confuses the daylights out of me. Could someone kindly point me in the right direction with some dummy-suitable hints on what I've missed? -- David Would anyone like any toast? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: Stale AU Debian sources (Re: [SLUG] Xinerama and fonts - nvidia TwinView setup)
Julian declaimed: I've been using this mirror recently, and it's good, but I often notice a connection reset while getting the testing/main packages list. Running apt-get update again usually cures the problem. I would have thought it was some sort of problem with my machine or connection but it happens with the Debian boxes at work too (through a different ISP). Odd. It's not you, I get it with Pacific as well. Otherwise, I agree, it seems like a good mirror. David mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] ls sort order askew
What is it that determines the order that files/directories are sorted by the ls command? Some time ago after a apt-get dist-upgrade (the box is testing/unstable) the sorting behavior of ls changed from what I expect as standard (.files at the top etc) to the typical output below: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -la total 31480 drwxr-sr-x 99 daviddavid 12288 2004-01-12 19:06 . drwxrwsr-x5 root staff4096 2003-08-11 08:34 .. -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid 196937 2001-10-18 18:40 01oct.pdf -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid 320400 2002-06-17 18:44 042klc19.pdf -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid3003 2001-10-13 21:18 100dpi.txt -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid 60227 2003-07-17 18:50 12jun2003 -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid 16446 2003-09-30 19:22 2001WEB.MID -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid 326804 2001-09-05 20:47 28920e.pdf -rwxr-xr-x1 daviddavid4129 2003-05-14 18:06 42 -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid 162 2003-05-14 18:06 42.c -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid 162 2003-05-14 18:05 42.c~ -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid2893 2001-10-13 21:17 75dpi.txt drwx--S---2 daviddavid4096 2003-05-04 11:57 .AbiSuite drwx--S---2 daviddavid4096 2001-10-13 18:41 .abuse -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid1935 2004-01-10 14:14 .acrorc -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid 736 2002-06-25 09:22 addressbook.csv lrwxrwxrwx1 daviddavid 9 2001-08-12 19:31 AdobeFnt.lst - /dev/null -rw-r--r--1 daviddavid 65973 2003-05-10 17:08 ADSL-Bandwidth-Manag It seems to sort in strict alpha, disregarding the . in hidden files and ignoring case. How can I return the sort to the conventional one? -- David Would anyone like any toast? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] fdisk not recognising new disk.
Hi all, An ide hard drive has failed on a server machine and I have replaced it with a second scsi drive (which will be /dev/sdb). The machine already has a /dev/sda. On boot up the kernel appears to recognize the new disk but when I try to use fdisk I get: fdisk: unable to open /dev/sdb Fdisk has no trouble with /dev/hda and /dev/sda. If I boot rom a tomsrootbt disk, I can use fdisk on /dev/sdb and then use mk2fs, but when I then try to boot from the normal kernel, the kernel seems to recognise /dev/sdb1 but cannot mount it (as /var), and fdisk will stll not recognse /dev/sdb. Kernel is 2.4.23, fs is ext3 (compiled in) and ext2 as a module. Can anyone please help with this as I need to get this machine back up asap. -- David -- 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] fdisk not recognising new disk.
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 19:41, Keith Hopkins wrote: What kind of scsi hba/controller are you using for sdb? Adaptec 2940 (50 pin) Is sda on the same controller? Is sda a hard disk (not a cf card, or other non-native scsi device)? Yes, and yes. Can you post the output of /proc/partitions, /proc/scsi/scsi and the relevant parts of dmesg (does sdb show up in dmesg or boot.log)? Not easily, I am not at the site at present and until the machine is sorted out I have no remote access. Are you sure it is sdb under your running kernel? Could sdb be some other device, and your new disk is sdc? Pretty sure. Your suggestion seems unlikely but I'll check. Try 'fdisk -l /dev/sd?' to see if it shows up. Will do. -- David Would anyone like any toast? -- 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] fdisk not recognising new disk.
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 19:46, Matt Palmer wrote: Long shot, but have you had a look at the permissions on /dev/sdb*? Not *likely* to be the problem, but if sdb is listed in dmesg correctly, then it's about the only thing left, barring hardware failure - I've had that problem with a very old and crusty IDE drive - BIOS finds it, kernel says hmm, disk there (probably foolishly trusting the BIOS, methinks) but fdisk says no cookie for you!. Might be a similar thing happening for your SCSI disk. - Matt Thanks, Matt, will check for that, as unlikely as it seems. What perplexes me is that tomsrootbt fdisk recognizes it but the fdisk on the actual machine in single user mode doesn't. -- David Would anyone like any toast? -- 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] fdisk not recognising new disk. - SOLVED
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:05, Matt Palmer wrote: On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 07:50:59PM +1100, David Fisher wrote: On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 19:46, Matt Palmer wrote: Long shot, but have you had a look at the permissions on /dev/sdb*? Not *likely* to be the problem, but if sdb is listed in dmesg correctly, then it's about the only thing left, barring hardware failure - I've had that problem with a very old and crusty IDE drive - BIOS finds it, kernel says hmm, disk there (probably foolishly trusting the BIOS, methinks) but fdisk says no cookie for you!. Might be a similar thing happening for your SCSI disk. The problem turned out to be missing device files in /dev. After being created with mknod, I can now access the disk. Many more problems remain. -- David Would anyone like any toast? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Exim and root mail
Hi, I have 2 machines I am remotely administering for which I want exim to only send root mail. I do not want it to accept any mail from other hosts, which is always only spam and ends up getting frozen for the lack of a local part. The root mail is to go to my ordinary user account on the machines, from where it is handled by a .forward to my account on my home machine. I am looking for the config to stop exim accepting external mail but so far cannot find it. Can anyone give a quick answer, or point me to where I should be rtfm-ing? TIA, -- David Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] PLPTOOLS-KDE - the Debian package from Hell
Evenin' all, A recent dist-upgrade on my sid box sucked in a lot of stuff which I didn't want so I have turfed a lot of it out except for 1 package which is so settled in it just doesn't want to go away. On trying to delete it, I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get remove plptools-kde Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: plptools-kde 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 36 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 614kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Reading changelogs... Done (Reading database ... 147462 files and directories currently installed.) Removing plptools-kde ... dirname: too many arguments Try `dirname --help' for more information. dpkg: error processing plptools-kde (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: plptools-kde E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) You have new mail in /var/mail/david [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Is something in the apt database on colossus corrupted? At least, how can I get rid of this thing? I don't have a Psion PDA, don't wan't a Psion PDA, and if this is the way the software to support them generally behaves, will never get a bloody Psion PDA. -- David Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PLPTOOLS-KDE - the Debian package from Hell
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 20:36, Jeff Waugh wrote:
No, this is just a packaging problem. As it says in the error, the
pre- removal script had an error in it (a problem with dirname, given
the output). The pre-removal script will be:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plptools-kde.prerm
Jump into that file and see what the dirname problem is. It may just
be that you can comment out the broken line and it will uninstall
happily. Also, when you're removing things that you really don't ever
want again, it's useful to use --purge, which will also remove any
configuration information.
- Jeff
Sorry, but in my ignorance I can't see the problem. So here is the
script:
#! /bin/sh
# prerm script for plptools-kde
#
# see: dh_installdeb(1)
set -e
#
# Workaround for a mis-feature (bug?) in kdelibs:
# If mimetype is inode/x-directory, then always the folder-icon is
displayed.
# If mimetype is something else, open dialog pops up. So, for displaying
# Psion's drive icons _AND_ opening drives without annoying dialog,
# modify konquerorrc to hide dialog when opening a Psion-drive
#
case $1 in
remove|upgrade|failed-upgrade|abort-install|abort-upgrade|
disappear)
KDEBUGRC=`dpkg -S kdebugrc | awk '{print $2}'`
KONQRC=`dirname $KDEBUGRC`/konquerorrc
if test -f $KONQRC ; then
cp $KONQRC $KONQRC.$$
grep -v 'askSaveinode/x-psion-drive=' $KONQRC.$$
$KONQRC rm -f $KONQRC.$$
fi
;;
*)
echo prerm called with unknown argument \`$1' 2
exit 0
;;
esac
# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
# generated by other debhelper scripts.
exit 0
Can wiser eyes than mine see what it is??
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[SLUG] Ping me please!
Would some kind person please try pinging the addresses 202.12.88.42 or 202.12.88.106 and let me know the results, please? I need to test the ICMP block on my router from external ping traffic. -- David Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Ping me please!
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:33, Anthony Wood wrote: Probably not the results you were looking for... You should probably post a follow-up to say you don't need any more help either. You're right. And that is enough, thanks, folks. -- David Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Splicing .wav files
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:33, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 12:18:33 +1000 David Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone, I am trying to splice several .wav files before converting to mp3 using lame but I cant seem to find a way to do it. I would have thought sox would do it but looking throught the man page I can't see anything (which might only mean I haven't had enough coffee yet) I kept this email because I needed something like this myself. Since it didn't show up, I whipped this: http://www.zip.com.au/~erikd/libsndfile/sndfile-concat.c It does WAY more than just WAV files. When compiled into a binary, the command: sndfile-concat a.wav b.aiff will leave b.aiff unchanged, but copy the audio data from b.aiff onto the end of a.wav converting formats as it goes. This should work for all formats supported by libsndfile: http://www.zip.com.au/~erikd/libsndfile/ as long as both files contain the same number of channels. Erik -- Thanks, Erik, I'll have a good long look at this. I had been converting .wav to .raw using sox, concatenating and then converting back. This can only be better. -- David Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Splicing .wav files
Hello everyone, I am trying to splice several .wav files before converting to mp3 using lame but I cant seem to find a way to do it. I would have thought sox would do it but looking throught the man page I can't see anything (which might only mean I haven't had enough coffee yet) Any tips, please? -- David Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Oh dear
Too late, Jon, it's supposed to be before midday! David x2707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. Jon Biddell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Org. Au [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax to: org.au Subject: [SLUG] Oh dear 01/04/2003 02:13 PM Please respond to jon *** This email message has been processed by MIMEsweeper *** No comment...:-( http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.cfm?ID=0Art_ID=11772 Jon -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] scsi and LVD disks
Interesting. I stand corrected. That may come in useful one day. David x2707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. I have and been using LVD drives both Seagate and IBM with 2940UW. The LVD drives will work single ended with a UW cable and the addition of a SE/LVD terminator. The terminator is not needed with single ended drives, so if you upgrading you will need to add a terminator at end of cable. An alternative is to use a single ended drive as last drive, and all others can be LVD. SE drives have inbuilt termination, LVD do not. Note: Note the performance will drop to 40MB/sec though, if you want the LVD performance you will need to upgrade card as below. Rodney -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
Could you mean Hunt the Wumpus? David x2707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] usb mouse more responsive kernel 2.4.20
But be careful with 2.4.20 with ext3, apparently there are problems with data=journal mode. I believe that Stephen Tweedie is recommending people not use data=journal with 2.4.20 until the problems are resolved. Apparently data can be lost after umounts. I read it on the ext3fs mail list last week, don't have a reference with me at work. Any one else know more about this? David x2707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] kernel annoucement
...and is showing up as released at www.kernel.org. Thanks, Michael, I have been sweating on this. David x2707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Mozilla 1.2 : https cactus?
Is it just me or is https connection stuffed in the new lizard? Worked poifectly in 1.1. Anyone else tried it yet? David x2707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] (no subject)
Matt wrote: Is it a cookie problem? There's a comment on slashdot and a bug report on bugzilla. Apparently one person got to work by: OK *now* it WFM! I had to change Edit Preferences Advanced, Scripts and Plugins to allow javascript to change, create AND read cookies before it worked though. Slashdot comments: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=46211cid=4766948 Bug report: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172097 Matt Well, it certainly looks like it. I have checked the Scripts and Plugins settings and they are as above, so that's no help. I guess it's back to 1.1. OTOH, konqueror is starting to look better and better. David x2707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] What now for linuxconf?
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:03, Peter Faulks wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:32:19 +1100 (EST) Howard Lowndes If you must use linuxconf (ughh), you can always install the rpms from the linuxconf site at http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/ No need to rely on Redhat. Couldn't get rid of the wretched thing fast enough, myself. -- David Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Terratec DMX 6FIRE
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:10 am, Tom wrote: Hi All, Per the gentleman's recent question about ALSA support for the Terratec DMX 6FIRE, I thought I would go to the source for the definitive answer, and wrote the company. The bad news is that they do not plan to support Linux, so Linux users should avoid this company/product. The good news is that the Where to Buy page at www.terratec.net doesn't list any sites anywhere in Australia, so they shouldn't be hard to avoid. --Tom Tom, I am the person you amusingly describe as the gentleman (what's that?) who enquired about support for the DMX 6Fire. Thank you very much for making that enquiry on my behalf, even it the answer wasn't what you'd call a lot of help. Looks like I have a sound card to put on ebay, while I investigate other options. Recommendations, anyone? -- David Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Ensoniq AudioPCI
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] au writes: According to the google search I just did, it certainly does use the ES1371 chipset for the vibra 128 Thanks Okay, thanks for that, I'll grab one of them from EverythingLinux on Saturday. I am just looking for something useful while waiting for ALSA to get around to writing support for my Terratec 6fire DMX, which I bought on the mistaken assumption that because the chipset was supported, the card would be. Might be a long wait. -- David Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Ensoniq AudioPCI
In message 1031645584.1725.137.camel@sandra, Tom writes: My two cents would be that you are complaining about the wrong people. It would be a great opportunity to write the company and ask them why they didn't write a Linux driver themselves - after all Linux is the desktop OS which is increasing its market share the fastest. It wasn't a complaint, it was an objective statement. I am perfectly aware of the difficulty driver writers have and I am grateful for the work that ALSA and others have done to date. I am perfectly aware that it is the lack of co-operation of hardware manufacturers that is the root cause of the long waits we have to endure to get their products working. It is very frustrating not to be able to get working what I believe should be a superb piece of equipment like the Terratec. -- David Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Ensoniq AudioPCI
Does anyone know a source for the Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card in Sydney? My enquiries so far have drawn a complete blank. TIA, David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] MailMan no work no mo
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jamie Wilkinson writes: This one time, at band camp, David Fisher wrote: Is anyone else having trouble since the new version was released? Possibly one of our Pythons might see the problem? I know David's already been given a response, but for the rest of your informations: the problem is that the mailman security fix contained python 2.2 code, and the default python installed on Debian woody is version 1.5. A bug has been filed, and there should be a new fix for the fix Real Soon Now (tm). I imagine that what Jamie means by this is the discussion on debian-devel. I am in contact with the persons concerned and will advise when we have a resolution. -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] MailMan no work no mo
Evenin'
I am running a Debian woody server which runs several MailMan lists which
have been running sweetly until just recently. The only thing I can think of
that has changed is that, like you do, I installed the recent MailMan
security fix for woody that came out a cuppla days ago.
Now, no messages are getting through. If I do a test subscribe from the web
interface, I get the acknowledgement email asking for a reply but nothing
comes back.
A check in the logs reveals this suspicious tid-bit:
Aug 14 18:48:03 2002 qrunner(1300): File /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailComma
ndHandler.py, line 123, in ParseMailCommands
Aug 14 18:48:03 2002 qrunner(1300): precedence = msg.get('precedence',
'').lower()
Aug 14 18:48:03 2002 qrunner(1300): AttributeError : 'string' object has no
attribute 'lower'
Is anyone else having trouble since the new version was released? Possibly
one of our Pythons might see the problem?
--
David
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Re: [SLUG] LaTeX - Word?
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Erik de Castro L opo writes: On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:34:25 +1000 Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm now going to stand my ground on this and NEVER again supply any of these parasites a Word document. Good. Give the turd Postscript next time. -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] CUPS on Debian - Openoffice won't print
In message 1029028505.1288.14.camel@gandalf, Ken Foskey writes: dumb question does qtcups work? cat xyz | qtcups Ken It certainly does work. Thanks for taking the trouble to reply. Looks like I was a bit premature in my assessment. I can print from OpenOffice, but only if it is plain text. The first documents I tried contained embedded images, which seems to have been the problem. I have since found that I can print most stuff, but Oo.o docs with embedded images will fail, images through Konqueror or imagemagick are fine, but the same images through gimp seem to produce text output which to my untrained eye looks as though it may be the raw postscript. I am using the Epson Stylus Color 640 filter from gimp-print, btw. Maybe if I can get image printing through the gimp working correctly the rest will follow. -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] CUPS on Debian - Openoffice won't print
In message 1029028505.1288.14.camel@gandalf, Ken Foskey writes: dumb question does qtcups work? cat xyz | qtcups Ken It certainly does work. Thanks for taking the trouble to reply. Looks like I was a bit premature in my assessment. I can print from OpenOffice, but only if it is plain text. The first documents I tried contained embedded images, which seems to have been the problem. I have since found that I can print most stuff, but Oo.o docs with embedded images will fail, images through Konqueror or imagemagick are fine, but the same images through gimp seem to produce text output which to my untrained eye looks as though it may be the raw postscript. I am using the Epson Stylus Color 640 filter from gimp-print, btw. Maybe if I can get image printing through the gimp working correctly the rest will follow. -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] CUPS on Debian - Openoffice won't print
Well, I thought I'd finally ditch lprng and try CUPS which I hope might give rather better quality printing but I digress. I have an Epson Stylus Color 640. I can get it to successfully print the test pages from both the CUPS web admin page and the Openoffice spadmin setup proggy but I cannot get it to print documents from Oo.o. I have tried both the CUPS Epson drivers and the gimp-print drivers but no difference. Am I leaving something out here? David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Corrupt partition table......fix?
Evenin' all, On the weekend I was making an attempt to install Debian on an old IDE drive in a friends PC and in using fdisk I somehow seem to have snarfed the partition table. I'm not sure what I did (it was late and I should have been in bed) but now any attempt to use fdisk on the disk complains that the partition table is not readable. I believe the disk is physically okay but I don't know any way of unsnarling it. Is My Disk Ruined? Are there any utilities out there (and I'm not bothered about using commercial stuff for THAT OS if I have to) that will rescue it? -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Corrupt partition table
Thanks for the replies guys. I think I might try gpart first but it looks like there's a few alternatives if that doesn't work out. Will report back when I have results. -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] [jdub@perkypants.org: GNOME 2.0 Desktop and Developer Platform Released!]
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Daniel Stone writes: From the other side of things, KDE debs have been made semi-official. Read http://calc.cx/kde.txt for the full info, or: * Add deb http://kde3.geniussystems.net/debian ./ or deb http://kde.debian.co.nz/debian ./ to sources.list. * Run apt-get remove --purge kdelibs3 libarts. * Run apt-get install arts kdelibs kdebase kdenetwork kdemultimedia kdeutils, for a rough base desktop, or fire up aptitude and look at the smaller packages for more granularity. These debs are from the second set of KDE 3.0.2 tarballs Dirk prepared; they should also be the finals. Expect a 3.0.2 announcement within the week. I have them; just summoning up the courage to install them. Will report to the masses as soon as done. -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Bloody BIND
Hello folks of world, I had today to to a rather infrequent restart of the caching DNS on one of my woody boxes today and got: david@arachnid:/etc/bind$ sudo /etc/init.d/bind9 restart Stopping domain name service: namedrndc: connection to remote host closed This may indicate that the remote server is using an older version of the command protocol, this host is not authorized to connect, or the key is invalid. . Starting domain name service: named. As I am all but clueless regarding BIND9 (notwithstanding Mr Lake's protestations that it extends rather beyond that) can I ask for insights? Some quirk in rndc.conf?? -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] BIND9 Blues
Hi, This went out earlier when SLUG was hibernating so I guess no one saw it. So, we'll try again. Upon restarting bind9 after a very long time on one of my woody boxes today I got: david@arachnid:/etc/bind$ sudo /etc/init.d/bind9 restart Stopping domain name service: namedrndc: connection to remote host closed This may indicate that the remote server is using an older version of the command protocol, this host is not authorized to connect, or the key is invalid. . Starting domain name service: named. Any advice as to what bind9 config I missed? -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] BIND9 Blues
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I got a message like that a few days ago as well. I ran rndc-config, it generates a rndc.conf file and named.conf key statement. I over wrote my old rndc.conf and key statement in named.conf and it fixed it. I have purged and reinstalled. Problem remains. And now a reading from Logs. Jun 27 15:57:38 arachnid lwresd[207]: invalid command from 127.0.0.1#3103: bad auth A clue perhaps? -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] size mismatch when apt-getting
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], jason an drade writes: in any particular area ? e.g dist, pool.. hmm. was this in the past, upto the present ? always ? Well, although I have no particular gripe about the debian archives, java/debian on both planetmirror and aarnet is woefully out of date. If you check /pub/java/debian/dists/woody/non-free/binary-i386 on planetmirror we have: Packages.gz 24-Oct-2000 Release 03-Oct-2000 j2re1.3_1.2.99rc1-3_i386.deb03-Oct-2000 j2re1.3_1.3.0-2_i386.deb24-Oct-2000 j2sdk1.3-doc-installer_1.3.0-1_all.deb 03-Oct-2000 j2sdk1.3_1.2.99rc1-3_i386.deb 03-Oct-2000 j2sdk1.3_1.3.0-2_i386.deb 24-Oct-2000 jai-lib_1.0.2-1_i386.deb03-Oct-2000 jai-sample_1.0.2-1_all.deb 03-Oct-2000 java3d-re_1.2-2_i386.deb03-Oct-2000 java3d-sdk_1.2-2_i386.deb 03-Oct-2000 but at www.tux.org we find in /pub/java/debian/dists/woody/non-free/binary-i38 6: Packages.gz 04-Jul-2001 Release 03-Oct-2000 j2re1.3_1.2.99rc1-3_.. 03-Oct-2000 j2re1.3_1.3.0-2_i386.. 24-Oct-2000 j2re1.3_1.3.1-1_i386.. 04-Jul-2001 j2sdk1.3-doc-install.. 03-Oct-2000 j2sdk1.3_1.2.99rc1-3.. 03-Oct-2000 j2sdk1.3_1.3.0-2_i38.. 24-Oct-2000 j2sdk1.3_1.3.1-1_i38.. 04-Jul-2001 jai-lib_1.0.2-1_i386.. 03-Oct-2000 jai-sample_1.0.2-1_a.. 03-Oct-2000 java3d-re_1.2-2_i386.. 03-Oct-2000 java3d-re_1.2.1.01-1.. 25-May-2001 java3d-sdk_1.2-2_i38.. 03-Oct-2000 java3d-sdk_1.2.1.01-.. 25-May-2001 jmf_2.1.0.99-beta2-1.. 14-Nov-2000 jmf_2.1.1-1_i386.deb24-May-2001 The long and the short of it is that planetmirror is missing the 1.3_1.3.1 release of July 2001. Only a year behind. Not bad. And yes, I have previously written to planetmirror to bring this to their attention. I did not get the courtesy of a reply. Since planetmirror now seems so concerned about getting its house in order, could this now be addressed? Sorry if I come over all tetchy this morning but the ABC is playing Katchaturian's Violin Concerto at the moment. What utter shit. -- David The UN poses the following question to the assembled representatives of different countries: Please state your opinion about the lack of sufficient food in other countries. Many of the representatives ran into insurmountable problems: * No one in Africa knew the meaning of sufficient food. * No one in Western Europe knew the meaning of lack. * No one in Eastern Europe knew the meaning of opinion. * No one in the US knew the meaning of other countries. -- 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
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], jason a ndrade writes: On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, David Fisher wrote: If you check /pub/java/debian/dists/woody/non-free/binary-i386 on uhm, you've lost me. there is no /pub/java/debian on planetmirror. hmm. do you mean /pub/java/linux/debian ? this is not an archive carried from the debian group - it's a mirror of the blackdown site (or whatever it calls itself now) and handled separately. unfortunately i have gotten no email responses from that group in an effort to update the archive which is why it has stayed out of date and my previous contact within that group is no longer there. wipe egg of face Er, yes, that is what I meant.../wipe egg off face but at www.tux.org we find in /pub/java/debian/dists/woody/non-free/binary- i 38 6: i will once again attempt to contact them and in the meantime will switch updates back on and point them at tux in the meantime. this update is happening now. Oh. Good-oh. The long and the short of it is that planetmirror is missing the 1.3_1.3.1 release of July 2001. Only a year behind. Not bad. that's probably about the time blackdown.org moved stuff and mirroring broke. Fair enough. And yes, I have previously written to planetmirror to bring this to their attention. I did not get the courtesy of a reply. apologies - we do get a lot of mail and i might have inadverdently deleted it in the deluge of spam that seems to be my mailbox's lot in life :-/ Fair enough also. You don't have that on your own. ;-P Since planetmirror now seems so concerned about getting its house in order, could this now be addressed? you betcha. Triffic. Sorry if I come over all tetchy this morning but the ABC is playing Katchaturian's Violin Concerto at the moment. What utter shit. Oh. you prefer the Katchaturian Violin Concerto Dance/Rap Mix ? (duck) For once, it could only be an improvement. regards, -jason Thanks, -- David (happy now they're going to play some Shostakovich shortly) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Be Thankful
Get your turkey. 2.4.15 and 2.5.0 are out. -- David Some weeks it looks like Redmond feels entitled to capture not just part of what we save, but all of it. That just isn't going to fly with corporate America forever. When your margins are more sensitive to Bill Gates' pricing whims than they are [to] the price of oil, that's an untenable position for a large company to be in. - John Chapman, Sr. Technology Executive, Amoco -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Election time...
In message 005e01c16054$9f1e5890$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Steven Blunt writes: I'm fairly sure that the IT deficit isn't a government deficit but a trade deficit. Not really the government's job to fix IMO, tho Pauline would probably tell you otherwise. Please explain. -- David Some weeks it looks like Redmond feels entitled to capture not just part of what we save, but all of it. That just isn't going to fly with corporate America forever. When your margins are more sensitive to Bill Gates' pricing whims than they are [to] the price of oil, that's an untenable position for a large company to be in. - John Chapman, Sr. Technology Executive, Amoco -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] KDE on Debian - per user environment variables
All, I hope you can be a little more helpful than the wilfully useless lot on Debian-KDE. I am trying to set up some per user environmentals on KDE 2.2.1 on Debian Woody. Eg HTTP_PROXY for my setiathome account, plus adding ~/bin to my personal account's path. Adding these to .bash_profile has no effect (I recall it working for Gnome before I defected). Anybody offer a clue on this? Anything than go back to that ghastly mish-mash, Gnome. -- David Some weeks it looks like Redmond feels entitled to capture not just part of what we save, but all of it. That just isn't going to fly with corporate America forever. When your margins are more sensitive to Bill Gates' pricing whims than they are [to] the price of oil, that's an untenable position for a large company to be in. - John Chapman, Sr. Technology Executive, Amoco -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Check this out
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jon Biddell writ es: At 21:02 11/09/01 +0100, Richard Ibbotson wrote: Jon The really scarey thing is that World War III is a VERY real possibility over this My assessment of it so far is that someone is going to get swung in a big way. I think our American friends will be moving into place with some conventional cruise missiles shortly. As for world war. Well, I'd wait out on that one myself :) Whatever you think of US politics, just than insert deity of your choice that Ronny Ray-Gun isn't still in the chair - the guy believed in Armageddon, and would have pressed the button to start it. Do you really think for a moment the incumbent is any better? -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] fsck
Evenin' all, Just quickly, could anyone tell me where to find the attribute controlling how many reboots between automatic partition fsck on a Debian woody system? Ta, -- David Some weeks it looks like Redmond feels entitled to capture not just part of what we save, but all of it. That just isn't going to fly with corporate America forever. When your margins are more sensitive to Bill Gates' pricing whims than they are [to] the price of oil, that's an untenable position for a large company to be in. - John Chapman, Sr. Technology Executive, Amoco -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] fsck
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: man fstab shows that its the sixth field in /etc/fstab Begging the Captain's pardon, I thought that was the *order* of execution of fsck. Greater minds than I tell me it's tune2fs I want. -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] SLUG Pastimes
It should be perfectly obvious to all sensible people that the time is ripe for a filesystem holy war. Reason being, it's time I put in a journalling filesystem on colossus and arachnid, but, which one? Now I am lazy and confused. So rather than do serious research on a sunny Saturday afternoon, I say to you all, protagonists of various filesystems, into your corners, and on the count of three, come out fighting! One, two, wait for itthree! -- David Some weeks it looks like Redmond feels entitled to capture not just part of what we save, but all of it. That just isn't going to fly with corporate America forever. When your margins are more sensitive to Bill Gates' pricing whims than they are [to] the price of oil, that's an untenable position for a large company to be in. - John Chapman, Sr. Technology Executive, Amoco -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Red Hat 6 Installation
Dear Slug, I am installing RH 6 on a Pentium 75. Booting on the boot floppy is not a problem. It identifies the CD ROM Drive (Panasonic/Scoundblast CR) but then it has problems reading the CD ROM. It tries in lots of 3, I think gets to line blah thousand then just does that over and over and over, layer etc. I'd say you have an old Panasonic interface cdrom, not an ide one. Try typing cdrom=0x230,1 at the boot prompt you get when booting off the install floppy. Your cdrom should now be recognised. -- David Some weeks it looks like Redmond feels entitled to capture not just part of what we save, but all of it. That just isn't going to fly with corporate America forever. When your margins are more sensitive to Bill Gates' pricing whims than they are [to] the price of oil, that's an untenable position for a large company to be in. - John Chapman, Sr. Technology Executive, Amoco -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Stale mount points?????
Mornin' all, hope the television entrails were as good for you as they were for me. At the meeting last night some may recall I asked a question in relation to a problem I was having in dwww running a cron job which tries to create a dwww dir in /var/lib and which was causing an error cannot create - file exists where the file did not appear to exist. Also trying to ls the file caused in input/output error. File system corruption was suggested. Now this morning I have fsck'd the partition, which was reported as clean. Now Anthony also suggested something about stale mount points. The rest was lost in the hubbub so: How do I check for any of these stale mount pounts; and How do I shoot them. I wonder if this is related to my first fumbling experiments with NFS last weekend, using the machine in question as the client. All help appreciated, David -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] OT - Douglas Adams
I'm sorry to announce that many geeks' favourite author, Douglas Adams, has passed away. Catie, Thanks for letting us know. I am devastated. David So long and thanks for all the fish. - Adams -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Mutt and setting pithy single line quotes in sig :-)
Thanks jobst. I ended up working it out myself just then. Here is how I did it. In .muttrc I have: folder-hook slug set signature=/home/mikel/bin/fortune.sig| the script fortune.sig is: #!/bin/bash # Create a short fortune to go before my email sig echo `fortune -s` echo cat ~/.signature -- Green light in A.M. for new projects. Red light in P.M. for traffic tickets. Be careful you don't have fortunes-off installed (especially when sending from your work account!) David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian
Hi This is quick. When I changed over to debian from RH my printing setup is gone. No printcap file at all. Have looked for combinatios of printcfg printconfig etc commands in bins, looked on debian doc site, and SLUG archives retured 55 matches but didnt actually show any text (must be doing something wrong there). What do I apropos or man for the clue? Mike apt-get install magicfilter OR apt-get install printtool David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Can't compile 2.4.2 kernel - where is gas? - SOLVED
Astute readers with acute memories will remember my problems with compiling a 2.4.2 kernel on a Debian sid box. The answer to the problem for now was found by perusing some back numbers on the debian-user list. In /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/Makefile, you need to replace all instances of -oformat with --oformat. Worked for me. I have take crossfire's advice though and have only put in a 2.4.1 job. Hopefully 2.4.3 when it comes out of the oven might help my SCSI problems with its new, allegedly much improved aic7xxx driver. -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Can't compile 2.4.2 kernel - where is gas?
Hello all, It's far too quiet for a dull sunday afternoon so here's one. I am having trouble compiling a new 2.4.2 kernel on a new Debian unstable installation. I believe the problem is I lack gas. No, truly. I can't find it it any available package but I gather it should be part of binutils. Anyone know what's the story, Rory? The reason for the install (re-install) is that the machine has been behaving badly - lots of SCSI bus timeouts and so on. Now, I gather that the Via Apollo MVP3 chipset that the motherboard uses has a less than honourable reputation. Can anyone confirm that there are problems with this chipset? A dim memory persists of having read of a recent kernel patch to fix difficulties with some Via chipsets but I can't turn it up. Machine details: FIC VA-503+ motherboard Via Apollo MVP3 chipset 128 Mb SDRAM AMD K6-3/400 processor Adaptec 2940U2W SCSI adapter Quantum Atlas IV 9 gig HD Pioneer 40x SCSI CD-ROM TIA, David "Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative." - Oscar Wilde -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Xpert help needed.
Hello Xperts everywhere. Last night I found I needed to reinstall Debian on colossus due to disk drive problems. (I had to do a SCSI reformat but that's another story.) After loading Xfree86 4.0.2 fron unstable and running xf86config I get: X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (no such file or directory), aborting xinit: Connection refused (errno 111); unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Now, it was late and what passes for a brain was basically putty at that hour, but I can't think of anything I've done. I need to recover this machine in a hurry, so any advice very much appreciated. Please cc reply to me at work here, as I am off list here (and colossus don't work!). David mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision." - WILIAM JAMES "Oh..I dunno......" - DAVID FISHER -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Gnome 1.2 Easter Eggs
Okay, time to take the GEGL out of the hat. :) Okay, that's all very well, but how about some gen on some truly suave, euro-oh-so-sophisticated KDE easter eggs? Or is KDE above this sort of sillyness (except for Kandalf, of course!). -- David "I wish I knew now what I knew then." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: Konqueror/Mozilla (was Re: [SLUG] Email Programs)
Does anybody else have problems with the supplied Mozilla binaries? Could my problems be due to Mozilla being compiled on (I guess) a RedHat box and the little incompatibilities between distros? When will the Debian package be updated? Grrr... I'm not happy with Mozilla. I have just installed Mozilla 0.8 from the binaries on my Debian Woody (with a bit of Sid) machine and although it's early days yet it seems terrific so far. If I run into problems I will post them but if you don't hear from me assume all is well. The rest is silence.. -- David "I wish I knew now what I knew then." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] X won't play with me anymore
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[SLUG] X won't play with me anymore
Sorry 'bout the previous empty message, I'm not used to mailx. Due to a recent death in the family (ie my rusty trusty Matrox Mill G200) I have had to install a borrowed S3 ViRGE DX. I have rerun xf68config and now when I try startx as user david I get X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting. Now I know there's a fix for this but I cannot for the life of me remember it. Anyone help, please? We have Debian Woody, Xfree86 4.0.2. TIA, David (lost without EXMH) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] X won't play with me anymore - SOLVED
when I try startx as user david I get X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting. # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common and make sure console users can run X is the correct answer. Thanks James. -- David "I wish I knew now what I knew then." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] KDE 2
Oi! I'm sorry if people have posted on this topic before, but... Has anyone noticed what a piece of work KDE 2.0.1 is ...the new UI, intuitive config... And with Konqueror, we've finally got a mature Linux browser than isn't called Netscape. Wonderful highly recommended. Kudos to the KDE team. Well, I suppose it's not TOO bad, but it's pretty ordinary compared to the 2.1 beta in Debian unstable. -- David "I wish I knew now what I knew then." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Make menuconfig, 2.2.18 and Debian woody.
And so it was with great alacrity that I downloaded the new 2.2.18 kernel, the first to be released since my conversion to the Way and the Light (i.e. Debian) and proceeded to attempt my first kernel compile on my woody box. And lo, consternation! After untarring i get colossus:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.18/scripts/lxdialog' gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="curses.h" -c -o lxdialog.o lxdialog.c In file included from lxdialog.c:22: dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.18/scripts/lxdialog' make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 colossus:/usr/src/linux# What have I done wrong? What package have I left out? All advice welcome, especially if it's useful. -- David -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GMU d++ s+:- a+ C++ UL P+ L+++ E W++ N o-- K w--- O-- M+ V- PS++ PE Y+ PGP- t 5-- X-- R- tv b DI++ D-- G e h r% y-- --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- 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
Perhaps I will make a OceaniaDialUp.rpm to create the settings... Don't forget the .deb. -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Older i386 looking for buff firewall. Must know how to handle bad packets...
Maybe Aaron should have a look on ebay or sold for some cheap old RAM or a cheap old computer. How expensive can a 486 with 8Mb be? Even in the saturday paper I'm sure you can get them for under $100. Aaron would be better off by several orders of magnitude by getting his hands on a 486 that will take 16 Mg of ram (I have lots of 8 Mg 72-pin stuff if he needs it) and diving to http://lrp.steinkuehler.net and reading the excellent info here and grabbing one of Charles's floppy distros. I use Eiger Linux on a Compaq 486/75 with 16 Mg to firewall my permanent APANA connection at home (now there's a crowd that know what Linux support REALLY means!!!). The machine was found by a friend of mine in a gutter (No, Mike, the machine, not my friend...). A $25 NE2000 card and I was away. Forget the 386. With 486s now falling off garbage trucks I'd be very surprised if you even have to break a note to get one. And when you need a web server, get another one. Like my Osborne 483/33. -- David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] turning an LP into a CD - undex Linux?
Does anyone know a method that can be used to turn an LP record into a CD which can be played on an ordinary CD player? Can I add a "me too" to this. If anybody was going to make any off-list replies to DaZZa on this could they cc me please. David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Adding a user to a group
You should have been able to add any user to a group using any editor you please. I suspect you had not logged in again. Anand No, it was just a simple misconfiguration, which I realised after I'd seem what usermod had done. Besides, we ALL know it would have worked just as well with The Supreme Ruler of all Editors, xemacs. David (running quickly...) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Lawyerly attachments
My initial response when these appear on the list is to think that as it is not addressed to me, I'm not going to help with the problem. After all,people who put that sort of warning on their messages might be more likely to sue me if any advice I give doesn't solve their problem. Tend to think it goes against the spirit of Linux, open source, free software, etc Now looky here. This is a completely unfair statement. These disclaimers and/or threats concerning misdirection are automatically added to outgoing mail by the system and users have no control over it. The poor sods are more deserving of sympathy with living with the embarrassment of having this twaddle added to their mail without their consent. It is only a matter of time before I will be so afflicted at work. Living with a filtered/interferred-with/monitored corporate email system is a total PITA but it is a reality for many people. I use mine at work as little as possible privately. Don't take it out on us. David (sending from home where the email police can't get me (yet)). -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Adding a user to a group
Hi all, I have been trying to add an ordinary user to the group lp to give him access to the printer when using pdq. I never had any trouble doing this when I used Redhat, by editing /etc/group but this doesn't seem to work on Debian (woody). What am I missing here? David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Adding a user to a group
usermod? Then you don't even have to use vi! :D Check out it's manpage, given that usermod --help is pretty terse. Remember that you also have to re-login for changes to have effect. - Jeff Success. Thanks, Jeff. I suppose I just wasn't doing it right. Anyway, what's wrong with vi? (Evil grin, exits stage left, hoping has left new holy war behind him) David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] MS Linux gets closer
My concern here is that M$ might use its clout to challenge the GPL and try to distribute its own "no source code" version. -- Howard. ...and thus undermine the whole basis of the open source free software movement. Make no mistake, it is the GPL that poses the greatest threat to Microsoft and its business model, not Linux per se. They will stop at nothing to try to pervert it. -- David mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Ich fuhle, Luft von anderen Planeten" Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as a result. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian packaging for software
You can, but to be the official Debian maintainer, you must go through the new maintainer process (expect the Spanish Inquisition given that I've told you about it now). Oh..he didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition... -- David mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Ich fuhle, Luft von anderen Planeten" Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as a result. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] AHA1542 - SOLVED
Thank you all for your helpful replies. I was eventually able to get Debian to autodetect at 334. My tomsrtbt disk sees it too. Interestingly enough, the RH install disk still yelps for a driver disk. But as my preference is to put in Debian (which I now have) then I'm more than happy. Thanks again all. You're worth your weight in memory chips. -- David mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as a result. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
