Re: VoIP adapter configuration was /Re: [SLUG] Thunderbird send problems

not being able to send emails...! -- Simon Wong [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] Oracle 9i database and samba

to Windows. It still uses an Xserver and goodness knows what else has been hacked in there?! -- Simon Wong [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] Oracle 9i database and samba

is qualified to tell you yes or no; and Minescape looks like a serious piece of mine design and operations planning software. I will be. Thanks. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

[SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

Hi all! Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape under Windows but want the data and DB shared via Samba. TIAs -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

think this would be a good idea? because the instance of Windows will be running under VMware server (or Workstation) and I like to keep the data outside the VM where it can also be shared with other instances of the app. What are you thinking? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

a critical SQL DB on it (or heck, even hash tables with shared writers!) unless my vendor told me it was ok. OK In short: Ask your vendors. Thats what you're paying them for. :) I will and will post back here if I get it running too! -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

and have it's DB files stored on Samba shared to it from the host OS? -- Simon Wong [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] Oracle 9i database and samba

of network file systems is a bad idea at least for performance, but I never tried this personally. Understandable but these DB files are on the same physical machine, different OS (Linux VMware host). Thanks. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] USB to serial

I would recommend the Keyspan USA-19HS. On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 13:33 +1100, Martin Barry wrote: $quoted_author = DaZZa ; On Dec 18, 2007 12:59 PM, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there anything that I need to look for in these USB to serial converters? Any special software

Re: [SLUG] Eee

I had a chance to have a quick look at one at a school I visited recently - they were considering them for all the Primary kids :-) My interest is that it is cheap, small and light. Assuming that I can install OpenVPN on it, then it's a great device to take away on holidays if I need to

Re: [SLUG] tip: how to renumbber screens in gnu screen

to others. Thanks a useful tip. The hardest thing about finding tip for screen is that typing screen into Google is not exactly definitive! -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

[SLUG] MySQL transfer from one host to another over SSH (pull)

with this? -- Simon Wong [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] MySQL transfer from one host to another over SSH (pull)

probably want to do the same on both hosts. You can then get rid of the -p switches. So do you think that it's not possible to do it ad-hoc like I am doing? I'll try your suggested setup - thanks. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] MySQL transfer from one host to another over SSH (pull)

for information about selectively enabling or disabling certain of the options affected by --opt. MySQL v5.0 in Ubuntu. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] MySQL transfer from one host to another over SSH (pull)

/password in ~/.my.cnf as recommended by Michael Chesterton. -- Simon Wong [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] Locking network interface number to specific MAC address

that are not portable with Ubuntu - that and the xorg.conf video driver. -- Simon Wong [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] Help with strace - WinDev HyperFile Server

) = 19927 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- exit_group(0) = ? -- Simon Wong [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] Fixed : Ubuntu Edgy : Booting to SATA disks

the SATA disks are enumerated in a different order from install and booting the installation (different kernels I guess). -- Simon Wong [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] i386 to amd64?

On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 13:30 +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS FYI: /dev/hda1 /, You have not selected a root partition round-n-round When doing installations using RAID you sometimes need to reboot in between because the kernel has not re-read the partition layout (AFAIK). -- Simon Wong

Re: [SLUG] CUPS Dying

or check from the cli with lpstat -a. Also, no need to reboot for something trivial like that, just restart the daemon sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

[SLUG] Terrible dedicated webhosting

! -- Simon Wong [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] Backup System - Any recommendations

looks quite interesting http://www.dirvish.org/ Anyone used it? -- Simon Wong [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] Kunbuntu Edgy Eft Evaluation on a Targa Laptop

tends to have better support than the last. -- Simon Wong [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] cPanel reliability on linux

on a dedicated machine and the developer upgraded it to the EDGE version ie the development version. I guess under normal circumstances that would not have been possible. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs

[SLUG] cPanel reliability on linux

password. Does anyone have any anecdotes that can give me some confidence in allowing these people to keep using it (after we downgrade to SATBLE not EDGE) or hair-raising stories about how easy it is to mis-configure your linux server? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

[SLUG] PC h/w and s/w Inventory apps - OCS Inventory

of software (hardware and software audits of linux and Windows PCs)? -- Simon Wong [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] PC h/w and s/w Inventory apps - OCS Inventory

and hardware auditing pretty successfully. Thanks for your feedback, Dave. -- Simon Wong [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] Linux laptop and training for new user

password. But that is another story :-( I can give them some training if they are in Brisbane :-) -- Simon Wong [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] What about /boot [was] Swap = 2xRAM

should be. -- Simon Wong [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] vsftpd

I have an existing vsftpd setup that uses virtual users as per the supplied example in the Ubuntu deb. What I am wondering is if I can add per user configurations to multiplex that to multiple users or mix virtual and local users? TIAs -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

[SLUG] Keyboard nav in Evolution (or GTK?)

them in Evolution. That no longer works in the email list and is a PITA. Incidentally it works when selecting folders when moving an email?! Can anyone suggest how I can fix it or if there's a different key combo (I've tried ctrl, alt) that does this? Thanks. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SLUG] Edgy Upgrade, more

On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 16:56 +1100, david wrote: * LCD screen is invisible. I've had to use an old CRT. I've no idea what the problem is except that the LCD is not faulty (works during boot until X starts) This is similar to something a colleague of mine is experiencing. If you wait long

Re: [SLUG] Re:SLUG] Edgy Upgrade

On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 19:13 +1100, Richard Neal wrote: Trust me don't bother, yes I did get it finally installed via the net update procedure but for reasons unknown to me some things didn't get installed (like the kernel). Despite the improvements in GUI tools I would not trust an upgrade

Re: [SLUG] Web based poll/survey software

? -- Simon Wong [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] Web based poll/survey software

On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 21:15 +1100, Del wrote: I've used PHPESP in the past and been pretty happy with it. http://www.butterfat.net/wiki/Projects/phpESP/ Thanks, Del. Do you find it's easy for non-technical people to use and setup? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

[SLUG] Web based poll/survey software

the VotePlugin and PollPlugin for twiki but not sure if that will do the job. Does anyone have any suggestions for something that can be pretty much dropped into a site hosted by an external Web Host? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] apt-get upgrade problems

try using apt-get -f install and dpkg --configure -a to try and recover the situation. -- Simon Wong [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] Problems with Evolution email

downloading. This hasn't caused any problem that I have noticed so far. Since it doesn't seem to cause any lasting problems that's as far as I have looked into it. Hope that gives you some comfort :-) I know, I should have filed a bug... -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] Best Linux soft-phone?

with SIP port forwarding for best results. Enjoy! -- Simon Wong [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] How to force which device is eth0?

On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 09:27 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: Check out /etc/iftab (and the iftab man page). - Jeff Bingo! Thanks, mate! -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

for your interfaces; see http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/udev.htm Thanks, I'll have a read of this reference. -- Simon Wong [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 desktop

Open With. Can you select Xine from there? That should set the association correctly. To get Totem to work you'll need the appropriate gstreamer plugin (if it exists). Try the gstreamer-plugins-ugly package in synaptic. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

[SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

seem to be working on my Dapper machine. Can anyone offer any advice on how to force which hardware is eth0? TIAs -- Simon Wong [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] crazy dapper mouse

) on a number of Intel and AMD hardware platforms. The only problem I have is on one PC that I have, it does not work on the Ubuntu CD install menu (but works fine once installed!). Bug filed. X configuration is as installed by Ubuntu for both OS versions. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SLUG] udev/jpilot question

that affects USB and my Treo. BTW thanks a lot for your notes on the Telstra wireless broadband card...got me up and running in no time flat :-) -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Firewall Device Opinions

. Paul is also a nice guy. :-) ah, thanks for the lead, this might be the answer to some of my Linux prayers! The net4801 looks like what I've been trying to find... -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] Re: Firewall Device Opinions

was supported at the time. This makes it a bit hard to use on an ongoing basis. Maybe Asus's device have a more stable hardware selection. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Firewall Device Opinions

. Another issue seems to be that they are sold as whole units, you can't replace many parts or even the MoBo without returning the whole unit. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

[SLUG] Nagios - changing scheduled downtime

be able to keep it as a record. System is Ubuntu Dapper. For anyone else wondering what this is about...Nagios is a network monitoring framework. You can use it to monitor all sorts of services or machine parameters via built-in and external plugins. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG

[SLUG] Sync contacts with Evolution

seem to support SyncML but linux support seems to be in transition from multisync to opensync. Is anyone using any of these and synching their contacts successfully with Evolution? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] Dapper : slow disk access?

On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 10:00 +1000, Phil Scarratt wrote: I stopped it from running altogether, which I believe means you have to stop using locate (no big deal). It shouldn't take too long to update anyway. I find locate very useful to have. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG

[SLUG] VPN server for Mac clients

looking at using FreeNX as that has a Mac OS X client but i'm not sure about file transfers, I think it may be able to use Samba? I guess it's even possible to simply use SSH port forwarding as a last resort? TIA -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] VPN server for Mac clients

. of VPN protocols though, so you could look to things like IPSEC (supported as of 10.2) and OpenVPN (which you'll need additional client software for). I had an ugly experience recently, failing to get IPsec and Racoon working in Breezy. OpenVPN would be good. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SLUG] VPN server for Mac clients

useful. I'm down on Safari at the moment. I used to think that it was good but now that Firefox is available for Mac, I'm recommending that. Thanks, for the pointers. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] VPN server for Mac clients

) cool, will do if required but access is only to one server so some /etc/hosts (or wherever it is) editing will be manageable. Thanks! -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Installing Ubuntu with no CD

to help.ubuntu.com, but there are some fixes to do (I just found out that the dapper installation documentation is on doc.ubuntu.com). Shouldn't someone comment the wiki if this is the case? Perhaps just a link to the good stuff? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] Occassional freeze-up in Ubuntu 5.10

but that will not give you an exact diff. I'd try going to the package's web page via packages.debian.org then follow the links at the bottom of the page to the source packages etc and see what you can find. HTH -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] citrix scroll bars do not go back up

it too https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreeNX -- Simon Wong [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] Occassional freeze-up in Ubuntu 5.10

: $ sudo apt-get --reinstall install linux-686=2.6.12.16.1 You'll need to pin that version though to stop it upgrading automatically. Do that through Synaptic with the force version menu item. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] USB to IDE adaptor

with sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda I wish I knew a better way to obtain the assigned device...let me know if you find out... -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Dialup.

for SuSe? -- Simon Wong [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] touchpad - can i turn it off?

This program can show or modify the configuration of several different kinds of touchpad devices, including the Synaptics TouchPad and the ALPS Glidepad/Stickpointer. Bugs: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Origin: Ubuntu -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] pam ldap question

via glibc because of my nsswith setup above ? No idea! -- Simon Wong [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] A Sys Admin's worst nightmare

having access to the machines. Now it's all being done remotely over SSH. I think that's the best that you can do really. -- Simon Wong [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: A Sys Admin's worst nightmare

for RJ45. Sure people can use their own software/mahcines to attack but that's soo much easier to protect against than users you have ALLOWED onto your PC. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] Re: A Sys Admin's worst nightmare

on this I'd love to see them. Thanks for your thoughts. -- Simon Wong [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] A Sys Admin's worst nightmare

seems a little unfair. I agree it sounds unfair but do we really want people to have much of a chance? Anyway, thanks for your comments, Simon. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] A Sys Admin's worst nightmare

reason yet that is so obviously not want I want either! -- Simon Wong [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] A Sys Admin's worst nightmare

:-) -- Simon Wong [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] A Sys Admin's worst nightmare

of the file :-) Blackmail starts becoming illegal and a matter for the police so we're probably safe there...I hope! -- Simon Wong [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: A Sys Admin's worst nightmare

but I think its adequate? You can also only login once simultaneously within in the cafe. -- Simon Wong [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] A Sys Admin's worst nightmare

, a public system like this is always open to naughtiness but legitimising it is really scary. -- Simon Wong [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] sudo command over ssh - pasword echo

way to do this? TIA -- Simon Wong [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] sudo command over ssh - pasword echo

logins restricted to a specified list via AllowUsers after a recent experience. Thanks. -- Simon Wong [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] sudo command over ssh - pasword echo

On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 10:52 +1000, Benno wrote: ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -t sudo .. The -t says allocate a TTY, which is what sudo needs to correctly read your password. Thanks, I should have tried it before replying before. I see that stops the echoing, tah. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL

Re: [SLUG] sudo command over ssh - pasword echo

over what's happening with package updates especially. Double up the security: restrict allowed users AND use key-based auth. :) Agreed, I've learnt a bit about that the hard way recently :-( -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] sudo command over ssh - pasword echo

! -- Simon Wong [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] Linuxworld Success!

On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 10:59 +1000, Pia Waugh wrote: - Simon Wong To be honest I didn't really do anything in the end, though I did drop in to visit I didn't want to miss anything upstairs after paying for a flight and the conference too...sorry! Having said that the stand was buzzing so

Re: [SLUG] configuring console screen handling ?

lines) the check boxes work better in aptitude at least. Give it a try. how do I fix it, to work properly through local concole login ? well, I have no idea but I had meant to ask the wise ones on the list (but you've beaten me to it)... -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] png

: for i in *.png; do convert $i gifs/${i%png}gif; done Oh, the power of the command line :-) -- Simon Wong [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] Login with radius authentication

. -- Simon Wong Dependable Technologies Pty Ltd ABN 35 108 656 131 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.dt.net.au mob 0438 609 011 | ph +61 7 3367 0847 | fax +61 7 3009 0431 * Dependable IT Solutions * signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] Re: ubuntu/debian

to Skype. I'll have to try it again. I looked at it a littl ewhile back and it seemed clunky, not a patch on Skype for a polished product. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Missing mouse cursor

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 13:46 +1100, Mary Gardiner wrote: turned on. But there's no arrow icon, no visual marking at all, of its location. What if you try reapplying the cursor theme from the mouse preference? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] Xscreensaver too advanced!

On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 21:39 +1100, David Kempe wrote: did you include ubuntu-base? um, no I have installed that now. -- Simon Wong [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] Xscreensaver too advanced!

On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 21:43 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: Make sure you have ubuntu-standard and ubuntu-minimal installed. Check! P.S. Hope to catch up at LWA. Will proba see Pia at the stand so will ask your whereabouts ;-) -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] Xscreensaver too advanced!

On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 19:09 +1100, Erle Pereira wrote: sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales Thanks, I will give that a go... -- Simon Wong [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] Xscreensaver too advanced!

What I want is a nice simple scrolling text screen saver for a simple PC kiosk running X (dare i say marquee?!). The only one vaguely close is Fontglide but I'm getting perl locale errors running that on my minimal installation. Can anyone suggest an alternative? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL

Re: [SLUG] Xscreensaver too advanced!

scrolled a single line of text though... -- Simon Wong [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] Xscreensaver too advanced!

only done a bare bones installation by a seed file. I'm learning how to do that so I've probably left off something there too! -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Dates of Linuxworld

?! -- Simon Wong [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] Dates of Linuxworld

On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 09:31 +1100, Pia Waugh wrote: friday. But seriously, you may as well save up your brownie points and come to linux.conf.au in Sydney in January, as it'll be much closer to the crowd ALRIGHT! I couldn't quite stretch NZ but I'm definately there for Sydney! -- Simon Wong

Re: [SLUG] Linuxworld stand for LA!

what's happening. Who's with me! :) In spirit predominantly! -- Simon Wong [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: SOLVED Re: [SLUG] gunzip 1.3G file over ssh - crawling

some experimenting to find an optimum. -- Simon Wong [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] gunzip 1.3G file over ssh - crawling

what it was. Thanks for your comments. -- Simon Wong [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

SOLVED Re: [SLUG] gunzip 1.3G file over ssh - crawling

that partition image size down (bye bye system restore). Of course, for linux clients this is so much easier (no activation issues) so setting up the preseed file for Ubuntu is my next step. Thanks again, have a great day! -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: SOLVED Re: [SLUG] gunzip 1.3G file over ssh - crawling

actually increasing the amount of data transmitted. perhaps one to try another time. I also tried to use my external USB DVD drive with Knoppix to see how fast it could do it over USB2 but I couldn't get my drive recognised. Things are fast enough now to be manageable anyway now. -- Simon Wong

[SLUG] gunzip 1.3G file over ssh - crawling

that's blowing things up. Anyone got any clues on how to do this more on the fly so all data is passed through without any buffering? Why is this sort of question always late on a Friday? Oh well, have a good weekend! -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing

Re: [SLUG] SMB network printer

. -- Simon Wong [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] DVD rom not working

If not try loading that module (as root or sudo) with modprobe ide_cd. -- Simon Wong [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] multicard readers in hoary

with for a little while as I've taken to plugging my camera in directly and using PTP to transfer my photos. Try inserting the card then connecting the card reader (assuming USB). When you're done and have unmounted the device unplug the card reader. HTH. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG

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