August 2003 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

geek.nz
by Oliver Jones 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

-- Quote --- The new Second Level Domain, .geek.nz, will be available through Domainz from 11am on Tuesday 26 August 2003. .geek.nz will be an open (not moderated) second level, and will be available on a 'first come, first served' basis. Registrations can be made as usual either through our website or using the email template. Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions relating to .geek.nz, or about your Provider account in general. -- Quote --

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Re: [wlug] Some things I use.
by Martin Baehr 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Distribution: debian Instant Messaging: none -> sTeam Web Browser: firebird Email: mutt IRC: ircii (to lazy to look for something better :-), roxenchat (not irc) Music (Ogg/MP3): xmms, mplayer... Movie players: mplayer (works always) (never seen xine working) Office Suite: none Remote Access/Control: ssh PDF: gv Graphics: gimp Image Viewer: xzgv (am not entirely happy with it, but others are worse) Text/Code Editor: vi Personal Finance: vi (i have a text file where i write down all my expenses) Servers: Caudium, sTeam, wwwoffle (occasionally) Window Manager: Window Maker Office: screen (in servers in austria) (the office is the place where you have all the tools you need to do your office work. all i need is a terminal running ssh (putty if necessary) and a network-connection, add a browser and my office is complete) greetings, martin. -- Pike Conference 2003 - Sep 25-27 - http://pike.ida.liu.se/conferences/2003/ -- interested in doing pike programming, sTeam/caudium/pike/roxen training, sTeam/caudium/roxen and/or unix system administration anywhere in the world. -- pike programmer working in europe open-steam.org unix system- bahai.or.at iaeste.(tuwien.ac|or).at administrator (stuts|black.linux-m68k).org is.(schon.org|root.at) Martin Bähr http://www.iaeste.or.at/~mbaehr/

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Domain Names NZ Scam
by Daniel Appleton 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

*- Quote --- Domain Names NZ Published at 11:09, 05/08/2003 The Domain Name Commissioner is aware of a mass mail out by an entity trading as "Domain Names NZ". "Domain Names NZ" appears to be sending pro forma letters to registrants of .co.nz domain names. The letters seek fees for the registration of the .net.nz version of the same name. The Domain Name Commissioner is not aware of any authorised .nz domain name registrar using the trade name "Domain Names NZ". The letters to registrants specify a .net.nz domain name to be registered. Bona fide .nz domain name registrars are not permitted to specify a particular domain name in an offer of registry services. The letters are also in a printed form that looks similar to an invoice or a renewal notice. This may cause confusion. Registrants who have recently received what appears to be an invoice or a renewal notice are strongly advised to look carefully at all details before paying any sum requested. Registrants are strongly advised to be cautious before proceeding with any registration offered in a letter from Domain Names NZ. Registrants are also reminded that they are under no obligation to proceed with the registration and that doing nothing will not affect their current domain name. The DNC is monitoring the situation and will investigate any possible breaches of .nz policy. If people have concerns about the actions of Domain Names NZ please email info(a)dnc.org.nz *- End Quote --- I too recieved mail from these fools today. I wrote them a letter in vivid over what they send me and I'm gonna post it back to them. :) -- Daniel http://dapples.net.nz/ -- http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals - New people, new possibilities! Try Yahoo! Personals, FREE for a limited period!

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RE: [wlug] Some things I use.
by Lindsay Druett 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Hey Jamie or Daniel Do you have the Debian CD handy ? -----Original Message----- From: Lindsay Druett Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 14:00 To: wlug Subject: RE: [wlug] Some things I use. Things I use... WinXP Outlook Media Player (Playing Gatecrasher) Notepad Cisco TFTP 5x Putty 2x Windows Explorer Folders and now 1x Error Report... "Would you like to send this error report to Microsoft ?" -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Jones [mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:20 To: wlug Subject: Re: [wlug] Some things I use. The problem I have with mplayer at the moment is with some windows media playing the sound lagged by about 2 seconds. I can watch the videos but the sound is out of sync. Ah well, at least it kinda works. :) On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 10:00, edward(a)murrell.co.nz wrote: Funny, I use debian as well, but I've always had issues getting mplayer to behave intelligently. It works, but I end up with this weird thing where it will refuse to fullscreen. I've managed to get to work a few times, but it's not as simple as say, just apt-get install xine-ui totem w32codecs, which seem to have intelligent defaults for controls, and handle any file I throw at it (short of real player crap). Although to be fair, if you don't grab the w32codecs deb package (it's somewhere on apt-get.org) pretty much nothing works. I think there's also something you have to run for DVDs to play properly... but I don't have a DVD player, so I can't really comment. > Distribution: debian > Instant Messaging: none -> sTeam > Movie players: mplayer (works always) (never seen xine working) > (the office is the place where you have all the tools you need to do > your office work. all i need is a terminal running ssh (putty if > necessary) and a network-connection, add a browser and my office is > complete) > Another app/server I've started using is TeamSpeak. It is really good voice chat server for use when playing Battlefield 1942 (or other online games). You could also use it for conference calls I guess. It's not OpenSource unfortunately. But it is available as Windows & Linux client/server. It's written in Kylix/Delphi so it has a QT GUI and the server is admin'd via HTTP. It uses a number of different codecs. Including the OpenSource Speex codec which seems to be the best at low bandwidths. > <http://pike.ida.liu.se/conferences/2003/> http://pike.ida.liu.se/conferences/2003/ -- > interested in doing pike programming, sTeam/caudium/pike/roxen > training, sTeam/caudium/roxen and/or unix system administration Pike is an interesting language. Didn't it grow out of LPC (used to create MudOS + Nightmare MUDlib)? Regards -- Oliver Jones § Senior Software Engineer § Deeper Design Limited. <mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz> oliver(a)deeper.co.nz § <http://www.deeperdesign.com> www.deeperdesign.com § +64 (21) 41-2238

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crossover office
by Wayne D. Garton 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Hello all, Thanks for your help with crossover office trial yesterday. It worked. Instead of CTrl Alt F3 I right clicked the desktop (as suggested) and chose terminal. I assume that Ctrl Alt F3 takes you right out of X windows and I also assume that SU means Super user and is the same as Logon / Root Excel now runs sweetly in gnome. I have to say Excel opens my pricebooks from suppliers far, far better than open office (which crashes or runs very slow on about half of the pricebooks) They are just too big or have too many bookmarks. Since the suppliers collectively send me a dozen or so spreadsheets a week, this is quite a big issue. Quatro Pro in Windows environment does a much better job of opening suppliers' pricebooks than open office or any of the Linux ones I have loaded on gnome or KDE. -- Cheers, Wayne D. Garton

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RE: [wlug] Some things I use.
by Lindsay Druett 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

I'm on my way :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: mglb1-forwarding > Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 14:10 > To: wlug > Subject: RE: [wlug] Some things I use. > > > /nick Jamie or Daniel > > We have the woody iso on the cd burning machine in G1.02 :) > > Come on up. > > > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Lindsay Druett wrote: > > > Hey Jamie or Daniel > > > > Do you have the Debian CD handy ? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lindsay Druett > > Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 14:00 > > To: wlug > > Subject: RE: [wlug] Some things I use. > > > > > > Things I use... > > > > WinXP > > Outlook > > Media Player (Playing Gatecrasher) > > Notepad > > Cisco TFTP > > 5x Putty > > 2x Windows Explorer Folders > > and now 1x Error Report... "Would you like to send this > error report > > to Microsoft ?" > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Oliver Jones [mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz] > > Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:20 > > To: wlug > > Subject: Re: [wlug] Some things I use. > > > > > > The problem I have with mplayer at the moment is with some windows > > media playing the sound lagged by about 2 seconds. I can watch the > > videos but the sound is out of sync. Ah well, at least it kinda > > works. :) > > > > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 10:00, edward(a)murrell.co.nz wrote: > > > > Funny, I use debian as well, but I've always had issues getting > > mplayer to > > > > behave intelligently. It works, but I end up with this weird thing > > where > > > > it will refuse to fullscreen. I've managed to get to work a > few times, > > but > > > > it's not as simple as say, just apt-get install xine-ui totem > > w32codecs, > > > > which seem to have intelligent defaults for controls, and > handle any > > file > > > > I throw at it (short of real player crap). > > > > Although to be fair, if you don't grab the w32codecs deb > package (it's > > > > somewhere on apt-get.org) pretty much nothing works. I > think there's > > also > > > > something you have to run for DVDs to play properly... but I don't > > have a > > > > DVD player, so I can't really comment. > > > > > > > Distribution: debian > > > > > Instant Messaging: none -> sTeam > > > > > Movie players: mplayer (works always) (never seen > xine working) > > > > > (the office is the place where you have all the tools you > need to do > > > > > your office work. all i need is a terminal running ssh (putty if > > > > > necessary) and a network-connection, add a browser and my > office is > > > > > complete) > > > > > > > > > > > Another app/server I've started using is TeamSpeak. It is > really good > > voice chat server for use when playing Battlefield 1942 (or other > > online games). You could also use it for conference calls > I guess. > > It's not OpenSource unfortunately. But it is available as > Windows & > > Linux client/server. It's written in Kylix/Delphi so it > has a QT GUI > > and the server is admin'd via HTTP. It uses a number of different > > codecs. Including the OpenSource Speex codec which seems to be the > > best at low bandwidths. > > > > > > > > > <http://pike.ida.liu.se/conferences/2003/> > > > http://pike.ida.liu.se/conferences/2003/ -- > > > > > interested in doing pike programming, sTeam/caudium/pike/roxen > > > > > training, sTeam/caudium/roxen and/or unix system > administration > > > > > > Pike is an interesting language. Didn't it grow out of LPC > (used to > > create MudOS + Nightmare MUDlib)? > > > > Regards > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Oliver Jones § Senior Software Engineer § Deeper Design Limited. > > <mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz> oliver(a)deeper.co.nz § > > <http://www.deeperdesign.com> www.deeperdesign.com § +64 > (21) 41-2238 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Matt Brown > matt(a)mattb.net.nz > > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlu> g > >

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RE: [wlug] Some things I use.
by Lindsay Druett 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Things I use... WinXP Outlook Media Player (Playing Gatecrasher) Notepad Cisco TFTP 5x Putty 2x Windows Explorer Folders and now 1x Error Report... "Would you like to send this error report to Microsoft ?" -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Jones [mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:20 To: wlug Subject: Re: [wlug] Some things I use. The problem I have with mplayer at the moment is with some windows media playing the sound lagged by about 2 seconds. I can watch the videos but the sound is out of sync. Ah well, at least it kinda works. :) On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 10:00, edward(a)murrell.co.nz wrote: Funny, I use debian as well, but I've always had issues getting mplayer to behave intelligently. It works, but I end up with this weird thing where it will refuse to fullscreen. I've managed to get to work a few times, but it's not as simple as say, just apt-get install xine-ui totem w32codecs, which seem to have intelligent defaults for controls, and handle any file I throw at it (short of real player crap). Although to be fair, if you don't grab the w32codecs deb package (it's somewhere on apt-get.org) pretty much nothing works. I think there's also something you have to run for DVDs to play properly... but I don't have a DVD player, so I can't really comment. > Distribution: debian > Instant Messaging: none -> sTeam > Movie players: mplayer (works always) (never seen xine working) > (the office is the place where you have all the tools you need to do > your office work. all i need is a terminal running ssh (putty if > necessary) and a network-connection, add a browser and my office is > complete) > Another app/server I've started using is TeamSpeak. It is really good voice chat server for use when playing Battlefield 1942 (or other online games). You could also use it for conference calls I guess. It's not OpenSource unfortunately. But it is available as Windows & Linux client/server. It's written in Kylix/Delphi so it has a QT GUI and the server is admin'd via HTTP. It uses a number of different codecs. Including the OpenSource Speex codec which seems to be the best at low bandwidths. > <http://pike.ida.liu.se/conferences/2003/> http://pike.ida.liu.se/conferences/2003/ -- > interested in doing pike programming, sTeam/caudium/pike/roxen > training, sTeam/caudium/roxen and/or unix system administration Pike is an interesting language. Didn't it grow out of LPC (used to create MudOS + Nightmare MUDlib)? Regards -- Oliver Jones § Senior Software Engineer § Deeper Design Limited. <mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz> oliver(a)deeper.co.nz § <http://www.deeperdesign.com> www.deeperdesign.com § +64 (21) 41-2238

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Re: [wlug] crossover office
by Matt Brown 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Hi Wayne, As the previous two responses have hit on you need to have X windows running. However as far as I know you do not necessarily have to be root to install crossover office I have purchased the full version and it installed and ran from my user account without any problems whatsoever. So if you are just setting it up for personal use on your own workstation then don't bother with becoming root. The reason that I am suggesting that you do not become root is that when you use su (or similar) to become root much of your environment (particularly the DISPLAY variable which tells programs where to find Xwindows) is lost and could be what is causing your error below. On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Wayne D. Garton wrote: > Hello , > Wayne here .. absolute beginner! > Somebody on this list suggested I use Crossover office to run Excel. > However I need help. I have a 30 day trial of Crossover. > > I have installed the file install-crossover-office-demo-2[1].0.1.sh > in a folder downloads off home > I typed sh install-crossover-office-demo-2[1].0.1.sh > after pressing Ctrl Alt F3 and logging on as root. > > The install for this product loads and then comes back to command > prompt and says ... > The diplay variable is not set. You should either login as root or use > the command "su" with no flags, to make sure setup has an X display to > use. > What now? > -- Matt Brown matt(a)mattb.net.nz

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Re: [wlug] How many would be interested in a newbie class.
by Gene Smith 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

I may have Two others to come along, please let me know the details so I can schedule them in. thanks, Gene. >From: "Yi-Chun Chu" <chiamin(a)ihug.co.nz> >Reply-To: wlug <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> >To: "wlug" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> >Subject: Re: [wlug] How many would be interested in a newbie class. >Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 10:04:38 +1200 > >I am interseted to learn what is under the hood of linux installation. In >particular, partitioning a hardisk. And dual boot system. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gavin Denby" <redhat(a)ihug.co.nz> >To: <rod-a(a)hnpl.net>; "wlug" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> >Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 7:06 PM >Subject: Re: [wlug] How many would be interested in a newbie class. > > > > Thanks to all who have offered to help, Not bad for a group "turning > > their backs on newbies" but I am in the incredible position where we > > have about 5 willing to help and about 2 wanting help. I'm all for low > > student/teacher ratios but 3 teachers per student seem a little > > excessive. > > > > Well watch and see, but at present this looks like a small group, and > > easy to run. > > > > What we might do however is have a night/whatever where several > > different distos are presented and the user explaining why he/she/it > > likes that particular distro. I'm sure you would be a good rep for > > mandrake. > > > > Thanks for all the hands up we have had, but really I need to know how > > many would like to learn from scratch about linux. > > > >_______________________________________________ >wlug mailing list >wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug _________________________________________________________________ Download MSN Messenger @ http://messenger.xtramsn.co.nz - add your friends!

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Re: [wlug] How many would be interested in a newbie class.
by Roderick Aldridge 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

On 3 Aug 2003 at 19:05, sable drum wrote: <snip> and i would dearly love to do this in raglan. have huge lounge in my house which can cope wth a number of machines and people -- scene is fine out here. we could make a solid morning of it with great coffee etc. and i can rustle together a few more newbies, easy....raglan is an easy commute. c'mon fellas, you can even head out to the sea afterwards.... does that help any?? <snip> I am happy to come to wherever the people are who want to learn, but we would have to make sure the Hamilton ones don't miss out. Roderick

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