January 2004 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

fedora 1 distrubution
by Stephen Pearce 31 Jan '04

31 Jan '04

Could someone provide me with the 6 cd versionof this .. I don't have an adsl connection .. that is the 3 binary disks plus the 3 srpm disks .. I'll pay media cost and postage .. just give me an address Thanks Stephen

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Compiling kernels for Red Hat
by Gerwin van de Steeg 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

The easiest I've found to do this is to use rpmbuild on the spec file, the problem is including your own patches and getting them in the right place without conflicts. The problem I was having was that my patch (LIDS) wasw conflicting with the redhat patches. Never actually tested if it would work. Otherwise there's a base kernel.org spec file available from somewhere but I'd have to find the link to it first in the large heap of miscellaneous links. Gerwin van de Steeg

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managing ip subnets etc
by Stephen Pearce 25 Jan '04

25 Jan '04

Hi Could someone help with advise please I have a netgear mr814 wireless router with a dedicated adsl connector and 4 10/100mBPS utp sockets. Currently I have my main linux box hocked up via a cable to this .. the mr814 does dhcp allocation .. I do not have an adsl connection, but use a 56k internal modem to connect to my isp who assigns me a dynamic ip number each time I connect. I have found that if I connect to the isp (using kppp) I cannot access the internal netwrk .. including the router (which has its own 192.168.x.x ip number .. similarly although I can dial using kppp and make a connection .. I cannot access the internet when the intenal netwrk is up and running. I presume this is due to confusion about where to send the packets .. to the modem or the lan card. What is the best way to separate out these 2 networks and get them running so .. say I could use a browser on one of the boxes with a wlan card to connect thru the main linjux box and modem to the internet? This is an area of confusion for me .. does ipchanins do something here? Thanks Stephen Pearce

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Compiling kernels for Red Hat
by Craig Box 24 Jan '04

24 Jan '04

I'm running a 2.6 kernel on my desktop (Red Hat 9) machine, with a RPM from Arjan van de Ven at http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/RPMS.kernel/. I want to take the standard RH kernel (which I try and keep to as much as possible) and patch it for a couple of things, and then build an RPM which is as close to the original version as possible, with just the added extra features. When I unpack the SRPM of the kernel source, I get a /usr/src/linux-2.6.1-whatever directory, and I can run 'make rpm' in that directory after configuration. However, this gives me an RPM that doesn't insert itself in grub.conf and doesn't build an initrd. I assume there is a similar method to Debian's make-kpkg that will build me an all in one RPM, and I just can't find it. I expect one of our local Red Hat gurus (orj?) has battled this before, and I'd love to know what other people do in this situation. Thanks, Craig

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Perl Haiku Poetry Contest
by Craig Box 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

From: Elaine Chong [mailto:ElaineC(a)ActiveState.com] Sent: Friday, 23 January 2004 8:37 a.m. Subject: Perl Haiku Poetry Contest Hello, ActiveState is sponsoring a Perl Haiku Poetry Contest. I thought I'd send you the details in case your user group members are interested in participating. Sincerely, Elaine Chong, User Group Program Administrator ActiveState, a division of Sophos http://www.ActiveState.com 604.484.6423 ********************************** Perl Haiku Poetry Contest Tell us why you love Perl VANCOUVER, BC - JANUARY 21, 2004 - ActiveState is pleased to announce the ActiveState Perl Haiku Poetry Contest. Do you love Perl as much as we do? Then prove it with your passion, creativity, and wit! Categories include Best Haiku Poem Written in Perl and Best Haiku Poem About Perl. All entries will be featured on our website. Winners will be selected by ActiveState's Perl development team. Prizes will be awarded for the top three entries in each category and include licenses for ASPN Perl featuring Komodo Professional Edition, and cool ActiveState gear. Enter the contest now! http://activestate.com/Corporate/PerlHaiku/ The deadline for entries is 12:00PM PST, February 8, 2004. Winners will be announced on February 10. Full contest rules are listed here: http://activestate.com/Corporate/PerlHaiku/Legal.html Good luck!

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VGA.
by Oliver Jones 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

Forget the VGA. If you want a used 15" monitor with built in speakers I have one here you can have for $20 + Shipping ($30 Mainfreight, so $50 total). Then you could at least use 800x600 which might be acceptable. 640x480 is ridiculously small. Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver.jones(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com

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Open Office and VGA Monitors
by Roger 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

A while ago I posted a question asking if it were possible for Open Office to work with Red Hat 8 and an old VGA monitor, because there is a problem that the fonts are far too big, e.g. "file" takes up 3/4's of the screen. The response was basically "no" nothing practical could be done about the problem. However, that does not appear to be the complete story for two reasons. Firstly, I have seen a posting saying that it is a Red Hat 8 bug to do with the initial specification of the screen size. The message indicated that if the screen size was specified in mm's then there was no prob., but if inches were used then there was a problem. Red Hat have supposedly posted a fix, but I have not been able to find it. Can anyone tell me where to find the fix or how to specify the screen size on an installed system please? The second reason that Open Office must work with my configuration is that it does for one of the users. This user has been the most uncontrolled and cavalier in his use of the Internet and downloads. Initially, I thought it was due to the fact that he had Macro Media Flash and the others didn't. However, this proved to be not true. Can anyone suggest where I should look to find the difference that makes Open Office work for this one user, please? Thanks in anticipation Roger

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Upcoming committee meeting: 21 Jan
by Craig Box 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Sorry about the late notice (The meeting reminder bot _will_ be fixed by next meeting) but we are having a WLUG committee meeting on Wednesday, so anyone with any business for the meeting should get it to me before Wednesday 5pm. Thanks, Craig

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Meeting is TONIGHT
by Daniel Lawson 18 Jan '04

18 Jan '04

Just a reminder that the January meeting is tonight. Lindsay picked the short straw for tonight, and the topic is "Cisco to Linux Interoperability" Cisco to Linux Interoperability. At Open2View (cnr Grey St and Cobham Drive) at 7:30pm.

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Printing from the Wiki
by Daniel Lawson 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

I've just fixed printing support for the WLUG Wiki (http://www.wlug.org.nz/) If you print a page on the wiki, it'll now strip off the sidebar, top and bottom navbars, and anything else thats not really content for that page. This is done using CSS, so if you have a browser that can change style type, you can select the 'Printer' style to see what it will come out like. EG: in Mozilla, go to "View | Use Style | Printer" Or, you can *probably* use 'Print Preview' and it should more or less display right, although Mozilla is a bit broken here - it'll look like the text is overlapping, but it will print out just fine :) Daniel

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Meeting this monday - location
by John R. McPherson 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Next WLUG Meeting: 19th January 2004 - Cisco to Linux Interoperability. Presented by Lindsay Druett. Location: Open2View, 2 Grey St (corner Grey St and Cobham Drive) at 7:30pm. Remember, if you want to suggest a topic you would like to see at one of the monthly meetings, or you have a topic you would like to present, feel free to either edit the wiki page at http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics or discuss it on this list. John McPherson

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January meeting - 7 days away
by John R. McPherson 12 Jan '04

12 Jan '04

Next WLUG Meeting: 19th January 2004 - Cisco to Linux Interoperability. Location to be advised. Note - meeting brought forward a week due to anniversary weekend. Cisco to Linux Interoperability Presented by our resident Cisco Nut, Lindsay Druett from Waikato University. Lindsay will also be covering the Just for Fun Network Management System (http://jffnms.sourceforge.net/) Don't know what it is? Come see the meeting then.

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RE: [wlug] Please unsubscribe
by Lindsay Druett 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

It's less confusing than lining up Red Bulls... Too much V is bad for you, so is Red Bull... Rots your teeth, races your heart, and you get less sleep... > -----Original Message----- > From: James Spooner [mailto:james(a)spoons.gen.nz] > Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2004 16:32 > To: greig(a)hamiltron.net; wlug > Subject: Re: [wlug] Please unsubscribe > > > Greig McGill wrote: > > See the bit below? People say we get all elitest...but > really all we > > want is for people to use their brains. :-/ > > > > VVVVVVVVVVVVVVV > What are the VVV's for? > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> wlug mailing list > >> wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > >> http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

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Please unsubscribe
by monkfish 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

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PSM newbie help
by Gun Caundle 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

I am a Linux newbie. I have recently installed a RH9 box as part of a Windows network. In Mozilla, when I try to activate my RH9, a window pops up: 'Alert This document cannot be displayed unless you install the Personal Security manager (PSM) Download......etc' I downloaded and copied mozilla-psm 1.2.1-26. to my RH system as root. 2x clicked and the installation window flashed up briefly for about 1 second but didn't install. This window said: " Preparing system update: Before modifying packages on your system package dependencies must be determined. This process may take a few minutes." To confirm, in the terminal window I typed: 'rpm -q psm' "package psm is not installed" Any help would be appreciated to get it installed. Kind regards Gun Caundle 77 Maniapoto St. Otorohanga ph/fax 07 873 6575 gun(a)guncom.co.nz

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NZNOG Conference
by Jamie Curtis 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

Hi there, For those of you who are on the WLUG list, but are either unaware or not subscribed to the New Zealand Network Operators Group (NZNOG) list, the WAND group at the University of Waikato are hosting their annual conference late this month. The NZNOG list membership consists mainly of people involved in ISP's however the conference should be of interest to anyone involved in medium to large scale networks, even if they are internal or private networks. Also, if you have a good basic understanding of IP networks the conference provides a good way to extend your knowledge. They are also a great social event and a chance to meet many really interesting people in the NZ Internet scene. Almost all details, online registration etc are available from the conference website: http://www.nznog.org On the schedule are a good bunch of speakers on interesting topics including details of a major IPv6 announcement, wireless IP, VoIP, H.323 Video, NZ NGI, BGP, CityLink plans and a heap more. There'll be speakers from many of NZ's major ISPs and other major industry players and from vendors including Cisco and Juniper. Also a day of workshops and tutorials has been added to the program which will include APNIC's Internet Resource Management Essentials training course and Ian Hastie (Link Information Technology Limited) on Wireless Technology. The APNIC training in particular should be of interest to any who has to deal with any block of realworld IP space. A full abstract of the training is available on the conference website. We've received very generous sponsorship, including from our primary sponsors CityLink and major sponsor InternetNZ. Also from FX networks, the University and the WAND group. This has kept the cost to just $120 for all three days (including lunches, tea and coffee, tee shirt, coffee mug, sponsored bar, etc.) **NOTE*** YOU MUST REGISTER THIS WEEK to get the discounted registration fee or if you require on campus accommodation. If you know of people who might benefit from the conference but who don't regularly read NZNOG (e.g. major customers, operators of national private networks etc) we would be grateful if you would make them aware of the conference. Full details and registration are at: http://www.nznog.org/ Looking forward to seeing you there. Jamie

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