October 2005 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name
by Chris O'Halloran 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

Hello all, Just wondering if anyone might be able to give me some clues here. I started Apache on my system and the following error was returned. Apache seems to operate okay but I was getting a similar kind of error in the log files when I was running Privoxy, an advertisment and cookie crunching proxy server. When the proxy server was operating it was this error that kept slowing the response of the server. /etc/init.d/apache2 start returned 0 (success): Starting httpd2 (prefork) ..done httpd2-prefork: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName Any clues? DNS, host file problem. Running Suse 9.2 on PIII on a company lan. No firewall running on machine. Cheers Chris -- http://homepages.maxnet.co.nz/dusky/ ICQ: 213449133 Jabber: cmoman1(a)jabber.org Jabber: cmoman1(a)jabber.meta.net.nz Yahoo: cmoman1

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Acceptable use of the WLUG Mailing List
by Meeting Reminder bot 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

The WLUG Mailing List is the discussion-list extension of the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated). As such, we expect members of this list to adhere to the principles espoused in the official WLUG Charter[1], in particular, Rule 6, which covers the activities on this mailing list. While this is an Acceptable Use Policy, the WLUG Committee do recognise the need for informal discussion among list members, and draconian administration is not the goal here. Please keep in mind, however, that your comments to this list do represent the WLUG, and while it is good to be seen as an organisation with a sense of humour, some comments may do major harm to our credibility as a serious advocate of GNU/Linux and all things Free Software/ Open Source related. List discussion should * be honest * accentuate the positive, without hyperbole or blatant misrepresentation * maintain a reasonable level of spelling and grammar * not indulge in ad hominem attacks * not continue inflammatory or abusive threads * not be unprofessional or petty, especially with respect to the names of other software companies * not promote or denigrate political, cultural, or religious views * not indulge in marketing or advertising, other than on a private sale basis, or advertising of jobs - which may be announced once only * not reproduce copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder * not defame any person or organisation Posters who consistently violate these guidelines will be dealt with at the discretion of the List Maintainer. If you feel you have been unfairly dealt with, you have recourse to any member of the WLUG Committee[2]. Certain mailing list etiquette should also be maintained: * please use only plain text (not HTML) * reply inline or below when quoting, rather than on top * trim quotes (don't reply quoting a 10 page message with a single line of reply) If you have any questions, start reading at http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html. These points have been established over a long time on this list. If you want to question them, please do it off list. As list users, use your discretion when pulling people up over etiquette - please reply off list, and if there is a serious breach, the list administrator will probably have dealt with it off-list already. [1] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCharter [2] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCommittee

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[0T] Linux work available for student or anyone else
by Richard Hayes 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

Dear List, I have need of some Linux hacking experience There two different projects. 1. open EMR a)Install and configure openEMR b)Create Debian Package for openEMR c)Customise PHP for different look http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr 2. InfraRed data capture Using LINC / IrDa-Utils etc to pack sniff an IR signal and translate it into text. Signal source is Roche Blood Glucose monitor. Windows software exist but I do not want a windows computer just to record blood sugars. http://freshmeat.net/projects/lirc/ http://irda.sourceforge.net/ Anyone interested please contact me off-list. regards, ---- Richard Hayes Nada Marketing www.nada.com.au PO Box 12 Gordon Australia 2072 Tel:+(61-2) 9412 4367 Fax: +(61-2) 9412 4920 Mob:+(61) 0414 618 425

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WLUG Meeting is tonight
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Oct '05

30 Oct '05

The WLUG meeting is this evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !! IanMcDonald presents "Contributing to Open Source Projects". Date: Monday 31 October Time: 7:30pmhttp://www.wlug.org.nz/1 Location: I.G.02 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB) at WaikatoUniversity In his presentation, Ian will cover: * wiki-ing * !SourceForge * source code management systems * writing documentation * use of mailing lists (including warnings about flames etc) * submitting code It is aimed at all levels - everyone, even if they can't code, can contribute by testing, documenting etc. Ian has returned to PhD studies at WaikatoUniversity after 15 years in the IT workforce. His research is on congestion control in networking and has contributed to many open source projects, notably including the http://www.wlug.org.nz/DCCP protocol for Linux, which is currently being merged into the main Linux kernel. ---- MeetingTopics http://www.wlug.org.nz/1 As previously discussed at the AGM, all meetings from now on will be held at 7:30pm, as the reasons for holding them earlier in winter no longer apply.

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WLUG Meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder bot 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

The WLUG meeting is on Monday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !! IanMcDonald presents "Contributing to Open Source Projects". Date: Monday 31 October Time: 7:30pmhttp://www.wlug.org.nz/1 Location: I.G.02 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB) at WaikatoUniversity In his presentation, Ian will cover: * wiki-ing * !SourceForge * source code management systems * writing documentation * use of mailing lists (including warnings about flames etc) * submitting code It is aimed at all levels - everyone, even if they can't code, can contribute by testing, documenting etc. Ian has returned to PhD studies at WaikatoUniversity after 15 years in the IT workforce. His research is on congestion control in networking and has contributed to many open source projects, notably including the http://www.wlug.org.nz/DCCP protocol for Linux, which is currently being merged into the main Linux kernel. ---- MeetingTopics http://www.wlug.org.nz/1 As previously discussed at the AGM, all meetings from now on will be held at 7:30pm, as the reasons for holding them earlier in winter no longer apply.

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WLUG Meeting - Next Monday
by Jamie Curtis 26 Oct '05

26 Oct '05

Due to renovations being carried out in LitB.G.02, the WLUG meeting next Monday (31st) has had to be moved to I.G.02. Ian McDonald will be presenting the topic "Contributing to Open Source Projects". http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2005-10-31 Note that the start time has also changed from previous meetings to 7.30pm. Unfortunately the room may not be available until shortly before the start time, so please don't turn up too early ! A map of how to get to I.G.02 from LitB.G.02 has been posted on the LitB page on the wiki: http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB We will put signs up along the path between LitB and I.G.02 on the night. Cheers, Jamie

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PCI adsl modem.
by Camster342 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Well i've had a lot of trouble with my adsl modem over the years... All probably being due to my very crappy DLink 302G adsl modem. It has slowly become the bane of my existence... So what I want to do is, one of two things: If possible I would like to get the 302G modem running in bridge mode, so that I can connect to it with pppoe. I have tried numerous times, but my linux box refuses to see the "Access Concentrator" when I try to set up pppoe. I've followed the instructions from DLinks site to use bridge mode, and I've tried using the updated firmware too. Both to no avail. Has anyone managed to get this modem working in full bridge mode, (not the half-bridge mode detailed on the wlug site)? The second option is to buy another modem. I want to try using a internal ADSL modem this time. Does anyone know which modems that are available in New Zealand work under Linux? -- Cameron

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Video Conferencing
by Dave Waddling 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

WLUG List Does anyone know of a video conferencing client that will work with iChat? Or failing that one that will work with ivisit? I have some Mac people to talk to. -- Dave

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microvax 2000 bits
by stephen pearce 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Free to good home .. miscellaneous microvax 2000 bits 19" monitor 2 cpu boxes .. one booting thru bios 1 scsi disc box 2 mice 1 keyboard You collect. We are in Whangarei .. which might be a problem! regards Stephen

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Re: [wlug] Ubuntu said "Ack!!"
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

Ok. The clean slate worked really well. I downloaded a "breezy" iso then burned a cd image and reinstalled the whole thing. I now have a working (mostly) version of ubuntu. Thanks for the help. Kubuntu = Ubuntu with a kde desktop manager. Right?? Regards John Btw I got kicked out of the states so am looking forward to attending the next meeting JT ----- Original Message Follows ----- > --- jaytee(a)clear.net.nz wrote: > > > Hey all > > I had a problem with the "simple" install of > > Ubuntu > > Hoary which I thought was due to me not paying > > attention to > > the partitioning thus not including a swap space. > > However I retried the install and paid > > attention to > > what happened. Almost at the end of an otherwise > > uneventful > > install the programme said: > > Would suggest you start again with a clean slate. Use > Knoppix and QtParted to wipe current data and to > create a swap partition. I have just put up a HowTo @ > http://www.wlug.org.nz/UbuntuKbuntuInstall > > HTH > Bill > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder bot 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !! IanMcDonald presents "Contributing to Open Source Projects". Date: Monday 31 October Time: 7:30pmhttp://www.wlug.org.nz/1 Location: http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB at WaikatoUniversity In his presentation, Ian will cover: * wiki-ing * !SourceForge * source code management systems * writing documentation * use of mailing lists (including warnings about flames etc) * submitting code It is aimed at all levels - everyone, even if they can't code, can contribute by testing, documenting etc. Ian has returned to PhD studies at WaikatoUniversity after 15 years in the IT workforce. His research is on congestion control in networking and has contributed to many open source projects, notably including the http://www.wlug.org.nz/DCCP protocol for Linux, which is currently being merged into the main Linux kernel. ---- MeetingTopics http://www.wlug.org.nz/1 As previously discussed at the AGM, all meetings from now on will be held at 7:30pm, as the reasons for holding them earlier in winter no longer apply.

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USB Headset
by Oliver Jones 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

Hi all. A week or more ago I posted about my interest in purchasing a Plantronics USB headset and whether it might work under Linux. Thank you to those who responded to that post. On Friday, after receiving my copy of World of Warcraft, I decided I needed to replace the dodgy analogue Plantronics headset I have with a USB one. It seems the only computer store near my place in Melbourne's CBD that stocked headsets was Harvey Norman and they only stocked Logitech devices. I bought a Logitech® Premium USB Headset 350 <http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/AU/EN,CRID=103,CONTENTID…> and hoped for the best. As expected it works well on Windows for WoW. :) Tonight I decided to test it with Linux and I'm happy to report that getting it to work with Fedora Core 4 was a simple case of plugging it in. Hot plug and udev did their jobs and I could instantly twiddle with the mixer settings in Gnome Mixer and Audacity grabbed audio from /dev/dsp2 without a hitch. I'm well pleased. Regards

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Ubuntu 5.10 Image
by Ivan Potgieter 22 Oct '05

22 Oct '05

Hi all, Many thanks to all those that offered assistance. Bnonn was so kind to burn and deliver me a copy. Many thanks guys, Ivan

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Access to www.wlug.org.nz
by Andrew Thrift 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

For around a month now i have not been able to access www.wlug.org.nz from out netblocks 202.49.148.0/24 and 202.49.149.0/24 has anything changed at the WLUG end that could be causing this? The DNS resolves to 210.55.18.250 Regards, Andy

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Orkut
by Alex Vancina 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Hi there, I was browsing your LUG's wiki and I came across a page noting that several of you are members of Orkut. I've been following the development of many of Google's recent 'Beta' services with great interest, but I haven't had an opportunity to try Orkut yet. I was wondering if any of you would be kind enough to help a fellow Linux user out by sending me an invite. I'd greatly appreciate it :) Thanks! Alex Vancina

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[Fwd: Ubuntu 5.10 Server]
by Bnonn 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

I hadn't heard anything about this before now, so I suspect that many of you will find this interesting. Regards, Bnonn

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

As per the WLUG charter, please note that there is a WLUG executive committee meeting one week from today. If you wish to get an item on the agenda for this meeting, please email it to secretary(a)wlug.org.nz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Committee Meeting Date: 26 October Time: 7:30pm Location: Lindsay's place To have something added to the agenda for this meeting, please email secretary @ wlug.org.nz. Provisional agenda: # Minutes from previous meeting # Matters arising # Correspondence # Treasurers report # Fixit meetings # Government's Digital Strategy funding (http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=24228) # Donation to Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/support) # Format for committee meetings # General business

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Ubuntu 5.10 Image
by Ivan Potgieter 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

Hi all, As you may or may not know, Ubuntu 5.10 was released last week and I have been trying to download it - unsuccessfully! Yip, I'm still on dialup :-(( Are there any good samaratons out there (in Hamilton) that could supply me with a copy of the i386 release iso (ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso)? Thanks, Ivan

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WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder bot 16 Oct '05

16 Oct '05

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A WLUG meeting is booked for this date. If you're seeing this message, feel free to suggest or offer to present a meeting topic - the MeetingTopics page might be a good place to start.

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(OT) Paid work for students or anyone
by Richard Hayes 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Dear list, I have two problems that I will pay to have fixed 1. I have a IR device that works with Windows to upload data. Using Linc record or IrDa-utils I need to capture the data similar to a package sniffer and make it readable in Linux. http://www.lirc.org/ irda.sourceforge.net/ 2. Openemr is a medical patients system and billing system. I would like to hear from anyone to build a Debian package using Sarge. Currently there is a Mandrake RPM so I could use alien but I would prefer a real Debian package. http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr Please email or call -- Richard Hayes Nada Marketing PO Box 12 Gordon Australia 2072 Tel: +(61-2) 9412 4367 Fax: +(61-2) 9412 4920 Mob: +(61) 0414 618 425 www.nada.com.au

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

As per the WLUG charter, please note that there is a WLUG executive committee meeting one week from today. If you wish to get an item on the agenda for this meeting, please email it to secretary(a)wlug.org.nz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Committee Meeting To have something added to the agenda for this meeting, please email secretary @ wlug.org.nz. Provisional agenda: # Minutes from previous meeting # Matters arising # Correspondence # Treasurers report # General business

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Fwd: [lca-announce] linux.conf.au 2006: Registrations are open!
by Ian McDonald 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

Folks, This is one of the three premier Linux conferences worldwide which is in NZ next year. Well worth attending if you can. I am presenting a paper at this conference also! Ian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: lca-announce-admin(a)lists.linux.org.au <lca-announce-admin(a)lists.linux.org.au> Date: 11-Oct-2005 11:59 Subject: [lca-announce] linux.conf.au 2006: Registrations are open! To: lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au 2006 - Dunedin, NZ! linux.conf.au is the annual Australian Linux technical conference, and is one of the largest gatherings of users and developers of Free and Open Source Software in the Southern Hemisphere. It is an opportunity for developers and groups to present their ideas amongst peers, and for the Free Software and Open Source communities to gather in general. Summary: Registrations are open! See http://lca2006.linux.org.au/register/ The 2006 conference is being held in Dunedin, New Zealand, at The University of Otago[1]. More information can be found on the conference website: http://lca2006.linux.org.au/ Registrations: The organisers of linux.conf.au 2006 are proud to finally announce that registrations are open. Keynote speakers at the conference are Mark Shuttleworth (instigator of the Ubuntu Linux distribution), Sudhakar "Thaths" Chandrasekharan (co-founder of Linux India), and Damian Conway (Perl 6 Developer and Guru). Some of the other speakers presenting at linux.conf.au 2006 are listed on http://linux.conf.au/speakers.php. This list will grow as more speakers confirm their acceptance to present at linux.conf.au, so check back from time to time. Like previous years the response to the call for papers was overwhelming, with over 150 paper and tutorial submissions received. Selection of the successful submissions was very difficult! Registration fees for linux.conf.au 2006 will be: AU$690 for professional delegates, AU$300 for hobbyist delegates, and a low AU$100 for students. An early bird discount of AU$172 for professional delegates and AU$75 for hobbyist delegates is available for those who register and pay before November 18th 2005 (This brings the prices down to AU$517.50 and AU$225 respectively). Registration for linux.conf.au includes admission to the two days of mini-conferences preceding linux.conf.au. We'll be announcing the miniconfs very soon, so stay tuned! Anyway, without further ado, it's time for you to direct your browser at: http://lca2006.linux.org.au/register/ ... And register so you can join us in January! See you there! Please feel free to forward this announcement to your local LUG, or any other person or group that would be interested! [1]: http://www.otago.ac.nz/ Regards, Mike Beattie, linux.conf.au 2006 Organisers _______________________________________________ lca-announce mailing list lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/lca-announce

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Oh the irony of it all.
by Dave Waddling 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3437625a28,00.html -- Dave Waddling

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D-Link 504G Router and Ubuntu Hoary
by Ron Dean 08 Oct '05

08 Oct '05

I have got the router working with WinXP as well as my Ubuntu box however it stopped working on my Linux Box and I suspect it may be a wiring problem is there any way to test the network so I can eliminate software as a cause.

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Weird power
by Kyle Carter 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

Just an inquisitive question. My UPS seemed to go mental last night/this morning (around midnight Sat Oct 1st) flicking between battery and mains repeatedly for a few hours.. But no flickering lights or anything.. Im wondering if anyone else had something similar? Im assuming it may have been the power company doing something weird re: daylight savings? Kyle Carter

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