June 2006 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Acceptable use of the WLUG Mailing List
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

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Running ntpdate in ppp/ip-up.d
by Glenn Ramsey 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hi, I am trying to get ntpdate to run when my dialup link comes up. This box is running Debian/stable. I have put a simple script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ntpdate : #!/bin/sh /etc/init.d/ntpdate start All this script does is to run /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u -b -s $NTPSERVERS However the script hangs and ps indicates that it is sleeping ( S< ). It works fine if I run it manually (as root). Anyone know why it hangs? How do I make it work? Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz

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Linux Terminal Server
by Ian McDonald 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

Interesting article/howto here: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8822 -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand

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VMWare Player install
by Joshua Goodwin 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

Hey guys, How do I install VMWare player for Linux? I have tried to manually install the software, downloading from wmware.com. I unzipped the .tar.gz, but what do I do next? I have tried to install it via Synaptic. This downloads the vmware-player-modules file, but it doesn't create the program. Any help would be great. Josh

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last nights url
by Shane 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

Im after the URL for the animations shown last night, I *should* have written it down but.. no Anyone remember it off the top? TIA

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Telecom
by Shane 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

Not sure if this is ontopic, but its fairly big news http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/03DD76D4D0A6165DCC25719A00109D4D

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Recommendations for a fax progam
by Ron Dean 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

Can anybody recommend a fax program to send and receive faxes with dapper

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External modem getting Fax to work
by Ron Dean 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

I have an old fax modem 33k that I would like to set up as a fax. when I run the automatic dectection as a modem it detects the device as /dev/ttyS0 . However when I try it out as a fax it looks for /dev/modem which it does not find and looking in the dev directory it doesn't exist So I was wondering if I should create a file and put symbolic link between the files. But I don't really know how to do this

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Article on content management/blog software
by Ian McDonald 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

If you're interested in this have a look at: http://internet.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/185227&from=rss It's really an introductory article for those who don't know much about this area (like me!) -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Our June presenter is AndrewThrift. AndrewThrift works for LAN1 as a Technical Consultant, and provides technical supporrt for the following products * Axis (http://www.axis.com/) * Barracuda * Fluke * Fortinet * Lightpointe * Nomadix * PowerDsine * Proxim He will be presenting their Axis product range of Linux-powered cameras.

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