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

Software Freedom Day - Public advocacy event
by Craig Box 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

Hi everyone, We've had two successful installfests in the last two years, but this year, especially with the emergence of the Saturday Workshop, it seems have already got Linux installed for all the people we know that know about it. So now it's time to drum up some new interest! One of the things we have wanted to do for a while is a public advocacy event, to be held before the next installfest, so we can tell members of the public that Linux exists, it's not just a "different DOS", and that Free/Open Source Software is available for proprietary operating systems too. Software Freedom Day is an international celebration of FOSS. Now in its third year, SFD 2006 is on September 16th, and it seemed only natural to have our advocacy event on this day. What we envision is a public booth in a high foot traffic area (currently we're hoping to be able to get some space in Centreplace or Downtown Plaza). We can have three or four computers set up to show off some of the latest Linux eye candy, as well as FOSS software on Windows, and some free culture media (such as the recent Pearl Jam video clip that was made available under a Creative Commons license). We will be seeking sponsorship from businesses for giveaways and signage, so if you are interested in supporting the LUG, please get in touch with me. SFD itself is sponsored, so we should be able to receive CDs and t-shirts from them, but we will also need flyers, posters, and other giveaways. There are some advocacy guidelines on the SFD website [1] that are worth reading; the basic gist is that FOSS is not the right answer for every situation, and the positives can be accentuated without 'boring people with ideology' or pretending that FOSS is the only answer. We are looking at holding an installfest a week or two later, and our 2006 AGM soon after that (early October). What do we need from you now? - Mark the day in your calendar! - Let us know if you're interested in helping, by signing your name on http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2006-07-16 Help will be needed: - attracting sponsors - advertising the event & dealing with media - on the day We will need to get a good team behind us if we want to make this event a success. It will be the first opportunity we've really taken outside the Internet to attract new members. Any and all support is welcomed. Craig [1] http://softwarefreedomday.org/StartGuide

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Fast Linux box
by Ian McDonald 22 Jun '06

22 Jun '06

1 Petaflop! http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,39369002,00.htm -- 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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Samba
by Joshua Mark Goodwin 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Howdy all. Some of my Samba worries are over. I found a command-line solution to my Samab worries. The CIFS command works well. By the way, does any know what Samba configuration file contains this line: "client signing = " Anyhoo, here's the CIFS info if anyone wants it: Techies Abode <http://www.techiesabode.com/forum/posts_w.php?forum_id=1> http://www.techiesabode.com/forum/posts_w.php?forum_id=1 Hohua

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Xen 3/Ubuntu 6.06 Howto
by Ian McDonald 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

For people that are interested have a look at: http://www.howtoforge.com/xen_3.0_ubuntu_dapper_drake It is also licensed under creative commons so could be pulled into our wiki if anyone wants to do it. -- 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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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [wlug] Samba
by Matt Brown 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

(Copied back to list as I gather from your response that you intended it to go there) Joshua Mark Goodwin wrote: > Matt (and others), > > I was able to apt-get install build-install. Make is now a command; > however, it gives me the following error message when I type "make": > > make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. > > Makefile.am, makefile.dist, and makefile.in are all present. If I need > to specify a path, what is it? The package uses the standard GNU autotools for the build environment. This means that you need to run ./configure to generate the Makefile before you run make. The INSTALL file in the source distribution should have some other instructions about how the build system works. > By the way, smb4k is not in the Kubuntu repositories. At least not in > 6.06 (Dapper). Strange, I was under the impression that Kubuntu shared a repository with the "standard" Ubuntu stuff, it's definitely available for installation on my dapper laptop. Cheers -- Matt Brown matt(a)mattb.net.nz Mob +64 21 611 544 www.mattb.net.nz

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Planet NZTech
by Craig Box 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

Interested in reading the stories of people involved in the tech industry in NZ? You might not have heard of Planet NZTech, which can be found at http://stuff.rancidbacon.com/nztech/ A Planet is a weblog aggregator that brings together the writings of a group of people. While the topic ensures they have at least one common connection, posts can be on widely varied topics. There are a lot of Wellington Ruby on Rails and .NET programmer types, and a number of blogs from Planet WLUG (http://planet.wlug.org.nz/) have just been added, so there's a wide spectrum of participants, software and hardware, proprietary and Open Source, commercial and community. If you have a blog and you're interested in having it added to the Planet, e-mail follower(a)rancidbacon.com. Craig

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Samba
by Joshua Mark Goodwin 17 Jun '06

17 Jun '06

Hello all, I am using a Kubuntu computer (dual-boot) on a Windows LAN. I am able to the following: -Use Samba to access Windows shares using my domain name and password (I'm a Domain Admin). -Open Microsoft documents in Open Office (If I open Open Office first and then navigate my way to the share using the "Open" dialog box. -Have the machine show up in the Windows "Microsoft Windows Network" location in My Network Places. It shows up in its own workgroup, even though I listed the name of the domain in the "domain" line in the network preferences setup (KDE System Settings). This is what I would like to able to do; 1- When I click on the Microsoft document directly from the Konqueror window, Open Office displays it start up screen, but never opens. When I open the document from inside Open Office, it opens it, but says "Samba not fully supported. Only a local copy of the file will be created." And then it gives it some jibberish name - like kdefilepickerPX0BQa.doc" How do I get it to directly open the Microsoft document from the Konqueror window? How do I fix the Samba error? 2 - I would like to be able to RDP/VNC into the Linux box from Windows. I have a VNC viewer and a putty client. Both of these, as well as Windows "Remote Desktop Connection", all give me the "Connection refused" error. How do I fix this? 3 - I would like to share some folders on the Linux box to be accessible from Windows. I can see the Linux computer in the computer list, but when I click on it, it comes up with a login box. When I type my Linux user name and password (which is the same as my Windows variants), it does not accept the authentication. This never happened when I was running Ubuntu 5.04. The file system was just shared - I didn't set anything up or install any packages. Any help appreciated! Hohua

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Adwords cheque has arrived
by Craig Box 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

$185.33 to May 30, 2006. Craig

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