September 2008 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Remote adminstration
by cmoman 05 Oct '10

05 Oct '10

Hello all, Is there a tool in ubuntu that a user can start that reports the real world ip address and configures a home router to open a port to allow remote administration? I have a friend or two for whom it would nice to get them to start a program, report to me the details via MSN or Skype or telephone etc and allow me to log in and fix or make a configuration change to their machine. I know how to set things up using ssh etc but that relies on some initial configuration at the their end. KDE has a nice VNC invite function but it won't do the router config part. It appears the likes of KTorrent and Azuereus have the ability to do some to the router via UPnP to open ports up on the router dynamically so I am guessing all this is possible. Cheers

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Re: [wlug] Relay For Life
by cmoman 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

On Tuesday 30 September 2008 13:02:49 James Pluck wrote: > (reposted without the mentioned attachment. The PDF will be uploaded later > today to the WLUG server and a link posted later on.) http://www.wlug.org.nz/~cmoman/Race_for_life/Newsletter_Issue_1.pdf

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Relay For Life
by James Pluck 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

(reposted without the mentioned attachment. The PDF will be uploaded later today to the WLUG server and a link posted later on.) Hi All, I was wondering if there was any interest in feilding a team from the WLUG in the Relay For Life next March. I have all the forms and I've attached the PDF of the recent newsletter. If there is enough interest then this could be a good thing to hand to the incoming committee to organise. Cheers James. -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..." -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..."

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eday 5th October
by Roderick Aldridge 28 Sep '08

28 Sep '08

We invite you to attend eDay in Hamilton on 5th October 2008. Your support of the event and attendance would be greatly appreciated. eDay is a drive-through recycling event which gives New Zealand households and community organisations the opportunity to recycle old computers and mobile phones in an environmentally sustainable way. eDay will be held in 30 locations across the country, from Invercargill to Kaitaia, on the 4^th and 5^th of October. // eDay in Hamilton will take place on Sunday 5^th October* *2008 from 9am -- 3pm. You are most welcome to attend at any time during the day as a volunteer. The eDay venue details are as follows: Mainfreight Depot Foreman Rd (off Avalon Dr) Hamilton** * * *Who is attending eDay in Hamilton* § eDay sponsors and stakeholders such as Hamilton City Council Voulnteers, Velocity Networks, Easy Technology and Waikato 2020 Communications Trust § Local media will be invited § Local community disposing of their e-waste; we are expecting up to 800 cars and households to drop-off e-waste. eDay was created by the Computer Access New Zealand Trust (CANZ) in response to a growing concern about the volume of electronic waste (e-waste), especially computers and computer monitors, being dumped in New Zealand landfills. e-waste can seriously harm the environment, wildlife and human health when dumped in landfills. Landfilling e-waste is not a solution because it stores potentially toxic waste rather than allowing for recovery and reuse of valuable materials. eDay aims to increase community awareness of the hazardous nature of electronic equipment, making it clear that disposal in landfills is not a sustainable option. It also provides a mechanism and convenient drop-off points for households and community organisations to dispose of computer equipment and mobile phones in an environmentally sustainable manner. I hope you can join us on 5^th of October. / / / / Please RSVP Regards, Vanessa Mohi-Goodchild eDay Project Manager Waikato 2020 Communications Trust Ph 07 855 6206 Mob 021 11 00 226 vanessa(a)wainet.org <mailto:vanessa(a)wainet.org> Your best chance in 2008 for you and your friends to get rid of that environmentally hazardous computer stuff without feeling guilty. I am sure they would be delighted if you volunteer to help as well. They need as much help as they can get, especially from those who actually know something about computers. Rod

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Fwd: Serious, potentially hardware-damaging e1000e driver issue on Intrepid Alpha 6
by Simon Green 24 Sep '08

24 Sep '08

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek(a)ubuntu.com> Date: 2008/9/24 Subject: Serious, potentially hardware-damaging e1000e driver issue on Intrepid To: ubuntu-devel-announce(a)lists.ubuntu.com Reports have been coming in that the e1000e ethernet driver for Intel GigE chipsets, as included upstream in Linux 2.6.27, may under certain conditions irreparably damage your ethernet hardware by corrupting the on-board firmware. While we expect alphas to include a fair number of bugs, and rely on your continued support and testing to help resolve these bugs for Ubuntu releases, bugs that damage hardware are quite another matter. As a result of this bug we must recommend that users do *not* use Intrepid alphas, including the LiveCDs, on machines with Intel GigE ethernet. Efforts to safeguard the hardware of affected users are ongoing, though initially this will consist of a workaround in the form of disabling the e1000e driver. Alpha 6 CD images will not be re-issued for this fix, so affected users are advised to either use daily CD images once a resolution is in place, or to wait for the release of the 8.10 beta, due to be released on October 2. Further discussion of this issue can be found on the ubuntu-devel mailing list at <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-September/026559.html>, and progress on resolving this issue can be tracked at <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555>. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek(a)ubuntu.com vorlon(a)debian.org

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Software Freedom Day
by DeeKnow 24 Sep '08

24 Sep '08

> S-Block, Waikato University, Saturday 20th. It'll be great to have you there. Hey folks. Just thought I'd drop a line to the list as a way of introducing myself and to acknowlege the effort the group obviously put into SFD last weekend. I'm a web developer type who's been working with open-source tech for many years now, some of the Uni folk on the list will know me, I saw a few familiar faces in S-block on Saturday. I was really impressed with what you'd put together. I took a couple of friends along who are also techies, none of us are hard-core Linux desktop users (yet) but two of us have been using *nix back-ends for some time now. Was great to be met on the door (sorry didnt catch the guy's name, my mate Matt used to work with him at Telecom), getting a warm reception at an event like that is so important, especially so I imagine for those who may not be as familiar with all the lingo etc and feeling a bit intimidated by all the Alpha-Geeks. Awesome to see the number of folk there who weren't afraid to be asking questions and finding out about stuff that they could see themselves personally using. Its easy to give people too much info, but from what I saw the speakers and folks at the demos in the reception area had the balance right, not too much, not too condescending. One thing that did strike me was the fact that a lot of the attendees were pretty much already FOSS converts, not too many total noobies, I guess it's tough raising awareness of an event and topic like this, but I wonder if maybe being on the edge of town (ie at the Uni) might not be too far away for some people, would it be better in a central location where casual bypassers could be tempted to pop in and find out whats goin on? All in all, it was very well done, I look FWD to popping along to the next one :-) Dean Stringer

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Anyone else catch this on stuff?
by Jodi Thomson 24 Sep '08

24 Sep '08

By DAVE THOMPSON - The Press | Tuesday, 23 September 2008 Every week we get someone asking about Linux what is it, why is it and should I do it? The answer is complicated. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4701954a28.html -- Jodi Thomson Systems Engineer Prophecy Networks Ltd P.O.Box 420 21 Browning Street Napier New Zealand DDI: +64 6 8243901 Ph: +64 6 9742200 FAX: +64 6 9742201 Mob: +64 21 937684

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Link to SFD article in STUFF
by James Pluck 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4698998a28.html?source=RSStech_20080920 We made it onto the Stuff.co.nz website :) -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..."

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AGM
by Bruce Kingsbury 21 Sep '08

21 Sep '08

The WLUG AGM will be on October 20th, 7:30pm at MS4G02 More details will be on the wiki soon -- This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you must burn your computer, while standing on one foot and chanting the entire jabberwocky. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the person who expressed them.

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Waikato boy celebrating SFD in Stockholm Sweden
by Roger Sinel 21 Sep '08

21 Sep '08

A few of us got out on the streets of Stockholm to spread to good word. As some of you know I'm a expat Kiwi from Hamilton living in and working in Sweden as a Linux Systems Admin. Here are some pics. I'm the one with the Redhat cap on :) http://geraner.vox.com/ My blog about our day. http://nordickiwi.no-ip.com/blog/?p=160 -- Mvh Roger Sinel roger.sinel(a)nordickiwi.com www.nordickiwi.com + gpg key -- http://www.nordickiwi.com/rsinel.asc + fingerprint -- F0EF 2C17 99CA DC06 132A 967F B642 D0BA 6503 87C7

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