July 2009 - 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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Free stuff?
by Bruce Kingsbury 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

Just wondering if anyone has a spare 17" CRT (working) or a few keyboards they'd like to give away? I'm short of a few. -- Disclaimer: By sending an email to any of my addresses you are agreeing that: 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of your company. 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included on your message.

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Sat Workshop
by Ronnie Collinson 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

Is it possible to get a lift there (and back) tomorrow from someone, from near the University. Im keen to do the full day again be great if thats possible Thanks Ronnie

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sata to usb
by Ronnie Collinson 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

Today at the fixit meeting, someone (iirc it was Rod) had a sata to usb adapter without a enclousure just wondering if you could tell me where you got it as it would be awesome to add to my collection of useful computer tools but cant seem to find one online

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday August 1st, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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What is copyright?
by John Billings 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

If you attended the last WLUG workshop, you might have heard that question and some others, and even recorded your response. If your interested in hearing the finished product, you can listen in to New It Make on Thursday at 2pm, on Community Radio Hamilton, or if you can't wait for that you can download an mp3 from here: http://newitmake.org.nz/site/audio/show/6-episode-four-part-1 I plagiarized the idea from this video: http://questioncopyright.org/public_perception_of_copyright Thanks to those who participated! Best, John

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Re: [wlug] Message for Michael MXDonald
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

You need to preface your command with the word sudo then a space that will make you root whilst that job is done. Regards john ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for that. However how do I make myself root to run > pppconfig? > > > Cheers > > > > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael McDonald" <mikencolleen(a)gmail.com> > To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 3:56 PM > Subject: Re: [wlug] Adding a Serial Modem > > > 2009/7/26 Robert D Davidson <robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz>: > > Yes indeed, I was told at the last WLUG Fixit meeting, > > after someone spent two hours trying to get a driver > > going for a Conextant internal modem and failed, that > getting a serial modem would be trivially easy. However > > this has not proved to be the case and I am getting an > > earful from the groundcrew. > > The last time I installed a serial modem I found that the > most reliable method was using commands:- > 1. pppconfig for setup > 2. pon to connect > 3. poff to disconnect > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------ ---- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.28/2259 - > Release Date: 07/24/09 18:24:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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re-scoring music using Rosegarden
by Justin Hyde 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

I want to re-score some music (on paper) from tenor clef to bass clef and would like to use Rosegarden on my Ubuntu box to do this. I have read the tutorial at www.rosegardenmusic.com but I am still finding it hard to work out the basics of writing the music on-screen. Are there any local users of Rosegarden who could assist me? Cheers Justin Hyde

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 26 Jul '09

26 Jul '09

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MythTV PaulQuilty Will be giving a talk on the setup and uses of MythTV. He will take you through ins and outs, basic configuration, and answer any questions. PaulQuilty Also aims to bring a few MythBuntu CDs to give away to anyone interested in setting up their own PVR easily. http://www.mythtv.co.nz http://www.mythtv.org 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4)

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Re: [wlug] Message for Michael MXDonald
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 26 Jul '09

26 Jul '09

I cannot remember exactly but I think I encountered a similar problem and chose different tty numbers until I got a connection. Hope this is helpful. Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > H Michael, > > I got into root and used pppconfig everthing went fine > except the modem was not found automatically and I > manually set it to dev/ttyS1 the offered default value. > Howver when I tired pon I got unrecognized option > '/dev/modem > > Maybe the modem port is not turned on in the BIOS as Bruce > said? > > > Cheers > > > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Kingsbury" <zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz> > To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 6:57 PM > Subject: Re: [wlug] Message for Michael MXDonald > > > There is NO root password. > > Open a terminal in your normal user login (Accessories, > Terminal) and type "sudo pppconfig" -- and the password it > asks for is the same one you used to log in. > > 2009/7/26 Robert D Davidson <robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz>: > > Hi Jaytee, > > > > The root password seems to be different from the > > password entered for the user account created when > loading Ubuntu. Is there any way of getting it or > > is known only to the Kernal Maintainers? > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Robert > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> > > To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" > > <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 > > 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [wlug] Message for Michael MXDonald > > > > > >> You need to preface your command with the word sudo > then a >> space that will make you root whilst that job is > done. >> Regards john > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message Follows ----- > >> > Hi Michael, > >> > > >> > Thanks for that. However how do I make myself root to > run >> > pppconfig? > >> > > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Robert > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Michael McDonald" <mikencolleen(a)gmail.com> > >> > To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" > <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> >> > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 > 3:56 PM >> > Subject: Re: [wlug] Adding a Serial Modem > >> > > >> > > >> > 2009/7/26 Robert D Davidson > <robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz>: >> > > Yes indeed, I was told > at the last WLUG Fixit meeting, >> > > after someone spent > two hours trying to get a driver >> > > going for a > Conextant internal modem and failed, that >> > getting a > serial modem would be trivially easy. However >> > > this > has not proved to be the case and I am getting an >> > > > earful from the groundcrew. >> > > >> > The last time I installed a serial modem I found that > the >> > most reliable method was using commands:- > >> > 1. pppconfig for setup > >> > 2. pon to connect > >> > 3. poff to disconnect > >> > > >> > Michael > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > >> > Unsubscribe: > >> > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >> > ------------------ ---- >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > No virus found in this incoming message. > >> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.28/2259 - > >> > Release Date: 07/24/09 18:24:00 > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > >> > Unsubscribe: > >> > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >> _______________________________________________ > >> wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > >> Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- -- > > ---- > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.28/2259 - > > Release Date: 07/24/09 18:24:00 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > -- > Disclaimer: > By sending an email to any of my addresses you are > agreeing that: > 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" > 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I > see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, > or good joke as it lends itself to. > 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of > your company. > 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of > confidentiality that may be included on your message. > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------ ---- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.28/2259 - > Release Date: 07/24/09 18:24:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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