February 2011 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

New contact details for Wayne Grimsey
by Wayne Grimsey 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Happy new year, WLUG. I moved house this week. My new contact details are: Wayne Grimsey 48A Southey Street Leamington Cambridge Landline: 07 827 8449 Cell: 027 451 2688 Hope you've all had a happy and safe holiday. Wayne > From: wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: wlug Digest, Vol 235, Issue 6 > To: wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:00:03 +1300 > > Send wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Thursday Night Christmas Curry (David Hallett) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:19:40 +1300 > From: David Hallett <david(a)pulsar.net.nz> > To: Hamilton Thursday Night Curry > <hamilton(a)list.thursdaynightcurry.com>, Waikato Linux Users Group > <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Cc: waikato(a)nzcs.org.nz > Subject: [wlug] Thursday Night Christmas Curry > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimvR+QbuOq8x7XHuyagOAhKbtisS+JSM+y0ik5i(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > We're looking to start running Hamilton curry nights again. > The recent Christmas Curry had a good number of registrations. It was there > that a suggestion was made there to reinstate the Hamilton Thursday Night > Curry. > > If you are interested in attending (even irregularly) please let me know you > intention, and whether you prefer weekly, fortnightly, or monthly. > I'm going to use the NZCS Events System ( > http://www.nzcs.org.nz/events/waikato_bop) to manage RSVPs and booking, thus > significantly reducing the administration overhead. > > Kind regards, > > David Hallett, BSc, MNZCS ITCP > P.O. Box 15-516 > Hamilton, New Zealand > > Phone: +64-7-210 5520 > Mobile: +64-21-802 256 >

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Malware Scam via Indian Call Centre
by Wayne Grimsey 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

Hi guys. Here's a scam that's been doing the rounds. One of my friends in Dunedin received such a phone call: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres One of the commenters below the article said he was runnng Linux ... and the caller said that may have caused the problem with his Windows! If they ring me, I might just say something in broken English along the lines of, " Sorry, I can't download your nasty fraudalent expensive malware on my broken abacus, should I try the garbage disposal unit instead?" Wayne

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Membership renewal - Debian Squeeze Release Party
by Chris O'Halloran 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Hello, This is just a brief reminder to those intending to be formal members of the club this year but haven't yet paid your subscription (still $20). Can you please contact either John Billings or Wayne Grimsey to renew your membership or sign up. For those who might not know, John is this year's club treasurer and Wayne is the club secretary. And I'd also like to extend an invite to those subscribed to this list (including previous members) that might like to join up or renew your association this year to make yourselves known to either myself or John or Wayne. It would be good have your involvment. We are looking to put together a variety of speakers and presentations this year - maybe you could be one of them. And for those coming along to tonights 'Debian "Squeeze" Pizza Party!' [1], it might be convenient time to bring along your cash for your membership renewal. Hope to see some of you there, Chris O'Halloran WLUG President 2011 [1] http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2011-02-21

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Re: [wlug] wlug Digest, Vol 236, Issue 7
by noel villamor 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

I would like to copy-burn Squeeze DVD 1 myself if I could borrow one during the event. Noel

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Jolicloud
by Chris O'Halloran 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

For you all netbook users out there, Jolicloud got a glowing review in a recent Linux User Magazine. It is aimed at social networking and cloud computing so it may not suit all. Cheers, Chris http://www.jolicloud.com/ http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!! Why should you care about Debian? Debian "Squeeze" Pizza Party! On February 6th, 2011 after 2 years of development effort a new stable version of the Debian GNU/Linux OS was released. Those of you who know, know this is a reason to celebrate. Those of you who would like to learn more about why this is a momentous occasion should come along and check out what the new 6.0 version codenamed "Squeeze" has to offer. There are a heap of new features and interesting aspects to this release, a demo of how easy it is to install and use, and a presentation/overview of the Debian Project will be presented. Pizza and refreshments will be provided, come join us in the celebration! Regular meeting location of Room MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) 7pm, Monday 21st Feb (we will not be having our regular meeting on the 28th this month). http://www.wlug.org.nz/ http://wlug.org.nz/~gnubie/splash-squeeze.png

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Re: [wlug] wlug Digest, Vol 236, Issue 5
by noel villamor 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Is this open to anyone? Is a subscriber to the wlug list a member of WLUG? :) On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> wrote: > Send wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday (Meeting Reminder Bot) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:26:12 +1300 > From: Meeting Reminder Bot <bot(a)wlug.org.nz> > To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Cc: nzlug-announce(a)linux.net.nz > Subject: [wlug] REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday > Message-ID: <E1Pq7cK-0003n8-AZ(a)db.wlug.org.nz> > > There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > !!! Why should you care about Debian? > > Debian "Squeeze" Pizza Party! > > On February 6th, 2011 after 2 years of development effort a new stable version of the Debian GNU/Linux OS was released. Those of you who know, know this is a reason to celebrate. Those of you who would like to learn more about why this is a momentous occasion should come along and check out what the new 6.0 version codenamed "Squeeze" has to offer. There are a heap of new features and interesting aspects to this release, a demo of how easy it is to install and use, and a presentation/overview of the Debian Project will be presented. > > Pizza and refreshments will be provided, come join us in the celebration! > > Regular meeting location of Room MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) > > 7pm, Monday 21st Feb (we will not be having our regular meeting on the 28th this month). > > http://www.wlug.org.nz/ http://wlug.org.nz/~gnubie/splash-squeeze.png > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of wlug Digest, Vol 236, Issue 5 > ************************************ >

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!! Why should you care about Debian? Debian "Squeeze" Pizza Party! On February 6th, 2011 after 2 years of development effort a new stable version of the Debian GNU/Linux OS was released. Those of you who know, know this is a reason to celebrate. Those of you who would like to learn more about why this is a momentous occasion should come along and check out what the new 6.0 version codenamed "Squeeze" has to offer. There are a heap of new features and interesting aspects to this release, a demo of how easy it is to install and use, and a presentation/overview of the Debian Project will be presented. Pizza and refreshments will be provided, come join us in the celebration! Regular meeting location of Room MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) 7pm, Monday 21st Feb (we will not be having our regular meeting on the 28th this month). http://www.wlug.org.nz/ http://wlug.org.nz/~gnubie/splash-squeeze.png

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Full partition. Any ideas?
by Michael McDonald 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Hi all I have a friend with a problem. His Ubuntu system (2.26.32-x) won't boot. Booted from CD. Gparted showed partition partition size (ext3/ext4) is 120GB and 100% full. Disk analyser only shows 20GB in files (though 120GB on partition). Robbed 2GB from swap file to add to partition, but partition still shows 0% free. Can read files in the partition, but have no idea where that 100GB has gone. Since disk has another unused partition, plan of attack at the moment is to install 10.10 in the unused partition and recover data as needed. Anyone else seen this problem before? Any suggestions? Michael

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Network set up
by stephen pearce 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Hi I wonder if anyone could help me with suggestions for software and configeration for the following hardware network set up :- wifi link to isp via router(A). Local ip allocation by router(A) (say 192.168.2.3 ... but could be different depending upon state of router and other connections to it.) Wifi network card(A) in relatively low spec pc (B)... ideally 256-512 M memory ... x86 ... cd live or flash drive boot ... hopefully also sans monitor and keyboard and supporting web based interface for set up from local network administered by C (below) Ether Net card in same pc(B) connects to a separate wifi router(C) .. which sees this link as its route to the intenet/isp and accepts ip allocation from B .. Router(C) allocates local ip numbers on another domain (say 10.1.1.1-256) Router C supports both wifi and ehternet connections. I suppose B is a sort of router .. except that it is working in reverse to the normal expectation? Suggestons for live cd or flash distributions that might suit B appreciated .. as would commnets on how to set up router C Thanks -- Stephen Pearce Critical Care Whangarei ph 021 390 997

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