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WLUG Meeting is on monday
by Meeting Reminder bot 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

The WLUG meeting is on monday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!The Official Annual [WLUG] End of Year Barbeque! In accordance with the prophecy, our end of 2004 [BBQ] is at DaHoose, 3 Liston Crescent, Hillcrest (off Helena Road, by the Gate 1 entrance to Uni/Clyde St roundabout). As the original date of the 4th was wet, we postponed it until the 10th WLUG will provide salad, soft drinks, BBQ, backyard cricket and entertainment. You will need to bring yourself, meat and alcohol should you desire any of these things. Start time of 6pm with BBQ about 7. Check out photos from last years barbeque from [John|http://www.wlug.org.nz/~jrm/wlug-bbq/], [Kyle|http://www.feet.net.nz/gallery/wlugbbq/] or [Phil|http://www.nevada.net.nz/gallery/wlug03].

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Re: wlug Digest, Vol 162, Issue 3
by Roger Oed 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Hi, Sorry about the lack of detail. It is an external model on COM port 1 (ttyS0) and I have tried a couple. The one I am using at present is a dynalink one. I have tried configuring it using the Network Configuration tool and while it appears that I have been able to activate the PPP link, I don't think it has in reality. How important is an initialisation string for the modem? Thanks Roger 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. Configuring Modem for Email and Internet (Roger Oed) > 2. Re: Configuring Modem for Email and Internet (zcat) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:20:41 +1300 > From: Roger Oed <oed.fam(a)family.net.nz> > Subject: [wlug] Configuring Modem for Email and Internet > To: wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Message-ID: <41AEFA89.60809(a)family.net.nz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Hi All, > > I am trying to configure my Redhat 8.0 box to work with a modem for > e-mail and Internet access. I have configured my e-mail account > correctly, and have configured a network connection for the modem. When > the machine starts up, during the Bios phase the machine obviously sees > the modem. However, when I try to run the e-mail it immediately returns > an error indicating that it hasn't seen the modem. Can anyone suggest > some tests I can perform to try and identify the source of the error or > any reasons why Linux does not appear to see the modem, please? > > Thanks > Roger > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 09:00:11 +1300 > From: zcat <zcat(a)maxnet.co.nz> > Subject: Re: [wlug] Configuring Modem for Email and Internet > To: oed.tem1(a)family.net.nz, Waikato Linux Users Group > <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Message-ID: <41AF744B.6030408(a)maxnet.co.nz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Roger Oed wrote: > > >>Hi All, >> >>I am trying to configure my Redhat 8.0 box to work with a modem for >>e-mail and Internet access. I have configured my e-mail account >>correctly, and have configured a network connection for the modem. >>When the machine starts up, during the Bios phase the machine >>obviously sees the modem. However, when I try to run the e-mail it >>immediately returns an error indicating that it hasn't seen the >>modem. Can anyone suggest some tests I can perform to try and >>identify the source of the error or any reasons why Linux does not >>appear to see the modem, please? > > > What sort of modem? External, internal, ISA or PCI? (If you still have > Windows installed, just boot into Windows and tell us what it's > identified as under the Device Manager) > > My first guess is that it's a software-driven modem (aka 'winmodem'; > many of these work in Linux, but almost all require extra drivers and > setting up that aren't part of the standard install. There's probably > helpful info on the wiki if you search for 'winmodem'. > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of wlug Digest, Vol 162, Issue 3 > ************************************ >

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WLUG Xmas BBQ POSTPONED !
by Jamie Curtis 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Hi All, As the weather looks pretty average, the forcast is for rain developing and we don't have any cover in the back yard, we are going to postpone the BBQ. We will try again for Friday 10th. I'll post an update later in the week. Cheers, Jamie

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WLUG Meeting is tonight
by Meeting Reminder bot 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

The WLUG meeting is this evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!The Official Annual [WLUG] End of Year Barbeque! In accordance with the prophecy, our end of 2004 [BBQ] is at DaHoose, 3 Liston Crescent, Hillcrest (off Helena Road, by the Gate 1 entrance to Uni/Clyde St roundabout). If it's wet, the backup day is Friday the 10th. WLUG will provide salad, soft drinks, BBQ, backyard cricket and entertainment. You will need to bring yourself, meat and alcohol should you desire any of these things. Start time of 3.30 - 4pm with the BBQ starting about 6.30 on Saturday 4th. Start time of 6pm with BBQ about 7 if we need to postpone until Friday 10th. Check out photos from last years barbeque from [John|http://www.wlug.org.nz/~jrm/wlug-bbq/], [Kyle|http://www.feet.net.nz/gallery/wlugbbq/] or [Phil|http://www.nevada.net.nz/gallery/wlug03].

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Configuring Modem for Email and Internet
by Roger Oed 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Hi All, I am trying to configure my Redhat 8.0 box to work with a modem for e-mail and Internet access. I have configured my e-mail account correctly, and have configured a network connection for the modem. When the machine starts up, during the Bios phase the machine obviously sees the modem. However, when I try to run the e-mail it immediately returns an error indicating that it hasn't seen the modem. Can anyone suggest some tests I can perform to try and identify the source of the error or any reasons why Linux does not appear to see the modem, please? Thanks Roger

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In defence of Fedora
by Craig Box 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hi everyone, The current distro that the WLUG Committee recommend our new users run is Fedora. Mandrake is possibly a 'simpler' distribution, but most of the people who come to help out and post to the mailing list don't run it. In fact, a lot of them don't run Fedora either, but know enough about it to be helpful. If there is enough of a groundswell of people using Mandrake who have learnt it through to expert level and are prepared to help other people, we'd be happier about recommending it. Right now, it's out there, it might suit peoples needs better, but as a club, we can't necessarily help you with it. Fedora is a good combination of useful to new user, well supported, powerful and up to date. Ubuntu is another distribution that fits that bill. Mandrake might be, but I don't know enough to make that call. With regard to yum especially, yum 2.2 in Fedora Core 3 addresses lots of the shortfauls in yum 2.0 (it now has .repo files, which are more like apt's Packages/Releases, instead of thousands of little .hdr files). Perhaps this discussion could be held at http://www.wlug.org.nz/SelectingADistribution which needs an overhaul. We could also perhaps have a list of the top 10 things that are different in each distro (ie how to get security updates, how to get MP3 playback, how to configure your network card). Giving up on the list isn't a good way to stop other people from having problems. Remember also we're more than happy to look at machines at LUG meetings. Just let us know in advance if you need an internet connection so we can arrange one. Craig

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Re: [wlug] Fedora (the one we support) revisited
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hi All, I did make sure that I had a good repo and plenty of mirrors then "yum update" There were 54 items to d/load. at the 11th file, some three hours later (at 47k), a thing called "gzip" failed to down load so it tried mirror after mirror very slowly. Failing on each occasion. I think it was at the fourteenth unsuccessful mirror attempt that I began cutting 25mm lengths off the modem cord. The mirror sites then went by much more quickly as they were unable to connect. The success in this is that there were TONNES of mirrors to try if only I had waited a couple more days things may have been OK and I could have got on with updating yum and possibly installing mplayer. I am finding Fedora to be bad for my self esteem and I note with horror that I have forced myself into the position of the official "idiot question asker". To this end I am unsubscribing from the mailing list so as not to broadcast my ineptitude to all and sundry when doing fubars in the future. The distro that has given me the least grief is "Mandrake"> (yep. Windows user) If any one is willing to burn me a good copy of the latest issue I would be happy if they would contact me off list. Many thanks to all the list members. Regards John. > A bad checksum probably means the file corrupted while you > were downloading it. Possible reasons for this are: > > 1) a web proxy in your path (transparent or otherwise) has > an incomplete copy cached > 2) the file changed while you were downloading it > 3) yum didn't actually finish downloading the file > 4) the copy on the server is incomplete or corrupt. > > To fix this, try running 'yum update' then 'yum install > mplayer' when the update finishes. If that doesn't work, > try adding more yum mirrors to your mirror list - I > notice that your output contained comments regarding 'No > more mirrors to try' etc. > > > As to your second question - it carried on because only > one part of the download failed, the others are all > intact. > > > Thought I was doing fairly good, Wgot the public > key. >Copied freshrpms, fixed a parsing error but now got > a >checksum problem. > >I have saved the whole drama if anyone has time to help I > >would apreciatte it > >Terminal entries follow: > > > >[root(a)localhost john]# yum install mplayer > > > .. > > >http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/3/i386/freshrpms/RP > MS/mplayer-1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr.i386.rpm: >[Errno > -1] Package does not match checksum >freshrpms: [Errno > 256] No more mirrors to try. >[root(a)localhost john]# > > > > > >Also why go through the whole download if the thing fails > >the checksum* > >Regards John > > > > >

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WLUG Meeting is on monday
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

The WLUG meeting is on monday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!The Official Annual [WLUG] End of Year Barbeque! In accordance with the prophecy, our end of 2004 [BBQ] is at DaHoose, 3 Liston Crescent, Hillcrest (off Helena Road, by the Gate 1 entrance to Uni/Clyde St roundabout). If it's wet, the backup day is Friday the 10th. WLUG will provide salad, soft drinks, backyard cricket and entertainment. You will need to bring yourself, meat and alcohol should you desire any of these things. Check out photos from last years barbeque from [John|http://www.wlug.org.nz/~jrm/wlug-bbq/], [Kyle|http://www.feet.net.nz/gallery/wlugbbq/] or [Phil|http://www.nevada.net.nz/gallery/wlug03].

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Acceptable use of the WLUG Mailing List
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

The WLUG mailing list is the discussion-list extension of the Waikato Linux Users Group. As such, we expect members of this list to adhere to the principles espoused in our official Charter[1], in particular, Rule 6, which covers the activities on this mailing list. While this is an Acceptable Use Policy, the WLUG committee do recognise the need for informal discussion among list members, and draconian administration is not the goal of this policy. Please keep in mind, however, that your comments to this list do represent the WLUG, and while it is good to be seen as an organisation with a sense of humour, some comments may do serious harm to our credibility as a serious advocate of GNU/Linux and all things Free Software/Open Source related. List discussion: * Should not commit slander or libel against any person or organisation * Should not be unprofessional or petty, especially with respect to the names of other software companies * Should not indulge in ad hominem attacks * Should not reproduce copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder * Should not indulge in marketing or advertising, other than on a private sale basis, or advertising of jobs - which may be announced once only. * Should maintain a reasonable level of spelling and grammar * Should be honest * Should not promote or denigrate political, cultural, or religious views * Should not continue inflammatory or abusive threads * Should accentuate the positive, without hyperbole or blatant misrepresentation Posters who consistently violate these guidelines will be dealt with at the discretion of the List Maintainer. If you feel you have been unfairly dealt with, you have recourse to any member of the WLUG Committee[2]. [1] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCharter [2] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCommittee

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Re: [wlug] Fedora (the one we support) revisited
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Many thanks, Will try your suggestions. Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > A bad checksum probably means the file corrupted while you > were downloading it. Possible reasons for this are: > > 1) a web proxy in your path (transparent or otherwise) has > an incomplete copy cached > 2) the file changed while you were downloading it > 3) yum didn't actually finish downloading the file > 4) the copy on the server is incomplete or corrupt. > > To fix this, try running 'yum update' then 'yum install > mplayer' when the update finishes. If that doesn't work, > try adding more yum mirrors to your mirror list - I > notice that your output contained comments regarding 'No > more mirrors to try' etc. > > > As to your second question - it carried on because only > one part of the download failed, the others are all > intact. > > > Thought I was doing fairly good, Wgot the public > key. >Copied freshrpms, fixed a parsing error but now got > a >checksum problem. > >I have saved the whole drama if anyone has time to help I > >would apreciatte it > >Terminal entries follow: > > > >[root(a)localhost john]# yum install mplayer > > > .. > > >http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/3/i386/freshrpms/RP > MS/mplayer-1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr.i386.rpm: >[Errno > -1] Package does not match checksum >freshrpms: [Errno > 256] No more mirrors to try. >[root(a)localhost john]# > > > > > >Also why go through the whole download if the thing fails > >the checksum* > >Regards John > > > > >

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Fedora (the one we support) revisited
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hi All. Thought I was doing fairly good, Wgot the public key. Copied freshrpms, fixed a parsing error but now got a checksum problem. I have saved the whole drama if anyone has time to help I would apreciatte it Terminal entries follow: [john(a)localhost ~]$ su Password: [root(a)localhost john]# wget http://freshrpms.net/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.txt --18:58:33-- http://freshrpms.net/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.txt => `RPM-GPG-KEY.txt' Resolving freshrpms.net... 66.40.9.130 Connecting to freshrpms.net[66.40.9.130]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1,631 [text/plain] 100%[====================================>] 1,631 --.--K/s 18:58:35 (15.55 MB/s) - `RPM-GPG-KEY.txt' saved [1,631/1,631] [root(a)localhost john]# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY.txt [root(a)localhost john]# /etc/yum.conf bash: /etc/yum.conf: Permission denied *typo!!! [root(a)localhost john]# nano -w /etc/yum.conf [root(a)localhost john]# yum install mplayer Config Error: File contains parsing errors: file:///etc/yum.conf [line 18]: 's/\n' [root(a)localhost john]# yum install mplayer Config Error: File contains parsing errors: file:///etc/yum.conf [line 18]: 's/\n' [root(a)localhost john]# nano -w /etc/yum.conf *edited /s in line 18!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [root(a)localhost john]# yum install mplayer Setting up Install Process Setting up Repo: freshrpms repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 843 B 00:00 Setting up Repo: base repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Setting up Repo: updates-released repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 132 kB 00:38 MD Read : ################################################## 452/452 freshrpms : ################################################## 452/452 base : ################################################## 2622/2622 updates-re: ################################################## 255/255 Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for mplayer to pack into transaction set. mplayer-1.0-0.12.20041025 100% |=========================| 48 kB 00:06 ---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr set to be installed --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libpostproc= 1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libxvidcore.so.4 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libaa.so.1 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: mplayer-fonts for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libdvdread.so.3 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libxmms.so.1 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: liblzo.so.1 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libmp3lame.so.0 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libmad.so.0 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libpostproc.so.0 for package: mplayer --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for faad2 to pack into transaction set. faad2-2.0-2.20040923.1.fc 100% |=========================| 4.6 kB 00:00 ---> Package faad2.i386 0:2.0-2.20040923.1.fc3.fr set to be installed ---> Downloading header for libpostproc to pack into transaction set. libpostproc-1.0-0.12.2004 100% |=========================| 9.5 kB 00:01 ---> Package libpostproc.i386 0:1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr set to be installed ---> Downloading header for xvidcore to pack into transaction set. xvidcore-1.0.2-2.1.fc3.fr 100% |=========================| 4.5 kB 00:00 ---> Package xvidcore.i386 0:1.0.2-2.1.fc3.fr set to be installed ---> Downloading header for aalib to pack into transaction set. aalib-1.4.0-5.1.fc3.fr.i3 100% |=========================| 6.1 kB 00:01 ---> Package aalib.i386 0:1.4.0-5.1.fc3.fr set to be installed ---> Downloading header for mplayer-fonts to pack into transaction set. mplayer-fonts-1.1-2.fr.no 100% |=========================| 14 kB 00:01 ---> Package mplayer-fonts.noarch 0:1.1-2.fr set to be installed ---> Downloading header for libdvdread to pack into transaction set. libdvdread-0.9.4-5.1.fc3. 100% |=========================| 4.6 kB 00:00 ---> Package libdvdread.i386 0:0.9.4-5.1.fc3.fr set to be installed ---> Downloading header for xmms to pack into transaction set. xmms-1.2.10-9.1.1.fc3.fr. 100% |=========================| 25 kB 00:03 ---> Package xmms.i386 1:1.2.10-9.1.1.fc3.fr set to be installed ---> Downloading header for lzo to pack into transaction set. lzo-1.08-3.1.fc3.fr.i386. 100% |=========================| 4.3 kB 00:00 ---> Package lzo.i386 0:1.08-3.1.fc3.fr set to be installed ---> Downloading header for lame to pack into transaction set. lame-3.96.1-2.1.fc3.fr.i3 100% |=========================| 7.6 kB 00:01 ---> Package lame.i386 0:3.96.1-2.1.fc3.fr set to be installed ---> Downloading header for libmad to pack into transaction set. libmad-0.15.1b-3.1.fc3.fr 100% |=========================| 4.2 kB 00:00 ---> Package libmad.i386 0:0.15.1b-3.1.fc3.fr set to be installed --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libdvdcss>= 1.2.5 for package: libdvdread --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for libdvdcss to pack into transaction set. libdvdcss-1.2.8-4.1.fc3.f 100% |=========================| 4.5 kB 00:00 ---> Package libdvdcss.i386 0:1.2.8-4.1.fc3.fr set to be installed --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved Transaction Listing: Install: mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr Performing the following to resolve dependencies: Install: aalib.i386 0:1.4.0-5.1.fc3.fr Install: faad2.i386 0:2.0-2.20040923.1.fc3.fr Install: lame.i386 0:3.96.1-2.1.fc3.fr Install: libdvdcss.i386 0:1.2.8-4.1.fc3.fr Install: libdvdread.i386 0:0.9.4-5.1.fc3.fr Install: libmad.i386 0:0.15.1b-3.1.fc3.fr Install: libpostproc.i386 0:1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr Install: lzo.i386 0:1.08-3.1.fc3.fr Install: mplayer-fonts.noarch 0:1.1-2.fr Install: xmms.i386 1:1.2.10-9.1.1.fc3.fr Install: xvidcore.i386 0:1.0.2-2.1.fc3.fr Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: mplayer-1.0-0.12.20041025 100% |=========================| 899 kB 05:39 http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/3/i386/freshrpms/RPMS/mplayer-1.0-0.1…: [Errno -1] Package does not match checksum *Why is this??????????????????????????????????????????? Trying other mirror. faad2-2.0-2.20040923.1.fc 100% |=========================| 201 kB 01:25 libpostproc-1.0-0.12.2004 100% |=========================| 43 kB 00:11 xvidcore-1.0.2-2.1.fc3.fr 100% |=========================| 238 kB 01:12 aalib-1.4.0-5.1.fc3.fr.i3 100% |=========================| 95 kB 00:27 mplayer-fonts-1.1-2.fr.no 100% |=========================| 1.0 MB 04:56 libdvdread-0.9.4-5.1.fc3. 100% |=========================| 55 kB 00:15 xmms-1.2.10-9.1.1.fc3.fr. 100% |=========================| 1.9 MB 09:38 lzo-1.08-3.1.fc3.fr.i386. 100% |=========================| 55 kB 00:15 lame-3.96.1-2.1.fc3.fr.i3 100% |=========================| 488 kB 02:23 libmad-0.15.1b-3.1.fc3.fr 100% |=========================| 79 kB 00:23 libdvdcss-1.2.8-4.1.fc3.f 100% |=========================| 34 kB 00:09 Error Downloading Packages: mplayer - 1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr.i386: failure: RPMS/mplayer-1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr.i386.rpm from freshrpms: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. [root(a)localhost john]# Also why go through the whole download if the thing fails the checksum* Regards John

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Re: [wlug] Fedora (the one we support) revisited
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hi again, I have not managed to find an answer to this as yet, managed to get google down to six or so possibles. None of those seemed to match my problem. Another thread suggests that the install was bad but I do not think so. I will re-read the Fedora wiki in case I missed it the first few times *sigh* Regards John. <edited terminal display below> > Is this ok [y/N]: y > Downloading Packages: > mplayer-1.0-0.12.20041025 100% |=========================| > 899 kB 05:39 > http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/3/i386/freshrpms/RPMS/mplayer-1.0-0.1…: > [Errno -1] Package does not match checksum > <*Why is this???????????????????????????????????????????> > Trying other mirror. > faad2-2.0-2.20040923.1.fc 100% |=========================| > 201 kB 01:25 > libpostproc-1.0-0.12.2004 100% |=========================| > 43 kB 00:11 > xvidcore-1.0.2-2.1.fc3.fr 100% |=========================| > 238 kB 01:12 > aalib-1.4.0-5.1.fc3.fr.i3 100% |=========================| > 95 kB 00:27 > mplayer-fonts-1.1-2.fr.no 100% |=========================| > 1.0 MB 04:56 > libdvdread-0.9.4-5.1.fc3. 100% |=========================| > 55 kB 00:15 > xmms-1.2.10-9.1.1.fc3.fr. 100% |=========================| > 1.9 MB 09:38 > lzo-1.08-3.1.fc3.fr.i386. 100% |=========================| > 55 kB 00:15 > lame-3.96.1-2.1.fc3.fr.i3 100% |=========================| > 488 kB 02:23 > libmad-0.15.1b-3.1.fc3.fr 100% |=========================| > 79 kB 00:23 > libdvdcss-1.2.8-4.1.fc3.f 100% |=========================| > 34 kB 00:09 > Error Downloading Packages: > mplayer - 1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr.i386: failure: > RPMS/mplayer-1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr.i386.rpm from > freshrpms: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. > [root(a)localhost john]# > Also why go through the whole download if the thing fails the checksum* Regards John > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [wlug] Buying Linux Books
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Might be correct in another couple of weeks ;-)) > > $NZ37.03 Total > > Nice conversion :p

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Buying Linux Books
by Gun Caundle 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

For what it is worth (and in this case quite a bit) I had a look at one our library books "How Linux Works" and thought that I would need to buy it and use for reference. John Mc said buying from O'Reilly's, members get a 20% discount. I checked Dymocks Auckand and they could get me one for $94.95 and would take 6-8 weeks to arrive from the US. So I ordered it from O'Reilly's website for $US30.36 (including discount) The only shipping option was DHL (courier) and it was not until I had given my credit card details and the invoice was created that I could see the shipping charge. $US31.60. Then I checked on Amazon (never a good move to check other prices after the tranaction has taken place). Below are the comparisons. Dymocks Auck $NZ94.95 + postage to me O'Reilly's $US30.36 book $US31.60 shipping (Supposedly 2 days but it hasn't arrived after 4 days) $NZ83.00 total Amazon $US25.05 Book $US11.98 Shipping (1-2 vweeks) $NZ37.03 Total

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[Fwd: NZ Linux users engage in Govt-MS bashing]
by Matthias Dallmeier 26 Nov '04

26 Nov '04

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Re: [wlug] [Fwd: NZ Linux users engage in Govt-MS bashing]
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 26 Nov '04

26 Nov '04

Greig, I think one of the dangers of using politician's (of any sway) is that they use infomation for political gain. Rodney is no stranger to asking painful questions in the house and this headline may even be on our frontpage news one day, after all, we posed the questions (not knowing they were to be used as ammo)*looks slightly sideways at Matthias* Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Hrm. > > I'm not sure I'm very happy with this. > > The WLUG are not about either Government *OR* Microsoft > bashing. We are about Linux and Open Source advocacy. > > This "bashing" label is not one I'd like to see applied to > the WLUG, and I'd really appreciate it if someone who subs > to the nz.* newsgroups (glares at matthias) could clear > this up. > > Regards, > > Greig McGill > President > Waikato Linux Users Group Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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www.wlug.org.nz
by Daniel Lawson 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

I noticed the HomePage for www.wlug.org.nz changed recently. What's the story? A lot of the content on HomePage was fairly useful where it was - now I have to click through to WlugIntro to find it. I know I can move it back - but I'd rather not get into a edit/revert battle on that page.

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Re: [wlug] Assistance on nzip.meta.net.nz
by async 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

I dont know perl, but I have done programming in the past and I have a few ideas that might help point your mind to a new train of thought. Using a basic sorting script (suitably altered to take account of the numeric data (e.g. sorted by number or ASCII code). Once the list is ordered, run the data through another loop that takes each piece of data (one subnet at a time) and compares it with the previous piece of data and if they are the same - remove one of the entries. Hope this helps. Nick

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WLUG Meeting is tonight
by Meeting Reminder bot 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

The WLUG meeting is this evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!Red Hat Enterprise Linux Monday 22 November - Tung U from Red Hat Asia Pacific will present a summary of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. He presented at the Red Hat World Tour and was extremely inspirational. Big business IS switching, and Red Hat is helping them do so. This promises to be an exciting talk whether you are involved with large enterprise operations or not. Tara Sutherland from Vodafone New Zealand may also explain how Vodafone switched their entire web services backend to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, though she is unconfirmed at this stage. 7pm, 22 November%%% University of Waikato%%% Room: LitB.G.02 Park in Gate 1, Knighton Rd * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/perl-bin/map/tt-map.pl?term=litb * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map.pdf ---- See also OldMeetingTopics

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Assistance on nzip.meta.net.nz
by Drew Broadley 20 Nov '04

20 Nov '04

Hi all, I am in need of a single standalone perl script that will open a file with a list of all of the subnets (ordered and each subnet is on a newline) and then remove any overlapping, unneeded subnets and print the output to stdout. I am unable to figure this out for myself and have been trying for a while. My only results are of unoptimised code and isn't useful at all. Thanks in advance, Drew

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Slackware current NZ mirror
by Gavin Denby 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

does anyone know where there is an NZ mirror hosting Salckware current 10.1 ( not the old 10.0 iso's but the data) My international downloads (and uploads too) are getting a bit high this month. -- "Engineering is the art of modeling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyse so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance." Dr A R Dykes.

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Overlapping usage nonsense
by Jared Wigmore 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Having got a network and Internet connection sharing set up (thanks Bruce), Xtra is now charging my family for "overlapping usage" via my Linux computer. (The Internet connection is on the family computer, with Windows XP professional.) Initially, web browsing at the same time as other family members was slow; now it seems to be normal dialup speed. Any advice? I'd far rather access slowly than expensively :) ===== -- JaredWigmore -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM/CS/S d? s+++:-- a? C++++ UL++ P--- L++ E>+++ W++ N>+ o? K- w--- O? M-- V-- PS-- Y-- PGP- t+++ 5? X R* tv b++ DI D G e- h! !r z- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.wlug.org.nz/JaredWigmore http://AnswersInGenisis.org/ http://www.againsttcpa.com/ ---------------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com

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Thanks all
by Greig McGill 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Last night's presentation by Rodney Hide was a great success. Those expecting right wing propaganda were pleasantly surprised, and I believe we all learned a lot about the parliamentary process, and how to further our goals of Linux/OSS advocacy with Rodney's advice. For those who did not attend, a summary of Rodney's presentation is on the wiki at http://www.wlug.org.nz/ParliamentaryQuestions. Please read and contribute. A MASSIVE thank you to Steve Reeves, and the Computer Science department for sponsoring an "extra" meeting. This one was possibly the most worthwhile meeting we've had in terms of actually furthering the goals of our organisation, so thanks for helping to make it possible. Thanks again to all those who came, and thanks in advance to all those who contribute questions. Regards, Greig McGill President Waikato Linux Users Group Inc.

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RE: [wlug] Open Source promotion
by David Nicholls 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Mind you isn't this exactly what we want? To spark and encourage debate? -----Original Message----- From: Roderick Aldridge [mailto:rod-a(a)hnpl.net] Sent: Friday, 19 November 2004 8:44 am To: Waikato Linux Users Group Subject: [wlug] Open Source promotion To avoid those opposed to open source from countering our activities we should consider ways of making it members-only who can take part. Should we do this? and if so how can we do it without big hassles? Roderick Aldridge _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Open Source promotion
by Roderick Aldridge 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

To avoid those opposed to open source from countering our activities we should consider ways of making it members-only who can take part. Should we do this? and if so how can we do it without big hassles? Roderick Aldridge

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WLUG Meeting is on monday
by Meeting Reminder bot 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

The WLUG meeting is on monday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!Red Hat Enterprise Linux Monday 22 November - Tung U from Red Hat Asia Pacific will present a summary of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. He presented at the Red Hat World Tour and was extremely inspirational. Big business IS switching, and Red Hat is helping them do so. This promises to be an exciting talk whether you are involved with large enterprise operations or not. Tara Sutherland from Vodafone New Zealand may also explain how Vodafone switched their entire web services backend to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, though she is unconfirmed at this stage. 7pm, 22 November%%% University of Waikato%%% Room: LitB.G.02 Park in Gate 1, Knighton Rd * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/perl-bin/map/tt-map.pl?term=litb * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map.pdf ---- See also OldMeetingTopics

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Meeting tonight 8pm (+ library books)
by John R. McPherson 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

A reminder that there is a WLUG meeting tonight at 8pm, at Waikato University. Also, if any WLUG members would like to borrow anything from the library and wants it to be brought along to the meeting, send email to librarian(a)wlug.org.nz to make a request. (You can browse the available items online at http://library.wlug.org.nz/) Anyone who currently has an item that they want to return can also bring the item back to a meeting. John McPherson

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mandrake cds
by David Nicholls 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

im probably being a pain in the but here but does anyone up at the uni currently have any of the latest mandrake cds? i can provide blanks <deep hopeful, soulful look> cheers... David Nicholls Computer Support Consultant School of Science & Engineering/Dept of Chemistry The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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RE: [wlug] Linux on PPC (Macs)
by Matthew Browne (DSL HN) 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

> From: Henry Harrison [mailto:henryh(a)clear.net.nz] > > You should be in pretty good shape with a Powerbook 17". One > of the video card vendors hasn't released an binary driver > for PPC (as they have for x86) though I can't remember which > off hand. You have the same issue with 802.11g that you do > with linux, no drivers for some chip sets. You'll need to > research your hardware. The Airport Extreme cards (what the 17" PB will have) are Broadcom based and the older Airport cards are Orinoco Silver/Gold hybrids. I don't know what Linux support is like for these but they're both common chipsets. I've had quite a few Macs over the years, got a G5 and an iBook currently, but I've never tried running Linux on them so I can't be much help there. As to Fink, I don't really use it but it is quite impressive what can be done with it. I once had KDE running on a rootless X11 server on the MacOS X desktop and all the applications I tried performed flawlessly. Matt Browne

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Tomorrow night - Rodney Hide.
by Greig McGill 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

Hi All, There seems to have been some confusion about the time. Mr. Hide will be talking to us at 8pm. The odd time is due to his plane arriving around 7:20pm. Drinks and biscuits will be provided after the meeting. Hope to see you all there. All are welcome - not just members. Regards, Greig McGill

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RE: [wlug] Extra Meeting - this thursday
by David Nicholls 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

Anyone alerting the local media/computing media or eveen the other local user groups to this meeting? The other user groups might find it interesting (ie pc/windows, Mac etc) Cheers... david -----Original Message----- On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 16:47 +1300, Greig McGill wrote: > Hi WLUG, and other interested parties. > > In an effort to step outside our little box, and to encourage members > of > the WLUG to consider the political aspects of Open Source, I have asked > Rodney Hide to come and speak to us. > > He will be speaking this Thursday evening (the 18th) at 8pm at our > usual > meeting location - Lit.B. at the University of Waikato. A map is at: > http://www.waikato.ac.nz/perl-bin/map/tt-map.pl?term=litb > > Mr. Hide is, as you will all be aware, the leader of the ACT party. > He > posts a regularly updated blog at http://www.rodneyhide.com, and he is > all in favour of Open Source software. > > This meeting is open to all, so please, bring a friend. It'll be the > least "geeky" meeting we are likely to have until Nandor Tanczos joins > us sometime next year (yes, really - I like to hear both sides of an > argument - how about you?) so you are welcome to bring people who may > have been scared away by the more technical meetings. Supporting Open Source software is one thing (perhaps the only one) that Rodney Hide and Nandor Tancos agree on - witness this press release from Nandor Tancos today. I don´t suppose you could get Nandor to come as well - think of the headlines in the local media ¨Open Source unites sworn enemies¨ ..... 15 November 2004 Cut costs at IT giants' expense, not students Green Tertiary Education and IT Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos is hailing Victoria University's move to open source servers and suggests that Waikato University look at following suit. Both varsities have announced today that they need to reduce costs, but while Vic is achieving this by moving its admin, finance and HR systems to servers running the open source software 'Red Hat Linux', Waikato is instead looking at reducing staff numbers by doing some jobs less often and reviewing student-staff ratios. "Congratulations to Victoria for choosing to balance their budget by reducing how much money they give to multinational corporations; Waikato should follow their example instead of compromising the quality of their students' education," said Nandor, who is a Waikato graduate and lives in Hamilton. "Waikato prides itself for being a hot bed of innovation, but this time Victoria are the ones using their imagination and lateral thinking to look at the overall picture. "Tertiary institutions nationwide should take note of Victoria's move. Open source is a cheaper option all round and the education sector making greater use of it would benefit institutions, their students and the local software industry." > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Roderick Aldridge <rod-a(a)hnpl.net> _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Linux on PPC (Macs)
by Oliver Jones 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

Anyone here used Linux on PowerPC systems? Ie, Macs. I'm tossing up whether to buy a PowerBook G4 17" vs a Dell Latitude D800 15.4". The Powerbook is only ~$900 more and has a bigger screen. And considering my business partners experience with his D800 I'm worried about stability/reliability. I've been an x86 user since the dawn of time but after using my Mothers iBook for a while I've come to appreciate the simplicity, reliability and attractiveness of Apple gear. From what I read on the net Linux PPC (Yellow Dog etc) is quite good. Not that much different from RedHat and such. I've been a long time RH/Fedora user so I'm most familiar with RPM based distros. And from what I can tell Mac-on-Linux is very good at running a virtual MacOS system (for iTunes or whatever). Anyone here have any experience to share? At $5000 a pop I'm concerned about making the wisest choice... Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com

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RE: [wlug] Linux on PPC (Macs)
by David Nicholls 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

personally, no experience myself, however i can put you in touch with a friend who has. let me know if you want to get in touch with him. cheers... david -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Jones [mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz] Sent: Wednesday, 17 November 2004 12:48 pm To: Waikato Linux Users Group Subject: [wlug] Linux on PPC (Macs) Anyone here used Linux on PowerPC systems? Ie, Macs. I'm tossing up whether to buy a PowerBook G4 17" vs a Dell Latitude D800 15.4". The Powerbook is only ~$900 more and has a bigger screen. And considering my business partners experience with his D800 I'm worried about stability/reliability. I've been an x86 user since the dawn of time but after using my Mothers iBook for a while I've come to appreciate the simplicity, reliability and attractiveness of Apple gear. From what I read on the net Linux PPC (Yellow Dog etc) is quite good. Not that much different from RedHat and such. I've been a long time RH/Fedora user so I'm most familiar with RPM based distros. And from what I can tell Mac-on-Linux is very good at running a virtual MacOS system (for iTunes or whatever). Anyone here have any experience to share? At $5000 a pop I'm concerned about making the wisest choice... Regards -- Oliver Jones > Director > <mailto:oliver.jones(a)deeperdesign.com> oliver(a)deeperdesign.com > +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited > +64 (7) 377 3328 > <http://www.deeperdesign.com> www.deeperdesign.com

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Solaris
by Gavin Denby 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

I see that solaris is being "set free" on Monday (US) anyone know how free, Its hard to find much on the Sun website. IS it 9 or 10 and is the source being opened yet too would be good questions to start with Any Solaris fans out there who can clarify some this beyond the cnet new feeds ?

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Committee meeting tomorrow
by Craig Box 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Provisional agenda: 1. Minutes from previous meeting 2. Matters arising 3. Treasurer's report 4. Correspondence 5. General business ... anyone wanting anything on the agenda for this committee meeting is welcome to email me. Craig

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Re: [wlug] Extra Meeting - this thursday
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hi All, Sadly I am unable to attend. Regards John

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RE: [wlug] Extra Meeting - this thursday
by David Nicholls 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Ahem... I actually have a friend who works there... I'll forward the message on and ask if they would be interested. -----Original Message----- From: Greig McGill [mailto:greig(a)hamiltron.net] Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2004 11:22 am To: Waikato Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [wlug] Extra Meeting - this thursday David Nicholls wrote: >Anyone alerting the local media/computing media or eveen the other >local user groups to this meeting? The other user groups might find it >interesting (ie pc/windows, Mac etc) > >Cheers... >david > > Hi Dave, Not at this stage. Jamie is letting the CS and Political Science depts. know. Other than that, I'm just hoping everyone will bring a friend! :) Lit. B is not too big, but you raise a good point about the media. Anyone got any contacts at the Waikato Times? /me delegates... Regards, Greig McGill. _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [Fwd: Re: [wlug] Extra Meeting - this thursday]
by Gavin Denby 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

I think I should clarify, as I think my comments may have been misconstrued. I am pleased to see Greig try to raise the profile of open source with political parties. Rodney and Nandor (sorry if i spell either wrong) have both made comments regarding open source, and therefore are logical contacts. I am not keen to see the LUG as such become political. However when you consider the millions of dollars spent on software by Government departments, and the possible effects of Spam legislation, Software patents and the like, there are real issues to discuss with those who influence policy issues. This is not being political, but rather raising issues that will affect us all in the years ahead. Also Greig very wisely suggested making Open Source an election issue. During campaigns every political party will want to promote its ideas on IT, open source, software patents, using Open V Proprietary formats, Probe, UBS V Unbundling, On-Line services ... and so on. By hosting a panel of representatives of Political parties, each explaining their views on IT issues, We get the chance to make the issue one they have to think about. Also as we can put the questions to the panel, we get to control some of the debate and show that the lug can be professional. These sorts of things well done can influence how issues are dealt with by a Government. Lindsay Druett wrote: > That's a good point actually... > > Obviously it sounds like Gavin is keen to have this, but if you're > really keen, firstly, Di Yates is actually a family friend of ours, > and I'm quite happy to ask her if she can come to speak to us. One what subject? If she were the minister of IT or Communications or something, then yes it would be relevant. Dianne is a local MP not an expert in IT issues. We are still a lug, and there needs to be a linux relevant issue before we really want to get involved. > Also, a friend of mine, Colin Ranby is standing in the Piako district > for the Destiny party (I know, I know, ....), he has up until a couple > of months ago worked for TelstraClear, and has been involved with > Technology for a number of years and is actually very down to earth > and is a really good guy, I'm also quite happy to ask him if he would > do a presentation again on what? Colin is a really nice guy, we have even worked together both in Communications and in Politics, but again he is not a spokesperson for the party on IT policy, and as far as I recall was not using linux when we last spoke. I think Greig has managed to walk a fine line here, and I think he has handled it well. This is not promoting any political party, but hopefully allows us to cover some of the dangers of poorly considered legislation with a number of people. If it goes well, perhaps in the future a door may be open to do a wider appeal meeting that can raise the image of the LUG as well as promote sensible debate on the issues that as IT professionals most of us have to deal with. The Lug should not be politicized but should be active in promoting discussion and debate about issues in the IT and Open Source industries. And I think this is a good start. For that reason I applauded Greigs efforts. Anything that make policy makers consider open source is a good thing. Other than that I have no axe to grind one way or the other. And I want to keep it that way. I have stated this just to keep the comment focused, and to clarify my earlier post. and by way of disclaimer I have been an Act candidate in the past , as well as CHP spokesman on Telecommunications and IT but my concern here is not political but rather the LUG and issues relating to open source users. I leave it to you to support your own political party.

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Extra Meeting - this thursday
by Greig McGill 14 Nov '04

14 Nov '04

Hi WLUG, and other interested parties. In an effort to step outside our little box, and to encourage members of the WLUG to consider the political aspects of Open Source, I have asked Rodney Hide to come and speak to us. He will be speaking this Thursday evening (the 18th) at 8pm at our usual meeting location - Lit.B. at the University of Waikato. A map is at: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/perl-bin/map/tt-map.pl?term=litb Mr. Hide is, as you will all be aware, the leader of the ACT party. He posts a regularly updated blog at http://www.rodneyhide.com, and he is all in favour of Open Source software. This meeting is open to all, so please, bring a friend. It'll be the least "geeky" meeting we are likely to have until Nandor Tanczos joins us sometime next year (yes, really - I like to hear both sides of an argument - how about you?) so you are welcome to bring people who may have been scared away by the more technical meetings. This is a great opportunity to get Linux and Open Source software in general into the list of campaign issues for the upcoming elections, so please, come along and show Mr. Hide that Linux and OSS matters to many people. In return, you will get a very lively speaker - I've had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Hide speak before, and I can't wait for a re-run! :) Forward this to all who might be interested. Regards, Greig McGill President Waikato Linux Users Group Inc.

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WLUG Meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder bot 14 Nov '04

14 Nov '04

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!Red Hat Enterprise Linux Monday 22 November - Tung U from Red Hat Asia Pacific will present a summary of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. He presented at the Red Hat World Tour and was extremely inspirational. Big business IS switching, and Red Hat is helping them do so. This promises to be an exciting talk whether you are involved with large enterprise operations or not. Tara Sutherland from Vodafone New Zealand may also explain how Vodafone switched their entire web services backend to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, though she is unconfirmed at this stage. 7pm, 22 November%%% University of Waikato%%% Room: LitB.G.02 Park in Gate 1, Knighton Rd * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/perl-bin/map/tt-map.pl?term=litb * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map.pdf ---- See also OldMeetingTopics

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Our leader on tv
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 14 Nov '04

14 Nov '04

Hi All, Whilst watching a PC game review on TV yesterday I saw a cut shot showing an evil leader from game land speaking to his throng. It said in part. "You are living under the the benevolence of the iron fist". Seeing and hearing this prompted me to don my foil hat and await further instructions. Did not hear anything yet, are we going to be OK???????????? :-) Regards John If you want another laugh, ask me how the Gentoo install is going !!!!!!

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help requested on making an iso
by Gavin Denby 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

I am helping out a friend in the US who has drifted of to sleep (understandably) I have downloaded from him a slackware directory structure from a cd and after some fixes we wish to make it into a bootable CD iso. SO far I can do everything except figure out how to make the cd bootable. Can anyone point me to a guide (that makes sense) on using mkisofs or can I use a better tool such as k3b in some way I am missing. Everything we need from slackware should be there (isolinux and such) but I cannot figure out what is missing to make the iso boot. I even tried under windows, but that was worse as the boot images tried to load a floppy. Any help appreciated, as this is something I have never done before ( and now I know why) is there a simple guide to making a bootable slackware install cd ?

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Fwd: Re: [wlug] Gentoo install
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Sorry Daniel did not mean to reply to you only This is another possible problem! nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf I have a PENTIUM3 processor so am writing, CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer #-mcpu686 has been deleted by me as I thought it was causing a conflict CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" #CHOST is unchanged as per the warning! #I am assuming this to mean exactly the same for CXXFLAGS as CFLAGS MAKEOPTS="j2" <control X then enter> Does this appear to be correct?? Regards John > The section you referred to did not exist when I installed > gentoo. While it is not marked as an optional section, > I'd say it is optional - you may find compilation takes a > bit longer if you have multiple locales, but it > definitely won't kill anything. > >

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Sangoma Wanpipe Frame Relay Interface boards.
by Oliver Jones 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

I have a couple of Sangoma Wanpipe boards I want to sell. I have a quad port (dual cpu) 5142 PCI Frame Relay (serial V.35/X.21/RS232) interface board and a dual port (single cpu) 5141 PCI Frame Relay (V.35/X.21/RS232) interface board. Both are in excellent condition. They were working sweet when I last used them many moons ago and they have been in storage in their original boxes since then. The dual channel board cost about $2500 originally and the single channel about $1500. Not sure what they are worth now. I originally imported them from Canada. I would be interested in any offers. I'm offering them here because I thought A) Linux users are more likely to need/want this sort of thing, B) they work in Linux really well as Sangoma Wanpipe drivers have been in the Kernel for many years. If no one here is interested I'll stick 'em up on Trademe. Specs: http://www.sangoma.com/products/p_s5141-specs.htm http://www.sangoma.com/products/p_s5142a-specs.htm Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com

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Gentoo install
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Hi All. I have just noticed the the printed instructions that I have are a few lines short of a page: Installing the Gentoo base system in my book has Code 8 listing: opening /etc/make.conf code 9 listing: USE setting then goes straight to Optional: using distributed compiling Revisiting the Gentoo site has shown this info to be on the page also.. < You will probably only use one or maybe two locales on your system. Up until now after compiling glibc a full set of all available locales will be created. As of now you can activate the userlocales USE flag and specify only the locales you will need in /etc/locales.build. Code Listing 10: Activate the userlocales USE flag especially for glibc # mkdir /etc/portage # echo "sys-libs/glibc userlocales" >> /etc/portage/package.use Now specify the locales you want to be able to use: Code Listing 11: nano -w /etc/locales.build en_US/ISO-8859-1 en_US.UTF-8/UTF-8 de_DE/ISO-8859-1 de_DE(a)euro/ISO-8859-15 Optional: Using Distributed Compiling > Is this a likely reason for the install going badly for me??? Will I need en_US/ISO-8895-1 ? just one entry? Regards John

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ISP plans (was Along comes another Fedora Core release...)
by David Nicholls 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

interesting... i know someone else who wanted to go the orcon way and got sick of waiting so went back to telecom. prob is they cant get hold of orcom to cancel. they are now left wondering if somethings happened to them. anyone know? cheers... david -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Jones [mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:46 am Subject: Re: [wlug] Along comes another Fedora Core release... On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 11:29, Gavin Denby wrote: I am getting my jetstream upgrade tomorrow, so not yet sorry. But then I get the new 40 GB/mth limits What ISP/Plan is that? I switched to Orcon last week. Sick of Telecom. Waiting to get switched over though. Regards -- Oliver Jones > Director > <mailto:oliver.jones(a)deeperdesign.com> oliver(a)deeperdesign.com > +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited > +64 (7) 377 3328 > <http://www.deeperdesign.com> www.deeperdesign.com

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RE: [wlug] ISP plans (was Along comes another Fedora Core release...)
by Lindsay Druett 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

Ironically, I was talking to Richard from Satlan last night about upgrading my aDSL connection, and he pointed to Telecom Website, and yeah, this does take quite a bit of find (quite deliberate I'd say), but you can get to here, http://www.telecom.co.nz/chm/0,5123,203160-202570,00.html , and here are the plans that you can get from other ISPs. He tells me it works, so all I have to do is sign up for the new plan I want. They do the change on your billing day. Incidentally, both Clear Communications and Telstra (when they were separate) had little ATD boxes which did digit insertion, so when you dialled say 095209414, it inserted 050 in front so that you got 050095209414. I wish I kept some of those, does anyone know where they can be sourced from, I going to have a hunt, but they could save $ 10.00 a month now :) Maybe you know Gavin. Oh well, I'm about to go in for our monthly Telecom meeting, I'll ask them - I won't mention the ATD idea. -----Original Message----- From: David Nicholls Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2004 09:56 To: Waikato Linux Users Group Subject: [wlug] ISP plans (was Along comes another Fedora Core release...) interesting... i know someone else who wanted to go the orcon way and got sick of waiting so went back to telecom. prob is they cant get hold of orcom to cancel. they are now left wondering if somethings happened to them. anyone know? cheers... david -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Jones [mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:46 am Subject: Re: [wlug] Along comes another Fedora Core release... On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 11:29, Gavin Denby wrote: I am getting my jetstream upgrade tomorrow, so not yet sorry. But then I get the new 40 GB/mth limits What ISP/Plan is that? I switched to Orcon last week. Sick of Telecom. Waiting to get switched over though. Regards -- Oliver Jones > Director > <mailto:oliver.jones(a)deeperdesign.com> oliver(a)deeperdesign.com > +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited > +64 (7) 377 3328 > <http://www.deeperdesign.com> www.deeperdesign.com

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RE: [wlug] The Microsoft Antivirus Reward Program
by Lindsay Druett 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

> Sure, but if there's an unknown potential flaw in a window of > your house, which > causes it to break if tapped three times or somesuch, and a > thief uses this to > break in and steal all your stuff. > Regardless of the fact that the window company may or may not > be fixing the > issue in future, would you make such snide comments if the > police etc still > hunted the thief and the window making company put up some > incentive to assist > this? I don't think so. > > Not trying to defend MS here or anything like that, just that > the whole "it's > cool to bash microsoft without thinking about it, because > we're linux people > and therefore we're so much smarter/better than them" > attitude grows tiresome > at times. But at the end of the day, using the scenario here, the job of the window company is to fix this flaw and stop producing windows with this flaw, not go around and knee-cap someone because they discovered and exploited this flaw. Believe it or not, Chubb international have a safe somewhere with a wod of cash in it, and if someone successfully breaks into that safe, providing they tell Chubb how they broke into that safe, the money is theirs. I'm not trying to defend criminals, but I don't think it's Microsoft's place to knee-cap people who exploit their vulnerabilities, it's their job to proactively find and fix vulnerabilities and not make any vulnerabilities public knowledge without a solution to fix the problem.

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RE: [wlug] The Microsoft Antivirus Reward Program
by Lindsay Druett 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

> You are right in that it is Microsoft's first responsibility should be > to correct the flaws in its products and commercial behaviour > that allow > these problems to propagate. It is however in their interest to also > try and find and prosecute these individuals. A few high profile > convictions may send a "message" to virus writers that what they do > isn't so smart. > Yes, but from any level of incident response, the DIY approach is not a good approach. Personally, I see this as Microsoft taking the law into their own hands. I can fully understand the Microsoft is rather pissed at the moment. The appropriate authorities such as the FBI in America, or closer to home, the NZ Police Electronic Crimes Lab are there to hunt down, catch, arrest, and convict cyber-criminals. Tell me, what is the difference between me beating up a thief with a baseball bat and Microsoft doing what they intend to do. > The only problem we have is that the "good guys" could get > painted with > the same brush as the "bad guys". The "good guys" being > those grey and > white hats who find bugs and write proof of concept exploits and post > them to forums such as bugtraq. These guys help make the software > safer. However as a side effect they also help the morons who write > 800k VB viruses cause havoc. Which is unfortunate. But it is > ultimately the moronic VB virus coders who are the problem not the > people who find the software flaws in the first place. > It's the case of slowly educating the public, people are slow learners. If they only realised that stealing cars these days also requires a similar level of skill.

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Along comes another Fedora Core release...
by Oliver Jones 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

Along comes another Fedora Core release, so here comes the obligatory beg for a copy on CD. :) Anyone out there with bandwidth to burn who wouldn't mind burning me a copy? Thanks PS, Got my copy of Halo 2 this morning.... champing at the bit to play but gotta work... damn it. ;) Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com

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The Microsoft Antivirus Reward Program
by Lindsay Druett 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

Hey All, Please excuse the hypertext, but this came from LAN1s website, http://www.lan1.co.nz/default.aspx?p=snippet&story=1 , Fasinating... The Microsoft Antivirus Reward Program In an effort to help law enforcement agencies identify and bring to justice those who illegally release damaging worms, viruses, and other types of malicious code on the Internet, Microsoft has created the Microsoft® Antivirus Reward Program, initially funded with US$5 million. Through this program, Microsoft will offer monetary rewards to persons who provide information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for launching malicious viruses and worms on the Internet. Both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secret Service, in coordination with Interpol, will investigate leads that are provided through this program in order to identify and prosecute those responsible for such crimes that harm the private industry and the public. $750,000 in Awards Currently Offered Microsoft is offering three rewards under the Antivirus Rewards Program. . The first reward, in the amount of US$250,000, is for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for launching the MSBlast.A worm (also known as Blaster). The worm was designed to prevent consumers from installing the latest software updates by attacking Microsoft's Windows® Update website, which provides updates to help users protect their computers against malicious attacks. . The second reward, in the amount of $250,000, is for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for launching the Sobig virus. This virus, the first variant of which was detected on January 10, 2003, attacked individual machines and sent itself to each e-mail address in the computer's contact list. The Sobig.B and Sobig.C variants of the virus made messages appear as if they had come from official Microsoft e-mail addresses. . The third reward, in the amount of $250,000, is for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for launching the Mydoom.B worm. Mydoom.B is a variant of the MyDoom.A worm, also known as the Novarg worm, which spread quickly to infect computers worldwide. The release of Mydoom.B triggered the first alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new National Cyber Alert System.

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New releases today
by Craig Box 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

Slashdot will no doubt have picked up on these, but Fedora Core 3 and the Novell Linux Desktop 9 have both been released. FC3 is available from http://fedora.redhat.com/ (use the torrent at http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/) - we'll have it by the end of the day and I'm sure that some people will grab it from those who have it and arrange distribution. The NLD is a "commercial product" with a "30 day evaluation version", which is the standard full version with a Novell ZENworks (Red Carpet, for those who remember Ximian) Update code valid that's only valid for 30 days - you can still use it forever. Based on Phil Kangro's demonstration and reviews, it sounds like this will be a very interesting release. Built on SUSE 9.2 and running GNOME 2.6, this is basically what Ximian do now. Check it out at http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/index.html?sourceidint=homepage_annou ncement1 and we'll probably have a copy of that by the end of today too. Craig

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FW: Y Windows
by David Nicholls 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

This one souns interesting guys -----Original Message----- From: Michael Lee [mailto:mike(a)loginlogic.net] Sent: Saturday, 6 November 2004 5:45 pm To: David Nicholls Subject: Fw: Y Windows > Heard of it?? > > http://www.y-windows.org/about.html

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Books... anyone want these?
by Oliver Jones 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

Hi. I have a few books I no longer need. They aren't Linux related but some geeks amongst you all might want them. They are: Access 97 Developers Handbook - good Access 97 programming manual, probably applies to later versions but I've never used Access past the '97 version so I wouldn't know. Programming Windows 95 (Charles Petzold) - The Petzold books a very good. Held up as the best Windows API books etc. Obviously this is a tad out of date as the Win32 API has moved on a bit but I'm sure a lot of it is still useful to some degree. This teachs the Win32 API. No frameworks. Just raw C API. Programming Windows 95 with MFC. If you want to be productive programming GUI apps in Windows you need to learn some sort of framework. MFC is Microsoft's framework of doom. No doubt this book is very aged. I imagine MFC would have moved on quite a lot since this was published. But it may still be somewhat relevant. However if I was to write a GUI app in Windows these days I'd write it in C# or some such thing. If anyone has any interest please email me. Otherwise I'll try and find homes for them on Trademe... Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com

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live cd
by David Nicholls 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

anyone up here at the uni happen to have a live cd of any sort handy i can get a copy of? cheers... David Nicholls Computer Support Consultant School of Science & Engineering/Dept of Chemistry The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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Re: [wlug] Job Search reqeust
by Lindsay Druett 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

> Since a client cancelled a contract I had lined up for summer while > I'm on a break from uni I find myself in need of a job. I thought > there may be someone on this list that needs a willing worker for the > summer (and possibly during semester as well). > I'm a competant programmer, mainly Java but some experience in C and > PHP as well. I've written commercial software (two small business > accounting packages and a customer services database). I have some > SQL experience. Willing to learn new things. Would really > appreciate a job where I can develop SysAdmin or networking skills. Well, it seems like young fellas these days are right into pick and choose. I would have got my ear clipped for this 15-20 years ago. Yep, if there is a young fella who has done an electrical pre-apprenticeship course, or is an electrical apprentice who needs to kill some hours of of his/her apprenticeship, then I could do do with some assistance with fitting off a house that is being built by Habitat For Humanity, it is voluntary work (you will be working for God), but there is an inroad to learning a useful trade. I would also be happy with someone who current holds his/her EST practicing licence. I will be doing the fit off sometime this week.

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Job Search reqeust
by James Pluck 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

Since a client cancelled a contract I had lined up for summer while I'm on a break from uni I find myself in need of a job. I thought there may be someone on this list that needs a willing worker for the summer (and possibly during semester as well). I'm a competant programmer, mainly Java but some experience in C and PHP as well. I've written commercial software (two small business accounting packages and a customer services database). I have some SQL experience. Willing to learn new things. Would really appreciate a job where I can develop SysAdmin or networking skills. If anyway has any leads or would like to talk to me please email me or give me a call. James Pluck. papabearnz(a)gmail.com cell: 0-21-236 6900 home: 0-7-858 3338 (Hamilton) Thank you. I now return you to your regularly scheduled list. -- I, on the other hand, am a fully rounded human being with a degree from the university of life, a diploma from the school of hard knocks, and three gold stars from the kindergarten of getting the shit kicked out of me. -- Edmund BlackAdder

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Acceptable use of the WLUG Mailing List
by Meeting Reminder bot 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

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Anyone else noted landscape printing problems?
by Michael McDonald 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Yesterday I had some difficulty trying to address a set of envelopes for an organisation that I belong to. Was using Open Office (using mail merge) running under Fedora Core 2. The envelopes were being printed in landscape mode. The problem was that the addresses did not print at the planned position. Changing margins etc, to try and fix the problem didn't work as sometimes the shift in location didn't match the change! In order to get the job done, I had to use Open Office running under Windows XP. Also, I've noted that sometimes when I specify a custom page size, all I get is a blank sheet! The fix to that problem is to specify A4 and adjust right and bottom margins to suit. Comments, anyone? Michael

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gentoo cds
by Stephen Pearce 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Hi Has anyone downloaded the gentoo live universal cd and the packages cd (86 architectecture). I tried recently and the internet connection choked... If so would you be able to send me copies for media and postage? Thanks Stephen

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[Fwd: Fake RedHat - Fedora Security Patch / Trojan Source Code & Analysis]
by Greig McGill 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

You probably all read slashdot, but here is the security advisory anyway. Be careful out there, boys and girls! Your friendly neighbourhood FIST OF DOOM!

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WLUG Meeting is tonight
by Meeting Reminder bot 24 Oct '04

24 Oct '04

The WLUG meeting is this evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!Live fixup demonstration Monday 25 October (Labour Day) - taking advantage of the holiday, we will start at 4pm, look over a few peoples problems, and run a presentation at 5pm with an introduction on how to find answers to Linux questions online (especially Google and the Wiki), 10 min Q&A and then go over fixing some problems live on a big screen. This one is a great opportunity for new and inexperienced users! Please bring machines. 4pm, 25 October%%% University of Waikato%%% Room: LitB.G.02 Park in Gate 1, Knighton Rd * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/perl-bin/map/tt-map.pl?term=litb * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map.pdf

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Re: [wlug] Re Wiki Gentoo notes
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

Buggar!!!! Thanks ----- Original Message Follows ----- > On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 21:03 +1300, jaytee(a)clear.net.nz > > wrote: I did the boot from install disk and made the > > changes I thought needed, everything went pretty well > > until I: "make dep && make bzImage modules > > modules_install" <enter> There was a fair bit of > > activety then a report "make: no rule to make target > > bzImages". Stop regards John > > There is no bzImages. Just bzImage. Did you typo? > > G. > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [wlug] Re Wiki Gentoo notes
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

----- Original Message Follows ----- > One of the (many) great things about gentoo is that it > doesn't force you into a pre-defined install pattern. > > > What you should do, is boot from the install disk like > your starting from scratch - then just mount your disks > (mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot > swapon /dev/hda2 etc.) > then enter the chroot enviroment > (chroot /mnt/gentoo > env-update > source /etc/profile etc.) > > then you can just correct what is wrong - ie by running > genkernel I did the boot from install disk and made the changes I thought needed, everything went pretty well until I: "make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install" <enter> There was a fair bit of activety then a report "make: no rule to make target bzImages". Stop regards John

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Fwd: Re: [wlug] Re Wiki Gentoo notes
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

----- Message Forwarded on Fri 22/10/2004 ----- From: "" <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> To: Felix <ferina(a)xtra.co.nz> Subject: Re: [wlug] Re Wiki Gentoo notes Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:37:50 +1300 ----- Original Message Follows ----- > ^G = Get Help > ^O = Write File > ^X = Exit, > If modified it will ask "Save modified buffer ..." > Y(es)/N(o)/^C(ancel) Felix. I did not get these options,, it is a very minimal bash script in Grub edit. I can make changes but not keep them for next boot time.. All I made a major error in compiling the kernel so am going to reinstall from scratch for two reasons. One: I am not sure if the error is recoverable Two: I am becoming a bit less scared of the command environment. There is one thing that is are a bit of a problem, Capital o and zero are a bit of a guess, is there a rule whe it should be a 0 (zero) and when it should be a O (o) Regards John...

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Passwords and SSH
by Perry Lorier 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

I have had several people talk to me over the last few days about having their machine compromised. The infection vector appears to be weak ssh passwords. The compromise appears to based on people scanning for open ssh ports then brute forcing passwords before installing a Trojan that connects to IRC and accept commands from a channel (such as .ddos <ip>). Please, make sure you're using a secure password. If passwd warns you that a password is insecure, CHANGE IT. http://www.wlug.org.nz/ChoosingPasswords provides a couple of methods on how to choose a good password. Make sure everything is up to date on your system: for debian: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -u for fedora core click on the blinking red (!) in the corner to get it to do the updates. If you don't use ssh (or don't know what it is) DISABLE IT, or just uninstall it. If you do use ssh, consider using tcpwrappers to lock it to something like "*.nz". See http://www.wlug.org.nz/AdvancedSecurityNotes. To check if you've been compromised, try "locate emech". If it shows up any files (particularly in /tmp or /var/tmp) then you have been compromised. Bugger. If you have, and need help, email me off list and we'll talk about what you can do.

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WLUG Meeting is on monday
by Meeting Reminder bot 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

The WLUG meeting is on monday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!Live fixup demonstration Monday 25 October (Labour Day) - taking advantage of the holiday, we will start at 4pm, look over a few peoples problems, and run a presentation at 5pm with an introduction on how to find answers to Linux questions online (especially Google and the Wiki), 10 min Q&A and then go over fixing some problems live on a big screen. This one is a great opportunity for new and inexperienced users! Please bring machines. 4pm, 25 October%%% University of Waikato%%% Room: LitB.G.02 Park in Gate 1, Knighton Rd * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/perl-bin/map/tt-map.pl?term=litb * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map.pdf

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Re: [wlug] Re Wiki Gentoo notes
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

(EDIT) ..have NOT figured out a way to save.. blush: > Regards John.....

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Re: [wlug] Re Wiki Gentoo notes
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Hi All, I have just installed Gentoo On my desktop. I did however, make a few errors on the way to boot time (I can see the surprised looks :-) ) When I created (in Nano)/boot/grub/grub.conf I made an entry of: kernel /kernel-2.4226-gentoo-r6. the correct entry is: kernel /kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r6. I am able to correct this in grub but I have figured out a way to save the change. ^X does not do it and I am loathe to hit keys at random as I have already had some undesirable results due to this. There are more errors but I thought I would try doing one thing at a time for a change. I think some of my newbiness might have worn off in the last week or so hee hee. Regards John.....

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October committee meeting minutes available
by Craig Box 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Hi everyone, WLUG committee met last night - as usual, our minutes are available on the Wiki, this time at http://www.wlug.org.nz/CommitteeMeetingTopics.2004-10-20. Please remember the upcoming WLUG meeting on Monday is at 4pm and that there will be a presentation at 5pm. Bring things that need fixing! Regards, Craig

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RE: [wlug] MacOS X....
by Matthew Browne (DSL HN) 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

> From: Oliver Jones [mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz] > > http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html > <http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html> > > > Hmm. Same place I was looking before. Lots of the mirrors > report 404 errors. I managed to get a copy from one of the > mirrors in the end though. After installing X11 and OOo I > fired it up and it's about as good as you could expect for a > Unix app on a Mac. Ie, not very good. It would do for a > geek like me. I could put up with it being completely > different to everything else. But on reflection I think I > need a more "MacOS" like app for my mother. So I downloaded > the MS Office:Mac 30 day trial. I will give that a going > over and see if it is worth the $700+ it costs.... I don't know much about Mac Office software, I never need anything like that, but from what I hear, many Mac users don't like either of MS Office or Open Office. If word processing is all your mother needs, it might be worth checking out some of these instead... Nisus Writer http://www.nisus.com/Express/ Abiword http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abiword/ NeoOffice/J (Open Office with Java UI) http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php If you're after any other software, it might be worth having a look through the categories here: http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/ And http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/

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ICS control
by Jared Wigmore 19 Oct '04

19 Oct '04

I'm using Internet Connection Sharing to access the (family) Windows computer's Internet connection from my Linux box. How could it be controlled (eg connect/disconnect) from Linux? ===== -- JaredWigmore -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM/CS/S d? s+++:-- a? C++++ UL++ P--- L++ E>+++ W++ N>+ o? K- w--- O? M-- V-- PS-- Y-- PGP- t+++ 5? X R* tv b++ DI D G e- h! !r z- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.wlug.org.nz/JaredWigmore http://AnswersInGenisis.org/ http://www.againsttcpa.com/ ---------------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com

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WLUG Meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder bot 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!Live fixup demonstration Monday 25 October (Labour Day) - taking advantage of the holiday, we will start at 4pm, look over a few peoples problems, and run a presentation at 5pm with an introduction on how to find answers to Linux questions online (especially Google and the Wiki), 10 min Q&A and then go over fixing some problems live on a big screen. This one is a great opportunity for new and inexperienced users! Please bring machines. 4pm, 25 October%%% University of Waikato%%% Room: LitB.G.02 Park in Gate 1, Knighton Rd * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/perl-bin/map/tt-map.pl?term=litb * http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map.pdf

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Re Wiki Gentoo notes
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

Hi All I thought I saw some one demonstrate a really easy way of getting files downloaded and installed in the Gentoo distro. As root # up <name_of_package> Computer then searches for and reports back: "I would install Files <name> to <name> If the user was satisfied with the report then the "p" is deleted <enter> and the update goes ahead. I did not put this in the wiki In case I was totally wrong, it did happen once :-) Regards John

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Removing FC2
by Gun Caundle 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

I have FC2 on a box that I want to put Windows on. How do I uninstall FC2? Any help would be appreciated.

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SuSE boot challenge
by Gun Caundle 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

I have just installled SuSE Standard Server 8 on a AMD 1200 with 384 RAM. The installation told me it was successful. I previously had FC2 on this PC. I booted normally and go a black screen immediately after: "Starting httpd PERL SSL" Using 'Ctl-Alt-F1' I logged in and in text mode was able to shut down OK. I tried another video card and Yast detected it along with the onboard card (S3 Pro Savage DDR-K) I used originally. I checked out the SuSE Hardware database and the onboard card is fully supported. I removed the temporary card, plugged into the onboard card and this time SuSE booted into KDE! For about a week I booted into KDE and played around with the network settings but then one morning it went back to the black screen immediately after: "Starting httpd PERL SSL". Every time I boot, this is as far as it will go. Any help would be appreciated

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StartCom Linux
by Gavin Denby 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Based on my search for desktop targeted linuxes, and the WLUG's commitment to Redhat/Fedora I wondered if anyone has any experience with StartCom Linux It looks promising but seems based on RHEL rather than fedora, but since it used up2date it may need only to have the source lists changed to get to fedora core upgrades, but without the long task of reinstalling all the "extra's" that are missing in fedora core. I wonder if this could be a distro we could use for new users that everyone could also support as it seems to cover most bases. I will download and try it, but it will take me the best part of a week to get all the cd's down and burnt. so If anyone has any experiences to share, I would appreciate them. the basic specs for the new multimedia version is : Based on the stability, reliability and security of it's Enterprise brother for it's system functionality, ML-3.0.3 offers the demanding home user a operating system he can rely on and trust: * Most stable Linux 2.4 kernel * Complete Desktop environment * Administrative Management Tools * Complete Office Suite * Peer-To-Peer Tools * Secure Multi User Environment * Enhanced Device Capabilities * SMB (Windows) File sharing * Mozilla Web Browser * Firefox Web Browser * Wine - Windows API implementation (Runs Windows and DOS programs) * Xine MultiMedia Center * DVD / CD Burning Tools * Various P2P Tools (aMule, Fasttrack, gNutella (Kazaa)) * OpenOffice Suite * Various Sound Players for MP3, VOG etc. * Desklets Enhancements * Various Chat, Speech and Video Conferencing * Various Graphic Manipulation Tools * Games -- "Engineering is the art of modeling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyse so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance." Dr A R Dykes.

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python can't find distutils
by Glenn Ramsey 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Hi, I'm having some trouble trying to install a python app, driconf, on a mandrake 10 system: # python setup.py install 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 1, in ? from distutils.core import setup ImportError: No module named distutils.core Python and distutils appear to be installed: # rpm -q python python-2.3.3-2mdk # ls /usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/ archive_util.py debug.pyo fancy_getopt.pyo spawn.pyc ... I have looked on Google but found that other instances of this problem happen on Debian systems when the python-dev package, which contains distutils, isn't installed. On Mandrake however I think the distutils is part of the main python package. I haven't changed any of the relevant configuration so it should be whatever the package set it up as. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to make it work? Thanks g -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz

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Fwd: Re: [wlug] NewbieNetworkNiggles
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 10 Oct '04

10 Oct '04

----- Message Forwarded on Mon 11/10/2004 ----- From: "" <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> To: Daniel Lawson <daniel(a)meta.net.nz> Subject: Re: [wlug] NewbieNetworkNiggles Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:46:19 +1300 Hi For some reason it is not possible to boot from the C/D it says "loading the Kernel" then locks solid at 30% loaded claiming there has been a boot error or a I/O error. I am able to use the C/D to start in a failsafe mode and can log on as root but it is text only that is login.... password..... Then a black screen with white txt Maybe it would be worth while trying. Are you able to give me some instructions to try please? Regards John > > DCOP is part of the KDE infrastructure if I recall > correctly. Can you log in to a console as root? You > could delete and re-add your user, which would save a > reinstall. > > > If you boot off the install CD again, you can just install > over the top of your existing linux install (As long as > you are installing the same version you installed > beforehand). > > Daniel >

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Re: [wlug] NewbieNetworkNiggles
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 10 Oct '04

10 Oct '04

Hi Again. I think I am going to miss out on my break and the chocolate fish, I just totally broke itchy :-( Must be pretty serious as I cannot start KDE. It appears that some durned fool has been messing around with my network settings destroying my home directory and a thing called Dcon (Dcop?) in the process. Does any one have a rm commannd that will remove linux entirely and leave windows intact? I wish to reinstall the programme and start the exercise again with virgin settings. Regards John..

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Re: [wlug] NewbieNetworkNiggles
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 09 Oct '04

09 Oct '04

Maybe I need to be a little clearer on my first objective which is to network two seperate machines. Network to me means that if I am at machine #1 I will be able to "see" and use a file eg jpeg, txt etc from machine #2 and vice versa Having read an article in NZ PC which showed it to be a simple task with minimal settings to alter I thought I would attempt it. This is what I know The cable is a crossover cable and a light shines at each computer at the point of entry, this inicates to me that there is at least a hard connection between the machines. After swithing off the firewalls I used a gui called network services/hostnames to configure the address's The host? names are #1 itchy ip address 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 #2 scratchy ip 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 Then I used a gui called network devices/network card to turn off dchp and recheck the host configurations. The machines now use there respective names so john(a)itchy is my user name for one and john(a)scratchy for the other. Root comes back as itchy:/home/john ping is giving ping scratchy ping: unknown host scratchy ping 192.168.0.2 PING 192.168.0.2 (192.168.02) 56(84)bytes of data. >From 192.168.0.1: icm_seq=2 Destination host unreachable Change machines. ping itchy unknown host itchy ping 192.168.0.1 connect: network is unreachable The reason I was twittering on about work group is that after all the changes, I went back to the desk top and tried to open my "network" from one of the icons. It returned the "cannot find a workgroup" and I did not find a "put_the_workgroup_here" any where I looked Hope this is a little easier to follow. Do you think that I should kill that Wiki entry as it does look pretty awful in the daylight. <ping>Bruce I am in Wanganui but will be back before the next wlug meet. Regards John

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RE: [wlug] WLUG Members - Input Required
by David Nicholls 09 Oct '04

09 Oct '04

1. funding/rig etc... Well, for a rig or something of this nature how about getting some sponsorship for it? Dse might be a good place to start. Also if you are looking at other ideas, how about trying for funding for CDs with the LDP/tutorials/talks the lug has given, funding for a linux/wlug "road show" to businesses, and other groups mentioned in the charter? 2. newbie stuff... Definitely a must. Mayberetool the lecture series that gets put on up here up at the uni. Three things I think are really important are: - installation (still... even if it is getting easier), especially as some people set up home networks and want to connect - configuration - troubleshooting Oh and maybe add a fourth... - help resources. how and where to get them Oh hey what about having the equivalent of "support group meetings"? I think its DunLUG who meet in a café or something like that... We could organise similar nights for newbie groups to meet with more experienced users maybe and let some of that knowledge rub off maybe or something similar? I don't know. Perhaps that sounds silly. Cheers... david -----Original Message----- From: Greig McGill [mailto:greig(a)hamiltron.net] Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2004 10:32 pm Subject: [wlug] WLUG Members - Input Required 1. WLUG Funding Last year, the committee attempted to raise funds for the purchase of a mobile test rig/demo lab consisting of a server, a workstation, and several peripherals for use in presentations, training, and perhaps community education. We were declined on all three attempts, but will be trying again this year. What we need to know is: Is this a good goal for funding? Do you have a better idea? Is there a service you would like to see the WLUG provide that is currently unrealistic due to funding restrictions? Keep in mind that funding must be applied for with a specific project in mind, as funding cannot be used to meet ongoing running costs, or allow for events that may not happen. 2. New and Inexperienced Users As mentioned at the AGM, the WLUG has been accused of being unsupportive of new or inexperienced users. It was explained that the *active* members of the WLUG, ie. the ones who do all the work, are experienced users, and are thus unlikely to arrange meetings on beginner topics, or arrange installfests, which they have little desire to attend. We don't wish to alienate the new or inexperienced users however, but we need some of them to step up, and volunteer to present some beginner topics, arrange workshops, and perhaps start a "beginner stream". You will have the full backing, and support of the "old hands" - just tell us what you need. I repeat TELL US WHAT YOU NEED! Nothing is more demoralising than being complained at for not providing something which no one has ever told us they wanted. We do have something scheduled for the new people. October's meeting will be dedicated to using the WLUG resources - the Wiki, mailing list, effective use of Google, etc. It will also feature a live "fixup workshop". This will consist of people bringing their "broken" setups, and we will pick a few, and solve them, live, on the projector. This will not only get the problem fixed, but will show the troubleshooting process, and hopefully demystify the black-magic aspect of what the 'gurus' of the group do. Details will follow. Suggestions are welcome and encouraged. Regards, Greig McGill ElPresidente :)

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KMail: Access from Windows
by Felix 06 Oct '04

06 Oct '04

I am using KMail as my mail client, however, I have to use Windows for one program and have access to the e-mail messages at the same time. I haven't been able to find a program who can do this. Do you know of one? Would it work if I'd use Thunderbird? Of course then there is the problem that the KMail files are on a Reiser partition, but that could probably be solved by moving the files and using a simlink. Thanks Felix

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RE: [wlug] MacOS X....
by Matthew Browne (DSL HN) 06 Oct '04

06 Oct '04

> From: Oliver Jones [mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz] > > Not overly impressed with Safari though (aka KHTML + Apple > UI). Apple should have used Gecko for their HTML component. > Firefox and Safari share many UI similarities. I think I'd rather they had used Gecko too, but Firefox wasn't anywhere near what it is like to day back when they started working on Safari. I think feature similarity is because both camps have been regularly taking ideas from each other.

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GNOME 2.8
by Daniel Lawson 05 Oct '04

05 Oct '04

I'm sure a lot of you have already used GNOME 2.8. Many of the Ubuntu reviewers and commenters will be in part commenting on GNOME 2.8, rather than anything specifically Ubuntu. I've just upgraded my Gentoo workstation at home to use GNOME 2.8, and I thought I'd share the experience, and make some comments on it. First of all, I've been running GNOME 2.6 since it came out, but I admit I didn't delve too deeply into some aspects of it. So if I mention something here that was in GNOME 2.6, please forgive me! I'm currently sitting at a Windows XP laptop, using my workstation via VNC. This was one of the features that prompted me to upgrade to 2.8 before the Gentoo GNOME team declared it stable. GNOME 2.8 has an integrated VNC client - accessable via the menu at Application -> Desktop Preferences -> Remote Desktop. The quality of a VNC session depends entirely upon the implementation of the viewer, and I found TightVNC to be lacking. RealVNC seems much better. Neither seem particular better than running an XServer on my laptop and using XDMCP, however that doesn't let me connect to an existing session. Despite being a little bit slow, and some key events not registering properly, this is pretty good. First score to GNOME 2.8. Also, my laptop has a lower screen resolution than my desktop. Scrolling round through the VNC window was tedious, so I used the screen resizer tool (Gnome 2.4 bought this in, I think) which will actually resize your desktop properly, instead of changing the viewport size. Amazing! Wonderful! About time! I'm writing this email in Evolution 2.0.1. I think, at this point, that I like it more than I liked Evolution previously. Its layout is cleaner; it just feels nicer. It still behaves really badly if you have large IMAP mailspools on servers at the other end of a bad link, but that's the way Evolution handles IMAP (thunderbird / mozilla are a lot less network-intensive than evolution). One of the first things everyone mentions about GNOME 2.8 is the trashcan integrated into your panel. I assume because I upgraded from GNOME 2.6, leaving my config files intact, this didn't get added for me. However, I can't seem to work out how to add this trashcan applet to my panel. Perhaps I don't have it installed, maybe the Gentoo GNOME team haven't packaged that part of it yet (it was masked for a reason after all!). Not really a point against GNOME per se. Nautilus has improved since I last bothered to look at it. Local filesystem browsing is nice, and the 'Computer' menu gives you options to mount devices flagged with 'user' in /etc/fstab - typically any cdrom drives, or in my case, my USB2 harddisk enclosure. Network filesystem browsing is nice too. I get the feeling this is all GNOME 2.6 stuff here however :) Under the 'System Tools' menu there are some good Control Panel-type applications. The 'Users and Groups' tool lets you mangle your user databases quite nicely. It only seems to understand local files (/etc/passwd, /etc/groups etc), I couldn't make it speak to my LDAP server at all. Also, I think it provides a good balance between being "User Friendly" and actually allowing experienced users to do what they want. There is a similar tool for controlling which services are run at boot, and starting/stopping services. The other tool I looked at quickly was a network configuration tool, which had options for setting up wired, wireless, dialup, parallel cable and IR network connections. You can control network profiles from here as well (so when you boot your laptop off the LAN, you can tell it to not bother DHCPing for your wired interface). All of these tools are run through a sudo-like tool, so prompt for your root password, as expected. Personally, I probably won't use them - they are for things performed very infrequently, and I'm happy enough doing them on the command line. However, I think it's a great step towards "general acceptance". I think I'd feel a lot happier now about putting my folks in front of a GNOME desktop. As far as the actual upgrade experience went (gentoo specific), I am using the "unstable" branch of Gentoo 2004.2 (~x86), and I had to unmask a whole heap of packages by adding lines to /etc/portage/package.unmask. (non-gentoo-specific) I had read in several forums that people were having profile issues when upgrading, and many recommended deleting all of the various GNOME configuration directories. I didn't do this - perhaps if I had, I'd have my trashcan on my panel!. It seemed painless enough however. Evolution bitched a bit about upgrading its profile, although I'm not sure why it was upgrading a profile that didn't exist. Daniel

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RE: [wlug] MacOS X....
by Matthew Browne (DSL HN) 05 Oct '04

05 Oct '04

> From: Oliver Jones [mailto:oliver(a)deeper.co.nz] > > Yes there is that. Safari is integrated into the whole OS > (much like IE). I ponder how well FireFox could "plug in" to > MacOS. One thing I noticed is that Safari doesn't block popups. I think the version of Safari with 10.3 and later does block popups although I admit, I don't tend to use it, I'm more of a Mozilla person myself. As to Safari being "integrated into the whole OS", I don't think that's really true. KHTML is part of the OS and is used by various things such as the help viewer, but Safari is just another app which utilises KHTML. If you set another browser to be the default and delete the Safari application everything should run fine. > From: Gavin Denby [mailto:redhat(a)ihug.co.nz] > > I download from the apple OSX site the apple X11 package It also comes on the install CD/DVD since 10.3 as an optional install.

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Library books
by Craig Box 04 Oct '04

04 Oct '04

Hi everyone, For the "launch" of the "new look WLUG library", could any outstanding books please be returned - I think Gun has one, and a couple of meetings ago someone else took one too. Email me off-list for details on how to return them. Even if you have a book and can't get it back straight away, please email so we can get it in the system correctly. Craig

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RE: [wlug] MacOS X....
by Matthew Browne (DSL HN) 03 Oct '04

03 Oct '04

> From: Martin Bähr [mailto:mbaehr(a)email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at] > > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 07:36:52PM +1200, Oliver Jones wrote: > > Received an iBook for my mother today. MacOS X is quite > sweet. Lots > > of eye candy. The benefits of an OpenGL powered UI. > > uh? the ui does not use opengl. (if it were, you'd be able to > do things like the java looking glass desktop, like turning > windows sideways) Uh, yes it does use OpenGL. For quite a long time now too. http://www.apple.com.au/macosx/10.2/quartzextreme.html

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MacOS X....
by Oliver Jones 03 Oct '04

03 Oct '04

Received an iBook for my mother today. MacOS X is quite sweet. Lots of eye candy. The benefits of an OpenGL powered UI. Even groovier of course is the fact the it is BSD under the hood. A fact made perfectly clear once you launch a terminal or look at the process list. I would certainly be very tempted to get a Mac if I couldn't find a decent laptop to run Linux well. My business partner is trying to run FC2 on a Dell D800 and having "issues". I want a Laptop but don't want "issues". And I most certainly do _not_ want a Windows laptop. An Apple at least would be a Unix box. I could run lots of Unix apps.. The Gnome guys could do worse than copying Apple when it comes to user experience. Not overly impressed with Safari though (aka KHTML + Apple UI). Apple should have used Gecko for their HTML component. Firefox and Safari share many UI similarities. More thoughts as they come to me.... Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com

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ESAT? WiFi etc..
by Oliver Jones 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

One side effect of getting the Mac today was that it has Wireless Ethernet. Enabling it in the office made me aware of a couple of nearby WiFi AP's. Might have to do some war driving in Taupo... :) One in particular that I noticed was an AP called ESAT_Test. It was a public AP that is setup in some sort of Mesh network. From the homepage I got redirected to when I tried to access Google it looked like some sort of dedicated public AP device. Anyone know anything about this? Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com

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Logwatch on RH9
by Oliver Jones 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

A couple of the RedHat 9 boxen I have continuously produce this in their logwatch results: Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xae, with no preceding start byte) in pattern match (m//) at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/kernel line 112, <STDIN> line 123. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xae, with no preceding start byte) in pattern match (m//) at /etc/log.d/scripts/services/kernel line 112, <STDIN> line 123. If I remember rightly there was a bug in Perl's UTF-8 handling that produced this sort of thing. How do I get RH9, Logwatch & Perl to play nice? Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com

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Acceptable use of the WLUG Mailing List
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

The WLUG mailing list is the discussion-list extension of the Waikato Linux Users Group. As such, we expect members of this list to adhere to the principals espoused in our official Charter[1], in particular, Rule 6, which covers the activities on this mailing list. While this is an Acceptable Use Policy, the WLUG committee do recognise the need for informal discussion among list members, and draconian administration is not the goal of this policy. Please keep in mind, however, that your comments to this list do represent the WLUG, and while it is good to be seen as an organisation with a sense of humour, some comments may do serious harm to our credibility as a serious advocate of GNU/Linux and all things Free Software/Open Source related. List discussion; * Should not commit slander or libel against any person or * organisation * Should not be unprofessional or petty, especially with respect to * the names of other software companies * Should not indulge in ad hominem attacks * Should not reproduce copyrighted material without permission from * the copyright holder * Should not indulge in marketing or advertising, other than on a * private sale basis, or advertising of jobs - which may be * announced once only. * Should maintain a reasonable level of spelling and grammar * Should be honest * Should not promote or denigrate political, cultural, or religious * views * Should not continue inflammatory or abusive threads * Should accentuate the positive, without hyperbole or blatant * misrepresentation Posters who consistently violate these guidelines will be dealt with at the discretion of the List Maintainer. If you feel you have been unfairly dealt with, you have recourse to any member of the WLUG Committee[2]. [1] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCharter [2] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCommittee

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3c tablet pc and linux
by Stephen Pearce 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

I found this on the internet recently ... it is $1290US plus postage ... it uses a transmeta 5800 processor and has a built in 3 Meg pix camera .. .. has anyone any knowledge of its ability to run linux? (as advertised it is running some windows version). google 3c and tablet and pc to track down the page) Stephen

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Cisco ATA-186
by Aaron Martin 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

Does anyone have a Cisco ATA-186 (or ATA-188) that I can get off them today, I urgently need one for a job I am doing tommorrow. I will replace it with a brand new one as soon as the one I have ordered arrives (should be tuesday).

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WLUG Meeting is on monday
by Meeting Reminder bot 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

The WLUG meeting is on monday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A WLUG meeting was booked for this date, but has been moved to the 23rd due to a guest speaker. See [MeetingTopics.2004-09-23] Location will be at Waikato University in LitB

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procmail bounce matching
by Jamie Curtis 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Hi, I have recently started having lots problems with people spamming with the from address of my domain and the domain catchall getting ~2 - 5k bounces arriving in my mailbox each day. I really don't want to remove the catchall, just get rid of all the random bounces. All my incomming mail is filtered through procmail and I want a good procmail recipe to match on bounces and chuck them away. Unfortunatly I don't seem to be able to find any reliable way to match a message as being a bounce without just lots of from filters detecting the common from styles of the different SMTP servers out there. Any suggestions ? Cheers, Jamie

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September meeting - Novell and Linux - THIS THURSDAY
by John R. McPherson 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

The Waikato Linux Users Group monthly meeting for September is entitled "Novell and Linux". Our guest speaker is Paul Kangro from Novell. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments provided. Novell are famous for their NetWare operating system, and more recently for their purchases of the SuSe Linux distribution and Ximian (a company working on Linux desktop software such as GNOME and the Evolution groupware client). They are now the most active contributor to the GNOME project, the KDE project, Mono, and Evolution, as well as the #2 contributor to the Mozilla project and OpenOffice.org. Paul is Novell's Solutions Manager for Australia and New Zealand. He has previously worked for IBM, Cable & Wireless Optus, and Nortel Networks. 7pm, Thursday 23rd September Room: LitB.G.02 (down the hill from R block, off Hillcrest Rd) or park in the big carpark at Gate 1 off Knighton Rd and walk up the hill past the ITS building http://www.waikato.ac.nz/perl-bin/map/tt-map.pl?term=litb University of Waikato http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2004-09-23

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Mandrake PPC
by David Nicholls 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Hey gavin... You have any trouble getting this to install/run? -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Denby [mailto:redhat(a)ihug.co.nz] Sent: Thursday, 23 September 2004 11:55 am Subject: Re: [wlug] WLUG Members - Input Required My distros: Mandrake PPC

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Lost members
by Craig Box 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

Hi, If Shane Taylor and Paul Jonassen are on this list, can they please email me. (Or if anyone has a current email address for them, can they let me know off list.) Thanks, Craig

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RE: [wlug] WLUG Members - Input Required
by David Nicholls 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

My apologies for that all went to reply and add some scintillating comments and damn well hit send instead... Nappy brain strikes again <sigh> Cheers... david

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