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Garage Sale: 2 CRT Monitors for $5 each o.n.o.
by Wayne Grimsey 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hi Team. There are 2 CRT monitors for sale. One is a Compaq approx 12-14 inch. The second is a Lite-on approx 17-20 inch. Funds raised are going to support the Christchurch earthquake survivors. These can be picked up and paid for, at 820 Victoria Street, Hamilton. If you're interested, contact me on 027 451 2688 anytime, or wgrimsey(a)linz.govt.nz (work email) or 8278449 after hours. Wayne

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WLUG Meeting 21st March IPv6: Implications and benefits.
by Chris O'Halloran 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hello all, The next WLUG club meeting is scheduled for 21st March 7:30pm at the University. Please note the change of date from the usual last Monday of the month. Room. MS4.G.02 see the following map http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map/?MS4 Lindsay Druett, [1] past president and long time member of the WLUG will be doing a presentation on IPv6 and the implications and benefits to end users. Lindsay works for FX networks [2], a company involved in installing fibre networks across the country. Lindsay will include some details on what the eventual roll out of IPv6 will mean to domestic users and SMEs. [1] http://www.wlug.org.nz//LindsayDruett [2] http://www.fx.net.nz/

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

20 Mar '11

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The next WLUG club meeting is scheduled for 21st March at the University. Please note the change of date from the usual last Monday of the month. Room. MS4.G.02 see the following map http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map/?MS4 LindsayDruett, past President and long time member of the WLUG, will be doing a presentation on IPv6 and the implications and benefits to end users. Lindsay works for FxNetworks, a company installing fibre networks across the country. Lindsay will include some details on what the eventual roll out of IPv6 will mean to domestic users and SMEs.

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

17 Mar '11

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The next WLUG club meeting is scheduled for 21st March at the University. Please note the change of date from the usual last Monday of the month. Room. MS4.G.02 see the following map http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map/?MS4 LindsayDruett, past President and long time member of the WLUG, will be doing a presentation on IPv6 and the implications and benefits to end users. Lindsay works for FxNetworks, a company installing fibre networks across the country. Lindsay will include some details on what the eventual roll out of IPv6 will mean to domestic users and SMEs.

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The next WLUG club meeting is scheduled for 21st March at the University. Please note the change of date from the usual last Monday of the month. Room. MS4.G.02 see the following map http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map/?MS4 LindsayDruett, past President and long time member of the WLUG, will be doing a presentation on IPv6 and the implications and benefits to end users. Lindsay works for FxNetworks, a company installing fibre networks across the country. Lindsay will include some details on what the eventual roll out of IPv6 will mean to domestic users and SMEs.

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free CAD software: DraftSight
by Peter Reutemann 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

Hi there It may not be open-source, but useful nonetheless for people wanting to use CAD on Linux: DraftSight 2D CAD For Linux Beta Available (deb/rpm) http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/free-cad-software/ Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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

21 Feb '11

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

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

20 Feb '11

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

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Jolicloud
by Chris O'Halloran 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

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

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

20 Feb '11

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

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

17 Feb '11

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

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

17 Feb '11

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

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

15 Feb '11

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

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Network set up
by stephen pearce 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

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

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

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

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Knoppix 6.4
by D. 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Hi, guis, As a newbe-to-nominal Linux user am delighted by (live) Knoppix 6.4: it sees Windows' FAT32 partitions by a mere click on its interface and can save files on C:\ without any fuss. Connecting to Broadband is automatic; as fast as in Windows or faster. Such connection seems to mean avoiding known Windows' prerogatives (plus unknown ones) and it may also be possible skirting Windows by saving files of a dedicated DOS partition. Ditar.

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24th Jan - No club meeting tonight.
by Chris O'Halloran 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

Hello all, Just to clarify if there was any confusion, there is no formal WLUG meeting tonight at the Uni. Having enjoyed a good break over the holiday period, the WLUG committee will advise of the upcoming meeting schedule following the next committee meeting. I hope you've enjoyed all enjoyed some time in the sun and catching up with friends and family. Chris O'Halloran. WLUG President 2011.

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Thursday Night Christmas Curry
by David Hallett 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

We're looking to start running Hamilton curry nights again. The recent Christmas Curry had a good number of registrations. It was there that a suggestion was made there to reinstate the Hamilton Thursday Night Curry. If you are interested in attending (even irregularly) please let me know you intention, and whether you prefer weekly, fortnightly, or monthly. I'm going to use the NZCS Events System ( http://www.nzcs.org.nz/events/waikato_bop) to manage RSVPs and booking, thus significantly reducing the administration overhead. Kind regards, David Hallett, BSc, MNZCS ITCP P.O. Box 15-516 Hamilton, New Zealand Phone: +64-7-210 5520 Mobile: +64-21-802 256

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fiber attached storage
by Gregory Machin 09 Jan '11

09 Jan '11

Hi. I have 3 servers , and 4 fiber cards (2 of infineon with intel chip, and 2 with qlogic chip ) . So what I want to have one server as storage and 2 running esxi, booting over the fiber, off the storage server. I'm looking for a Howto on setting up a storage server that presents storage over fiber. I have worked with Xiotech fiber storage devices, from an administration of resources, so my knowledge of fibre technology is limited. But this is a home project build on donated hardware, so I need to build my own fiber storage server .. I have googled and yet to find a clear howto on this... Any input welcome Thanks Gregory Machin -- - TLA - three letter acronym ... - We are loosing the art of communication through progress.. Proverbs 27:17 (New International Version) 17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

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Re: [wlug] wlug Digest, Vol 235, Issue 2
by noel villamor 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

How old is this Sony Viao laptop? Some parts may be salvaged if we have model info.

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Re: [wlug] Laptop
by Sam Lin 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

Or leave the laptop until eDay2011? Regards, Sam > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:13:15 +1300 > From: John <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> > To: Waikato Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Subject: [wlug] Laptop > > Hi All, > I have a Sony Viao laptop with a dead main board no h/d. The screen, > CPU, or sundry ports may be required by someone before it is deposed of. > Please contact me if interested. > Regards John

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Laptop
by John 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hi All, I have a Sony Viao laptop with a dead main board no h/d. The screen, CPU, or sundry ports may be required by someone before it is deposed of. Please contact me if interested. Regards John

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Fwd: help please
by Bruce Kingsbury 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Torrance <jtorrance(a)slingshot.co.nz> Date: 27 November 2010 23:49 Subject: help please To: wlug-owner(a)list.waikato.ac.nz I sent this request for help but it was bounced for some reason. I have been unable to update my ubuntu - when using the command line, I get the following errors. Could someone help me please Cheers John warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 61945 package 'flyback': error in Version string '0.6.1_r111-1': invalid character in version number Setting up python-wxgtk2.8 (2.8.11.0-0ubuntu4) ... Compiling /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_controls.py ... SyntaxError: ("keyword can't be an expression", ('/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_controls.py', 5089, None, 'Data = property(GetData,SetData<doc="See `GetData` and `SetData`") \n')) pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (429) pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (429) dpkg: error processing python-wxgtk2.8 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-wxversion: python-wxversion depends on python-wxgtk2.8 (>= 2.8.6.1-0ubuntu2) | python-wxgtk2.6 (>= 2.6.3.2.2-1ubuntu2); however: Package python-wxgtk2.8 is not configured yet. Package python-wxgtk2.6 is not installed. dpkg: error processing python-wxversion (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-wxtools: python-wxtools depends on python-wxgtk2.8; however: Package python-wxgtk2.8 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-wxtools (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-wxgtk2.8-dbg: python-wxgtk2.8-dbg depends on python-wxgtk2.8 (= 2.8.11.0-0ubuntu4); however: Package python-wxgtk2.8 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-wxgtk2.8-dbg (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Errors were encountered while processing: python-wxgtk2.8 python-wxversion python-wxtools python-wxgtk2.8-dbg E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- Disclaimer: By sending an email to any of my addresses you are agreeing that: 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of your company. 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included on your message.

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iSCSI as common storage
by Gregory Machin 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

Hi. I would like to avoid setting up a file server as back-end to my web server cluster, as this would give a single point of failure. Give we are running a iSCSI array of 8 nodes with redundancy and replication etc, I would like to take advantage of this. It's the first time I'll be working with iSCSI from within Linux. A) is it possible and b) if it is, how do I best configure multiple machine to use the same iSCSI LUN / data store, as a "common share " . I assume I need a more advance file system that ext3. Is there a howto on this ? I have found anything on google yet .. still digging.... Thanks -- - TLA - three letter acronym ... - We are loosing the art of communication through progress.. Proverbs 27:17 (New International Version) 17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

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Free to Good Home:
by Wayne Grimsey 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Hi WLUGers My wife has an old PC circa 2000. It's still in working order. included are a monitor, cables, box (holding hard disc, CD-ROM and floppy disk), keyboard and mouse. OS may be Windows 98 and also may be loaded with Office 2000. Haven't booted it for a while. This machine is free to a good home. For anyone who may want to play around with an old PC Let me know if you're interested or have any questions. Wayne

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