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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) 2009 AGM Agenda Approval of 2008 AGM minutes President's Report Treasurer's Report Election of Officers (Don't forget to do CommitteeHandover this year) General Business

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Access brothers computer?
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

Hi All, Is there a simple way for me to access my brothers windows vista computer in Wanganui from my Ubuntu box? I have access to his internet account and can get my sis in law to change the windows permissions if need be... Regards John..

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Re: [wlug] FreeGeek
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Hi John, I would be a starter for that Free Geek thing. As you well know I am not a Geek but am trying hard to become a "g." I can mess around with things under someones guidance and come up with positive results most times ( I own a hammer for those other times <g> ) any how. For what it is worth, my hand is up. All the best John........

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Bad move!
by Michael McDonald 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

When my Linksys router/modem failed, I bought an Asus DSL-G31 router/modem. It's quite a nice unit and has wireless. In my naivety I thought a router/modem was a router/modem! Not so, it seems - I have a problem. I also have Linksys PAP2T telephone adapter connecting to a VOIP connection at Xnet. However, the Asus router seems to blocking the VOIP connection. Checking back on the Xnet website, I see that the only router/modems listed as being compatible with Xnet's service are Linksys models. The Asus has SIP enabled, but I presume that the PAP2T is not using SIP. Xnet tech suggested unlocking the PAP2T, going back to factory default settings, and re-provisioning the PAP2T. It seems that the re-provisioning has taken place as Line 1 has the correct telephone number. Does anyone have any suggestions? The simplest way out may to just to buy a Linksys router/modem. I notice that Xnet seems to have support for Asterisk (but there are no instructions for it). I've got a spare computer, so downloaded and installed AsteriskNOW. That was the easy part. I am completely bewildered about getting it configured! Michael

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Fwd: [NZOSS-Openchat] Invitation to complete IT Vendor Capability Survey
by Bruce Kingsbury 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Not sure if this already got crossposted, and I suspect most of us are also on the NZLUG list.. but ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brenda Chawner <Brenda.Chawner(a)vuw.ac.nz> Date: 2009/11/13 Subject: [NZOSS-Openchat] Invitation to complete IT Vendor Capability Survey To: NZOSS Open Discussion List <openchat(a)lists.nzoss.org.nz> I would like to invite you to complete an online survey designed to find out what services New Zealand IT vendors can offer to support a free software desktop. Free software is software released under a license that supports the four essential software freedoms, which allow users to * run the program for any purpose (Freedom 0) * study the source code, and improve it to better meet their needs (Freedom 1) * distribute copies of the software to others (Freedom 2) * distribute modified versions of the software to others (Freedom 3) For more information about free software, please see: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html The survey is being conducted by the New Zealand Open Source Society and the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington as part of the Public Sector Remix project, which seeks to demonstrate the viability of free software for use by New Zealand government agencies. It includes questions about your current services, including * end user support and training, * desktop configuration management, and * server integration You are also asked to provide information about which free software packages are used within your organisation, and how people from your organisation contribute to free software projects. Before starting to complete the survey, you may find it useful to find out what free software packages other staff within your organisation use, and whether they contribute to the projects in any way. It should take you up to 45 minutes to complete the survey. The data you provide will be stored securely in a password-protected file for up to two years, and only the researchers will have access to it. The aggregated results will be shared with the government agencies who are participating in the Public Sector Remix project, and they may be presented at conferences such as GOVIS, or published in academic, professional, or industry journals. No organisations or individuals will be named in any presentations or publications that report on the results of this survey. A summary of the results will be published on the New Zealand Open Source Society website once the data is analysed; this is likely to be in early 2010. The survey starts at http://survey.publicsectorremix.org.nz/index.php?sid=87388&lang=en If you have any questions about the survey, please contact: Brenda Chawner brenda.chawner(a)vuw.ac.nz. For more information about the Public Sector Remix project, please contact: John Rankin john.rankin(a)affinity.co.nz. -- Brenda Chawner Senior Lecturer School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington P O Box 600, Wellington NEW ZEALAND (04) 463 5780 | fax (04) 463 5446 | Room EA201 | brenda.chawner(a)vuw.ac.nz _______________________________________________ Openchat mailing list Openchat(a)lists.nzoss.org.nz http://lists.nzoss.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/openchat -- 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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windows thru Linux
by David Giles 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Hi, I run Mandriva as my main operating system, but on a second computer I have windows 98 to run a small [windows only] accounting program. Can I join the computers together and operate the accounts program through Linux? The program will run on a Mack using virtual PC. Does linux have a similar program and would windows have to be loaded onto the computer? Regards, David

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) 2009 AGM Agenda Approval of 2008 AGM minutes President's Report Treasurer's Report Election of Officers (Don't forget to do CommitteeHandover this year) General Business

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Karmic review
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 08 Nov '09

08 Nov '09

Karmic review, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/29/ubuntu_9_10_review/

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Sendmail + catchall account
by Narender 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Hi Is there any way of creating a 'catchall' or a default account that all undelivered mail can go to ? eg if we have 3 user accounts (user1, user2, admin) already set up, but someone sends an email to user3(a)mydomain.com, can sendmail figure out that it doesn't match any existing users and deliver it to admin(a)mydomain.com ? I am using sendmail-8.13.1-3.RHEL4.5 Best Regards N

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday November 7th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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Getting the keyboard and mouse back after a power cut
by Glenn Ramsey 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hi, I have a Dell laptop in a docking station running Kubuntu 8.10. After a short power cut the keyboard and mouse (ps/2) do not work. I can ssh into it but I'm not sure how to reinitialise the kdb and mouse. Have tried restarting kdm, restarting udev and removing and reloading the psmouse module (couldn't see a module that looked like it might have something to do with the keyboard), but that doesn't fix it. The only way I can currently do it is to reboot. Anyone know how to do this? Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz

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Fwd: [nzlug] Dialup on Slingshot
by Bruce Kingsbury 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Can't remember who was having problems with dialup a couple of meetings back, but a similar issue has come up on the nzlinux mailing list so this information may be useful to someone. Or you can bring it along (again) to the saturdayworkshop end of year BBQ Nov 28th and we'll take another look at it. (useful ppp options down the bottom of the following mail) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Graham Lauder <gl(a)openopportunities.co.nz> Date: 2009/10/22 Subject: Re: [nzlug] Dialup on Slingshot To: NZLUG Mailing List <nzlug(a)linux.net.nz> On Wednesday 21 October 2009 08:58:39 Mark Foster wrote: [...] > > Having been on the other side (Helpdesk'r for several years - including > for Slingshot ironically enough (though a very long time ago) - try it > from a helpdesk's POV. > > - Probably nil experience with Linux and linux software. > - Fault unable to be duplicated from a windows box? (I think that's what I > read). > - Working from one OS and not another would point to an OS specific fault, > not an ISP specific fault. I would doubt that many ISPs actually provide > helpdesk services with Linux in mind. > [....] Yep all of the above, interestingly, I'll give them ups for one thing the first guy I talked to had a pretty good shot at trying to help which was very good considering that he was probably doing it blind not being able to pull up an OpenSuSE desktop in front of him. > > Have to say that my answer would've been similar at any of the three ISP's > I performed tech support for. > > Unfortunately while there's essentially one way to configure dialup under > Windows, Linux offers too many gotchas around modem drivers, dialup > software, GUI vs CLI, for support staff to be proficient with the > environment (Unless, somehow, they have both time and inclination to > fiddle with many of these.) > > Most helpdesk'rs I have known are afforded precious little professional > development time, so what they know = what they are experienced with. > > (The social win, as it were, would be to improve linux experience levels > amongst those who work on helpdesks. This will have a flow-on effect to > the capabilities the ISPs provide). Agreed, toward that, I'm going to email the fix to them and the ppp/options file, you never know it may be useful to them. > > Anyone know any ISPs who explicitly provide Linux tech support? (And more > importantly, where that offer is not tied to the skills of one or two > individuals (aka SPOF's))? I'm not sure here but is /etc/ppp/options common to all distros and/or Desktop Environments. I'm using KDE and Kinternet and the assumption is that all distros running KDE should be the same. Does the Gnome desktop use the same location and options file? That's obviously significant because of Ubuntu's position in the market. If I'm going to help the Helpdesk'rs that would be useful for them to know. One of the advantages of course is that we're dealing with a text file. A text file looks the same in windows or whatever. Of course there are certain questions here, Does the user know how to open a terminal and run it as a superuser/root ? Does the user know how to use a text editor? Does the user know what KDE or Gnome is? Given that there are more and more "less than technical" endusers of Linux out there, affirmative answers to all of the above are not so much a given any more However assuming a reasonable level of knowledge a process could be: What's your Desktop environment: Gnome or KDE KDE: Open Konsole Do su Enter super-user password at request type kate at the prompt in the address field type /etc/ppp/options Gnome : Open terminal do sudo gedit Enter password at request in the address field type /etc/ppp/options then it's simply a matter of stepping through the text file. >From Johns mail In KDE on OpenSuSE > ============= lock (This one was already set) noauth (same here) defaultroute (wvdial does this by default in any case) ipcp-max-configure 65 (This doesn't appear to be necessary) ipcp-accept-local (uncomment this line) ipcp-accept-remote (uncomment this one as well) idle 600 (already set) > ============= So then, at least in my system receive-all (add this line) ipcp-accept-local (uncomment this line) ipcp-accept-remote (uncomment this one as well) That's a relatively easy fix. The question is, is /etc/ppp/options the same on other distros, particularly Ubuntu. It would be good to know before I ping this off to the Slingshot helpdesk. Any other comments? Cheers GL -- Open Opportunities Ltd http//:www.openopportunities.co.nz Open Technologies Migration and Change Management Consultants Front Office ICT Training and Certification Web Presence Management Consultancy SuSE Linux Enterprise and OpenOffice.org specialists _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list NZLUG(a)linux.net.nz http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug -- 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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Karmic Koala
by Chris O'Halloran 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hi guys, I tried to be sensible and wait for other online reviews first but in the end I couldn't resist and just hit upgrade to Karmic Koola for a Kubuntu Jaunty Jackalope machine. The process worked flawlessly and I am impressed. It upgraded my virtual Windows XP machine (running on VirtualBox), keep Amarok 1.4 and didn't break Wine. Skype still works and the wireless configuration dialog is much improved. The Nvidia drivers were updated for the new kernel. And a few annoying bugs in Kontact are gone! That was the most painless update I've experienced. It still took about an hour a 800Kb/s ADSL connection and I had to answer a few questioned along the way but otherwise very impressed. Just though I'd share that. Cheers, Chris

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Re: [wlug] Karmic Koala
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hi Folks, Looks pretty good but I will be patient as I have promised myself a brand new box for after Christmas ( if too long after might be in time for lts release Hee Hee) Regards John. ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Hi guys, > > I tried to be sensible and wait for other online reviews > first but in the end I couldn't resist and just hit > upgrade to Karmic Koola for a Kubuntu Jaunty Jackalope > machine. > > The process worked flawlessly and I am impressed. It > upgraded my virtual Windows XP machine (running on > VirtualBox), keep Amarok 1.4 and didn't break Wine. Skype > still works and the wireless configuration dialog is much > improved. The Nvidia drivers were updated for the new > kernel. And a few annoying bugs in Kontact are gone! > > That was the most painless update I've experienced. It > still took about an hour a 800Kb/s ADSL connection and I > had to answer a few questioned along the way but otherwise > very impressed. > > Just though I'd share that. > > Cheers, > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday October 31st, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. Since Karmic will have been released only days before, we're going to count this is as Karmic ReleaseParty We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee, light lunch, etc.

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday October 31st, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. Since Karmic will have been released only days before, we're going to count this is as Karmic ReleaseParty We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee, light lunch, etc.

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Fwd: RE: BADSIG... again different box
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 25 Oct '09

25 Oct '09

Sorry forgot add all. What happened to the auto munging thingy?? ----- Message Forwarded on Mon 26/10/2009 ----- From: "" <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> To: Steve Lisson <SteveL(a)dedicatedservers.net.au> Subject: RE: [wlug] BADSIG... again different box Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:45:30 +1300 Fixed.... Thank you much Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Try this: > http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2009/04/hidden_linux_cant_up > grade_to_u.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaytee(a)clear.net.nz [mailto:jaytee(a)clear.net.nz] > Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2009 7:43 PM > To: Steve Lisson > Subject: RE: [wlug] BADSIG... again different box > > Sun 25 Oct 1042 pm at the time of writing.. > > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > Out of interest could you check the date/time on your > > system is correct? > > >

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 25 Oct '09

25 Oct '09

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is labour day, no meeting scheduled.

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Fwd: RE: BADSIG... again different box
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 25 Oct '09

25 Oct '09

----- Message Forwarded on Sun 25/10/2009 ----- From: "" <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> To: Steve Lisson <SteveL(a)dedicatedservers.net.au>,Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Subject: RE: [wlug] BADSIG... again different box Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:33:20 +1300 OK I did that and here is that output; Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 40976EAF437D05B5 gpg: requesting key 437D05B5 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: key 437D05B5: "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster(a)ubuntu.com>" 9 new signatures gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: new signatures: 9 john(a)scratchy:~$ However the end result is the same. Did I make an error in the command?? Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Hi, > > Probably don't have the package installed that contains > the signing keys for the packages, do a search for > 'keyring', can't tell you the exact package for Ubuntu (as > run debian) but to give you an example this is the one > required for my system: > > debian-archive-keyring - GnuPG archive keys of the Debian > archive > > If you have added any repositories there is likely a > package specifically for that repository. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > [mailto:wlug-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of > jaytee(a)clear.net.nz > Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2009 7:11 PM > To: wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: [wlug] BADSIG... again different box > > Hi All, > Does anyone know why this is happening and what action I > can take to fix the problem? > Regards John > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe > Translation-en_NZ > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > hardy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_NZ > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main > Translation-en_NZ > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe > Translation-en_NZ > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted > Translation-en_NZ > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse > Translation-en_NZ > Get:4 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates > Release [51.2kB] > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports Release > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main > Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > intrepid-updates/restricted Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe > Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main > Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > hardy-backports/restricted Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe > Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > hardy-backports/multiverse Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe > Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > intrepid/restricted Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse > Packages > Fetched 380B in 5s (71B/s) > Reading package lists... Done > W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The > repository is not updated and the previous index files > will be used.GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com > intrepid-security Release: The following signatures were > invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic > Signing Key <ftpmaster(a)ubuntu.com> > > W: GPG error: http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > intrepid-updates Release: The following signatures were > invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic > Signing Key <ftpmaster(a)ubuntu.com> > W: Failed to fetch > http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-security/Release > > > W: Some index files failed to download, they have been > ignored, or old ones used instead. > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [wlug] BADSIG... again different box
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 25 Oct '09

25 Oct '09

OK I did that and here is that output; Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 40976EAF437D05B5 gpg: requesting key 437D05B5 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: key 437D05B5: "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster(a)ubuntu.com>" 9 new signatures gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: new signatures: 9 john(a)scratchy:~$ However the end result is the same. Did I make an error in the command?? Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Hi, > > Probably don't have the package installed that contains > the signing keys for the packages, do a search for > 'keyring', can't tell you the exact package for Ubuntu (as > run debian) but to give you an example this is the one > required for my system: > > debian-archive-keyring - GnuPG archive keys of the Debian > archive > > If you have added any repositories there is likely a > package specifically for that repository. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > [mailto:wlug-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of > jaytee(a)clear.net.nz > Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2009 7:11 PM > To: wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: [wlug] BADSIG... again different box > > Hi All, > Does anyone know why this is happening and what action I > can take to fix the problem? > Regards John > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe > Translation-en_NZ > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > hardy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_NZ > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main > Translation-en_NZ > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe > Translation-en_NZ > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted > Translation-en_NZ > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse > Translation-en_NZ > Get:4 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates > Release [51.2kB] > Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports Release > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main > Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > intrepid-updates/restricted Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe > Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main > Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > hardy-backports/restricted Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe > Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > hardy-backports/multiverse Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe > Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > intrepid/restricted Packages > Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse > Packages > Fetched 380B in 5s (71B/s) > Reading package lists... Done > W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The > repository is not updated and the previous index files > will be used.GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com > intrepid-security Release: The following signatures were > invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic > Signing Key <ftpmaster(a)ubuntu.com> > > W: GPG error: http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com > intrepid-updates Release: The following signatures were > invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic > Signing Key <ftpmaster(a)ubuntu.com> > W: Failed to fetch > http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-security/Release > > > W: Some index files failed to download, they have been > ignored, or old ones used instead. > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [wlug] BADSIG... again different box
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 25 Oct '09

25 Oct '09

Thanks Steve, I will try the "keyring" Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Hi, > > Probably don't have the package installed that contains > the signing keys for the packages, do a search for > 'keyring', can't tell you the exact package for Ubuntu (as > run debian) but to give you an example this is the one > required for my system: > > debian-archive-keyring - GnuPG archive keys of the Debian > archive > > If you have added any repositories there is likely a > package specifically for that repository. > > Steve

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BADSIG... again different box
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 25 Oct '09

25 Oct '09

Hi All, Does anyone know why this is happening and what action I can take to fix the problem? Regards John Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Translation-en_NZ Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_NZ Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Translation-en_NZ Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-en_NZ Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Translation-en_NZ Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Translation-en_NZ Get:4 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release [51.2kB] Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports Release Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages Fetched 380B in 5s (71B/s) Reading package lists... Done W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster(a)ubuntu.com> W: GPG error: http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster(a)ubuntu.com> W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-security/Release W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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25+ Useful Linux and Unix Cheat Sheets
by Peter Reutemann 23 Oct '09

23 Oct '09

These cheat sheets should be useful, not just for newbies: http://www.techieblogger.com/2009/10/linux-unix-ubuntu-solaris-cheat-sheets… 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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Upcoming Fixit Meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 23 Oct '09

23 Oct '09

The WLUG Fixit Meeting is 1 week away. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday October 31st, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. Since Karmic will have been released only days before, we're going to count this is as Karmic ReleaseParty We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee, light lunch, etc.

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is labour day, no meeting scheduled.

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Personalising Learning Environments with Quick Response (QR) Codes
by John Billings 20 Oct '09

20 Oct '09

Hi, There will be an interesting meeting next month presented by NZCS, Tuesday evening from 5:30 to 7pm, 10th November. WLUG members are invited to attend: http://www.nzcs.org.nz/events/waikato_bop/87-Personalising_Learning_Environ… It's a free event but please register. I originally approached Dr. John Clayton to give a talk to WLUG about the work he's done with Moodle in the past. I also asked if I could interview him for community radio, which we did last week. In the course of the interview, he told me his new work involves researching QR Codes in education, and we thought that might be an interesting topic for a presentation. Since we are having an AGM next month and it was too late to organize it this month, I pitched the talk over to David at NZCS and he's organized that now. The first part of my interview with John is available here, where he does talk about Moodle: http://newitmake.org.nz/podcasts/audio/show/21-episode-15-dr-john-clayton The second part, where he talks about QR Codes will be played on Community Radio Hamilton this Thursday, at 2pm and the podcast will be available soon. Cheers, John

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 18 Oct '09

18 Oct '09

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is labour day, no meeting scheduled.

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 18 Oct '09

18 Oct '09

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Night JohnBillings will make a presentation about FreeGeek and show a couple short videos about the project. The library will be on hand, and we will have the usual tea and biscuits and friendly chatter. 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4)

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Night JohnBillings will make a presentation about FreeGeek and show a couple short videos about the project. The library will be on hand, and we will have the usual tea and biscuits and friendly chatter. 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4)

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Sendmail help
by Narender 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Dear All we have a test mail server for QA team. we use this for internal purpose and it does not send any email to outside world. but now want to do the below things 1. We require a default forwarding of domain *(a)bugtest.abc.local mapped to email_id emailsuite(a)bugtest.abc.local - So from now on all the mails sent to any unknown address *(a)bugtest.abc.local will be sent to emailsuite(a)bugtest.abc.local 2. A script to cleanup emailsuite(a)bugtest.abc.local emails on every 5 hours interval so that we don’t run out of space. >> 3. A cleanup script for mitesting(a)bugest.abc.local to clean data of last 5 days. Many many thanks in advance --N

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Seagate USB External Hard Drive
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Hello Chaps I have a non responsive Seagate USB Hard Drive that I am trying to rescue. Under windows, the error message appears that the drive does not have a valid Partition Table. I have tried to get it to be recognized under Linux: glenn(a)glenn:$ mount /dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.12-9-386/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,size=10M,mode=0755) glenn(a)glenn:~$ cd /proc/bus/usb glenn(a)glenn:/proc/bus/usb$ ls 001 devices glenn(a)glenn:/proc/bus/usb$ cat devices T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.12-9-386 uhci_hcd S: Product=Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB S: SerialNumber=0000:00:07.2 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 11 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0bc2 ProdID=3000 Rev= 0.00 S: Manufacturer=Seagate S: Product=FreeAgentDesktop S: SerialNumber= 5RY0MBXS C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms glenn(a)glenn:/proc/bus/usb$ Any tips as to how I can mount the drive so I can reformat it with a NTFS file system? Cheers Glenn.

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yourname@linux.com?
by Peter Reutemann 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Hi there If you feel like having a life-time email address @linux.com and a spare 250USD (150USD for the email address, 99USD/a for the Linux Foundation membership), then have a look here: http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/biz-enterprise/127569-new-benefits-off… Student memberships are cheaper, only 25USD/a. Apparently, you do get cheaper deals at Lenovo, Dell and HP with that membership and also some other discounts. Check out the website mentioned above. Disclaimer: I'm not associated with the Linux Foundation. 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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IP range + port blocking
by Narender 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

Hi I need some help in IP/Port blocking as below:- All machines with IP range 10.10.10.x should have access to Port 80 on (Machine 10.10.10.xx). and rest all should be blocked. Could someone suggest how to use hosts.deny/hosts.all for port blocking Many thanks in advance. Best Regards --N

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 11 Oct '09

11 Oct '09

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Night JohnBillings will make a presentation about FreeGeek and show a couple short videos about the project. The library will be on hand, and we will have the usual tea and biscuits and friendly chatter. 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4)

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Kiwi PyCon Media Statement - "How a programming language is changing the Web"
by Tim Knapp 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

NEW ZEALAND PYTHON USER GROUP Media Statement October 5, 2009 IMMEDIATE RELEASE "How a programming language is changing the Web" The main keynote speaker at Kiwi PyCon 2009, Joel Burton, an internationally recognised trainer and presenter, will explain how the programming language Python is becoming the language of choice for developing websites due to its simplicity and flexibility. The conference will be held at the Canterbury Innovation Incubator in Christchurch on November 7th and 8th. Other tracks at the conference will include: GUI, Science & Math, Game, and Applications. The conference will also have a dedicated Web track, which will include presentations about many Python web technologies, such as: Django, Twisted, Zope 3, Grok, and Plone. The conference has attracted a lot of interest from many universities throughout the country and staff and students from Auckland, Massey, Canterbury, and Otago universities will be presenting regarding how they've used Python in their research. “As Christchurch has the reputation of being the Silicon Valley of New Zealand, its been really great to see a number of electronics companies in Christchurch support the event”, said Tim Knapp, the conference Director. Tait Electronics, a radio communications manufacturer, is a Gold sponsor for the event. “The positive response we've received from the IT community in New Zealand has been really encouraging” commented Mr. Knapp. “Really, no matter what industry your business is in, this conference will be of benefit to you.” Registration closes on October 23rd and registrations are limited. For more information visit nz.pycon.org. -------------------------------Ends------------------------------- For media or conference enquiries please contact: Tim Knapp, NZ Python User Group Vice President and Event Director Phone: 021 156 6405 Email: kiwipycon(a)nzpug.org Website: nz.pycon.org

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GUI frontend for pypdf
by Peter Reutemann 04 Oct '09

04 Oct '09

Hi there A couple of weeks ago, I needed to join two PDFs together into a single one on my Ubuntu box. Problem was, that I could only find command-line tools like pdftk to do the job, but no GUI frontend like pdftk_builder or guipdftk, which are only available for Windows. When I happened to come across the pypdf Python library (http://pybrary.net/pyPdf/) I told myself, maybe a little bit of Python-hacking could fill the void. Well, there you have it... pyPdf-GUI, a little pygtk and glade based Python frontend, released under the BSD license. And, since I thought this software might be useful to other people as well, you can find it here available for download: http://pypdfgui.fracpete.de/ On that (rather basic) website, you can download an Ubuntu 9.04 .deb package and a source archive (for other Linux flavors or older Ubuntu versions). One final note: this is the absolute first release, so expect some bugs to be lurking in the code. :-) 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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Re: [wlug] Abandonware..Noctropolis
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 04 Oct '09

04 Oct '09

Hi All For your information I managed to get the game to run in my linux dosbox (minus sound) I now claim the world record for taking 12 years to complete the game :-) Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > There are lots of different files in each directory; > I took some time to recap and I think I may have caused > the problem. I downloaded something called: > Noctropolis_English_Uncensored. The download contained: > Noctropolis_English_Uncensored.ccd 2.7kb

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wlug server status
by John Billings 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

To anyone using the WLUG server, Hoiho the blade hosting the home directory for user accounts, has a failing hard drive. Please don't keep any important data here, and if you do have something there now, this would be a good time to back it up. Today I was informed there is only about 600 MB of space left there. Most of the space is taken by some database backups, and I don't really see the point in removing them, when no one should be using this drive anyway. We have a replacement blade for hoiho installed which has a larger drive, but it's not plugged into the right port on the switch or something. Someone has to go to the datacenter to sort it out. Hopefully this month we will get someone up there, but we can't guarantee the drive won't fail before then. Just an FYI we are having an AGM 23rd Nov., and we will be proposing to add a sysadmin role in Rule 7 of the charter. This person would just be required to keep up with whats going on with the server, coordinate things, and make sure people are abiding the AUP. http://wlug.org.nz/WlugCharter http://wlug.org.nz/HoihoAcceptableUsePolicy Best, John

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday October 3rd, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc. Starting this month we're also going to have a regular FreeGeek build. We'll sort out a computer from parts and install Ubuntu on it, ready for donation to whoever Nettie decides will most benefit from being given a computer.

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday October 3rd, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/hamilton/fairfield/-te+whanau+ptahi/) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc. Starting this month we're also going to have a regular FreeGeek build. We'll sort out a computer from parts and install Ubuntu on it, ready for donation to whoever Nettie decides will most benefit from being given a computer.

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Reminder to register for Kiwi PyCon 2009
by Tim Knapp 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Dear Fellow Pythonistas, With the new month upon us and about a month to go til 'D-Day' (well KPC Day), we just wanted to post a friendly reminder to register[1] as soon as you can for Kiwi PyCon 2009. Here at Kiwi PyCon '09 HQ we've set the date that we will have the T shirts to the printer by as **Friday, October 23rd** so if you haven't registered by that time you'll miss out on your correct T shirt size! We've also already sold about half of our available conference tickets and almost 3/4 of our Pre-Conf Party tickets so get in quick to secure your place at the party/conference. Too, remember your registration (for both the party and conference) isn't confirmed until you've paid your admission fee so please ensure you pay these as soon as you can after registering. It'll also help us to pay the conference expenses :) Yours, Kiwi PyCon 2009 HQ [1] http://nz.pycon.org/submit-registration

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 27 Sep '09

27 Sep '09

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This meeting cancelled. We suggest instead that you attend Richard Stallman's presentation at Wintec, 12pm Sept 30th. This event is hosted by NZCS and they ask that everyone please register in advance. http://www.nzcs.org.nz/events/waikato_bop/70-Richard_Stallman_on_Software_P…

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A meeting is scheduled for this date, but you haven't told us what you want it to be yet. If you're seeing this message, feel free to suggest or offer to present a meeting topic - the MeetingTopics page might be a good place to start.

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Re: [wlug] wlug Digest, Vol 219, Issue 17
by Sam Lin 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Would they be selling Emacs manual as well? On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 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) > 2. Re: REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday (Roderick Aldridge) > 3. Re: REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday (Liz Quilty) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:27:10 +1200 > From: Meeting Reminder Bot <bot(a)wlug.org.nz> > Subject: [wlug] REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday > To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Cc: nzlug-announce(a)linux.net.nz > Message-ID: <E1Mqt26-0005pS-Mj(a)db.wlug.org.nz> > > There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A meeting is scheduled for this date, but you haven't told us what you want it to be yet. > > If you're seeing this message, feel free to suggest or offer to present a meeting topic - the MeetingTopics page might be a good place to start. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:15:02 +1200 > From: Roderick Aldridge <rod-a(a)hnpl.net> > Subject: Re: [wlug] REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday > To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Message-ID: <4ABBE156.90201(a)hnpl.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Meeting Reminder Bot wrote: >> There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> A meeting is scheduled for this date, but you haven't told us what you want it to be yet. >> >> If you're seeing this message, feel free to suggest or offer to present a meeting topic - the MeetingTopics page might be a good place to start. >> _______________________________________________ >> wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >> Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > > Due to the other recent events such as SFD2009 we have decided to cancel > this meeting, we do recommend that you attend the Richard Stallman talk > being organised by the NZCS, you must register for the event, here. > <http://www.nzcs.org.nz/events/waikato_bop/70-Richard_Stallman_on_Software_P…> > > Roderick Aldridge > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:12:56 +1200 > From: Liz Quilty <liz(a)velofille.com> > Subject: Re: [wlug] REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday > To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Message-ID: > <4a011c400909241512icd95eb2ye0551218edd0afaf(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >> >> >> Due to the other recent events such as SFD2009 we have decided to cancel >> this meeting, we do recommend that you attend the Richard Stallman talk >> being organised by the NZCS, you must register for the event, here. >> < >> http://www.nzcs.org.nz/events/waikato_bop/70-Richard_Stallman_on_Software_P… >> > >> >> Roderick Aldridge >> >> > Its well worth going to see too, even if its just for the funny bits :) > > Q&A was most amusing last year! > > Liz >

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Update problem solved
by john 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Thanks Peter. sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf sorted out my problem Cheers John

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Help with update manager please
by john 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Hi guys My update manager is stalled - every time I try to update I get 'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.aarnet.edu.au_pub_ubuntu_archive_dists_jaunty_universe_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' How do I get around this? Cheers John

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slashdot: Forkable Linux Radio Ad Now On the Air In Texas
by Peter Reutemann 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Just came across this post on slashdot (I know, Richard Stallman will cringe when hearing only "Linux" and not "GNU/Linux"): http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/09/20/209211/Forkable-Linux-Radio-Ad-Now… Maybe an idea to promote Linux here in NZ as well? 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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Software Freedom Day roundup
by Bruce Kingsbury 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

My first impression was that SFD was a disaster (entirely my fault of course!) because quite a few things went wrong and we were fairly disorganized, but others have told me I'm just being a pessimist and looking back it actually seems to have been pretty successful. We gave away 130 OpenDisc-lite CDs on eday, and at least another 100 OpenDisk-plus DVDs on SFD (I'm not sure how many we started with but over 100 and we've got very few left), about 60 Ubuntu CDs, we've got 38 feedback forms, Liz's photos look great, still waiting for others to get photos uploaded, and the video looks pretty good too (yay kino and being able to adjust the gamma). So a big thanks and well done to everyone who came along (and if you didn't, how about getting involved next year?!)

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A meeting is scheduled for this date, but you haven't told us what you want it to be yet. If you're seeing this message, feel free to suggest or offer to present a meeting topic - the MeetingTopics page might be a good place to start.

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

As per the WLUG charter, please note that there is a WLUG executive committee meeting one week from today. If you wish to get an item on the agenda for this meeting, please email it to secretary(a)wlug.org.nz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee meeting, location yet to be decided. Agenda: followup to SFD, things we got right and need to do again, things we got wrong and need to improve on. Graham has made some excellent suggestions for how we can do the event next year which we should discuss. Desperate need to get more students involved in WLUG. The "annual" WlugSurvey needs to be done again.

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