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WLUG Meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder bot 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

The WLUG meeting is on Monday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !! IanMcDonald presents "Contributing to Open Source Projects". Date: Monday 31 October Time: 7:30pmhttp://www.wlug.org.nz/1 Location: I.G.02 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB) at WaikatoUniversity In his presentation, Ian will cover: * wiki-ing * !SourceForge * source code management systems * writing documentation * use of mailing lists (including warnings about flames etc) * submitting code It is aimed at all levels - everyone, even if they can't code, can contribute by testing, documenting etc. Ian has returned to PhD studies at WaikatoUniversity after 15 years in the IT workforce. His research is on congestion control in networking and has contributed to many open source projects, notably including the http://www.wlug.org.nz/DCCP protocol for Linux, which is currently being merged into the main Linux kernel. ---- MeetingTopics http://www.wlug.org.nz/1 As previously discussed at the AGM, all meetings from now on will be held at 7:30pm, as the reasons for holding them earlier in winter no longer apply.

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WLUG Meeting - Next Monday
by Jamie Curtis 26 Oct '05

26 Oct '05

Due to renovations being carried out in LitB.G.02, the WLUG meeting next Monday (31st) has had to be moved to I.G.02. Ian McDonald will be presenting the topic "Contributing to Open Source Projects". http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2005-10-31 Note that the start time has also changed from previous meetings to 7.30pm. Unfortunately the room may not be available until shortly before the start time, so please don't turn up too early ! A map of how to get to I.G.02 from LitB.G.02 has been posted on the LitB page on the wiki: http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB We will put signs up along the path between LitB and I.G.02 on the night. Cheers, Jamie

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PCI adsl modem.
by Camster342 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Well i've had a lot of trouble with my adsl modem over the years... All probably being due to my very crappy DLink 302G adsl modem. It has slowly become the bane of my existence... So what I want to do is, one of two things: If possible I would like to get the 302G modem running in bridge mode, so that I can connect to it with pppoe. I have tried numerous times, but my linux box refuses to see the "Access Concentrator" when I try to set up pppoe. I've followed the instructions from DLinks site to use bridge mode, and I've tried using the updated firmware too. Both to no avail. Has anyone managed to get this modem working in full bridge mode, (not the half-bridge mode detailed on the wlug site)? The second option is to buy another modem. I want to try using a internal ADSL modem this time. Does anyone know which modems that are available in New Zealand work under Linux? -- Cameron

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Video Conferencing
by Dave Waddling 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

WLUG List Does anyone know of a video conferencing client that will work with iChat? Or failing that one that will work with ivisit? I have some Mac people to talk to. -- Dave

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microvax 2000 bits
by stephen pearce 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Free to good home .. miscellaneous microvax 2000 bits 19" monitor 2 cpu boxes .. one booting thru bios 1 scsi disc box 2 mice 1 keyboard You collect. We are in Whangarei .. which might be a problem! regards Stephen

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Re: [wlug] Ubuntu said "Ack!!"
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

Ok. The clean slate worked really well. I downloaded a "breezy" iso then burned a cd image and reinstalled the whole thing. I now have a working (mostly) version of ubuntu. Thanks for the help. Kubuntu = Ubuntu with a kde desktop manager. Right?? Regards John Btw I got kicked out of the states so am looking forward to attending the next meeting JT ----- Original Message Follows ----- > --- jaytee(a)clear.net.nz wrote: > > > Hey all > > I had a problem with the "simple" install of > > Ubuntu > > Hoary which I thought was due to me not paying > > attention to > > the partitioning thus not including a swap space. > > However I retried the install and paid > > attention to > > what happened. Almost at the end of an otherwise > > uneventful > > install the programme said: > > Would suggest you start again with a clean slate. Use > Knoppix and QtParted to wipe current data and to > create a swap partition. I have just put up a HowTo @ > http://www.wlug.org.nz/UbuntuKbuntuInstall > > HTH > Bill > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder bot 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !! IanMcDonald presents "Contributing to Open Source Projects". Date: Monday 31 October Time: 7:30pmhttp://www.wlug.org.nz/1 Location: http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB at WaikatoUniversity In his presentation, Ian will cover: * wiki-ing * !SourceForge * source code management systems * writing documentation * use of mailing lists (including warnings about flames etc) * submitting code It is aimed at all levels - everyone, even if they can't code, can contribute by testing, documenting etc. Ian has returned to PhD studies at WaikatoUniversity after 15 years in the IT workforce. His research is on congestion control in networking and has contributed to many open source projects, notably including the http://www.wlug.org.nz/DCCP protocol for Linux, which is currently being merged into the main Linux kernel. ---- MeetingTopics http://www.wlug.org.nz/1 As previously discussed at the AGM, all meetings from now on will be held at 7:30pm, as the reasons for holding them earlier in winter no longer apply.

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USB Headset
by Oliver Jones 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

Hi all. A week or more ago I posted about my interest in purchasing a Plantronics USB headset and whether it might work under Linux. Thank you to those who responded to that post. On Friday, after receiving my copy of World of Warcraft, I decided I needed to replace the dodgy analogue Plantronics headset I have with a USB one. It seems the only computer store near my place in Melbourne's CBD that stocked headsets was Harvey Norman and they only stocked Logitech devices. I bought a Logitech® Premium USB Headset 350 <http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/AU/EN,CRID=103,CONTENTID…> and hoped for the best. As expected it works well on Windows for WoW. :) Tonight I decided to test it with Linux and I'm happy to report that getting it to work with Fedora Core 4 was a simple case of plugging it in. Hot plug and udev did their jobs and I could instantly twiddle with the mixer settings in Gnome Mixer and Audacity grabbed audio from /dev/dsp2 without a hitch. I'm well pleased. Regards

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Ubuntu 5.10 Image
by Ivan Potgieter 22 Oct '05

22 Oct '05

Hi all, Many thanks to all those that offered assistance. Bnonn was so kind to burn and deliver me a copy. Many thanks guys, Ivan

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Access to www.wlug.org.nz
by Andrew Thrift 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

For around a month now i have not been able to access www.wlug.org.nz from out netblocks 202.49.148.0/24 and 202.49.149.0/24 has anything changed at the WLUG end that could be causing this? The DNS resolves to 210.55.18.250 Regards, Andy

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Orkut
by Alex Vancina 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Hi there, I was browsing your LUG's wiki and I came across a page noting that several of you are members of Orkut. I've been following the development of many of Google's recent 'Beta' services with great interest, but I haven't had an opportunity to try Orkut yet. I was wondering if any of you would be kind enough to help a fellow Linux user out by sending me an invite. I'd greatly appreciate it :) Thanks! Alex Vancina

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[Fwd: Ubuntu 5.10 Server]
by Bnonn 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

I hadn't heard anything about this before now, so I suspect that many of you will find this interesting. Regards, Bnonn

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Committee Meeting Date: 26 October Time: 7:30pm Location: Lindsay's place To have something added to the agenda for this meeting, please email secretary @ wlug.org.nz. Provisional agenda: # Minutes from previous meeting # Matters arising # Correspondence # Treasurers report # Fixit meetings # Government's Digital Strategy funding (http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=24228) # Donation to Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/support) # Format for committee meetings # General business

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Ubuntu 5.10 Image
by Ivan Potgieter 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

Hi all, As you may or may not know, Ubuntu 5.10 was released last week and I have been trying to download it - unsuccessfully! Yip, I'm still on dialup :-(( Are there any good samaratons out there (in Hamilton) that could supply me with a copy of the i386 release iso (ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso)? Thanks, Ivan

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WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder bot 16 Oct '05

16 Oct '05

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A WLUG meeting is booked for this date. 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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(OT) Paid work for students or anyone
by Richard Hayes 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Dear list, I have two problems that I will pay to have fixed 1. I have a IR device that works with Windows to upload data. Using Linc record or IrDa-utils I need to capture the data similar to a package sniffer and make it readable in Linux. http://www.lirc.org/ irda.sourceforge.net/ 2. Openemr is a medical patients system and billing system. I would like to hear from anyone to build a Debian package using Sarge. Currently there is a Mandrake RPM so I could use alien but I would prefer a real Debian package. http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr Please email or call -- Richard Hayes Nada Marketing PO Box 12 Gordon Australia 2072 Tel: +(61-2) 9412 4367 Fax: +(61-2) 9412 4920 Mob: +(61) 0414 618 425 www.nada.com.au

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Committee Meeting To have something added to the agenda for this meeting, please email secretary @ wlug.org.nz. Provisional agenda: # Minutes from previous meeting # Matters arising # Correspondence # Treasurers report # General business

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Fwd: [lca-announce] linux.conf.au 2006: Registrations are open!
by Ian McDonald 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

Folks, This is one of the three premier Linux conferences worldwide which is in NZ next year. Well worth attending if you can. I am presenting a paper at this conference also! Ian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: lca-announce-admin(a)lists.linux.org.au <lca-announce-admin(a)lists.linux.org.au> Date: 11-Oct-2005 11:59 Subject: [lca-announce] linux.conf.au 2006: Registrations are open! To: lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au 2006 - Dunedin, NZ! linux.conf.au is the annual Australian Linux technical conference, and is one of the largest gatherings of users and developers of Free and Open Source Software in the Southern Hemisphere. It is an opportunity for developers and groups to present their ideas amongst peers, and for the Free Software and Open Source communities to gather in general. Summary: Registrations are open! See http://lca2006.linux.org.au/register/ The 2006 conference is being held in Dunedin, New Zealand, at The University of Otago[1]. More information can be found on the conference website: http://lca2006.linux.org.au/ Registrations: The organisers of linux.conf.au 2006 are proud to finally announce that registrations are open. Keynote speakers at the conference are Mark Shuttleworth (instigator of the Ubuntu Linux distribution), Sudhakar "Thaths" Chandrasekharan (co-founder of Linux India), and Damian Conway (Perl 6 Developer and Guru). Some of the other speakers presenting at linux.conf.au 2006 are listed on http://linux.conf.au/speakers.php. This list will grow as more speakers confirm their acceptance to present at linux.conf.au, so check back from time to time. Like previous years the response to the call for papers was overwhelming, with over 150 paper and tutorial submissions received. Selection of the successful submissions was very difficult! Registration fees for linux.conf.au 2006 will be: AU$690 for professional delegates, AU$300 for hobbyist delegates, and a low AU$100 for students. An early bird discount of AU$172 for professional delegates and AU$75 for hobbyist delegates is available for those who register and pay before November 18th 2005 (This brings the prices down to AU$517.50 and AU$225 respectively). Registration for linux.conf.au includes admission to the two days of mini-conferences preceding linux.conf.au. We'll be announcing the miniconfs very soon, so stay tuned! Anyway, without further ado, it's time for you to direct your browser at: http://lca2006.linux.org.au/register/ ... And register so you can join us in January! See you there! Please feel free to forward this announcement to your local LUG, or any other person or group that would be interested! [1]: http://www.otago.ac.nz/ Regards, Mike Beattie, linux.conf.au 2006 Organisers _______________________________________________ lca-announce mailing list lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/lca-announce

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Oh the irony of it all.
by Dave Waddling 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3437625a28,00.html -- Dave Waddling

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D-Link 504G Router and Ubuntu Hoary
by Ron Dean 08 Oct '05

08 Oct '05

I have got the router working with WinXP as well as my Ubuntu box however it stopped working on my Linux Box and I suspect it may be a wiring problem is there any way to test the network so I can eliminate software as a cause.

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Weird power
by Kyle Carter 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

Just an inquisitive question. My UPS seemed to go mental last night/this morning (around midnight Sat Oct 1st) flicking between battery and mains repeatedly for a few hours.. But no flickering lights or anything.. Im wondering if anyone else had something similar? Im assuming it may have been the power company doing something weird re: daylight savings? Kyle Carter

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Burning an iso image to cd
by Ron Dean 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

I am using k3b burning software on Hoary do I have to alter the settings to burn an iso image

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Using the Sony EyeToy under Linux
by Ian McDonald 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

Folks, While playing around with webcams under Linux I got this working and I've documented this at http://wlug.org.nz/EyeToy I've tested this out with GnomeMeeting and Camorama successfully. I'm sending this to the list as I know many of you may have these at home and it gives you a free webcam (you still need a microphone though). It wasn't well documented on the web either so I thought I might save a few of you the fun I went through :-) Ian

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Interesting Ubuntu article from Mark Shuttleworth (founder)
by Ian McDonald 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Folks, Given how most[1] WLUG members support Ubuntu there is an interesting article here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarkShuttleworth Ian [1] as per WLUG survey

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Ubuntu PowerPC and AMD64 CD's
by Jamie Curtis 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Hi, I have a few AMD64/EM64T and PowerPC Ubuntu Hoary (5.04) CD's left over still. They contain both the install and LiveCD variants. Available for collection from the Uni or possibly by post. E-mail me off list for details. Cheers, Jamie

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Re: [wlug] mythtv installation day?
by Justin Hyde 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Thanks for the help Craig, very tempting to go home and try it now, but will have to wait until this evening. I knew that there was more than one way to skin the cat, but couldn't figure out how to integrate the help from the various pages/wikis. What are you experts partial to? Would ice cream persuade you to come along and help? I originally proposed next weekend for an installation day. I think this is too soon now, and I would like to get more experience before such a day. Can the experts please email me privately with a day/evening that is convenient, between now and end of November. I envisage a sat/sun with expert help for a few hours in the morning, and the experimenters can carry on through the day. Or the experimenters can start in the morning and experts turn up for lunch and solve all the problems in the afternoon. Location: my place in Ham East. Content: limited to free to air TV reception Bribery: Ice cream and other food and drink Date to be announced. Expressions of interest from experimenters would be helpful too please.

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Re: [wlug] mythtv installation day?
by Justin Hyde 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

>Along those lines, have you ever tried Knoppmyth? It's goal in life is >"KnoppMyth is my attempt at making the Linux and MythTV installation as >trivial as possible. " >http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Well, I tried to get this running on the weekend, (for free to air channels in Hamilton) and with a bit of experience under my belt I think I can ask a couple of targeted questions... I followed the installation instructions found on http:// <http://zaf.geek.nz/projects/mythtv/> zaf.geek.nz/projects/mythtv/ but came across a couple of hang ups. 1. In step 2 of the instructions, it gives details of how to grab the listings from ontv or mrgeek and also how to create a symlink between the tv_grab_nz_mrgeek (or ontv) to the tv_grab_au file that will be selected in the next step. >From what I can understand this tells mythtv where to look for the current tv listings. Am I right in assuming that through this setup mythtv will grab the settings automatically each week, or does that still need to be set up? Is anyone else using the scripts from zaf's webpage? Do the scripts need modification? 2. In step 3, section 3 - "Video sources" of running mythtv-setup as the mythtv user I create a new video source, and called it FTA or similar, and selected the "Australia" option. This creates a file in /home/mythtv/.mythtv called FTA.xmltv If I cancel out of the mythtv-setup program then this file will contain no code. The instructions then say to run mythfilldatabase --manual as the mythtv user but this doesn't work, I get an error along the lines saying that --manual is not a valid option. Any ideas how to proceed from here? What does the FTA.xmltv code look like? Any one got this file for Hamilton? 3. I'm still keen to have a mythtv installation day, who on the committee can help me make this happen? Cheers Justin

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USB Audio and Linux
by Oliver Jones 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Hi Folks. For some unknown reason my plantronics headset makes nasty noises when I'm trying to record voice. Lots of background hum etc. On my laptop the hum is unusably bad. On my media box it isn't so bad. Anyway, I thought I might get a USB Plantronics headset to replace this one. I'm thinking it being a pure digital device the hummmmmm might be avoided. Anyway, I did a little Google for Linux and Plantronics DSP-500 and came up short. It appears to work but people seem to have problems integrating existing soundcards and the USB audio device. Most of these web pages mention old distross or kernels. Has anyone used a recent 2.6 kernel with ALSA and had joy getting two sound cards (or USB audio + sound card) to work well? Thanks. -- Oliver Jones > Roving Code Warrior > http://www.deeperdesign.com/

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MTAs, oh the choices...
by Oliver Jones 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Now that I've got a debian box I have a somewhat more eclectic selection of MTAs. Instead of being "stuck" with sendmail I can select either Postfix or Exim. Currently my box has postfix 2.1.5 installed. But I see that I can install one of the following: Exim 3.36 Exim 4.50 (stable) Exim 4.52 (testing) Postfix 2.2.4 (testing) I know Daniel is fairly familiar with Exim but I know nothing about these alternative MTAs. Can anyone provide sage advice on which has more features, is easier to configure, has powerful plugins, db support, IMAP server integration, virtual domains, spam filtering that sort of thing. Recommendations highly appreciated. Regards -- Oliver Jones > Roving Code Warrior > www.deeperdesign.com

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Distro Question - Terminal Server
by Ivan Potgieter 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Hello all, I am trying to get a 'proof of concept' machine going that will emulate a Terminal (serial port) Server. ie. Connecting via SSH and get access to a com port via a VT100 terminal session. I'm looking for a distro that meets specific requirements: (If anyone can recomend any hadware equivalent devices, that would be appreciated also.) My requirements are (in oder of preference): * SSH * minicom * Good NIC detection * Small resource requirements (pentium I, approx 32MB ram <1GB HDD) * pref LiveCD or simular that will install onto HDD * CLI only - X not required, in fact, I'd prefer no X at all. Most of the mini distros seems to be lacking minicom (usually rescue distros) or are geared towards running some form of mini-X (usually also lacking minicom). The closest distro that I have found that may do the trick, is FreeSCO. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Ivan

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Access to www.wlug.org.nz
by Andrew Thrift 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

For around a month now i have not been able to access www.wlug.org.nz from our netblocks 202.49.148.0/24 and 202.49.149.0/24 has anything changed at the WLUG end that could be causing this? The DNS resolves to 210.55.18.250 Regards, Andy

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Access to www.wlug.org.nz
by Andrew Thrift 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

For around a month now i have not been able to access www.wlug.org.nz from our netblocks 202.49.148.0/24 and 202.49.149.0/24 has anything changed at the WLUG end that could be causing this? The DNS resolves to 210.55.18.250 Regards, Andy

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Acceptable use of the WLUG Mailing List
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

The WLUG Mailing List is the discussion-list extension of the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated). As such, we expect members of this list to adhere to the principles espoused in the official WLUG 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 here. 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 major harm to our credibility as a serious advocate of GNU/Linux and all things Free Software/ Open Source related. List discussion should * be honest * accentuate the positive, without hyperbole or blatant misrepresentation * maintain a reasonable level of spelling and grammar * not indulge in ad hominem attacks * not continue inflammatory or abusive threads * not be unprofessional or petty, especially with respect to the names of other software companies * not promote or denigrate political, cultural, or religious views * not indulge in marketing or advertising, other than on a private sale basis, or advertising of jobs - which may be announced once only * not reproduce copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder * not defame any person or organisation 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]. Certain mailing list etiquette should also be maintained: * please use only plain text (not HTML) * reply inline or below when quoting, rather than on top * trim quotes (don't reply quoting a 10 page message with a single line of reply) If you have any questions, start reading at http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html. These points have been established over a long time on this list. If you want to question them, please do it off list. As list users, use your discretion when pulling people up over etiquette - please reply off list, and if there is a serious breach, the list administrator will probably have dealt with it off-list already. [1] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCharter [2] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCommittee

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Re: [wlug] looking for python guru
by David Nicholls 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

ok, what about someone slightly less local? cheers... david -----Original Message----- From: David Nicholls Sent: Wednesday, 28 September 2005 3:25 pm hey guys, a friend of mine (runs a web development business) is currently searching for someone local - tauranga/hamilton kinda area - with good python skills. let me know if you think you fit the bill & i'll pass your details on. cheers... David Nicholls Computer Support Consultant d.nicholls at waikato.ac.nz School of Science & Engineering / Dept of Chemistry The University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand

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CFP: Systems Administration Miniconf, linux.conf.au 2006.
by Craig Box 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

Call for Presentations Systems Administration Miniconf, linux.conf.au 2006. This is a call for presentations for a 2 day Linux Systems Administration mini conference that will be held as part of the linux.conf.au conference in January 2006. The conference will be held in Dunedin, New Zealand. Miniconferences are held on the first two days, prior to the main programme. Please see our website at http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/ for details. The organisers of the Systems Administration Miniconf would like to invite proposals for presentations to be delivered at the Miniconf. Topics for presentations could include (but are not limited to) Samba, Databases, Backups, Firewalls, AAA, Troubleshooting, Buying Decisions, VPN, Virtual machines (Xen, UML, VMware), Monitoring Software, Web/Mail/LDAP/etc Server software, Wikis, PHP, Spam and Virus Filtering, VOIP, Trouble Ticket System, Best Practices, New Developments, Clustering/High Availability , Automated Installs, Automated configuration, Packaging Local Software. Speakers should assume that members of the audience have at least a couple of years experience in Unix/Linux administration. Format of Presentations ----------------------- Presentations of between 30 and 120 minutes (including questions) are currently being sought. We will also be holding a lightning talks session, with a list of 5-10 minutes short presentations.. Submitting talks ---------------- Please note that in order to give a presentation you must be register to attend the main linux.conf.au conference. In order to submit a talk please see our Call for Presentations webpage at: http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/cfp.html Submissions (or any questions) should be sent to: contact @ sysadmin.miniconf.org. Dates and Deadlines ------------------- To encourage early submissions around half the programme will be filled from presentations submitted before the 31st of October. 31 Oct 2005 - Deadline for early submissions 18 Nov 2005 - Deadline for late submissions Contact and Questions --------------------- Please see our website at http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/ for more information on the miniconf and presenting at it. If you have any questions please feel free to email the organisers at: contact @ sysadmin.miniconf.org

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'Fixit' meetings
by GunCom 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

One of the suggestions in Craig's survey was to have 'fixit' meetings. Informal discussion after the AGM showed there is some support for this from experienced members. To gauge the depth of interest, e-mail me off list and mention the sort of things you would like to have 'fixed'. If there is enough interest I'll put it to the committee. Gun Caundle gun(a)guncom.co.nz --

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wanted socket 462 (atholon/duron) motherboard
by stephen pearce 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Hi anyone have one of these spare and for sale .. my elite k7s6a motherboard has died ... (but the memory and processor seem ok) Thanks Stephen

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Backups are your friend.
by Oliver Jones 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

My Laptop's Hard Disk croaked yesterday. The device is less than a year old but it decided to destroy itself. No idea why. So backup early and often people. You will be thankful one day. I'm glad I have _any_ backup at all. Even if it is 3 or more months old. Regards

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Exim Install on Ubuntu
by Ivan Potgieter 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Thanks for all the suggestions, I've tried apt-get install resulting in: ivan(a)silver:~$ sudo apt-get install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. My understanging of the above is that my system is clean. (FYI: I'm running Ubuntu 5.04) I have installed exim4, exim4-config, exim4-doc and found that anacron, at, lsb, mailx & mutt were still installed, but postfix, postfix-lts, ubuntu-base had been removed (as expected). So all seems fine. Thanks for all the feedback - it looks like it was just a storm in a teacup. Ivan. Matt Brown wrote: > What version of Ubuntu are you running Ivan? > Do you know if the package system was clean before you tried to install > Exim? > My suggestion on how to fix this would be to drop to the command line, > run apt-get install (no arguments). This will handle any packages that > are not in a clean state. Once you can run apt-get install (no > arguments) and have it return without doing anything, then try apt-get > install exim4 exim4-config (or use synaptic if you prefer).

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looking for python guru
by David Nicholls 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

hey guys, a friend of mine (runs a web development business) is currently searching for someone local - tauranga/hamilton kinda area - with good python skills. let me know if you think you fit the bill & i'll pass your details on. cheers... David Nicholls Computer Support Consultant d.nicholls at waikato.ac.nz School of Science & Engineering / Dept of Chemistry The University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand

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Sidebar issues
by Justin Hyde 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Sidebar issues With the sidebar enabled, I get it 2 times. http://www.geocities.com/justinhyde/withsidebar.jpg [220kB] Without the sidebar enabled, I get a see through sidebar. http://www.geocities.com/justinhyde/withoutsidebar.jpg [202kB] Using browser as below Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050717 Firefox/1.0.6 Haven't had a chance to view under Ubuntu yet. Any ideas Justin

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Re: [wlug] Sidebar issues
by Justin Hyde 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

>Hit F5 or Ctrl-R to refresh your screen and it comes right. Some sort >of caching issue by the look of it.... seems to do the trick, thanks

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Microsoft and JBoss working together
by Ian McDonald 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Quite an interesting article here: http://beta.news.com.com/Microsoft,+JBoss+link+server+software/2100-7344_3-… It goes further than I would have expected from Microsoft as it includes working together on Active Directory integration and allowing SQL Server to be a back end. Only question I have is how much will actually be open-source as the article says "most" JBoss software is LPGL.

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Exim Install on Ubuntu
by Ivan Potgieter 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Hello all, I've decided to install exim using Ubuntu's Synaptic Package Manager. When selecting some of the packages, some unexpected packages are marked for removal (see below). Marked for installation: exim4, exim4-config ==> automatically marked for removal: postfix, postfix-lts, ubuntu-base, anacron, at, lsb, mailx, mutt Can anyone explain why these are marked to be removed? Thanks, Ivan

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Re: [wlug] grub problem
by stephen pearce 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Further to my post yesterday ... I pulled out the flash rom chip ... and removed the cmos battery ... left things for a few hours .. then reinstalled .. and it booted .. fine .. then reset it and the same problem recurred .. then reinstalled flash rom but left cmos battery bu out and left overnight .. .. it rebooted ok .. I wonder whether some of the memory in the flash rom has "gone stale" i.e. is returning equivocal logic values ... if so is this due to flash failure or the expected degradation of memory in a flash device after 4 years? Alternative is static damage at a gate level which is intermittantly casuing failure .. hdd seems to be reliable ... I plan to re flash the rom when I get home Stephen

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Re: [wlug] grub prob
by stephen pearce 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Hi Same error, same conditions, Fedora core 4. Then lost control of keyboard ... .. could this be a virus using the recently identified hole in Firefox to download code to reprogram the flash rom? The alternative is a static spike which fried a whole lot of disparate systems .. would a hdd failure be consistant with being able to read to grub stage 2.? hopefully just corrupted the flash rom.. which might also be consistant with a wide range of disparate symptoms. I have a hdd partitioned for windows 98 and linux .. I could not get past the grub stage 2 phase .. and the keyboard would not respond to trying to "del" during boot to access the cmos ... so I reset the cmos on the motherboard (perhaps in retrospect ill advisedly ... it now gives a keyboard read error ..) if it is a fried motherboard .. does anyone have a k7s6a elite surplus/sale? It was thepccompany .. which of course is no longer! I'll have to pull it apart to see what processor and memory type it is .. unless someone knows. I have downloaded the firmware upgrade and plan to extract the flash rom and reprogram it in an eprom burner (if I can find one which suits the flash device en29f002t/5v challanging .. and frustrating symptoms! (I suppose it reflects crappy component tolerances .. maybe we should all buy pentioned servers as the engineering in these is a bit better) any new info appreciated Thanks Stephen

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Waikato Linux Users Group Incorporated Committee for 2006
by Craig Box 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Congratulations to the following people, who were last night voted in as the Executive Committee for the WLUG for 2006: President: Lindsay Druett Vice-President: David Hallett Treasurer: Ian McDonald Secretary: Craig Box General Committee: Matthias Dallmeier Perry Lorier Gian Perrone Minutes are now available at http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2005-09-26. Thanks to everyone who came. Craig

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grub prob
by David Nicholls 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

hey guys, i have an interesting one. the other day my computer at home started for no aparent reason (i had'nt been fiddling or doing anything stupid on it... last time i used it i logged off & shut down normally) to display the following message when it starts up: GRUB loading stage 2 then it just sits theere doing nothing. i'm running suse 9.3. anyone got any clues? is more info needed? cheers... David Nicholls Computer Support Consultant d.nicholls at waikato.ac.nz School of Science & Engineering / Dept of Chemistry The University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand

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Debian and profile.d
by Oliver Jones 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Is there a /etc/profile.d like system on Debian? That is something I really like about Redhat. The default setup of bash is pretty light on Debian 3.1. I want to add a few aliases and stuff to the bash config system wide. Regards -- Oliver Jones > Roving Code Warrior > www.deeperdesign.com

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scanning for an IP address...
by Camster342 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Does anyone know of a tool which will let me discover the IP address of my ADSL modem in this setup : LAN <----> switch <----> Linux Server <----> ADSL Modem My computer is in the LAN, the Linux server is a Debian Box with no monitor or keyboard, and the ADSL modem is a DLink 302G (the kind you get free with an Xtra connection). The Linux server has two network cards in it, one connected to the switch (eth0), and one connected straight to the modem(eth1). The ADSL modem has been configured into half-bridge mode as discussed on the wlug wiki page for it (http://wlug.org.nz/DSL-302G) which means the IP address that appears on the Linux box is the external IP address of the modem, or at least the last one that was used. Now the problem is, I want to update some configuration on the modem, but I cannot remember what the IP address for it is. All I remember was that I changed it from its default. Does anyone know of a command, presumably that I would run from the linux box that I can use to find out the IP address of the modem that I browse to, to configure it? -- Cameron

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