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File attributes of /dev/modem and /dev/ttyS1
by Michael 09 May '00

09 May '00

Would somebody tell me why /dev/modem and /dev/ttyS1 keep losing their write attributes after running a bog standard pppd dialup script? Ta. [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Alug 29
by Brett Parker 08 May '00

08 May '00

OK - the room has now been booked for Alug 29. Its in the same room at UEA as it has been held before and is booked for the 21 May. Mark said sommit bout a SuSE person and are they coming to this one or the next, seens as I haven't got a clue about this would someone please work out what he's going on about ;) Rite - its between 1400 and 1900 probably followed by bar, hope to see u all there. Brett (Ho hum, as usual there be the nice signs pointing the way from the car park) [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Socks5
by Chris Glover 08 May '00

08 May '00

Hi All, Here's one for you, My Linux box is running an IP MAsquerading firewall, I am trying to configure socks5 for it. I've downloaded it and it compiled fine, but the HOWTO seems to relate to a different version of socks, and the examples arn't what you'd call easy to follow. HELP!!!! Cheers Chris -- Chris *************************************************************************** E Mail Chris(a)glovercc.clara.co,uk WWW http://www.glovercc.clara.co.uk ICQ 18054759 Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject. -Anon [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Re: [ALUG-DIGEST] Wed May 3 22:59:02 2000
by Terry Filby 07 May '00

07 May '00

All being well, after my first ALUG meeting at Aylsham, I hope to come to the May 21 meeting, but, will be bringing the same hangers-on (!?) as I did in Aylsham (non-computer buffs) - my wife and small dog Roger. Is Roger allowed in UEA grounds ( we always clear up extraneous products as any owner should!)? If not I will come again when possible as June 18th is a no-no, though Sylham is very convenient for me. Cheers Terry Beccles, Suffolk alug-digest(a)stu.uea.ac.uk wrote: > This is a digest of the list alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > The views expressed are those of the author, not necessarily > those of UEA or UUEAS. > > 6 messages in this digest: > Re: [alug] Mandrake > Re: [alug] Mandrake > Re: [alug] Mandrake > Re: [alug] Mandrake > Re: [alug] June meeting booked > Alug 29 > > === MESSAGE 1 === > Subject: Re: [alug] Mandrake > From: MJ Ray <markj(a)oplex.thebrickhouse.co.uk> > Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 01:44:55 +0100 > > Adrian Kiddle wrote: > >itself correctly for my soundcard, but at the end of the day I felt safer > >with Red Hat (being a relative newbie to Linux). > > Now this surprises me: every time I've seen a RedHat release, it has > been broken in some way(s) and there's no sign that things are getting > any better with it. The documentation that comes with it has also > left me unimpressed, but that's a general problem apart from Debian > (which is too steep a learning curve for most newbies, IMO) and SuSE. > Why do you feel safer with it? Is it just because an increasing > number of authors are documenting RedHat instead of Linux? > > (Don't get me wrong: everyone is free to use whatever they want, but > I've normally pointed newbies away from RedHat towards SuSE or > Mandrake because RedHat is usually broken. If that's wrong, I > probably ought to know why.) > > -- > | MJR "Everything is planned, from > -- crime to leisure time." > > === MESSAGE 2 === > Subject: Re: [alug] Mandrake > From: MJ Ray <markj(a)oplex.thebrickhouse.co.uk> > Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 01:45:59 +0100 > > simon wrote: > >I don't get any of this hassle, my version of Mandrake uses red hat 6.5, the > >system does not take that much longer to boot than OS/2 or MS windows whatever > >it is, but the longer time is the price you pay for a system that does > >the job properly (someone should explain this to Mrs Gate's boy). > > Is now a good time to point out how much faster a BSD-style init > system comes up (eg on slackware) than a SysV one (as used on Redhat, > Debian et al)? Probably not, but my old system boots in around 30s > with all services running ;-) > > Back to the point in hand: I did try Mandrake a while back during my > multiple re-installs (it was at 6.something), but as I haven't used an > RPM-based system for a couple of years now, I found the documentation > I was given after installing was practically non-existant and I > couldn't get the system tailored to how I wanted. It was very slick, > though, and I'd rate it as alongside Storm for ease of installation, > ahead of most of the established distributions. > > -- > | MJR "Everything is planned, from > -- crime to leisure time." > > === MESSAGE 3 === > Subject: Re: [alug] Mandrake > From: Paul Russell <Paul.Russell(a)uea.ac.uk> > Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 10:05:07 +0100 > > On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 07:02:36PM +0100, Green J M K wrote: > > <pedant> > > GIMP is not a GNOME application. It does not require it to run. > > </pendant> > > Hmm... come in a pedantic swine, go out something to hang on a > necklace? > > Hrm.. </pedant>. See, told you you didn't close it ;) > > Paul > > === MESSAGE 4 === > Subject: Re: [alug] Mandrake > From: Laurie Brown <laurie(a)brownowl.com> > Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 11:48:48 +0100 > > MJ Ray wrote: > > [SNIP] > > > (Don't get me wrong: everyone is free to use whatever they want, but > > I've normally pointed newbies away from RedHat towards SuSE or > > Mandrake because RedHat is usually broken. If that's wrong, I > > probably ought to know why.) > > Nope, it's not wrong. But then, as I'm an avowed SuSE-phile, you'd > expect me to say that. I just find that SuSE gives me the best of all > the worlds, which I accept is a compromise in some areas, but one I'm > happy to make because overall, it's so much easier and thence more > reliable. > > Cheers, Laurie. > > === MESSAGE 5 === > Subject: Re: [alug] June meeting booked > From: Adam Bower <adamb(a)thebowery.co.uk> > Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 13:28:46 +0100 > > On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 06:49:43PM +0100, John Woodard wrote: > > > > ALUG 8 or 30 depending on your numbering system is booked for Sunday 18th > > June 2:00 - 6:30 at Syleham Village Hall as guests of the Syleham and > > Wingfield Computer Club as before. More details nearer the time but it > > would be an ideal venue for a guest speaker - stage, P.A. projector screen > > etc. > > > > I hope to be coming, but I'm moving to Cambridge this weekend as I have a new > job, I belive there is a Cambridge Lug though so maybe I could contact them and > do a tie in meeting or something? > > Adam > > === MESSAGE 6 === > Subject: Alug 29 > From: Brett Parker <B.Parker(a)uea.ac.uk> > Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 15:38:59 +0100 > > OK - the room has now been booked for Alug 29. Its in the same room at > UEA as it has been held before and is booked for the 21 May. Mark said > sommit bout a SuSE person and are they coming to this one or the next, > seens as I haven't got a clue about this would someone please work out > what he's going on about ;) > > Rite - its between 1400 and 1900 probably followed by bar, hope to see u > all there. > > Brett > (Ho hum, as usual there be the nice signs pointing the way from the car > park) [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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ppp connection
by Doug Tulloch 05 May '00

05 May '00

Been tied up with other stuff until now but belated thanks to all concerned with ALUG6. Special thanks to the guys who helped me with various minor problems - didn't get your names I'm afraid. Unfortunately...... Regarding the problem with using ppp as non-root, I can now connect to the net as both root and non-root but find that Netscape and Lynx behave as if there was no connection. This happens both non root and root, it was OK as root before. It's probably something pretty obvious but I can't puzzle it out. Any ideas? Please? -- Doug Tulloch [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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June meeting booked
by John Woodard 03 May '00

03 May '00

Hi all, ALUG 8 or 30 depending on your numbering system is booked for Sunday 18th June 2:00 - 6:30 at Syleham Village Hall as guests of the Syleham and Wingfield Computer Club as before. More details nearer the time but it would be an ideal venue for a guest speaker - stage, P.A. projector screen etc. Cheers, BJ [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Mandrake
by Ian Thompson-Bell 02 May '00

02 May '00

I've installed Mandrake Linux, given away with the recent issue of PC Plus, on my laptop and I love it. Kernel compiled for Pentiums, automounting of floppy and CDROM, a lovely install interface and a range of X windows managers. Anyone else tried it? Ian Ian Thompson-Bell The Technology Partnership plc Melbourn Science Park Melbourn Herts SG8 6EE United Kingdom Tel: +44 1763 262626 Fax: +44 1763 261582 mailto:itb@techprt.co.uk [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Debian Queries
by Terry Filby 01 May '00

01 May '00

What is the info for configuring sound in Debian please? I have a book that I got with Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 - 'Sams Teach Yoursel Linux in 24 hours' (no chance!) that mentions 'insmod' but Debian doesn't approve! What is the right way to configure sound in Debian? Also, with printing, it's configured with A4 size paper, mine is 8 1/2" x 11" tractor paper - where do I alter the size? Thanks in anticipation! All the Best Terry [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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