August 2002 - main

RE: [Alug] java bug problem
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

Keith Watson wrote: >Were both of these systems exactly identical? If not what were the >differences? Did either have a version of Java installed already? (i.e was >it an upgrade of Java for either of these systems?). > >A full copy of the error messages might be helpful (then again it might not! >:o) ) Aaark. I spotted my mistake. The error was between chair and keyboard. I had not altered the $FILEPATH variable in one of the files for its new location, which was what was making it grumble. Sorry to waste time (specially mine). Round of biccies on me at next meeting. Jen.

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Meeting facilities for members with disabilities
by Keith Watson 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

Would it be useful if we indicated the ease of access at the various meeting venues for any members with disabilities? For example at Stalham the meeting room is one the 1st floor but there is a stair lift. There are also suitable toilet facilities on the same floor as the meeting room. As far as I'm aware all the doors are standard width (some are double doors) so presumably should be able to accommodate wheelchairs. Something else that might be of help is a list of people who would be willing to provide transport (assuming ordinary cars etc are suitable) for people who might not normally be able to attend (perhaps a web page link off of the Meetings page?) meetings. Keith ____________ COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E. (Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary)

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Re: [Alug] Mandrake giveaway
by Malcolm Locke 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 10:23:48AM +0100, Ian Douglas wrote: > On Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:45 PM, Malcolm Locke wrote: > > I noticed the following being thrown out of the office adjacent to ours > > and, whilst I don't have use for them myself, figured I could find a > > worthy home for them. All are boxed and un-opened, and most appear to > > contain manuals. > > > > 5 x ProSuite edition 8.2 (8 CD's + 1 DVD) > > 3 x Standard edition 8.2 (3 CD's) > > 2 x Standard edition 8.1 (3 CD's) > > 1 x ProSuite edition 8.1 (9 CD's + 1 DVD) > > 1 x Power pack edition 8.1 (7 CD's) > > 1 x Standard edition 8.0 (3 CD's) > > > > If anyone would like to collect these from me near Sudbury and > > distribute them at the next meeting, or if anyone can suggest another > > worthy cause in the region, please let me know. > > Hi Malcolm, > > It is very thoughtful and generous of you to offer this spare software to > ALUG members rather than just throwing it in the skip, however, > unfortunately, some of us members are housebound and cannot attend meetings. > If I sent you a small payment to cover your postage and expenses would you > be prepared to pop one of the copies of the Mandrake "ProSuite edition 8.2 > (8 CD's + 1 DVD)" in the post to me? (I live in Ipswich)? Certainly. Ian, I will mail you off list with my address. If anybody else would like to be sent a copy the postage second class according to the Consignia web site is 4.05, so we'll call it 4. Malc

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Artwork Needed
by Keith Watson 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

Are there any graphic artist types out there who can put together some artwork for the labels and jewel cases for the Debian CDs (1 to 7) and for Knoppix? There are some samples on the Debian site for jewel cases for the 1st CD. It would be nice to have something on the labels that said the CDs were copied by an ALUG member. Keith ____________ CHRISTIAN, n. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin. Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary

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Re: [Alug] ALUG Meeting: Stalham, Sunday 1st September
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

Keith wrote: >I've booked the training room for Sunday 1st September from 2pm-6pm for an >ALUG meeting. Great - I can scrub my new back tyre in ;-) Jen

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ALUG Meeting: Stalham, Sunday 1st September
by Keith Watson 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

I've booked the training room for Sunday 1st September from 2pm-6pm for an ALUG meeting. As soon as I get 5 minutes spare I'll put some more details up on the website. Regards, Keith ____________ The first problem for all of us, is not to learn, but to unlearn. Gloria Steinem

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Microsoft wireless desktop.
by Douglas Willis 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

Has anyone successfully got the Microsoft Wireless Desktop keyboard and mouse working with Linux? One of the guys at work has just plugged on into a RedHat linux machine and the keyboard map is completely up the creek. -- Douglas Willis (ddw(a)nerc-bas.ac.uk) British Antarctic Survey High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom tel: +44 1223 221400, fax: +44 1223 362616

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Announce digest, Vol 1 #23 - 3 msgs
by announce-request＠lists.alug.org.uk 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

Send Announce mailing list submissions to announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to announce-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk You can reach the person managing the list at announce-admin(a)lists.alug.org.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Announce digest..." --------------.--------------------------------------------.------------ alug-announce | Newsletter of the Anglian Linux User Group | Weekly(ish) --------------'--------------------------------------------'------------ ** Please send articles for this letter to announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk ** *** Please send replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk, not announce... *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: [Announcement] GLLUG - The Greater London Linux User Group (UK) - Meeting - 14th September (MJ Ray) 2. Fwd: [lugmaster] Embedded Linux Seminar (was Fwd: RE: UK Linux User Groups Contact Form) (MJ Ray) 3. Fwd: GNU Pins available again (MJ Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:24:27 +0100 Subject: [Alug Announce] Fwd: [Announcement] GLLUG - The Greater London Linux User Group (UK) - Meeting - 14th September Potentially of interest to those in the south of the region. From: Colin Murphy <SpudULike(a)-blueyonder.co.uk> Subject: [Announcement] GLLUG - The Greater London Linux User Group (UK) - Meeting - 14th September Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:58 GMT That is right, your eyes do not deceive you, The Greater London Linux User Group is, at long last, going to have another meeting. The date for your diaries is Saturday 14th September 2002, 12noon until 5pm. Doubtless to say, there will also be a session in some pub afterwards, should you not be able to make it during the day. We will be meeting in the New Cavendish Street campus of Westminster University, this is in the shadow of the BT Tower, nearest tube stations are Great Portland Street and Goodge Street. You will find a map at [ http://www.wmin.ac.uk/static/maps.asp ] For this meeting, and all the future meetings, we have the use of the Universities 'large' lecture theatre, the network lab and the Multimedia lab. The large lecture theatre - Hopefully you will appreciate the use of this larger lecture theatre. For those that went last time, your comments and criticisms were justified about the smaller theatre being too small. We are still finalising the details of the talks, so these will be posted to the web site soon, <http://gllug.linux.co.uk>. The network lab - We will use the network lab, this month, for rolling demo installations. The multimedia room - This will be used as a chat area, away from the lectures. There are monitors, desks and power, so people are welcome to set up their own equipment here if they want. Hopefully we will have some BoaF groups form here. ******************************************** The GLLUG website, you remember - it's at http://gllug.linux.co.uk, has had a revamp. Do make sure you have a look, pass on your comments. ******************************************** The meeting after the next meet is booked for the 19th October 2002 -- Colin Murphy -SpudULike(a)blueyonder.co.uk --__--__-- Message: 2 To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:08:06 +0100 Subject: [Alug Announce] Fwd: [lugmaster] Embedded Linux Seminar (was Fwd: RE: UK Linux User Groups Contact Form) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:52:14 +0100 From: "Mark Lewis" <mark(a)lug.org.uk> Subject: [lugmaster] Embedded Linux Seminar (was Fwd: RE: UK Linux User Groups Contact Form) hi all, long time no speak..... fiona has asked me to email this..... regards, mark *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** On 15/08/2002 at 14:19 fiona(a)feabhas.com <fiona(a)feabhas.com> wrote: >Hi Mark > >That would be great if you could pass it on to other Linux users. Is there >a problem with the email links on that site as I have had a couple of mails >returned. > >Seminar details > >We are holding the first Embedded Linux Seminar in the UK at the Madjeski >Stadium, Reading, Berks. Date: 31st October 02. At the moment we are >looking for anyone who may be interested in participating either speaking, >giving a paper and/or exhibiting. > >The day will comprise of various presentations and papers covering memory >and processor requirements; what "real-time" Linux is and is not; what >"small" Linux really means combined with a tabletop exhibition of various >embedded Linux environments and supporting tools. The cost of a tabletop is >£250.00, inclusive of 2 personnel, (no charge for speakers). Cost for >attendees is £65.00 and includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day. > >We have had a good response to the call for speakers and we have on board >Windriver, Hardhat, Toshiba, Microsoft, Allied Microsystems Corp, and >Xilinx to name but a few with many other interested parties. > >We do not have a direct UML link but if you go to our web www.feabhas.com, >it is headline news. > >Hope this helps. > >Best regards > >Fiona --__--__-- Message: 3 To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:59:31 +0100 Subject: [Alug Announce] Fwd: GNU Pins available again Subject: GNU Pins available again From: "Georg C. F. Greve" <greve(a)fsfeurope.org> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:52:54 +0200 Hi all, just a quick note for those who were unsuccessful in obtaining their "A GNU Head" Pin [1] (demand had briefly exceeded our supply): The new GNU Pins arrived! Just like the 2002 line of t-shirts, namely GNU Hurd * Yellow Hurd-spiral on black t-shirt. FSF Europe 2002 * Small FSF Europe logo pocket print on front, Back in three varieties: Plain GPL Preamble Large FSF Europe Logo ("Crew style") Available colors: Black and Ashe. they can be ordered at the FSF Europe office in Essen by email to office(a)fsfeurope.org or through fax to +49-201-860 42 81. Regards, Georg P.S. Prices are EUR 1.50,- for the pins, EUR 15,- for the t-shirts plus shipping (and potentially fees for "Nachname" in Germany). [1] http://www.gnu.org/graphics/agnuhead.html _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion(a)fsfeurope.org https://mailman.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce End of Announce Digest

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sed question
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

Hi all, Can anyone give me a hint as to why "sed s/word1/word2/g filename" displays the file 'filename' with word2 in place of word1 but the change isn't made permanent? Thanks, Jen

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Mandrake giveaway
by Malcolm Locke 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

I noticed the following being thrown out of the office adjacent to ours and, whilst I don't have use for them myself, figured I could find a worthy home for them. All are boxed and un-opened, and most appear to contain manuals. 5 x ProSuite edition 8.2 (8 CD's + 1 DVD) 3 x Standard edition 8.2 (3 CD's) 2 x Standard edition 8.1 (3 CD's) 1 x ProSuite edition 8.1 (9 CD's + 1 DVD) 1 x Power pack edition 8.1 (7 CD's) 1 x Standard edition 8.0 (3 CD's) If anyone would like to collect these from me near Sudbury and distribute them at the next meeting, or if anyone can suggest another worthy cause in the region, please let me know. Malcolm Locke

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