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Re: [Alug] PCI ADSL modems
by Steve Fosdick 13 Apr '03

13 Apr '03

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 18:24:05 +0100 Jonathan McDowell <noodles(a)earth.li> wrote: > Update: I've just used these drivers with a Dabs Value PCI ADSL modem in > a Debian Woody box successfully. Main hassle was getting a version of > pppd that supports PPPoATM, but aside from that it wasn't too bad. I also have the Dabs Value PCI ADSL modem working. My kernel version is 2.4.20 and I didn't need to apply any kernel patches at all. The Debian atm-tools package supplies the necessary libatm.so. For me the two points of slight difficulty were: 1. The Debian ppp package doesn't support PPPoA. I was able to find a patch against the version of pppd used in Debian so I downloaded the Debian source, patched it, and build it into a binary package which I could install in place of the normal Debian one. It is working fine with both PPPoA for ADSL and standard dialup. 2. For some reason building the kernel pppoatm driver as a module didn't work because modprobe couldn't find the pppoatm_ioctl_hook symbol. I posted a separate message about this on 5th April. This is not a showstopper though as it works correctly with ATM support including PPPoA compiled into the kernel. Steve.

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SuSe 8.2
by Jamie French 12 Apr '03

12 Apr '03

Hi Guys, Hope all is well! I am looking to get hold of SuSe 8.2, largely for the inclusion of MainActor. Can anyone recommend a source to obtain a copy? Amazon do have it, but thought I would see if there are any other sources. Take Care, Jamie

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Re: [Alug] PCI ADSL modems
by Wayne Stallwood 12 Apr '03

12 Apr '03

On Sunday 02 March 2003 11:32, Chris Walker wrote: > I'm about to buy an ADSL modem - wymondham has been enabled at last - but > I'm confused about what to buy. I bought a conexant internal PCI ADSL modem a while ago as it advertised Linux compatability on the box and I was (at the time) fed up with the Alcatel Frog modem. However when I got it home I discovered that "Linux Compatable" meant a couple of kernel modules suppiled (no source) and only available for two kernels neither of which I wanted to run. Grrrrrr Even if it did have binary drivers for my kernel, I would be hesitant to use it as I would only ever be able to upgrade when they decide to complie new modules. So it sits unused and unwanted on my shelf.

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Re:need help with sparcbook2...
by lea Gardner - Dennant 12 Apr '03

12 Apr '03

does anyone know of how to install a clean sunOS4 over the network onto a passworded sparcbook2? (network primarily runs windblows/disc-less linux at present, but will soon have running sun enterprise 450 server.) this one is baffling guys, so any help would be much appreciated <mailto:leagard@lycos.com> -- On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 06:25:11 main-request wrote: >Send main mailing list submissions to > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk > >You can reach the person managing the list at > main-admin(a)lists.alug.org.uk > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of main digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: RAM Disks (Keith Watson) > 2. P2P Search Engines (BenE) > 3. Re: RAM Disks (xs(a)kittenz.org) > >--__--__-- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 20:13:13 +0100 >From: Keith Watson <kpwatson(a)ukfsn.org> >To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk >Subject: Re: [Alug] RAM Disks > >On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 10:46:13 +0100 >xs(a)kittenz.org wrote: >> >> They are very fast, and their contents easily removed. This makes >> them good filesystems for /tmp. >> > >sounds interesting, can you point me in the direction of some material that >explains this in more detail? > >Cheers > >Keith > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 22:10:37 +0100 (BST) >From: BenE <mail(a)psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk> >Reply-To: mail(a)psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk >To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk >Subject: [Alug] P2P Search Engines > > >(I hope this gets through, I've just installed/configured exim ::grin::) > >There's a thread on another list I'm on, with regards to the recent >google stories on the register, about open source search engines. Has >anyone had any experience of any? I notice theres a few about, but none >I've heard of. > >A few people have suggested that a peer to peer search engine might be a >good solution (mostly for decentralisation reasons). Does anyone have any >thoughts? Good? Bad? Impossible? It's certainly an interesting idea IMO. >Might be worth giving it a go to see if it's feasable. > >BenE > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 3 >Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 22:47:52 +0100 >From: xs(a)kittenz.org >To: Keith Watson <kpwatson(a)ukfsn.org> >Cc: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk >Subject: Re: [Alug] RAM Disks > >on Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 08:13:13PM +0100, Keith Watson wrote: >> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 10:46:13 +0100 >> xs(a)kittenz.org wrote: >> > They are very fast, and their contents easily removed. This makes >> > them good filesystems for /tmp. >> >> sounds interesting, can you point me in the direction of some material that >> explains this in more detail? > >http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/November1999/article124.html is similar >to how I remember doing it with 2.2.x. It may have changed since >then. /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ramdisk.txt documents some >of it. > > > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >main(a)lists.alug.org.uk >http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ >http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > > >End of main Digest > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus

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strange window maximising question
by BenEBoy 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Evening all, I don't suppose anyone knows of a way to control the way a window maximises in X (using fluxbox to be precise)? I'm trying to find a way to make sure no windows obscures gkrellm on my desktop when maximised, so I can keep an eye on my new mail indicator (amongst other things). Conversely, I don't really want gkrellm to obscure other windows either. The man pages etc. didn't mention anything about this so I'm guessing it would involve hacking the X/fluxbox code. I thought I'd just check with you lot first, just in case theres a head slappingly simple solution ;-) Cheers, BenE

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FW: h323 and smoothwall
by Dave 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Hi, I have Smoothwall gpl 1.0 firewall and behind it a mandrake box and a w***ows xp box (sorry) which I wish to have netmeetings on. I have found out that I need something called h232 but that's all I've found out. Any help would be great but please be gentle with me I can install linux from a disk and use vi and things but I'm not mr techy. Thanks Dave

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kernel upgrade problems
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Hi, list. I've been trying to upgrade my kernel for what seems like months now. It has an ancient old 2.2.18pre21 kernel, and I've been trying many times to compile 2.4.19. I've tried from a fresh confi, from the 2.2.18pre21 config, removing apm and vari0us bits and bobs. But all that happens if I try and boot into it is that it gets as far as "loading linux......................." then reboots back to the startup. 2.2.18pre21 still boots just fine from lilo. on IRC it was suggested I look in lilo.conf for lines like "initrc", I looked and there are none. I spent a while last night looking at the differences between all the files I could find relevant to the two kernels, like permissions gone wrong, missing links, but can't find any. Any ideas, anyone? It's a pretty old box now, but i didn't think backwards compatability was a problem. Thanks, Jenny

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Re: [Alug] FW: h323 and smoothwall
by jamie.french＠talk21.com 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

I don't know about Richard Morrells antics against ALUG, though I was on the receiving end of vicious verbal abuse for using the GPL version of smoothwall within their IRC channel. Basically he claimed we are a bleeders, sucking to company dry ?? Oh well ditched them rather quickly and got myself a router, but it was a good product which served me well. Shame it was let down by it's founders. Take Care, Jamie > Ian Douglas <alug(a)k1ngph1cher.com> wrote: > behind a Smoothwall 1.0. (Don't worry - ALUGers are usually quite tolerant > of our newbie foibles! ;-) > >But... but... but... but... Smoothwall! Fancy supporting the man who >wanted to kill ALUG. I guess he's left that project now, but I'd still >use IPcop in prefernce until they disown him. > >Do we have many gnomemeeting users in the group? > >MJR > > > >_______________________________________________ >main(a)lists.alug.org.uk ><a Target='_new' Href='http://talk21.btopenworld.com/redirect.html?http://www.alug.org.uk/'>http://www.alug.org.uk/</a> ><a Target='_new' Href='http://talk21.btopenworld.com/redirect.html?http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailma…'>http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main</a> >Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! Best Regards, Jamie French -------------------- talk21 your FREE portable and private address on the net at http://www.talk21.com

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short shpiel...
by lea Gardner - Dennant 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

the reason that i am interested in linux is that i am sick of the half-assed coding, mundane, not so powerful windblows. yes it serves a purpose for some (and i certainly get a lot of stick from friends because of my penguinian persuasion), however, i find that many "tools of the trade" are already within linux/unix. i do not have to buy thirdparty stuff. many extra bits are freely d/l-able. (and when leading a "scouting mission" on a network, linux quite frankly kicks the pants off of any windblows box!) there are many many different flavours of linux to choose from too, which means in turn that maybe for a specific task, you could switch to a particular type/version that is better suited to the task in hand. blah blah...(list is near endless!) ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus

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Re: [Alug] FW: h323 and smoothwall
by Ben Norcutt 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Sorry I don't know the background to this wantign to kill ALUG statement but I presume you are talking about Richard Morell well he's now resigned from the company and is pursuing other projects. IPcop, *spit*, hmm Cheers, Ben

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