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How to add a DVD writer?
by Chris Green 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

If I want to install a DVD writer onto an existing Slackware 9.1 system what do I need to do to get it to work? Are there any good HowTos? (The system already has a CD which I will be replacing with the DVD writer) -- Chris Green (chris(a)areti.co.uk)

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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[Alug Announce]Norwich meeting Sunday 27 June
by Elisabeth 20 Jun '04

20 Jun '04

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- ALUG meeting on Sunday 27 June 2004, 14:00 Common Room, Nelson Court, UEA Campus map is at http://www.uea.ac.uk/campus_2004.pdf There is a carpark charge of £1, or you could park outside the campus, or get a lift from me. ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Norwich meeting Sunday 27 June
by Elisabeth 20 Jun '04

20 Jun '04

ALUG meeting on Sunday 27 June 2004, 14:00 Common Room, Nelson Court, UEA Campus map is at http://www.uea.ac.uk/campus_2004.pdf There is a carpark charge of £1, or you could park outside the campus, or get a lift from me.

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Red Hat Registration & apm
by R.F.Jarvis 19 Jun '04

19 Jun '04

Hello, can anyone help to solve 2 problems I have with red hat 9 1. I cannot register for updates. The first step (privacy statement) remains blank with the cursor showing busy. The next set of steps are filled in with the required information, but finishes with the error, problem registering user name. 2. If I use the apm command to suspend or standby, the screen shuts down then immediately turns itself back on, then the terminal window continually writes, root @ localhost root, until it is full. Then all programs do not respond,then eventually the whole screen is locked so the computer has to be turned off. Bob Jarvis. (New to Linux)

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Samba quandry
by Charles Garcia-Tobin 19 Jun '04

19 Jun '04

Hello there I have two linux boxes running samba. Both have the same workgroup. On both machines I have user 'charles' with the same smb password. However to see each other's user shares I am asked to log in. How do I make the smb server accept the 'charles' from the remote machine as the local charles? On window shares, without domains, matching username/passwords is usually the only requirement. Cheers Charles

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Re: [ALUG] Debian Install 7th attempt succeeded.
by John Seago 19 Jun '04

19 Jun '04

On Saturday 19 June 2004 Tim Green <alugmain2003(a)spodlife.org> wrote: > X has been tricky for me because of a lack of a clear distinction between > v3 and v4 of XFree86 in Stable. Could you clarify this please? Is there a version 4 of XF86 in 'Woody', I have both 'Woody' and 'Sarge'. Debian is renowned for its stability, and obviously the current/stable version must be the most stable. I would, if I could get X to work with my graphics card use 'Woody', but to do that I need version 4. -- John Seago Linux User #219566 (http://counter.li.org)

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Re: [ALUG] Debian Install 4th Attempt
by John Seago 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

On Friday 18 June 2004, Brett Parker <iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk> wrote: > giving it the name of debian.org sounds, erm, very wrong to me. Your > machine is *NOT* debian.org, don't tell it that it is... My home machine > was set up with hostname set to dustpuppy and domain to thehouse.home > (which does not exist :), it just worked. At a guess I'd say that you're > specifying some DNS servers that it can't access when not dialed up, you > should probably not set any DNS servers during the setup *except* from > in the ppp config, though I normally set that to automagic, which just > works :) I found it it was an example on page 48 of "learning Debian GNU/Linux. -- John Seago Linux User #219566 (http://counter.li.org)

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RE: [ALUG] Debian Install 7th attempt succeeded.
by Jenny Hopkins 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

> -----Original Message----- > From: John Seago [mailto:johnseago@two-ravens.org.uk] > > Open xterm, su to root, pppconfig. Done. simple. For network setup, > > edit /etc/network/interfaces (man interfaces will give all the > > information required). > > There seems to be another problem there, trying su, in an > xterm gives the > answer authentication not recognised, perhaps I haven't > installed sudo? > What I have done is apt-get Midnight Commander, now I'm dealing with > something I'm used to and its beginning to look a more > realistic project. > John, "su" is short for "switch user". You can "su john" or "su jenny", for example. In the case of root, the "root" is not necessary, so "su" is the same as "su root". When switching between users you will be prompted for that user password, unless you are calling the command from root. If you are logged on to your Xwindow system as john and you open an xterm and type "su" you are effectively switching from user john to root - you should be asked for the root password here. Type it in, and if the $ sign at the prompt becomes a # sign, you are now root. The command "whoami" will also let you know which user you currently are. sudo is a program which will allow you to run certain commands as root without having to switch user - so if you install sudo and edit the config file to say that john can run such-and-such a program, you can do so as user john, by putting the command "sudo" before the main command. It can be dangerous to charge around your system as superuser :-))) so it is a useful little program to allow certain tasks as a mortal. Jen ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________

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Debian Install 7th attempt succeeded.
by John Seago 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

Again I'm answering in the order that advice and help appered on the digest, thank you all for your patience with me during this ongoing saga. > You shouldn't do this I don't think. The slackware /etc/hosts has the > following comment:- > # By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra(a)nvg.unit.no> says that > 127.0.0.1 > # should NEVER be named with the name of the machine. It causes problems > # for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^) > # > Probably not causing you a problem on a standalone system but worth > bearing in mind. If you want to put a host name in /etc/hosts then > give it a private IP address, e.g.:- > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 192.168.1.1 thomashobbes.enlightenment.net True, but it does work on Slackware, I then tried 192.168.0.1, then tried the next install. > giving it the name of debian.org sounds, erm, very wrong to me. Your > machine is *NOT* debian.org, don't tell it that it is... My home machine > was set up with hostname set to dustpuppy and domain to thehouse.home > (which does not exist :), it just worked. At a guess I'd say that you're > specifying some DNS servers that it can't access when not dialed up, you > should probably not set any DNS servers during the setup *except* from > in the ppp config, though I normally set that to automagic, which just > works :) Somewhere that day I'd read something along the lines of 'just add .org' to your host name, it did in any case dissappear with that specific install, its now back to thomas-hobbes. > Open xterm, su to root, pppconfig. Done. simple. For network setup, edit > /etc/network/interfaces (man interfaces will give all the information > required). There seems to be another problem there, trying su, in an xterm gives the answer authentication not recognised, perhaps I haven't installed sudo? What I have done is apt-get Midnight Commander, now I'm dealing with something I'm used to and its beginning to look a more realistic project. Once again thank you all for you patience in dealing with my stream of questions, I have now joined the mailman.lug.org.uk Debian list so I can spread my bothering people between the two. -- John Seago Linux User #219566 (http://counter.li.org)

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