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Warning to SuSE 9.0 users
by Wayne Stallwood 18 Apr '04

18 Apr '04

Over the last couple of days YOU has popped up with a update recommendation to kernel 2.4.21-202. I did this about two hours ago and I have only just got my machine back. As usual (same as all the other times I have let YOU update the kernel) I simply let YaST get on with downloading and installing the kernel. Reboot when it's finished and then reinstall my Nvidia drivers if X won't start. But this time the kernel would fail to uncompress at the start of the boot, now I know that YOU verifies packages for corruption before installing them so I guessed that SuSE had released a borked kernel or something was upsetting the boot loader (in my case Lilo) After mucking about in a recovery boot (and installing the kernel on the original media to get my machine back) I think it may be something to do with me running Lilo rather than what I think is the SuSE default of grub. I have found that if I run the new update and then run lilo as root to get it to reread it's config file then all appears to be fine. So a warning to any SuSE users out there if you use lilo then make sure to run it before rebooting after the update. Gahhh, not the best way to spend a sunny Saturday morning !

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Re: [ALUG] Hi there a small hello from a new member....
by Wayne Stallwood 17 Apr '04

17 Apr '04

On Wednesday 14 April 2004 22:45, Anthony Anson wrote: > The place which used to sell motorcycles? Had a beautiful Vincent Black > Shadow there a long time ago. I was a bit short of the £24,000 asking > price though. Erm No, a bit down from that towards the garage on the corner. Old world style TV/Radio repair shop, the sort you often wonder how they are still in business, but then occasionally thank your lucky stars that they still are. The motorcycle shop is still there, been a while since I've seen anything as nice as a Vincent in there though.

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RE: [ALUG] Mandrake 10.0 Official CDs available
by Richard Lewis 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

>If anyone's wondering, Mandrake are only allowing MandrakeClub members to >download the ISOs but everything's under GPL or compatible licenses so yes, I >am allowed to distribute them. Paying your subs to the 'Club will make you a >better, happier, healthier, and more attractive person though. I've been wondering about this; will MDK10.0 OE *ever* be available for public download? Or is it only going to be the CE's from now on? (I couldn't find out from MDK's website). Cheers, Richard

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Here's a Perl of a problem
by bjsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

I have a Perl script, wot I wrote (I'm no Perl expert), which I have been using successfully for some time. One part of it downloads a log in 'resume' mode i.e it downloads only the new part and appends it to the existing log. Just recently it has downloaded the new part of the log but it then overwrites the existing file with just the new bit although the script has not been changed??? The relevant parts of the script are shown below. I'm running Debian Sarge/Testing. Perls of wisdom appreciated. Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain P.S. To anyone who read about my previous FTP problem - a router firmware upgrade cured the problem. ============================================================================== my $ftp = Net::FTP->new("mydomain.com", Passive => 1, Debug => 0); $ftp->login( $user,$password) or die "Login failed - ", $ftp->message; $ftp->cwd("/var/log/httpd") or die "Unable to change remote directory - ",$ftp->message; chdir "/home/user/RawLogs"; my $filesize = 0; # Get size of current log. $filesize = ( -s "access_log" ); my $remotesize = 0; # Get size of remote log. $remotesize = $ftp->size("access_log"); # Download current log. # Don't transfer the first $filesize bytes (append to existing file). $ftp->get( "access_log", "access_log", $filesize ); print "Disconnecting from remote system\n"; $ftp->quit;

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Free conference places for UK LUGs at LUDEX Conference
by Alasdair G Kergon 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

Once again Linux User & Developer is making a last-minute offer to each UK LUG of upto 2 free places for the conference at the show in London next Tuesday 20th & Wednesday 21st April. http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/expo/index.php?option=content&task=section&id=7&… But you need to respond by 12.30pm, Friday 16th April. To request a place, please supply Name Contact email address LUG name to emma.selby(a)livepublishing.co.uk Alasdair -- agk(a)lug.org.uk

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Mandrake 10.0 Official CDs available
by Joe Button 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Hi. I've started downloading Mandrake 10 Official so if anyone would like CDs burnt let me know. I'll be away for a few days from tomorrow though so it'll be a little while before I can actually supply the goods. You'll need to either collect them from me in Norwich or I might be able to bring them to the next Norwich meeting (May 13th?) but I can't say for definite. If anyone's wondering, Mandrake are only allowing MandrakeClub members to download the ISOs but everything's under GPL or compatible licenses so yes, I am allowed to distribute them. Paying your subs to the 'Club will make you a better, happier, healthier, and more attractive person though. Joe x

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Someone make me a CD?
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Hi Folks, I'm wondering if someone with a fast net connection (and a bit of time to spare) would be willing to make me a CD (or two) of the contents of a website. The site in question is http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/ and I want everything inside this -- i.e. everything with a URL that begins as above (there are some links that point outside this, i.e. don't begin as above, but I don't need those). I'm willing to pay a few quid for the service, or provide goodies to equivalent value ... With thanks in advance, and best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 167 1972 Date: 14-Apr-04 Time: 22:25:14 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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FTP problem - update
by bjsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 13 Apr '04

13 Apr '04

I have updated the firmware in my router and I can now do FTP uploads from my laptop but still not from my desktop. My laptop is running Debian Stable but my desktop runs Debian Testing/Sarge. This problem now appears to be Debian Testing related although I can't find out what is causing it. Any more ideas anyone - please! Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain

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Planet ALUG
by MJ Ray 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Hi all, I'm setting up a simple aggregator for ALUG members' blogs (side effect of some other work I was doing), similar to planet.debian.net etc. I hope to make it public on Wednesday or Thursday. If you have a blog and would like to appear on the page, please email me the URL of its RSS, or speak to me on IRC if you find me (irc.alug.org.uk #alug tonight, for example). -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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RE: Norwich meetings
by y0204919 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

I could book a room at UEA for 1st or 2nd, if that helps. Eli

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