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Re: [Alug]Linux & education
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

Colin Hards wrote: >Yes, probably I should, but I'm >reluctant to spend the time leaning about Linux, any more than I want to >delve into the inner workings of MS Windows. I've got both MS and Linux PCs here on my desk at work. I've gone to the trouble of finding out how the linux box works, with the result that it performs exceedingly well for my day's work. I can't get at the MS one to do anything about how it works, with the result that I regularly get in a furious temper with it as it performs badly on a daily basis. My point is that you get away with not learning about a windows PC not because it works without having to do so but that you can't anyway mostly. Adam Bower wrote: >Alug is run by the members for the >members if it is not meeting your needs then *you* do something about it. I would say also: ALUG is more a group of enthusiasts who have quite willing spirits to help *where asked*. I don't think anyone has ever advertised themselves to be the equivalent of one of the training courses advertised at vast expense. Personally I have got an enormous amount of help and support from ALUG, if it hadn't been for some of the help at meetings and on list I'd still be programming in visual basic and throwing my single MS computer through the window on a daily basis. Jen.

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Re: [Alug]Next Meeting
by John Seago 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

On Monday 07 July 2003 10:03 am, you wrote: > On Sunday 06 July 2003 19:36, John Seago wrote: > > Where and when is this, I ask as I have a library book I wish to > > return, (without having to drive al the way to Cambridge to give it > > back to Adam, although I may be going that way soon). > > If getting to Bury is easier, I am going to Cambridge on Tues afternoon > and could take if for you. No that's OK, I was of the opinion that the next meeting is sometime this month at Syleham, and I wanted to go to the meeting, more than to return the book. I just can't find the date for the meeting. -- John Seago

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[Alug]Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

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]Broken NTL WEB Cache??
by Ian Douglas 06 Jul '03

06 Jul '03

Hi Folks, My wife enjoys buying bits from eBay now and again but she has been unable to log on since Wednesday. If you are familiar with the login process she completes the login page successfully but when she tries to go to her "My eBay" page (or in fact any page), or do a search, after this she gets a "Page Not Found" DNS error. This error only occurs when accessing eBay using NTL and everything behaves normally if she accesses it using a dial-up ISP. We have no problems with accessing any other sites using NTL; this problem is specific to eBay's site. Yesterday I logged on to eBay using my Dial-Up, done a few "ping"s to suss out the IP Addresses of the relevant eBay servers and manually entered them into my hosts table. This did not resolve the problem so I contacted eBay technical support who suggested that the "DNS Error" we are getting may be a red herring and the problem may be with NTL's WEB Page Cache. I am starting to think eBay's suspicion of a broken NTL WEB Cache is correct. I suppose I could trying ringing NTLs Support helpline but, from past experience, they offer very little useful advice apart from telling me to reformat my hard disk and reinstall Windows (bit of a waste of time as I am not using Windows). I was therefore wondering if anyone else had come across this problem and knows how to get round it. In particular I would firstly like to know if there is a way I can discover conclusively if the problem is indeed with NTL's WEB Cache or not, and secondly, if it is, if there is a way I can bypass this and access the real eBay pages directly. Just in case it is relevant I have tried using Microsoft Explorer 6 on my Windows partition and Mozilla and Opera on my Linux partition. Thanks, Ian.

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[Alug]Bios system time
by Wayne Stallwood 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

I have a small problem with my home machine. The Bios time does not seem to be getting updated with the system time. If I set the time correctly all is fine until I reboot at which point the system time reverts to whatever the bios says it is. Naturally I could go into the bios and reset the time manually but I am interested to find out why it's not getting set by the OS. Does anyone know how the Bios time is updated as the date -s command only seems to affect the system time. Regards Wayne

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[Alug]A. N. Other-Newbie
by David Bishop 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

Hello all Just a note to thank you all for providing a welcome to your ship! The appeal of Linux to me? Camaraderie, freedom from spyware, keeping more of the horsepower I paid for, helping he underdog (in market share terms, if not core funtionality) and being sick of "..of course, sir, and the price will be.)" David

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[Alug]Norwich evening meet -Thursday July 10th
by Syd Hancock 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

Due to the change from third thursday to second thursday of the month, as previously sent to the list, the next meeting is rushing upon us. Thursday next week in fact, the 10th July. The date is firm but the venue is not yet settled as I would like to sample a few of the altenatives before settling on a long-term venue. More info later. Syd

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[Alug]Calling 'Colin'
by Syd Hancock 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

Apologies for noise Could Colin who was at the first Norwich evening meet at the Forum please email me off list? TIA Syd

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[Alug]file permissions and /usr
by Syd Hancock 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

I created as root a directory in /usr and used chmod to set permissions. After a reboot the permissions had reverted to what they were before the chmod command. This is probably some basic bit of info that I lack but is this usual? I was very surprised when it happened. Using Mandrake 9.1, mkdir and chmod run from the command line. TIA Syd

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[Alug]Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

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