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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 12 Aug '02

12 Aug '02

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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Re: [Alug] postgresql problems
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

MJRay wrote: >Alternatively, you should install the postgresql-dev package. Normally, to >be able to compile against a library in a package, look for a matching -dev >package. (I think RPM-based distributions use -devel instead. Keystroke >wasters!) > >Far be it from me to dis' yo' bro', but I think he didn't quite give you the >full story this time... That makes sense. I might have known there was a cunning use for these -dev packages My bro' is unfamiliar with debian and the package system, btw. I was grateful to find out what the recalcitrant file was at the time; don't like to harass the alug list with *all* my woes and problems. Just most of them. ;-) Thanks, Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] postgresql problems
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

MJRay wrote: >> psql points to /usr/bin/psql which is a link to pg_wrapper, which is a >> binary file, which presumably has the full path. How would I alter this? >Recompile with the right prefix, probably. I think I'll try and cheat and see if i can just create /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/psql as a link to /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql. I daren't recompile - I just got php, postgres, apache working together after trying for a month. I danced singing round the office this morning. >....(There are debian packages for postgres, btw.) I originally installed it from the deb package but I couldn't get php to compile with psql, as libpq-fe.h was missing. My bro' told me: "lipq-fe.h is a C header file which should be in the lib directory of Postgres BUT may not be there unless you built Postgres from source. A header file is a sort of contract that C makes, declaring which functions there will be, and they're used for linking programs together, eg php and postgres." Thanks, Jenny.

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a little OT- what OS is a website running?
by Ricardo Campos 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

I had a sneaky peek at www.netcraft.com to see what some of my fave websites were running (look, I'm bored). Most, of course were running Linux or a *BSD. Netcraft has a survey of which http servers are being used (i.e. IIS or Apache). Does anyone know of a site that breaks down webservers by the OS??? Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Linux Boot Scripts
by Keith Watson 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

While browsing Mr.Gooch's website for devfs info. I noticed that he has developed a replacement set of boot scripts. <http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/boot-scripts/index.html> I'm currently using the SysV format scripts as I prefer it to the BSD format (mainly because the SysV seems to be better structured and organised), does anyone have any strong views on SysV vs. BSD? Does anyone use Richard's simpleinit system? or anything else for that matter? ____________ What you are looking for is, what is looking? St. Francis of Assisi

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Syleham barbeque
by John Woodard 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

Hi all, Looks like I'm not going to be able to get the barbeque arranged for August as I had planned. Village Hall bookings, family holidays and other commitments are getting in the way, sorry. Hopefully I can sort it out for the first or second Sunday in September. Let me know what you think. -- Cheers, BJ

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Sony ships PS2-Linux PC conversion kit
by Keith Watson 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-921233.html>

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postgresql problems
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

Hullo all, I just installed postgres, and when I try to run it it is looking for /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/psql to execute the program. The path it should be looking for is /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql. I presume that: psql points to /usr/bin/psql which is a link to pg_wrapper, which is a binary file, which presumably has the full path. How would I alter this? Thanks. Jenny.

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Announce digest, Vol 1 #21 - 3 msgs
by announce-request＠lists.alug.org.uk 09 Aug '02

09 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. NOP Research laptop purchase survey (MJ Ray) 2. Please send things in! (MJ Ray) 3. RE: [alug social] RE: [Alug] Poloshirts & Sweatshirts (Keith Watson) --__--__-- Message: 1 To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 12:30:02 +0100 From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: [Alug Announce] NOP Research laptop purchase survey Any recent laptop purchasers? ------- Forwarded Message From: "Don Spillman" <don_spillman(a)hotmail.com> Subject: Laptop Research Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 10:34:19 +0000 Mark, I obtained your email address from the ALUG website. I work for NOP Research (National Opinion Polls). We are seeking, through computer user groups, to hold short meetings with people aged 20 to 49 who have purchased a new (or as new)laptop computer since January 2001. The purpose is to find out what 'private' (as opposed to corporate) purchasers of Laptops are seeking and whether their purchase met their needs. I can arrange to visit at any reasonable time and location between the 6th and 18th August to attend these 'one to one' meetings. We are also offering a £5 Marks and Spencers voucher as a small 'reward' for any of your members willing to participate. If you could pass this request on to your mailing group, I would be most grateful. I can be reached via email at don_spillman(a)hotmail.com or on one of the two phone numbers below. Thanks and Regards, Don Spillman NOP Research 01787 461053 07802 721 565 ------- End of Forwarded Message --__--__-- Message: 2 From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 10:45:53 +0100 Subject: [Alug Announce] Please send things in! If you have a message, story, link, announcement, or something else that you'd like the whole of ALUG to know about, please send it in to announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk and it'll go in this newsletter, about once a week (max once a day). Thanks, -- MJR Treasurer, UK's Association for Free Software http://www.affs.org.uk/ Always happy to advise about Free Software - Also available for hire Algorithm Patents harm innovation! - http://petition.eurolinux.org/ --__--__-- Message: 3 Reply-To: <keith.watson(a)kewill.com> From: "Keith Watson" <keith.watson(a)kewill.com> To: "ALUG Announce \(E-mail\)" <announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 11:55:07 +0100 Subject: [Alug Announce] RE: [alug social] RE: [Alug] Poloshirts & Sweatshirts Cross post from the Social list for anyone who doesn't subscribe and may be interested. Keith ____________ Say nothing and saw wood. Vermont Saying > -----Original Message----- > From: social-admin(a)lists.alug.org.uk On Behalf Of Keith Watson > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 2:02 PM > To: ALUG Social (E-mail) > Subject: Poloshirts & Sweatshirts > > I have some answers to some of the questions raised by various people. > > Sizes: can go up to 52 inch chest as standard (i.e. in stock) but have > supplied bigger!! (I don't know if this affects the price, > they didn't say). > > Colours: White, Navy blue, Sunflower yellow, Black, Bottle green, Red, > Burgundy, Royal blue, Natural, Ash, Heather > > Styles: we can have any mix of colours, sizes, and polo or > sweatshirts as > long as the order is for a minimum of 10 garments (oh, and > they need to know > if they are men's or women's) > > Price: they quoted £14 for poloshirts and £15 for sweatshirts > > Logo: my suggestion is for Tux with ALUG beneath and Anglian > Linux User > Group beneath that. This would be about 10 cms square over > the left breast. > If we had the text in something like light blue then it would > show up on > both light and dark colours, except light blue of course :o) > (the suppliers > say they are happy to take the graphics from the web site - I > would want to > see a sample 1st before agreeing to the order). > > Please let me know if you're interested and what your > requirements are and > we'll see if we have enough interest to proceed; > > e.g. I'm interested in two garments; one Navy Blue man's > sweatshirt for a > 38" chest and one White man's polo shirt for a 38" chest. > --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [Alug] Poloshirts & Sweatshirts
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 07 Aug '02

07 Aug '02

Keith Watson wrote >Any interest? The vital question, though: what *colour*? I'd get one if it said ALUG but not AGLUG, I'm sure it's just not kewl to walk about with a plum puke coloured sweatshirt with A GLUG on it.......unless I'm out of touch with modern fashion. ;-) Jen-knee.

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