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ALUG Poker
by Simon Elliott 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Hey all, How many people would be interested in an ALUG Poker Night, not a huge buy-in - maybe £5 or something. Not even for money the first time if people want to learn to play the game before playing for monies... It'd probably be at my house, but anyone could host it. I've got a bunch of chips and some cards and an itching to play some poker, so who'd be up for it? --Simon

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test
by David Reynolds 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

ignore this, it is a test. -- David Reynolds david(a)reynoldsfamily.org.uk

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Alug Wiki Theme
by Rob Page 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

Hi All, I've been having a look into setting up a nicer looking default theme for the alug wiki, at: http://www.alug.org.uk/wiki/moin.cgi/ However instead of writing my own, it might be worth nicking one that someone else has already written, and if required just tweaking that. So, I propose that all who are interested, go have a look at this nice friendly list of stuff we can steal and pick one: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ThemeMarket#head-ff1060dba5fbc752171749e9b34… Bear in mind, this isn't going to be *the* alug wiki theme, merely the one that gets set by default and for non-logged in users. Unless one is vastly more popular, I'll set up a few of the favourites on my website, and then we can have a final vote on which it'll be. Also, as a slight ps, is the alug wiki frontpage supposed to be the alug frontpage, as that is what it's looking like at the moment. If it is going to be the frontpage, shouldn't we make it the frontpage, and iif it's just being the wiki frontpage, then it possibly needs to be less 'welcome to alug' (and have this sort of thing on another page). Cheers, RobRob.

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Hello Again
by Tracy Dickerson 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

Hello, It is Tracy again from IPLUG. I have changed account so that I can post in Plain Text format and not the HTML that others dislike so much. Tx

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[ALUG Announce] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting : The Milestone, Woodbridge Road
by samwise 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- The second of the new monthly "Third Monday" ALUG Ipswich Social Meetings starts at 20:00 on Monday 19th March: The Milestone Beer House 5 Woodbridge Road IPSWICH IP4 2EA Tel: 01473 252425 Map/Directions URI: http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=IP4+2EA The Milestone pub is in the centre of Ipswich, near the now-defunct Odeon cinema and not far from The Regent Theatre. There is more information on the venue, including car parking info, on the ALUG wiki: http://www.alug.org.uk/wiki/moin.cgi/Meetings As mentioned at the first meet, I'm going to be suspiciously absent thanks to my work forcing me to stay overnight in London. My second in command was due to step-in but has, unfortunately, been unavoidably waylaid by a bargain last-minute skiing trip. Grrr ... Anyway, Venura who has been an attendee since the ... well ... last month ... ;) ... will be along to make sure no Gnome/KDE fistfights break out. I'll leave Venura with my laptop and some conversation-starting material, but otherwise the format will remain fairly loose, like last time. All are welcome, both novices and experienced users, especially those already involved with ALUG. Hopefully, it shouldn't be too hard to find the pack, look for those huddled around a laptop! Feel free to ask for further information on the Main ALUG mailing list. Hope to see you there, Peter. ----- 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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perl question - can you switch off regular expression matching?
by List Mail 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

I want to switch off the significance of special characters when matching an expression in perl, i.e. I have a line that says:- if (@_[0] =~ /$a/i) (isn't perl horrible!) and I want a '.' in the $a to be actually matched. I can't easily escape the '.' with a '\' because the $a is also used as a filename and if I put the '\' I get a filename with a '\' in it as well which I don't want. All I actually want is a case insensitive string comparison with no characters having any special meaning at all. -- Chris Green

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Help required! Orange Live Box
by Paul Coulsey 25 Mar '07

25 Mar '07

Greetings all, Has anybody out there had any joy connecting the Orange Livebox to their Linux system? Regards Paul

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Mac Mini (G4) TV-Out adapter
by Mr. Adam ALLEN 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

I seem to recall that others on this list ended up buying Mac-Mini (The G4 PowerPC version). Google hasn't turned up any meanigful results so figure it's worth asking. The Mac Mini is really my firewall/router thingy, but want to hook it up to the TV for accessing Ogg's/MP4's via Myth(Music|Video). Does anyone have successful experience of the DVI-TVout adapter? (http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/wo/StoreReentry.wo?prod…) Would rather not spend £15 if it a complete non-starter. Cheers, Adam

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Firefox renders pound signs incorrectly in text files
by Eur Ing Chris Green 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

When I view text files in Firefox any pound signs (as in UK currency, not #) are shown as a ? and quite a few subsequent characters are lost. Pound signs in HTML are fine. Does anyone have any idea why this might be? Is it a browser issue or a web server issue (this is text files being served by apache on my home Linux box)? -- Chris Green

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Accented characters in Firefox - how?
by Eur Ing Chris Green 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

I can type accented characters into text OK, e.g.:- áàéèê but I don't know how to do it in Firefox when entering text into a textarea - how does one do it? -- Chris Green

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Partitioned hard drive
by Chris & Barry Chater 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Hi Is it possible to put two different versions of Linux on my laptops new hard drive which is partitioned in two 20 gig halves. Say like Ubuntu and one of the other distributions for instance. Barry

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Why doesn't the OO plugin for Firefox open .doc files?
by Eur Ing Chris Green 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

I have the OO plugin for Firfox installed but it only opens its 'native' file types within Firefox. It can open .doc files as a Firefox 'helper' application but it would be much neater to do it as a plugin. Is it really not possible to get it to work as a plugin with .doc files, currently it seems so nearly there that it can't be difficult. -- Chris Green

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How do I make a startup script run a program as a different user in SuSE Enterprise 10?
by Chris Glover 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

It's been so long I cant remember how to do it. Thanks Chris -- Chris ---------------------------------- E Mail: chris(a)glovercc.plus.com SIP: 84411389(a)voiptalk.org IAXTEL: 17003366726

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Automounter - need documentation on auto.master options
by Eur Ing Chris Green 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Although I have a sort of working solutionn to my original problem the automounter is still doing things I don't understand. I'm having trouble working out how the automount daemon decides on what remote filesystems it should mount. I have worked out that it's the file /etc/auto.master that controls what automount does but I can't really understand the syntax of that file - the man pages are a little opaque/obtuse. My /etc/auto.master has the following entries:- /misc /etc/auto.misc /net -hosts +auto.master (Plus quite a few unhelpful comments) I can basically understand the first line, that uses the file /etc/auto.misc to automount CD drives and floppy drives. I don't really understand what the "/net -hosts" line does, I think it means that you'll get automounted directories in /net from hosts listed in /etc/hosts. Anyway it isn't mounting the directory I'm interested in. What I really *can't* fathom out is that last line the "+auto,master", it seems to be making automount mount all sorts of things but I can't work out how or why. I *think* it's saying that automount should get an 'auto.master' file from the places defined in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file which has:- automount: files nis nisplus but I can't get to find how this actually works and I can't get to see what auto.master it actually uses. The command line nis utilities refuse to admit to there being any automount information. How can I get to see what 'automount' information is available? -- Chris Green

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Are there any automount gurus out there?
by Eur Ing Chris Green 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

I've read the automount and autofs man pages and, while I'm somewhat the wiser, I'm still not sure if it's possible to do what I want. What I want to do is prevent automount from automounting one particular directory. Now from what I (think I) have understood I think it's a /net entry in /etc/auto.master is making the script in /etc/auto.net execute and, essentially, allowing one to automount all file systems which other computers on the network have exported. What I want is to stop just *one* of these exported file systems being mounted on just my Fedora Core 6 system at work so I can have a local file system there instead. So, does anyone know if this is remotely possible? -- Chris Green

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re: awk problem
by Paul 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Can't remember who was fighting with a problem with awk, but... awk 'NR>1 {sub(/$/,"\r");print $4}' Regards, Paul.

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GNOME + system sounds
by Greg Thomas 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

I''m running GNOME 2.16.2. Playing sound from the Sound Recorder, or using aplay at the command line works just fine - and all the tests make the right noises in the device tab of Sound Preferences. Yet, for some reason, the System Sounds (in the Sounds tab) remain stubbornly silent. I've got ALSA installed as a kernel module, and ESD as the playback device for sound events. Anyone have any clues as to why (FWIW it's a Gentoo system running in a VMware Player). Ta, Greg

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Firefox, how to start a *different* Firefox?
by Eur Ing Chris Green 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

How can I prevent a 'remote' Firefox from using the 'local' Firefox instead of starting a real remote one? I sometimes need to run a specific version of Firefox which I have installed on Solaris here, it has a very specific version of Java which I need for a particular Oracle plugin. Now I have a Linux desktop system I run a Linux Firefox as my everyday browser. What I want to be able to do is run the Solaris Firefox on my Linux display without having to first shut the Linux Firefox down. By default when you try and run the (remote) Solaris Firefox it will look and see that you have a copy of Firefox running on the same display and just sends the URL you have given it to that display rather then running a new copy of Firefox. How do I force it to run? -- Chris Green

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Another Firefox question - keyboard setup
by Eur Ing Chris Green 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

I know there's a way to do this but I've forgotten what it is. How do I get "Unix'ish" keyboard shortcuts in Firefox? In particular I want CTRL/U to be "delete line". I suspect it's something in User Preferences but how do I find out what it is? -- Chris Green

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RE: [ALUG] [ALUG Announce] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting :The Milestone, Woodbridge Road
by Tracy Dickerson 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

I look forward to seeing everyone tonight. Have a good day Laters Tracy x -----Original Message----- From: main-bounces(a)lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk] On Behalf Of samwise Sent: 17 March 2007 18:15 To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] [ALUG Announce] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting :The Milestone, Woodbridge Road ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- The second of the new monthly "Third Monday" ALUG Ipswich Social Meetings starts at 20:00 on Monday 19th March: The Milestone Beer House 5 Woodbridge Road IPSWICH IP4 2EA Tel: 01473 252425 Map/Directions URI: http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=IP4+2EA The Milestone pub is in the centre of Ipswich, near the now-defunct Odeon cinema and not far from The Regent Theatre. There is more information on the venue, including car parking info, on the ALUG wiki: http://www.alug.org.uk/wiki/moin.cgi/Meetings As mentioned at the first meet, I'm going to be suspiciously absent thanks to my work forcing me to stay overnight in London. My second in command was due to step-in but has, unfortunately, been unavoidably waylaid by a bargain last-minute skiing trip. Grrr ... Anyway, Venura who has been an attendee since the ... well ... last month ... ;) ... will be along to make sure no Gnome/KDE fistfights break out. I'll leave Venura with my laptop and some conversation-starting material, but otherwise the format will remain fairly loose, like last time. All are welcome, both novices and experienced users, especially those already involved with ALUG. Hopefully, it shouldn't be too hard to find the pack, look for those huddled around a laptop! Feel free to ask for further information on the Main ALUG mailing list. Hope to see you there, Peter. ----- 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 _______________________________________________ main(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://www.alug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!

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Can anyone suggest any neat ways to do this.......
by Eur Ing Chris Green 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

It's too long to fit in the subject. How can I have a directory with the same name that is actually a different place according to the architecture I'm running? I need this at work because I'm running on a mixed network of Solaris and Linux. Most executables don't cause a problem:- Shell scripts work the same on both Solaris and Linux (well, nearly) so they just live in ~/bin which is on my path. Most executables which are called in the normal way using the PATH are OK too, they can live in a different directory and the PATH can be changed according to architecture. In my case the Solaris ones are in /proj/chris/bin and the Linux ones are in /user/home/chris/bin. OK, so that leaves the nasties! One example is sendmail, this has to be called with a full path (presumably a security thing). Thus I have in my muttrc file:- sendmail=/proj/chris/bin/msmtp which works for Solaris but not for Linux. So, where can I put the two different versions of msmtp so that I get the riht one? I have root access on the Linux box but not on the Solaris box. Unfortunately /proj/chris/bin is visible on *both* Linux and Solaris so I can't create a Linux /proj/chris/bin. -- Chris Green

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Free to a good home
by Wayne Stallwood 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

ATI Raedon 7000 Dual head (32MB I think) AGP. Principally a Dual DVI output but I may be able to lay my hands on some VGA adaptors if required. Dynamode USB ADSL modem, Conexant AccessRunner based so (at least on Ubuntu) just needs the firmware from the windows driver saved into the right place in Linux. Dell Dimension XPS-T500 (PIII 500) complete with 20GB HDD, CD ROM etc. Only Missing RAM but tested with RAM from another machine and it is all fine. ATI RAGE 128Pro (Xpert2000Pro 32MB AGP) Graphics Card Xerox P8EX Mono Laser, almost completely out of toner. but works perfectly via USB or Parallel on Cups, Only used until contents of it's original consumables were depleted. (you can get a cartridge refill kit from consumable cafe for £8.50 + VAT) or a new cartridge is circa £60 Dell 19" (Sony Trinitron, flat faced) CRT display in black. Normally I sell these for a nominal fee but I happen to know this particular one has done a lot of hours. Picture still looks good however the mains switch is intermittent (fine if left on or in standby but takes a couple of presses to get it into the on state if turned off) Not worth my time to fix given what I sell perfect examples for, so free if anyone wants it. Quantum DLT4000i drive, double 5.25" bay, SCA SCSI SE interface up to 20GB native tape capacity (40GB compressed). New/Old stock but untested. I am hoping to be at the next kit meet on the 1st, but if I do make it I probably wont bother dragging all of this kit to Syleham unless anybody going specifically says they want it. Otherwise of course anybody is welcome to come and collect any of these bits from my house in Bury St Edmunds by arrangement.

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FC6 networking problem, a clue at last
by Eur Ing Chris Green 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

I'm investigating my FC6 to home problem and it looks as if my router may be blocking some of the traffic, trouble is I don't know what the message means. The router log is saying:- FIREWALL fast tcp seqnr check (1 of 2): Protocol: TCP Src ip: 192.168.1.1 Src port: 22 Dst ip: 193.128.168.194 Dst port: 51097 Does anyone have a clue what that indicates? The destination is certainly the work system (193.128.168.194). -- Chris Green

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Anyone have a web site behind a NAT router I can try?
by Eur Ing Chris Green 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Does anyone here have a web site behind a NAT router that I can try accessing from my problem FC6 box please. Then I would have a bit more evidence that the problem is something to do with the router (and/or NAT). -- Chris Green

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Networking (across the internet) problem
by Eur Ing Chris Green 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

My FC6 at work to Slackware 11 at home problem continues. It originally seemed to be just an SSH problem but I think it's more than that, I can't see web pages on the apache sesrver on my home machine either. Since the only two 'holes' in the firewall at home are for ssh and http I can't really try anything else. The symptom seems to be that just about nothing (in the way of data) gets from my home machine to the FC6 machine at work. Working from other machines at work (Solaris and other Linux distributions) everything works fine. Similarly the FC6 machine at work seems to communicate with the rest of the world without problems. There is one set of messages about a similar problem that I have found on Google which suggests it may be an MTU size problem. I have tried setting the MTU at both ends to 576 but I'm not convinced I've done this right. If I just do:- ifconfig eth0 mtu 576 at both ends is that all that's needed? Does the change take effect immediately or what? The *only* thing I can think of that's really different when talking (or not) to my home system is that it's through a NAT router and this is what, maybe, points at the MTU issue. Though I really don't understand why it only happens from the FC6 systems. -- Chris Green

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