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Re: [Alug] Install day 2k2 - first report
by Ricardo Campos 20 May '02

20 May '02

>THE LENDING LIBRARY We have one?! >PUBLICITY COORDINATION >It would be nice to formalise these arrangements a bit more. >I'll give it a crack with PLUG. "I'll link yours if you link mine" A nice easy step is to link each other's websites, so users in east anglia can check events at PLUG, CAMLUG or ALUG and then deciding which event is nearest/most convenient/most possible to attend. >MEETING FORMATS >Following on from that, what format do we want meetings to take? Well, perhaps a timetable structure is in order if we are to have talks or discussions. Perhaps we could do a WIKI that has suggested topics, people could put *'s next to the topic if they are interested, and anyone willing could put their name against it to volunteer. i.e. 5 votes for the subject "The transistion from Windows to Linux ain't all that scary" (a talk for newbies), and the volunteer is me, might look like: NEWBIE: The Transition from Windows to Linux: ***** R.Campos (June 9th) That way we could gauge interest and have a single reference point as to who is offering to do what and when. >FREEBIES > pins, Pin the debian badge on the Beast of Redmond competition? Seriously, though, raffles? Perhaps one for the FSF or similar,or we could do it on a computer to save paper ;), or help out for server costs for the ALUG site or summink. >flame on! I know I haven't sorted linewrap, but you'll be glad that this e-mail was written on a Debian GNU/Linux system. ;) Yay, I gawn debian. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Diskspace usage-any good progs?
by Ricardo Campos 20 May '02

20 May '02

I'm looking for a nice program that displays how much diskspace is used, and how much is left on a particular hard-drive. Something like KDiskFree would be cool, except this is for a gnome-only system, and there's unlikely to be any room for KDE. du gives *slightly* useful results, but perhaps someone has a groovy set of command line parameters that would do this. Yes, I have RTFM. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Please respect mail headers.
by Jonathan McDowell 20 May '02

20 May '02

Can people please respect mail headers when replying to posts to the list? My client (mutt) correctly inserts a Mail-Followup-To header that points to the list *and the list alone*, yet I've had at least 3 replies to mails I sent to the list this evening that were either to me alone or copied me and the list. Don't CC me on list posts. I read the list. It's my understanding that this should be default behaviour unless the poster explicitly requests otherwise and given that I explicitly request replies should go back to the list there seems to be no excuse. Thank you. J. -- jid: noodles(a)jabber.earth.li 101 things you can't have too much of : 41 - Tea.

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is there some problem with our web server?
by John Woodard 19 May '02

19 May '02

As header anybody else having problems with our domain? -- Cheers, BJ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07/05/2002

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Re: [Alug] Diskspace usage-any good progs?
by Ricardo Campos 19 May '02

19 May '02

> "df" or "df -h" perhaps? df -h Works a treat. Must go on my list of "really bloody useful commands". Many thanks! Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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please ignore my debian testing post
by Ricardo Campos 19 May '02

19 May '02

I realised I had a : and not a ; at the end of my default release line of apt.conf. All seems to be working properly now! ;) God bless BT SurfTime and Demon! ;) -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Debian testing testing, 123
by Ricardo Campos 19 May '02

19 May '02

I have a new installation of Deb 2.2r3. I wish to move it up to Woody (testing) via good old ftp. I have added the line: APT: :Default-Release "testing"; to my apt.conf file. I have used netselect to get the quickest ftp server to me, which is ftp.demon.co.uk. What exactly do I need to put on my sources.list file? When I do apt-get dist-upgrade I downloaded ssh and that was all? That can't be right! ;) I missing something totally here, I know it. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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ADSL questions
by Chris Glover 19 May '02

19 May '02

Hi, I have decieded to take the plunge and get ADSL. What I want to know is , has anybody managed to get the PPPoATM module for PPPD to compile? I've tried and can't make the _______ (insert your own expletive here) work. I was wondering about getting the Zyxel Prestiege 645R ADSL router, as that supports PPPoE and I have software for that. Will this do PPPoE to PPPoATM translation? I couldn't find any usefull information on their website. I want to continue using my existing Linux machine as a firewall, as I also want to be able to access it from certain restricted site. What ADSL hardware do you use, and have you made it work with Linux, and how? Thanks in advance Chris Chris *************************************************************************** E Mail Chris(a)glovercc.clara.co.uk WWW http://www.glovercc.clara.co.uk Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject. -Anon

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Freeshell.org
by Alexis Lee 19 May '02

19 May '02

Hi, Does anyone here have any opinions on FreeShell.org? Alexis Lee -- "But the Emperor has nothing on at all!" cried a little child - Hans Christian Anderson "The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there." - RM Pirsig The more you know, the more you know you don't know. Corollary: Those who know nothing think they know everything.

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Re:[alug] Really off topic!
by Danny Thorp 18 May '02

18 May '02

Having tried most of the available clients I can recommend Pegasus. Far more stable than Eudora (which has been known to corrupt active directory), All the features that you could possibly wish for and supports multiple clients either on one machine or can be configured for a network. Best of all, totally free!

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Latest Debian CD's for Installdays
by Ricardo Campos 18 May '02

18 May '02

Since Debian 3 may or may not be out by June 9th- will anyone have the latest debian CD's (2.2r6?) there? I have just got my USB CD-Writer to work in linux (w00t!), hotpluggable and all (yay!), so I can write CD's at the event if peeps want em. Ricardito -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Really off topic!
by John Woodard 18 May '02

18 May '02

I know this is really off topic but please pander to my whim. Does anybody know of a good free (preferably open source or gpl'd) secure email client for Windows 2k/xp? I'm sick to death of the various flavours of Outlook/OE etc. It would be nice to be able to download mail when I *have* to use Windows without always worring about the gaping holes in security. -- Cheers, BJ

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Linux Installaiton Day 9 June
by David Robinson 18 May '02

18 May '02

I'd like to come along to this. I've been trying to install Debian onto my laptop. I've partioned the disk ok and can dual-boot it and got Linux installed as far as the basics, but can't get X to install. So I need help. Do you need to know anything else from me in the meantime? David Robinson

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Re: [Alug] Really off topic!
by MJ Ray 18 May '02

18 May '02

John Woodard: > Is this a fist? :-) Paging Dr Freud. > I have to run some bespoke software (Open University) sometimes, Not Wine-able yet? > and my Mrs. is locked into the MS Office thingy due to work and its too > complicated and too much agro to get her or her employer to change, > although I'm trying to wean her off it and onto OpenOffice.org 1.0. Heh, good man. -- MJR

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Disassembler
by Ian Thompson-Bell 17 May '02

17 May '02

Does anyone know of a good X86 disassembler that recognises DOS .exe file formats? I need to look at a DOS TSR to try to get sound working on my Linux box. TIA Ian

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RE: [Alug] Re: What the postman brought
by alasdair.i.macleod＠bt.com 17 May '02

17 May '02

Maybe you SuSE vets could cast some light here ... I can't get SuSE to install using ReiserFS partitions. Everytime, at some point during the package copying process the install hangs - I've seen other people report the problem but haven't seen any fixes/explanations. Anyone know anything? -----Original Message----- From: Craig [mailto:craigo@wizball.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:36 AM To: ALUG Subject: Re: [Alug] Re: What the postman brought On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 09:03:58AM +0100, Laurie Brown said: > I've been using SuSE since 5.3, but all my servers are going Gentoo now. > I'm glad they pushed me into it really, because the bloat in SuSE (and RH, > Mandrake et al) is getting ludicrous. Gentoo takes some getting used to, > but I like it so far. Is it me or everyone is sorta switching to gentoo now? Seems like the reinvented slackware but even better? I'm curious... -- (o_ .----------------------------------------. //\ | Craig Butcher | http://www.wizball.co.uk| V_/_ | - Using Debian GNU/Linux - | `----------------------------------------' _______________________________________________ main(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!

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What the postman brought
by Andrew Savory 17 May '02

17 May '02

Hi, Just received 2 oreilly posters and "oreilly direct" catalogues for ALUG. I'll bring them along to the next ALUG (or pass them on so they get there). Andrew. -- All views are my own .... who else would want them?

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RE: [Alug] RE: SuSe on ReiserFS
by alasdair.i.macleod＠bt.com 17 May '02

17 May '02

Thanks for this. I wasn't sure what state ext3 was in but it does sound like an easy way forward. My logic in asking the question on this thread:

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Help with search & replace
by Paul 17 May '02

17 May '02

Hi Folks I am in need of some help - I have a large number of small text files that need to be scanned and one specific phrase replaced at each occurrence excluding the first line (which may or may not contain the offending words). I suspect that something like perl may be the most suitable tool for the task in hand. But I know nothing about it.... Just to add to the problem, the files are scattered across multiple directories and the key phrase may span two lines. Regards, Paul.

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Re: [Alug] TFT monitor doesn't
by Alexis Lee 17 May '02

17 May '02

On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 21:25, Chris Walker wrote: > My Iiyama CRT dies a week or two back and I replaced it with a TFT Iiyama but > now my dual-boot PC doesn't seem to know that there is a new monitor > attached. The result is that despite trying to enter the interactive hardware > setup when the machine boots - Mandrake 7 - it keeps going and continues into > the desktop with the result that the monitor can't cope with what's being > thrown at it and reverts to my other machine - not a Windows/Linux box. > > Any ideas how I can fix this? I have all the Mandrake CD btw but very little > understanding of Linux so far. I'm going to assume that you're running X 4.0.? since this is presumably fairly new kit. I understand that TFT monitors have a fixed resolution - say 1024x768 - and can't scale to anything else. What's probably happening is that X is trying to start with a different res so your monitor ignores it. The solution is to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (same file without -4 is for X < 4.0.0) and make the 'Display' things in the 'Screen' section look like this: SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection You should probably leave in the other depths, but depth 24 is the one you're most likely using. At the moment, you probably have some other res' on the 'Modes' lines - remove all but the one your monitor supports. Bingo! The blind leads the way. Alexis

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"Compiled HTML file" (.chm) ???
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 17 May '02

17 May '02

A certain Windows application has a "Help" resource which, when opened in Windows, shows up as an indexed series of help pages. Its "properties" describe is a "Compiled HTML file", and it has extension ".CHM" When examined, it contains a series of blocks of text interspersed with binary codes. QUESTION: Does anyone know of any Linux resource which can read this? With thanks, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 167 1972 Date: 16-May-02 Time: 12:38:13 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Debian discover and CD request
by MJ Ray 15 May '02

15 May '02

Hi all... do the debianites on the list have any hints/tips/links about using the "discover" package to detect hardware? Is it safe enough to use on my next conversion? Also, can someone bring me a debian install CD or two to the install day? I can offer media and/or money in return. i386 and if it includes PGI so much the better... Right, now to install the popularity-contest...

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Can someone help with an audio problem
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 15 May '02

15 May '02

I have just installed KMidi. I can play midi files as Root but if I try as a user I get "Can't open output device". All audio devices in /dev are set rw for owner and rw for group 'audio'. My user is in the 'audio' group. What seems strange to me is that apparently KMidi is a front end to Timidity and I can play midi files using Timidity as a user. I've run out of ideas. Anyone? Barry Samuels

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Redhat 7.3 laptop install problems!
by Simon Jude 15 May '02

15 May '02

Hi, I have been trying to install Redhat 7.3 on my Compaq laptop. However, when I select the installation option I want (e.g. text) the installation fails getting as far as the USB probing. I have taken a look at various sites and they suggest using the option linux nousb when installing, but this fails too as does noprobe etc. Can anybody help me with this or am I destined to use 7.0 that I have managed to install? Simon

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RE: main digest, Vol 1 #285 - 2 msgs
by Andrew Wallis 14 May '02

14 May '02

You don't give quite enough of a spec to choose the best tool but any of "gawk", "sed", "perl" would do it. Decompose the problem into smaller sub-problems & make a tool which will meet each sub-objective - then string them all together in a shell script. Thus using "find" with the appropriate args might well find all of the files you need to act on and pipe their names into "xargs" or a script of your own. My preference would probably be "gawk" for the actual search & replace but I couldn't be quite sure until I'd got the detailed spec and done half an hour's experiments. I'm assuming that efficiency of execution isn't as important as getting the job done but even if it is to become a "production" job, it's probably still woth prototyping it as a little bunch of scripts which you can rewrite in your language of choice later if needed. You've certainly got exactly the right environment for this kind of ad hoc text processing in *N*X - there are loads more text hacking tools than those I've mentioned. Try http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/awkprog2/ for help on awk/gawk. Regards Andrew Wallis Fox Cottage Fox Hill St Cross South Elmham HARLESTON IP20 0NX UK phone: +44 (0) 1986 782283 mobile: +44 (0) 7860 217025 SMS via email: mailto:+447860217025@mmail.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul <paul.corner(a)tesco.net> > To: ALUG <main(a)lists.alug.org.uk> > Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 23:09:53 +0100 > Subject: [Alug] Help with search & replace > > > Hi Folks > > I am in need of some help - I have a large number of small text > files that > need to be scanned and one specific phrase replaced at each occurrence > excluding the first line (which may or may not contain the > offending words). > I suspect that something like perl may be the most suitable tool > for the task > in hand. But I know nothing about it.... > Just to add to the problem, the files are scattered across multiple > directories and the key phrase may span two lines. > > Regards, Paul. > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > > > End of main Digest >

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