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Re: [Alug] Really off topic!
by MJ Ray 17 May '02

17 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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Request for Sunday
by John Woodard 14 May '02

14 May '02

I could use some help getting a Linux box to talk to a Windows box. I have no real experence with samba so some help setting it up would be great. -- 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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A few Questions
by David Freeman 13 May '02

13 May '02

Hi peeps, Got a couple of questions I need help with: Why is it every so often the process Kupdated runs for a few seconds and takes 99% CPU usage? If I have a phone with an IR modem built in, How do I use this with a Laptop running linux? Also if the deal I have on the phone gives me free WAP can I use this free WAP as net time via the modem thingy? On the linux install day is there anychance of a webcam being set up? I will be in canterbury on the day and can't get to Norwich (start work next day) and it would be nice to be able to kinda take part, if remotely. Anyone Else going to the Linux Beer Hike? And finally, why did I get a job programming in FORTRAN? AdvTHANKSance D - Mind gone funny

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Re: [Alug] Re: What the postman brought
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 13 May '02

13 May '02

>> As with the other stuff, I'll make sure it gets to the next ALUG. Do we >> want to give away some of this stuff in Install Day competitions, or what? > >Raffles tickets? We could have a "colour the penguin" competition. ;-) Races to see who can network up their computer first at the install day starting from scratch, with different categories for laptop, distribution. Pin the pimple on bill gates? Jen.

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 13 May '02

13 May '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.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server uk.openprojects.net" or "/server eu.openprojects.net" 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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WineX
by Craig 12 May '02

12 May '02

Anyone here subscribed to them and tested their WineX binaries? What are your views on it? Just the fact I have installed most games like Half Life, Half Life: Blue Shift, Carmaggedon etc in Wine. No problems so far! -- (o_ .----------------------------------------. //\ | Craig Butcher | http://www.wizball.co.uk| V_/_ | - Using Debian GNU/Linux - | `----------------------------------------'

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UEA 9th June
by david casal 11 May '02

11 May '02

Ok after chasing room bookings and the conference office: it seems elizabeth fry is closed at weekends so security wouldn't be happy for us to be in there. common room A at nelson court and constable terrace's main common room were available though, so I booked constable terrace. It's big and close to a car park, and it's ground floor. No network. Final? dc david casal --0+ --- d.casal(a)uea.ac.uk --9+ --- www.ariada.uea.ac.uk/~dcasal --)+

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Install days promotion
by John Woodard 11 May '02

11 May '02

I have announced the install days on the following Usenet groups: alt.uk.local.e-s-s-e-x free.uk.talk.ipswich free.uk.talk.norwich uk.comp.os.linux uk.local.east-anglia uk.local.essx If anybody can think of any others that might be relevant please post the name here. The following is the message that I posted: ********* ALUG LINUX INSTALL DAY(s) * Tired of unstable systems that lock up just when you're doing something really important? * Fed up paying out for software upgrades that don't live up to expectations? * Want more control over your computer? * Heard about Linux but unsure about how to try it? As part of Linux Install Day 2002 (http://www.linuxinstallday.org) Anglian Linux Users Group are holding two days to showcase Linux. We can help you install it on your computer, answer your questions, or you can just come along and see what Linux can do for you. The meetings are:- 19th May at Syleham Village Hall, Nr. Eye Suffolk 9th June at the University of East Anglia, Norwich Please visit our website for more information and directions: http://www.alug.org.uk ********* Cheers, BJ

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Re: [Alug] New Member
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 11 May '02

11 May '02

>I expect I will be asking questions in the main, but i might be able to >answer some ! > >Cheers Phil Shaw 8-) I thought you were telling us you were 8 yrs old then, and was about to be truly impressed ;-) Jenny.

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Announce digest, Vol 1 #16 - 4 msgs
by announce-request＠lists.alug.org.uk 10 May '02

10 May '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. Fwd: clug [sgibson(a)Oxfam.org.uk: [ecampaigning] The Community Linux Mobile Training Centre Proposal] (MJ Ray) 2. Fwd: [uklugs] A question about training....I would appreciate some feedback. (MJ Ray) 3. Linux Install Day 2002 -- Your LUG Needs YOU! (MJ Ray) 4. Fwd: [Alug] Weekly IRC reminder (MJ Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 17:29:56 +0100 Subject: [Alug Announce] Fwd: clug [sgibson(a)Oxfam.org.uk: [ecampaigning] The Community Linux Mobile Training Centre Proposal] Maybe of interest to ALUG too. Sorry if you've seen it already. ----- Forwarded message from mobbsey(a)gn.apc.org ----- Hi all, I thought I'd alert you to a thing I'm working up with the Free Range Network - "The Community Linux Mobile Training Centre". I thought some you might like to give it a little publicity to help get the project working, and then perhaps even hire it out one day! The project proposal is at: http://www.fraw.org.uk/archive/rangers/cltc/cltc_proposal.html Basically we wanted to develop a mobile ICT training centre that could operate in a community centre, or in the middle of a field at gatherings sich as Glastonbury or the Big Green Gathering. This proposal is what we came up with. We've tried to get funding from funding bodies for four years, but they really have problems funding something as vague as 'training people to do anything they want to do'. If you'd like more details please get in touch. P. --__--__-- Message: 2 To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:32:59 +0100 Subject: [Alug Announce] Fwd: [uklugs] A question about training....I would appreciate some feedback. Can you help this chap with his market research? Thanks, MJR From: "Robert Chapman" <robertc(a)dircon.co.uk> Subject: [uklugs] A question about training....I would appreciate some feedback. Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:12:32 +0100 Reply-To: "Robert Chapman" <robertc(a)dircon.co.uk> I won't be so brazen as to say who I work for but for about 8 months we have been "gently" advertising Linux training courses. Firstly LCA and more recently LPI. However no one really seems at all interested in it. If you go to a search engine and type "linux training" we come out near the top or at the top! So it can't be that people aren't finding us. So my question to the Linux community is (and if your members could be forwarded this email I would be grateful) : Why is this? Thanks for listening and hopefully responding, Robert. --__--__-- Message: 3 To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 21:53:43 GMT Subject: [Alug Announce] Linux Install Day 2002 -- Your LUG Needs YOU! Hi Announce subscribers, Organisation for this year's Linux Install Days is going ahead at a furious pace. ALUG is running events on both the 19th May at Syleham near Diss and 9th June at UEA Norwich. Some details can be seen at http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?LinuxInstallDay2002 and the national event site is http://www.linuxinstallday.org/ If you want to see what GNU/Linux can do, please come along to one of the events and introduce yourself to us. If you want help with installing on a computer you're bringing, please fill out the help request form at http://www.linuxinstallday.org/ Also, I'm asking for your help in making this event a success. The first date is now only about ten days away, so we need to start getting information out to libraries, offices, computer shops and local noticeboards. You can download PDFs of posters and leaflets at the web site. Please add a note if you start publicising the event, so we know who's active in each area and try to cover most of them. Help is needed at the actual events, too. If you're good at installing GNU/Linux onto systems, especially if you've experience at dual-booting, then please make yourself known, either on the main(a)lists.alug.org.uk list, or just to the venue organiser. Thanks for reading, -- MJR ,---------------------------------------------------- | Q. Do you need a net-based application developing, | or advice and training about web technology? | A. I suggest you try http://www.luminas.co.uk/ --__--__-- Message: 4 To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 22:44:27 +0100 Subject: [Alug Announce] Fwd: [Alug] Weekly IRC reminder Maybe some Announce subscribers won't have seen this before? From: Neill Newman <neill(a)entora.co.uk> Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 06:00:01 +0100 This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting Monday at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server uk.openprojects.net" or "/server eu.openprojects.net" 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!) --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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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New Member
by Philip Shaw 09 May '02

09 May '02

Hello all I have been playing with Linux on and off for 3 years or so, on older machines in the main. But have now decided to make the switch from Windows, as far as possible! Have just purchased SuSe Linux 7.3 and am slowly getting up to speed. I am currently looking into using as intranet server, for windows networks, i am therfore working with Apache, PHP, Perl, Samba ..... I expect I will be asking questions in the main, but i might be able to answer some ! Cheers Phil Shaw 8-)

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Re: [Alug] What the postman brought
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 09 May '02

09 May '02

MJRay wrote: >I believe this is the start of the Install Day material. With regards to >install day: who's done what for publicity so far? Who can do what between >now and Monday? Please add details to the page at >http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?LinuxInstallDay2002 > >We need to get this message "out there" pronto! Has anyone volunteered the box running "Server tools - Samba, network audio?, should we have 1 linux box being an infrastructure box running things like DHCP, DNS, router etc. etc. to make setup easier? " yet? I can bring my laptop with *working* pc card running samba, but it doesn't run DNS, DHCP or the like. Colleges are probably the best place for postering, I'll put some up at Anglia polytech. Jen.

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Re: [Alug] Allegro Install Howto
by Dryden 09 May '02

09 May '02

To compile an allegro program do this: gcc -c mytest.c -o mytest.o gcc -o mytest mytest.o `allegro-config --libs` Remember there backticks(things below esc on this keyborad). :) Also for stuff like this check out www.allegro.cc ... its forums are very helpfull. Or try to RTFM!!!!!!!!!!! Dennis Dryden -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Simpleman <reknaw_2000(a)yahoo.com> To: ALUG <main(a)lists.alug.org.uk> Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 18:01:34 +0100 (BST) Subject: [Alug] Allegro Install Howto I successfully installed Allegro in Windows and got it working just fine. The only problem is trying to install it for linux. Im getting problems when trying to compile the programs. Its like it cant find the libraries needed. A good tutorial might help me out... ...Daniel Simpleman __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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! ********************************************************************** IMPORTANT: This email and its attachments are intended for the addressee only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them nor must you copy or show them to anyone; please telephone us immediately. The contents of this email and attachments represent the views of the sender and are not necessarily the representative of the views of The College of West Anglia **********************************************************************

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Red Hat 7.3 is out
by Martyn Drake 09 May '02

09 May '02

Hi folks, You've all probably seen it by now, but Red Hat has officially released version 7.3 of their latest distribution (which they've called Valhalla). Regards, Martyn

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