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Re: [ALUG] Linux Laptop
by Anthony Anson 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Brett Parker wrote: > imagemagick was definitely part of lenny, so yes :) Found the bag lurking, so shall install it. (The app, not the bag) Ta. (There's so much on those discs, and most of it isn't self-exlanatory. There's probably a list somewhere too. If so, any idea where it is, and what it's called, and does it give a brief indication of what each app is for? -- Tony Anson www.girolle.co.uk/

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Re: [ALUG] Linux Laptop
by Steve Engledow 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:59:23 +0000, Brett Parker <iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk> wrote: >> And don't say "The Gimp" - IMO it's a pile of poo. > > That's your opinion, and you're welcome to it. It's just as intuitive > as > either that you've listed (i.e. not at all). Personally I can find > things a hell of a lot quicker in GIMP than in PSP or Photoshop, and > I > used to use PSP "rather a lot". This conversation comes up an awful lot. I think the intuitiveness of gimp is relative to whether or not you're expecting it to be like Photoshop. The photoshop fanboys would necessarily find it unintuitive because it uses a different interface. For the record, I've been using gimp for years and, a couple of years ago, had occasion to use photoshop when on a friend's PC and found it to be /horribly/ unintuitive. Out of interest, has anyone tried gimpshop? I gather that was/is a project to make gimp seem familiar to photoshop users. Steve P.S. Bloody done it again! Sorry Brett. I'm coming from Roundcube jooi

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Re: [ALUG] main Digest, Vol 66, Issue 5
by Seansurfcentre＠aol.com 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

Hi I am Ok fo 20/12/10. Regards Sean Myles In a message dated 05/12/2010 12:00:19 GMT Standard Time, main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk writes: Send main mailing list submissions to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk You can reach the person managing the list at main-owner(a)lists.alug.org.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of main digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: FW: What would cause this lack of decision about a host on the LAN? (keithjamieson(a)hotmail.co.uk) 2. Re: Annual ALUG Ipswich Xmas Meal - 20/12/10 (probably) (samwise) 3. Re: Annual ALUG Ipswich Xmas Meal - 20/12/10 (probably) (Anthony Anson) 4. Re: Annual ALUG Ipswich Xmas Meal - 20/12/10 (probably) (samwise) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 16:01:55 +0000 From: <keithjamieson(a)hotmail.co.uk> Subject: Re: [ALUG] FW: What would cause this lack of decision about a host on the LAN? To: <cl(a)isbd.net>, Alug <main(a)lists.alug.org.uk> Message-ID: <SNT116-W282079EE3EEC52B52FC25EF1290(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Chris With the name being "oldchris" it might not register its name with the DNS server, once it gets it IP via DHCP. And so the server does the nslookup ? Just a thought. Keith ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 17:32:19 +0000 > From: cl(a)isbd.net > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [ALUG] FW: What would cause this lack of decision about a host on the LAN? > > On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 03:50:33PM +0000, keithjamieson(a)hotmail.co.uk wrote: > > > The command > > > > > > > root@mws:~# host oldchris > > > > > > does a hosts lookup, I assume in the local tables, and gets > > > > > > > oldchris.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.140 > > > > > > ... and then does a DNS lookup and .... > > > > > > > Host oldchris.zbmc.eu not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > > > > > ... as is on my machine... > > > > > OK, but why does it try the second lookup? If I do other 'host' > commands I don't get the same result:- > > chris$ host chris.zbmc.eu > chris.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.4 > chris$ host dps.zbmc.eu > dps.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.2 > chris$ host oldchris.zbmc.eu > oldchris.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.140 > Host oldchris.zbmc.eu not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > chris$ host backup.zbmc.eu > backup.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.88 > chris$ host laptop.zbmc.eu > laptop.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.84 > > Note that 192.168.1.4 and 192.168.1.2 are 'static' in that they're in > the /etc/hosts file on the machine that is the DNS server, the others > get their address using DHCP. > > I'll ask on the dnsmasq list too, the DNS server uses dnsmasq. > > -- > Chris Green > > _______________________________________________ > 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! ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 16:13:52 +0000 From: samwise <samwise(a)bagshot-row.org> Subject: Re: [ALUG] Annual ALUG Ipswich Xmas Meal - 20/12/10 (probably) To: ALUG <main(a)lists.alug.org.uk> Message-ID: <AANLkTin983umjj-BX1avK0QGsQz3B328RBjcyksEBRUT(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Apologies for the repetition of this email, but I've had only two responses to this so far, and only one of those is able to attend, which at the moment is making a gathering of three. There were quite a few ppl at the last meet who sounded like they were up for this again, so can I ask if anyone just hasn't responded yet, can you do so soon? If I get some more interest, I'll book somewhere, otherwise we'll make it a normal meet and maybe try an ad-hoc meal out somewhere, depending on the feeling on the night. Thanks, Peter. On 18 November 2010 10:35, samwise <samwise(a)bagshot-row.org> wrote: > Hey, all. > > It's that festive time of year again. ?We talked about this at the > last Ipswich meet and there was a groundswell of approval for another > Christmas meal again this year. > > I'll nominally start by proposing 20:00 on the the same date as the > usual Ipswich ALUG meet (20th Dec), but please drop me a line if you'd > like to attend but think that would be an awkward date for you as I'm > sure we can re-arrange it, when I have a list of who's coming. > > Everyone is welcome - no need to be a LUG regular. > > Please mail me off-list, if you'd like to join in. ?When I have a list > of ppl who'll be there, we can settle on where we want to go and > finalise the date. > > Cheers, > > Peter. > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:34:32 +0000 From: Anthony Anson <tony.anson(a)girolle.co.uk> Subject: Re: [ALUG] Annual ALUG Ipswich Xmas Meal - 20/12/10 (probably) To: alug list <main(a)lists.alug.org.uk> Message-ID: <4CFA6D98.8000300(a)girolle.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed samwise wrote: /Invitation/ 'Fraid travel to and from Ipswich is out of the question from this corner of the South Norfolk Triangle. -- Tony Anson www.girolle.co.uk/ ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 16:36:23 +0000 From: samwise <samwise(a)bagshot-row.org> Subject: Re: [ALUG] Annual ALUG Ipswich Xmas Meal - 20/12/10 (probably) To: alug list <main(a)lists.alug.org.uk> Message-ID: <AANLkTiktUaLRTLUQ=_+iGSv_EmaAm8MBuiL24KkzeUMR(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 No worries, Tony. I wasn't intending to guilt anyway, just catch up any stragglers. Our numbers tend to fluctuate so sometimes we have large meets, other times very small. If December is just on the small side, we'll play it by ear. I've had at least one more possible respondee tho, so the numbers are creeping up. :) Peter. On 4 December 2010 16:34, Anthony Anson <tony.anson(a)girolle.co.uk> wrote: > samwise wrote: > > /Invitation/ > > 'Fraid travel to and from Ipswich is out of the question from this corner of > the South Norfolk Triangle. > > -- > Tony Anson > www.girolle.co.uk/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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! > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ main(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main End of main Digest, Vol 66, Issue 5 ***********************************

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Annual ALUG Ipswich Xmas Meal - 20/12/10 (probably)
by samwise 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

Hey, all. It's that festive time of year again. We talked about this at the last Ipswich meet and there was a groundswell of approval for another Christmas meal again this year. I'll nominally start by proposing 20:00 on the the same date as the usual Ipswich ALUG meet (20th Dec), but please drop me a line if you'd like to attend but think that would be an awkward date for you as I'm sure we can re-arrange it, when I have a list of who's coming. Everyone is welcome - no need to be a LUG regular. Please mail me off-list, if you'd like to join in. When I have a list of ppl who'll be there, we can settle on where we want to go and finalise the date. Cheers, Peter.

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FW: What would cause this lack of decision about a host on the LAN?
by keithjamieson＠hotmail.co.uk 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

---------------------------------------- > From: keithjamieson(a)hotmail.co.uk > To: cl(a)isbd.net; main(a)lists.alug.org.u > Subject: RE: [ALUG] What would cause this lack of decision about a host on the LAN? > Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 15:10:21 +0000 > > > Chris > > The command > > > root@mws:~# host oldchris > > does a hosts lookup, I assume in the local tables, and gets > > > oldchris.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.140 > > ... and then does a DNS lookup and .... > > > Host oldchris.zbmc.eu not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > ... as is on my machine... > > keith@laptop:~$ host oldchris.zbmc.eu > Host oldchris.zbmc.eu not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > keith@laptop:~$ nslookup oldchris.zbmc.eu > Server: 192.168.1.254 > Address: 192.168.1.254#53 > > ** server can't find oldchris.zbmc.eu: NXDOMAIN > > keith@laptop:~$ dig oldchris.zbmc.eu > > ; <<>> DiG 9.7.1-P2 <<>> oldchris.zbmc.eu > ;; global options: +cmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 42469 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;oldchris.zbmc.eu. IN A > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > zbmc.eu. 10635 IN SOA a.dns.gandi.net. hostmaster.gandi.net. 1290680931 10800 3600 604800 10800 > > ;; Query time: 21 msec > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.254#53(192.168.1.254) > ;; WHEN: Fri Dec 3 15:08:37 2010 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 96 > > keith@laptop:~$ > > HTH > Keith > > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:01:56 +0000 > > From: cl(a)isbd.net > > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > > Subject: [ALUG] What would cause this lack of decision about a host on the LAN? > > > > What might cause this somewhat confusing response to a 'host' command? > > > > root@mws:~# host oldchris > > oldchris.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.140 > > Host oldchris.zbmc.eu not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > > > > > > > -- > > Chris Green > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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Newer ThinkPad 240x
by Simon Royal 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

Hi I'm in and out of Linux all the time and would like to settle with it again. I had a ThinkPad 240x and loved it but it was a bit old. Is there anything of similar size around the 1Ghz P3/P4 mark good for running Ubuntu. I dont want an Atom based machine and if it didnt have an internal CD/DVD drive then it would need to boot from USB - something my 240x didnt have. Simon -- --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. --- Apple PowerBook G3 'Pismo' running OS9/OSX 10.4/Ubuntu 10.10 - iBook G3 running OSX 10.4 - Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro running 2.1

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Running PHP script in background goes into "Stopped"
by Mark Rogers 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

I'm trying to make a PHP script run in the background: $php -q myscript.php & [1] 12345 $jobs [1]+ Stopped php -q myscript.php If I force it into the foreground (fg 1) it runs fine, and if I then stop it (ctrl-Z) and force it into the background (bg 1) it continues to run just fine. It's just starting in the background that seems to be a problem. The script is very simple for test purposes: <?php echo "hello"; ?> (I've tried various scripts, and obviously if I want to stop it and force it into the background it needs to run longer than this, so I just add a sleep(10); to the code.) Googling hasn't got me anything except suggestions that what I am doing is fine! I have no idea if this is a PHP issue or a Linux one? Mark -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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FireFTP
by Anthony Anson 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

I've tried to download FireFTP and it shows all misty blue in Tools/add-ons, with only the 'Uninstall' button standig out like a wossname in the snow. It doesn't feature in Opt/Firefox/Add-ons Can it be that my FriedFox is too old? (Some sites complain about it, or try to send me off to get Shockwave (!) or somethng I don't want.) Trouble is, I can't unearth the version of FriedFox I'm using. -- Tony Anson www.girolle.co.uk/

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Ehhh?? [OT]
by ted.harding＠wlandres.net 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Good morning folks! I hope you are keeping warm and not suffering too much from travel problams. This is one of those off-topic things that I'm posting because so many of you know things that I don't know ... I'm increasingly seeing in emails (usually sent by organisations) a sentence like the following in the footer area of the message: "To ensure these emails reach your inbox please add <sender> to your address book." Ehhh?? If an email is delivered to me, it is delivered to my inbox. Punkt. So what's behind such a statement? And are people to whom such a thing might apply supposed to have all possible senders listed in their adress books (otherwise they may not have emails delivered)???? I smell a certain kludgy software company in the background! Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.harding(a)wlandres.net> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 02-Dec-10 Time: 09:00:23 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Linux Laptop
by Simon Royal 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Hi I am looking at switching - once again to Linux on a more permanent state. Ive been a Mac user for 11 years with an interest in Linux. Last year I switched to Linux on a low end laptop but moved back to Mac. Now I am triple booting on an old Mac (OS9, OSX and Ubuntu), but it is a bit old an PowerPC Linux is very unsupported. Id love a new Mac but cant afford it. I cant even afford a half decent one. The only funds I have will be from the sale of mine, which luckily should be about £100 and will buy a failry decent PC laptop. So I am looking for suggestions. It will run Ubuntu or Mint alongside Windows (for those times when you have to use Windows). It needs to be fairly small, with a built in CD drive, USB, PCMCIA slot and built in sound. I know that all sounds fairly standard but Ive had machines in the past few years without some of these. It really needs to be at least a 1Ghz machine capable of 1GB RAM - DDR preferably but PC133 would be ok. It needs to be good with Linux, no odd hardware that needs major tweaking to work. So suggestions please. Simon

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Linux Laptop
by Simon Royal 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Hi I am looking at switching - once again to Linux on a more permanent state. Ive been a Mac user for 11 years with an interest in Linux. Last year I switched to Linux on a low end laptop but moved back to Mac. Now I am triple booting on an old Mac (OS9, OSX and Ubuntu), but it is a bit old an PowerPC Linux is very unsupported. Id love a new Mac but cant afford it. I cant even afford a half decent one. The only funds I have will be from the sale of mine, which luckily should be about £100 and will buy a failry decent PC laptop. So I am looking for suggestions. It will run Ubuntu or Mint alongside Windows (for those times when you have to use Windows). It needs to be fairly small, with a built in CD drive, USB, PCMCIA slot and built in sound. I know that all sounds fairly standard but Ive had machines in the past few years without some of these. It really needs to be at least a 1Ghz machine capable of 1GB RAM - DDR preferably but PC133 would be ok. It needs to be good with Linux, no odd hardware that needs major tweaking to work. So suggestions please. Simon

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And another can't...
by Anthony Anson 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

While Gargle finds a few hits and Ixquick a lot more, typing "Offbyone Linux download" brings up a lot of Offbyone downloads, but no Linux ones. I am (fairly) reliably informed that therre is a Linux version, but the only reference I can find (but no download) is to Red Hat. I use Xandros on the Eee and Debian on the Acer and the whoppingbigbox. -- Tony Anson www.girolle.co.uk/

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How can I find what this apache "file does not exist" error is referring to?
by Chris G 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

I'm getting errors like the following in my apache2 error log:- [Wed Dec 01 17:57:58 2010] [error] [client 84.45.228.40] File does not exist: /var/www/dte-test/httpdocs/images, referer: http://dte-test/ The directory /var/www/dte-test/httpdocs/images doesn't exist but I can't work out any way to find out what's referring to it. Any ideas? -- Chris Green

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A git question now I have the basics mostly fathomed out
by Chris G 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

So, we have a git repository set up on a web server machine 'out there' somewhere. I make my local copy of the repository on my computer and do some editing etc. Then 'git commit' commits the changes to my local repository and a 'git push' sends the changes back to the remote repository. However I don't see how the files get to 'go live' on the remote web server, my 'git push' has simply put them back into the repository on that system. Presumably someone/somewhere has to extract the files from the git repository on the remote into the working directories from which the web server displays them. Is there a specific git command for doing this or would one use the standard 'git clone' to do it, or what? -- Chris Green

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Very strange "No such file or directory" messages - help!!!
by Chris G 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

I have a symbolic link from my home directory to another home directory:- chris$ cd chris$ ls -l total 988 ... ... drwxr-xr-x 3 chris chris 4096 2010-11-20 14:33 dte lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 10 2010-11-22 18:58 isbd -> /home/isbd ... ... and, as expected, if I "cd isbd" I arrive at /home/isbd and can see its contents with an ls. However referring to "/home/chris/isbd" sometimes produces a "No such file or directory" error (but not always, as I have just discovered). I'm stumped. What started the problem was running rsync to backup the contents of /home/chris/isbd:- chris$ rsync /home/chris/isdb cheddar.halon.org.uk:backups/isbd rsync: link_stat "/home/chris/isdb" failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1060) [sender=3.0.7] chris$ ls /home/chris/isdb ls: cannot access /home/chris/isdb: No such file or directory chris$ cd /home/chris/isdb bash: cd: /home/chris/isdb: No such file or directory It appears to be something to do with whether I have been in /home/chris/isbd but also seems to be time dependent. It's as if bash 'remembers' where /home/chris/isdb is for a while but then forgets unless I do a "cd isbd" from my home directory. The target (/home/isbd) is simply another part of the same disk that /home/chris is on, nothing special. Another example sequence:- chris$ cd /home/chris/isdb bash: cd: /home/chris/isdb: No such file or directory chris$ cd chris$ cd isbd /home/chris/isbd chris$ cd / chris$ cd /home/chris/isdb bash: cd: /home/chris/isdb: No such file or directory chris$ cd chris$ cd isbd /home/chris/isbd I've never had this problem before with a symbolic link to a directory, what on earth is going on? -- Chris Green

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Mobile phone software
by Bev Nicolson 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

I have a fairly basic Alcatel OT S319 phone. There is no hope of expanding the memory so I would like to find some software to help me transfer the text to my PC. What should I look for? I have found a list of possibilities but I've no idea which would be the most Linux compatible. Thanks. Bev.

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A question about git
by Chris G 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

I'm just starting to get down to the details of using git to co-operatively manage the contents of a web site remotely. I've managed all the basic set-up etc. such that I can connect to the site and get files etc. but I'm a little unclear about how things are supposed to go back to the remote/live site. So, I have used 'git clone' to get the files from the remote system and I have done some changes to the files. I then 'git commit -a' to commit my changes in my local repository, so far so good and it's what I'm (sort of) used to from previous experience of source code control. However what do I do next to actually get the changes back to the remote site? Or, what does the 'manager' who controls the code, do to get my changes integrated into the code on the remote site? Does 'git push' send my changes back to the site - it's not totally clear from the man page if this is what it does. The man page says "git-push - Update remote refs along with associated objects" which is a bit opaque. I *think* the following does copy the committed changes to the remote but I'd like to be sure:- chris$ git push --all --dry-run To chrisgreen@donttravelempty.com:/var/www/vhosts/donttravelempty.co.uk/subdomains/test/httpdocs 0474601..d6eb8a0 master -> master -- Chris Green

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Launch xterm with smaller font than specified in .Xresources
by Dan 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Dear All, On my system, fonts are served up by XFS. The font I usually use in xterms is set in my .Xresources file as follows XTerm*VT100.Font: -Misc-Fixed-Medium-R-Normal--20-200-75-75-C-100-ISO10646-1 XTerm.Font: -Misc-Fixed-Medium-R-Normal--20-200-75-75-C-100-ISO10646-1 XTerm*Font: -Misc-Fixed-Medium-R-Normal--20-200-75-75-C-100-ISO10646-1 However, for one particular task, I want to launch an xterm with a much smaller font. The command xterm -fn fixed Gets me part way there, but I want an even smaller font than that. Any ideas, please? -- Thanks, Dan

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Back With Linux
by TheMactivist 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Hi I flit in and out of this group when I pick up Linux again. Ive been a Mac user for the past ten years, Windows user before that and the last few years developed an interest in Linux. About a year ago I left Mac and went full on Linux with older ThinkPads. I then went back to Mac and am now triple booting between OS9, OSX and Ubuntu on an old Mac laptop. It was a struggle getting them all to work nicely together but I am back with Linux and writing this in it now. TM -- --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. --- Apple PowerBook G3 'Pismo' running OS9/OSX 10.4/Ubuntu 10.10 - iBook G3 running OSX 10.4 - Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro.

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What would cause this lack of decision about a host on the LAN?
by Chris G 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

What might cause this somewhat confusing response to a 'host' command? root@mws:~# host oldchris oldchris.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.140 Host oldchris.zbmc.eu not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) -- Chris Green

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why won't xterm start?
by Chris Walker 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Having given up on the idea of installing a Nokia SDK on my base machine, I thought I'd try creating a Ubuntu system in VirtualBox. I did that using an iso of 10.10 - Maverick Meerkat. But partway through the install, it's meant to fire up an xterm offering me a choice of installs, but it fails. I can start xterm simply by issuing the command but the script fails every time. I've googled this and others have had similar problems when they've upgraded from 10.4 to 10.10. I haven't. I've gone straight in with a vanilla 10.10 build. I've tried various tweaks and hacks but the script still fails. For info, this is what I'm trying to run - http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Maemo_5_SDK_installation_for_beginners It does the scratchbox install ok. It's when I get as far as the SDK install it fails. The ./maemo-sdk-install_5.0.sh script displays an agreement and I page down using the space bar. It then asks me to press the Enter key. At that point, it's supposed to open up a terminal window to enable me to choose an option. It falls over with an error - unable to open xterm. Any ideas? As I'm playing with VirtualBox, I did grab a copy of Ubuntu 9.04 and that ran through the whole thing so I do have an almost working copy of the setup so it's something peculiar to 10.10. The 'almost' working bit refers me not being able to see the host machine from the guest OS but I'll persevere with that. -- __ __| |_ __ __ .----------------------------------------------. / _/ _` \ V V / | mailto:cdw_alug@the-walker-household.co.uk | \__\__,_|\_/\_/ |______________________________________________|

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hexdump formatting
by Mark Rogers 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Has anyone here got any experience of hexdump output formatting? If I use hexdump -C I get: $hexdump -C -n32 /usr/bin/lsof 00000000 7f 45 4c 46 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.ELF............| 00000010 02 00 03 00 01 00 00 00 60 97 04 08 34 00 00 00 |........`...4...| 00000020 What I want to do is extend the number of bytes per line to 32, but as there isn't a format for it that means using the horribly complicated -e option. I have got as far as: $ hexdump -n 32 -e '"%04.4_ao: " 16/1 "%02X " " " 16/1 "%02X " " " "xx" "\n"' /usr/bin/lsof 0000: 7F 45 4C 46 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 03 00 01 00 00 00 60 97 04 08 34 00 00 00 xx .. but haven't worked out how to insert the ascii values in place of "xx". -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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Is there any way to run an rsync daemon/server on-demand as a non-privileged user?
by Chris G 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Is there any way to do the equivalent of running rsync from an entry in inetd.conf that can be done by a non-provileged user? I want to run rsync from cron to backup files to a couple of places where I have shell logins (but not the privilege to make additions to inetd.conf). I suppose I could just run rsync in daemon mode using a cron job on the remote system (and kill it later) at the right time but that seems a little crude. -- Chris Green

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An odd bluetooth problem
by Barry Samuels 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

I have just got Bluetooth working on my Thinkpad (Debian Testing/Squeeze) and it will pair with my Android 'phone but the signal keeps fluctuating. The link quality between 100% and -1%, the strength between 58% and -1 and it does this at around 2-5 second intervals. It does it even when the 'phone is next to the laptop. Can anyone suggest a reason for this? -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain

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Re: [ALUG] [ALUG Announce] Free Teeth Whitening for you
by Steve Engledow 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

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