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Re: [ALUG] apache upgrade has broken server
by David Reynolds 08 May '07

08 May '07

Jenny, On 6 May 2007, at 10:39 pm, Jenny Hopkins wrote: > > Apache is now running at version 1.3.34-4.1. It keeps crashing. When > sent a sighup it won't restart. The error log shows > [crit] (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to > port 80 May seem like a stupid question, but why are you still using apache 1.3, when apache 2 is pretty much standard nowadays? Thanks, David -- David Reynolds david(a)reynoldsfamily.org.uk

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[ALUG Announce] 2nd Thursday Norwich Meet : Reindeer, Dereham Road
by Jonathan McDowell 08 May '07

08 May '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 monthly "Second Thursday" ALUG Norwich Pub Meet is this Thursday, 10th May. It's at the Reindeer pub on the Dereham Road, just opposite the City Gate. People will be there from 8pm-ish, though there may be a few people there earlier. Topics for discussion will no doubt be as varied as ever. The Reindeer has a reasonable selection of beer as well as decent coffee (with biscuits, if you're lucky). Directions to the Reindeer can be found at: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/reindeer.html Pictures of some of the regulars, and irregulars, and, well, just some pictures of people that might or might not turn up are available from: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2006-02-ALUG/ http://the.earth.li/~noodles/stilvoid-alug/mp20050811/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2005-01-ALUG-Xmas/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-08-ALUG/ Which should hopefully aid those of you wondering who to look out for, even if the images are getting a bit old now. We now have an area reserved for us, so should be easier to find. As you enter through the main door you'll see a small set of steps ahead of you - the area just up those steps and to the left is where we'll be. J. -- What have you got in your pocket? This .sig brought to you by the letter N and the number 48 Product of the Republic of HuggieTag ----- 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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Re: [ALUG] "Even Linux" [less OT]
by J.R. Seago 06 May '07

06 May '07

On Sunday 06 May 2007 12:00, (Ted Harding) <ted.harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> wrote: > > Connecting the RP614 wired router is easy whether you have Windows®, > Apple®, or even Linux® computers. I've actually got one of those, it's the one thing that won't plug directly into my new UPS, I still haven't got a C13/C14 IEC connector/plug for my six gang socket in order that I can plug its transformer into the UPS supply. -- J.R. Seago GNU/Linux Registered User No. #219566 http://counter.li.org/ () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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"Even Linux" [less OT]
by ted.harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 05 May '07

05 May '07

... And now, fresh from World of Computers at Milton, Cambridge, the "Netgear RP614 Broadband Router + 4 port 10/100 Switch": "Connecting the RP614 wired router is easy whether you have Windows®, Apple®, or even Linux® computers." Best wishes to all (we need them) Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 05-May-07 Time: 13:11:35 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Screen failure -- costly power surge [OT]
by ted.harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 05 May '07

05 May '07

Hi Folks, Well, only sort-of off-topic, since here in Anglia we know about power surges and discuss them. We've had kit damaged, etc. But Yarmouth, I think, holds the record. According to yesterday's Eastern Daily Press http://tinyurl.com/2u96pk Yarmouth have spent £900,000 on three big screens around the town "with the aim of promoting events and attractions in the resort." One of them (£200,000) in the Market Place has been out of action for 6 months having been damaged by a power surge. Efforts to repair it, "including nine power supply units costing £435 each", have not availed. No doubt, whoever supplied and installed it wasn't properly aware of the problem. Perhaps they should read this list. (But then, they probably don't use Linux anyway). Best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 05-May-07 Time: 10:41:45 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Re: [ALUG] Epson C48 printer
by Bev Nicolson 04 May '07

04 May '07

It's USB. Definately switched on (one of the first things I checked) The dialogue box has never showed the print job as paused. Cups? Not sure what you mean but I've just checked the lsusb and it does recognise it. Bev. -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze

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Epson C48 printer
by Bev Nicolson 04 May '07

04 May '07

I got a (new) replacement printer a while ago when the first Epson packed up and I have not managed to get it to print yet. I can see the print job in the dialogue box and everything else seems OK but absolutely nothing happens when I ask it to print. No noises, nothing. I have hunted round various forums for an answer to this and have yet to get very far. Bev. -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze

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'rmdir -p', what a strange command
by Govind Chandra 04 May '07

04 May '07

I frequently need to remove empty directories (and files). Poorly written scripts (my own) make them at times. For me this does the job nicely. find . -empty | xargs rmdir Cheers Govind Chandra

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Grub dual boot issues
by S.Jude＠uea.ac.uk 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hi, I have an old PC here at work with 2 disks. Not wanting to nuke my windows data disks I've partitioned the second disk and installed Ubuntu on /hdb6 as / and /hdb7 as /home. Unfortunately when I came to reboot GRUB has failed. Does anybody know a work around/fix to this? I previously had the same problem with Fedora and ended up using Suse and booting via the CD. Now I want to move to Ubuntu because it is better and should support my webcam (I want to use the PC for the access grid). Any help would be appreciated Simon

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'rmdir -p', what a strange command
by Chris G 04 May '07

04 May '07

I've been looking for a quick and easy way to remove empty maildir folders, I was going write a short shell script but while I was thinking about this I came across 'rmdir -p'. Thinking that this was sort of equivalent to 'mkdir -p' I tried to use it and it acts very strangely. If you have an empty maildir folder called (for example) mdf then "rmdir -p mdf" simply gives the error "rmdir: mdf: Directory not empty", it doesn't recurse down into the directory and find that the sub-directories are empty and them remove the lot. If you give the command "rmdir -p mdf/*" then it gives the error "rmdir: mdf: Directory not empty" twice but does actually remove the whole maildir folder. What's happening is that it removes each of the 'cur', 'tmp' and 'new' sub-directories of 'mdf' but only when it removes the last one does it also remove the parent directory. I can think of no practical use for this command! :-) It's no good for my requirement because it might remove some of the maildir sub-directories then find the next one wasn't empty and leave a partial maildir folder. I think I'm back to my script for doing it. -- Chris Green

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