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Require something like a blog, but not on the web
by cl＠isbd.net 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

I'm looking for some software that might be described as a blog (or diary) but I don't really want/need it to be web visible. It's more for creating a 'timeline' of events over the years, I want to be able to cross-reference stuff and to have links to external stuff. The requirement for links and cross-references does sort of suggest HTML, that would be alright, but I want ease of creation and simple formatting rather than an elegant web presence. Ideally the format would be plain text or HTML or at least the content should be possible to export in one of these formats to enable content to be preserved when/if the software to generate it has gone. Any ideas, suggestions, places to look? -- Chris Green (chris(a)halon.org.uk)

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Blocking MSN
by Mark Rogers 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Has anyone here had any success blocking MSN traffic through a Linux gateway/proxy? [Mine is running SME (www.contribs.org) derived from CentOS4] All net access is going through the box, with a transparent Squid proxy with Dansguardian. -- Mark Rogers More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555

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IBM OS/2
by Richard Bensley 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Does anyone want a free original boxed copy of IBM OS/2 on floppy disk? Version 2.11. Only been installed once, and was quickly replaced with windows NT! I can bring it to the next meeting, or I can post it. Cheers Rich

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udev, usb, dhcp server and 2.6.16.2_amd
by Jenny Hopkins 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Hi there, Has anybody had any success with udev on a 2.6.16 kernel, debian sarge, and usb dhcp server? With a 2.6.2 kernel, i386 and hotplug I had this working fine with the addition of a few lines in /etc/network/interfaces: mapping hotplug script grep map usb0 This is no longer working. Thanks, Jenny

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Microsoft Firefox
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 02 Dec '06

02 Dec '06

http://www.msfirefox.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 02-Dec-06 Time: 09:36:54 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Laptop wifi help - need to automate dhclient
by Mark Rogers 01 Dec '06

01 Dec '06

I have a laptop running Kubuntu 6.10, which is recognising its 3Com wireless USB dongle (3CRUSB10075) using ndiswrapper. When I run "dhclient eth1" it even gets itself an IP address and seems to work fine. Where I'm stuck is getting it to run dhclient itself automatically when the WLAN dongle is connected. The laptop is for a customer who is collecting it this afternoon, so I'm hoping for some quick suggestions if anyone has any. [Apologies to any PLUG subscribers who are here also for the duplication, I'm hoping for a wider audience given the limited timescale I have to get this working.] -- Mark Rogers More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555

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USB, I'm lost
by cl＠isbd.net 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

I'm trying to get my Slackware 11 system to see USB devices but at the moment I'm having no success at all. Plugging either a digital camera or a memory stick into the USB sockets elicits no response at all, nothing in any of the log files, nothing that I can see in the /proc area. If I do 'lsusb' I just get:- Bus 1 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 Bus 2 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 Bus 3 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 I'm running a 2.6.18 kernel. What do I need to do to get something useful to happen?! -- Chris Green (chris(a)halon.org.uk)

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executable script gives error "file not found"
by Jenny Hopkins 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

Hullo there, I've been setting up a debian box to be a clone of several other like boxen. The new box has amd64 architecture and the old i386. Apart from that they are all still on debian sarge, 2.6 kernels. One thing all the boxen have in common is that they share files over an nfs mount from a server. Some of the files are binary executables. Now, on the new box, they simply won't run: I get the error balloon@capirossi:~$ /home/balloon/bin/balloon-audio-off bash: /home/balloon/bin/balloon-audio-off: No such file or directory The same error appears when running it as root. The file is executable. The selfsame file also runs no problem from the other computers using it. All I know about the file is that it invokes the bash shell and that it is sending data to the parallel port. I put together a test bash script to idiot check bash and that ran ok. I'm baffuffled. Thanks, Jenny

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Network Manager and wpa_supplicant problems
by Barry Samuels 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

I saw reference to Network Manager on this list recently and decided to try it on my laptop but cannot get it to work. I find the documentation incomprehensible and I've tried to blunder my way through the setup without luck. My desktop also has a wireless card which can connect to the AP but it's normally connected by cable. I don't particularly want to use Network Manager on this. I can use my laptop wireless with an 'ordinary' setup i.e. no Network Manager. I'm running the latest Debian Etch/Testing. I have a wireless enabled Thinkpad that uses the ipw2200 driver. I'm running kernel 2.6.17. My wireless access point is a Netgear WG602 which is set to use WEP. Can I use Network Manager with this setup? Can anyone point me to a simple step by step guide to setting up Network Manager and wpa_supplicant. I think my stumbling block is wpa_supplicant. You know the sort of guide: 1. Do this 2. Do that 3. Then do this etc. -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain

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peculiarities with debian apt and amd64
by Jenny Hopkins 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hullo there, I've been trying to set up a debian box with an amd64 processor. Just a standard install: stable is fine. I've taken the amd64 iso from here: http://www.kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ sarge-custom-0801.iso I've edited my own apt sources list by hand and added these lines: deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ stable main deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ stable main deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main apt complains that it can't find Packages. /var/lib/apt/lists show Release and Sources but no Packages, and then it shows security i386 Packages (If I comment out the security line I get the same complaint about Packages) cat /proc/cpuinfo knows all about the amd64ness of the box. The odd thing is that this install is identical to the other amd64 box, nutmeg, I have here: same iso, same sources list, and that is happy: nutmeg:/etc/apt# ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ ftp.nl.debian.org_debian-amd64_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages ftp.nl.debian.org_debian-amd64_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Release ftp.nl.debian.org_debian-amd64_debian_dists_stable_main_source_Release ftp.nl.debian.org_debian-amd64_debian_dists_stable_main_source_Sources lock partial security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-amd64_Release I've been round the install twice now and each time the same thing happens. Puzzled, Jenny

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