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RE: [ALUG] Booting multiple Linux versions
by Keith Watson 27 Jun '04

27 Jun '04

> From: Chris Green On: 24 June 2004 13:26 > > However I'm not quite sure how I get the boot menu to present me with > the alternative versions. Can anyone give me any guidance. Will I > have a problem because of the second (new, 10.0) version being beyond > cylinder 1024 or whatever the limitation is? > I used to use lilo for this but then switched to grub. You don't have the option of pretty graphics on the menu but adding new kernel images is just a matter of editing a text file. I used to worry about the 1024 limit thing but when I went to grub I read something that suggested it shouldn't be a problem with newer PC hardware. So when I set up grub I deliberately went over the 1024 and it worked fine. Regards, Keith ____________ It's easier to go down the mountain than up, but the view is best from the top.

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Remote Calendar
by Ben Francis 26 Jun '04

26 Jun '04

I'm looking for a way of keeping an up to date calendar on my Debian/Apache/PHP/MySQL web server which I can view and edit from Linux, Windows and Mac client machines over the Internet if possible. I quite like the idea of using the Mozilla Sunbird Calendar and setting up a WebDav server on Apache. Does anyone have experience of this? Google found me a tutorial here http://www.twilight-systems.com/flacco/mozcal/mozcal-webdav.html As a bonus, what I'd *really* like to be able to do is sync the calendar with the one in my mobile phone so I can access it when I'm on the move. This is the bit that may be difficult because I'm not sure how to go about it. The phone I'm talking about is a WAP and Java enabled Siemens SL45i and has a built in Calendar which can be synchronised with Outlook. I don't want to use Outlook for obvious reasons but perhaps someone knows of a Java app for phones which can sync with Calendar software on the PC or preferably the calendar stored on my WebDav server? However, I'd rather not have to use the WAP on the mobile phone too often because it's expensive on my tarriff so perhaps I could sync that locally with one of the client machines? I suppose a more ideal solution would be buying a Zaurus to give me more options, but I don't have that kind of money :) Any ideas? Or am I going to have to stick with my current dead wood device? :P -- Ben "tola" Francis http://hippygeek.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------- COMPUTER SUPPORT for small businesses and home users http://tolatech.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------

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deletion of source packages
by Bryce Martin 26 Jun '04

26 Jun '04

Can anyone tell me where the source packages are saved to on a SuSE system when you do a YaST Online Update? I forgot to check the automatically delete source packages after completing the update process, and now I would like to manually delete the packages. But I don't know where they where downloaded to on my system so I can't delete them. Any help appreciated. Regards, Bryce ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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problem installing jbuilder on SuSE 9.1
by Bryce Martin 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

I get this output ./install_linux: line 930: file.lax: Read-only file system Can't load library "/media/cdrecorder/setup/jre/linux/lib/i386/libjava.so", because /media/cdrecorder/setup/jre/linux/lib/i386/libjava.so: symbol __libc_wait, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference Could not create the Java virtual machine. when running ./install_linux which is the installer script. The strange thing is that I successfully installed this thing on SuSE 9.0 without the slightest hitch. I don't understand why it doesn't work for 9.1 Can I do something about this? Also, I have installed the javaSDK on the system but this is probably irrelevant. Cheers for any help you may be able to give. Regards, Bryce. ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Re: [ALUG] mail or lack of it
by John Seago 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

On Friday 25 June 2004 19:37, Brett Parker <iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk> wrote: > We're a very quiet unopinionated, unargumentative, helpful group... > honest :) I contend that this is a slur upon the opinionated, argumentative, bigots, myself included, who make up this group. -- John Seago Linux User #219566 (http://counter.li.org)

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ms talk honestly about open source :-))))
by Jenny Hopkins 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Seen this? http://www.microsoft.com/uk/2020 Jen ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________

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RE: [ALUG] Booting multiple Linux versions
by Keith Watson 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Hmm... tell me more... > From: Paul Sent: 25 June 2004 15:18 > > Hi Keith > > Whilst it is true you don't have the option of animated > graphics with grub, > It is still possible to have a background image. Grub also allows for > multiple levels of menus if so desired. > > Regards, Paul. > > > On Friday 25 June 2004 12:48 pm, Keith Watson wrote: > > I used to use lilo for this but then switched to grub. You > don't have the > > option of pretty graphics on the menu but adding new kernel > images is just > > a matter of editing a text file. > > -- > > "To err is human...to really f*** things up requires the root > password." > From a collection of quotes at http://www.indigo.org/quotes.html >

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RE: [ALUG] Debugging Gnome Problems
by Keith Watson 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

(still talking to myself) A colleague here at work has also pointed me to a useful article on how the X system starts up <http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=21335&seqNum=1> Regards, Keith ____________ 'Remain steadfast...and one day you will build something that endures; something worthy of your potential.' - Epictetus > From: Keith Watson Sent: 25 June 2004 14:27 > > Answering my own posting now! (is that the same as talking to > yourself? - I do it all the time :o) ) > > OK I found an interesting thread at lists.debian.org > <http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2003/11/msg00314.htm > l> that suggests some strategies for tracking down gnome problems. > > Regards, > > Keith > ____________ > Do not fear the arising of thoughts - only be concerned lest > your awareness of them be tardy. Zen Saying > > > From: Keith Watson Sent: 25 June 2004 13:47 > > > > After running apt-get update on my Debian install last night > > (actually I used apt-zip but it's the same thing) I now find > > that gnome 2.4 won't start (it was working fine before). > > > > dmesg (or alt-f9) doesn't seem to show anything untoward > > except for some gconfd messages saying gnome is shutting down. > > > > Does anyone know if/where gnome keeps its own run logs so I > > can get a clue why it's throwing a wobbler? I tried the > > www.gnome.org site but it's definitely an information > > overload situation when looking for clues to this. Google > > wasn't much help either. > > > > Regards, > > > > Keith > > ____________ > > Live life as life lives itself. Zen Proverb > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.alug.org.uk/ > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! >

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RE: [ALUG] Debugging Gnome Problems
by Keith Watson 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Answering my own posting now! (is that the same as talking to yourself? - I do it all the time :o) ) OK I found an interesting thread at lists.debian.org <http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2003/11/msg00314.html> that suggests some strategies for tracking down gnome problems. Regards, Keith ____________ Do not fear the arising of thoughts - only be concerned lest your awareness of them be tardy. Zen Saying > From: Keith Watson Sent: 25 June 2004 13:47 > > After running apt-get update on my Debian install last night > (actually I used apt-zip but it's the same thing) I now find > that gnome 2.4 won't start (it was working fine before). > > dmesg (or alt-f9) doesn't seem to show anything untoward > except for some gconfd messages saying gnome is shutting down. > > Does anyone know if/where gnome keeps its own run logs so I > can get a clue why it's throwing a wobbler? I tried the > www.gnome.org site but it's definitely an information > overload situation when looking for clues to this. Google > wasn't much help either. > > Regards, > > Keith > ____________ > Live life as life lives itself. Zen Proverb > > _______________________________________________ > 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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RE: [ALUG] mail or lack of it
by Keith Watson 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

> From: Jonathan McDowell On 24 June 2004 12:37 > > Sometimes we just might not have anything to say. > Not in my experience!!! :o)

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