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New LinuxVAR website
by Steve Purkiss 10 May '04

10 May '04

Just launched a site which I thought you might like to know about: www.LinuxVAR.co.uk - a high-level introduction to Linux and Open Source Software for the inquisitive UK SME. The plan: Launch to the trade tomorrow (Mon 10th May) In IT trade press week after {work on www.open4.org shop - yes, I will be selling Mandrake, RedHat, SUSE, and sites based on XOOPS and OSCommerce, but need to pay the bills somehow - open4 membership is free} Launched to 'public' If you are a LinuxVAR, then sign up now and you will go far... The site is sponsored by Interactive Ideas, largest distributor of Linux in the UK, plus RedHat and SUSE. IMHO this is another great leap forward in the visibility of Linux and Open Source in the UK SME market and excited to be a part of the project. If you locate any teething problems please use the feedback form on the site. I will hopefully be needing lots of help answering questions on the www.open4.org forums where visitors are lead to for further info, so register on the site and make sure you set the notifications for the forums you want to be kept up-to-date with. Users will also be able to locate their nearest LinuxVAR or search by description, so make sure you get some good keywords in there. The vision is to help raise awareness and knowledge of Free/Open Source Software in UK SMEs. ***It is not a techie discussion forum"*** Please take your time to visit www.LinuxVAR.co.uk Thanks -- Steve Purkiss Open for Organisations supporting open source software www.open4.org

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dail-up problems after Installing new kernel
by Nick Daniels 10 May '04

10 May '04

Hi Many thanks for advice on downloading large files, I did reply but it appears to have been lost. I downloaded and installed Kernel 2.6.5 for Suse 9.0, my first attempt at this. all seemed OK except I could not connect to the internet without disabling the firewall. I checked and installed kernel again ppp was definitely enabled. I have repeated process in mandrake 9.2 with same results so it definitely me , any advice would be appreciated. Regards Nick Daniels

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 10 May '04

10 May '04

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.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" 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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The whole meeting thing.
by Robert Frusher 09 May '04

09 May '04

I am not sure whether doing all the meeting negotiations in the mail list works very well. Maybe a location field a user profile, and then some sort of web based meeting setup tool might help? I read the mail list postings and find it hard to keep up... ps I spoke to people on the IRC channel, cheers guys, I got my Palm Tungsten E to sync with Evolution using multisync as was sugested. It works very well, now Evolution has all what my palm has on it. Does anyone know if it is possible to program Evolutions calendar like Outlook. I have a small VB script which generates appointments which I would like to do in Evolution.

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mail problems.
by Syd Hancock 09 May '04

09 May '04

Apologies for the 'test' email but for some reason none of the messages that I've sent to the list this morning about the next meeting have appeared and it is a big problem. Other messages *have* appeared, sent both before and after the missing messages, e.g. the report on yesterday's meeting and the test message. I have tried sending posts with and without urls. I have tried changing the smpt server (i.e. the authenticated server from the host for toufol.com amd the mail server for my ISP) and although both work normally for other messages, they do not for the posts in question. Very odd. When I queried this before it was suggested that it may be an ISP problem but I would have thought that using different smtp servers from different ISP/hosting companies would be a check on this? Can anyone suggest anything here? What could cause some emails to completely disappear when other messages to the same address and from the same account do arrive? It is very frustrating to waste so much time just sending out a simple announcement! There were no problems until a month ago when I was trying to announce the April meeting and there seem to be no problems with any other messages - apart from one that was lost on friday which was presumably due to the dns situation for part of the day. Now to see if this one gets through. Syd

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Reminder: evening meeting in Norwich this thursday
by Syd Hancock 09 May '04

09 May '04

The next 'second thursday' evening meeting in Norwich will be held this Thursday, the 13th of May at the City Gate, Derham Road, from about 8pm. Full details are on the ALUG website. The Norwich meetings and venues pages have been updated recently Venue and meeting details: http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2004/all-NorThu.html Venue: full address, photo, link to map etc here: http://www.norwichpubs.info/norwichpubs/pubpages/citygate.htm Syd

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RE: [Alug Announce]Norwich evening meeting: 13th May 2004
by Elisabeth Fosbrooke-Brown 09 May '04

09 May '04

>===== Original Message From main(a)lists.alug.org.uk ===== > >The monthly Norwich 'second thursday' evening social meet will take >place this week [snip] > There may or may not be a penguin on the table :-) I demand a penguin this time! sfr

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Re: [ALUG] Re: Finesko & Firkin Pub
by Jonathan McDowell 08 May '04

08 May '04

On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 02:51:44PM +0000, Chris Walker wrote: > On Sun 18 Jan, Bryce Martin wrote: [snip] > > Just a thought. We left the Firkin pub pretty quickly and went > > across the road to the City Gate Weatherspoon pub. > > It no longer belongs to Wetherspoons as it was sold in early December > 2003. > > > It has the right atmosphere for a meeting in my opinion. The seating > > and lighting are very good and tables can be brought together. There > > is no music but the place has a lively congenial atmosphere. As an > > added bonus you can get a curry if you're hungry. > > I'm not sure what the policy of the new owners (London & Edinburgh > Inns) is towards food and so that too may change. > > Take a look at http://www.norwichpubs.info/norwichpubs/centpubf.htm > for info on the 'Finnesko & Firkin' and you will see that too is > scheduled to close soon for refurbishment. It's been bought by a local > brewery, famous for their Black Dog Mild and so hopefully it will > improve the atmosphere. Sadly it's unlikely to include using the > brewing equipment. FWIW it's now the Reindeer again and I was there for a couple of drinks with some friends this evening. Seem pleasant enough. Music level was low, it wasn't busy (possibly as it's only just opened) and there were 7 of us there and I think double that could have fitted, which doesn't seem any less than we normally have at the Thursday meets. Atmosphere seemed better than the City Gate has been recently, especially allowing for the fact it wasn't that busy. Might be worth a try again at some point (but not this month, as I won't be around for the Thursday meet). June 18th perhaps? J. -- noodles is known for its

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installed udev, lost my swap space!
by Dennis Dryden 07 May '04

07 May '04

Ok maybe i shouldn't of installed udev(cant remember why i did) but since i installed it on my Debian unstable box ive lost my /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd links. I also don't seem to have any swap space anymore (explains why quake3 has been locking up my box on map loading). I've done a few quick searches and can't seem to find any udev howto's, can anyone point me in the right direction? Is adding two lines to /etc/udev/links.conf the best way of setting up /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd device nodes? Dennis

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More Speed Please
by Stan Fraser 07 May '04

07 May '04

Have put together a computer MB Aopen AX6LC, PII 300, 96mb Ram, ATI Radeon 8500 Graphics Card, SuSE 9.0 and it seems to run as if its in mega slow mode. Can't run any arcade type games as its so slow, any hints on how to speed it up a bit. Also how do you disable the system sounds when a dialog etc opens. Regards Stan ------ This mail box is protected by SpamWeed. http://www.spamweed.com

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