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[Alug]Alug library
by Adam Bower 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

Hi all, I got some books from O'Reilly last week for us to review, If you would like a copy of a particular book then please mail the list to say so. The one thing you have to consent to doing (apart from promising to look after the book and return it when someone else wants it) is writing a review that I can return to O'Reilly so that they will be prepared to send more review copies in future. Unfortunatly I will not be able to make the meeting tomorrow night as I have other commitments, although if you want to collect books from me then I live in Cambridge. I will also be at the next weeked meeting although I currently have that down as the 17th of August in Syleham courtesy of Big John. (not including tomorrows meeting and further Norwich evening meetings) If anyone has a venue for July (or i have forgotten Julys meeting) can they please step forwards? One possibiliy for the next meeting would be a showing of the Revolution OS DVD, so somewhere with a projector or large tele screen would be really great. Revolution OS website here > http://www.revolution-os.com/ Anyhow the books currently available in the Alug library are (this will be online soon, I just need to get a box built and hosted to put the library system on) Building Embedded Linux Systems Learning Red Hat Linux (3rd edition) Using Samba (2nd edition) Linux server hacks Free as in freedom The Cathedral and the Bazaar The root of all evil (user friendly) Anyhow if you want one of these books or can help with a venue for next month (or remind me where Julys weekend meeting venue is) then I would be very greatful. Thanks Adam -- jabberid = quinophex(a)jabber.earth.li AFFS || http://www.affs.org.uk/ || Not a filesystem

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[Alug]Adding "shutdown" to xdm
by dan.hatton＠btinternet.com 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

I haven't tried any of this, just found the instructions with a Google. An obvious difference between the command you tried directly, which worked, and the command in the script, which didn't, is the "2" in kill -9 $pid 2>/dev/null. I don't know what purpose, if any, it serves, and maybe you'd be better off without it. -- Dan

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[Alug]Adding "Shutdown" to xdm
by Ian Douglas 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

Hi Folks! I seem to remembmer someone on the list mentioning recently that it was possible to add a "Shutdown" button to the xdm login manager. Could someone remind me how to do this? Thanks, Ian.

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[Alug]Free conference places, LinuxUser & Developer, Birmingham, 24-26 June
by Alasdair G Kergon 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

Each UK LUG is offered 2 free places each day at next week's conference! http://www.linuxuserexpo.com/ But responses are needed TODAY, Tuesday 17th June. Please would someone from your LUG who reads this in time, co-ordinate a response, providing the LUG name, and for each person who wants to attend, their name, email address, and which days (Tues/Weds/Thurs). Max. 2 people per LUG per day. Alasdair -- agk(a)lug.org.uk *************************************************** * Response Form: Reply to amyscott(a)sedulous.co.uk * *************************************************** LUG Name: Name: Email: Days: Tues/Weds/Thurs [Repeat those 3 lines for each person attending] ******************************* The LinuxUser and Developer Conference, taking place next week (24-26 June) at the NEC in Birmingham, would like to offer each UK LUG two free tickets. These normally cost ?90+VAT each for the three days. Time is short, so please contact amyscott(a)sedulous.co.uk with the names of the individuals you would like to nominate for each day of the conference by the end of today, Tuesday. The full conference programme is available at http://www.linuxuserexpo.com Cheers Daniel James News + Web Editor LinuxUser & Developer http://www.linuxuser.co.uk

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[Alug]My Interests
by Sandy Hunter 16 Jun '03

16 Jun '03

Many people describe themselves as 'newbies', my status goes beyond that. I have just acquired a very large book on linux, together with a rad hat distro and am currently wrestling with getting it to work ! I have successfully installed the operating system as a dual boot on my AMD 500mhz maching and am currently battling with making the machine communicate with the outside world. This ic complicated by the fact that my internet connection is Via a cable modem connected to a USB port - Help ! best regrds

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Re: [Alug]Moving a directory up one level
by Neil Marjoram 16 Jun '03

16 Jun '03

Isn't it best to use a tar ? cd /olddirectory tar cvf - . | (cd /newdirectory ; tar xvf - ) Will put everything across and keep perms / times etc Neil. -- Neil Marjoram <n.marjoram(a)vam.ac.uk> Victoria & Albert Museum

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[Alug]Adding sources to /etc/apt/sources.list
by Ian Douglas 16 Jun '03

16 Jun '03

Hi Folks, I have recently installed Debian 3.0 but the only sources currently listed in my /etc/apt/sources.list are my installation CDs. I would like to add some sources from the internet so I can download security and program updates. Are there any particular sites ALUGers would recommend that I add to this source list? Thanks, Ian.

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[Alug]Moving a directory up one level
by Ian Douglas 16 Jun '03

16 Jun '03

Hi folks, My hard disk has been getting rather full recently so I added a second disk yesterday to take some of the strain. Originally everything (apart from swap) was on /dev/hda5. I have installed the small new disk as /dev/hda and created a "/" and "/home" partitions on it and moved everything from hda5 onto these two partitions apart from /usr which remains on /dev/hda5 and now has room to expand a bit more as I install additional programs. Problem: I was going to mount /dev/hda5 on the new "/" as "/usr" but it has just occurred to me that the "usr" tree is actually still on /dev/hda5 as "/usr" rather than being in the top directory. I do not have enough free space on any of my petitions to use as a temporary holding area to copy the contents of the "/usr" while I move it up one level so I have temporarily got round this problem by mounting /dev/hda5 as "/old" on the new "/" and making the new "/usr" a symbolic link to "/old/usr" but was wondering if there was a simple way to shift the contents of "/usr" up one level on /dev/hda5? The PC boots and runs ok after tweaking fstab and lilo.conf; I am just interested in shifting usr to keep admin simple. Any suggestions welcome. Ian.

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[Alug]Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 16 Jun '03

16 Jun '03

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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[Alug]Norwich evening meet this thursday confirmed.
by Syd Hancock 16 Jun '03

16 Jun '03

Just a note to confirm that I have booked a room in the Royal British Legion Hall, Aylsham Road, Norwich for thursday evening 19th June from 8pm. There will be a formal announcement from MJR shortly but here is the basic info: It is called 'the TV room' and is immediately to your left as you enter the bar. The RBLH is on Aylsham road, on the right as you go out of Norwich, just over the brow of the hill after Drayton road. Parking available (may be limited though). If bringing kit that needs power, bring an extension lead as there seem to be very few power sockets. So, who's coming? And what kit do we intend to bring along? (Will investigate other possible venues in the next week or two). Syd

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