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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 20 May '02

20 May '02

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.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server uk.openprojects.net" or "/server eu.openprojects.net" 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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Re: [Alug] Install day 2k2 - first report
by Ricardo Campos 20 May '02

20 May '02

>THE LENDING LIBRARY We have one?! >PUBLICITY COORDINATION >It would be nice to formalise these arrangements a bit more. >I'll give it a crack with PLUG. "I'll link yours if you link mine" A nice easy step is to link each other's websites, so users in east anglia can check events at PLUG, CAMLUG or ALUG and then deciding which event is nearest/most convenient/most possible to attend. >MEETING FORMATS >Following on from that, what format do we want meetings to take? Well, perhaps a timetable structure is in order if we are to have talks or discussions. Perhaps we could do a WIKI that has suggested topics, people could put *'s next to the topic if they are interested, and anyone willing could put their name against it to volunteer. i.e. 5 votes for the subject "The transistion from Windows to Linux ain't all that scary" (a talk for newbies), and the volunteer is me, might look like: NEWBIE: The Transition from Windows to Linux: ***** R.Campos (June 9th) That way we could gauge interest and have a single reference point as to who is offering to do what and when. >FREEBIES > pins, Pin the debian badge on the Beast of Redmond competition? Seriously, though, raffles? Perhaps one for the FSF or similar,or we could do it on a computer to save paper ;), or help out for server costs for the ALUG site or summink. >flame on! I know I haven't sorted linewrap, but you'll be glad that this e-mail was written on a Debian GNU/Linux system. ;) Yay, I gawn debian. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Diskspace usage-any good progs?
by Ricardo Campos 20 May '02

20 May '02

I'm looking for a nice program that displays how much diskspace is used, and how much is left on a particular hard-drive. Something like KDiskFree would be cool, except this is for a gnome-only system, and there's unlikely to be any room for KDE. du gives *slightly* useful results, but perhaps someone has a groovy set of command line parameters that would do this. Yes, I have RTFM. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Please respect mail headers.
by Jonathan McDowell 20 May '02

20 May '02

Can people please respect mail headers when replying to posts to the list? My client (mutt) correctly inserts a Mail-Followup-To header that points to the list *and the list alone*, yet I've had at least 3 replies to mails I sent to the list this evening that were either to me alone or copied me and the list. Don't CC me on list posts. I read the list. It's my understanding that this should be default behaviour unless the poster explicitly requests otherwise and given that I explicitly request replies should go back to the list there seems to be no excuse. Thank you. J. -- jid: noodles(a)jabber.earth.li 101 things you can't have too much of : 41 - Tea.

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is there some problem with our web server?
by John Woodard 19 May '02

19 May '02

As header anybody else having problems with our domain? -- Cheers, BJ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07/05/2002

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Re: [Alug] Diskspace usage-any good progs?
by Ricardo Campos 19 May '02

19 May '02

> "df" or "df -h" perhaps? df -h Works a treat. Must go on my list of "really bloody useful commands". Many thanks! Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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please ignore my debian testing post
by Ricardo Campos 19 May '02

19 May '02

I realised I had a : and not a ; at the end of my default release line of apt.conf. All seems to be working properly now! ;) God bless BT SurfTime and Demon! ;) -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Debian testing testing, 123
by Ricardo Campos 19 May '02

19 May '02

I have a new installation of Deb 2.2r3. I wish to move it up to Woody (testing) via good old ftp. I have added the line: APT: :Default-Release "testing"; to my apt.conf file. I have used netselect to get the quickest ftp server to me, which is ftp.demon.co.uk. What exactly do I need to put on my sources.list file? When I do apt-get dist-upgrade I downloaded ssh and that was all? That can't be right! ;) I missing something totally here, I know it. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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ADSL questions
by Chris Glover 19 May '02

19 May '02

Hi, I have decieded to take the plunge and get ADSL. What I want to know is , has anybody managed to get the PPPoATM module for PPPD to compile? I've tried and can't make the _______ (insert your own expletive here) work. I was wondering about getting the Zyxel Prestiege 645R ADSL router, as that supports PPPoE and I have software for that. Will this do PPPoE to PPPoATM translation? I couldn't find any usefull information on their website. I want to continue using my existing Linux machine as a firewall, as I also want to be able to access it from certain restricted site. What ADSL hardware do you use, and have you made it work with Linux, and how? Thanks in advance Chris Chris *************************************************************************** E Mail Chris(a)glovercc.clara.co.uk WWW http://www.glovercc.clara.co.uk Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject. -Anon

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Freeshell.org
by Alexis Lee 19 May '02

19 May '02

Hi, Does anyone here have any opinions on FreeShell.org? Alexis Lee -- "But the Emperor has nothing on at all!" cried a little child - Hans Christian Anderson "The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there." - RM Pirsig The more you know, the more you know you don't know. Corollary: Those who know nothing think they know everything.

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