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Meeting 4 Nov...
by Simon.Parkes＠worldspan.com 02 Nov '01

02 Nov '01

OK for the gates there will be a swat team available to help get equipment over, or you can drive up and they will open automatically, whichever is your preference !!!! Directions....

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Meeting on 4th Nov- agenda?
by Ricardo Campos 01 Nov '01

01 Nov '01

What's the agenda? the http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ site always times out on me. Although I got MDK 8.0 up and running, I'd like to install Deb 2.2r3 (I have the disks). Unfortunately, I tried to install 2 times already- both failed for different reasons. It would be great if someone could lend a hand there. I have a 4 port hub I can bring- I really can't get away with taking the other hubs (all 40 ports worth) away from work as they're mucho £££££- specially as they're being installed on the monday. I should be able to bring a crossover cable and some other cat 5 cables, but it would be helpful if people brought their own too. Ricardo "There are several codes, and I know several of them." -Mr. Precise. http://www.rscampos.net -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Taking the Plunge - recompiling the kernel
by Edenyard 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:24:08 +0000, Toby Jaffey wrote: > The bit you seem to have missed is linking (ln) or copying the kernel > includes (in linux/include/linux and linux/include/asm) to /usr/include. > Have a look at these guides: > http://alge.anart.no/linux/robotti/kernel-compile-guide > http://linuxfaq.quartz.net.nz/node86.html > Many thanks for that timely advice! I had another go this morning, having set the symlinks for asm, linux & scsi and - lo and behold - it all worked without further ado. Kernel compiled and is now installed. Even better news - now the USB camera that I pestered so many people over works with Slackware and the new kernel, too. Thanks again to everyone here who contributed to this advancement! Gerald.

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Re: Meeting 4 Nov...
by jh Atkinson 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

Simon.Parkes(a)worldspan.com wrote, asking me, John Atkinson, to get it out. > Here it is, can you forward it onto the list for me please.. > > Simon Parkes > E-Commerce Server Engineer > Worldwide Technical Operations Group > Worldspan Services Ltd. > Office Tel: +44 (0) 208 745 9012. > Office Fax: +44 (0) 208 745 1878 > Home Office Tel +44 (0) 1638 552864 > Home Office Fax: +44 (0)1638 552865 > Fax to E-mail +44 (0) 703 1152199 > Mobile:- +44 (0) 7970 006076 > E-Mail :- simon.parkes(a)worldspan.com > > ----- Forwarded by Simon Parkes/WSL/WSP on 30/10/2001 19:24 ----- > > Simon Parkes > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > 30/10/2001 cc: > 07:28 Subject: Meeting 4 Nov... > > > > OK for the gates there will be a swat team available to help get equipment > over, or you can drive up and they will open automatically, whichever is > your preference !!!! > > Directions.... > > >From Newmarket, follow signs for Cheveley, on entering Cheveley, take first > right up "High Street", carry on past church on left. Immediately after > phone box on right, go through the gates, down to the bottom of the drive > BIG HOUSE... Someone will be around to point you in the right direction.. > > >From Cambridge, follow signs for Newmarket (I'd suggest A1303), at the > first set of traffic lights (nr Nightclubs) in Newmarket turn RIGHT and > follow road for about 3 miles.... On entering Cheveley, take first right up > "High Street", carry on past church on left. Immediately after phone box on > right, go through the gates, down to the bottom of the drive BIG HOUSE... > Someone will be around to point you in the right direction.. > > >From Ely A11, follow signs for Newmarket , go straight across all > roundabouts (3), turn left at "T" junction (Pub on left) and follow road > for about 2 miles.... On entering Cheveley, take first right up "High > Street", carry on past church on left. Immediately after phone box on > right, go through the gates, down to the bottom of the drive BIG HOUSE... > Someone will be around to point you in the right direction.. > > >From A14 Bury St Edmunds direction , take first turn off A14 signposted > Newmarket (after the Tuddenham junction), follow road for about 5 miles, at > lights bear left into Newmarket. At next roundabout (Clocktower on it) > turn left, follow road, turn left at "T" junction (Pub on left) and follow > road for about 2 miles.... On entering Cheveley, take first right up "High > Street", carry on past church on left. Immediately after phone box on > right, go through the gates, down to the bottom of the drive BIG HOUSE... > Someone will be around to point you in the right direction.. > > I think that about does it, power points.. There should be plenty > available.... Tables, in process of sorting out, Tea and coffee... > Sorted (small donation to my mum for providing would be nice though).... > Apart from that... The pool heating is off so if you do want to go for a > swim take a thermal wet suit !!!! > > http://www.simon-parkes.co.uk/parents.html for an idea of the place..... > > If any more information is needed please give me a shout... If better > directions are required... errrr I'll see what I can do, post code is CB8 > 9DG .....And the place is called Fittocks House (not Fittocks Stud).... > > Simon Parkes > E-Commerce Server Engineer > Worldwide Technical Operations Group > Worldspan Services Ltd. > Office Tel: +44 (0) 208 745 9012. > Office Fax: +44 (0) 208 745 1878 > Home Office Tel +44 (0) 1638 552864 > Home Office Fax: +44 (0)1638 552865 > Fax to E-mail +44 (0) 703 1152199 > Mobile:- +44 (0) 7970 006076 > E-Mail :- simon.parkes(a)worldspan.com

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Re: [Alug] permissions
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

Mat B wrote: >Dunno if this will help your problem, but there is an option in smb.conf >called >'force create mode' >You bung it in with the other properties of the share and set it to whatever >you want the permissions >to be on files that are 'created' on the samba share, eg. 'force create mode >= 0755'. >Theres a more detailed blurb in the smb.conf man page. Perfect! Many thanks. Jen

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RE: [Alug] Re: Locked directories - Sympathy
by Peter Delf 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

>From: "Edenyard" <mail(a)edenyard.co.uk> >Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:12:59 +0000 >To: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> >CC: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk >Subject: Re: [Alug] Re: Locked directories - Sympathy > >On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 15:45:29 +0100, MJR wrote: > >> Anyone here with a kernel 2.4 Debian installation CD? I'm sure such things >> exist, but I don't have one. >> > > I've looked in all the usual places, but they all seem to say 2.2.xx >for Debian. That's the frustrating thing: one hears how good Debian is, >but can't try it! I wondered whether it's possible to take a >distribution (e.g., Debian) and install it with another kernel?? I don't >know enough about how all the different bits of Linux fit together to >know whether this is a sensible suggestion. > > Gerald. Check out http://www.uk.debian.org/News/2001/20010415 it's an article on what to add to your sources.list to upgrade to a 2.4.X kernel. I've done it on both my laptop and desktop computers and they run fine now (with proper USB support! yea!). I won't include a summary as i recommend you read all the instructions listed there. A small word of warning though, the apt source is unofficial so therefore it is unsupported, but the maintainer is a registered Debian developer so it's all pretty well maintained. The source addresses start http://people.debian.org/~bunk/ Pete Pete www.crawl-space.org.uk p.delf(a)uea.ac.uk

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Locked Directories-MDK8.0- answer!!!!
by Ricardo Campos 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

ALL credit must go to Syd on this one. You're an absoloute star- there's a pint with your name on it!!!!!!! In a terminal:- su (give password) supermount -i disable umount /mnt/cdrom umount /mnt/floppy mount -a supermount -i enable (optional: it may change your FS type to "auto", so try iso9660 for CD, vfat for floppy) mount -a This did it for me. And of course:- cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak ...Just incase it balls up again! :) I suspect that supermount has problems with windows partitions- poss remove from fstab and mount manually if you want to use them? Thank god for that! :) - No, thank Syd! Ricardo "There are several codes, and I know several of them." -Mr. Precise. http://www.rscampos.net -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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permissions
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

How do you set up a directory so that files being copied into it from a windows machine using a samba share will copy as read only? At the moment they are rwx- - - - - - so I have to chmod manually when a doc is copied in. I've tried to set the whole directory as 755 using the -R option, which works for stuff already there but stuff copied in afterwards is still unreadable. nb - the files are moved in by various mortal users. Thanks! Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] Re: Locked directories - Sympathy
by Edenyard 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:59:26 -0000 (GMT), Raphael Mankin wrote: > In general, the answer to your question is Yes. What you would do is to install > Debian, or whatever, in a clean partition and then build another kernel for it. > However, in the particular case of upgrading from 2.2 to 2.4 kernels, you also > have to upgrade glibc, binutils and other bits and pieces. It is therefore > ESSENTIAL that you do it in a clean partition. Do not try to upgrade a running > system. > Thanks - I can understand that well enough. If I already have a 2.4.n and I want to make it 2.4.n+1, do I still need to have separate partition - assuming that gcc, glibc, etc., are all within the versions recommended in the sourse README? > The moral is: always build your disks with two root partitions so that you can > do dangerous things without cutting your own balls off. > That seems eminently sound.... Gerald

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Debian problems
by Edenyard 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 14:15:07 +0000, Ashley wrote: > Just upgraded to Debian unstable (good idea?). Everything appears ok, apart > from my X configuration is lost. X no longer starts during bootup, and the > progs xf86config and XF86Setup are not available. Also startx and X are > unrecognised commands. > I have a vague idea that you run anXious (yes - that IS a capital X in the middle!!) to configure X on Debian. I DID say 'vague'.... Gerald

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