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RE: UEA Meeting
by Ricardo Campos 17 Oct '01

17 Oct '01

> > > > No network? hrm :( > > > Can't we just run an internal network through some hubs? How many computers do we want to connect? There are 2x 16 port hubs sitting in front of me, although I'll have to be REALLY nice to my boss, and they might be used (by my company) by the end of November. There should be some 4 and 8 port hubs kicking around too. And plenty of Cat 5. Last resort possibly, but should be fine? :) Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Address books
by John Woodard 17 Oct '01

17 Oct '01

I have a fairly large contacts folder in MS Outlook 5 which I would dearly like to transfer over to my Linux box (seriously thinking of ditching MS Office for good here). I need the addresses etc in a format that the KDE address book can read. It can import *.wab files but Outlook won't export wab Outlook Express does but won't import from Outlook. Am I going to have to resort to csv text files or is their some other way. Indecently I have a Palm Vx with the data on synced from Outlook so if there is a way of syncing the palm with the KDE address book (kmail is my preferred mail client) I could do that. Distro is MDK 8.1 running KDE or Gnome and has the usual jpilot, kpilot and Gnome panel apps for syncing the Palm. Cheers, BJ

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Re: [Alug] UEA Meeting booked.
by MJ Ray 17 Oct '01

17 Oct '01

Willaby <willaby(a)pgen.net> writes: > No network? hrm :( That said, I could be wrong and they might have wired it up with the rest of NC. When you pop in, you can take a look ;-) -- MJR

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Linux and USB - follow-up
by Edenyard 16 Oct '01

16 Oct '01

Thanks to everyone who contributed suggestions to getting a USB camera to work with Linux. I finally succeeded by installing Mandrake Freq with 2.4.6 kernel. Slackware using 2.4.5 wouldn't work, neither would Redhat with 2.4.2. If anyone else should be going down this path, feel free to ask and I'll be happy to compare notes. Gerald.

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UEA Meeting booked.
by willaby＠pgen.net 16 Oct '01

16 Oct '01

As per request. A room is booked at the UEA for 25th November, 2 - 6. Nelson Court B Common Room. Bye :)

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PostgreSQL problems
by Ashley ＠ Turton 15 Oct '01

15 Oct '01

I've been running PostgreSQL for a while on a box here at work. This morning when I logged in, it completes a few queries, then stops progressing them. To complete a few more queries I need to restart postmaster. I have not changed any settings for a long time and it only started playing up today. Any ideas? FYI, I am running Postgres 7.03, and executing queries through PHP/Apache. This particular machine is running Mandrake 8.0. Ashley

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Re: [Alug] PostgreSQL problems
by MJ Ray 15 Oct '01

15 Oct '01

"Ashley @ Turton" <ashley(a)turton.com> writes: > not changed any settings for a long time and it only started playing up > today. Any ideas? Not really. We've not seen this, but I think we only have Postgres 6.5.3 and 7.1 here. tsw uses a 7.0 version, but that hasn't had any problems either. Have you checked for open bug reports at postgresql.org and on their lists? -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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Job in Ipswich - Support Services Team Leader - to £40k
by Gavin Smith 15 Oct '01

15 Oct '01

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Re: [Alug] Linux and USB?
by Edenyard 15 Oct '01

15 Oct '01

On Sat, 13 Oct 2001 16:12:01 +0100 (BST), Adam Bower wrote: > OK this bit is more interesting as it is attaching the driver slightly > higher up the food chain! You may not want to attach directly to /dev/sda, > try mount -t vfat /dev/sg0 /mnt/camera instead, there is some > No real change - I get this: mount: /dev/sg0: unknown device. Grrr... > documentation for this in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/scsi-generic.txt > and also on the web at http://www.torque.net/sg/p/scsi-generic_v3.txt but > it is a bit highbrow for me. > Ah - some bedtime reading! I shall read through that later today. > Also the kernel version you are running is fairly old in 2.4 terms and may > be buggy so you may need an upgrade to a newer version. > I've cobbled together another machine with Slackware 8 (kernel 2.4.5) and Mandrake (kernel 2.4.8) so, as soon as I've obtained a plug-in card to provide USB connections, I'll try those. Thanks for your thoughts! Gerald.

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 15 Oct '01

15 Oct '01

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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