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Re: [Alug] I've got a really old laptop
by MJ Ray 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

Steve Kuo <drakioned(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes: > 486DX33 4MB RAM B&W Screen 120Mb HDD You may be able to get X on to it, but it will swap like crazy if you try to do much with it. At the very least, you will need to be *very* light on the memory usage. Emacs and VIM under X are out of the question ;-)

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Re: [Alug] The web site
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Neill Newman <neill(a)entora.co.uk> writes: > Mark et al, I know that there is a lot to do, and I dont have time to do > any right now, but can I make a suggestion.. > Can the website be tested with the w3 vaildator (validator.w3.org). This > makes sure it is proper html, at the moment there are a dozen or so > errors ;(.. Don't exaggerate: there were four errors. It seems that sablotron is somewhat more primitive than luminas's tools and produces HTML 4.01 (*yuk!*) instead. One correction later, there are now no errors, at least in transitional. It shouldn't be too much work to make it pass strict if it's really needed, but that can wait a bit.

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Is this a FAQ? (Books)
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

David, why don't you write a page about the various book things, ie the library system and the discount deals? This could then be linked into the FAQ "What does ALUG do?"... Also, the meetings part of that answer should link to the meetings page and the mailing lists/IRC bit to the "Join us" page. But I'll graciously let someone else add them ;-) Thanks!

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Re: [Alug] SSH/SCP No Password
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Steve Fosdick <fozzy(a)pelvoux.demon.co.uk> writes: > If it doesn't work when you set it up, try the -d option on the server > end to get a debug log from it which will tell what types of > authenciation it is trying and why they fail. [...] Any reason why that's better than doing -v on the client end? Is it really worth annoying all the users on the server? ;-)

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Re: [Alug] SSH/SCP No Password
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

"D" <dsc(a)clara.net> writes: > Anyone ever got this to work? Not sat down and tried yet but a guy I was > talking to yesterday said its harder then it looks, surely you just need the > host keys etc.. and your away. I have eval $(ssh-agent) quite early in my .xsession file. This makes sure everything in my X session knows where to find the key manager. Then using ssh-add lets me add keys to it. You generate ssh keys with ssh-keygen and have to copy the right one to the target machine's $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys file. Other than that, it's fairly simple... ask questions if you want more than the manual pages say. I even have a VPN using slip over ssh, for when I need to appear to be on an internal network somewhere.

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Re: [Alug] The web site
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Within 5 minutes or so of this being sent, there should be something approaching a new-look ALUG website. Start the complaints now, please. ;-)

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Re: [Alug] Next Meet
by David Freeman 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:22:15 +0100 "John Woodard" wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: alug-admin(a)stu.uea.ac.uk [mailto:alug-admin@stu.uea.ac.uk]On > > Behalf Of MJ Ray > > Sent: 17 August 2001 23:04 > > To: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > > Subject: Re: [Alug] Next Meet > > > > Adam Bower <abower(a)thebowery.co.uk> writes: > > > > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Steve Kuo wrote: > > > > I second the idea at the UEA... [...] living on campus [...] > > > Was that you just volunteering to book the room etc. then? > > > > My thoughts exactly! Seriously: I am leaving UEA and will not be able > > to book them any more, but I may still be lurking enough to be useful > > for this meeting, so it would be an ideal time to hand over organising > > UEA meetings to someone else. > > > > Steve, are you up for this? > > If we can't book the UEA I can host at Syleham if needed. BJ, Would I be right in thinking that you live a few hundred yards from Sylham? Would I also be right in thinking you have either Home highway/ISDN/unmetered web access of some kind? If so for the next meeting we could put in a small wireless link and have a network connection for the first time at Syleham! Thanks D PS can you open the bar as well? > Cheers, > BJ > > > _______________________________________________ > alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list > Send list replies to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug > See the website for instructions on digest or unsub! -- "Your house sounds like a fire hazard" Peter Clarke

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Re: [Alug] Highly regulalar inquiries
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Adam Bower <abower(a)thebowery.co.uk> writes: > It got edited to read as follows: Mea culpa. If it wasn't marked as a quote, I mangled it and left Adam's byline on it. Mooohahahaha.... Seriously, I was sent an incomplete FAQ and so I marked it up and tried to get the English running smoothly. If I did anything too wrong, I'm sure Adam will switch it back in the next few days and I apologise profusely. Please... I've done the first few revisions of the web site and I'll try to help out in future... but it needs YOU to keep it going now.

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Re: [Alug] Next Meet
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

"Simon Parkes" <simon(a)sparksy.org.uk> writes: > I've lost the thread here, has the next meeting date been sorted > yet? I may be able to arrange something here at Red Lodge, [...] If you could, it would be a very welcome addition to the ALUG circuit. Steve, don't worry about the UEA venue. There should be enough people there in a couple of weeks to take care of it. Now, I think a talk or theme for the next meeting would be good...

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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by David Freeman 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 00:25:43 +0100 (BST) Adam Bower wrote: > On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, David Freeman wrote: > > > Hello, welcome, from your cam.ac.uk address I am assuming you are from > > Cambridge Uni. > > Blimey David, that was an amazing bit of detective work ;-) Well after your detective work recently it pails into insignificaince :o) > > > A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I was a Field > > > Archaeologist, and have been responsible for introducing 22 tonne > tracked > > > excavators to some of Britain's less interesting Scheduled Ancient > > > monuments. > > > > I'm not going to ask. > > I would like to know the details, sounds like the Eddie Izard method of > archaeology! More like blitzkriege archaeology, I have images of a large JCB dumping a bucket load of soil onto the small sivve and covering that increadibly gorgeous red head archeaology student that is always present at various digs. > > Perhaps you can lend advice to a poor student who has be accused of > being > > a wireless network expert and given the task of connecting a field > > somewhere in the bottom left hand corner of belguim a network connection > > for a week so a large quantity of geeks in various states of soberness > > can connect to the web! bugger! > > Heh, you don't have to worry about this David, all you have to do is get > the wireless LAN to talk to the other bit, I can do all the Masquerade for > the campsite and the networky bits and get all the DNS working etc. > etc..... that (in answer to your question from irc last week) is what > sys-admins are for and what sys-admins do! I can tell you don't know much about radio. It is a black art I haven't mastered completely, it is not unknown to sit with a signal stoping 10' short of where you want to be whilst 1000' away you get a brilliant signal! Reminds me of a friend who was involved in york uni radio and they got a call from dubia as the signal had bounced off the ionisphere and was crystal clear in dubai! We don't need to masq or anything as far as the IP layer is concerned all you will see is one big subnet, the wireless stuff all works at the MAC layer, which is why its so fun. The IP stuff is easy, just need a DHCP server at one end and a big hub at each end. Thanks D > Adam > -- > This message is Copyleft - all rights reversed > Adam > > > > _______________________________________________ > alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list > Send list replies to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug > See the website for instructions on digest or unsub! -- "Your house sounds like a fire hazard" Peter Clarke

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