Re: [clug-talk] OT - Special hardware needed

2011-07-22 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello, A standard automotive 12 volt battery will only withstand a very limited number of discharges before becoming no good. However, RV batteries (they are still 12 volt DC) are more designed for the cycling of the power, and will generally withstand more discharge / charge cycles before

Re: [clug-talk] KDE / X help please

2013-01-24 Thread Darcy Brodie
You could also try ctrl - alt - backspace. That should restart KDR Darcy Brodie On 2013-01-24, at 12:47 PM, Shawn wrote: > Is the keyboard still working? If so, you can use a console window to > reboot. Two ways to get there: > > 1. ALT-F2, type in "Konsole" followed

Re: [clug-talk] VFXWeb

2014-05-05 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello, I just spoke with Paul from VFXWeb. Here is the scoop. Carlos has indeed moved back home, so the retail store in Calgary is shut down at this time (no one to run it) Paul is still working on the shipping side, however, he has not updated the website in a long time. If you are lookin

Re: [clug-talk] Enterprise Linux?

2005-01-23 Thread Darcy Brodie
And was Michael injuted during the fall ?? :) Michael Gale wrote: (Michael uses Thunderbird in Slackware 10 to view message source and scans for user-agent.) Ahhh Windows !!! [thud] (Michael fell off chair) Travis Rousseau wrote: Update from Patrick http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.ph

Re: [clug-talk] [in preparation for AGM] term limits?

2005-02-09 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello I am going to agree with Jarrod on this. I am on the executive board for a non-profit group, with a membership of approximately 300 members in the province of Alberta. In the original by-laws, there was a maximum of 2 consecutive 1 year terms in the same position, for anyone on the B

Re: [clug-talk] What I want to do

2005-02-12 Thread Darcy Brodie
Yes, the list has been quiet today Darcy Travis Rousseau wrote: Hello? anyone there? Travis R. Travis Rousseau wrote: Gentoo install on a system with 6 hard drives the setup i want is as follows 4 X 37GB Raptors setup with a promise card in a software raid 0 for / with Reinser 4 2 X 120GB maxors

Re: [clug-talk] Revolution OS

2005-04-05 Thread Darcy Brodie
Martin I can loan you my copy. I will bring it to the meeting tomorrow night Darcy Martin Glazer wrote: Hey All, Does anybody have a copy of Revolution OS I can lend. I've been meaning to see it for some time now and with the presentation I'm giving in 2 weeks, I thought that now is as good a

Re: [clug-talk] Free RAID array and Compaq server to a good home

2005-05-19 Thread Darcy Brodie
Curtis I will take it from you. Contact me as to when and how I can pick it up Darcy Brodie Curtis Rempel wrote: It's time for spring cleaning (read: "my basement is too full of things that suck up electricity") and rather than take this stuff to the recycle place, I'd li

Re: [clug-talk] MX blocked

2005-05-20 Thread Darcy Brodie
Would it be advisable to change " It is simple to implement blocking port 25, and would benefit Shaw greatly" to something like "It is simple to implement blocking port 25 for non-business accounts, and would benefit Shaw greatly" and, also to suggest that they offer to block port 25 for the busin

Re: [clug-talk] SuSe Pro Doesn't Detect HDD?

2005-06-19 Thread Darcy Brodie
Travis Rousseau wrote: I know a few linux distros see Dell's hard drives as hdc and cd drives and hda (this has happened to 2 of my friends computers) Travis R. ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_

Re: [clug-talk] Dual booting a large disk on an older PC

2005-07-02 Thread Darcy Brodie
Nick W wrote: Hi all, I recently put a 120GB drive in a P3-500, and was very happy to see the BIOS correctly set the disk size. When I tried this setup: hda1- 15GB FAT32 for Win98 hda4- extended partition hda5- 1GB swap hda6- Rest of drive ext3 for Suse 9.3 pro everything went well through

Re: [clug-talk] Installing external drive

2005-07-14 Thread Darcy Brodie
R. A. L. Carter wrote: I installed Mandrake 10.1 on a new, "bare metal", PC. That seemed to go well. Then I put a Samsung 80 GB ide drive into a NexStar 3 enclosure, partitioned it as one big partition and formated it as ext3 using the wizard in Mandrake. When I rebooted with the NexSta

Re: [clug-talk] Long Term Goals?

2005-07-21 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello I belong to another Association that has looked into applying for a Casino fund raiser event. What we found, was that, as the sponsoring "host" of the casino night there are a few rather large requirements. The sponsoring host must supply the float for the evening (I forget how much

Re: [clug-talk] Opera Web Browser - Free Codes - Final Day !

2005-08-31 Thread Darcy Brodie
not sure where they are, but when I tried to get opera at 6:30 pm, I was told that the offer was now over Oh well Darcy Dave Watkins wrote: Hi All, Opera is celebrating it's 10 year anniversary. As part of that they are giving out free registration codes. The codes are good for all operat

Re: [clug-talk] Memory Express no longer a CLUG sponsor

2005-09-08 Thread Darcy Brodie
The question that I would like to ask is, just because Memory Express no longer is able to provide CLUG members a discount, does that mean that the CLUG has to "cancel" their listing as a sponsor? To me, if CLUG was willing to let them remain listed as a sponsor (even without the discount that

[clug-talk] problem with login between phpBB and .htaccess secured directory

2005-09-14 Thread Darcy Brodie
I am trying to use the username and passwords from SubDreamer CMS / phpBB Bulletin Board (usernames and passwords are stored in MySQL) to allow a registered user access to a protected directory on the same web site (a members area). I would enclose the documents into the CMS, which would m

Re: [clug-talk] Network surge suppression

2007-09-08 Thread Darcy Brodie
Greg Thanks for the tip. I will run up there and get one to see what it is like Darcy Greg King wrote: After the last meeting there was a discussion between 3 or 4 of us about protecting network gear from lightning strikes that travel along the cat5 cables. I was browsing through XS C

[clug-talk] OT - Mini network Racks (10-12U)

2007-10-15 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello everyone. I am trying to find a mini rack for mounting network equipment in (switches and patch panels). Any suggestions on where to look / who to contact? Thanks you. Darcy ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman

Re: [clug-talk] Email server recommendations?

2008-03-14 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello During the course of this conversation, I to, have been looking at different email server programs. While Scalix looks good, I regret to say that no, the Community Edition does NOT support multiple domains. They are only available in the Enterprise Edition Darcy Gustin Johnson wrot

[clug-talk] Auto deteching and re-estabshing lost network connection

2008-09-02 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello everyone I have been trying to find a simple solution for an on going problem. I have a Linux based firewall / router located out of town. It connects to the Internet via a satellite connection (the only other option is dial-up internet) Due to several factors, at times the connection c

Re: [clug-talk] Auto deteching and re-estabshing lost network connection

2008-09-02 Thread Darcy Brodie
loop with a call to sleep so it checks every minute or so, or have cron do it every minute. --- Darcy Brodie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello everyone I have been trying to find a simple solution for an on going problem. I have a Linux based firewall / router located out of tow

[clug-talk] Web hosting options

2009-08-02 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello With the previous question of Canadian based Web Hosting, I have started to look into having a web site that I currently host at home, hosted remotely (I figure that this will cut down on my energy consumption, heat in the house, and even a few headaches with Shaw at times). However, w

[clug-talk] Apache web server with cgi / perl scipts

2009-12-28 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello I am in the process of rebuilding a web server for a non-profit organization that I belong to. I ahve the site back up and running, with the exception of a program that they use for password protecting a members only section of the web site. What is the problem? I can not get the per

Re: [clug-talk] Apache web server with cgi / perl scipts

2009-12-28 Thread Darcy Brodie
Gustin, Thanks for the suggestions Gustin Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 *_Configuration_* CentOS 5.4 Apache 2.2.3 Perl 5 root directory for web site /var/www/html/locks (locks is the name of the web site home directory) path for CGI-BIN directory /var/w

Re: [clug-talk] Apache web server with cgi / perl scipts

2009-12-28 Thread Darcy Brodie
Thanks Gustin Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Darcy Brodie wrote: Gustin, Thanks for the suggestions Gustin Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 *_Configuration_* CentOS 5.4 Apache 2.2.3 Perl 5 root directory for

Re: [clug-talk] Apache web server with cgi / perl scipts

2009-12-29 Thread Darcy Brodie
to diagnose... Not sure if I helped any, but maybe... :) Shawn Darcy Brodie wrote: 755 should give full access to the owner, read and execute to group and others, so even if the APACHE user does not have ownership, it should fall under the

Re: [clug-talk] Apache web server with cgi / perl scipts

2009-12-29 Thread Darcy Brodie
Dean Mah wrote: On 2009-12-28, at 10:06 PM, Darcy Brodie wrote: yes, I have. What they are saying for the test scripts is; malformed header from script. Bad header=This is a test so see if this works : darcy2.pl what I have in that script is #!/usr/bin/perl print"This is a te

Re: [clug-talk] Apache web server with cgi / perl scipts

2009-12-29 Thread Darcy Brodie
Dean Mah wrote: On 2009-12-28, at 10:06 PM, Darcy Brodie wrote: From the script for the password program, when I run it from the browser, I get (2)No such file or directory: exec of '/var/www/cgi-bin/batchsetup.cgi' failed Premature end of script headers: batchsetup.cgi

Re: [clug-talk] Apache web server with cgi / perl scipts

2009-12-29 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello everyone. After a little more digging, I figured that I would update everyone on the exact cause of my frustrations over the past couple of days. Although I had purchased this program from a company who claimed it was written for linux, I would now have to assume that it was actually w

Re: [clug-talk] OT: Monitors

2003-11-21 Thread Darcy Brodie
I asked the guys as VFX regarding monitors, and was told that they do not advertise them on the web site, due to the costs with shipping. Thursday nihgt, they had 6 out on the front shelf, and more in the back. Darcy Alex wrote: Hello Jason, Friday, November 21, 2003, 11:09:11 AM, you wrote:

Re: [clug-talk] (clug-talk) off topic.

2003-11-25 Thread Darcy Brodie
www.vfxweb.com Darcy Jason Fraser wrote: Does anyone have the web site address for the company by the airport where we had the install fest? Thank You Jason Fraser ___ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/cl

Re: [clug-talk] Need a ride after meeting.

2003-12-02 Thread Darcy Brodie
Darcy If you still need a ride, I could arrange it for you (Sorry about the reply on the list, nuclues is returning all my emails to you saying "relay access denied") Darcy Brodie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I plan on attending the meeting tomorrow night. I could

[clug-talk] samba PDC for windows clients

2005-09-25 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello I am running samba 3.0.2 on a Mandrake box as a primary domain controller for a windows 2000 network. Is there a way to restrict who can log into a specific windows machine? I have a couple of windows computers that I do not want everyone on the domain to be able to log into those m

[clug-talk] problems with installation of Horde

2006-01-18 Thread Darcy Brodie
I have been trying to install Horde on a test server at home, with various problems (I hope they are simple, but the solutions do escape me) I have tried this a couple of times, including re-installing everything (including the O/S and Kolab) on the test server When I try to install the Horde D

[clug-talk] Kolab and Horde test installation

2006-01-23 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello I have been trying to get Kolab and Horde installed since the workshop on January 14. For the most part, I have finally succeeded. I think I have just 1 little problem left. When I log onto Horde, I can not see the frame on the left side of the screen showing the links (such as mail

Re: [clug-talk] OT: Disassembling an e-Vectra

2006-03-20 Thread Darcy Brodie
Jesse check out the celeron section at vfxweb. they have some Compaq D510 sff computers (http://www.vfxweb.com/index.php?productid=9310) Darcy Jesse Kline wrote: >On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 21:23 -0700, Ian Bruseker wrote: > > >>On 3/20/06, Jesse Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>

Re: [clug-talk] OT: Disassembling an e-Vectra

2006-03-20 Thread Darcy Brodie
that would be the compaq D510's (http://www.vfxweb.com/index.php?productid=9310 ) Darcy Shawn wrote: >I was at VFX Saturday, and they had a bunch of boxes about the same size as >one of the HPs... Not sure what brand those were, but they were 2GHz boxes >for 2 hundred and some... > >Shawn >

Re: [clug-talk] my ipcop box

2006-05-15 Thread Darcy Brodie
Gustin Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Mitchell Brown wrote: > >> You guys, after your lovely presentation insipred me to set one up of my >> own. Okay, the install went smooth. >> I've got two network cards in it, and I've correctly identified them as >>

Re: [clug-talk] my ipcop box

2006-05-16 Thread Darcy Brodie
Mitchell Brown wrote: > > Are you having problems with just your wireless connection or is > it on the > wired connection as well? > > > Both. > > > When you had the crossover cable connected, did you have access to > the > internet? > > > No. > Would I be correct in assum

Re: [clug-talk] my ipcop box

2006-05-16 Thread Darcy Brodie
Mitchell Brown wrote: > > > Thanks Darcy :) If you look back through the thread I resolved all my > issues except for SquidGuard which still refuses to actually guard. > But thanks for your offer to help :) > > I'm not on Shaw, I'm on a small-business-based wireless ISP so my DNS > is actually 1

Re: [clug-talk] Konqueror question - _with_ screenshot

2006-05-17 Thread Darcy Brodie
Neil Bower wrote: > On Wednesday 17 May 2006 17:05, Hendrik Schaink wrote: > >> Thanks, Aaron, that did the trick in Konqueror, not in Firefox. Have to >> keep digging into Forefox settings. Anyway, glad to see that KDE4 will >> take fonts sizes from the Control Centre settings. >> >> > >

[clug-talk] IPCop Red interface ip address renewal

2006-05-24 Thread Darcy Brodie
Hello all I have been asked to create a firewall for a small lodge out of town. Their high speed internet is supplied via satalite (if I remember correctly), and all of the black box routers that they have tried have had to be reset 2 or 3 times a day over the last 2 weeks. I was looking

Re: [clug-talk] Kolab

2006-05-30 Thread Darcy Brodie
Jon wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Shawn wrote: > >> Not sure about the details here - I think there's many places the port >> number >> has to be changed Andrew has the details on this, if he's monitoring >> the >> thread. >> > > I don't think Andrew

Re: [clug-talk] simple, yet bothersome problem

2006-07-14 Thread Darcy Brodie
not sure about Ubuntu, but you could try /etc/samba/smb.conf Darcy Jon wrote: > On Friday 14 July 2006 18:12, Mitchell Brown wrote: > >> somewhere to change this, but its completely slipped my mind for the last >> week that I've been looking. >> > > /etc/hosts has hostnames, but I'm not su

Re: [clug-talk] serial ports and Linux

2006-11-22 Thread Darcy Brodie
And I disagree with not making them. I know of a lot of applications that still require serial connections Darcy Mitchell Brown wrote: > I'm pretty sure someone makes a PCMCIA card for this purpose. Try > memxit.com > > I agree with the decision to no longer make them thou

Re: [clug-talk] serial ports and Linux

2006-11-22 Thread Darcy Brodie
=> Serial adaptors, and they will work for some of the security products, but not all. Darcy Darcy Brodie wrote: > And I disagree with not making them. I know of a lot of applications > that still require serial connections > > Darcy > > > Mitchell Brown wrote: > >&

Re: [clug-talk] serial ports and Linux

2006-11-22 Thread Darcy Brodie
ellent: > > http://www.lammertbies.nl/comm/info/RS-232_null_modem.html > > > On 11/22/06, *Darcy Brodie* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Sorry - hit the wrong key > > I work in the security industry. Almo

[clug-talk] Web Conference software

2006-11-25 Thread Darcy Brodie
there and reduce costs, it would be great. Google.ca seems to prefer to send me to web conference services, which, primarily due to the per minute costs, I would like to avoid Thanks for your assistance Darcy Brodie ___ clug-talk mailing list clug

Re: [clug-talk] Web Conference software

2006-11-25 Thread Darcy Brodie
; call-quality is amazing, and I know there's a software add-on out > there that extends the functionality quite a bit, although, > conveniently, the name of it slips my mind at the moment. > > On 11/25/06, *Darcy Brodie* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [clug-talk] Web Conference software

2006-11-25 Thread Darcy Brodie
antastic. There is a fee for long distance (or 800) > number access, so factor that in if it's even an option. > > What type of tools are required? Streaming video, whiteboard, > multiple presenters? > > What kind of bandwidth do you have available to your home? >

Re: [clug-talk] Question about clug-tech

2006-12-01 Thread Darcy Brodie
Shawn wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jesse Kline wrote: > >> I know I've stated this in the past, but my concern is that too many >> people will subscribe to clug-tech, and unsubscribe from clug-talk. We >> now have 7 mailing lists, and 4 web forums. How many pe

Re: [clug-talk] Re: Installfest

2004-07-16 Thread Darcy Brodie, CJL
Something to keep in mind. The Jul 31 weekend is a long weekend (civic holiday), and it may affect attendance Darcy GRAHAM MONK wrote: No decison yet, nobody has responded with a preference for the 24th or 31st. I would think we will be aiming at the 31st or as the only responder requested the

Re: [clug-talk] Don't use Telus they block your ports

2004-08-26 Thread Darcy Brodie, CJL
I have been told that if Telus holds the MX record for your email server, that they will not block the port Darcy Tomas Florian wrote: Over the last month I have been noticing slow but sure degradation of my internet service. I have two Linux boxe hosted outside of my home. They are SMTP server

Re: [clug-talk] qmail Workshop

2004-08-27 Thread Darcy Brodie, CJL
I would be interested in this also Darcy Shawn Grover wrote: Hi Gang. Jarrod and I recently got together to try and get qmail running on his server, with some success. But in the process, we were talking about the number of qmail related posts recently and the apparent interest in qmail. We tho

Re: [clug-talk] slim Compaq CD-ROMs @ VFXweb

2004-11-04 Thread Darcy Brodie, CJL
I do know that at Memory Express, the discount is for cash or debit only, and I do believe that I have heard from Paul that it is for cash only (due to transaction fees associated with credit card transactions) Darcy Jarrod Major wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 0

[clug-talk] qmail installation instructions

2004-11-06 Thread Darcy Brodie, CJL
hello I thought I would pass on a site that I found that offers installation instructions for qmail. It is based on the Life with qmail site, but it has most of the scripts already made for you. I also offers a number of additions to the qmail, such as webmail, web based configuration tool

Re: [clug-talk] lift to meeting

2004-11-30 Thread Darcy Brodie, CJL
Katrina Kube wrote: Thanks, but that's actually pretty far, the only wheels I have are on my rollerblades. I'll be about a block west of Edmonton Trail on 2nd Ave & 3rd St. Katrina On Nov 30, 2004, at 20.36, Graham Monk wrote: On Tuesday 30 November 2004 20:10, Katrina Kube wrote: Anyone in, or

Re: [clug-talk] Postfix and pine

2004-03-31 Thread Darcy Brodie, CJL
In pine, there is a configuration (when in Pine, go into setup, and then configure) The 3rd line down is the setting for the smtp server. I have found to send mail with pine, you need to set the smtp server here, for it to work (I didn't even have postfix or sendmail installed at the time!)

Re: [clug-talk] Help - GRUB HARD DISK ERROR

2004-04-10 Thread Darcy Brodie, CJL
Mandrake), and I have had to repair the bootloader on occasion by re-running the Linux installation, and selecting upgrade, but not selecting any pacakges to install Darcy Brodie Mike Fitton wrote: On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 20:00, CAMERON NIKITIUK wrote: From the advice I am given am I correct in

Re: [clug-talk] Jerry Pournelle

2004-06-01 Thread Darcy Brodie, CJL
I have the download version of mdk 10, if you are interested. I could bring them to the meeting Darcy Cameron Nikitiuk wrote: mandrake 10 community edition just came out...maybe include that as well. i just got the DVD last week but I dont have any spares CD's -Original Message- From

Re: [clug-talk] Jerry Pournelle

2004-06-02 Thread Darcy Brodie, CJL
UG General Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Jerry Pournelle Many thanks Darcy, the more the merrier, see you at the meting tonight. Graham - Original Message ----- From: "Darcy Brodie, CJL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2004 0:10 am Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Jerry Pournell