[clug-talk] Touch screen x-86 laptops for Linux

2016-11-17 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Does anyone have any experience with this? I'd like a reversible screen and a decent spec CPU/RAM Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca

Re: [clug-talk] where to buy second hand computer parts in Calgary?

2017-09-30 Thread Nick Wiltshire
These guys have a bunch of used stuff (though I'm not sure if they'd have a fan by itself). Electronic Recycling Association Calgary 1301 34 Ave SE Calgary, AB They have an ebay store too... https://www.ebay.ca/usr/calgarycomputerwholesale On Saturday, September 30, 2017 10:12:06 AM MDT Ralph

[clug-talk] Kmail filtering

2005-07-30 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi all, not much goin on here or what? Anyways, I just moved all my email (I never delete it...) to an IMAP server, then discovered you can't have mail sorted into different imap folders based on headers, only local folders. Is there any way around this? Thanks, Nick _

Re: [clug-talk] (A little OT) Help - SQL Statement

2005-08-09 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Tuesday 09 August 2005 4:37 pm, Cameron wrote: > $ship_id=shipmentsid.invoices > DELETE * from invoices WHERE > shipmentsid.shipments=$ship_id AND > shipmentsid.packages=$ship_id IF > shippingdate>two weeks ago for 1 thing, shouldn't you flip your ">" to "<"? Nick

Re: [clug-talk] Linux power in Africa

2005-08-11 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 11 August 2005 8:54 am, Ian Bruseker wrote: > Now that's the exercise program I need. 15 minutes of pedaling, an > hour of computing, then *poof*! Back on the bike, tubby! Let's just > hope I wasn't trying to install Gentoo at the time, or I'd be riding > for hours! > In light of th

Re: [clug-talk] (A little OT) Help - SQL Statement

2005-08-12 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Friday 12 August 2005 1:04 am, Gustin Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday 10 August 2005 10:16, Cameron wrote: > > My Bad guys...sorry! > > > > I thought becuase it was SQL and cause Linux has lots of SQL tools and > > such... and umm... eryeah... that is the connection to teh list!! ;-) > > > > I

Re: [clug-talk] Shut off the 'tap' on my touchpad.

2005-09-03 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Saturday 03 September 2005 8:56 am, Jon wrote: > Hey All, > > I'm running Kanotix with KDE on a Dell Inspiron 1000 and my stupid touch > pad is driving me nuts. I don't want to shut it off entirely, but I really > need to shut off the 'tap' feature. > > I've been into the KDE control panel and s

Re: [clug-talk] Shut off the 'tap' on my touchpad.

2005-09-03 Thread Nick Wiltshire
> > Jon > > On September 3, 2005 01:20 pm, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > Domain match. > > Remove domain from Allow list --> > > > > https://www.vqme.com/pk/eh?op=remove_domain&Domain=clug.ca&VU=HqIXF6rk+Pp > >DI 0Rq/fWFgg Block domain --> > > >

Re: [clug-talk] Shut off the 'tap' on my touchpad.

2005-09-03 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Saturday 03 September 2005 10:06 am, Jon wrote: > Does it mean anything to you ? it means I'm about as lost as you are :) google wasn't much help either, maybe you'll have better luck. Nick ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.

Re: [clug-talk] Shut off the 'tap' on my touchpad.

2005-09-03 Thread Nick Wiltshire
atible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] > 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter > :02:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 100 22Mbps Wireless > Interface > > > And my lsusb: > > Bus 003 Device 001: ID : > Bus 002 Device 001: ID :00

Re: [clug-talk] Shut off the 'tap' on my touchpad.

2005-09-04 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Sunday 04 September 2005 12:07 pm, Gustin Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 03 September 2005 11:33, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > On Saturday 03 September 2005 9:28 am, Jon wrote: > > > Damn fine question: I have no idea...any idea how I'd find out? I don't > > >

Re: [clug-talk] Internet Filtering

2005-09-08 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 08 September 2005 10:16 am, Mike Bougie wrote: > Dave, those are just the words I was looking for! > > Thanks, I'll look into this. It can be configured to auto-start when > KDE boots up, right? The filtering would be always-on, done at the firewall. You'll need an old computer to run

Re: [clug-talk] Internet Filtering

2005-09-08 Thread Nick Wiltshire
could do it on the local machine, however I think that method would be much easier to compromise. Plus it's harder to set up [I think] :) > > ~Mike > > On 9/8/05, Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 08 September 2005 10:16 am, Mike Bougie wrote:

Re: [clug-talk] Reset root password SuSE 9.2

2005-09-14 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 12:35 pm, Shawn wrote: > On Wednesday 14 September 2005 08:38, Jarrod Major wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 September 2005 4:59 am, Dave Bourassa wrote: > > > Jarrod, how would you like to do noobs like me a favour, and write this > > > up as a How-to in great detail, expl

Re: [clug-talk] [OT] USB 2.x I/O card

2005-09-14 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 4:39 pm, Jarrod Major wrote: > On Wednesday 14 September 2005 3:51 pm, Jarrod Major wrote: > > I tried calling them about this... they don't carry such a thing. The > > problem is that the card has a USB type A connector... on the inside as > > well as the ones on the

Re: [clug-talk] Sendmail Problem

2005-09-15 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 15 September 2005 11:54 am, Tek Budda wrote: > Hmmm...either there is a problem with the CLUG-Talk list or no one > wanted to help yesterday, but I don't think I got one response about my > sendmail issue. > never received anything from you about sendmail... _

Re: [clug-talk] [OT] USB 2.x I/O card

2005-09-15 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 15 September 2005 2:18 pm, Jarrod Major wrote: > On Wednesday 14 September 2005 4:45 pm, Gustin Johnson wrote: > > Why not wire a cable into a pin block? No messing with a board and > > voiding of warranty not required. > I read that wrong the first time. Good idea. > This is what

[clug-talk] Migrating an office database

2005-09-16 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hey all, I just got off the phone with a client who was wisely running an access database from an actively used PC in the office. It crashed. Hard. I delivered a new machine to them yesterday so it turns out they have an extra box laying around and I'd like to reccomend to them that they run t

Re: [clug-talk] Migrating an office database

2005-09-16 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Saturday 17 September 2005 3:51 am, Robert Lewko wrote: > On September 16, 2005 12:38 pm, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > > > I just got off the phone with a client who was wisely running an access > > database from an actively used PC in the of

Re: [clug-talk] Moglen: SUSE Vouchers Have No Expiration Date!

2007-05-19 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Wow. Thanks Bill, your contribution of patents to the Linux community is appreciated. Of course it's all theory, but I doubt MS will take it to court if there's a chance they'll lose. Their FUD machine is well oiled. Good article, tks. Nick On Saturday 19 May 2007 09:59, bogi wrote: > This is

Re: [clug-talk] OT: Call for comments: Proposal to adop t Office Open XML (Open XML) as an international s tandard

2007-05-25 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Indeed. I threw in my .02 on the site. Hopefully they listen, as the vast majority of comments opposed OOXML. On Friday 25 May 2007 08:52, bogi wrote: > This is the Microsoft version of things, is it ?? > If it is, than it is only called open to confuse , i think. > Cheers > Szemir > > On May 25,

Re: [clug-talk] OT: Call for comments: Proposal to adopt Office Open XML (Open XML) as an international standard

2007-05-25 Thread Nick Wiltshire
The other problem is ODF is actually open, meaning there's a level field. Microsoft hates when they can't lie, cheat and steal. On Friday 25 May 2007 16:59, Robert Lewko wrote: > the trick is that it wasn't THEIR open standard. That makes so much > difference!!! > > On 5/25/07, Mitchell Brow

Re: [clug-talk] Tomcat

2007-05-29 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Actually it was No, No, No...And no! On Tuesday 29 May 2007 17:16, Jon wrote: > No, no, no and No? > > What the heck does that mean? > > --- > Sent from the road... > -Original Message- > From: Juan Alberto Cirez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:06 pm > Subject: [clug-ta

Re: [clug-talk] small smile of today :-)

2007-06-05 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Tuesday 05 June 2007 17:42, bogi wrote: > Today i met a programmer, we had a short chitchat , he would develop > e-commerce and web stuff, using only closed source and proprietary > technologies. That really got me intrested, so i went and asked him, what > languages and systems he would work wi

[clug-talk] Linux on Mac hardware

2007-06-09 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi all, I've been looking at the new MacBook Pro and am considering buying one as I'm a web developer and being able to test in Safari would be helpful. I have other reasons, but that's why I looked in the first place. They recently stuck an Nvidia card in, and after my current ATi woes, I'm ha

Re: [clug-talk] Did shaw shut down external ports?

2007-06-12 Thread Nick Wiltshire
I know for sure they are working on cutting port 25 for residential customers. It doesn't affect SOHO users though. On Tuesday 12 June 2007 11:50, Robert Campbell wrote: > I have had to re-subscribe to this list using my gmail account so that I > could ask this question. Has shaw shut down ac

Re: [clug-talk] Did shaw shut down external ports?

2007-06-12 Thread Nick Wiltshire
I think it's only outbound. When I moved last month I was unable to send mail until my static IP was set up. On Tuesday 12 June 2007 11:55, Jesse Kline wrote: > Seeing as I got both these e-mails, they havn't cut port 25 yet. > > Jesse > > > I know for sure they are working on cutting port 25 for

Re: [clug-talk] Did shaw shut down external ports?

2007-06-19 Thread Nick Wiltshire
>only >one port, what's the big deal. I think the date on the memo for for >the >15 of next month, not that anyone has notice them playing with port >25 >recently. > >> - Original Message - >> From: "Kevin Ander

Re: [clug-talk] Did shaw shut down external ports?

2007-06-19 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Further clarification... This does not affect my connection -- I'm not sure if it has to do with my business account or the fact that I'm on a static IP (they can be had separately AFAIK). I can send outbound on port 25 no problem. After I moved at the beginning of may I was briefly on a regula

Re: [clug-talk] I starting to understand Plasma

2007-06-22 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Friday 22 June 2007 14:28, Richard Carter wrote: > Jon, > > Thanks for the tip. However, I have an AMD64 processor so that rpm file > wouldn't convert to a deb file. I guess I have to wait until Adobe creates > version for AMD64. > This issue actually has a fairly easy solution. AMD64 can run

Re: [clug-talk] Browsing a Linux network

2007-06-26 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Tuesday 26 June 2007 18:37, Kevin Anderson wrote: > Well, Lets clear a few things... > > Samba isn't the "windows way", it's the SMB way. That can be done on > Linux, Mac and/or Windows. > Ditto for Rendezvous. > > NFS is another way. > HTTP is another. > FTP too. > SSH (a la fish) is another.

Re: [clug-talk] Bittorrent on Shaw - cleartext vs encrypted

2007-07-05 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 05 July 2007 21:13, John E Jardine wrote: > Hmmm playing with DL the CD images for Slackware12 and I my BT had > slowed to a crawl (a crawl is between 0B/s and 2KB/s). I tried > stopping/restarting Azureus but that didn't seem to make any difference. > > Then I thought about the no

Re: [clug-talk] Bittorrent on Shaw - cleartext vs encrypted

2007-07-06 Thread Nick Wiltshire
that file hits a certain point (mine is at 1.5) Also, turn it on before you go to bed even if you're not downloading. > > > - Original Message > From: Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: CLUG General > Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2007 9:36:14 PM > Subject: R

Re: [clug-talk] OpenMoko

2007-07-09 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Monday 09 July 2007 09:40, Jon wrote: > Mark Carlson wrote: > > As far as I know, Rogers (and Fido, which is kinda Rogers anyway...) > > is the only GSM carrier in Canada (or, at least, Calgary.) > > I also believe this to be true, however one of the great advantages of > GSM over CDMA is the SI

Re: [clug-talk] OpenMoko

2007-07-09 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Monday 09 July 2007 09:48, Mark Carlson wrote: > On 7/9/07, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark Carlson wrote: > > > As far as I know, Rogers (and Fido, which is kinda Rogers anyway...) > > > is the only GSM carrier in Canada (or, at least, Calgary.) > > > > I also believe this to be true, h

Re: [clug-talk] [SPAM] Old cases

2007-07-13 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Friday 13 July 2007 18:21, bogi wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beige_box_(phreaking) I think he meant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beige_box :) ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Ma

Re: [clug-talk] file locking in bash?

2007-07-27 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Friday 27 July 2007 13:33, John Greep wrote: > You can do simple locking by touching a file for the first instance and > checking for it in other instances. In pseudo code: > > while .lock exists > do nothing or wait a bit > end while > touch .lock > modify text file > delete .lock But if a s

Re: [clug-talk] tonight meeting?

2007-08-01 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Wednesday 01 August 2007 11:05, Kin Wong wrote: > My fault, I did not get around to doing the post but was not sure until > this last weekend. Originally Szemir was going to talk about Postgres Load > Balance but because of his schedule it was going to be on MySQL, however a > server is going i

[clug-talk] Integrating phones...

2007-09-11 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi all, I am not sure which way to go on this. I bought a cell phone (Nokia N95) which is capable of VoIP over 802.11b. I set up Asterisk with a Digium card and it's working fairly well minus a few minor problems. Basically I can make local calls from my cell phone via WiFi and not pay air time

Re: [clug-talk] powered by Linux

2007-09-20 Thread Nick Wiltshire
One more Link...these guys say theyll do custom badges at no extra cost. No mention of volume discounts though. http://ztechshop.net/badges/index.php?pagenum=2 On September 14, 2007 11:13:18 am Kin Wong wrote: > I don't know what you call them, but on desktops, there is a 2.5 cm by 2.5 > cm (one

Re: [clug-talk] Shared Git Repo - folder location

2007-09-23 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On September 23, 2007 04:52:37 pm Andrew Anderson wrote: > I would be interested in any insights on the following: > > > > I am setting up a new GIT repository on my home server, and will shortly be > doing the same at the office. > > > > I am unsure as to where would be the best place to put the r

Re: [clug-talk] OT: Power bar suggestions?

2007-10-13 Thread Nick Wiltshire
I am pretty sure they just opened a south store too if it's more convenient. On October 13, 2007 03:50:33 pm Goran Poprzen wrote: > Hi Mark > Check the Princess Auto - last spring I picked up an aluminum, 36" > long power bar with 12 outlets for about $20 - $30 (can't remember > exact price) for m

Re: [clug-talk] Ubuntu 7.10 ... One Days to go

2007-10-18 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On October 18, 2007 12:55:29 pm Mitchell Brown wrote: > Ah. Well I heard a rumor (I guess it was just that) that all the previous > release candidates have been exactly the same as the final in the long run. > Isn't there a changelog? > On 10/18/07, bogi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, sure,

Re: [clug-talk] Not OT: The Eee PC is here!

2007-11-01 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On November 1, 2007 12:24:48 pm Mark Carlson wrote: > Yes, a C$400 Linux Laptop that weighs less than 1kg. I never thought > you would be able to buy one locally, but here it is! > > http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX19040(ME).aspx > > Anybody know if anyone else is carrying it locally?

Re: [clug-talk] Not OT: The Eee PC is here!

2007-11-01 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On November 1, 2007 02:37:06 pm Mark Carlson wrote: > On 11/1/07, Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Amusing that on a custom-built, designed-for Linux machine they didn't > > think to do away with the windows logo on the keyboard. > > > >

Re: [clug-talk] Not OT: The Eee PC is here!

2007-11-01 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On November 1, 2007 02:41:07 pm Simon Wood wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:30:59 -0600 > > Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Amusing that on a custom-built, designed-for Linux machine they didn't > > think to do away with the windows logo on the keyboar

Re: [clug-talk] Backups using cp

2007-11-30 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Using rsync you can keep incremental backups easily and with minimal fuss. See: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ Tip: use the --link-dest switch, it's a beautiful thing :) On November 30, 2007 11:24:28 am Richard Carter wrote: > Hi Folks, > > When I installed Debian 4.0 I crea

[clug-talk] Looking for CISA approved individual

2011-06-27 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi all, I have a client that requires an individual that is CISA certified to perform a security audit on a pretty basic Linux box. If you have this certification or know someone that does, please contact me off- list for more info. Thanks, Nick ___

Re: [clug-talk] State of SLI on Linux

2011-07-14 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 14 July 2011 18:46:29 si...@mungewell.org wrote: > > I have never tried the fancy rotation and position thing. Is there > > something I can do to test this? > > I think is just works see: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1514796&page=4 > > So'll I have to put a budget/b

Re: [clug-talk] State of SLI on Linux

2011-07-14 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 14 July 2011 19:19:56 si...@mungewell.org wrote: > > Asking on the wine forums was met with "buy Nvidia". > > > > Make sure you turn xinerama off and use XRandR - took me a while to get > > an answer on that. > > I'm not asking for fantastic performance, certainly not what it expected

[clug-talk] MD5 difference?

2005-09-29 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi all, why is it that if I do echo(md5("test")); in PHP I get 098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6 but #echo 'test' | md5sum gives me d8e8fca2dc0f896fd7cb4cb0031ba249 Nick ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listi

Re: [clug-talk] MD5 difference?

2005-09-29 Thread Nick Wiltshire
try: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/local/openvpn $ echo -n test | md5sum > 098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6 - > > Jamie > > On Thu, September 29, 2005 2:25 pm, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > why is it that if I do > > > > echo(m

Re: [clug-talk] Scrubbing/Sanitazing routine

2005-09-29 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 29 September 2005 3:37 pm, Cirez Communications, inc. wrote: > Quick q: > > In trying to sanitaze user input (I know, I know, there is no easy way > to do this), is there is rather fast/uncomplicated way to accomplish > this? > > A quick and dirty way to do this in perl is to create a h

Re: [clug-talk] Web-based gallery application.

2005-10-03 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Babelfish translation: Rafael, As it is your intention; that is, you want one applicaion for use of hobbies, or one with industrial force? Of all way, it visits the site www.freshmeat.net As was requested some time ago, please use english when posting on-list. On Monday 03 October 2005 7:32

Re: [clug-talk] Hyper-Threading core count?

2005-10-04 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Tuesday 04 October 2005 9:27 am, Michael Lauzon wrote: > Why not just invest in dual core CPUs from AMD...? I agree - I've been doing a lot of research on server hardware of late and AMD's stuff is simply better, though harder to find. I found a company in town called Dangeo that was cheapest

Re: [clug-talk] Adobe biting you back

2005-10-06 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 06 October 2005 3:01 pm, Ian Bruseker wrote: > On 10/6/05, Adil Kodian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A typical corporate website will have a few hundred forms - think of how > > many fillable forms revenue canada or immigration canada would have > > online. Adobe is going to become eit

[clug-talk] Suse 10

2005-10-06 Thread Nick Wiltshire
For those that pre-ordered, mine arrived today. Expect yours soon :) Nick ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lin

Re: [clug-talk] Broken laptop cd

2005-10-08 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Saturday 08 October 2005 2:02 am, Alex wrote: > hey all.. ok i got a small delema.. i have a laptop.. but the cdrom drive > isn't working at ALL.. so untill i get a new laptop.. i need a way to use > my external USB cdrom.. now my in its old bios theres no option to boot > from USB.. just pcmcia

[clug-talk] WiFi help

2005-10-08 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi all, I'm having troubles getting iwconfig to set the ssid for my network. It's under Suse 10, and I've tried all combinations of using YaST, manual configuration through a terminal, switching between WEP and WPA, and even 2 different WiFi cards, one USB and one PCMCIA. The problem seems to

Re: [clug-talk] WiFi help (solved)

2005-10-08 Thread Nick Wiltshire
; Nick, > > I have the same problem...What's worse, every once in a while it > detects my AP; but when I tell it to associate with it it returns an > error to the effect that the AP is not in its APs/Peer list... > BTW I'm using ndiswrapper as well... > > On 10/8/05, Nick

Re: [clug-talk] WiFi help (solved)

2005-10-09 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Sunday 09 October 2005 3:44 am, Cirez Communications, inc. wrote: > Nick, can you send the link to that posting...? http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/364304 > > On 10/8/05, Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found a post on some forum tha

Re: [clug-talk] What to do about "portablility"

2005-10-13 Thread Nick Wiltshire
NFS is easy to implement and completely transparent. Probably not your best bet for remote access, though I wouldn't be surprised if someone knew how to tunnel NFS through VPN or SSH. On Wednesday 12 October 2005 10:41 pm, Killer Smurf wrote: > Hello all. I'm sure my questions are a bit simplis

Re: [clug-talk] What to do about "portablility"

2005-10-13 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 13 October 2005 10:56 am, Roy Souther wrote: > You can do NFS over SSH tunnel but sshfs is very easy and works great. > http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html Sweet, I'm gonna check it out. > > On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 10:45 -0600, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > NFS i

Re: [clug-talk] Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" has been released

2005-10-13 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 13 October 2005 2:14 pm, Travis Rousseau wrote: > > But Gentoo has a permanent home on my servers because of the overall > > control and no need to install uneccessary packages... > > > > My thoughts. > > > > Shawn > > Just in case you didn't know, when installing, at the first boot up

Re: [clug-talk] Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" has been released

2005-10-13 Thread Nick Wiltshire
asons I love Gentoo. > Jon > > On 10/13/05, Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 13 October 2005 2:14 pm, Travis Rousseau wrote: > > > > But Gentoo has a permanent home on my servers because of the overall > > > > control and no n

Re: [clug-talk] Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" has been released

2005-10-13 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 13 October 2005 3:47 pm, Gustin Johnson wrote: > Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > On Thursday 13 October 2005 2:26 pm, Jon Storry wrote: > >>Ubuntu is debian based and uses apt-get for package management. It > >>includes the Synaptic > >>package manager as

Re: [clug-talk] Microsoft Rep To Keynote Unix Conference

2005-10-13 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hey, we all gotta get paid... just cause he's workin for The Dark Side ;) On Thursday 13 October 2005 11:44 pm, Shawn wrote: > Another article from SlashDot... > > http://slashdot.org/articles/05/10/13/2211232.shtml?tid=130&tid=109 > > This might be a good time to remind our members that we h

Re: [clug-talk] forcing umount on nfs filesystem [solved]

2005-10-14 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Friday 14 October 2005 12:30 pm, Gustin Johnson wrote: > At home I ditched nfs for cifs (samba) due to perfomance issues accross > my wlan. Out of curiosity, what issues? I'm using NFS heavily on Wlan and it works beautifully. I have ~15GB of backups go across every night...and I use it all d

Re: [clug-talk] The secret is out

2005-10-27 Thread Nick Wiltshire
I'm half packed... be on my way there shortly. :) On Thursday 27 October 2005 1:31 pm, Travis Rousseau wrote: > Who lives in Camrose? > > Travis R. > > ___ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca

Re: [clug-talk] space available

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Wiltshire
to find out disk usage, use: du -h /home/michael or du -h /tmp man du for a bunch of options. On Monday 14 November 2005 11:06 pm, Michael Walters wrote: > Hello All and especially bogi, > > I did an ls -l on the tmp directory and various other directories to see > what space was available in th

Re: [clug-talk] space available

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Wiltshire
should also mention: df -h On Monday 14 November 2005 11:06 pm, Michael Walters wrote: > Hello All and especially bogi, > > I did an ls -l on the tmp directory and various other directories to see > what space was available in the directories but found out that the > answers I got was not the am

Re: [clug-talk] thanks

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Wiltshire
The command to tar & gzip is: tar -zcf /tmp/michael.tgz /home/michael (then burn the file /tmp/michael.tgz to CD) without compression, remove the z option: tar -cf /tmp/michael.tar /home/michael add the v option to either command for verbose output, but note the f option must come LAST: tar -

Re: [clug-talk] USB 802.11a/b/g under Linux

2005-11-28 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Monday 28 November 2005 11:09 am, Mark Carlson wrote: > Has anybody here had any experience using USB 802.11a/b/g wireless > network adapters under Linux? If so, were you successful? Also, could > you use WPA with it? > > I am currently looking into getting a USB wireless adapter, but will > pr

[clug-talk] Amavisd problem

2005-12-07 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi all, I'm installing a mail filter and when I attempt to run amavis in debug mode I get: TROUBLE in pre_loop_hook: Error creating a DNS resolver socket: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 202. Suicide () TROUBLE in pre_loop_ho

Re: [clug-talk] OT: java help urgent!!!

2005-12-15 Thread Nick Wiltshire
The batch file wasn't attached... On Thursday 15 December 2005 6:05 pm, Robert Lewko wrote: > Hi all. I know that this is off topic, but I'm hitting all the resources > that I know. I have a java problem. I have developed a desktop program in > java using swing for the GUI. The platform is Win

Re: [clug-talk] OT: java help urgent!!!

2005-12-15 Thread Nick Wiltshire
27;t you use the windows equivalent of the --jar switch to execute a .jar? > > This should be starting a java process... but I don't know enough about > Jave beyond that > > Shawn > > On Thursday 15 December 2005 16:57, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > The batch file wa

Re: [clug-talk] Invitation from your friend M aka VirginMale

2005-12-23 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Can we refrain from religious wars and cussing on list? This isn't slashdot. On Friday 23 December 2005 9:05 am, Michael Lauzon wrote: > That's if you believe in all that cult shit, since I am an Atheist, I > do not subscribe to that cult shit! > > On 12/22/05, Tek Budda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [clug-talk] searching attachments

2006-01-04 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Wednesday 04 January 2006 12:19 pm, Andrew J. Kopciuch wrote: > > My set up is kmail/ Maildir. AFAIK attachments are kept with the mail in > > Kmail, instead of separately. But when I use my normal search tools -- > > grep, Konqueror Tools, I can not find known strings. > > That's because word

Re: [clug-talk] searching attachments

2006-01-04 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Wednesday 04 January 2006 9:39 pm, Keith Robinson wrote: > Hi marcel, > > the problem is separating the document from the e-mail. Once they are > separated I can use grep. grep works on a Word doc. I have a maildir folder > with one file per e-mail/attachment(s). Hundreds of e-mails in this fold

[clug-talk] DNS for LAN

2006-01-05 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi everyone, I am wondering if it is possible to set up BIND to host a DNS for my lan which will resolve to just a hostname...IE "computer" instead of "computer.network.lan". always something new! Nick ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca ht

Re: [clug-talk] DNS for LAN

2006-01-05 Thread Nick Wiltshire
gt; > If you want I can send you my config file as a sample > > Shawn > > On Thursday 05 January 2006 22:46, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am wondering if it is possible to set up BIND to host a DNS for my lan > > which will resolve to j

Re: [clug-talk] Email Client Capacity

2006-01-08 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi Dave, not sure if I'm misinterpreting here, but I use Kmail with maildir storage and my maximum capacity is 100GB, that's my laptop's HDD :) I have ~15000 messages in various folders totalling 2.1GB. I receive nightly emails of logs that are 6-10MB of text in one message. It's a little slugg

Re: [clug-talk] MTA's

2006-01-08 Thread Nick Wiltshire
I'm looking at setting up a new server and am curious how exactly kolab will deal with virtual domains. Will you be able to set up "virtual groupware"? Not that I think that would be particularly efficient, but I'm curious. Nick On Sunday 08 January 2006 6:14 pm, Andrew J. Kopciuch wrote: > >

[clug-talk] Suse 10 video problem

2006-01-18 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi all, I installed Suse 10 on a friend's machine and did the usual de-crippling of video. He can play DVD, MPG, AVI but WM9 gives him sound with no picture. The files are fine as they play on my Gentoo machine. I tried over writing his win32 codecs with mine with no change. Any ideas? Thanks,

Re: [clug-talk] Suse 10 video problem

2006-01-18 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Xine-Ui but the > options maybe different. I think Suse uses Kaffiene by default. > > On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 09:16 -0700, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I installed Suse 10 on a friend's machine and did the usual de-crippling > > of video. He can play DVD,

Re: [clug-talk] Ferrari Gentoo Install

2006-01-31 Thread Nick Wiltshire
I'm running Gentoo on my Toshiba laptop, the X700 works better than my previous GeForce 4 card (nvidia's drivers went to hell, it worked until I "upgrded". Lots of similar stories on Google.) X700 Drivers weren't difficult to install & I have full 3D. Nick On Monday 30 January 2006 8:57 pm, J

Re: [clug-talk] svn (Subversion)

2006-02-04 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Saturday 04 February 2006 4:41 am, Andrew J. Kopciuch wrote: > On Saturday 04 February 2006 04:25, bogi wrote: > > Hi All, Shawn. > > In response to some questions after the monthly meeting, i snooped around > > for a decent subversion gui to run on linux, so here are some of my > > findings:: >

Re: [clug-talk] Linux City

2006-02-18 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Saturday 18 February 2006 5:14 pm, Dave Watkins wrote: > I'm just way too impatient to "emerge" anything at all. Flame bait? :) Nick ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelin

Re: [clug-talk] IE on Linux

2006-03-10 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Thanks Shawn! If you're a web developer you need this script! I was in the same boat, tried 500 howtos and never a 100% working IE. Well, 100% as far as IE 'works' anyway. Never been happier about installing software I loathe. Nick On Thursday 09 March 2006 11:55 pm, Shawn wrote: > Hi all. I

[clug-talk] GPG flaw

2006-03-10 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi all, for those of you who haven't seen it yet, I thought this article (slashdot) was important to many of us... WeLikeRoy writes "A serious problem in the use of GPG to verify digital signatures has been discovered, which also affects the use of gpg in email. It is possible for an attacker

Re: [clug-talk] SimpleKDE

2006-03-18 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Saturday 18 March 2006 11:31 am, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Friday 17 March 2006 19:35, Gustin Johnson wrote: > > http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm > > there are a few good points in there, but most of it is complete crap IMO, > especially when he goes on about user interfaces. it would be a

Re: [clug-talk] Name Resolution problem

2006-03-21 Thread Nick Wiltshire
I had a similar issue with aol.com not resolving but everything else was. It turned out I had request forwarding off. It seems odd some domains will resolve & others won't when it's off. At any rate, I set it up to forward unknown requests to shaw and it fixed it. Be sure not to run a wide open

Re: [clug-talk] OT - Looking for Barnaby

2006-03-21 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Shaw is brain dead. Close port 25 for non business customers, problem solved. Telus goes too far the other way...IMHO :) This is really biting Shaw in the ass though, not the first time it's happened :s On Tuesday 21 March 2006 11:41 pm, Martin Glazer wrote: > It may just ba a problem with your

Re: [clug-talk] CLUG LinuxFest link redirects to Microsoft?

2006-03-22 Thread Nick Wiltshire
I wonder what the odds are on that. The good news is IE probably throws a 404. Funny, sad, disturbing, plain weird :) On Wednesday 22 March 2006 9:08 am, Roy Souther wrote: > So I go to the CLUG site looking for information about LinuxFest. I go > to this page http://www.clug.ca/node/400 and se

Re: [clug-talk] CLUG LinuxFest link redirects to Microsoft?

2006-03-22 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 9:11 am, Jim Clarke wrote: > Or an on purpose re-direct which is what it looks like. > > Nope, it's a typo...and IE does give the typical page cannot be displayed. :) > > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:17:44 -0700, kMajor wrote > > > I am thinking that this was probably a typ

Re: [clug-talk] OT - Looking for Barnaby

2006-03-22 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 11:22 am, Gustin Johnson wrote: > Nick Wiltshire wrote: Wow, this thread got severely hijacked :P > > Shaw is brain dead. Close port 25 for non business customers, problem > > solved. > > This is the wrong way to go as it does not solve a problem

Re: [clug-talk] OT - Discussion - should ISPs filter port 25

2006-03-22 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 3:03 pm, Gustin Johnson wrote: > Starting a new thread for this. Picking up where we left off: > > Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 March 2006 11:22 am, Gustin Johnson wrote: > >> Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > > > Wow,

Re: [clug-talk] OT - Discussion - should ISPs filter port 25

2006-03-23 Thread Nick Wiltshire
I think that looking for a constant stream might be more effective. I doubt the bots are sophisticated enough to randomize sending patterns, though I could be wrong. I still contend - off by default. Those with a clue can turn it on, those without a clue shouldn't and likely don't need to. On

Re: [clug-talk] OT - Discussion - should ISPs filter port 25

2006-03-23 Thread Nick Wiltshire
On Thursday 23 March 2006 1:48 am, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Wednesday 22 March 2006 17:29, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > And, unless you're using POP-before-SMTP, you don't need port 25 to check > > mail. > > pop-before-smtp affects sending, not receiving. so even then

[clug-talk] Weird connection issue...

2006-03-26 Thread Nick Wiltshire
Hi all, I have a very odd & hard to debug connection issue. I can surf 99% of the web, send/receive email, P2P, Bittorrent, IMeverything. Except the occasional website...right now it's voodoopc.com. I can access it from everywhere except on this side of my firewallleading me to wonder i

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