February 2000 - main

ALUG5
by John Heaser 07 Feb '00

07 Feb '00

Many thanks to BJ for organizing the meeting and helping me with Red Hat. Thanks to Gareth for struggling with my selection of network cards. I just have to find out how it all works now! -- Regards John Heaser [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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A quick pre-beta snapshot of LNC
by jg＠cyberstorm.demon.co.uk 06 Feb '00

06 Feb '00

Hi guys, Especially for BJ, I thought I might as well issue a url to a draft of our front page. It's only a .jpg screenshot, but I'm canvasing for opinions... http://linuxnewbie.com/snaps/shot-2000-02-01.jpg (yes, it's dummy data) What do you guys think? -- James Green jg(a)cyberstorm.demon.co.uk Site Manager jg(a)linuxnewbie.com LinuxNewbie.com LNC http://www.cyberstorm.demon.co.uk/ [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Doubtful for ALUG5
by MJ Ray 06 Feb '00

06 Feb '00

Hi all, I'm afraid that the medicine that the doctor has advised me to take to try to get shot of this damn flu means that I am unable to drive while taking it. After a not entirely pleasant experience from staggering into the Uni on Thursday, I think I have to be considered as doubtful for ALUG5. Hopefully, I'll be back on track by ALUG28. Sorry about that. MJR [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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[ALUG-DIGEST] Thu Feb 3 23:59:02 2000
by John Heaser 04 Feb '00

04 Feb '00

In message <200002032359.XAA90055(a)stu.uea.ac.uk>, alug- digest(a)stu.uea.ac.uk writes >I now may need a lift from Diss if possible as my car is broken and I have no >other way to get to Suffolk from North Norfolk, It seems as though there is a >service from Norwich that I can use if necessary, If not can anyone provide a >lift from Aylsham/Norwich area? I will be passing Diss Station so can pick up as many persons + PCs as can be fitted into a Corolla hatchback. I will be on 01379 646011 this evening / tomorrow if anyone wants to book a lift. It's about 15 mins from Diss to the meeting. -- Regards John Heaser [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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ALUG5 travel from Colchester/Ipswich?
by Green J M K 03 Feb '00

03 Feb '00

Well, it seems that Adrian can't provide a lift from Essex uni anymore, so I'll have to bow out of attendance unless some kind person can provide transportation from Colchester or perhaps from Ipswich. Any offers? James Green [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Linux on a laptop: a request for help on Sunday
by Anthony_Sale＠proconassoc.co.uk 03 Feb '00

03 Feb '00

SuSE alo loads PCMCIA drivers if you want to use PCMCIA devices for installation Tony Sale Laurie Brown <laurie(a)brownowl.com> on 02/02/2000 15:29:58 Please respond to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk To: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk cc: (bcc: Tony Sale/Technical Consultants/Procon) Subject: [alug] Linux on a laptop: a request for help on Sunday John Woodard wrote: > > I've got this Dell Latitude laptop PII366, 128MB RAM 4.6Gb > hdd. I'm having trouble getting Linux on it due to its lack > of CD-ROM drive. I have however got a PCMCIA external > CD-ROM for it but I cannot get Linux to see the device at > bootup. So far I've tried using the PCMCIA boot disk image > that is supplied in the RH6.1 CD but despite finding the > PCMCIA device (I know it accesses the CD drive because the > damn thing spins up at the appropriate moment) no joy, I > just get messages saying insert driver disk for the PCMCIA > device and guess what the only drivers I've got are for > Benevolent Bill's operating systems. I did think about > dumping the install tree in the root of a DOS partition but > when I tried that it wouldn't play ball throwing up about > illegal characters in the file names such as <translation > table> and such like? > > I'm bringing it on Sunday has anybody had any experience > with this? If so I'd appreciate so help - it's definitely > worth a beer to you. SuSE can be installed over ftp... Cheers, Laurie. [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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ALUG5
by John Woodard 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

As it's only 1 week to go before ALUG 5 is upon us I wondered has anybody posted an announce message to the UK Linux newsgroups? Who is coming and what are you bringing? There is a map posted on the ALUG web site http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/meetings.html to help you find the hall. It might also be an idea if we could agree on IP addresses etc. before hand to save the normal ALUG tradition of a network frenzy for 50% of the meeting. :-) Cheers, BJ [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Linux on a laptop: a request for help on Sunday
by John Woodard 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

I've got this Dell Latitude laptop PII366, 128MB RAM 4.6Gb hdd. I'm having trouble getting Linux on it due to its lack of CD-ROM drive. I have however got a PCMCIA external CD-ROM for it but I cannot get Linux to see the device at bootup. So far I've tried using the PCMCIA boot disk image that is supplied in the RH6.1 CD but despite finding the PCMCIA device (I know it accesses the CD drive because the damn thing spins up at the appropriate moment) no joy, I just get messages saying insert driver disk for the PCMCIA device and guess what the only drivers I've got are for Benevolent Bill's operating systems. I did think about dumping the install tree in the root of a DOS partition but when I tried that it wouldn't play ball throwing up about illegal characters in the file names such as <translation table> and such like? I'm bringing it on Sunday has anybody had any experience with this? If so I'd appreciate so help - it's definitely worth a beer to you. Cheers, BJ [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Some handy websites I thought I would share with the group
by Justin Jonas 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html VNC - Its a desktop monitoring tool, see what other people are doing on your network - I'm using it to monitor our Internet labs There is a Linux version http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/dir.archive1.html 178 Online computer books Hope this information proves useful Justin

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ALUG5
by John Heaser 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

>Subject: ALUG5 >From: "John Woodard" <john(a)woodard.freeserve.co.uk> >Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 22:49:06 -0000 > >Who is coming and what are you bringing? I'm coming, all the way from Diss. I'm bringing lots of questions and hoping to meet a Samba guru. I'll bring a PC in the hope that someone can help a newbie setup a version of Linux that will run Samba. -- Regards John Heaser [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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