April 2002 - main

Re: [Alug] Linux install day....
by MJ Ray 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

Andrew suggested: > "ALL YOUR PC ARE BELONG TO US"? In A.D. 2002 OSWar was beginning. Gates: What happen ? Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb Operator: We get signal Gates: What ! Operator: Main screen turn on Gates: It's You !! Torvalds: How are you gentlemen !! Torvalds: All your PC are belong to us Torvalds: You are on the way to destruction Gates: What you say !! Torvalds: You have no chance to survive make your time Torvalds: HA HA HA HA .... Gates: Take off every 'FUD' Gates: You know what you doing Gates: Move 'FUD' Gates: For great monopoly Shamelessly ripped from allyourbase.net -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Interest in Linux install day 2002
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

>John Woodard <mail(a)johnwoodard.co.uk> wrote: >> Is anybody dealing with these requests? >MJRay wrote: >Not as far as I know. If you do, please CC the list so that we don't get >200 people replying to them. How we should reply is another question >entirely. Perhaps a small email saying welcome, a URL to the install page on the website , http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?May%2019th and a URL to the poster Ricardo has done (Is it accessible from the website, Ricardo?). Along the lines of "Dear Interested Person, Thanks for your interest in the Anglian LUG install day! All the information you may need about what the day is for and what you can get out of it can be found on our website http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?May%2019th or please feel free to join the mailing list to ask any questions you may have about linux or the install day. We also have an IRC meeting on [fill in channel details here] where members of alug hang out on a Monday night adn can answer any questions you may have about what the day entails." And one person can be responsible for sending this mail to any such requests, thus avoiding bombarding the list with it many times. Jen

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Linux install day....
by Simon 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

Hi everyone.... Maybe I've missed something or am just plain dim (probably the latter) ..... The install day, what is supposed to happen, is it an exibition type venue where "the masses" are shown what linux can be installed on, how easy it is, setting up mail/web/news/samba and all that ? If this is the case I've got one of those monster hot swap, redundant everything IBM 4500's we can build and setup for an example of a Linux server in an enterprise environment.... I may also be able to get my hands on a Compaq DL380 with usual redunant stuff, plus a Compaq Remote Lights Out Card, which is quite funky in itself if you're interested in Out Of Band management... Or is it just a frenzy of installations without too much emphasis on anything in particluar ? Simon

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

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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RE: [Alug] binary symbols
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Ted Harding wrote: >In the console, which is "opened" on boot, I'm not >sure that there is a cure if "reset" doesn't work! reset has done the job. xs wrote: >Using less rather than cat can save time too, as it can display binary >files in a bearable format. I'll try and remember this - "cat" was my first ever linux command and old habits die hard! Thanks, all. Jenny.

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Interest in Linux install day 2002
by Mat Grove 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Hi, this email address is the contact point for Anglian. Someone has got wind of your event: Carl Mountain <carl(a)st-clements.norfolk.sch.uk> Has filled in the form on linuxinstallday.org to say they are interested in your event. Could you please get back to them. Mat Grove

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E-Mail To /dev/null
by Matt Parker 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Hi All, I get tons of spam in my mailbox, mostly from job sites who continue to send me job listings months after I found a job and I've supposedly unsubscribed from their "service". These e-mails can be anything up to 200k in size and since I'm on dial up I was looking for a better solution than just filtering and sending to trash in K-Mail since I still have to download the things currently. Is there any way I can get the mail headers first and then just trash the e-mail or do I really have to download these things? Ta, Matt

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Sound problem
by Ian Thompson-Bell 27 Apr '02

27 Apr '02

Hi, I am trying to get sound going on my IS 639 chip set based PC. I am running RH7.2 which detected my SIS accelerated audio and loaded the 'appropriate' modules. But no sound. Anyway, I have tried lots of things but basically I am stuck. The current situation is sndconfig detects the chips OK and the modules soundcore, trident and ac_97 have loaded OK. I tried cat /usr/local/sndconfig/sample.au >/dev/dsp but it just there doing nothing till I kill it. Yes, I have run up a mixer and made sure the volume controls are turned up. I was thinking maybe I needed to pass some parameters to the card but when I tried to add an options trident io=0x220 line to modules.conf I get an invalid option error. I even looked at the trident.c source from which it is apparent this module works for four different card types so maybe there is an option I need to select here. So what do I do next? Ian

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linux laptops
by Ricardo Campos 26 Apr '02

26 Apr '02

I'm looking for a linux laptop, medium spec. I want to pay roughly around £800. I'm intrigued by www.dnuk.com, since they offer laptops with linux preinstalled, but their prices seem a little higher than I can afford. Has anyone got any tips? Should I go for a second hand laptop instead and struggle with the install myself? (yes, I DO know about www.linux-laptop.net) Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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binary symbols
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 26 Apr '02

26 Apr '02

Hi list, I'm constantly opening binary files using cat from the command line by mistake, then after quitting out the console displays all text in weird symbols. Is there anyway to reset the console when this happens? Thanks, Jen.

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