August 2003 - main

Re: [Alug]Mandrake 9.1 Problem
by Craig 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

On Thursday, Aug 28, 2003, at 12:21 Europe/London, mtm(a)cmp.uea.ac.uk wrote: >> Um...... are you sure it is X or just the window manager? >> > > I tried KDE and IceWM. The problem's still present so I assume > it's X. Sorry, guess I should have mentioned that. Then it is the graphic card.. what make? C

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[Alug]Debian BBQ?
by Syd Hancock 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Did it happen? Who went? What happened?

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RE: [Alug]External modem on laptop
by Jonathan Dye 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Jenny Hopkins wrote: > Hi list: > Any idea if you can plug a modem into a parallel port and expect it > to work? > > The laptop in question has but one serial port, which is > needed for the external mouse. The modem cable has a > double-end at the laptop end, with both a serial plug that > fits and a parallel that doesn't as it is the wrong gender. That'll be a 25 way serial port then not a parallel port. That's what they all used to look like until recently when they tend to all be 9 pin ones. Most of the pins in the 25 pin ones aren't used any more (or ever really especially for RS232). JD _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service

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[Alug]External modem on laptop
by Jenny Hopkins 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Hi list: Any idea if you can plug a modem into a parallel port and expect it to work? The laptop in question has but one serial port, which is needed for the external mouse. The modem cable has a double-end at the laptop end, with both a serial plug that fits and a parallel that doesn't as it is the wrong gender. Using a gender-bender and setting modem port to /dev/lp0 I got no response. Jen

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[Alug]RE Browser question
by tom potts 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

You will have to 'host' via apache or similar to avoid the other files. Or push everything down into another directory and call that as your start page! ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/

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[Alug]Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

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.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" 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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[Alug]Browser URL question
by Edenyard 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Because I often use my browser (Opera, Mozilla) for viewing pages that are stored locally, I set the URL of the home page to be file://localhost/home/gerald/ so that I get a display of that directory whenever the browser starts up. That works well enough for me, except that all of the hidden directories and files are shown at the top of the list and there are lots of them, which means that I have to scroll down quite a way to get to the things that I actually want to click at. Is there some sort of command or environmental variable that can be adjusted (in Opera/Mozilla or somewhere else) that keeps hidden things hidden in the browser's display of my home directory? Any ideas, please, anyone? Cheers, Gerald.

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[Alug]Port 135 probes
by Ian Douglas 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

Hi Folks, I have just checked my firewall log and found it packed full of Port 135 probes. It looks like they have been occurring two or three times per second from a wide variety of IP Addresses throughout all today. Have any other ALUGers been getting inundated with these probes as well? Ian.

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[Alug]Kinnison, etc (Ely meeting tonight)
by MJ Ray 22 Aug '03

22 Aug '03

Much later than I had hoped (busy again today), here's a reminder that we're in the Cutter in Ely tonight from 1830 and the Fountain from 2000. I'm picking up a penguin and going now. Might see you at the station around quarter past, too. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ jabber://slef@jabber.at

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RE: [Alug]Apt-Get / Devel Packages
by Jonathan Dye 22 Aug '03

22 Aug '03

Keith Watson wrote: > How about this one though? Is it possible to do an apt-get upgrade on > one system (with a fast link) and just download the deb files and > then put them on a slower system and do the apt-get upgrade there > without it trying to download the lot a 2nd time? Have a look at apt-zip. You run apt-zip on the slow machine and it writes a script to download the required packages which you then take to the fast machine. After downloading the packages you take them to the slow machine and run apt-zip again to install them. It was originally written to use zip disks but you can now specify any storage location you want AFAIK. JD _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service

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