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If you can remember Dan Computers ...
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Hi Folks, I wonder if anyone with a long memory can help me out. I want to have a look at a neighbour's PC which has been giving a bit of trouble, and need to take the cover off the case to get inside (especially to clean out dust, dead insects and cobwebs... ). Superficially looks like a standard desktop box. However, it was made by Dan Technology in 1995 ... I can't see how to take the cover off the case: on the surface it looks as though you can slide the overall cover off backwards, *provided* you can work out which screws you need to remove in order to free it. It's the question of "which screws" that's vexing me. The cover itself has no screws obviously associated with holding it in place. There's what looks like a back-plate with a total of 15 screws in it, some of which may simply be fixing screws and some of which seem to be associated with mounting internal bits like fans, port sockets, etc. Maybe the solution is to remove all these, take off the backplate, and then see how to get at removing the cover. But the last thing I want to do is remove screws blindly and cause unwanted consequences! I've never seen a case quite like it. If anyone can remember opening up a Dan box like this and can advise on how to proceed I'd be very grateful. Thanks, and best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 [NB: New number!] Date: 10-Dec-04 Time: 11:40:24 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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switching off
by Stan 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Installed Agnula DeMuDi from Linux User & Developer Magazine but couldn't log off - shut down computer. Had it set up as full desktop. Is there a way to get out of the session without just switching the computer off. -- Regards Stan

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Re: [ALUG] Christmas meal?
by John Seago 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

On Friday 10 Dec 2004 06:25, Jonathan McDowell <noodles(a)earth.li>wrote: > If I buy the steel wool, can you knit me a BMW? If you can find stainless steel wool you could knit a DeLorean. -- John Seago Linux User #219566 (http://counter.li.org) AFFS http://www.affs.org.uk/

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Sax2 Problem Nested quantifiers
by Nick Daniels 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

Hi My monitor died this morning, a 19 inch Eizo I replaced it with a spare 14inch and without running Sax the screen appeared OK. this evening I decided to set it up correctly, however when I run Sax I get message Nested quantifiers in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/�<-- HERE so505/ at /usr/X1 I cannot set it up by Yast either. I wish to repace it by a 15 in TFT and think I may have problems Has anybody any ideas please. O/S Suse 9.1 Pro Regards Nick Daniels

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Re: gmail
by John Seago 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

On Thursday 09 Dec Jenny Hopkins wrote: > This is causing me great grief trying to set up fetchmail to get my > mail from gmail's new pop3 server:... Is it really a good idea to even consider using a mail system that allows Google to read your mail? -- John Seago Linux User #219566 (http://counter.li.org) AFFS http://www.affs.org.uk/

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ports
by Stan 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Have set up KMail and was looking at the setting for POP. It says Port 995. I thought that should be 110. When I changed it to 110 it said Unable to contact ISP. Any info or suggestions welcome. Am accessing the internet through a Belkin Wireless modem/router. Regards Stan

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Wireless AP selection?
by Dennis Dryden 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

This seems like it should be a really simple question but ive had a quick look at iwconfig and iwprivIf but i still cant work out the answer. If there is more then one wireless ap in the area how can i select between them? This is something thats quite simple in windows(as i saw when i gave my girlfriend a wireless card that doesn't work with Linux) and was hoping for just a command line tool or command but so far I've been out of luck :-(. As a side question does anyone know where i might be able to find some parts for an old dell laptop(Latitude CPi D266XT)? I've got 4 GMail accounts going free to good homes if anyone wants one? Thanks, Dennis Dryden

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[ALUG Announce]Reminder: next meeting Thursday 9 December at the City Gate, 8pm
by Brett Parker 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- Hi all! As is usual on the second Thursday of the month, this Thursday (9th December) we'll be congregating in the City Gate from around 8pm. We should have a penguin in attendance so you know who we are, sometimes we lurk at the far end of the building in the restaurant area. If you want to do gpg keysigning then at least a few of us should be there with sigs and id. Full details can be found at: http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2004/all-NorThu.html Directions at: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/citygate.html Pictures from August of people so you know who to look out for: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-08-ALUG/ (Thanks to Kirsten for this e-mail) -- Brett Parker http://www.sommitrealweird.co.uk/ (the obligatory boring website) iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk (jabber and email!) ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Personal branding article
by kpwatson＠pop3.ukfsn.org 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

<http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/07/0057206> :o) Keith

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Reminder - next meeting Thursday 9 December at the City Gate, 8pm
by Kirsten Naylor 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hi all! As is usual on the second Thursday of the month, this Thursday (9th December) we'll be congregating in the City Gate from around 8pm. We should have a penguin in attendance so you know who we are, sometimes we lurk at the far end of the building in the restaurant area. If you want to do gpg keysigning then at least a few of us should be there with sigs and id. Full details can be found at: http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2004/all-NorThu.html Directions at: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/citygate.html Pictures from August of people so you know who to look out for: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-08-ALUG/ /Kirsten

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