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modems........ again!
by Christopher Brown 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

Ok, I followed the advice and bought a linux modem from scan.......now how do I get suse to recognise it? I have tried yast1+2 with no success, I have been to the suse sight and followed their advice and still no joy...Yast keeps saying turn the modem on! (its on a pci card) please help before I give up and reboot to 98!!!

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Re: [Alug] networking probs
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

>dummy0? Shouldn't that go out on a real device instead? eth0 for me, >normally. Ah. I think I'm getting warm. I assumed "dummy0" was the name Debian gave to eth0. (First time debian user after Red hat). tcpdump is showing (as I just sent to Chris:) "When I ping, pinging my own IP shows echo request and reply using the loopback, but pinging the windows IP shows only an echo request, using dummy0. " I have also been looking for /conf.modules and don't have such a file. I need to look more closely here I think! Thanks. Do post any hints! Jenny.

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Fonts, antialiasing, staroffice
by Chris Allen 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

After a long struggle, I finally have antialiased, truetype fonts working on my KDE2.1 desktop, and truetype fonts both displayed and printing in StarOffice. The results are stunning! I'd be happy to help anybody else who has tried any of the above and found it to be a seemingly impossible task! Chris.

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Re: [Alug] networking probs
by MJ Ray 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com writes: > 192.168.11.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U dummy0 > 0.0.0.0 192.168.11.100 UG dummy0 (router box IP for this > network) dummy0? Shouldn't that go out on a real device instead? eth0 for me, normally. -- MJR

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networking probs
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

Hullo All, I'm trying to connect my debian box to our windows network (amidst many scowls from the network administrator who doesn't trust all this here linux stuff.) ("Who on earth uses linux?, I mean all that basic command line stuff, it's like going back to DOS...."). We have a few subnetworks connected to router boxes, I am trying only to connect to the immediate subnetwork my work winbox is on, address which is 192.168.11.0. (to start with anyway, heh heh!) I have linux box pinging itself on loopback and 192.168.11.106 (its assigned network IP), also by name (TRX850) but not any of the machines on the network. ifconfig also shows network card to be present and correct. I have netstat -rn showing 192.168.11.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U dummy0 0.0.0.0 192.168.11.100 UG dummy0 (router box IP for this network) /etc/hosts has had all IP addresses and names on the local network edited in, e.g 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.11.106 TRX850/TCL TRX850 192.168.11.102 jenny/TCL jenny /etc/resolv.conf I have left empty /etc/networks has localnet 192.168.11.0 TCL 192.168.11.0 /etc/hosts.conf has order hosts, bind multi on. This is a pretty basic question, I know, and I ought to know this stuff by now, but can anyone look at what I've done and go ...."ahhh, you silly thing, you've....."???? Thanks! Jenny PS David (Akula) did you get my mail about the poster for linuxday?

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Re: National Linux Day
by Mark Ray 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

> * MJ Ray whats the news on the disclaimer? It's on the linuxday.org.uk site and we'll be forwarded those for our region already completed before the day, AIUI. MJR

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Weekly IRC meeting reminder
by Adam Bower 09 Apr '01

09 Apr '01

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. Popular irc clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and ircII on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.bitchx.com http://www.xchat.org http://freshmeat.net Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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LinuxDay distributions
by Mark Ray 07 Apr '01

07 Apr '01

I see from David's draft website, the question of distribution has arisen again. In an attempt to avoid the normal discussion being repeated, I'll just point out that we have a large quantity of Mandrake CDs available, Debian is common on campus and there will be a mirror available, but I think having a distribution which installs inside a DOS or Windows partition could be useful. Any suggestions as to which? Peanut? Time to get reading the Mandrake and Debian installation guides... Can we have the "we need this" list from my earlier email on the page too? Thanks, MJR

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iBooks etc, was Re: SUNDAY TWENTY NINETH APRIL
by Mark Ray 07 Apr '01

07 Apr '01

Well, if you want to show versatility, there's the offer of a set-top box which uses Linux as a demonstration. Do you want me to try to arrange for it to be at UEA? Are you on the LinuxDay mailing list? If not, I can try to find the instructions for it. WRT website, we have 10Mbps to the Hive, the disclaimer forms are on the linuxday.org.uk site and I'd rather not have my address posted in the clear for the spam spiders to pick up, please (especially not in my current state). MJR

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Re: SUNDAY TWENTY NINETH APRIL was Re: [Alug] mouse config puzzle
by Mark Ray 06 Apr '01

06 Apr '01

Well, there's three of us sort-of updating the website, but anyone wanting to be a "website czar" is quite welcome to help and I'll answer questions about the setup of it until the cows come home. Similarly, if a "LinuxDay czar" wants to appoint themselves, I'm sure the veterans will rally round even though we're a bit pushed for time. That said, I'm a bit stuck with doing anything for a few days because of a trip and the death of my computer. I think I've now got email working well enough to read new messages and send emails, but I can't get access to emails from before Tuesday until it's back. Sorry to everyone that affects. This message should tell for sure whether this email works again, I guess. If anyone ever wants a Berkeley-mail-like interface to POP emails (and why would you?), just ask me. MJR

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