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Re: [Alug] Should have come by boat...
by MJ Ray 06 Feb '01

06 Feb '01

Adam Bower <abower(a)zeus.com> writes: > how did the meeting go? what was the attendance like? and are there any > photos available? Good; 20+; don't think so. ;-) ["And this is a shot of us all in the dark after the power failed for the second time..."] -- MJR

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Should have come by boat...
by Chris Allen 05 Feb '01

05 Feb '01

... but it was a great meeting, and good to put faces to the names, even though I've forgotten most of them already... Perhaps a mugshot repository on the web site might help! Looking forward to the next one. Chris. [I was the one wandering round aimlessly with a small vaio laptop]

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Introdution
by Mick Forder 05 Feb '01

05 Feb '01

Hi All My name is Mick and I have just arrived in England. I am living in Essex at the moment and I am looking for information about Linux users in the country. My main field is in software development but as I have always had somone to sort out the Linux and Unix for me, I'm having to educate myself very quickly. Thanks Mick _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [Alug] Should have come by boat...
by Chris Allen 05 Feb '01

05 Feb '01

At 09:36 05/02/01 , you wrote: >How was the biscuit supply? :-) So there were *biscuits* !! well they were carefully hidden! >Sorry not to have made it. I did almost get Samba going last night though. >In linux, the test smb.conf I did works fine, but windows says the network >is unavailable when I have a look in Network Neighbourhood. Telnet, ping >are fine so it isn't the networking. I suspect it may be the netbios name >in linux? I get an error on boot in linux to do with setting the >hostname, although it goes on to name the computer "mossey". Can the linux machine mount its own smb export? That's always a good start... Another common problem is that Windows98 has a default for sending non-plaintext passwords, so you can't get into the linux machine once you have found it. This can be fixed by installing the tweak from the Win98 cdrom in \tools\mtsutil\ptxt_on.inf If you are still stuck, send me an email and I'd be happy to help.. >Did many folk show up? >Jenny. (from Burwell, Jo) Enough to blow the main trip switch a couple of times in quick succession, giving our fsck utilities a good work-out... (about 15 ish at a rough guess...)

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Re: [Alug] Should have come by boat...
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 05 Feb '01

05 Feb '01

Chris, thanks. I'll have a look at the win98 tonight, see what the password thing is defaulted to and try and change it. I think linux machine is mounting its own export....I made a test config file, entered the command smbclient -U% -L localhost and Samba showed my test file. (The O'Reilly book assures me this means it is working). Jen

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Re: [Alug] Should have come by boat...
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 05 Feb '01

05 Feb '01

>This is bad. When you said "biscuit supply" I thought PC/104 switched mode for embedded linux devices... That is what I meant, of course! The chocolate topped ones.

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Re: [Alug] Should have come by boat...
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 05 Feb '01

05 Feb '01

How was the biscuit supply? :-) Sorry not to have made it. I did almost get Samba going last night though. In linux, the test smb.conf I did works fine, but windows says the network is unavailable when I have a look in Network Neighbourhood. Telnet, ping are fine so it isn't the networking. I suspect it may be the netbios name in linux? I get an error on boot in linux to do with setting the hostname, although it goes on to name the computer "mossey". Did many folk show up? Jenny. (from Burwell, Jo)

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LaTeX/XML
by d.casal 05 Feb '01

05 Feb '01

|You have two routes to go from there that I can see. One, which will |probably get you polished documents with less hacking for now is |LaTeX. The other is some sort of XML markup and formatting tools, but |they're Not All There Yet. (anonymous coward ALUG reader getting to grips) I've running a loopback host configuration of Cocoon (apache.org/XML) for testing purposes, we're about to try installing it on UEA Music servers, to dispatch Humanities XML Group content. So far, it seems to do exactly what it says on the can. Fiddly bits: the Java Servlets (running Tomcat for now) and getting around XSL. It seems to me, though, that for a no-programming (other than bits of XML) solution, it's really well put together... Could use some advice on what other (maybe more elegant, even less conf needed) solutions to text/XHTML/XML content delivery there might be around... cheers, d ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- david casal +44 (0) 1603-613607 | d.casal(a)uea.ac.uk http://www.ariada.uea.ac.uk/~dcasal | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------\

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Re: [Alug] Nice to see you, to see you nice!
by MJ Ray 04 Feb '01

04 Feb '01

Peter Onion <Peter.Onion(a)btinternet.com> writes: > I'm sorry, but I can't remember most of the names , but I'm sure I'll > recognise the faces next time ! Following from a suggestion, I'm compiling an index of homepages and projects for the website. If people would be so kind as to email me or the list with their homepage address, I'll get to it soon. Or tell me in IRC tomorrow evening. I'd also best finally go kick my site back into shape. -- MJR

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Nice to see you, to see you nice!
by Peter Onion 04 Feb '01

04 Feb '01

Atlast I made it to a ALUG meeting ! Mind you, the weather nearly put me off. The last few miles was quite exciting with all the water running off the fields across the roads ! I'm sorry, but I can't remember most of the names , but I'm sure I'll recognise the faces next time ! Peter Onion.

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