Acceptable use of the WLUG Mailing List
by Meeting Reminder bot
The WLUG Mailing List is the discussion-list extension of the Waikato
Linux Users Group (Incorporated).
As such, we expect members of this list to adhere to the principles
espoused in the official WLUG Charter[1], in particular, Rule 6, which
covers the activities on this mailing list.
While this is an Acceptable Use Policy, the WLUG Committee do recognise the
need for informal discussion among list members, and draconian administration
is not the goal here. Please keep in mind, however, that your comments to
this list do represent the WLUG, and while it is good to be seen as an
organisation with a sense of humour, some comments may do major harm to our
credibility as a serious advocate of GNU/Linux and all things Free Software/
Open Source related.
List discussion should
* be honest
* accentuate the positive, without hyperbole or blatant
misrepresentation
* maintain a reasonable level of spelling and grammar
* not indulge in ad hominem attacks
* not continue inflammatory or abusive threads
* not be unprofessional or petty, especially with respect to the
names of other software companies
* not promote or denigrate political, cultural, or religious views
* not indulge in marketing or advertising, other than on a private
sale basis, or advertising of jobs - which may be announced
once only
* not reproduce copyrighted material without permission from the
copyright holder
* not defame any person or organisation
Posters who consistently violate these guidelines will be dealt with at
the discretion of the List Maintainer.
If you feel you have been unfairly dealt with, you have recourse to any
member of the WLUG Committee[2].
Certain mailing list etiquette should also be maintained:
* please use only plain text (not HTML)
* reply inline or below when quoting, rather than on top
* trim quotes (don't reply quoting a 10 page message with
a single line of reply)
If you have any questions, start reading at
http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html.
These points have been established over a long time on this list. If you
want to question them, please do it off list. As list users, use your
discretion when pulling people up over etiquette - please reply off
list, and if there is a serious breach, the list administrator will probably
have dealt with it off-list already.
[1] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCharter
[2] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCommittee
13 years, 11 months
Running ntpdate in ppp/ip-up.d
by Glenn Ramsey
Hi,
I am trying to get ntpdate to run when my dialup link comes up.
This box is running Debian/stable.
I have put a simple script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ntpdate :
#!/bin/sh
/etc/init.d/ntpdate start
All this script does is to run /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u -b -s $NTPSERVERS
However the script hangs and ps indicates that it is sleeping ( S< ). It
works fine if I run it manually (as root).
Anyone know why it hangs? How do I make it work?
Glenn
--
Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077
http://www.componic.co.nz
13 years, 11 months
VMWare Player install
by Joshua Goodwin
Hey guys,
How do I install VMWare player for Linux?
I have tried to manually install the software, downloading from
wmware.com. I unzipped the .tar.gz, but what do I do next?
I have tried to install it via Synaptic. This downloads the
vmware-player-modules file, but it doesn't create the program.
Any help would be great.
Josh
13 years, 11 months
last nights url
by Shane
Im after the URL for the animations shown last night, I *should* have written
it down but.. no
Anyone remember it off the top?
TIA
13 years, 11 months
External modem getting Fax to work
by Ron Dean
I have an old fax modem 33k that I would like to set up as a fax. when I
run the automatic dectection as a modem it detects the device as
/dev/ttyS0 . However when I try it out as a fax
it looks for /dev/modem which it does not find and looking in the dev
directory it doesn't exist
So I was wondering if I should create a file and put symbolic link
between the files.
But I don't really know how to do this
13 years, 11 months
REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot
There's a WLUG meeting tonight:
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Our June presenter is AndrewThrift.
AndrewThrift works for LAN1 as a Technical Consultant, and provides technical supporrt for the following products
* Axis (http://www.axis.com/)
* Barracuda
* Fluke
* Fortinet
* Lightpointe
* Nomadix
* PowerDsine
* Proxim
He will be presenting their Axis product range of Linux-powered cameras.
13 years, 11 months
