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00:00.59new2unixtrue. ;)
00:02.01stephenright, I better install the card I bought from Magnus
00:10.46eye69Evening again
00:11.07davilionevening eye
00:11.20eye69Hi davilion
00:12.18highburyhey eye69
00:12.39eye69Hiya steve
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00:17.53marko85_ukyo yo yo
00:18.00marko85_ukganster rapper in the house
00:18.37eye69Uhm...ok...
00:18.46marko85_uksup nigger
00:20.17marko85_ukdavilion u dont know what u are putting urself into nigger
00:20.21marko85_ukhow is it going people
00:20.22marko85_uk:)
00:20.27marko85_ukanyone talking in here
00:20.50highburymarko85_uk: would you mind toning down the language a bit please?
00:21.20marko85_uki would mind but if i dont have a choice ill be good
00:21.21marko85_uk:)
00:21.27marko85_ukdid anyone go on the linux fest
00:21.33eye69I did
00:21.42marko85_ukwas it good?
00:21.48marko85_ukdoesnt sound too technical
00:22.13eye69It's not supposed to be very technical. It's supposed to give people a firsthand introduction to Linux.
00:22.27highburytoday was just the InstallFest, mostly aimed at newbies, and to help people with any particular problems
00:22.35highbury:-) eye69
00:22.37marko85_ukthat was cool
00:22.39marko85_uki need help with my modem
00:22.47marko85_ukits like taking years now
00:22.49eye69I didn't do that much besides helping a few people.
00:23.00marko85_ukill have to wait till uni probably
00:23.12eye69Give us a bit of information on your problem.
00:23.29marko85_ukproblem is really simple
00:23.31eye69Distribution, modem type and such.
00:23.52marko85_ukintel ham voice data modem
00:24.01marko85_uki found the driver and everything
00:24.07marko85_ukbut i couldnt install it
00:24.22eye69For ham radio?
00:24.31marko85_ukred hat linux
00:24.41marko85_ukham radio? i dont get that
00:24.46eye69Nevermind.
00:24.54marko85_uki am not sure how to unzip the file i have on the disk
00:25.10eye69What's the filename?
00:25.29highburyunzip? are you sure you haven't got a Windows driver?
00:25.45marko85_ukofcourse i am
00:25.45marko85_uk:)
00:25.55marko85_ukits gir or something
00:25.59marko85_ukgiz*
00:26.01highburyyou said "Intel >>ham<< voice data modem"
00:26.09marko85_ukthat is what it is called
00:26.11eye69.tar.gz?
00:26.19marko85_ukyes
00:26.21marko85_ukthat is the one
00:26.22marko85_uk:)
00:26.25eye69'tar zxvf filename.tar.gz'
00:26.52marko85_ukfilename.tar.gz
00:27.57marko85_uki seems to have lost the disk now
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00:28.58eye69What version of RH are you running?
00:29.04eye698?
00:29.33marko85_ukmuch older
00:29.40eye69How much?
00:30.22marko85_uk7
00:30.24davilionknew they would come in handy for something
00:31.50eye69marko85_uk: Yeah, it looks like you'll have to compile the driver from source.
00:32.09marko85_ukhttp://www.intel.com/design/modems/support/drivers_linux.htm
00:32.16marko85_uki found the driver
00:32.19eye69The earliest binary driver supplied from Intel is for RH 7.3
00:32.44eye69Do you have the modem model number handy?
00:33.10marko85_ukwell i dont but i can look up in the device manager
00:33.16marko85_ukwhat kind of number am i looking for
00:33.30marko85_uki got hardware version 002
00:34.15marko85_ukits probably v92
00:34.48marko85_ukLinux drivers and sample compiled binary for Red Hat 7.3 for MD5628-L-B chip
00:34.53dank_workHum
00:35.07marko85_uki think this is the driver but it doesnt work on 7 does it
00:35.13marko85_uki need linux upgrade
00:35.36highbury7.0 is pretty old now
00:35.59marko85_ukdo u think if i install red hat 8 it should assign the driver
00:36.01marko85_ukstraight away?
00:36.09eye69Probably not.
00:36.27eye69The modem is a "winmodem", so it needs special drivers.
00:36.28dank_workeye69: I'm really sorry for not being in the pub
00:36.42marko85_uki know
00:36.45eye69dank_work: No problem, mate.
00:36.48davilioni think 7 is fairly compatible with .2 and .3
00:36.58davilionunless you have .0 in which case its a pile of poo
00:37.08marko85_uki do have 7
00:37.15marko85_uki got a disk and it is saying
00:37.18marko85_ukred hat linux 7
00:38.02eye69davilion: It probably wont work, since it's a module (probably is, anyway)
00:38.28davilionyeah if its got a kernel module pre built it definatly wont work since i think they all had very different kernels
00:38.29murblehello
00:38.32davilioneach with tehir own major bug
00:38.33murblehi davilion
00:38.38davilionhi murble
00:39.11davilionhi dank_work
00:39.15marko85_ukguys i know this is probably not a very nice thing to ask
00:39.29highbury..
00:39.38marko85_ukbut is there any chance one of you could send me better version of red hat?
00:39.58marko85_ukis on 56k
00:40.01eye69I don't have it downloaded.
00:40.10eye69Not using redhat.
00:40.30dank_workBah :-P
00:40.36marko85_uki am prepared to swap it for
00:40.50marko85_uklive suse 7.3 disk
00:40.53highburywhat you got to offer :-)
00:41.01marko85_ukwhere u can run it from any pc without instaling it
00:41.02highburyLOL
00:41.08eye69Haha.
00:41.10marko85_ukhehe that is a good offer
00:41.19daviliondank_work: how was your day?
00:41.45davilionthat good eh?
00:42.11marko85_ukok ill swap it for slackware 7.1
00:42.11marko85_uk:)
00:42.19marko85_ukanyoneeee pleaseeee
00:42.21dank_workIt could have been worse. Just about.
00:42.47eye69I don't have any recent distros downloaded, since I never install from CD anyway.
00:42.58marko85_ukdoes anyone
00:43.05marko85_ukhave any distro
00:43.20marko85_ukcan one help me out
00:43.22marko85_uk#redhat unable to join channel (address is banned)
00:43.33stephenmarko85_uk: i suppose it's still on the ftp site, download it and burn it if you can't get it from anywhere else
00:43.35highburywe handed out looooads of SuSE Cd's, there was mix-up, they were supposed to send us old SuSE 8.0 boxed sets, but accidently sent us the latest 8.1 :-)
00:43.39marko85_uki think my isp is banned from entering this channel
00:43.54marko85_ukhighbury who is we :))
00:44.02marko85_ukwould we happen to have an e-mail address?
00:44.08highburyGLLUG meeting
00:44.32marko85_ukwhat are the chances that marko85_uk could accidently get one of those?
00:44.32dank_workdavilion: It was good to meet you finally :)
00:45.18stephendon't matter, I don't have anywhere to install it
00:45.46highburymarko85_uk: your too late, and you didn't turn up
00:45.51eye69davilion: Were you there? I missed you again.
00:46.07marko85_ukhighbury i cant turn up
00:46.23marko85_uki live a long way from london
00:46.30marko85_ukonly 17 and cant drive
00:46.35dank_workTrain?
00:47.01highburyWe had people who travelled down from Manchester!
00:47.11marko85_ukmust take mate with him coz his parents wouldnt let him go on his own
00:47.42marko85_ukjust lets say i couldnt make it
00:47.55highburys'okay
00:48.25marko85_uki thought suse 8.3 is the newest one*
00:48.31highburycan you download faster at School?
00:48.38marko85_uki can
00:48.38daviliondank_work: dare i ask what happened?
00:48.41highburySuSE 8.1 is the current one
00:48.52highburySuSE 8.2 is currently in beta
00:49.05daviliondank_work: yeah it was good to meet you too.
00:49.05marko85_ukgood idea
00:49.11marko85_ukbut how do i download it
00:49.19davilioneye69: yeah, dan pointed you out, but i didnt stay long, i had intended too then got sidetracked
00:49.52highburyYou'll have to download RedHat or Mandrake and burn them
00:50.10highburySuSE don't provide .iso images, as a matter of policy
00:50.41marko85_ukdont any of u have any copies of anything
00:50.43stephenso that's why nobody runs SuSE
00:50.51eye69Oh, so I got pointed out, did I?
00:50.51marko85_uki would pay for it about 5 pounds
00:50.53highburythey both come on 3 CD's. Knoppix at least fits on one
00:50.55eye69:)
00:51.32dank_workdavilion: You dare - do you have me on a /query window?
00:51.47davilionno idea,
00:52.46highburyanyway good night guys, gotta pick up at Heathrow early tomorrow
00:52.57dank_work'night highbury
00:53.13eye69Night highbury
01:01.52murbleand why he is at work.
01:01.56dank_workTwo boxes
01:01.58dank_workOne for OxLUG
01:02.10dank_workI'm at work because I didn't want to load up XChat
01:02.18dank_workOnly wanted to pop on quickly to see who was there
01:02.29murbleor here.
01:02.44murblewell, I made it back to Wycombe...
01:02.51dank_work:)
01:03.05dank_workThat's good
01:03.11murbleI don't know if 'll be at OxLUG tmorrow yet.
01:03.22dank_workI will be
01:03.53davilioni should be it depends on laila
01:04.42dank_workLaila?
01:04.54davilionyeah a really good friend of mine i keep losing contact with
01:04.57davilionits really funny
01:05.06davilionwe used to live in scotland, reasonably close to each other
01:05.25dank_workBring friends!
01:05.42davilionthen she left home and changed her phone and i moved and a few months ago she found me on the net and it turns out she lives not far from me, and anyway we kept missing each other
01:05.46murbleoh and now you are both refugees down south?
01:06.01stepheni have a feeling that I shan't be at OxLUG tomorrow, too much work probably
01:06.09dank_workWork? Bah.
01:06.56stephenyeah, pascal programming *yawn*
01:07.01murblestephen: but you're a student?
01:07.15stephen(couse)work
01:07.15davilionmurble: yeah, she trains horses for racing and showjumping, she's got a fabulous place this side of worcester
01:08.19davilioni was supposed to meet her today, i sent her a message to say hi, this morning cos we hadnt spoken for a few days and just as i got the car to pick up my laptop she was like oh yedah im on the m25 and i was like i'll be right there, but she had to leave before i got ther :(
01:16.22dank_workWell, g'night all
01:17.03stephennight dank_work
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05:24.04OrangeSkiesanyone up?
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10:55.11beth_msg/ Clyphox|party  u there dav?
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11:30.31formimorning
11:30.35Davilionhi
11:30.54JensonMorning guys
11:31.20formii have a quick question before i go to have breakfast
11:31.52formimr murble kindly donated a ethernet-to-serial cable
11:32.36formion the machine with the nic, where do I point minicom to?
11:33.07Jensonibot seen dankolb
11:33.11dankolb <~dankolb@spookhive.demon.co.uk> was last seen on IRC in channel #gllug, 1d 13h 3m 20s ago, saying: 'Bye resuDaed'.
11:34.36Davilionethernet to serial cable?
11:34.44Daviliondo you mean serial dongle one end, rj45 on the other?
11:34.52formiyeap
11:35.44JensonWas Jess there with zach yesterday, coz she said she was going to be, but I never saw her.
11:36.27formiI don't think so
11:36.48formiappart zach didn't even go to the pub afterwards
11:37.27JensonI really think I ought to get some food...I havent eaten anything worth eating since 7am yesterday
11:39.42Davilionformi: ok you need to plug it into a serial port
11:39.45Davilionon both ends
11:40.18formishit
11:40.36formimurble didn't say anthing
11:40.53Davilioni can send you a serial plug if you like. that takes rj45 on one end, and you put the pins where you want them on the other.
11:41.00Jensonooh ooh ohh, local computer fairs today.....best go find my dad
11:41.25Davilionheh
11:41.37formiwhat I have basically it's a 25pin serial and a rj45 cable
11:42.11Davilionwhat do you want to connect at each end?
11:42.23formisparc to pc
11:42.32Jensonfucking hell, my mother is shouting at me again
11:42.46formiwith that language no wonder
11:42.55Daviliondoes the sparc have rj45 serial port? or is it a din connector thingy?
11:43.06Jensoni'm not allowed to swear in front of my parents formi
11:43.07formilet me see
11:43.40formiso why do we have to stand you?
11:43.41formiyour parents had all the guilt
11:44.27JensonI as usual, have destroyed myself, and my boyfriend (that is if anyone else saw him sitting on the floor in front of everyone looking destroyed)
11:44.46formiDavilion: there are only 25 pin serial connectors + ethernet
11:45.13Davilionformi: ok, so you need, rj45 -> 9 pin ?
11:45.57formii thought rj45 was to be connected to the nic
11:46.18formiI do have a 9-25 serial cable
11:46.44formiwhich funnily enough only works on the old freebsd laptop
11:47.09formiso until i manage to fix another kernel to support the pcmcia nic
11:47.23formii have to sit in front of it
11:55.01Davilionno you can't connect serial to ethernet
11:55.21Davilioni think the reason for the plugs is that some sun's have rj45 serial ports
11:55.25Davilionas do some terminal servers
11:55.39formiok lesson learnt
11:55.56formiyou didn't stay for long yesterday
11:56.07Davilionno i went to get my laptop then a friend called to say she was nearby
11:56.13Davilionand i havent seen her in years so headed out.
11:56.14JensonDavilion: You going to OxLUG?
11:56.29DavilionJenson: possibly, it depends on how i feel later and what else happens today
11:56.40JensonDavilion: If you do, look after Dan for me :)
11:56.58Davilionwill do
11:58.18formiJenson: feeling guilty today?
11:58.35Jensonformi: And what do you know of that I should feel guilty about?
11:58.51formijust asking
11:59.19JensonA bit yeah, more confused than guilty, and I havent eaten for ages so I feel out of it
12:02.10Davilionfelt really hungover
12:02.22Davilioni need to force feed myself mroe liquid when i drink i think.
12:02.49JensonDavilion: Were you at the pub with the gllug guys, or with your mate?
12:03.03Davilionat home actually.  was on the phone to friend for ages though.
12:03.23Davilionand the problem is that if i open a bottle of wine i may as well finish it sincce it will just go in the bin if i dont drink it.
12:03.27Davilionand it was a very nice drop.
12:03.33JensonBRB
12:03.39Davilionwoo! /me gets pxe working at last
12:22.44Davilionso now, when my machine boots, i can select, local boot, local boot with network kernel, diskless machine, memory test, or lnx-bbc rescue
12:23.54Davilionoh and this is all over the serial ine
12:25.06gj_re
13:06.57Jensoni gotta go
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13:49.49Davilionhi Leeds
13:51.16Leedsafternoon
14:16.15dpashhi all
14:16.40dpashs/\/me/my/
14:39.28murblemoin
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14:50.44A4266Hey all
14:50.52Leedsafternoon
14:51.17A4266is it that time already? Feels like 10 in the morning to me.. :)
14:52.18Leedsyeah :-)
14:52.23LeedsI got up around noon...
14:52.37A4266hehe. Same here
14:53.22Leedsbut then I went out to get breakfast and bumped into someone I knew :-(  looking like I'd just got out of bed...
14:53.47A4266lol.
14:54.03Leedsa non-geeky person, obviously... or I wouldn't care :-)
14:54.10A4266well if they know you well enough it won't worry them :)
14:54.14A4266lol, ya
14:54.48A4266Did ya enjoy yesterdays gglug meating?
14:55.01A4266*gllug
14:55.05Leedsyeah...
14:55.34dpashit was good
14:55.48LeedsI fell asleep with all the lights and computer on... woke up at just before 6 and turned everything off...
14:56.01A4266oh yeah. Nothing better then a good long lie in :)
14:56.06dpashI did think about irc last night, but decided against it
14:56.18A4266heh
14:56.21dpashA4266: multiple Charmed episodes
14:56.31Leedsdpash: TiVo - just watched one...
14:56.37dpashincluding a two-parter
14:56.39A4266I got a free copy  of Suse yesterday :)
14:56.47dpashA4266: burn it
14:56.47A4266lol
14:57.00A4266can't. resuDaed has my copy at the mo :(
14:57.03dpashhmmm paige as a mermaid
14:57.09Leedsyeah :-)
14:57.14dpashhmmmm
14:57.37Leedsnow watching Father Ted..
14:57.47A4266I'm not much of a charmed fan :(  
14:57.54LeedsI don't actually watch Charmed - for the stories, anyway
14:58.02A4266I prefer things like Star Trek and that sorta thing ;)
14:58.09A4266lol
14:58.36dpashLeeds: nah, just mermaids
14:58.51dpashLeeds: besides you can never work out the larger plot with charmed
14:59.12dpashit doesn;t help that % and Living always seem to show them out of order
14:59.16dpashs/%/5/
14:59.23Davilionheh
14:59.31A4266ya, what bits I've seen almost always refere to older episodes
14:59.33LeedsI watch Buffy and Angel for the stories... :-)
15:00.05A4266I got bored with those
15:00.28A4266To much killing of the same old demons
15:00.41Leedswell, there are only about 15 episodes of Buffy left anyway
15:00.46A4266All they did to spice it up was to change there names :P
15:01.12Leedsthe current series is shaping up very nicely...
15:01.54dpashthere was rumours of lesbians
15:02.12Leedsyes... Willow
15:02.22LeedsJewish lesbian witch :-)
15:03.19dpashone day at band camp
15:03.30A4266I thought that was old news willow being lezzy?
15:03.35dpashsorry I just can't get that character out of my mind when ever I see her
15:03.49dpashA4266: I haven;t watched it in about 2-3 years
15:03.51Leedsapart from the fact that her girlfriend got shot last year... she's got a new one later this year (later than Sky are)
15:03.51A4266She and that other noob witch with the half whit hair
15:03.57A4266ahh, I see
15:04.22dpashhmm Rogue from X-men
15:04.51eye69Ey, any WLAN people here? Are there any 802.11g cards that work with Linux? I can't find any good info on either Google or consume.net.
15:05.04A4266not as good looking as Rogue. And its only white from halfway down the length of it
15:06.24A4266YUS!! Just found a site that I used to frequent a lot is back up at last!! :D
15:06.33Leedseye69: I've not heard of any...
15:06.37LeedsA4266: which site then?
15:06.56A4266www.staryards.com
15:07.13A4266or was :/ Just seen that the domain seems to be up for grabs...
15:07.57A4266not sure though now 'cause parts of it seem to be up?
15:08.11A4266Like the download section and stuff
15:09.42Leedsmaybe it's being rebuilt...
15:10.25A4266not sure.. Ohh well. At lest the best parts are still up :)
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15:13.07murblehi Cupis
15:13.11cupismi murb
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15:25.39omphehello everyone
15:25.46Leedsafternoon
15:26.35omphecan't get over this sunshine.
15:27.03murbleI'm sure it'll go away soon enough, ane maybe if you are very lucky sooner still.
15:27.37ompheJust returned from the park and everyone has the same stupid grin as their pups.
15:27.49Davilionhi omphe
15:27.59Davilionheh
15:29.55murbles/ot/to/
15:30.29omphewhere's murble starting from?
15:32.26Davilionmurble: you a keen cyclist?
15:33.06gj_Leeds: hello
15:33.10Leedsmurble: starting in .lu? :-)
15:33.16Leedsgj_: afternoon...
15:34.27gj_http://anthrax.ds.pg.gda.pl/server/
15:35.21Leedsyeah, saw that on slashdot
15:35.46gj_hehe
15:35.59gj_i am just wondering how fast is this "disk"
15:38.46gj_btw. this machine was running PLD linux (pld.org.pl)
15:39.01LeedsI noticed that
15:41.12gj_:)
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15:52.40eye69Heh...one disk goes, and it all goes..
15:53.42Jensonheya eye69
15:53.53eye69Hi Jenson
15:56.41Davilionheh
15:57.01Davilionsounds like my sister, she's constantly running up profits for bt
16:04.32JensonDavilion: I constantly run up profits for T-Mobile, but other than the internet and calling Dan I don't really use the landline
16:07.10JensonDoes anyone know if ADSL modems that are suitable for Win 9x are also suitable for Linux....ie I don't want to be forced to use the internet in Win if I get ADSL
16:08.19cupisJenson: best to try and get a 'modem' with an ethernet connection - this will definately work. USB/PCI DSL modems aren't supported too well under Linux.
16:09.02Leedsthe speedtouch USB works - I'm on one now... but it's not nice, and it's not fun to setup
16:09.24JensonYeah it's £84.99 I see
16:09.37JensonI have no idea how to compile my usb support into my kernel either
16:09.41JensonI'm quite the idiot
16:09.55Leedsthen avoid USB :-)
16:10.06JensonSettinng up a dial up modem wasn't fun either
16:10.11cupisJenson: you shouldn't need to compile USB support into your kernel.
16:10.14JensonAnd setting up a printer took me hours
16:10.28Jensoncupis: People keep telling me I need to
16:10.42Jensonhey Leeds, I like you, coz you aren't too damn tall :)
16:10.52DavilionTCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
16:10.52DavilionLinux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM
16:10.52DavilionRAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
16:10.52DavilionFreeing initrd memory: 258k freed
16:10.52Davilioncramfs: wrong magic
16:10.53DavilionKernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
16:10.54Leedsum, thanks, I guess
16:10.55Davilion<PROTECTED>
16:10.57Davilionany ideas whats causing that?
16:11.01cupisJenson: don't believe everything you hear,
16:11.18LeedsDavilion: what's the context? new install or what?
16:11.18Jensoncupis: I forget who told me, Dan or zimm I think
16:11.31cupisJenson: yeah, well.
16:11.39eye69Davilion: What distro?
16:11.52LeedsI don't have it compiled in... means I can power down my USB ports to reload drivers without rebooting
16:12.00DavilionLeeds: diskless machine. i compiled a kernel, mkinitrd' then copied the two files into /tftpboot and told the machine to boot the new kernel and use the new initrd
16:12.08eye69Oh
16:12.09Davilionit gets hte files ok, but then freaks whenit mounts them
16:12.45LeedsDavilion: 08:01 is the first IDE device...  it's trying to boot from disk
16:13.22Davilionahah.
16:13.34Davilioni thought it was something going on with the ramdisk
16:13.40Davilionin which case everytihng is working nicely
16:13.41Davilionwell sorta
16:14.56Leeds(actually, it's sda, not hda, but the same applies)
16:15.56Leedsbloody hell, is 1615!
16:16.03Leedss/is/it's/
16:16.05JensonFeels like about 11am
16:16.24Leedsyeah
16:16.47Daviliontoday is going really slowly for me
16:16.48ompheIt's that big scary bright thing in the sky! :)
16:17.36JensonDavilion: Me too, except I kinda didn't really bother to move until about 1pm
16:18.31Leedsit's the traditional post-GLLUG hangover :-)
16:18.45omphecupis:  I set up a halt user, as we discussed.
16:18.57cupisomphe: it works okay?
16:19.15omphecupis: but it opens a fluxbox session, then when I open an xterm it shutsdown.
16:19.32cupisheh. oops
16:19.54JensonDamn my mouse. I just lost the menus in Konqueror and now I've got the main toolbar in the middle of the screen
16:20.05omphecupis: trawling for a way to circumvent fluxbox
16:20.17omphecupis: you guys get out on the ice?
16:20.39cupisomphe: no. Found out that the rink was open 5pm - 8.30pm, so we just went to the pub.
16:21.17ompheice skating/drinking  always gave me a headache and bruises the next morning.
16:22.08Leedswhat, drinking ice?
16:23.08cupisomphe: does the halt user have a homedir?
16:23.21omphecupis: nope
16:24.25cupisomphe: give it one containing .xinitrc with the line '/bin/sh' in it?
16:24.35cupisomphe: or http://neilt.org/computing/xdmshutdownbutton.html
16:24.53cupisomphe: or the inittab (ctrl-alt-del) way: the line in my /etc/inittab is:
16:25.00cupisca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now
16:25.25cupisomphe: or try login.app or kdm
16:26.00Davilioni would imagine drinking ice would give you a sore throat
16:26.06omphecupis: P90 laptop with 750MB hdd, no space for kdm
16:26.14cupisomphe: http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue29/lg_tips29.html#digulla
16:32.24JensonHow much space does a FreeBSD install take on average?
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16:48.11formihiya
16:48.16omphehey formi
16:48.34formidid you manage to get the pc running?
16:49.15ompheNah, and I left it in my wife's locker in the Royal Opera House for the weekend.
16:49.32formiso it gets a bit of culture?
16:49.46ompheNot likely in her dressing room!
16:49.57formino web cam?
16:50.11ompheYou wish
16:50.28Davilionheh
16:50.50formii finally installed solaris 7, went quite smoothly
16:51.15formiit doesn't come with ssh installed
16:51.33ompheis solaris only for sun hardware?
16:52.05formithere are versions for x86
16:52.37formiif you go to sun.com you can download them
16:52.54Leedss9 has ssh
16:53.01Leedsotherwise, get it from sunfreeware.com
16:53.16formii have already downloaded it
16:53.28formihad a problem though
16:54.02formiwhen i tried to mount a nfs share i got "mount: not installed" or something on those lines
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18:26.18omphewb cupis
18:26.26cupisty
18:26.54omphefinal solution was...ditch xdm and use a halt user.
18:26.54cupishighbury: please change the topic?
18:27.09cupisomphe: ditch all dm's?
18:28.07ompheyeah, just a console login now.  Why have a stripped down xdm when console login will suffice.
18:28.57cupisomphe: good point. and of course it solves your 'halt' problem nicely
18:29.25omphethanks for the assistance
18:29.27Leedsyou've got a halting problem?
18:29.52ompheNo, just wanted to work out the "halt user" configuration for xdm.
18:29.57cupisLeeds: no, lol
18:30.08cupisi knew someone would mis-read that.
18:30.32Leedsah-ha!
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19:08.44Jensonre cupis
19:12.05SpudUAwayCupis - You missed out on The Church in a big way!  Everyone had lots of fun!!!
19:13.39Jensonhey guys I just have to quote what my ex is saying on MSN
19:13.59Jensonreliant robin!!!: it's not my computer. i use an original version of linux
19:13.59Jenson(19:13:01) Jenson: which distro?
19:13.59Jenson(19:13:07) STULLEY!!!! the only person to do a drive by in a reliant robin!!!: eh??
19:13.59Jenson(19:13:13) Jenson: Linux distro?
19:13.59Jenson(19:13:21) STULLEY!!!! the only person to do a drive by in a reliant robin!!!: dunno
19:14.00Jenson(19:13:56) STULLEY!!!! the only person to do a drive by in a reliant robin!!!: why?
19:14.02Jenson(19:14:09) Jenson: Just wondered
19:14.04Jenson(19:14:32) Jenson: Debian, Mandrake, SuSe, Caldera, Red Hat?
19:14.06Jenson(19:14:46) STULLEY!!!! the only person to do a drive by in a reliant robin!!!: right.......
19:14.08Jenson(19:15:09) STULLEY!!!! the only person to do a drive by in a reliant robin!!!: when i say i am a communist i mean i stand by the basic views
19:14.11Jenson(19:15:17) Jenson: :)
19:14.13Jenson(19:15:26) Jenson: I just wanted to know which Linux distro you use
19:14.17Jenson(19:15:46) STULLEY!!!! the only person to do a drive by in a reliant robin!!!: i dunno my dad did it all
19:14.19JensonSorry for flooding
19:14.54gj_grep -v STULLEY and it would make some sense :]
19:15.12JensonI know
19:15.15JensonHe's an idiot
19:15.31JensonI'm trying to get him on IRC so I can CTCP version him
19:15.41gj_hehehehe
19:16.35JensonBut he doesnt know how to get onto IRC....
19:17.06Jensonlol he's finally admitted he's on XP right now
19:17.42gj_give me IP
19:17.51gj_he will get reboot each minute :)
19:19.02JensonIf I knew how to get his IP I would
19:22.09JensonI think he's just trying to get with me
19:22.24JensonHe knows I'm a Marxist and I use Linux and so he thinks he does
19:22.36JensonBut he doesnt know which distro it is coz his Dad did it
19:24.16gj_ftp.mking.com/pub/raptor/
19:24.47Leedsyeah, it rocks...
19:24.57LeedsI had it on DOS years ago, and I bought a copy for Linux
19:25.22JensonWell, right now I'm having to teach him to d/l and install XChat for Windows....methinks he doesnt use Linux at home
19:28.49gj_well
19:28.55gj_he allways can use knoppix :]
19:29.15gj_by claus knopper (c)
19:29.16JensonBut is it actually possible to use linux and not know what distro it is?
19:29.30gj_no way
19:29.58Jensonexactly
19:30.11JensonAnd he cant install Xchat in XP
19:30.19JensonProbably downloaded the Linux version
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19:53.46OrangeSkiesevening all
19:54.32Leedshey
19:54.57OrangeSkieshow goes it?
19:55.47Leedsnot too bad
19:55.58Leedsexcept that I've done almost nothing today, and it's 8pm!
19:56.03OrangeSkiesyey!
19:56.15OrangeSkiesisn't it a great feeling
19:56.30OrangeSkiesi've just finished backing up my mp3 collection... 22 80min cds!
19:56.57Leedswhoa
19:57.34JensonOrangeSkies: I fitted mine onto 4
19:57.43OrangeSkiesi know... i got a sore thumb from taking all the plastic away from the cases
19:58.08OrangeSkiesJenson: that's piffling haha
19:58.41JensonAnd he says he uses linux at home
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20:01.27Jensonwell done!
20:01.39JensonYou are now connected through my machine
20:01.57andyhi
20:02.17andyeh?
20:02.22Leedshi andy
20:02.26andyhi
20:02.29JensonLeeds: Meet my mate
20:03.03Leedsanother one? :-)
20:03.12Jensonandy: Now you are using Linux instead of XP :)
20:03.34Jensonyeah Leeds I should bring him to gllug if he's round this way then
20:03.54Leedsnot that you're not welcome... but isn't there anything nearer?
20:04.08JensonLeeds: I would think so
20:04.22andyerrr i am confused!!!!
20:04.29Jensonandy: why?
20:04.53Leedsandy: you are now in a public chatroom associated with the Greater London Linux User Group (gllug)
20:05.02andyright
20:05.12andywhats with the yellow writing stuff?
20:05.23Jensonyellow means people are writing to you
20:05.46andyhow do u do that then???
20:06.09JensonBy writing peoples names first or in the sentcne andy
20:06.42andy<PROTECTED>
20:06.48Jensonwithout
20:06.56andyjenson like this??
20:07.01Jensonyeah
20:07.08andydid that work?
20:07.14Jensonyeah
20:07.44andycool
20:07.52andyso whats every1 up to then?
20:09.27OrangeSkiesi'm wondering why my flippin modem doesn't work with debian
20:09.39Jensoncoz debian is shit
20:09.47andyok
20:09.55OrangeSkiespour quois?
20:10.00Jensoni'm just chatting
20:10.09Jensonparce que
20:10.50andyhmmm french is boring try gettin a russian typefon from the net and doing that!!!
20:11.14OrangeSkieslike thiski u meanski?
20:11.33andyhaha
20:12.10andylike you are very nize thank u pleez i like yore muther she iz very nize
20:12.21OrangeSkies:o
20:12.39andyent i like yore bowtowm asswell thank u pleez
20:12.54OrangeSkies:(
20:13.27andythats kinda kazakstanian not russian but u get the idea
20:14.22andythis is kinda weird.#
20:15.52JensonCoz if I do I'll have a different IP and you'll have to ssh in again
20:15.57andyjenson if you do that'll screw me up i guess
20:16.02Jensonyeah
20:16.22Jensonwell it shouldnt drop it now
20:17.19andygood
20:17.57andyso is jens the only female in here??
20:18.04OrangeSkiesso far agk's winning the been-idle-for-the-longest competition with a might 47 hours & 50 minutes
20:18.05JensonHuhnLondon is female too
20:18.12OrangeSkies*mighty
20:18.15Jensonand resubitch
20:18.32JensonOrangeSkies: I think he idles for weeks :)
20:18.52Jensonbut resubitch is offline, and HuhnLondon is probably on a plane between London and germany ATM
20:19.25OrangeSkieswhy don't they just leave the chan?
20:19.35OrangeSkiesit'd be a lot less confusing
20:19.40JensonCoz by idling they can show they have always-on connection :)
20:19.46OrangeSkieshehe w00t
20:19.53Jensonlol
20:20.07OrangeSkies(+sarcasm)
20:20.12Jenson:)
20:20.27andyok!! (confused and scared laughter like ur all intelligent and i'm REAL dumb!)
20:20.28OrangeSkiesi need to plead for for help
20:20.41andyok then go on
20:20.42Leedsandy: very true
20:20.43Jensonandy: How long you been using Linux anyway?
20:20.51Jensonsure OrangeSkies
20:21.05OrangeSkiesheeeeeeeeelp!
20:21.10andyjenson kind of once before i came back to guildford!
20:21.15OrangeSkiesok, i'm done
20:21.27Jensonandy: Why didn't you take your linux box with you?
20:22.32LeedsOrangeSkies: you need real help? :-)
20:22.35andyjenson cos it's my dads and he actually uses it. this is the 1st time i been near any computer in about 2 months and even then it was only for porn!
20:22.40OrangeSkieshaha
20:23.01Leedsandy: for reference, this channel is logged :-)
20:23.15andyleeds wha?
20:23.21Jensonby the ibot
20:23.28andyeh?
20:23.34Jensonibot andy is a mate of Jenson's
20:23.34...but andy is already something else...
20:23.39JensonWTF
20:23.41Jensonibot andy
20:23.41i heard andy is mailto:Andrew.Christian@compaq.com
20:23.51andyno
20:23.52Leedsdon't replace that
20:23.54Jensonoooh did we used to have another andy?
20:24.08Leedsibot lives in more that one channel - I invited him in here
20:24.08Leeds: I don't know, could you explain it?
20:24.08JensonLeeds: I don't know how to replace it anway
20:24.16andywhat u dun bex??!!
20:24.26Jensonandy: Nothing, just talking to the bot
20:24.36Leedsandy is one of the senior people on one of ibot's other channels
20:25.49andywho is the i bot?
20:26.04JensonLeeds: Which file do I need to edit to change to change the mount access priviliges on the different drives
20:26.23Jensonie I don't want people who ssh this box to have access to all the drives
20:26.58LeedsJenson: you don't do it by drive on Linux, you do it by part of filesystem
20:27.17JensonI know what I want to do
20:27.26JensonI just forget what file it is I wanna edit
20:28.00Leedsit's not in a file
20:28.05Jensonandy: Ask ibot who he is type ibot ibot
20:28.28andyibot ibot
20:28.29rumour has it, ibot is a blootbot now, no longer an infobot. run by BZFlag (TimRiker) on his server. see blootbot also http://blootbot.sourceforge.net/ it uses SQLite but can use MySQL or other SQL for storage.
20:28.53andyjenson ok
20:30.11JensonLeeds: I mean the file that I need to edit to set the mount priviliges. I'll ask Dan, he understands me sometimes
20:31.16Leedsfstab
20:31.21Jensonthat one!
20:31.21Leeds/etc/fstab
20:31.22Jensonlol
20:32.22OrangeSkiesmy turn Leeds... have u got any idea why i can connect to my isp on debian but can't get any data transfer? (sites won't load, i can't get onto irc etc)
20:33.01JensonOrangeSkies: Sounds like a firewalling problem
20:33.07JensonBut I'm probably talking crap
20:33.23andyerrrr
20:33.36andyhave u all like got degrees in computing n stuff?
20:33.50Jensonandy: I havent
20:33.54JensonNor has my boyfriend
20:34.02Jensonor resudaed or davilion or zimm
20:34.05JensonLoads of us havent
20:34.09JensonLoads of us have
20:34.43OrangeSkiesJenson: i don't have a firewall going..
20:35.03LeedsOrangeSkies: does traceroute do anything interesting?
20:35.06OrangeSkiesandy: i might do in 6 years or so... starting comp. science in 2004
20:35.12Leedsdid you do anything about DNS?
20:35.15OrangeSkiesi haven't tried
20:35.18JensonOrangeSkies: Want me to ping you?
20:35.19OrangeSkiesnope
20:35.34OrangeSkiesit's ok i'm on XP atm (SORRY) so everything's working fine
20:35.40Jenson:)
20:35.42Jensonk cool
20:35.48OrangeSkiesthanx neway
20:36.07andydo u ever talk bout normal stuff rather than all this techno stuff??
20:36.11OrangeSkieswhen i click 'query modem' from kppp the AT(?) boxes come up blank
20:36.30Jensonwe do
20:36.31Jensonyeah
20:36.45Leedsandy: this is a technical room - people do talk about other things, but it's primarily for techie chat
20:37.01andybex didnt tell me that
20:37.22Jensonandy: I'm gonna have to reconnect in a minute so you'll have to meet me on msn so i can give you my new ip address so you can ssh in again
20:37.27OrangeSkiesLeeds: what should i be doing with DNS/traceroute?
20:38.22LeedsOrangeSkies: try to traceroute to any machine name - and to a random IP address - if your link is up but you can't get anywhere, it's often DNS
20:38.47andyjenson ok then
20:39.34OrangeSkiesok... so what should i do about it?
20:40.06JensonBRB reconnecting
20:41.15ClyphoxHello all
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20:42.01OrangeSkieshey
20:42.03OrangeSkieswb Jenson
20:42.09Jensonty
20:42.10ClyphoxHi Jenson
20:42.21OrangeSkiesack, dinner time
20:42.27OrangeSkiescya all later
20:42.33LeedsOrangeSkies: bring it up and try to traceroute 129.156.199.158
20:42.40OrangeSkiesooo ok
20:42.43OrangeSkiesand then?
20:42.56Leedstell me what happens :-)
20:43.03OrangeSkieshehe awww
20:43.11OrangeSkiesit's such a bitch rebooting all the time
20:43.32OrangeSkiesi'll do it after me dinner in half n hour
20:43.36OrangeSkiesthanks all
20:43.37OrangeSkiescyas later
20:44.08Jensonhey Clyphox
20:46.11ClyphoxHeya Jenson
20:46.15ClyphoxI'm back :)
20:46.50Jensoncool
20:47.04ClyphoxOnce again I missed meeting you though hehe
20:47.07JensonI'm teaching a mate to ssh in coz her XP is half dead so I'll let her ssh my box
20:47.13JensonI met Alex and Tom
20:47.21JensonYou never told me how gorgeous Tom is
20:48.05ClyphoxI thought to knew him already..
20:48.23ClyphoxHe told me about you..
20:48.37JensonHadnt met him before
20:48.56ClyphoxAhh
20:49.03JensonI told him to tell Beth she's a lucky girl....and it came out all wrong infront of him and Alex
20:49.15Clyphoxlol
20:49.33ClyphoxI'll bbiam just gotta do some usb logging.. sry..
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20:50.12Jensonwb
20:50.17JensonGetting Bee to ssh in to
20:50.19Jensontrying
20:50.21Jensonanyway
20:51.15andyhi
20:51.53JensonDamn KDE is being shit
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20:53.25Jensonheya bee
20:54.02beehi
20:54.08beewow im here
20:54.11Jensonwell done
20:54.20beefinally i hear u say
20:54.27JensonYou're now connected to chat through my machine
20:54.33beecool
20:54.36Jenson:)
20:54.41beeclever hey
20:54.46JensonYeah :)
20:54.47JensonBRB
20:54.52beeok
20:55.05beewhos the other person thats here?
20:55.30beeis there anybody here?
20:55.34andyi'm here
20:55.45eye69I'm here, not there.
20:56.05beeaww wow people
20:56.07andyi'm here physically but mentally.......i dunno.....
20:56.11andyibot ibot
20:56.12rumour has it, ibot is a blootbot now, no longer an infobot. run by BZFlag (TimRiker) on his server. see blootbot also http://blootbot.sourceforge.net/ it uses SQLite but can use MySQL or other SQL for storage.
20:56.35beeso whats everyone been up to?
20:56.57Leedsplaying with edonkey
20:57.07beewith what?
20:57.10andydrinking an smokin
20:57.20beeaww the healthy one
20:58.17andyoh yes
20:58.18eye69Leeds: /topic
20:58.21JensonLeeds: Bee is the mate that was coming to the installfest with me
20:58.21Leedsp2p client
20:58.28andyi say coughing my face off
20:58.35andywell at least it's not drugs!!
20:58.39JensonLeeds: Where can I d/l edonkey coz i need it
20:58.44beefair point
20:58.55beewhats edonkey?
20:59.00beewhat am i missin out on?
20:59.02Jensonlike napster bee
20:59.06Jensonfor linux
20:59.12Jensonyou want http://www.winmx.com
20:59.15LeedsJenson: google
20:59.21beethanks, not all that computer literate
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20:59.51eye69Hiya davilion
20:59.56Leedshey davilion
21:00.00beehi
21:00.14Jensonre davilion
21:00.16andyhey
21:00.36JensonLeeds: Google, I'm lazy...oh well
21:00.54LeedsJenson: me too - I followed a link - dunno the domain
21:01.19JensonLeeds: :) but you always go out to the shop for bagels so you cant be too lazy
21:02.32JensonLeeds: Is edonkey only command line based, or X based too?
21:02.56Leedsit's weird - there's a 'core' which is a command-line client, and a couple of GUIs - a java one and a GTK+ one
21:03.20eye69Similar to the design of dc then
21:03.41Leedsthink so
21:03.59Jensonoh good
21:04.04JensonI didnt fancy command line clients
21:04.08Leedsthe problem is that the protocol is closed-ish, and the core is closed, but the GTK gui is open
21:04.16Leedsthird-party GTK client, that is
21:04.36JensonLeeds: I havent successfully downloaded and compiled a program yet so I expect it'll be beyond me
21:05.12eye69There's a first for everything
21:05.37beeim off now peeps
21:05.39JensonLeeds: The URI is http://www.edonkey.com it seems
21:05.41Jensoncya bee
21:05.52beecya all soon
21:06.05Leedsit's not hard, except that I got confused - the docs on the site are from the CVS version, which is broken, as opposed to the last release, which isn't
21:07.17eye69Leeds: Do you know if the automounter configuration and design of Linux vs. Solaris is at all similar?
21:08.01eye69My dad said he was going to install automounter support in Debian for his digital camera, but he only has exp. with Solaris.
21:10.14LeedsI don't think they're similar, but since I've never actually configured either, I can't really say :-)
21:10.57eye69Oh well, I'll wait for his phonecall. :)
21:11.17eye69Let him sweat for a while.
21:11.33Jensoneye69: Good idea :)
21:11.43resuDaedwhats the best terminal prgram for linux?
21:12.01eye69resuDaed: Terminal program? Du you mean as in serial terminal or X terminal?
21:12.07resuDaedserial
21:12.08Leedsminicom
21:12.14eye69Yeah, minicom.
21:12.20resuDaedthanks
21:12.34Leedsit's really the only one unless you want to mess with tip or search out seyon
21:13.24eye69The best terminal program I've ever used is Terminate, for DOS.
21:13.38eye69Ended up with paying for it.
21:13.49eye69Jenson: For using a modem, or other serial devices.
21:13.59LeedsI actually have a serial terminal...
21:14.08eye69Jenson: Like configuring a switch over serial cable, for instance.
21:14.19Jensoneye69: Ah, I see :)
21:15.02eye69Leeds: I had a couple. Worked for the local hospital in Sweden for a while. They used serial terminals for accessing an old AIX machine.
21:15.28eye69Had a couple of "normal" terminals, and a small "flatscreen" one.
21:15.58LeedsI took one from my previous job... thought there was a chance I might need it someday :-)
21:16.00eye69I need to install my IBM NetVista.
21:16.19andyhey
21:16.35andyback
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21:18.09OrangeSkieshi
21:18.55dpashhi
21:19.37Jensonheya dpash
21:19.42Jensonre OrangeSkies
21:19.57Jensonwb andy where'd you go?
21:20.32Jensonoooh I like playing my CDs through a mains powered discman...when the get stuck I can oick it up and shake it
21:20.32Leedshmm... dinner - I should do that
21:20.42JensonGood idea Leeds
21:20.48OrangeSkiesdinner's always a good idea
21:20.58OrangeSkiestraceroute - command not found :'(
21:21.08JensonDoes anyone else find having their away messages on announce reassuring?
21:21.49JensonBecause I find it off putting now I turned announce off
21:22.36OrangeSkiesdon't have em on mirc teehee
21:22.56Jenson:)
21:23.16JensonOrangeSkies: Were you at the installfest yesterday?
21:23.26dpashwow 150 people were greedy enough to fall for nigeria scams
21:23.41eye69dpash: Idiots
21:23.44OrangeSkiesJenson: yeah i was the one resuDaed and his friend (alex?) was helping :)
21:23.51Jensondpash: Scams?
21:24.22JensonOrangeSkies: Oh, what the one that me, Alex, Tom and Ross were crowding round whilst I coplained about lilo?
21:24.35OrangeSkieshehe i think so yeah
21:24.39Jensonhehehe cool
21:24.43JensonYou should have said hi
21:24.54OrangeSkieswell, i said bye!!
21:24.57Jensonlol
21:25.00JensonOK then :)
21:25.13OrangeSkiesi didn't know who u were most of the time, it was just til later i found out ur nick
21:25.27Jenson:)
21:25.34JensonI thought everyone knew me
21:25.41JensonThe one who was clinging onto Dan
21:26.00JensonThe one who tried to tell resuDaed he's cute and it came out all wrong
21:26.35andyjenson how do u leave
21:26.43Leedsandy: /quit
21:26.52Jensonyeah then logout
21:26.57andyquit
21:27.01Jensonlol
21:28.04OrangeSkiesthis is prolly a really dumb question... but if i've got debian installed, can i install apps from the mandrake cds?
21:28.27dpashOrangeSkies: you can, bit I wouldn't
21:29.02Jensonandy just said to me on msn 'sorry, the geeks do my head in' lol
21:29.11OrangeSkieslol
21:30.07OrangeSkiesdpash: why's that?
21:30.24dpashbecause they are not designed for debian
21:30.29dpashfiles may be in the wrong place
21:30.47OrangeSkies:/ ok i'll give it a miss
21:30.48dpashthe wrong version of programs may be installed
21:30.56OrangeSkiesjust i dont have the debian cds
21:30.57dpashOrangeSkies: what do you want
21:31.16eye69Install it from the net then. That's the way you're supposed to di it.
21:31.20eye69s/di/do/
21:31.25OrangeSkiesi wanted to know in general
21:31.35OrangeSkiesi can't get online from linux atm
21:31.38Jensoneye69: But he might be on dialup
21:31.41OrangeSkiescan connect but that's all
21:31.46OrangeSkiesyeah i'm on 56k
21:31.47dpashOrangeSkies: wvdial rocks
21:32.00Jensonyeah OrangeSkies me too
21:32.07dpashJenson: nothing wrong with dialup
21:32.10eye69Jenson: You can still download stuff, provided that it's not huge.
21:32.18JensonI know
21:32.23JensonI've been on dialup since 99
21:32.24OrangeSkies56k sucks :
21:32.26OrangeSkies:(
21:32.45OrangeSkiesthough it only took 2-3 hours to download the 3 mandrake iso's from college :D
21:33.39JensonOrangeSkies: It was gonna take me about 45 hours to d/l Knoppix at home...and my burner wouldnt have burned an iso that sizze anyway
21:34.17OrangeSkiesJenson: that sucks, couldn't you get someone to dl it for u?
21:34.59dpashOrangeSkies: do you have a unix machine at college?
21:35.00JensonOrangeSkies: I was only gonna use Knoppix to investigte linux
21:35.17JensonI just bought slack for £6 at a fair instead
21:35.21OrangeSkiesdpash: hell no hehe win2k all round
21:35.39dpashOrangeSkies: hmm okay that rules that out then
21:36.08dpashthere is a thing called apt-zip, which creates a script which will download debs from a non debian machine
21:36.19dpashand then you carry them home on a zip disk etc
21:36.25dpashand then you can install them
21:36.37dpashI used to do that at uni
21:36.44OrangeSkiescool
21:36.45eye69Heard about it, but never tried it.
21:36.50LeedsOrangeSkies: get a set from John
21:36.52OrangeSkiesi might give it a go
21:37.00OrangeSkiesLeeds: a set of what?
21:37.06OrangeSkiesand who's john hehe
21:37.06dpashOrangeSkies: CDs
21:37.11dpashJohn Winters
21:37.17OrangeSkiesoh...
21:37.19dpashlinuxemporium.co.uk
21:37.24Leedswhat he said :-)
21:37.29OrangeSkieshehe
21:37.47LeedsOrangeSkies: should have bought them from him yesterday
21:37.50JensonOrangeSkies: One of those places all geeks should remember
21:39.00Clyphoxback
21:39.05OrangeSkiesi've not been seized by the geeky life style just yet
21:39.25OrangeSkiesLeeds: i'll just download cds 1-3 from college, that should do me fine
21:39.41ClyphoxWhat is a "geeky" life-style?
21:39.42OrangeSkiesis 'traceroute' a command that u need to install?
21:39.48LeedsOrangeSkies: shouldn't be
21:40.21OrangeSkiesit says command not found when i try and run it
21:40.22JensonOrangeSkies: are you tracerouting from root or user?
21:40.29OrangeSkiesClyphox: where computers take over ur life
21:40.35OrangeSkiesimho hehe
21:40.48OrangeSkiesJenson: i tried both, it worked from neither
21:40.55Jensonit should work from root
21:41.03eye69OrangeSkies: Find the traceroute package for your distribution
21:41.12eye69What distribution is it?
21:41.31OrangeSkiesdebian 3.0 (not sure if it's r1)
21:41.35eye69apt-get install traceroute
21:41.39JensonOrangeSkies: or try typing tracert like you do for DOS
21:41.59OrangeSkiesi don't have the install cd's for debian tho, resuDaed set it up for me with a borrowed set yesterday
21:42.16*** join/#gllug new2unix (~new2unix@ACB34FBB.ipt.aol.com)
21:42.23eye69Run apt-setup, and choose FTP as source
21:42.23JensonBRB
21:42.36new2unixhi all
21:42.38OrangeSkiesJenson: Leeds wants me to run it from linux to see if he can find out whats wrong with my connection
21:42.39eye69OrangeSkies: Oh, we met yesterday
21:42.52OrangeSkieseye69: did we?
21:42.53eye69OrangeSkies: I'm the one helping the guy with the discs with his laptop
21:43.22OrangeSkieseye69: shirt/tshirt colour might help me out more :)
21:43.33eye69Black t-shirt, blue shirt, black jeans
21:43.38eye69skinhead
21:43.45OrangeSkiesah... ur cds?!
21:44.03eye69No, I was helping a guy with his laptop, and it was his cd's
21:44.04OrangeSkiesoh wait
21:44.06OrangeSkiesno no i remember now
21:44.43OrangeSkieswas confusing you with that guy
21:44.52OrangeSkiesseemed to remember him wearing something vaguely blue
21:45.10Jensonback
21:45.16OrangeSkieshi
21:45.17eye69Oh
21:45.38Clyphoxblerg..
21:45.48JensonOrangeSkies: That was either Pete or Paul I think you remember....in the Debian shirt
21:45.54Jensonblerg, Clyphox?
21:46.12OrangeSkiesso how could i download the traceroute package from windows? (one of resuDaed's friends set up my windows drives to be mountable from linux)
21:46.37OrangeSkiesJenson: the old fella?
21:46.47OrangeSkies(no offence if youre watching lol)
21:46.51JensonOrangeSkies: I dont think so lol
21:46.59eye69OrangeSkies: You don't have a working connection in Linux?
21:47.08JensonI kinda only paid attnetion to the younger ones
21:47.26new2unixjeez. i feel  like an outsider for missing the Installfest :(
21:47.40OrangeSkieseye69: no, i can connect to my isp but can't get to websites/connect to irc etc
21:47.42Leedseye69: he's trying to debug his connection
21:47.58eye69Leeds: Oh.
21:48.10OrangeSkiesit worked fine in mandrake :/
21:48.29Jensonnew2unix: You missed me being a twonkle, and Dan sitting on the floor in the middle of a room
21:48.55new2unixwhat was he doing on the floor? doing the cabling?  lol
21:48.59Jensonnope
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21:49.20new2unixyou werent wearinga mini were you?
21:49.24Jensonhey stephen
21:49.26Jensonnope
21:49.34new2unixhi Stephen
21:49.36stephenevening Jenson
21:49.40stephenand new2unix
21:50.34Jensonnew2unix: You probably don't want to know how that situation transpired actually
21:50.41new2unixok. i have to go. i ned to be up in 7hours. and idont intend to oversleep like i did on Saturday
21:51.02Jensonsee ya new2unix
21:51.08new2unixbye all
21:51.14stephencya
21:54.05OrangeSkiesLeeds: can you think of anything else i could use to analyze what's going on with my connection?
21:54.48JensonOrangeSkies: This may sound silly, but in Win, I had the same problem with internet explorer.....have you tried using different browsers?
21:54.53eye69OrangeSkies: Can you ping your gateway?
21:55.26OrangeSkiesJenson: nah just mozilla, i guessed it was the connection after i couldn't connect to any irc servers either
21:55.42OrangeSkieseye69: i dunno, what is my gateway?
21:55.52eye69OrangeSkies: After connecting, run 'route -n'
21:56.05OrangeSkiesok, what will that do?
21:56.09eye69The line having the tag "UG" is your gateway.,
21:56.19OrangeSkiesaha
21:56.22eye690.0.0.0         192.168.20.1    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
21:56.34eye69Ping the second IP.
21:56.51OrangeSkiesok
21:56.56OrangeSkiesdammit where's me pen gone
21:56.57JensonOrangeSkies: And do it in root
21:57.21JensonWell, at least I have to do it in root
21:57.29OrangeSkiesOk, i will do
21:57.29JensonBut my system could be confgiured wrong
21:57.34eye69Jenson: /sbin/route if you're not root
21:57.52OrangeSkiesi'll try it out in a few minutes
21:57.56Jensonooh ty eye69
21:58.04JensonI'm learning stuff today
21:59.01eye69I've got all of it added to my users $PATH
22:00.04stepheneye69: you're gonna hate me, looks as if I'm getting a informal kinda job with a games server company
22:00.22Clyphox!!!
22:00.35ClyphoxHow does that work?
22:01.20eye69stephen: Bah
22:01.36stephenClyphox: i've been sysadmining one of their servers for a week and they offered to pay me for my services, which is nice
22:01.57Jensonstephen: Well, work is work
22:02.53stephenJenson: yeah, it was just that eye69 and I had a lengthy conversation about games servers and #linux yesterday
22:03.08JensonI see
22:03.32JensonDamn I'm cold, I need a jumper
22:04.25eye69Whoa, The Green Mile on on Channel 4.
22:04.32eye69-on
22:05.04stephenthat's a really cool movie
22:05.52JensonI've never seen it
22:05.58JensonI think my dad is watching it
22:06.05eye69Jenson: Do. It's very good.
22:07.05JensonMaybe I will sometime
22:07.31eye69It just started
22:07.47JensonI'm chatting now
22:07.50JensonAnd I'm sleepy
22:19.11OrangeSkiesBrb, gonna try out some stuff on my modem
22:32.59*** part/#gllug Jenson (1000@dial81-131-151-44.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
22:36.09dpashanyone left?
22:37.10Leedsnobosy here but us chickens
22:37.43Clyphox[nod]
22:46.29dpashargh only 94 words, need about 200
22:46.33dpashargh
22:46.44dpashI was afraid that this would happen
22:46.58Leedsfor?
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22:47.58OrangeSkieshi all
22:48.17ClyphoxHey
22:49.03dpashanyone seen tomorrow's date?
22:49.11dpashLeeds: OU course
22:51.03Leedsoh, right
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22:56.31OrangeSkieshey Leeds, i tried out traceroute on the ip u gave me but it gave a message identical to the one this guy has posted here...
22:56.32*** join/#gllug cupis (~paul@modem-2588.dasyure.dialup.pol.co.uk)
22:56.32OrangeSkieshttp://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg22303.html
22:56.43dpashhi cupis
22:56.49cupishi David
22:57.10*** join/#gllug cupis (~paul@modem-2588.dasyure.dialup.pol.co.uk)
22:57.14dpashcupis: I have 94 out of 200 words for the first part of my coursework
22:57.18Leedshmmmm...
22:57.20dpasher cupis
22:57.20cupistry that again, shall we?
22:57.27dpashI think you should
22:57.31cupisdpash: notes?
22:57.35dpashyeah
22:57.40LeedsOrangeSkies: it's a really hard thing to debug when you have to reboot to check anything :-(
22:57.49dpashI'm not entirely sure what else to put
22:58.00cupisdpash: what have you got so far?
22:58.09OrangeSkiesLeeds: i know :( it sucks
22:58.22Leedskill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders kill Flanders
22:58.58OrangeSkiesthis is what route -n returned:
22:58.59OrangeSkiesKernel IP routing table
22:58.59OrangeSkiesDestination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
22:58.59OrangeSkies213.120.78.86   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
22:59.03dpashOrangeSkies: the only things that I can think of atm are that you have something firewalled or that you don't have netlink in your kernel
22:59.17dpashOrangeSkies: is that it?
22:59.22Leedsugh, that's bad
22:59.29OrangeSkiesnah i just didn't wanna paste the rest
22:59.34OrangeSkiesit's pretty much the same tho hehe
22:59.42dpashOrangeSkies: we need to see all of it
22:59.44OrangeSkies192.168.0.2     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    1      0        0 sl0
22:59.44OrangeSkies192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
22:59.44OrangeSkies0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         U     1      0        0 sl0
22:59.45Leedsyou've got to work with us
22:59.52Leedssl???
22:59.54OrangeSkiesthere u go
23:00.14OrangeSkiesthe kernels 2.2something
23:00.30Clyphoxohh. speaking of firewalls
23:00.32Leedsreally? 2.2somethign?
23:00.49OrangeSkiesso i'm told yeah
23:00.55dpashOrangeSkies: install kernel-image-2.4.18-<cpu>
23:00.55ClyphoxAnyone got a nice little firewall script for a standalone box dialed via ppp?
23:01.09ClyphoxI can't get mine going.. lazy
23:01.16dpashClyphox: iptables -P INPUT DROP
23:01.25dpashClyphox: that whoudl work a trat
23:01.26OrangeSkiesdpash: would that require the debian cds?
23:01.28dpashtreat
23:01.40dpashOrangeSkies: er yeah, or an internet connection
23:01.49OrangeSkieslol
23:02.04OrangeSkieswell i can download from xp and mount the hard disk from linux
23:03.19OrangeSkiesi'm using win xp atm hehe
23:03.49dpashoh and my headache
23:03.58cupisdpash: are they related?
23:04.19dpashcupis: probably the starcraft that caused the latter
23:04.21LeedsOrangeSkies: for reference, "uname -a" will tell you exactly which kernel you're using
23:04.39OrangeSkiesLeeds: ok, i'll check next time i run linux
23:06.47Leedsisn't sl a SLIP device?  only reason I can think for that is that it's using diald...
23:07.08LeedsOrangeSkies: what's the IP of your machine?  Do you have a network?
23:07.41OrangeSkiesmy IP changes everytime i connect
23:07.57Leedscupis: he can get online, but can't get to any hosts
23:07.57OrangeSkiesi run a network when my brother brings his pc to my house
23:08.07LeedsOrangeSkies: how do you actually know you're online?
23:08.10dpashOrangeSkies: http://www.davidpashley.com/tutorials/wvdial-pppd-dod.html
23:08.21cupisLeeds: DNS? Routing?
23:08.27OrangeSkiesLeeds: kppp makes out like it's connected
23:08.39Leedscupis: I think it's DNS, but it's very very slow when he has to reboot back into XP to talk to us
23:08.41dpashOrangeSkies: it will do
23:08.43OrangeSkiesand says i've been connected for xxx amount of time
23:08.54highburyre
23:09.03dpashOrangeSkies: it is only checking that pppd is running
23:09.06Leedshmm... don't trust kppp (don't trust anything with a k at the start! :-)
23:09.17dpashnot that the connection actually works
23:09.23LeedsOrangeSkies: when you think you're connected, run "/sbin/ifconfig" and look for information about ppp0
23:09.24OrangeSkieshmmmmm...
23:09.26cupisOrangeSkies: when it says you are connected, you need to check the contents of /etc/resolv.conf and the output of 'route', 'ifconfig -a' and 'host www.cisco.com'
23:09.45OrangeSkiesok
23:10.25cupisanyone else got some pet commands or files for OrangeSkies to check?
23:10.28Leedseveryone shout random advice at OrangeSkies! :-)
23:10.32OrangeSkieslol
23:10.47cupisOrangeSkies: if you have wvdial/wvdialconf, try using that to connect instead of kppp
23:10.50LeedsI like wget, screen and python, but that's not important right now...
23:11.33dpashcupis: kppp is a wrapper around wvdial
23:11.37OrangeSkiescupis: i've tried wvdial after configuring, the same thing happens
23:11.44Leedsyeah, but you also prefer debian, so I'm not listening to you :-)
23:11.49cupisoooo
23:12.02cupisibot: lart Leeds with a handbag
23:12.09cupisduh!
23:12.14cupis:)
23:12.19OrangeSkieslol
23:12.21Leedsibot lart cupis and the horse he rode in on
23:12.34cupislol
23:12.56Leedsibot brick OrangeSkies
23:12.58ACTION installs a bad bootloader on OrangeSkies and turns OrangeSkies into a brick
23:13.03dpashibot lart both cupis and Leeds
23:13.18Leedswhy does he always pick that one for me???
23:13.20cupisibot: kill dpash
23:13.25ACTION slits dpash's throat
23:13.32OrangeSkies:o
23:13.32dpashibot: lart ibot
23:13.33Leedsibot kill -9 dpash
23:13.35ACTION slits -9 dpash's throat
23:13.44Clyphoxgah.. bloody blood
23:13.52dpashibot: lart Clyphox
23:13.54cupisibot: spray the channel with bullets from a machine gun
23:13.55wish i knew, cupis
23:13.57LeedsOrangeSkies: ibot-taunting is a common pasttime around here
23:14.05Leedsibot dance
23:14.05ACTION does a disco dance.
23:14.11Leedsibot sing
23:14.12ACTION sings loudly
23:14.21OrangeSkiesibot hide
23:14.22OrangeSkies: I give up, what is it?
23:14.26Clyphoxibot learn sings sings the blues loadly
23:14.27Clyphox: have you tried http://www.tldp.org/ ?
23:14.28dpashibot: lart everyone apart form dpash
23:14.29Clyphoxibot learn sings sings the blues loudly
23:14.30Clyphox: no idea
23:14.30OrangeSkiesawww loser
23:14.37Clyphoxahh..
23:15.16dpashibot: Leeds
23:15.18[leeds] a bloke called Richard in the UK or spending too much time playing with expensive electronic toys or a genius or whatever you want him to be
23:15.23Leedsibot pies
23:15.24Leeds: I don't know, could you explain it?
23:15.27Leedsibot pie
23:15.28Leeds ate all the pies
23:15.37LeedsI have no idea who taught him that :-)
23:15.39OrangeSkieshate to get in the way of ur fun guys, but do u have any more suggestions before i reboot into linux?
23:15.50dpashOrangeSkies: a 2.4 kernel
23:15.51LeedsOrangeSkies: do you know ps?
23:15.59dpashibot: cupis
23:16.00dpash: I give up, what is it?
23:16.22OrangeSkiesdpash: that's an 8mb download :( i'll get it from college
23:16.30dpashOrangeSkies: okay
23:16.31OrangeSkiesLeeds: ps?
23:16.36dpashI do recommend it though
23:16.48dpashOrangeSkies: I would just burn the 8 CDs
23:18.02LeedsOrangeSkies: run "ps aux" to get a detailed listing of everything running on your system - I'd suggest looking for references to ppp or diald in that list and let us know if you find anythig
23:18.04OrangeSkiesdpash: i can download them from college too, we have writers in the tech department thankfully
23:18.17OrangeSkiesLeeds: okay
23:18.53OrangeSkiesi'm gonna go poke around now :/ thanks for ur help all, i'll cya in a bit
23:19.00Leedsbye
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23:20.35KMDHiya people.
23:20.38Leedsevening
23:20.42dpashwoot
23:21.14KMDNice to be here.  Any scsi users around ?
23:21.21Leedsyup
23:21.31ClyphoxI have SCSI galore..
23:21.40Clyphox6 devices atm I think..
23:21.52Leedsjust sda for me :-)
23:22.27KMDOh yeah ? hehehehe.... great !!   Ever  come across grub working well on a scsi boot ?
23:23.14Leedsnever used grub
23:24.09KMDI dont want to either...  Suse 8.1 defaults to it.... and my lovely lilo is laid low. lol
23:24.11eye69Grub is actually very nice.
23:24.34LeedsI don't use suse either :-)
23:25.16KMDBar , a little bug with SCSI drives, our grub.  Damn
23:25.26eye695 18GB SC SIdisks, 1 reader, 1 burner, 1 tapedrive, 2 MO drives
23:25.31eye69All on the workstation :)
23:25.59eye69KMD: Grub is working fine on my machine
23:26.05eye69SCSI dualboot
23:26.37KMD5 fujitsu MAN here... and cant get a boot from lilo. Grub everywhere.  
23:26.57eye69I've got 1 IBM and 4 Fujitsu MAE
23:27.13eye69KMD: What's the ID config?
23:27.20Leeds(whoa, I've got Fear Factor on in the background - they're gassing competitors)
23:27.23eye69Why run lilo?
23:27.26KMDAnd where is your boot ? hda or sda ?
23:27.45eye69sdb
23:27.53KMDid0 ,of course... has been so for 2 years.
23:28.13KMDsda, of course, I meant.
23:28.53KMDlilo can see past most partition borders...
23:29.41dpashbut can it boot kernels you haven't told it about?
23:29.48ClyphoxI can't boot off my scsi due to bios issues.. only know lilo anyway sry
23:30.01LeedsI boot off scsi using lilo
23:31.02KMDLilo is no problem... just grub being the default loader in SuSE 8.1  Wasn't so before this release.
23:31.38KMDOnce in, I can switch over... Just getting there is the prob.
23:32.04Leedsboot from a rescue disk and use that to install lilo
23:32.25dpashKMD: grub allows you to run a command line
23:32.55dpashwhat is your problem with it exactly?
23:33.06KMDDoen't work......  because /etc/sysconfig/kernel has a slight prob, in 8.1 of being overwritten.
23:33.21dpashnot sure i understand
23:33.27dpashhow does it not work
23:33.39dpashdoes it not find your kernel?
23:33.51KMDI know.....  it's a known bug for us SuSE user.  
23:33.53dpashdoes it not get installed in the mbr?
23:34.03highburyKMD: I'm using SCSI and SuSE 8.1
23:34.09highburyand grub
23:34.25dpashKMD: is it the machien you are usig now?
23:34.26KMDIt does install... but cant work...if you're using scsi
23:34.37highburymy only problem is it not detecting my IDE drive for booting from
23:34.37dpashKMD: grub works fine with SCSI
23:34.43KMDI'm on another.
23:34.50dpashare you booting from IDE or SCSI?
23:34.58dpashwhere is your kernel
23:35.05dpashyour /boot partition?
23:35.29KMD<PROTECTED>
23:35.29dpashKMD: boot the machine and get a grub prompt
23:35.55highburyI'm a SCSI SuSE user and I have no problem KMD
23:36.00KMDYou'll get the prompt alright...  And it locks up.
23:36.28dpashKMD: you should get it to sit at the prompt, not choosing any option in the menu
23:36.36KMDhighness... what install did you use in 8.1. Fresh ?
23:36.42highburyjust hit <esc>
23:37.03highburyI always install fully, rather than upgrade
23:37.21dpashand then runs away
23:37.22highburyI like to keep at least one working config
23:37.32KMDOK..Highbury  will try that.
23:37.43highburyand not rely on debian crap :-p
23:38.02highburyKMD so you upgraded?
23:38.19KMDDont worry about that.  hehehe.... thought apt works well now on suse.
23:38.55dpashKMD: apt isn;t debian strenght
23:39.20cupisdpash: have you seen my email?
23:39.32dpashcupis: to who?
23:39.42cupisdpash: to santa
23:39.48dpashcupis: no
23:39.50KMDapt is good, I know... but not for this situation.
23:39.52cupisto you re: irssi-s cvs
23:39.53*** join/#gllug OrangeSkies (OrangeSkie@ppp-225-58-173.friaco.access.uk.tiscali.com)
23:39.56dpashhaven't seent that one
23:39.57OrangeSkieshi
23:40.01cupiswb OrangeSkies
23:40.15OrangeSkiesty
23:40.43OrangeSkiesroot       203  0.0  0.2  1728  708 ?        S<   23:29   0:00 /usr/sbin/diald -f /var/cache/diald/options.dsl-provider    <--- dsl?
23:40.55cupisdpash: 379   F Mar 02 To David Pashle (  26) Problems with irssi-snapshot?
23:41.10Leedsdiald?  whoa, that's pretty unnecessary noawadays
23:41.15cupisSubject: Problems with irssi-snapshot?
23:41.19cupisDate: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 15:15:05 +0000
23:41.19cupiseven
23:41.31dpashcupis: not sure what problem I was talking about
23:41.43dpashthe package is evil as you've seen, but nothing in particular
23:42.02dpashI'll get back to working on it tomorrow as I've had OU stuff recently
23:42.20cupisdpash: okay - what I said in the email might be worth taking note of - should make life a little easier
23:42.46OrangeSkiesLeeds: i get the message 'Starting ISDN services...' then 'Error starting ISDN services, please configure 'hisax' with modconf' as well :/ what isdn services?
23:42.57OrangeSkiesLeeds: that's at startup btw
23:42.59Leedsisdn shouldn't matter...
23:43.11dpashcupis: yeah I probably will do something like that (or just run find -name Makefile.in -exec rm -f {} \;
23:43.15dpash)
23:43.22OrangeSkiesoh okayt
23:43.23cupissomeone installed task-dialup...
23:43.45dpashOrangeSkies: apt-get --purge remove diald
23:44.07dpashLeeds: read my tutorial for replacing diald with pppd and wvdial
23:44.09OrangeSkiesdpash: ok, sounds good to me
23:44.25cupisOrangeSkies: apt-get remove --purge isdn.*
23:44.25Leedsdpash: I don't care - I like pppd :-)
23:44.45OrangeSkiescupis: the more the merrier muhaha
23:44.46dpashLeeds: I like pppd. I don't like diald
23:44.54OrangeSkiesanything else i can uninstall?
23:45.27highburyhave you tried kinternet?
23:45.36dpashOrangeSkies: gnome-core?
23:45.39OrangeSkiesno?
23:45.50OrangeSkiesdpash: sorry, what does that mean?
23:45.51cupishighbury: kinternet?
23:45.58dpashOrangeSkies: ignore me
23:46.06OrangeSkiesdpash: what was that
23:46.10cupisdpash: #183147
23:46.11OrangeSkies(har har)
23:46.11highburynice KDE dialup tool
23:46.24OrangeSkieshighbury: chances are, i won't have it installed
23:46.42OrangeSkies2.2.20-idepci <--- my kernel btw
23:46.46LeedsOrangeSkies: I recommend wvdial
23:46.49Leeds2.2.20? ugh
23:47.02OrangeSkiesLeeds: i've tried that as well, same thing
23:47.13eye69OrangeSkies: What CPU do you have?
23:47.23OrangeSkieswhy am i so out of date? resuDaed only installed everything for me yesterday...
23:47.28OrangeSkiesP4
23:47.35LeedsOrangeSkies: get rid of diald - try wvdial *instead*
23:47.43eye69OrangeSkies: apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-686
23:47.47OrangeSkiesLeeds: ok
23:48.10cupiseye69: dialup, and OrangeSkies doesn't want to/can't d/l that now.
23:48.16Leedseye69: we're trying to debug his net connection, which is dead - he's using winxp now - and he's on dialup
23:48.20OrangeSkieseye69: i need to dl the kernel from college tomorrow, i can't download all 8mb of it tonight
23:48.21eye69Didn't think about that
23:49.02Leedseye69: well maybe you should have! :-)
23:49.07cupisOrangeSkies: so when you ran kppp, what was the content of /etc/resolv.conf and the output of route?
23:49.08*** join/#gllug Jenson (1000@dial81-131-53-124.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
23:49.11OrangeSkieslol
23:49.23OrangeSkieswb Jenson
23:49.26Jensonty
23:49.36OrangeSkiescupis: i knew i forgot something :) this is route:
23:49.37JensonHonestly...it didn't just take me an hour to reconnect...
23:49.45OrangeSkiesKernel IP routing table
23:49.45OrangeSkiesDestination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
23:49.45OrangeSkies213.120.78.77   *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
23:49.45OrangeSkies192.168.0.2     *               255.255.255.255 UH    1      0        0 sl0
23:49.45OrangeSkieslocalnet        *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
23:49.45OrangeSkiesdefault         *               0.0.0.0         U     1      0        0 sl0
23:50.15cupisOrangeSkies: slip?
23:50.17dpashdiald is causing you issues there
23:50.32dpashcupis: iirc diald uses a slip connection
23:50.32cupisOrangeSkies: what sort of modem do you have?
23:50.35OrangeSkiescupis: when i run modconf it says it's installed
23:50.47cupisibot: lart slip
23:51.00OrangeSkiescupis: what d'you mean? sorry for being dumb
23:51.07cupisOrangeSkies: it says _what_ is installed?
23:51.13cupisoh slip
23:51.16OrangeSkiesit's not a winmodem as far i know btw
23:51.18OrangeSkiesyeah
23:51.52cupisOrangeSkies: okay. It appears that having diald installed may be causing you problems. You should really remove it and either yuse ppp directly, or wvdial/kppp.
23:52.18OrangeSkiescupis: ok, i'll go try it out now
23:52.19dpashwe all seem to vote for wvdial
23:52.32OrangeSkiesdpash: it seemed friendly when i ran it
23:52.38OrangeSkieswish me luck :)
23:52.43OrangeSkiesbbs!
23:52.44cupisdpash: wvdial, pon/pppd, kppp, whatever
23:52.49cupisgl OrangeSkies
23:52.51Jensoni use kppp
23:52.59OrangeSkiesty bye all!!!
23:53.11cupisJenson:  you use slack
23:53.25JensonI do
23:53.28dpashcupis: using chat is not the easist thing in the world
23:53.42dpashJenson: did you pick up a knoppix cd?
23:53.45cupiskinternet is suse only by the look of things?
23:53.56Jensondpash: No, I kinda got distracted
23:54.10JensonI did nothing geek all day lol
23:54.46JensonMy mate will kill me. I told her I'd be back in a second...arrived back an hour later and she's gone offline
23:57.03dpashJenson: my boss was very impressed with knoppix
23:57.14dpashibot: lart smile.co.uk
23:57.48Jensondpash: I decided that whoever said geeks aren't cute was mad
23:58.18highburyright on! we're all cute! :)

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