Yet another sticker update
Chris Jones
chrisjones at comcen.com.au
Mon Oct 2 05:08:51 BST 2006
Thanks for the update Melissa. I check everyday in my mailbox for them
like an obsessed child. At least I can give myself a break for at least
another week or two. Look forward to getting them. How many did you
order in total Melissa?
Chris Jones
On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 03:32 +0100, ubuntu-au-request at lists.ubuntu.com
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> 1. Re: dial-up to Internode (Paul Schulz)
> 2. Re: dial-up to Internode (Karl Goetz)
> 3. pinning question with apt and ubuntu-desktop (Karl Goetz)
> 4. Re: dial-up to Internode (Peter Garrett)
> 5. Re: dial-up to Internode (squareyes)
> 6. S.A. Parliament - Ubuntu Matter of Interest (pengo at pengo.us)
> 7. Re: S.A. Parliament - Ubuntu Matter of Interest (Paul Schulz)
> 8. Yet another sticker update (Melissa Draper)
> 9. Meeting Reminder, Monday October 2nd, 2006 (Melissa Draper)
> 10. ltsp problems (Pete Brown)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:47:53 +0930
> From: "Paul Schulz" <pschulz01 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: dial-up to Internode
> To: "Thor K. Gehrke" <thork at internode.on.net>
> Cc: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID:
> <cc9bf44d0609220217u2264cd2flb6de6c593a623a8f at mail.gmail.com>
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> Hi Thor,
>
> You should be able to configure your modem through the System menu.. (it
> does all the same things as Internode suggest, just with a GUI interface
> wacked on top.)
>
> System -> Administration -> Networking
> Enter your account password
>
> Enter your modem details.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
>
> On 9/22/06, Thor K. Gehrke <thork at internode.on.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there.
> > Just wondering if anyone uses ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Kernal: 2.6.15-23-386) to
> > connect to Internode (a big South Australian based ISP - meant to be
> > very Unix friendly).
> > Reason I ask is if I'm missing something from my login details -
> > something specific to Internode so they'll let me connect.
> > I tried wvdial like the ubuntu site suggests, but keep getting a "%
> > Authorization failed" when sending the password - even though I've
> > checked my password is correct a few times.
> > On the Internode site they suggest using a PPP Package (which is
> > unavailable from their site) with a file pap-secrets that contains
> > "username internode password" - why would they have the word "internode"
> > in something that looks like a simple username/password login details
> > file?
> > Anyway, hope I'm making a little sense - and hear from someone soon.
> > Thanks, Thorsten
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:32:18 +0930
> From: Karl Goetz <kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net>
> Subject: Re: dial-up to Internode
> To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <4513C2BA.6040804 at internode.on.net>
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> Paul Schulz wrote:
> > Hi Thor,
> >
> > You should be able to configure your modem through the System menu.. (it
> > does all the same things as Internode suggest, just with a GUI interface
> > wacked on top.)
> >
> > System -> Administration -> Networking
> > Enter your account password
> >
> > Enter your modem details.
>
> I havent had any luck with it.
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > On 9/22/06, *Thor K. Gehrke* < thork at internode.on.net
> > <mailto:thork at internode.on.net>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there.
> > Just wondering if anyone uses ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Kernal: 2.6.15-23-386) to
> > connect to Internode (a big South Australian based ISP - meant to be
> > very Unix friendly).
> > Reason I ask is if I'm missing something from my login details -
> > something specific to Internode so they'll let me connect.
> > I tried wvdial like the ubuntu site suggests, but keep getting a "%
> > Authorization failed" when sending the password - even though I've
> > checked my password is correct a few times.
> > On the Internode site they suggest using a PPP Package (which is
> > unavailable from their site) with a file pap-secrets that contains
> > "username internode password" - why would they have the word "internode"
> > in something that looks like a simple username/password login
> > details file?
> > Anyway, hope I'm making a little sense - and hear from someone soon.
> > Thanks, Thorsten
> >
> I didnt have issues with wvdial. this was on laptops with LT modems, and
> tehy work fine with dapper.
> kk
>
>
> --
> Karl Goetz
> The buck stops there -> $
> Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:36:11 +0930
> From: Karl Goetz <kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net>
> Subject: pinning question with apt and ubuntu-desktop
> To: Ubuntu Australia <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <4513C3A3.6080505 at internode.on.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> hi all
>
> i just had a question, which i cant seem to work out.
>
> if i pin ubuntu-desktop in apt.conf on dapper so it cant be removed,
> remove some of its dependencies, then dist-upgrade to edgy, will it
> upgrade as though teh depends were there (because u-d is installed), or
> will it break like a normal u-dless install?
> kk
>
> --
> Karl Goetz
> The buck stops there -> $
> Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:17:20 +1000
> From: Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au>
> Subject: Re: dial-up to Internode
> To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20060922211720.e3534700.peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:32:18 +0930
> Karl Goetz <kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net> wrote:
>
> > > On the Internode site they suggest using a PPP Package (which is
> > > unavailable from their site) with a file pap-secrets that contains
> > > "username internode password" - why would they have the word "internode"
> > > in something that looks like a simple username/password login
> > > details file?
> > > Anyway, hope I'm making a little sense - and hear from someone soon.
> > > Thanks, Thorsten
> > >
> > I didnt have issues with wvdial. this was on laptops with LT modems, and
> > tehy work fine with dapper.
> > kk
>
> Another way, which I used to use on Debian and still used on Warty, Hoary
> and Breezy before I got my adsl connection is to configure using:
>
> sudo pppconfig
>
> If you have no /dev/modem file, just specify the serial port - COM 1
> is /dev/ttyS0 , COM2 /dev/ttyS1 and so on...
>
> When it asks for the provider name, you can leave it blank, assuming you
> are only using one ISP. Then after finishing the configuration, the
> command "pon" connects you, and "poff" disconnects you. If you want
> clickable buttons, just make a couple of launchers either on the desktop or
> the panel for those two commands ( I used to use the built in buttons on
> the gkrellm system monitor app, but either way will work ).
>
> Make sure your user is a member of the "dip" and "dialout" groups to avoid
> having to use sudo to dial out.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:40:40 +0930
> From: squareyes <squareyes at internode.on.net>
> Subject: Re: dial-up to Internode
> Cc: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <45141910.6020708 at internode.on.net>
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>
> Karl Goetz wrote:
> >> On 9/22/06, *Thor K. Gehrke* < thork at internode.on.net
> >> <mailto:thork at internode.on.net>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi there.
> >> Just wondering if anyone uses ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Kernal: 2.6.15-23-386) to
> >> connect to Internode (a big South Australian based ISP - meant to be
> >> very Unix friendly).
> >> Reason I ask is if I'm missing something from my login details -
> >> something specific to Internode so they'll let me connect.
> >> I tried wvdial like the ubuntu site suggests, but keep getting a "%
> >> Authorization failed" when sending the password - even though I've
> >> checked my password is correct a few times.
> >> On the Internode site they suggest using a PPP Package (which is
> >> unavailable from their site) with a file pap-secrets that contains
> >> "username internode password" - why would they have the word "internode"
> >> in something that looks like a simple username/password login
> >> details file?
> >> Anyway, hope I'm making a little sense - and hear from someone soon.
> >> Thanks, Thorsten
> >>
> >>
> > Hi Thor,
> >
> I am using Internode with no problems.
> Setup dialup modem with pppconfig., Just type sudo pppconfig in a
> terminal and follow the prompts.
> You can leave the "provider as is, and connect with pon and
> disconnect with poff
>
> Internode did introduce some new anti spam software that caused a few
> problems that caused some problems with passwords when sending emails,
> but they have all been solved. If that is your problem, let me know and
> I will forward their bulletin to you.
> Take Care
> Winton
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:12:44 +0930
> From: "pengo at pengo.us" <pengo at pengo.us>
> Subject: S.A. Parliament - Ubuntu Matter of Interest
> To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <451466E4.9050604 at pengo.us>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hi all,
>
> I work as Andrew Evan's legal / policy advisor (Member of the
> Legislative Council, South Australia - Family First).
>
> Every few months in parliament, a Member will raise a 'matter of
> interest' on a topic. Mr Evans has made submissions on open source
> software in the past, in a second reading speech. There's a _chance_ we
> could submit something about Ubuntu (Eft?) / open source later this year
> or early next year, if nothing else comes up urgently in the meantime.
>
> It would be a way for us to get some great advertising for Ubuntu / open
> source amongst the State leaders. A good slant would be the cost and
> other benefits to having more open source software / Ubuntu in S.A.
> schools and government organizations.
>
> Highest quality is required for parliamentary submissions (no 1337
> speak!). Could you please work out who would be good at writing two or
> three pages up for parliament.
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:53:44 +0930
> From: "Paul Schulz" <pschulz01 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: S.A. Parliament - Ubuntu Matter of Interest
> To: "pengo at pengo.us" <pengo at pengo.us>
> Cc: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID:
> <cc9bf44d0609250023p4ef70be5h26aebd2154d7641c at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Dear pengo,
>
> I would be happy to help prepare and review such a document.
>
> There are people on this list who have more information on case
> studies etc. and there are also others who can help put the
> appropriate South Australian emphasis on such a paper.
>
> In particular I am thinking of the Bettong.Org[1] and the
> Air-Stream[2] folk. There has also work being done by CISA[3] in the
> area of ICT resources for not-for-profit groups.
>
> It's a pity this wasn't raised earlier, as the recent Software Freedom
> Day[4] saw groups getting together all across the contry, (two in
> South Australia[5,6]), to celebrate Free and Open Source Software, and
> promote it within the wider community.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul Schulz (ubuntero)
>
> [1] - Bettong.Org - http://bettong.org
> [2] - Air-Stream Community Wireless - http://air-stream.org
> [3] - Communit Information Strategies Australia Inc. - http://www.cisa.asn.au/
> [4] - http://sofftwarefreedomday.org
> [5] - Software Freedom Showcase, Mawson Centre - http://sfs.mawsonlakes.org
> [6] - Software Freedom Day Expo, Hallet Cove -
> http://southernvaleslug.org/~sfd2006/
>
> On 9/23/06, pengo at pengo.us <pengo at pengo.us> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I work as Andrew Evan's legal / policy advisor (Member of the
> > Legislative Council, South Australia - Family First).
> >
> > Every few months in parliament, a Member will raise a 'matter of
> > interest' on a topic. Mr Evans has made submissions on open source
> > software in the past, in a second reading speech. There's a _chance_ we
> > could submit something about Ubuntu (Eft?) / open source later this year
> > or early next year, if nothing else comes up urgently in the meantime.
> >
> > It would be a way for us to get some great advertising for Ubuntu / open
> > source amongst the State leaders. A good slant would be the cost and
> > other benefits to having more open source software / Ubuntu in S.A.
> > schools and government organizations.
> >
> > Highest quality is required for parliamentary submissions (no 1337
> > speak!). Could you please work out who would be good at writing two or
> > three pages up for parliament.
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-au mailing list
> > ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
> >
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:51:29 +1000
> From: Melissa Draper <melissa at meldraweb.com>
> Subject: Yet another sticker update
> To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <451D32F1.2070902 at meldraweb.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Greetings,
>
> I realise I've been a bit rude lately, regarding keeping everyone
> informed about the stickers. I'm sorry for this.
>
> The situation is as follows:
>
> * Parcel is being sent registered post
> * Parcel has made it as far as Sydney
> * I nominated my PO Box for the delivery address
> * Parcel is still in Sydney because the company refuses to send the
> registered parcel to a PO Box
> * I've let System76 know my street address, yet to hear if the
> information has been passed on
>
> So, long story short. I don't have them yet.
>
> I will let you guys know when they finally arrive.. which *in theory*
> should be next week, but at this rate, I have no idea.
>
> --
> Sincerely
> Melissa Draper
>
> http://www.meldraweb.com
>
> Phone: 0404 595 395
>
> P.O Box 1412
> Lavington, NSW 2641
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:48:21 +1000
> From: Melissa Draper <melissa at meldraweb.com>
> Subject: Meeting Reminder, Monday October 2nd, 2006
> To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <451FF155.1010805 at meldraweb.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Greetings,
>
> It's approaching that time again.
>
> The meeting is tonight (Monday October 2nd, 2006) at 8pm Sydney time.
>
> So far, there are only two agenda items:
>
> * LoCo Mentoring Update
> o elkbuntu will update on the mentoring process
>
> * (End of Meeting) Wiki Working Bee
> o Some parts of the wiki are a bit tired.. and still use the old
> page. Lets work on tidying this up. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MelissaDraper>
>
> Regarding the wiki working bee:
>
> While I know not everyone can attend tonight's meeting, there is still
> stuff that you could do.
>
> For example, taking a look over the Members wiki page
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Members) there are quite a few
> people with non-existant wiki links. Feel free to create the page you
> are linked to, and add something about yourself, even if it is only
> small! Additionally, if you're not even on the wiki page yet.. add
> yourself! Nobody else can do these things for you.
>
> We have what is practically the best Wiki presence of *any* LoCo team,
> so let's make it accurate!
>
> Anyway, I look forward to seeing you there.
>
> --
> Sincerely
> Melissa Draper
>
> http://www.meldraweb.com
>
> Phone: 0404 595 395
>
> P.O Box 1412
> Lavington, NSW 2641
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:32:09 +1000
> From: Pete Brown <pete at geekbuilt.com.au>
> Subject: ltsp problems
> To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <200610021232.15704.pete at geekbuilt.com.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi everyone.
>
> my business was doing an rollout for a business client yesterday and we
> encountered a problem with ltsp.
> the office setup was 6 identical client machines booting from the onboard
> network cards with PXE.
> the server hardware was identical apart from the processor and amount of
> memory (we used AMD AM2 boards with semperons on the client machines and an
> athlon-64 on the server.) the keyboards and mice are microsoft ps/2
>
> the problem we had was the once the xdmcp login came up.
> the mice worked fine but the keyboard weren't working (but they did work in
> console mode)
> we tried xdm, gdm, kdm and ldm and they all had the same problem.
>
> we spent lots of time dredging through documentation and searching the web and
> all we found were a few instances of people having the same problem but all
> the posts we found never got a reply.
>
> has anyone had any experience with ltsp and have any idea what causes the
> problem?
>
> --
> Peter Brown
> Partner
> GeekBuilt Systems
> P 07 3122 0400
> M 0422 210 756
> E pete at geekbuilt.com.au
> W http://geekbuilt.com.au
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