From andy at tensixtyone.com Wed Sep 2 12:56:00 2009 From: andy at tensixtyone.com (Andrew Williams) Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:56:00 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Liverpool Linux User Group Meeting - 2nd Sept 2009 Message-ID: <20090902125559.GD11324@manex.tensixtyone.com> Sorry for the late announcement, bank holiday really threw me :) -- Liverpool Linux User Group - September 2009 Date Wed September 2nd, 2009 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Liverpool Social Centre, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool, England L1 4HY Speaker: Simon Johnson Liverpool Linux User Group are a group of Linux and open source software users that meet on the first Wednesday of the month. If no talk is organised then we will usually organise a .open stage. for people to discuss projects, current news, or just to rant. Main Talk Unfortunately, Simon has had to pull out at the last minute. He has been unable to finish the slides due to his house move, but we will be having up later on this year. Open Stage The stage will be opened for anyone to pimp their current projects or give a short talk about any subject. This month myself and Dan will be pimping the upcoming LUGRadio Live 2009[1] and OggCamp[2], and giving plenty of reasons for people to come down and have a blast in Wolverhampton. Doors are usually open before 7:00pm if people want to meet up in the centre, The Liverpool Social Centre is two doors up from Forbidden Planet and is the right-hand door at the front of .News From Nowhere.. Check the window for a handy Liverpool LUG sign, which will indicate we are there and not still at the pub. Press the white doorbell for access (the one marked basement) and someone will come up and open the door for you. After any talks are finished will usually stay in the meeting area until 8:00pm then head out to a local pub, depending on recommendations of the night it maybe The Welkin at the bottom of Lord Street, or another pub in the local area. Website: http://livlug.org.uk/ Wheres The Geeks: http://www.wheresthegeeks.co.uk/liverpool/2009/09/liverpool-linux-user-group Upcoming.org: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4390357 -- Andrew Williams w: http://tensixtyone.com/ e: andy (at) tensixtyone.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: From iamseawolf at gmail.com Thu Sep 3 11:41:06 2009 From: iamseawolf at gmail.com (Ben Arnold) Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:41:06 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] shell script (sh) : variable contains string? Message-ID: <200909031241.07197.iamseawolf@gmail.com> Hey all -- As I've run out of brick wall to bang my head against, I wonder if any of you guys could help with a little problem I'm having in a shell (sh) script. Basically, it's a start-up script that uses `Xvesa -listmodes` to list the display resolutions available. I want to use either 1024x768x[8|16|24] if it's there or the best available if it isn't. Getting the best is simply a case of using `head -n 1` to get the first line. I set the variable as a list of resolutions fine, I just can't find a clean way of seeing if (1024x768x[8|16|24]) exists in the pre-defined variable. I've tried eval too but it doesn't like it. Maybe the BusyBox version is #crap? Thanks for anything! Ben NB -- It's an sh script, not bash. If it were bash, I could do [variable =~ text] and all is well, but I don't want to switch it and break the other code! ---------- #!/bin/sh # This line produces a list of resolutions like: # 640x480x16 # 640x480x24 # 800x600x16 # etc.Xvesa -listmodes also gives out some extra stuff which we don't want, # neither is it sorted. So we need some fairy dust magic to tidy up. It goes: # List all modes and messages | grep: get only those with a useful hex code # awk: chop off the extra stuff | sort: highest to lowest. export SCREEN_MODES=` Xvesa -listmodes 2>&1 | grep ^0x | awk '{ printf "%s %s\n", $2 }' | sort -nr ` if [ `echo "${SCREEN_MODES}" | grep '1024x768x' ` ]; then echo "Found a 1024x768 resolution, setting as default." # Get the best one (i.e. 1024x768x[8|16|24]) export BEST_1024=`echo "${SCREEN_MODES}" | grep '1024x768x' | head -n 1 ` # May be ugly but the rest of the script needs NEW_SCREEN: export NEW_SCREEN=${BEST_1024} echo "Set display configuration to ${NEW_SCREEN}" else export NEW_SCREEN=`echo "${AVAILABLE_SCREEN_MODES}" | head -n 1` echo "Standard 1024x768 resolution not found. Using highest available: ${NEW_SCREEN}" fi -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: From dh at iucr.org Thu Sep 3 13:42:24 2009 From: dh at iucr.org (David Holden) Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:42:24 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] shell script (sh) : variable contains string? In-Reply-To: <200909031241.07197.iamseawolf@gmail.com> References: <200909031241.07197.iamseawolf@gmail.com> Message-ID: <200909031441.39639.dh@iucr.org> On Thursday 03 September 2009 12:41:01 Ben Arnold wrote: > Hey all -- > > As I've run out of brick wall to bang my head against, I wonder if any of > you guys could help with a little problem I'm having in a shell (sh) > script. > > Basically, it's a start-up script that uses `Xvesa -listmodes` to list the > display resolutions available. I want to use either 1024x768x[8|16|24] if > it's there or the best available if it isn't. Getting the best is simply a > case of using `head -n 1` to get the first line. > > I set the variable as a list of resolutions fine, I just can't find a clean > way of seeing if (1024x768x[8|16|24]) exists in the pre-defined variable. > I've tried eval too but it doesn't like it. Maybe the BusyBox version is > #crap? > > Thanks for anything! > Ben > > NB -- It's an sh script, not bash. If it were bash, I could do > [variable =~ text] > and all is well, but I don't want to switch it and break the other code! > Not sure I fully understand but do you have sed? Could you do x=`echo "1024x768x16" | sed -e 's/1024x768x//'` if [ $x = 8 ] then echo "we have a match" elif [ $x = 16 ] then echo "we have a match" if [ $x = 24 ] then echo "we have a match" else echo "no match fi long winded I know. Dave. From smedley358 at btinternet.com Thu Sep 3 14:13:59 2009 From: smedley358 at btinternet.com (Richard Smedley) Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:13:59 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] [Fwd: [Liverpool] [Interface Amnesty: a musical hackday on 26th September]] Message-ID: <4A9FCF35.2010807@btinternet.com> Liverpool musical hackday event which may be of interest: ----- Forwarded message from Adrian McEwen ----- From: Adrian McEwen To: NW-hack-space at googlegroups.com Morning, I think I've mentioned it in passing, but it deserves a proper posting. I was hoping that Ross (one of the organisers, who attended one of the Liverpool meetings a few weeks ago) would be able to post more details, but he's been busy with other projects of late and it's getting too close to the deadline to wait any longer. As the flyer says, at Interface Amnesty... "Invited artists, hobbyists and makers will be show-and-telling self made, developed and hacked devices for playing sound and music over one day and evening in a free trade fair/market style setting. Get a stall in the hall and show your hacked/shared/open/closed wares with key lunchtime and evening show-offs." That sounds like they'd prefer it if people already had things built, but as I haven't got any musical devices knocking around, I'm going to make it more of a day of hacking, and try building an Auduino and maybe some other stuff (depending on what I can think up and acquire parts for by the 26th). I think Ross Jones (different Ross to the organiser) is hoping to make a start on his laser harp there too. We've got one stall booked already, but I'm not sure if that will be enough space if a few of us are planning on attending. The deadline for signing up for space is tomorrow, so either drop them a line directly, or let me know if you want to come along and I'll let Ross know how many of us will be attending from the hackspace. It's being held at Static here in Liverpool (in between the bombed-out church and the Chinese Arch), and there are some more details at Cheers, Adrian. -- http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/ http://twitter.com/amcewen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "North West Hackspace" group. To post to this group, send email to NW-hack-space at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to NW-hack-space+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.uk/group/NW-hack-space?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- ----- End forwarded message ----- From joe.foy at gmail.com Fri Sep 11 15:41:58 2009 From: joe.foy at gmail.com (Joe Foy) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:41:58 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] PHP file problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My boss has just got himself a new vps and is having problems running php scripts on it, the scripts are able to access and change files that were already on the server, but any they create are created owned by the Apache user and group and they then can not change them. Any ideas why this might be and any potential solutions? Thanks in advance. 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Any ideas why this might > be and any potential solutions? > Thanks in advance. > > Posted from my samsung galaxy :-) > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com Fri Sep 18 17:05:09 2009 From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:05:09 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Networking course Message-ID: <88D923F4-0303-4078-AF06-1F440921429A@gmail.com> Hi Everyone, I'm sending this quick note to ask if anyone is interested in a networking course that we as a group may be running. It is being organised as a Chester LUG event. The chap teaching it, Rob is a networking specialist and teaches networking and data centre design. He also consults on lan/wan internetworking and design principles. It is a one day course covering basic and intermediate networking, tcp/ ip arp/rarp, multicast, broadcast, subnetting, osi models as well as the basics of networking and routing. The course would be taught on a Saturday. It would be a full and long day. It will be a mixture of hands on and lectures. The only issue is that as this is a professional engagement there will be a cost. All in the day is expected to cost between £50 and £80 depending on uptake. This includes the fully equiped classroom. It doesnt however include refreshments or lunch. This is a great opportunity if you want to learn some networking fundamentals. If it goes well, there may be a more advanced course for those interested. At the moment I am just trying to gauge interest. One potential issue yet to be resolved is that the course MAY end up being held in Bangor. Just mentioning that as a worst case scenario. I will also be sending out this message to the Liverpool LUG in a bit. 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It is a one day course covering basic and intermediate networking, tcp/ip arp/rarp, multicast, broadcast, subnetting, osi models as well as the basics of networking and routing. The course would be taught on a Saturday. It would be a full and long day. It will be a mixture of hands on and lectures. The only issue is that as this is a professional engagement there will be a cost. All in the day is expected to cost between £50 and £80 depending on uptake. This includes the fully equiped classroom. It doesnt however include refreshments or lunch. This is a great opportunity if you want to learn some networking fundamentals. If it goes well, there may be a more advanced course for those interested. At the moment I am just trying to gauge interest. One potential issue yet to be resolved is that the course MAY end up being held in Bangor. Just mentioning that as a worst case scenario. I will also be sending out this message to the Liverpool LUG in a bit. 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From: chester-request at mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Chester Digest, Vol 125, Issue 1 Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:00:01 +0000 Size: 7322 URL: From andy at tensixtyone.com Tue Sep 22 08:29:19 2009 From: andy at tensixtyone.com (Andrew Williams) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:29:19 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Networking course In-Reply-To: <88D923F4-0303-4078-AF06-1F440921429A@gmail.com> References: <88D923F4-0303-4078-AF06-1F440921429A@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20090922082910.GC21751@manex.tensixtyone.com> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 06:04:45PM +0100, Stuart Burns wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm sending this quick note to ask if anyone is interested in a > networking course that we as a group may be running. > > It is being organised as a Chester LUG event. The chap teaching it, Rob > is a networking specialist and teaches networking and data centre > design. He also consults on lan/wan internetworking and design > principles. > > It is a one day course covering basic and intermediate networking, tcp/ > ip arp/rarp, multicast, broadcast, subnetting, osi models as well as > the basics of networking and routing. > > The course would be taught on a Saturday. It would be a full and long > day. > > It will be a mixture of hands on and lectures. > > The only issue is that as this is a professional engagement there will > be a cost. All in the day is expected to cost between £50 and £80 > depending on uptake. This includes the fully equiped classroom. It > doesnt however include refreshments or lunch. > > This is a great opportunity if you want to learn some networking > fundamentals. > > If it goes well, there may be a more advanced course for those > interested. > > At the moment I am just trying to gauge interest. One potential issue > yet to be resolved is that the course MAY end up being held in Bangor. > > Just mentioning that as a worst case scenario. > > I will also be sending out this message to the Liverpool LUG in a bit. > Very interesting, I think a few people from LivLUG will also be interested in this. -- Andrew Williams w: http://tensixtyone.com/ e: andy (at) tensixtyone.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From biglynchy at gmail.com Tue Sep 22 14:34:11 2009 From: biglynchy at gmail.com (Dan Lynch) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:34:11 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Pigeon faster than broadband In-Reply-To: <4AB8A826.4090503@talktalk.net> References: <4AB8A826.4090503@talktalk.net> Message-ID: We featured this story on the podcast a couple of shows ago but it's really worth a look. Winston the pigeon is faster than ADSL in South Africa. It's very entertaining, it was on the BBC recently. Enjoy :) Dan On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 3:34 AM, Roger Gibson wrote: > Having just seen the good news that BT are trialling a system to get > 2Mbps at 12km from the exchange, so I might get something decent at home, > > > http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4050-openreach-announce-bet-trial-to-extend-broadband-distance.html > > I then find that carrier pigeon may still be the solution. > > http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4049-pigeon-faster-than-broadband.html > > Roger. > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From biglynchy at gmail.com Tue Sep 22 20:12:01 2009 From: biglynchy at gmail.com (Dan Lynch) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:12:01 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Social and Tech Meet In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi folks, Greetings from LinuxCon in Portland. Obviously I won't be able to make it to this meet sorry. I'm not just typing this to try and make you jealous though honest. I'll catch up with you at the tech meet next month I hope, and if I have any ideas for topics in the meantime I'll be sure to post them to the list. See you when I get back. Have a great meeting, sorry I can't been there :) Dan On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Les Pritchard wrote: > Hi all, > > The next LUG social is being held this Thursday in the Old King's Head from > 7pm, hope to see you all there. > > If you can bring any suggestions for topics for our next Tech Meet > (happening in October) that would be good. So far I've got the topic of > firewalls / routers with demos of dd-wrt and pfsense. It would be really > good to get some more suggestions and volunteers for demos / talks. We > don't need anything formal, even if it's a chat about something techie that > interests you. > > I'd really like to get some topics sorted before I book the room. > > Thanks > > Les > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From les at chesterlug.org.uk Thu Sep 24 16:07:22 2009 From: les at chesterlug.org.uk (Les Pritchard) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:07:22 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Reminder: Social Meet Tonight Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Les Pritchard Date: 2009/9/22 Subject: Social and Tech Meet To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk Hi all, The next LUG social is being held this Thursday in the Old King's Head from 7pm, hope to see you all there. If you can bring any suggestions for topics for our next Tech Meet (happening in October) that would be good. So far I've got the topic of firewalls / routers with demos of dd-wrt and pfsense. It would be really good to get some more suggestions and volunteers for demos / talks. We don't need anything formal, even if it's a chat about something techie that interests you. I'd really like to get some topics sorted before I book the room. Thanks Les -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andy at tensixtyone.com Wed Sep 30 10:47:57 2009 From: andy at tensixtyone.com (Andrew Williams) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:47:57 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] [ANN] New Group: Northwest Retro (nwRetro) Message-ID: <20090930104756.GA16657@manex.tensixtyone.com> What is Northwest Retro? Northwest Retro is a retro computing and gaming user group based in northwest england, Our aim is to bring together retro computing enthusasts and to give time and space for people to share knowledge, get hands on with old technology, and generally talk and discuss topics relating to retro computing. Whats the current plan? At the moment we're in the early days of the group, so we've created a basic site and mailing list and within the next few weeks we'll plan our first meetup. We'll be looking at holding meetups in Liverpool for the moment. Why do we need another group? At the moment, discussion about retro computing and gaming has remained within existing, local tech groups. The groups are usually related to another technological topic which some retro users maybe unfamiliar with or not interested in. With a new group with a aim to cover the area it will invite in more users who generally don't get involved in the local tech scene. Do you have a website? Yes, the website is online at nwretro.com[1], at the moment we've got a basic blog for announcements but we hope to expand this out a little in the future. Where can I sign up? Register on the general discussion mailing list[2], or if you don't want too many emails, sign up on the announcement list[3]. Please pass this announcement around to anyone who maybe interested. [1] http://nwretro.com/ [2] http://lists.nwretro.com/listinfo/nwretro-general [3] http://lists.nwretro.com/listinfo/nwretro-announce -- Andrew Williams w: http://tensixtyone.com/ e: andy (at) tensixtyone.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: