[Gllug] RE: Gllug digest, Vol 1 #1456 - 10 msgs

[Pilar Losada]

Would anyone know of a good and stable POS software that runs on Linux

Thanks

Andy
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Subject: Gllug digest, Vol 1 #1456 - 10 msgs


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>    1. Re: Isa Ethernet Card + X (tet at accucard.com)
>    2. Re: testing 1 2 3 nicl (Simon Stewart)
>    3. RE: Adsl (Richard Cottrill)
>    4. very odd KMail Behavour (GeorgeF.Saxby)
>    5. Re: very odd KMail Behavour (Simon Trimmer)
>    6. Windows -> Linux (Mark Preston)
>    7. Re: very odd KMail Behavour (tet at accucard.com)
>    8. Re: Isa Ethernet Card + X (Chris Bell)
>    9. RE: Isa Ethernet Card + X (Darran D. Rimron-Molloy)
>   10. Re: Learning Vi/Vim (David Damerell)
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> Message: 1
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Isa Ethernet Card + X
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 13:02:55 +0000
> From: tet at accucard.com
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>
>
> >I only started PANICKING when I logged into my Redhat7.1 Partition
> >and realised that it too was experiencing problems with X. It
> >detected the new Ethernet Card, helped set-up the IP address etc.
> >then continued the boot up process. It then started these series of
> >flickers when it was about to ask for my Username/Password.
>
> Note that you would usually be able to do ctrl-alt-F6 at that point
> to get to a command prompt login. If that works, "telinit 2" to get
> the machine to a sane state where you can start fault finding.
>
> >Now ordinarily.. I'm as cool as a cucumber for a Linux Newbie, But
> >when I'm di sallowed full and total access on my OWN box... I begin
> >to panic.
> >
> >Guys, Girls... What do I do?
>
> First thing to do is to boot without X. Enter "linux 2" at the LILO
> prompt to boot to a non-X environment with network dependent services
> disabled (NFS, NIS etc.)
>
> Then try and see what the problem is from there. Run "startx" and see
> if you get any errors. Check /var/log/dmesg and /var/log/messages for
> supicious looking entries.
>
> Tet
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 13:30:45 +0000
> From: Simon Stewart <sms at lateral.net>
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] testing 1 2 3 nicl
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 08:47:13AM +0000, Mark Lowes wrote:
> > On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 17:42, Nic LAWRENCE wrote:
> >
> > I suppose it's better than posting "subscribe" to the list...
> >
> > Nic, consider yourself target practice when I get back to the office.
>
> But it's been so long since we've had people testing their procmail
> rules on the list....
>
> All we need to do now is to prevent bodies from starting new threads
> by replying to an existing thread, deleting the subject and body and
> posting.
>
> ]:)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon
>
> --
> Macho Law prohibits me from admitting I'm wrong.
>
>
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> Message: 3
> From: "Richard Cottrill" <richard_c at tpg.com.au>
> To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: [Gllug] Adsl
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 13:43:34 -0000
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>
> Apparently the firmware has some nasty licensing thing that stops people
> from distributing it. Smoothwall has the same issue. Perhaps the 'for cas=
> h'
> versions of Smoothwall will be different. I doubt the Mandrake distro wil=
> l
> change though.
>
> Richard
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk]On Behalf
> > Of Martyn Drake
> > Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 4:29 PM
> > To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> > Subject: RE: [Gllug] Adsl
> >
> >
> > The Alcatel Speedtouch USB ADSL modem will work very happily under
> > Linux.  The most up-to-date drivers can be found at
> > http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net.  However, you will also need to
> > download the Speedtouch firmware from Alcatel
> > (http://www.alcateldsl.com) which is required by the driver for
> > operation.
> > Very easy to install under Red Hat 7.2 and full instructions are
> > included within the tarball.
> >
> > In essence all you do is untar the speedtouch drivers into a directory,
> > do a ./configure and make install within the directory to install the
> > applications.  You then untar the mgmt.o application from the Alcatel
> > firmware tarbar and place that somewhere safe.  You then set-up
> > /etc/ppp/options, /etc/ppp/peers/adsl, /etc/ppp/pap-secrets or
> > /etc/ppp/chap-secrets and then issue a modem_run -m -f /path/to/mgmt.o,
> > pppd call adsl and away you go! :)
> >
> > As a point of interest to anybody out there using Mandrake 8.1 - this
> > distro  automatically includes the open source Linux drivers (but NOT,
> > funnily enough, the Alcatel Speedtouch firmware) and will detect your
> > Speedtouch modem automatically when setting up the Internet connection.
> > Works quite well.
> >
> > As for AOL ADSL working with Linux - I doubt it.  If it uses the simila=
> r
> > proprietary network protocols, then I'm afraid you're stuffed.  If
> > however, it is purely a TCP/IP based connection then you should be okay.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Martyn
> >
> > --
> > Email=A0=A0 : martyn at drake.org.uk
> > Web=A0=A0=A0=A0 : http://www.drake.org.uk
> > Web=A0=A0=A0=A0 : http://www.martyn-drake.info
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk] On Behal=
> f
> > Of anwar at druidglade.co.uk
> > Sent: 22 December 2001 14:50
> > To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> > Subject: [Gllug] Adsl
> > Importance: High
> >
> > Hi,
> > With Andrew's help, i have red hat up and running at long last :-)))
> > I need to know if anyone has any experience that adsl or cable modem's
> > would with linux please?
> > I am currently with AOL on their ADSL service which uses a USB port.
> > Anyone know if i can use this service from within linux please?
> > =A0
> > Any help much appreciated
> > =A0
> > Darren
> >
> >
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> Message: 4
> From: George F.Saxby <caparo at cwcom.net>
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 14:54:47 +0000
> To: "gllug" <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Subject: [Gllug] very odd KMail Behavour
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>
> Hi,
>  Whilst trying to send a message my 2year old apprentice tech shutdown the
> firewall. Having got the firewall back on line I still had a frozen X
> consol.gave it the cntrl-alt-bkspace routine. Then startx only to find the
> setting were as they were last October with NO mail in or out according to
> Kmail (my usual mailer ) since then !!!
>
>
> Any ideas where to find the last 3 months of mail records for my pop3
> connection?
> --
> George F. Saxby
>    Sys-op
>      Luna - Computers
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:35:47 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Simon Trimmer <simon at urbanmyth.org>
> To: gllug <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] very odd KMail Behavour
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>
> On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, George F.Saxby wrote:
> > Hi,
> >  Whilst trying to send a message my 2year old apprentice tech shutdown
the
> > firewall. Having got the firewall back on line I still had a frozen X
> > consol.gave it the cntrl-alt-bkspace routine. Then startx only to find
the
> > setting were as they were last October with NO mail in or out according
to
> > Kmail (my usual mailer ) since then !!!
> >
> >
> > Any ideas where to find the last 3 months of mail records for my pop3
> > connection?
>
> Oh dear :)
> I have one suggestion, if you are delivering via sendmail+procmail or
similar
> you might find you have a stack of log messages in maillog
>
> # tail -1 /var/log/maillog
> Dec 23 17:17:54 localhost sendmail[13311]: fBNHHqX13309:
> to=<cut at somewhere>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp,
> pri=30598, relay=mailhost.mite.net. [194.106.32.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
> (Message received: 20011223170613.AAA15838 at localhost.localdomain)
>
> Though this depends on how your system is configured, on a system like
mine
> it will catch incoming and outgoing email.
>
> Oh as I'm going email dead for a week, a merry Christmas to the Gluggers!
> (and don't gllug too much of the christmas spirits ;)
>
> -Simon
> Simon Trimmer <simon at urbanmyth.org>
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 6
> From: Mark Preston <mark at markpreston.co.uk>
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 19:08:17 +0000
> Subject: [Gllug] Windows -> Linux
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>
> Following on from the debate a couple of weeks ago and reading Jake
> Jellinek's praise for OpenOffice (thanks Jake) I have just tried out the
> version on the Linux Magazine cover disc and it works fine. It prints out
OK,
> has imported a .rtf file, and seems better than Kword in many respects. I
> must admit that I am not the most demanding of people when it comes to
> writing and producing letters and the like, but for converting from
Windows,
> and producing a basic letter it seems excellent. FWIW I am using an AMD
1GHz,
> Redhat 7.1 and an HP895CXi printer.
> However the Linux Magazine  Robots article "Build artificial life with
lego"
> seems to be missing. Despite the intriguing picture of a robot on page4,
page
> 14 is all about browsers. I know the GLLUG and lego produce an
irresistible
> combination, so can anybody shed any light on this?
> --
> Regards from Mark Preston
>
> www.markpreston.co.uk
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 7
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] very odd KMail Behavour
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 19:54:50 +0000
> From: tet at accucard.com
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>
>
> >Though this depends on how your system is configured, on a system like
mine
> >it will catch incoming and outgoing email.
>
> And you can force it do flush outgoing mail explicitly (rather than
> waiting for it to next try of its own accord) with "sendmail -q" (as
> root). "mailq" will show you the current outgoing mail queue.
>
> Tet
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 23:57:46 +0100 (BST)
> From: Chris Bell <chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Isa Ethernet Card + X
> To: Gllug <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>
> On Sun 23 Dec, m1k3oh wrote:
> >
> > So there I was at work, on Tuesday, with these two 3com Ethernet Cards
(ISA) given to
> > me by our Tech Team.
> >
> > As soon as I arrived home, I ripped open my Quad Boot System and
inserted the 3com (3c
> > 509b) Card into the only
> > available Isa slot (The other been hijacked by my Graphics Card).
> > Win2K detected it straightaway.
> > After assigning an IP address to this machine and connecting a
cross-over cable, I pro
> > mptly tried Telneting to
> > my Old Laptop running Debian. Yipee!  It works. Due to Win2k's
authentication method,
> > I was unable to Telnet
> > from Debian to Win2K. No Worries!   I try Ftp'ing into Win2K. Yipee!
That works too.
> >
> > Since Tuesday, I've left my system running in the Win2K partition, while
I played arou
> > nd with my ultra mini
> > Network.
> >
> > You can therefore imagine my utter disbelief, this evening, when I
logged into my SuSE
> > 7.3 Partition only to
> > find my Mouse not working. That's cool.  Debian has taught me howto get
things done at
> >  the Command Line. I
> > only started PANICKING when I logged into my Redhat7.1 Partition and
realised that it
> > too was experiencing
> > problems with X. It detected the new Ethernet Card, helped set-up the IP
address etc.
> > then continued the boot
> > up process. It then started these series of flickers when it was about
to ask for my U
> > sername/Password.
> >
> > Now ordinarily.. I'm as cool as a cucumber for a Linux Newbie, But when
I'm disallowed
> >  full and total access
> > on my OWN box... I begin to panic.
> >
> > Guys, Girls... What do I do?
> >
>    Could this be a problem with M$ plug-n-pray altering the parameters for
> the graphics card to suit the ethernet card?
>
> --
> Chris Bell
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 9
> From: "Darran D. Rimron-Molloy" <darran at rimron.co.uk>
> To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: [Gllug] Isa Ethernet Card + X
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 23:32:12 -0000
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>
> > Now ordinarily.. I'm as cool as a cucumber for a Linux Newbie,
> > But when I'm disallowed full and total access
> > on my OWN box... I begin to panic.
> >
> > Guys, Girls... What do I do?
>
> Fire up in single user mode, remove your display manager from /etc/inittab
> (xdm, gdm, kdm, etc) and reboot into a "normal" run-level,  now run
> Xconfigurator and see what happens :)
>
> Good Luck!
>
> -Darran
>
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 11:19:04 +0000 (GMT)
> From: David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk>
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Learning Vi/Vim
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>
> On Saturday, 22 Dec 2001, harry wrote:
> >On Friday 21 Dec 2001 12:03 pm, you wrote:
> >In my quest to get to grips with C I have been using Vi and gcc. In a
> >commercial environment what are you all using when you program in C/C++.
I
> >know that Visual Studio seems to be the defacto for windows but what are
> >people using to program the applications for the Linux environment. I
have
> >seen Glade and Kdevelop. Would it be better to stick to Vi, make and gcc
> >until comfortable then move to one of these programs????
>
> Personally, I think it would be best never to move to a nasty
> graphical IDE. As an alternative, Emacs can be made to understand your
> programming language, your preferred debugger, 'make', most version
> control systems, etc...
>
> --
> David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?
>
>
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