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Inserting devices in a USB port
by Mel Seder 04 Mar '04

04 Mar '04

Currently I have an cable plugged in to my USB port and it is used for a flash memory / key ring memory. I'd like to use that same cable/USB for my Palm Pilot. Is there any problems switching devices at the end of the cable? ===== The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. -Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)

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new Zire Handheld (small M150 written on back of case) Retails for $99
by Mel Seder 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

I bought the above this morning. I'm using Fedora CORE 1 Is anyone using JPilot or Kpilot and can give me your opinions on which I should use? ===== The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. -Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)

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MUUG Meeting, Mar 9, 7:30PM -- Voice over IP (correction)
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

Sorry for the previous, erroneous posting. The correct meeting date follows... ------ Forwarded Article <c22nmh$fi7$2(a)canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> ------ From gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca (Gilbert E. Detillieux) The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 9. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Voice over IP Bill Reid will give a brief intro to VoIP technology with emphasis on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Bill will also demonstrate installing and configuring Asterisk as well as a number of SIP hard and soft phones. Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX and more. Asterisk does voice over IP in three protocols, and can interoperate with almost all standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive hardware. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30 PM on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our new meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15 PM, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30 PM. Don't be late, or you may not get in. Limited parking is available for free on the street, or in a lot across Ellice from IBM, for $1.00 for the evening. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $2.00 for the evening. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Also note that MUUG maintains two mailing lists, called "muug-announce" and "roundtable". If you're not already on these lists, we encourage you to subscribe now: http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/ The "muug-announce" list is used for monthly meeting announcements (such as this one) as well as other important announcements of interest to MUUG members. The "rountable" list is meant to be a forum for follow-ups to topics discussed at the meetings, or for round-table-style discussion on other topics that come up between meetings. Of course, for this to be effective, we need to reach a certain critical mass. So, please subscribe, and stay involved! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ P.O. Box 130, St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609 ------ End of Forwarded Article

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Automatic Stock Market Calculations (US and CAN) total in CAN $
by Mel Seder 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

I have not found a site that can take both us and canadian holdings, do the share quantity x price calculations, and show the grand total in Canadian Dollars. I can feed it the US Dollar rate if it the web site doesn't automatically provide it. small example/sample report A US COMPANY US 100 shares @ 100 US $ 10,000 US . . A CDN COMPANY US 10 shares @ 50 CAN $ 500 CA Total Value in Canadian Dollars assuming US$ can be sold for 1.30 CAN $ 10,650 CA Im hoping their is a free service that can do this. Can someone help me? Total Value in Canadian ===== The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. -Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)

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MUUG Meeting, Feb 10, 7:30PM -- Voice over IP
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

[Posted to man.unix.general and other news groups] ------ Forwarded Article <c22k9e$e1a$1(a)canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> ------ From gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca (Gilbert E. Detillieux) The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 10. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Voice over IP Bill Reid will give a brief intro to VoIP technology with emphasis on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Bill will also demonstrate installing and configuring Asterisk as well as a number of SIP hard and soft phones. Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX and more. Asterisk does voice over IP in three protocols, and can interoperate with almost all standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive hardware. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30 PM on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our new meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15 PM, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30 PM. Don't be late, or you may not get in. Limited parking is available for free on the street, or in a lot across Ellice from IBM, for $1.00 for the evening. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $2.00 for the evening. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Also note that MUUG maintains two mailing lists, called "muug-announce" and "roundtable". If you're not already on these lists, we encourage you to subscribe now: http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/ The "muug-announce" list is used for monthly meeting announcements (such as this one) as well as other important announcements of interest to MUUG members. The "rountable" list is meant to be a forum for follow-ups to topics discussed at the meetings, or for round-table-style discussion on other topics that come up between meetings. Of course, for this to be effective, we need to reach a certain critical mass. So, please subscribe, and stay involved! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ P.O. Box 130, St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609 ------ End of Forwarded Article

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MUUG mirror site problems
by Gilles Detillieux 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Some of you may have noticed that we've been having some problems with the MUUG mirror site being a bit out of date lately. Red Hat updates had stopped coming in as of about mid-week last week. It turns out that the disk that held the redhat mirror was full. I cleared up a gigabyte yesterday by removing the Red Hat 9 documentation *.iso images, and that seems to have gotten things moving again. So, if you've been relying on this mirror for your updates, now would be a good time to grab them. The problem now is the disk with the debian and sunsite mirrors is full. It had a free gigabyte yesterday, so it's a recent problem. I'm not sure where would be the best place to prune on that disk, so I'll leave it for Gilbert to handle when he gets back on Monday. -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <grdetil(a)scrc.umanitoba.ca> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada)

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RE: [RndTbl] MUUG mirror site problems
by Shewfelt, Doug 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Gilles, thanks for stepping in and cleaning up the disk. I really appreciate that you noticed the problem and resolved it. - Doug Shewfelt

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RealWorldLinux 2004 Conference & Expo, Apr 13-15, Toronto
by Gilles Detillieux 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Hi, folks. In case anyone's interested, and hasn't read about it yet from elsewhere... Real World Linux 2004 is the key event in Canada exclusively dedicated to Linux and Open Source Applications and Solutions for management and technology professionals in all sectors. The theme for the 2004 event is LINUX NOW! Conference Schedule April 13, 2004 Tutorials April 14 - 15 Seminar sessions April 14 - 15 Keynote presenters April 14 - BOFs All conference programs take place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front Street West, Toronto. Early bird registration deadline extended to March 5th, 2004. For more information, or to register, go to http://www.realworldlinux.com/ -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <grdetil(a)scrc.umanitoba.ca> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada)

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Linux AIC 7890 RAID 5 ?
by John Lange 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

I have a Dell poweredge 6300 box here with an AIC 7890 SCSI controller. How do I configure it to treat all the drives hooked up to it as a single RAID 5 set? In other words, a hardware RAID set. Or is this controller _just_ a SCSI controller and RAID is the job of a different card? If it is the job of a different card, then I believe Linux will do software RAID correct? If that is the case, do I setup the system with only a single drive first then convert it to RAID after the install? I can't seem to see any way to tell cfdisk to treat the drives as anything but single drives. I'm mighty confused as to how to accomplish RAID 5 under Linux. This is Slackware 9.1 btw. Thanks. -- John Lange BigHostBox.com (204) 885 0872

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Linux colour lazer printer
by millward 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

I'm giving up on ink-jet printers. The ink is just too expensive. I was wondering if anyone out there could advise me on a good colour lazer printer to operate with Linux. I was thinking around $250. Best Buy had one for $150, but I suspect it might be a bit too cheap. I know nothing of lazer printers except they are reputed to be fast. Do they require expensive paper? Do the lazer diodes last very long? Are any of them parrallel port? Any advise would be most welcome.

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