October 2004 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] Worcester Computer Co-Op

by Baris Hasdemir

I'll do my best to be there Patrick. Though I am not sure how much of help I can be. say hi to holmes baris On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 12:38, Patrick Sawyer wrote: > Howdy, > This is Patrick from the Worcester Computer Co - Op, as you may or may > not know we are holding an install fest on Saturday the 9th, for the > purpose of installing Linux on old machines that will be donated to > members of the community. > > This information was sent out by Andy earlier. I can send you more > information if anyone needs it. > > The main purpose of this message is to ask who was planning on > attending. You don't need to tell me you can just show up, I just > wanted to know. > > We can use all the help you can give! > > Patrick Sawyer > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Oct. 9, 2004

WLUG meeting to be moved to a new date

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, The WLUG meeting scheduled currently for Thursday, October 14 will not take place. I'm trying to move this meeting to a new date, and when I finalize that, I'll inform the membership. My apologize for doing this so close to the meeting date. Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBZzbIHl0iXDssISsRAj0qAJ0Ydf/IrQz1qM7Q3NjHLRJU8LJzRgCfTRMj CulceXQ0SjOcxAWLXVmRaLw= =OWk/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Oct. 9, 2004

Worcester Computer Co-Op

by Patrick Sawyer

Howdy, This is Patrick from the Worcester Computer Co - Op, as you may or may not know we are holding an install fest on Saturday the 9th, for the purpose of installing Linux on old machines that will be donated to members of the community. This information was sent out by Andy earlier. I can send you more information if anyone needs it. The main purpose of this message is to ask who was planning on attending. You don't need to tell me you can just show up, I just wanted to know. We can use all the help you can give! Patrick Sawyer

Oct. 8, 2004

Re: [Wlug] FireFox

by Micheal Bonner

Brett Russ wrote: > Some corrections for the firefox->tbird portion of my instructions: > > Brett Russ wrote: > >> I also have a script called launch-tbird which can be used with the >> mozex plugin to allow mailto: URLs to launch a thunderbird compose >> window. Here's that one: >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> url="$1" >> >> export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/opt/thunderbird/current > > > I also added the following line here: > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME > >> >> if [ $(pidof thunderbird-bin | wc -w) -gt 4 ]; then >> # thunderbird is running >> url=`echo "$url" | sed -e's/^mailto://'` >> $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/thunderbird -remote "mailto($url)" >> else >> # thunderbird is not running >> $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/thunderbird -P default -compose $url >> fi >> > > Mozex is no longer needed, see below. > >> That's about it, I think the newer firefox tries to avoid the extra >> steps but I'll stick with what works for me. > > > I checked, since I didn't actually have what I described (mozex) > installed on the latest version of Firefox. Here's the new info: > > Add the following line to your *firefox* user.js in your profile: > > user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.mailto", > "/path/to/launch-tbird"); > > > I had to reinstall thunderbird and use user 'root' to run it for the > first time in order to get everything set up properly. Then close it > and run as normal user. > > worksforme now, > BR > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > Dear Spammer ( LOL ) .... Thank for you help .. I am trying this out right now .. I Thank you for your help ... now if you could just cut back on the spam LOL .. Micheal Newbie Spammer

Oct. 7, 2004

Re: [Wlug] FireFox

by Brett Russ

Micheal Bonner wrote: > Hello.. It is Micheal here.. > I am useing Mandrake 10.0 and KDE 3.2 > I have FireFox pr 1.0 and ThunderBird .8.. How can I make firefox see > Link in ThunderBird and Visa Vera .. I guess I am saying " How do I > make FireFox the Default Browser ?" Michael, I sent two replies this afternoon to the list--they're awaiting moderator approval b/c they were sent from work where the domain of the SMTP server doesn't match the domain of my email address. I'm a suspected spammer, guilty until proven innocent. Stay tuned :-) BR

Oct. 7, 2004

Re: [Wlug] FireFox

by Brett Russ

Some corrections for the firefox->tbird portion of my instructions: Brett Russ wrote: > I also have a script called launch-tbird which can be used with the > mozex plugin to allow mailto: URLs to launch a thunderbird compose > window. Here's that one: > > #!/bin/sh > > url="$1" > > export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/opt/thunderbird/current I also added the following line here: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME > > if [ $(pidof thunderbird-bin | wc -w) -gt 4 ]; then > # thunderbird is running > url=`echo "$url" | sed -e's/^mailto://'` > $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/thunderbird -remote "mailto($url)" > else > # thunderbird is not running > $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/thunderbird -P default -compose $url > fi > Mozex is no longer needed, see below. > That's about it, I think the newer firefox tries to avoid the extra > steps but I'll stick with what works for me. I checked, since I didn't actually have what I described (mozex) installed on the latest version of Firefox. Here's the new info: Add the following line to your *firefox* user.js in your profile: user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.mailto", "/path/to/launch-tbird"); I had to reinstall thunderbird and use user 'root' to run it for the first time in order to get everything set up properly. Then close it and run as normal user. worksforme now, BR

Oct. 6, 2004

Re: [Wlug] FireFox

by Brett Russ

Micheal Bonner wrote: > Hello.. It is Micheal here.. > I am useing Mandrake 10.0 and KDE 3.2 > I have FireFox pr 1.0 and ThunderBird .8.. How can I make firefox see > Link in ThunderBird and Visa Vera .. I guess I am saying " How do I > make FireFox the Default Browser ?" The way I do it: add these 3 lines to your thunderbird user.js file (under ~/.thunderbird/<profileName>/<saltString>/user.js): user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/path/to/launch-firefox"); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/path/to/launch-firefox"); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/path/to/launch-firefox"); Change the paths to point to this executable shell script: #!/bin/sh export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/opt/firefox/current export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME # get URL to load url=$1; [ -z $url ] && url=about:blank # try xremote first $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/mozilla-xremote-client openURL$$url,new-tab$ && exit 0 # if xremote failed, then launch the browser exec $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/firefox $url Change the path of MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to the dir containing your firefox executable. I also have a script called launch-tbird which can be used with the mozex plugin to allow mailto: URLs to launch a thunderbird compose window. Here's that one: #!/bin/sh url="$1" export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/opt/thunderbird/current if [ $(pidof thunderbird-bin | wc -w) -gt 4 ]; then # thunderbird is running url=`echo "$url" | sed -e's/^mailto://'` $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/thunderbird -remote "mailto($url)" else # thunderbird is not running $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/thunderbird -P default -compose $url fi The mozex plugin (http://mozex.mozdev.org/index.html) will allow you to set a command for mailto, use: /path/to/launch-tbird %r Make sure you restart firefox and thunderbird after making all these changes... That's about it, I think the newer firefox tries to avoid the extra steps but I'll stick with what works for me. BR

Oct. 6, 2004

FireFox

by Micheal Bonner

Hello.. It is Micheal here.. I am useing Mandrake 10.0 and KDE 3.2 I have FireFox pr 1.0 and ThunderBird .8.. How can I make firefox see Link in ThunderBird and Visa Vera .. I guess I am saying " How do I make FireFox the Default Browser ?" Thanks for your help Micheal C.Bonner Newbie to the Second Power

Oct. 6, 2004

Wireless Linux laptop recommendations?

by Ira Krakow

I'm looking for a basic, cheap, laptop PC with wireless capability, running Linux - to use for Web browsing or email at the library or Starbucks. I use Fedora Core 2 and Red Hat 8 on my desktops - will these work with a wireless-enabled PC? Thanks. Ira Krakow ikrakow_1999(a)yahoo.com

Oct. 6, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Internet service for newbies

by donald vitkus

Chuck Homic wrote: >On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 03:54:30PM -0400, Patrick Sawyer wrote: > > >>These machines will be given to people with little computer experience >>/ money. All they need for an Internet service is a very simple dial >>up. Has anyone tried Net zero for Lindows(linspire) and got it running >>under Linux? If not can someone recommend a good ISP. The cheaper the >>better. >> >> > >I'm using Stowe Telecom (http://www.stowetel.com/) for $5/mo. Rock solid, >no busy signals, no hangups, lots of POPs, unlimited access. > >They only offer tech support via email (to keep support costs down), and >in my experience, ISP tech support has never been worth the cost, anyway. >They do pretty well, as I had a support issue with them when I started up, >and they solved it via email within a week. Ever since then, there's been >no problems. > > -Chuck > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > express56 works with linux. it cost is ten dollars per month and there is a setup fee

Oct. 6, 2004