unsubscribe On 3/18/06, tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org <tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org> wrote: > > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Seeking Local Rails Resources (Chris Schumann) > 2. OT - VPN over wireless (Carl Zeilon) > 3. Re: OT - VPN over wireless (Florin Iucha) > 4. Re: struggling to get past a perl problem (lists at turbobit.com) > 5. Re: OT - VPN over wireless (Josh Welch) > 6. New TCLUG Review (TCLUG Review) > 7. Re: OT - VPN over wireless (Carl Zeilon) > 8. http://kororaa.org/ (John Meier) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:06:08 -0600 (CST) > From: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann at twp-llc.com> > Subject: [tclug-list] Seeking Local Rails Resources > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Message-ID: <42876.192.28.2.52.1142622368.squirrel at alpha.twp-llc.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Are there any local Rails groups, online or off? I'd really like to get to > know some local people who are learning Rails. I've started a Rails app, > and have begun to realize just how big it is, and just talking through the > app with another real programmer who knows rails at least a little might > help. > > Thanks, > Chris Schumann > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:40:18 -0600 > From: Carl Zeilon <pclinux at charter.net> > Subject: [tclug-list] OT - VPN over wireless > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: <441B2CC2.3030906 at charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > First, I'm totally new to VPNs. My wife is set up with a VPN to connect > to work from home. If I use a wired connection to my router, everything > functions fine. If I use the wireless card, failure. After a bit of > Googling I tried connecting through a neighbor's unsecured wireless > network. Tada... the VPN works. So, my question is this - Can you only > use a VPN when you are connected to an unsecured wireless network? I > can't use WPA & VPN at the same time? Is there something else I'm > missing? > > Thank you, > Carl > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:04:50 -0600 > From: florin at iucha.net (Florin Iucha) > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] OT - VPN over wireless > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: <20060317220450.GD26338 at iucha.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 03:40:18PM -0600, Carl Zeilon wrote: > > First, I'm totally new to VPNs. My wife is set up with a VPN to connect > > to work from home. If I use a wired connection to my router, everything > > functions fine. If I use the wireless card, failure. After a bit of > > Googling I tried connecting through a neighbor's unsecured wireless > > network. Tada... the VPN works. So, my question is this - Can you only > > use a VPN when you are connected to an unsecured wireless network? I > > can't use WPA & VPN at the same time? Is there something else I'm > missing? > > Most likely your router is mangling some packets (or does not mangle > the NAT packets as it might need to). I remember something about VPN in > the configuration pages of my Linksys WRT54G. Google around and dig > into the configs. > > florin > > -- > Don't question authority: they don't know either! > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 191 bytes > Desc: Digital signature > Url : > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060317/f21f4b32/attachment-0001.pgp > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:28:41 +0000 > From: lists at turbobit.com > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] struggling to get past a perl problem > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: <20060317162841.GA21313 at turbobit.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Raymond, > > Just a few comments, I just took a quick look at Webgui and have > no experience with it, but... > > WebGui is not a package debian stable has, first red flag. > (I know you run RH, but if it's not in Debian it probably isn't in RH). > > Second red-flag: this Runtime Environment that the makers of WebGui > advertise looks odd. It's a 60MB download that claims to have > Apache/Mysql/ImageMagick/Perl/others all bundled up into one neat package. > This is a very unusual way to package/distribute for linux systems. > In my opinion, it sounds like a "Bad Thing". Apache & MySql are > rather big complex packages that is best to go along with what your > distro delivers and not divert from. > > Installation in source(stable version) is real brief, and refers you > to http://www.plainblack.com/installation for the install doc. None > is found here. > It mentions public list for install support but I couldn't find it. > (That would make sense to join/ask install questions on the projects > site list...) > > What was your experience with this "Runtime Environment" install package? > If it installs these packages hopefully it isolates them in > some private directories(usr/local)? Is that what it did? > If not you could have a real mess on your hands, if it mixes it with the > base install dirs. I would think that a 2nd copy of Apache/MySql > would clash with the distro's copy. > What version did you try and install? > > So a number of red flags, maybe you should forget all about this software. > > If you must have it I'd recommend trying to install per the short > install.txt file. Try to install all prerequisites from your distro, > leaving to last resort installing by source/cpan. So try and find RH > packages for the numerous perl modules it uses. Note MySQL usually > involves some pain trying to initiate a database. > > Cheers, > > > Karl. > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 03:06:49PM -0600, Raymond Norton wrote: > > I am no pro when it comes to perl problems, but hopefully someone else > > is. > > > > I am trying to install WebGUI using their wre (WebGUI Runtime > > Environment) At first I was getting the following error: > > > > perl Makefile.PL -apxs /data/wre/prereqs/apache/bin/apxs > > Can't locate ExtUtils/XSBuilder/ParseSource.pm in @INC (@INC contains:, > > etc.... > > > > > > The folders and files exist on the server, so I copied them over to a > > folder that was in the @INC path. ( By the way, how the heck do you edit > > @INC to include folders in its path?) > > > > Now I am getting the following error: > > > > root at www perl]# perl Makefile.PL -apxs /data/wre/prereqs/apache/bin/apxs > > Base class package "ExtUtils::XSBuilder::ParseSource" is empty. > > (Perhaps you need to 'use' the module which defines that package > > first.) > > at Makefile.PL line 100 > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 100. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Raymond > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:33:07 -0600 > From: Josh Welch <josh at joshwelch.com> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] OT - VPN over wireless > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: <20060317173307.o21ellai1o004s04 at bullwinkle.joshwelch.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" > > Quoting Carl Zeilon <pclinux at charter.net>: > > > First, I'm totally new to VPNs. My wife is set up with a VPN to connect > > to work from home. If I use a wired connection to my router, everything > > functions fine. If I use the wireless card, failure. After a bit of > > Googling I tried connecting through a neighbor's unsecured wireless > > network. Tada... the VPN works. So, my question is this - Can you only > > use a VPN when you are connected to an unsecured wireless network? I > > can't use WPA & VPN at the same time? Is there something else I'm > missing? > > > > Thank you, > > Carl > > > > Your router is likely doing bad things to the IP packets(icky natting), > if your > wife is using an IPSec VPN (probably is) they can be very picky about > anything > tinkering with the packets. Look for a VPN Passthrough option in the > router > config, that will typically help. > > Josh > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:53:45 -0600 > From: TCLUG Review<webmaster at mn-linux.org> > Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Review > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: <200603180153.k2I1rjn03608 at crusader.real-time.com> > > New TCLUG Review > > Category: Software > > Subject: Spellbound for FireFox > > I'm running MEPIS with FireFox 1.5 as my web browser, and have just > started blogging at Blog-City. The problem is that I can't spell worth spit! > The fix is a great program/extension for FireFox called 'Spellbound' to be > found at spellbound.sourceforge.net > > Follow the install instruction for the program and the Mozilla libraries; > they will both show up on the 'extensions' list after the install, but the > selected dictionary won't. It can only be seen in the spell check text > window. > > The program works great, but in order to get the dictionary to > install,(you select one from a list a mile long), you must first insure that > your user account has write access to the 'application component directory'. > I accomplished this by logging in as root and then downloading the > appropriate dictionary. The effect was global for all users on my system. If > you do not do this, then no dictionary will be indicated in the spell check > window even though it reported itself as have been successfully installed. > > By the way, the spell check icon, (an ABC with a check mark), won't > automatically show up on your tool bar in Firefox after you install the > program. To get it go to the View- Toolbars-customize list and scroll down > the group of icons to find it, then drag it to your toolbar! > > To spell check content, use the icon, (it will become colored if text is > present), or right click when you have you cursor in the text box and select > 'check spelling' from the drop down list. The text with will be copied to > another window where you can complete the normal spell checking procedures. > > This is a great little spell checker, and as you can see...it works! > > http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/reviews/index.cgi > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:47:09 -0600 > From: Carl Zeilon <pclinux at charter.net> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] OT - VPN over wireless > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: <441B82BD.5090109 at charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On Friday, March 17, 2006 3:40 PM, Carl Zeilon wrote: > > > > > >Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:40:18 -0600 > > >From: Carl Zeilon > > >To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > >Subject: [tclug-list] OT - VPN over wireless > > > > > >First, I'm totally new to VPNs. My wife is set up with a VPN to > connect > > >to work from home. If I use a wired connection to my router, > everything > > >functions fine. If I use the wireless card, failure. After a bit of > > >Googling I tried connecting through a neighbor's unsecured wireless > > >network. Tada... the VPN works. So, my question is this - Can you > only > > >use a VPN when you are connected to an unsecured wireless network? I > > >can't use WPA & VPN at the same time? Is there something else I'm > missing? > > > > > >Thank you, > > >Carl > > > > > >_______ > > Thank you for all the replies. It works! I switched over to a Linksys > WRT-56G (running DD-WRT v23) from my D-Link DI-524 & everything > functions correctly. I had messed around with this router about a year > ago but was disappointed with it's functionality running the Linksys > firmware. The open source stuff at the time seemed a little flaky & so > I shelved the thing. DD-WRT has come a long way - great. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 06:05:14 +0000 > From: "John Meier" <john.meier at gmail.com> > Subject: [tclug-list] http://kororaa.org/ > To: tclug <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Message-ID: > <65293fcc0603172205j20c6db5cn166bbcda0e31483b at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > anyone tried out the livecd or installed yet? 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