June 2002 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

DDS3 tape drive?

by Michelle Vadeboncoeur

Hey guys - I've got an old backup tape from 1999 that I'd like to get the data off of. My big problem - I don't have the old system/tape drive around anymore, or personally have anything that can handle the tape. (The DDS2 tape drive I tried just spit the tape back out at me.) The tape is a DDS-3 Data Cartridge (Compressed Capacity 24 GB), an HP C5708A. I do not know how much data is on the tape (or if it's been corrupted), but I doubt that it's anywhere near the 24GB. All I really need is a data dump (to either a CD-R or such that I can FTP off to my server), and I'll poke through it later. I really can't spare the $680 (the cheapest data recovery quote I've gotten) for a possibly corrupted tape... any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated. 8) -- --==*==-- --==*==-- Michelle R. Vadeboncoeur --==*==-- --==*==-- mrv(a)kluge.net: http://www.kluge.net/~mrv/

June 10, 2002

Re: [Wlug] ncurses - Joe Riopel

by Joe Riopel

yep worked out great... Thanks.

June 10, 2002

REMINDER: Meeting Thursday, June 13th, 7 PM

by Andy Stewart

Hi Everybody, This e-mail is to remind you about the upcoming WLUG meeting which is being held on Thursday, June 13th at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI Campus in Worcester, MA, USA. With the arrival of my new daughter two weeks ago (May 24), it has been very busy at my house. Combined with some unrestful evenings, I have not had any time to prepare a presentation for this meeting. The floor is open for anybody who has a reasonable presentation to make to the group. Please contact me to make arrangements. As you've seen in the past, the presentation need not be extremely fancy. Feedback I've received from group members indicates that these presentations are well received, and are certainly better alternatives to sitting around for an hour trying to figure out what to discuss. :-) Recent Linux developments that might be fodder for discussion are KDE 3.0.x, United Linux, aptget-rpm, Mozilla 1.0, OpenOffice.org 1.0, and probably many other things. At this meeting, we can also attempt to finalize our plans for a WLUG summer barbecue. It might be a good idea to combine this with a 5th year anniversary celebration, as WLUG was originally founded in July of 1997. After the meeting, we will make our monthly pilgrimage to the Boynton Restaurant. -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

June 8, 2002

Re: [Wlug] less & line numbers

by Dennis Payne

> This is weird... I can't get "less" to display line numbers in the > left column. > > I'm seeing this on both RedHat 7.1 and 7.2 systems. On an older > system (6.0?), less shows the line numbers. (I could have sworn that > this was working right recently, but it doesn't now.) I happen to have 7.1 and 6.1 systems lying around. I see the same result. 6.1 does display the numbers while 7.1 just adds a few blank spaces to the beginning of the line. Don't know how to fix it but I'd thought I'd let you know that it is restricted to your machines. Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

June 8, 2002

less & line numbers

by Bill Mills-Curran

This is weird... I can't get "less" to display line numbers in the left column. All that happens is that the text of the file I'm viewing shifts to the right, adding 2 blank columns. It looks like the shift amount is too small to display the numbers, so I don't get to see them. I'm seeing this on both RedHat 7.1 and 7.2 systems. On an older system (6.0?), less shows the line numbers. (I could have sworn that this was working right recently, but it doesn't now.) I'm using the "--LINE-NUMBERS" option to try to see the lines on the newer versions, and the "-N" option on the older versions. Any ideas? TIA, Bill

June 7, 2002

WMA --> MP3 conversion?

by Bill Smith

Hi all, I have a bunch of files that are in asf format. I understand that this is basically WMA (Windows Media Audio). Makes sense, since they are recordings of church services. :) Anyway, I want to convert them to MP3 so that I can hear them without having to stoop to loading certain Left Coast poor-excuse-for-operating-systems... Would anyone happen to know of a good/reasonable WMA-->MP3 converter for Linux? Best regards, -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation! * TAG! v3.0 *

June 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Wireless nics and linux.

by Josh Huber

Jeremy <mcotis(a)yahoo.com> writes: > Anyone else using lucent cards? if you can afford i would recommend > 'em. Yes, I'm using 3 of them. Two in powerpc laptops running Linux and one in an intel laptop running Linux. The Lucent (orinoco) cards work very well in my experience, especially with recent kernels/drivers etc. This place has them for $67, which is pretty good (considering I got my first one a couple years back for $160!): http://www.lanstreet.com/productpage.cfm?prodid=488 ttyl, -- Josh Huber

June 5, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Wireless nics and linux.

by Lee Keyser-Allen

Well as the current maintainer of the Linux driver for the Spectrum24 cards and variants, I could recommend those (although I maybe biased). Most people are able to get them up and working without too many problems. I do realize that the driver does need some work as far as a couple random problems (mainly with pumpd, dhcpcd works fine), but the orinoco driver also supports these cards, so youdo have choices :) The cards that I know that are either based on the prism2 chipset, or are rebranded Symbol cards include the Intel 2011 (but not the 2011B ... wierd) the nortel card, and the Symbol card .. .I think there are a bunch more, but I cant think of them off of the top of my head. Good luck! Lee On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Jeremy wrote: > I had a orinoco card working under linux a while ago.. > It seemed to work well at my wireless net in worcester. > It varies from card to card: > DLINK has linux drivers, > lucent has unoffical ports (orinoco cards), > 3Com used to have one, but it was a rebrand of another card (symbol S24) > > Anyone else using lucent cards? if you can afford i would recommend 'em. > I bought a 3Com card orginally and thought it would be good, but had quality > issues. So I got the Lucent card and am much happier. DLINK is surprising > good, but not sure about the linux support. > > --- Wesley Allen <wallen(a)charter.net> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I may be FINALLY getting some wireless access in my house (It's amazing > > what a simple furniture move can accomplish). So I'm wondering, what > > wireless nics work in Linux. I've heard that there are some problems, > > do any of you have 802.11b networks at home (what's the mac address > > range.....wink)? If so, what nics are you using. Do the USB one's work > > (actually, I'll check this one out on my own, it's the pcmcia cards I > > need the info on). > > > > Thanks, > > Wes > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > ===== > - > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Lee Keyser-Allen lkeyser(a)wpi.edu WPI CS 2002

June 5, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Multiple mice on a laptop

by Wesley Allen

Mandrake's got kudzu, so if I plug in another mouse it'll detect it during boot and ask to set it up. It's an absolute pain, but it works. And init script should be able to probe for a mouse and load the correct XF86config, but it's beyond me. Did you try a #linux irc channel? They usually know what's going on with that stuff. Wes On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:39:07 -0400 (EDT) Nate Godin <nate(a)WPI.EDU> wrote: >Hmm... I did this a while back, setting up a serial >trackball in addition >to my PS2 mouse on my desktop... you have to load a the >XInput module, and >do some XF86Config tweaking... I don't have the config >file I used >anymore, but I recall figuring out how to do it by >reading the XF86Config >man page... here's an example... > > Here is an example of a ServerLayout section for > a dual > headed configuration with two mice: > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Layout 1" > Screen "MGA 1" > Screen "MGA 2" RightOf "MGA 1" > InputDevice "Keyboard 1" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "Mouse 1" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Mouse 2" "SendCoreEvents" > Option "BlankTime" "5" > EndSection > >My G4 Powerbook actually seems to be able to do this >automatically, I'll >go boot that over to Linux and post the XF86Config >file... > >Nate >-- > >Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do >with what happens >to you. > -- Aldous Huxley > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 4, 2002

Re: [Wlug] monitoring a Matrix 3000

by Karl Hiramoto

Ok. Obvously the serial port is working fine if you can login to it. I'd try the UPS software agin. If it still doesn work. Maybee try the windows software out. That would at least verify that your cable is wired correctly to the UPS.. John Stoffel earlier mentioned using the apcupsd. I'd give that a shot too. I use that to monitor some APC smart UPS's On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > Karl, > > I've done the testing you suggested... I hooked up a null modem cable > to another linux box that was configured to allow serial port logins. > After using minicom to configure the port (9600 bps), I was able to > log in. I could also exit minicom and, using 2 terminal windows: > > term 1: cat > /dev/ttyS0 > term 2: cat /dev/ttys0 > > I was able to get the login and password prompts with the above, so I > have some indication that the serial port is working, although I don't > know if it's right for the UPS. > > My next test is to scrounge a signal analyzer (and someone who knows > how to use it) to see if the upsd daemon is sending signals out the > port. > > more below... > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 12:16:23 -0400 (EDT) > > From: Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)zoop.org> > > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > Subject: Re: [Wlug] monitoring a Matrix 3000 > > > > Bill, > > > > I've had problems with serial ports in the past. Usually a really > > dumb reasion for it not working. Verify the BIOS has the port turned > > on. With the default IO address and IRQ settings. > > Since I'm getting communications going, I don't think I need to dig > deeper in the serial port (BIOS, IRQ, IO address). Do you agree? > > > > > Does a mouse work on the port? > > Didn't try. Do I still need this? > > > > > If you have a null modem cable. (Switches RX and TX lines) you can > > hook two computers together. Run terminal programs on each (with the > > same baud rate settings, no flow control). You should be able to type > > chars between the two boxes. Have minicom installed? can it open the > > port without an error? If you don't have a null modem > > cable/connector you can pick them up at most radio shacks. Or you > > could try communicating with an external modem. > > This worked. > > > > > Running a redhat default kernel? Should work fine. If you compiled > > your own make sure you have the serial port setup correctly in your > > kernel config. > > I'm running the kernel from the 7.2 distro. > > > > > Try chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0 > > Yes, I did this. > > > > > Serial HOWTO: > > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html > > I looked at some of this. Thanks. > > > > > Serial Laplink howto: > > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-Laplink-HOWTO/index.html > > > > Have a DOS bootdisk? You could try running an old skool terminal > > program like procomm or something like that. Or hypertermainal in M$ > > Windowz. > > Oooohhh. DOS to help debug linux? Yeouch. :-) > > Thanks, > Bill > <snip> > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø The worst part of valor is indiscretion.

June 4, 2002