September 2002 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] Free to a good home

by jkinz＠rcn.com

On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 09:14:07AM -0400, Scott Venier wrote: > I've got a 20" Sun branded Trinitron monitor (GDM-20D10) that is yours if > you just come fetch it from me in Worcester. Why is it free? Because the > cable that's pigtailed on is busted and it doesn't do red very well > anymore. The connector on the end of the cable is at 13W3. It should be > fixable by just opening the thing up and replacing the cable. > > Any takers? Does it come with hernia insurance ? :) They are great monitors but the shipping weight is around 85 Lbs! I have moved them by myself but I recommend two people for any move greater than 20 feet. Especially if you have to go up or down any steps, even just one or two. But you can't beat the price. -- Jeff Kinz, Director, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. "jkinz(a)ultranet.com" copyright 1995-2002. Use restricted to non-UCE uses. Any other use is an acceptance of the offer at http://www.ultranet.com/~jkinz/policy.html. "jkinz(a)rcn.com" copyright 2002. Use is restricted. Any use is an acceptance of the offer at http://users.rcn.com/jkinz/policy.html. (¬_ -o) //\ eLviintuaxbilse /\\ V_/_ _\_V

Sept. 10, 2002

Free to a good home

by Scott Venier

I've got a 20" Sun branded Trinitron monitor (GDM-20D10) that is yours if you just come fetch it from me in Worcester. Why is it free? Because the cable that's pigtailed on is busted and it doesn't do red very well anymore. The connector on the end of the cable is at 13W3. It should be fixable by just opening the thing up and replacing the cable. Any takers? Scott

Sept. 10, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Stat Gathering

by Marc Hughes

I found a nifty utility called HotSaNIC that does exactly what I was looking for. http://www.bernisys.prima.de/linux/HotSaNIC/ Thanks anyways, -Marc -----Original Message----- From: stoffel(a)lucent.com [mailto:stoffel@lucent.com] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:37 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Cc: wlug(a)wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Stat Gathering Marc> I'd like to collect some stats on a few servers over time. Things Marc> like bandwidth usage, load averages, used/free memory, disk I/O. Marc> Does anyone have any favorite tools to do this easily. Also... Marc> Anything that makes pretty graphs to show management would be Marc> bonus points. You want to use either MRTG (www.mrtg.org) or Cricket (http://cricket.sourceforge.net/) which is based on top of the RRDtool from MRTG. Very nice stuff. John John Stoffel - Senior Unix Systems Administrator - Lucent Technologies stoffel(a)lucent.com - http://www.lucent.com - 978-399-0479 _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Sept. 9, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Stat Gathering

by stoffel＠lucent.com

Marc> I'd like to collect some stats on a few servers over time. Marc> Things like bandwidth usage, load averages, used/free memory, Marc> disk I/O. Does anyone have any favorite tools to do this Marc> easily. Also... Anything that makes pretty graphs to show Marc> management would be bonus points. You want to use either MRTG (www.mrtg.org) or Cricket (http://cricket.sourceforge.net/) which is based on top of the RRDtool from MRTG. Very nice stuff. John John Stoffel - Senior Unix Systems Administrator - Lucent Technologies stoffel(a)lucent.com - http://www.lucent.com - 978-399-0479

Sept. 9, 2002

Stat Gathering

by Marc Hughes

Hey Guys, I'd like to collect some stats on a few servers over time. Things like bandwidth usage, load averages, used/free memory, disk I/O. Does anyone have any favorite tools to do this easily. Also... Anything that makes pretty graphs to show management would be bonus points. Thanks, -Marc

Sept. 9, 2002

Re: [Wlug] overlay/watermark???

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Keith Wright wrote: > Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:55:46 -0400 > From: Keith Wright <kwright(a)gis.net> > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Re: [Wlug] overlay/watermark??? > > > From: Bill Mills-Curran <subssn594(a)charter.net> > > > > I'm generating a document with good old latex, and I'd like to be able > > to add a figure as the background to each page, something like a > > watermark, or the background capability of html. > > > > I'd be happy to use a post-processing step to do this. I've been > > looking at the ps utilities, but there's nothing that looks like it > > will work. > > > > Any ideas? > > Make a PostScript graphic to fill the page, and use any graphic > package you can find ( \usepackage{epsfig} works for me ) > to tell TeX to put a tiny little box in the page header, which > contains your big graphic. TeX doesn't care if your graphic > (or anything else) is bigger than the box, it just needs the > box to know how much space to leave, but you, you pervert, > want to print something and leave no space for it. It should > work fine in a technical sense, but promise me the background > will be very light and sparse, or I shall revile and shun your > document. > > -- Keith <snip> I found something that was made for the task... draftcopy. It's meant to put the word "draft" as a watermark on each page. One of the options is to change the word "draft" to something else. (Text is all I wanted on the watermark.) Thanks, Bill

Sept. 5, 2002

Re: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by Bill Smith

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:22:25 -0400 Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)attbi.com> wrote: AS> I would like to note that I have expressed WLUG's general AS> displeasure with BUG to the president of BUG, Rick Zach. He told me AS> that the calendar issue would be cleared up if we chose to renew our AS> membership. they'll fix our link issue if we choose to renew? sounds almost like a hostage situation.... 8\ AS> Clint Moyer is quite correct when he points out that WLUG can afford AS> the $50 if we so choose, but unfortunately we're not at five figures AS> in the bank (unless you count the two figures for cents). :-) all the more reason to watch the pennies... AS> Certainly, if we did decide to renew, I would attend any/all BUG AS> meetings, insure that WLUG had a presence at the MegaMeeting, etc. AS> I did this last year after we paid our initial $50 membership fee. that's good to SOME extent, since it pretty-much gives us visibility, but would it be worth the money? AS> I'll sit back a bit longer and wait for any other comments from WLUG AS> members on this topic. I'll probably close the topic by this AS> weekend, unless the discussion is lively at that time. i certainly hope others chime in... i've already cast my "vote"... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com Wherever you go, there you are. * TAG! v3.0 *

Sept. 5, 2002

Re: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, I've enjoyed sitting back for a couple of days, resting my carpal tunnels, and reading the opinions of the WLUG membership. I would like to note that I have expressed WLUG's general displeasure with BUG to the president of BUG, Rick Zach. He told me that the calendar issue would be cleared up if we chose to renew our membership. Clint Moyer is quite correct when he points out that WLUG can afford the $50 if we so choose, but unfortunately we're not at five figures in the bank (unless you count the two figures for cents). :-) Certainly, if we did decide to renew, I would attend any/all BUG meetings, insure that WLUG had a presence at the MegaMeeting, etc. I did this last year after we paid our initial $50 membership fee. I'll sit back a bit longer and wait for any other comments from WLUG members on this topic. I'll probably close the topic by this weekend, unless the discussion is lively at that time. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Sept. 5, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Importing email from Eudora or Outlook...

by Stephen C. Daukas

Karl Hiramoto wrote: >Use an IMAP server. store your folders on the server. IMAP suports >sub-folders. Then you access your e-mail independent of your mail >client. > IMAP may be of help in the future, but it doesn't address the issue I'm having now.

Sept. 4, 2002

Re: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by Bill Smith

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 00:56:35 -0400 "Charles R. Anderson" <cra(a)WPI.EDU> wrote: CRA> Remember, we can always join at a future date if things change. CRA> Right now, though, I don't think we got anything out of our last CRA> year's membership. Maybe we can invite one of their folk to speak CRA> at an upcoming meeting to try to convince us of why we should CRA> re-join. that is probably a good idea... Andy? CRA> Worcester isn't Boston. Maybe we should start our own CRA> WorcesterUserGroups.org :) We are, after all, the second largest CRA> city in New England... (kidding...) well... i'm in Fall River... whenever i decide to make a meeting, i have something like an hour to drive.... 8\ Fall River != Worcester. <shrug> <g> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com Macho Law prohibits me from admitting I'm wrong. * TAG! v3.0 *

Sept. 4, 2002