April 2004 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] question

by Charles R. Anderson

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 03:21:32PM -0400, John Sawyer wrote: > not sure if ive asked this, but i am unsure of how to uninstall > something taht i have compiled in, such as gaim, through a .tar.gz > ext... i also want to uninstall netscape, i downloaded the newest ver > but it gives me crap about somethingapp being in the dir already, any > ideas? You usually have to just find all the files and delete them. When you install stuff by compiling tar.gz yourself, there is usually no package management for easy uninstallation. Netscape probably installed to /usr/local/netscape* or something like that.

April 2, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Re: High-speed access questions

by Josh Huber

Bob George <mailings02(a)ttlexceeded.com> writes: > When the charter tech first showed up at the house (Grafton), I had > NO computers, nor my cable modem out of boxes. He "set it up" and > left. I had to call someone out when I had the teledyne cable modem > unpacked, but he used his laptop for everything. After that, my > Linux box (debian sarge/testing) came up just fine. It was pretty amusing when the RCN guys came to install my cable line. One of them seemed to have some knowledge about Linux, even! The laptop I had for testing the line was a old powerbook running Debian, in console mode no less. The guy tried to run some kind of netconfig utility, which of course wasn't there, but he did check the hardware address with ifconfig and test the connection with ping. I used to have speakeasy, and I really miss having several static ips, and quality tech support. (also, the connection was rock solid for a year). I was pretty apprehensive about moving to a cable provider (my CO is crippled), but I went with RCN. Much to my surprise, the connection has been up for some 6 months without a single (known) outage. They let you pay them for a static IP address even. (and, when you pay for a static IP they disable all inbound/outbound port filtering) -- Josh Huber

April 2, 2004

Re: RedHat 9 Network Problem

by Bob George

Joel J. Young wrote: > Well, I got the network working. Don't know what all happened, but I > uninstalled the network card, rebooted, then reinstalled it again. DHCP > is now working properly. Thanks for the help I always power down my cable modem when doing changes like that. Not sure what you're using, but if it's anything external, that generally helps "register" the new NIC. Cox in Phoenix always said to leave the cable modem unplugged for 1/2 hour. I suspect that was more so people wouldn't bug them. :) - Bob

April 2, 2004

Re: messages awaiting moderator approval - Suspicious Head

by Bob George

Joel Young wrote: > I keep getting my messages being held up for moderator approval due to a > suspicious header. Anyone know why this might be? I'd like to get this > solved, and I'm sure the moderator doesn't want to keep approving my > messages. Stupid question perhaps, but is joel_at_jyng.com the address you subscribed with? I use several addressses for varying purposes, and to fat-finger the From: once in a while. Other than that, does it say WHAT header was suspicious? - Bob

April 2, 2004

Re: High-speed access questions

by Bob George

Brian J. Conway wrote: > Just to clarify, I was referring only to initially registering your cable > modem in their system, which is the hard part. After that, you can > connect any OS you want as long as it has a working ethernet card and > speaks DHCP. When the charter tech first showed up at the house (Grafton), I had NO computers, nor my cable modem out of boxes. He "set it up" and left. I had to call someone out when I had the teledyne cable modem unpacked, but he used his laptop for everything. After that, my Linux box (debian sarge/testing) came up just fine. In general though, I try to be around when techs come out, and have my work laptop handy. If they seem like they'll gripe about linux or a home network behind the modem, I just say all the computers are for "the kids to play on", and that "only daddy uses his work computer for the cable modem." Kids are great. Blame everything on them. - Bob

April 2, 2004

Re: Good HowTo

by Bob George

Pete Wason wrote: > [...] I've been planning on replacing sendmail (which I'm not using > anyway) on my rh8 system with tcpserver/qmail, in an attempt to > divorce myself from my vhost which I no longer use for vhosting, but > still get all my email through (and pay $20/m for!). I thought about going with a vhosting setup for "the control", but work keeps me busy enough as of late, so my lil' $2 mail/web hosting setup is fine for now. It sounds like you've got two options: 1. Move to something similar, but cheaper. Go with a cheap outfit that'll host SMTP/POP for you, and set that as the MX for your domain. 2. Set up a mail server at home (off your cable modem) and hope that your provider doesn't changes ToS on you when you're out of town for a week with no connectivity. :) > I'm running dynamic over cable using everydns, btw. -- I set up my domain with dyndns.org using their "customdns" a bit over 1 1/2 years ago, and have been very happy. I point www and MX at the hosting outfit with a typical TTL, and my dynamic addresses using a shorter TTL. If I'm changing providers or hosting outfits, I just need to remember to set the TTLs shorter prior to the cutover. I've done it twice now, and it's worked very well. > I assume you might have the same general advice for me... In terms of hosting "important" stuff offsite, yeah. Again, really a matter of personal priorities. I am into network stuff, so wouldn't want to cop out and buy a Linksys router, but I have no problem shoving email stuff (which I don't find as sexy) to someone else to handle for me for a few bucks. > [Again, if there's anyone near Sutton who feels like stopping by and > putting me out of my "misery", you're welcome to do so...] I don't know qmail, but have heard good things about it. I use postfix myself, and it has no problems handling local requirements for my two domains, simply using fetchmail to poll my hosted mail via POP3. tcpserver looks interesting, but I don't understand how you envision using it. It will depend on what you decide to host offsite. My "real" presence is my hosted setup. I have a couple of dyndns entries for my home systems, with the linux router/firewall redirecting things internally. Do you still plan to have smtp/MX hosted offsite? - Bob

April 2, 2004

RE: [Wlug] RedHat 9 Network Problem

by Joel J. Young

Well, I got the network working. Don't know what all happened, but I uninstalled the network card, rebooted, then reinstalled it again. DHCP is now working properly. Thanks for the help

April 2, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Re: High-speed access questions

by Brian J. Conway

Just to clarify, I was referring only to initially registering your cable modem in their system, which is the hard part. After that, you can connect any OS you want as long as it has a working ethernet card and speaks DHCP. -b > Brian, > > I am running Mandrake 9.2 and Win2K on a Dell Dimension in dual boot > mode. Have used Win2K on a Comcast cable connection for 5 months. > Comcast installer told me that they assumed I would be connecting with > Windoze and Internet Explorer, which I did. But... > > I have since installed Mandrake 9.2. Installation was effortless and > most importantly for this discussion, Mandrake found and connected with > the cable modem on the LAN with no problem. I now use 9.2 and Galeon or > Mozilla to surf the web. > > I share the LAN connection, without incident or effort, with my wife's > XP Pro machine. > > > Dan Crooks > wlug(a)dancro.net

April 1, 2004

Re: [Wlug] messages awaiting moderator approval - Suspicious Head

by Brian J. Conway

> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 Found it. ;-) Brian J. Conway bconway(a)alum.wpi.edu "LINUX is obsolete" - Andrew S. Tanenbaum, creator of Minix - Jan 29, 1992

April 1, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Re: Good HowTo

by Pete Wason

Bob George wrote: [8< snip 8=] > I run my own linux firewall, but I can understand why some folks prefer > to by an appliance. I host my mail server off-site, but have done the > "studly mail admin" bit as well. Just a question of trade-offs for a > home/hobby system, and how much time you want to spend on it. > Bob - I've been planning on replacing sendmail (which I'm not using anyway) on my rh8 system with tcpserver/qmail, in an attempt to divorce myself from my vhost which I no longer use for vhosting, but still get all my email through (and pay $20/m for!). I'm running dynamic over cable using everydns, btw. -- I assume you might have the same general advice for me... [Again, if there's anyone near Sutton who feels like stopping by and putting me out of my "misery", you're welcome to do so...] Pete

April 1, 2004