June 2004 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Fwd: Usenix Conference in Boston June 27-July 2

by Andy Stewart

-- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

June 9, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Contract Web Work

by Michelle Vadeboncoeur

On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Charles A. Haines wrote: CAH>Someone posted some information on here about contract web work for Stow, Ma, CAH>and I was curious if whoever it was knew if the position had been filled, and CAH>if not, could they pass along that email to send resumes to to me? I seemed to CAH>have misplaced the email. The WLUG mail is archived. Check the link for "Mailing List" off of the WLUG homepage, then the "archive" link. search around for a bit. I believe the message you are looking for is here: http://paramount.ind.wpi.edu/pipermail/wlug/2004-May/003740.html

June 6, 2004

Contract Web Work

by Charles A. Haines

Someone posted some information on here about contract web work for Stow, Ma, and I was curious if whoever it was knew if the position had been filled, and if not, could they pass along that email to send resumes to to me? I seemed to have misplaced the email. Thanks, Chuck ====================== Charles A. Haines Contract Web Developer 3G Publishing ====================== http://www.3gpub.com ======================

June 5, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Trolling for topics for the June meeting

by frank p

Here are a few ideas I've been mulling over, some applicable for now, some for later. If I had a vote for this month, I'd say the first one would be an interesting experiment in organized anarchy ;+) -frank p ---Distro roundup:--- We could have a discussion about the strengths _and_ weaknesses of the popular distro's. My idea with this one is that your selection of a distro should be dependent on what you're looking for... stability and security vs. usability, ave-joe vs. IT / programmer, general vs. specific use (desktop vs. server) Of course there would be at least a little distro-evangelism, but as long as everyone is civil / respectable then it def would be "fun", and maybe even educational. ---Gaming / Relaxing with Linux:--- This might be good for the fall, when there's an influx of new students to the surrounding schools. We could go over some of the simple games on a default install of the common distro's / desktops. Touch on simple stuff like solitaire and also more complex like FreeCIV and even UT2k2. This would be a good lead-in to a LAN party at some point, too :+) ---How to effectively use the OpenOffice suite:--- I've personally always wanted to use it more often, but haven't taken the plunge, yet. It'd be neat to hear from a few people who use it on a regular basis and some stories about (in)compatibilities with the MS equivalent apps. ---Setting up a Content Management System for your website:--- A really nice way to setup something for non-programmers to edit web content, especially for volunteer organizations (oh yes, I'm talking from experience here). This could either be an intro to them in general with a focus / example of one in particular, or maybe a round-up of a few different ones and their strengths / weaknesses. On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Andy Stewart wrote: > > HI everybody, > > The summer months always make it tough to draw people to a WLUG meeting, and > announcing a meeting without sufficient notice makes it worse. Thus, I'll > start the monthly troll for topics now in the hope that we can nail down this > month's topic and advertise the meeting so that we'll have a pretty good > turnout. > > If you have topics on which you would like to address WLUG, please let me > know. > > FYI: I'm fabricating the schedule for upcoming meetings. It should be posted > shortly. > > FYI: I'm currently negotiating the time and place for the annual WLUG BBQ to > be held in July. More news coming soon. Stay tuned! > > Andy > -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA USA > http://www.wlug.org

June 5, 2004

Trolling for topics for the June meeting

by Andy Stewart

HI everybody, The summer months always make it tough to draw people to a WLUG meeting, and announcing a meeting without sufficient notice makes it worse. Thus, I'll start the monthly troll for topics now in the hope that we can nail down this month's topic and advertise the meeting so that we'll have a pretty good turnout. If you have topics on which you would like to address WLUG, please let me know. FYI: I'm fabricating the schedule for upcoming meetings. It should be posted shortly. FYI: I'm currently negotiating the time and place for the annual WLUG BBQ to be held in July. More news coming soon. Stay tuned! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

June 5, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Debian/Postgresql question

by Jeff Moyer

==> Regarding RE: [Wlug] Debian/Postgresql question; "Webmaster(a)atari-users.net" <webmaster(a)atari-users.net> adds: Webmaster> Thanks for the replies guys, Webmaster> I had changed the file to '777' but it was still giving the Webmaster> permission denied. I'll check the postgres user. 777?! dude, fix that! Anyway, if you still have issues as postgres user, you could try doing sh -x /etc/init.d/postgres start and figure out exactly where it's bombing. -Jeff

June 4, 2004

Re: [Wlug] any ideas?

by John Stoffel

brad> Our school uses commercial library automation software. We would brad> like to convert the database to open source. Anyone have brad> experience doing so? My wife works at a library which has been working on switching from one DB and vendor to another for their data. It's not easy in general, though if you can get the old DB to export data in a known and stardard format (such as MARC, see another reply to this thread for details) then you're closer. You should also take a look at the Koha open source library software. It includes all the various modules you need to run a library. http://www.koha.org Also, it's not clear what you're really trying to do here. Are you trying to move from Oracle to MySQL (for example), while keeping the same commercial library automation software? Or are you looking to replace the entire software stack you're using? John John Stoffel - Senior Unix Systems Administrator - Lucent Technologies stoffel(a)lucent.com - http://www.lucent.com - 978-952-7548

June 4, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Debian/Postgresql question

by Webmaster＠atari-users.net

Thanks for the replies guys, I had changed the file to '777' but it was still giving the permission denied. I'll check the postgres user. Rob Mahlert >-----Original Message----- >From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org]On >Behalf Of Michael Long >Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:47 AM >To: Worcester Linux Users Group >Subject: Re: [Wlug] Debian/Postgresql question > > >It also may have permissions set to require it to be run by the >"postgres" user. > >Jeff Moyer wrote: > >>==> Regarding [Wlug] Debian/Postgresql question; >"Webmaster(a)atari-users.net" <webmaster(a)atari-users.net> adds: >> >>Webmaster> Hello, I'm working on installing Gforge(.org) on a server >>Webmaster> running Debian. I'm using "apt-get install gforge" using the >>Webmaster> packages on gforge.free.fr. >> >>Webmaster> I cannot get Postgresql to start. I tested it on my local >>Webmaster> machine and never ran into this problem. Any ideas would be >>Webmaster> great. (ok.. maybe I should try the Worcester Coop course! <G>) >> >>Webmaster> I get this message when I try to start it as root "bash: >>Webmaster> /etc/init.d/postgresql: Permission denied" >> >>Is that file executable? >> >>-Jeff >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 4, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Debian/Postgresql question

by Michael Long

It also may have permissions set to require it to be run by the "postgres" user. Jeff Moyer wrote: >==> Regarding [Wlug] Debian/Postgresql question; "Webmaster(a)atari-users.net" <webmaster(a)atari-users.net> adds: > >Webmaster> Hello, I'm working on installing Gforge(.org) on a server >Webmaster> running Debian. I'm using "apt-get install gforge" using the >Webmaster> packages on gforge.free.fr. > >Webmaster> I cannot get Postgresql to start. I tested it on my local >Webmaster> machine and never ran into this problem. Any ideas would be >Webmaster> great. (ok.. maybe I should try the Worcester Coop course! <G>) > >Webmaster> I get this message when I try to start it as root "bash: >Webmaster> /etc/init.d/postgresql: Permission denied" > >Is that file executable? > >-Jeff > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

June 4, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Debian/Postgresql question

by Jeff Moyer

==> Regarding [Wlug] Debian/Postgresql question; "Webmaster(a)atari-users.net" <webmaster(a)atari-users.net> adds: Webmaster> Hello, I'm working on installing Gforge(.org) on a server Webmaster> running Debian. I'm using "apt-get install gforge" using the Webmaster> packages on gforge.free.fr. Webmaster> I cannot get Postgresql to start. I tested it on my local Webmaster> machine and never ran into this problem. Any ideas would be Webmaster> great. (ok.. maybe I should try the Worcester Coop course! <G>) Webmaster> I get this message when I try to start it as root "bash: Webmaster> /etc/init.d/postgresql: Permission denied" Is that file executable? -Jeff

June 4, 2004