January 2005 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] LTSP Linux Administration.

by Jeff Kinz

On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 01:42:44PM -0500, Patrick Sawyer wrote: > Howdy, > We at the Worcester Computer Co-Op had an install fest a while ago > where a few people said they might be able to do some administration > for us. If anyone is still up to the task we would very much > appreciate it. This is what we need. > > 1.Updating our network with new software (this can probably be done remotely?) I may be able to help with some of this. Are you talking about moving to a release 4 version of LTSP? > 2.Getting more machines on the network( we have a strange system, but > have 30 computers which are exactly the same and could be used for for > the network. if someone could figure out how to get one on the network > we could easily get all of them) What is the configuration of these machines? > > > Thanks to all who have helped in the past your time made it possible > to give 10 computers to 10 families!!!! > > Patrick Sawyer > Worcester Computer Co-Op > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Linux/Open Source: Your infrastructure belongs to you, free, forever. Idealism: "Realism applied over a longer time period" http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/ http://kinz.org http://www.fedoratracker.org http://www.fedorafaq.org http://www.fedoranews.org Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.

Jan. 22, 2005

LTSP Linux Administration.

by Patrick Sawyer

Howdy, We at the Worcester Computer Co-Op had an install fest a while ago where a few people said they might be able to do some administration for us. If anyone is still up to the task we would very much appreciate it. This is what we need. 1.Updating our network with new software (this can probably be done remotely?) 2.Getting more machines on the network( we have a strange system, but have 30 computers which are exactly the same and could be used for for the network. if someone could figure out how to get one on the network we could easily get all of them) Thanks to all who have helped in the past your time made it possible to give 10 computers to 10 families!!!! Patrick Sawyer Worcester Computer Co-Op

Jan. 22, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Linux driver contract opening in MA

by Lee Keyser-Allen

It doesn't unless you have just posted something incorrectly, and feel that you should click the little (and I do mean little) "Show options" link to see why you just humiliated yourself. Of course, if you were to just look at the to: field write about your reply text, you would probably notice who the actual reply goes to, but it's not really one of those things that you (and by 'you', I mean 'I') think to double check. Aw well, live and learn. Now that I know, I will probably double-check for days, maybe weeks, before I lose interest, and forget until the next time ;). So yeah, anyone want a gmail account, I've got a bunch of invites to give away ;P. <plug> Honestly, despite my storry of temporary incompetence (what, it *was* temporary) gmail is actually really nice. It, like pretty much everything that google does, blows any competition it might have out of the water. It is by far the best web-mail app out there, and it offers the most flexibility and features. </plug> So there, feel free to blacklist me so you can avoid this drivel in your inbox. Cheers, Lee On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:03:37 -0500, Josh Huber <huber(a)alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > Lee Keyser-Allen <frozbiz(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > I guess that my new snazzy gmail account confounded me. I would > > think that just hitting reply should reply to the poster of the > > message. Not so. I think that a nice hidden replyto: field may > > have subverted my efforts. > > Could have something to do with the mailing list munging the > Reply-To header...heh. > > Does gmail not show you this header? > > Josh > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Lee Keyser-Allen (lkeyser(a)alum.wpi.edu)

Jan. 21, 2005

RE: [Wlug] networking for dummies

by Martin, Eric

That could be a dhcp issue.... -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Gregory Avedissian Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:57 PM To: perryand(a)yahoo.com; Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] networking for dummies I've never messed with wireless (yet) but my first thought would be to try it with a wire, and see if you can get to the internet. That would rule out a bunch of stuff. I'm using SuSe 9.1 and 8.2 on different boxes, and they both connected easily to the internet. One thing I've noticed, and I don't know why, sometimes I have to turn off susefirewall and then turn right back on to connect to the network. Greg Andrew Perry wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a wireless network established at home using > > the latest version of a certain very widely used > operating system whose name I dare not speak. I've > been trying for years to "convert" to Linux, mostly > for ideological reasons, but without much luck. > I've succesfully installed a few distributions of > Linux > onto various PC's (mostly older), and I can play > CD's and use office software with no problem. > > The real deal-breaker (the reason I haven't started > using linux except as a novelty) is that I've never > gotten the internet to work with Linux. With that > other OS, installation of a wireless adapter is easy, > and the OS generally recognizes it instantly. Are > there any linux distros that will do the same thing > (perhaps in conjunction with certain wireless > adapters) ? > > Right now I have SUSE 9.1 (Home) running, and > when I plug in a USB wireless adapter, nothing > happens, and I can't figure out what to do. > > Any advice will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Andrew > > ===== > -Dr. Andrew B. Perry > Assistant Prof. of Mathematics, Springfield College > 263 Alden St., Springfield MA 01109 > _______________________________________________ > 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

Jan. 21, 2005

RE: [Wlug] free tek340/350/360 ink cartridges

by Martin, Eric

Have some of those at my work...those are wax, right? -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Doug Mildram Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:24 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] free tek340/350/360 ink cartridges Corporate antics....i.e. someone left behind (for me to get rid of or trash) mass quantities of new INK colorstix/cartridges for a Tektronix Phaser 340/350/360 printer....which I've never seen. If you have such a beast, reply to me for free supplies! After this hail mary fails, I'll email the BBLISA list..... --doug _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 21, 2005

RE: [Wlug] networking for dummies

by Martin, Eric

What chipset is the wireless card? -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Perry Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:50 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] networking for dummies Hi All, I have a wireless network established at home using the latest version of a certain very widely used operating system whose name I dare not speak. I've been trying for years to "convert" to Linux, mostly for ideological reasons, but without much luck. I've succesfully installed a few distributions of Linux onto various PC's (mostly older), and I can play CD's and use office software with no problem. The real deal-breaker (the reason I haven't started using linux except as a novelty) is that I've never gotten the internet to work with Linux. With that other OS, installation of a wireless adapter is easy, and the OS generally recognizes it instantly. Are there any linux distros that will do the same thing (perhaps in conjunction with certain wireless adapters) ? Right now I have SUSE 9.1 (Home) running, and when I plug in a USB wireless adapter, nothing happens, and I can't figure out what to do. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks, Andrew ===== -Dr. Andrew B. Perry Assistant Prof. of Mathematics, Springfield College 263 Alden St., Springfield MA 01109 _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 21, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Linux driver contract opening in MA

by Josh Huber

Lee Keyser-Allen <frozbiz(a)gmail.com> writes: > I guess that my new snazzy gmail account confounded me. I would > think that just hitting reply should reply to the poster of the > message. Not so. I think that a nice hidden replyto: field may > have subverted my efforts. Could have something to do with the mailing list munging the Reply-To header...heh. Does gmail not show you this header? Josh

Jan. 21, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Linux driver contract opening in MA

by Mike Frysinger

On Friday 21 January 2005 09:51 am, Lee Keyser-Allen wrote: > I guess that my new snazzy gmail account confounded me. I would think > that just hitting reply should reply to the poster of the message. Not > so. I think that a nice hidden replyto: field may have subverted my > efforts. yeah, the reply thingies in gmail have screwed me up too before ... i also hate the fact it defaults to top posting in replies :P > What do you do in your spare time? How can you best benefit an > open-source community ;-P. i'm a Gentoo developer (would have never guess that huh!) ... currently i'm the lead for the games team and i co-load the qa/base/toolchain teams. since not too many people wander outside the realm of x86 (and amd64), i'm also the lead for the arm and superh ports. in my spare, spare time, i work on the Gentoo embedded team where i hack on our cross-compiling toolchain capabilities and i help develop uClibc both upstream (http://uclibc.org/) and in integrating it as a drop-in replacement for glibc. working with solar (the other embedded guy i work with), we release uclibc stages for x86/ppc/arm/mips/mipsel. i also enjoy a cold mountain dew beverage and long walks on the beach. if anyone has non-x86 machines to spare, i enjoy donations :) particularly a m68k/coldfire box would be sweet ... Gentoo doesnt have a port for it [yet] anyone else feel like gushing ? ;) -mike

Jan. 21, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Linux driver contract opening in MA

by Lee Keyser-Allen

I guess that my new snazzy gmail account confounded me. I would think that just hitting reply should reply to the poster of the message. Not so. I think that a nice hidden replyto: field may have subverted my efforts. Now that the whole group has a better feel for who I am, I feel that it is your obligation to respond and let me know a little more about yourself. What do you do in your spare time? How can you best benefit an open-source community ;-P. Apologies all, Lee On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:19:10 -0500, Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> wrote: > On Thursday 20 January 2005 06:51 pm, Keith Wright wrote: > > I found the personal warmth of this memoir of past endeavours and > > aspirations for the future made far more compelling reading than the > > usual dry recital of technical specifications and tedious complaints. > > boy dont i feel like an asshole now ;) > -mike > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Lee Keyser-Allen (lkeyser(a)alum.wpi.edu)

Jan. 21, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Linux driver contract opening in MA

by Mike Frysinger

On Thursday 20 January 2005 06:51 pm, Keith Wright wrote: > I found the personal warmth of this memoir of past endeavours and > aspirations for the future made far more compelling reading than the > usual dry recital of technical specifications and tedious complaints. boy dont i feel like an asshole now ;) -mike

Jan. 21, 2005