July 2005 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Disregard last message

by Eric Martin

did a lot more searching and I just find out now that I was incorrect. V2.6of the WUSB11 uses and amtel chip. My apologies.

July 9, 2005

FC3 Wireless Question

by Eric Martin

Ok, this is to all of the Fedora / Red Hat users. I just loaded FC3 on a new machine, and the only way to get network on it is wireless. I'm trying to use a linksys wusb11 (99.9999% positive it uses the prism2 chipset) . No matter what I do, I can't get /proc/net/dev to show a wireless device. I compiled the modules myself, tried hermes modules, even tried ndiswrapper althogh I can't get that to work. any help is appreciated. Eric

July 9, 2005

CAcert.org

by Minkov, Ross

I am an assurer with CAcert.org. If anyone is interested in joining see http://www.cacert.org/ for details. Regards, Ross

July 8, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Is there a simple Unix shell command to list dates backwards?

by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com

Thanks Theo, this is exactly what I was looking for. I actually emailed Thomas Esken (GNU gcal developer), and the best gcal example he could come up was... gcal -f/dev/null -Hno -#0*d1#999 -c-Qxld20- %20070706 But this command works only up until the beginning of any calendar year, i.e. it doesn't easily cross year boundaries like your suggestion does. FYI: I need this sort of command in order to generate charts (using XML:SVG) that display metrics from some DB2 Connect gateways that I admin. The title of one chart might be: Total Daily Connections, last 100 days. If data for any day is missing, I want the chart to reflect that. Currently, the charts I'm creating handle missing days poorly, they simply cover up gaps in the data with the next previous day's metric. Thanks again, Doug p.s. SVG is interesting: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/ "Theo Van Dinter" <felicity(a)kluge.n To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> et> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: [Wlug] Is there a simple Unix shell command to list dates backwards? wlug-bounces@mail .wlug.org 07/05/2005 05:43 PM Please respond to "Worcester Linux Users Group" On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 05:23:24PM -0400, douglas.r.aker(a)verizon.com wrote: > I'm looking for a standard Unix shell command that can list an arbitrary > number of day dates backwards from today. For example, something like > this: > > $ unixcommand -7 > Tuesday July 5 2005 > Monday July 4 2005 > Sunday July 3 2005 [...] > Command must transit months, years, leap-years, etc. Nothing comes to mind, but I'd do something like: $ perl -e 'for($i=0;$i<=$ARGV[0];$i++){ print scalar(localtime(time-86400*$i)),"\n"; }' 7 Tue Jul 5 17:31:35 2005 Mon Jul 4 17:31:35 2005 Sun Jul 3 17:31:35 2005 [...] Or if you need that other specific format: #!/usr/bin/perl my @mon = qw/January February March April May June July August September October November December/; my @day = qw/Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday/; my $time = time; my $count = $ARGV[0]; while($count--) { my @lt = localtime($time); print join(" ", $day[$lt[6]], $mon[$lt[4]], $lt[3], 1900+$lt[5]),"\n"; $time -= 86400; } $ perl script 7 Tuesday July 5 2005 Monday July 4 2005 Sunday July 3 2005 [...] -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug #### C.DTF has been removed from this note on July 06 2005 by Doug Aker

July 6, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Is there a simple Unix shell command to list dates backwards?

by Robert Breznak

I can't offer any help, but I am curious what you are doing. Thanks, Bob On Jul 5, 2005, at 5:23 PM, douglas.r.aker(a)verizon.com wrote: > > > > > I'm looking for a standard Unix shell command that can list an > arbitrary > number of day dates backwards from today. For example, something like > this: > > $ unixcommand -7 > Tuesday July 5 2005 > Monday July 4 2005 > Sunday July 3 2005 > Saturday July 2 2005 > Friday July 1 2005 > Thursday June 30 2005 > Wednesday June 29 2005 > > Command must transit months, years, leap-years, etc. > > Does gcal, or any other Unix command, have this capability? > > Thanks, > Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 5, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Is there a simple Unix shell command to list dates backwards?

by Theo Van Dinter

On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 05:23:24PM -0400, douglas.r.aker(a)verizon.com wrote: > I'm looking for a standard Unix shell command that can list an arbitrary > number of day dates backwards from today. For example, something like > this: > > $ unixcommand -7 > Tuesday July 5 2005 > Monday July 4 2005 > Sunday July 3 2005 [...] > Command must transit months, years, leap-years, etc. Nothing comes to mind, but I'd do something like: $ perl -e 'for($i=0;$i<=$ARGV[0];$i++){ print scalar(localtime(time-86400*$i)),"\n"; }' 7 Tue Jul 5 17:31:35 2005 Mon Jul 4 17:31:35 2005 Sun Jul 3 17:31:35 2005 [...] Or if you need that other specific format: #!/usr/bin/perl my @mon = qw/January February March April May June July August September October November December/; my @day = qw/Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday/; my $time = time; my $count = $ARGV[0]; while($count--) { my @lt = localtime($time); print join(" ", $day[$lt[6]], $mon[$lt[4]], $lt[3], 1900+$lt[5]),"\n"; $time -= 86400; } $ perl script 7 Tuesday July 5 2005 Monday July 4 2005 Sunday July 3 2005 [...] -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams

July 5, 2005

Is there a simple Unix shell command to list dates backwards?

by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com

I'm looking for a standard Unix shell command that can list an arbitrary number of day dates backwards from today. For example, something like this: $ unixcommand -7 Tuesday July 5 2005 Monday July 4 2005 Sunday July 3 2005 Saturday July 2 2005 Friday July 1 2005 Thursday June 30 2005 Wednesday June 29 2005 Command must transit months, years, leap-years, etc. Does gcal, or any other Unix command, have this capability? Thanks, Doug

July 5, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Are any of us involved in a freshmeat project?

by Robert L Krawitz

Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:47:36 -0400 From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Freshmeat and Sourceforge are places which host projects. They provide disk space for project files, mailing lists, and a project web page. As you've noted, there are innumerable projects of myriad varieties. Freshmeat just provides listing services (unless things have changed recently). Sourceforge provides hosting. A few years ago, I participated by writing a users' guide for a project called Gimp-Print (now being renamed to Gutenprint). I liked using the software but noted that it lacked documentation for the user. I also knew the project lead since we were employed by the same company. I wrote the users' guide and contributed it to the project using the GNU Free Documentation License. At that time, my proverbial itch was thus scratched. I still like and use the software frequently, but alas I have not had time to properly update the manual. You would be more than welcome to return if you like :-) -- Robert Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf(a)uunet.uu.net Project lead for Gimp Print -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton

July 1, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Are any of us involved in a freshmeat project?

by Robert Breznak

In the Linux community, there are tons of way to help out. It all depends on your expertise and your interests. If you are interested in web based projects, you might want to check out any of the PHP projects. Although they are not usually directly related to *nix, they use the same licensing and run on the common LAMP setup. One way to improve the *nix community is to write documentation. As I am a big fan of FreeBSD I occasionally write tutorials on install and setup of common applications, packages, etc. Bob Breznak On Jul 1, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ken Jones wrote: > >> I am interested in contributing to the LINUX effort. When I go to >> <http://freshmeat.net/browse/18/> and am overwhelmed by the >> choices and >> by the lingo. Are any us WLUG folks involved in any of these? I >> know >> our tastes and skills may not match. I may not be able to directly >> contribute, but it would feel good to get an insight into the >> workings >> and the process. >> >> Ken Jones >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > > HI Ken, > > Freshmeat and Sourceforge are places which host projects. They > provide > disk space for project files, mailing lists, and a project web > page. As > you've noted, there are innumerable projects of myriad varieties. > > A few years ago, I participated by writing a users' guide for a > project > called Gimp-Print (now being renamed to Gutenprint). I liked using > the > software but noted that it lacked documentation for the user. I also > knew the project lead since we were employed by the same company. I > wrote the users' guide and contributed it to the project using the GNU > Free Documentation License. At that time, my proverbial itch was thus > scratched. I still like and use the software frequently, but alas I > have not had time to properly update the manual. > > What suits your fancy? Is there some program which you'd like to > write > and contribute to the community? It need not be anything grandiose - > often simpler is better. Part of the Unix philosophy is to do one > thing, and to do it *very* well. Or, perhaps there is a piece of > software you like to use which needs help with the documentation. > Writing good bug reports also helps a project. > > Yet another way to contribute to Linux is to teach others about Linux. > I teach an adult education class twice yearly. I know of one other > WLUG > member who also does this. > > Depending on your time, talents, and interest, there are many ways to > contribute. What do you think you would *like* to do? > > Later, > > Andy > > - -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA, USA > http://www.wlug.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFCxYG4Hl0iXDssISsRAqmyAJ0WZ/4JaF0T4WZkFrfwWnXm4bHBjwCfdh26 > GXBAg1b1rYE8okey8BqFH8s= > =tMZm > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 1, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Are any of us involved in a freshmeat project?

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ken Jones wrote: > I am interested in contributing to the LINUX effort. When I go to > <http://freshmeat.net/browse/18/> and am overwhelmed by the choices and > by the lingo. Are any us WLUG folks involved in any of these? I know > our tastes and skills may not match. I may not be able to directly > contribute, but it would feel good to get an insight into the workings > and the process. > > Ken Jones > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > HI Ken, Freshmeat and Sourceforge are places which host projects. They provide disk space for project files, mailing lists, and a project web page. As you've noted, there are innumerable projects of myriad varieties. A few years ago, I participated by writing a users' guide for a project called Gimp-Print (now being renamed to Gutenprint). I liked using the software but noted that it lacked documentation for the user. I also knew the project lead since we were employed by the same company. I wrote the users' guide and contributed it to the project using the GNU Free Documentation License. At that time, my proverbial itch was thus scratched. I still like and use the software frequently, but alas I have not had time to properly update the manual. What suits your fancy? Is there some program which you'd like to write and contribute to the community? It need not be anything grandiose - often simpler is better. Part of the Unix philosophy is to do one thing, and to do it *very* well. Or, perhaps there is a piece of software you like to use which needs help with the documentation. Writing good bug reports also helps a project. Yet another way to contribute to Linux is to teach others about Linux. I teach an adult education class twice yearly. I know of one other WLUG member who also does this. Depending on your time, talents, and interest, there are many ways to contribute. What do you think you would *like* to do? Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCxYG4Hl0iXDssISsRAqmyAJ0WZ/4JaF0T4WZkFrfwWnXm4bHBjwCfdh26 GXBAg1b1rYE8okey8BqFH8s= =tMZm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

July 1, 2005