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[Fwd: Special Discount for SD Best Practices 2006 Conference & Expo]

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Special Discount for SD Best Practices 2006 Conference & Expo Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:49:05 -0700 From: BWong(a)cmp.com To: andystewart(a)comcast.net Hello Andy, I would like to invite all WLUG members to attend the Software Development Best Practices 2006 Conference & Expo coming to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA, September 11 - 14. With more than 175 educational sessions, SD Best Practices offers a multitude of exciting learning and networking opportunities. This year’s conference features classes, tutorials, case studies, roundtables, panels and Birds-of-a-Feathers in the following tracks: - - Build & Deploy - - C++ - - Design & Architecture - - People, Projects & Teams - - Process & Methods - - Requirements & Analysis - - Testing & Quality We encourage your members to take advantage of our generous Early Bird conference discounts. Register by August 4th with the code 6EGRAS81 to qualify for Early Bird pricing. After August 4th, your members will still save $300 off of the VIP pass by using that discount code. WLUG members also receive free admission to the SD Best Practices Expo - a $50 value! Your FREE Expo Pass grants you access to: - - All technical training sessions from IBM, Progress Software, Electric Cloud and others - - Expo Floor featuring the latest tools, technologies and solutions - - Visionary Keynote presentations - - Expo Floor Opening Party with free food and drinks Registration is fast & easy! Sign up for a Conference Pass or your free Expo Pass on-line at http://www.sdexpo.com or by phone at (800) 441-8826 and be sure to use the your special discount code: 6EGRAS81. I'd greatly appreciate it if you would help us get the word out to all your members and colleagues. Let me know if you'd like me to send you copies of our conference catalog to distribute at your next meeting. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Best regards and thanks, Bella Wong Marketing Coordinator Dr. Dobb's SD Events CMP Technology tel: 415.947.6358 | fax: 415.947.6070 | bwong(a)cmp.com http://www.sdexpo.com | http://www.ddj.com - -- 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 iD8DBQFExWxEHl0iXDssISsRAtLEAJsHiUtC1BDjJ25UpmBCOj0tp1pD8ACfRW/x 538/JWMWu6hyLd0HipX6ovQ= =ytos -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

July 25, 2006

Test - please ignore

by David Glaser

Test - please ignore

July 22, 2006

Re: [Wlug] WLUG website on PDA web browser

by Frank Sweetser

On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 10:11:07PM -0400, Andy Stewart wrote: > > HI gang, > > I recently got a Palm T|X and was using the web browser. It works fine > for websites that are written in a certain way (mobile.palm.com, for > example). Our WLUG website comes up with the WLUG graphical header but > no useful text info. > > I'm wondering if it would be hard to format (at least the home page of) > the website to display cleanly on a PDA (320x480 or 320x320) as well as > a normal computer screen. Does anybody have the expertise and time to > give this a try? If its a huge effort, it is probably not worth it, but > I don't have the expertise to size up the effort. If it's like the one or two other phone based browsers I've played with, it probably doesn't handle frames in a useful way. The solution would be to re-implement the frames based layout using CSS instead. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

July 19, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Which C++ Development Environment to use

by Karl Hiramoto

David Glaser wrote: > I'm new to the Linux world and I'm looking for free C++ devleopment > environments that run on Windoze and Linux > > Right now I'm using Eclipse with the CDT toolset - what other IDEs > should I look at? > > Thanks, > > I use Source-Navigator http://sourcenav.sourceforge.net/ Kdeveop is nice on linux, but to use on windows i think you need cygwin. I have not tried it on windows tho. http://www.kdevelop.org/ -- --- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> http://karl.hiramoto.org/

July 17, 2006

Which C++ Development Environment to use

by David Glaser

I'm new to the Linux world and I'm looking for free C++ devleopment environments that run on Windoze and Linux Right now I'm using Eclipse with the CDT toolset - what other IDEs should I look at? Thanks, David Glaser

July 17, 2006

WLUG website on PDA web browser

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, I recently got a Palm T|X and was using the web browser. It works fine for websites that are written in a certain way (mobile.palm.com, for example). Our WLUG website comes up with the WLUG graphical header but no useful text info. I'm wondering if it would be hard to format (at least the home page of) the website to display cleanly on a PDA (320x480 or 320x320) as well as a normal computer screen. Does anybody have the expertise and time to give this a try? If its a huge effort, it is probably not worth it, but I don't have the expertise to size up the effort. Thanks! 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 iD8DBQFEuaA7Hl0iXDssISsRAo76AJ9BFCwiwIzeWZVEcYkRrStmOdwvEgCdG1g9 XmQiiZX/updu9aJsR/Y+EGo= =Slhi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

July 16, 2006

Re: [Wlug] kernel driver vs module

by John Stoffel

Mike> well, now can someone explain why putting a bin file in Mike> /lib/firmware i now get the following after a insmod qla2xxx: Umm... because the card can now initialize itself with the firmware image and do the initial logins to the SAN? I dunno, I've never used them under Linux. Yet. :] Mike> QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Found an ISP2312, irq 9, iobase 0xf8aa6000 Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Configuring PCI space... Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Configure NVRAM parameters... Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Verifying loaded RISC code... Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Waiting for LIP to complete... Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: LOOP UP detected (2 Gbps). Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Topology - (F_Port), Host Loop address 0xffff Mike> scsi6 : qla2xxx Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Mike> QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 8.01.04-k Mike> QLogic QLA2340 - 133MHz PCI-X to 2Gb FC, Single Channel Mike> ISP2312: PCI (33 MHz) @ 0000:00:01.0 hdma-, host#=6, fw=3.03.20 IPX So that's good. Mike> My redhat servers don't even have a /lib/firmware directory...is Mike> this a debian thing? It's a Linux 2.6 thing Mike> Seems by simply putting a qla2300_fw.bin file in /lib/firmware Mike> fixed my problem. Good. Mike> I have yet to get actual SAN disks, but at least the card came Mike> up this time. Yeah! I assume that there are some tools under Linux to actually probe the fabric and see what's out there. It sounds like you're most of the way there now, unless of course you run into SAN zoning issues. Mike> Also, what is a KCONFIG entry? It's part of the Linux kernel source code tree. When you extract the kernel source and do: make xconfig it prompts you with entries from the KCONFIG files for each driver/kernel feature that you need to configure. I just cut'n'pasted the info from my local copy of the kernel source before. Good luck, John

July 11, 2006

Re: [Wlug] kernel driver vs module

by Lee Keyser-Allen

The card that you are using requires that the firmware be loaded every time. Firmware, as you may know, is distinct from the driver that Linux uses to talk to the card ... it is the code that the card runs natively to control its operations and allow the card to communicate properly with (and pass data to) the PC. There are a number of reasons why they would load the firmware each time. I don't know this card or driver at all, so I won't bore you with conjecture, but the end result is that the driver needs to know where to find the firmware so that it can load it in, and get the card up and running. My guess, as to your question about redhat, is that the firmware is simply stored in a different location, or is linked into the driver directly. Again, having no intimate knowledge, I can only suppose. So, as you've properly ascertained, the driver can now get the card up and talking, and all you need now are some drives to have some real fun :). Hope that this helps, and good luck. Lee On 7/11/06, Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > well, now can someone explain why putting a bin file in /lib/firmware i now get the following > after a insmod qla2xxx: > > QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver > qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Found an ISP2312, irq 9, iobase 0xf8aa6000 > qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Configuring PCI space... > qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Configure NVRAM parameters... > qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Verifying loaded RISC code... > qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Waiting for LIP to complete... > qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: LOOP UP detected (2 Gbps). > qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Topology - (F_Port), Host Loop address 0xffff > scsi6 : qla2xxx > qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: > QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 8.01.04-k > QLogic QLA2340 - 133MHz PCI-X to 2Gb FC, Single Channel > ISP2312: PCI (33 MHz) @ 0000:00:01.0 hdma-, host#=6, fw=3.03.20 IPX > > > > My redhat servers don't even have a /lib/firmware directory...is this a debian thing? > > Seems by simply putting a qla2300_fw.bin file in /lib/firmware fixed my problem. > > I have yet to get actual SAN disks, but at least the card came up this time. > > Also, what is a KCONFIG entry? > > --- John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > > > > Mike> good feedback...thanks > > Mike> the entries in dmesg show > > > > Mike> QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver > > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Found an ISP2312, irq 9, iobase 0xf8aa6000 > > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Configuring PCI space... > > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Configure NVRAM parameters... > > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Verifying loaded RISC code... > > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Firmware image unavailable. > > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Failed to initialize adapter > > > > This is good, but what it's really telling me is that you don't have > > the driver properly installed, with the firmware that needs to be > > downloaded to the card setup properly. > > > > Do you have any docs on the card driver install? Check that > > /lib/firmware/.. has the right stuff in there. Here's some docs from > > the KCONFIG entry, since the qla2xxx driver is part of the core linux > > kernel now (2.6.18-rc1-mm1): > > > > By default, firmware for the ISP parts will be loaded > > via the Firmware Loader interface. > > > > ISP Firmware Filename > > ---------- ----------------- > > 21xx ql2100_fw.bin > > 22xx ql2200_fw.bin > > 2300, 2312, 6312 ql2300_fw.bin > > 2322, 6322 ql2322_fw.bin > > 24xx ql2400_fw.bin > > > > Upon request, the driver caches the firmware image until > > the driver is unloaded. > > > > Firmware images can be retrieved from: > > > > ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/firmware/ > > > > > > Mike> This is a brand new, out of the box HBA and we have had zero > > Mike> failure rates to date on these (via Redhat). > > > > Mike> The only "drivers" i can find via QLogic are rpm's...that makes > > Mike> them binary drivers (?) since I cannot compile them myself, > > Mike> right? > > > > Whether they're RPMs or not doesn't mean much, it's whether or not you > > can get source code without any binary blobs. In this case, since the > > firmware is binary only, it's not a completely open adapter, but at > > least you can grab what you need easily enough. > > > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Lee Keyser-Allen (lkeyser(a)alum.wpi.edu)

July 11, 2006

Re: [Wlug] kernel driver vs module

by Mike Leo

well, now can someone explain why putting a bin file in /lib/firmware i now get the following after a insmod qla2xxx: QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Found an ISP2312, irq 9, iobase 0xf8aa6000 qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Configuring PCI space... qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Configure NVRAM parameters... qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Verifying loaded RISC code... qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Waiting for LIP to complete... qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: LOOP UP detected (2 Gbps). qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Topology - (F_Port), Host Loop address 0xffff scsi6 : qla2xxx qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 8.01.04-k QLogic QLA2340 - 133MHz PCI-X to 2Gb FC, Single Channel ISP2312: PCI (33 MHz) @ 0000:00:01.0 hdma-, host#=6, fw=3.03.20 IPX My redhat servers don't even have a /lib/firmware directory...is this a debian thing? Seems by simply putting a qla2300_fw.bin file in /lib/firmware fixed my problem. I have yet to get actual SAN disks, but at least the card came up this time. Also, what is a KCONFIG entry? --- John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Mike> good feedback...thanks > Mike> the entries in dmesg show > > Mike> QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Found an ISP2312, irq 9, iobase 0xf8aa6000 > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Configuring PCI space... > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Configure NVRAM parameters... > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Verifying loaded RISC code... > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Firmware image unavailable. > Mike> qla2xxx 0000:00:01.0: Failed to initialize adapter > > This is good, but what it's really telling me is that you don't have > the driver properly installed, with the firmware that needs to be > downloaded to the card setup properly. > > Do you have any docs on the card driver install? Check that > /lib/firmware/.. has the right stuff in there. Here's some docs from > the KCONFIG entry, since the qla2xxx driver is part of the core linux > kernel now (2.6.18-rc1-mm1): > > By default, firmware for the ISP parts will be loaded > via the Firmware Loader interface. > > ISP Firmware Filename > ---------- ----------------- > 21xx ql2100_fw.bin > 22xx ql2200_fw.bin > 2300, 2312, 6312 ql2300_fw.bin > 2322, 6322 ql2322_fw.bin > 24xx ql2400_fw.bin > > Upon request, the driver caches the firmware image until > the driver is unloaded. > > Firmware images can be retrieved from: > > ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/firmware/ > > > Mike> This is a brand new, out of the box HBA and we have had zero > Mike> failure rates to date on these (via Redhat). > > Mike> The only "drivers" i can find via QLogic are rpm's...that makes > Mike> them binary drivers (?) since I cannot compile them myself, > Mike> right? > > Whether they're RPMs or not doesn't mean much, it's whether or not you > can get source code without any binary blobs. In this case, since the > firmware is binary only, it's not a completely open adapter, but at > least you can grab what you need easily enough. > > John > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 11, 2006

Re: [Wlug] CD drawer remains open

by Richard Klein

<quote who="mlong(a)datalong.com"> >> Try booting from a live cd (knoppix, gentoo, ubuntu) and see if it >> behaves the same way. If it does, it's hardware (which is my guess). >> If not, it's software. > > Thanks for the hint. This is a production server so I will try this the > next time it is taken offline for service. Oh! Well, it's probably running hot, then, and sticking out it's tongue to pant and cool off. HTH! NC, -- Rich

July 10, 2006