- WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] wanted: inexpensive server

by desdinova＠soupforare.net

On 22 Mar 2002, at 17:33, Michelle Vadeboncoeur wrote: <SNIP> > Again, thanks in advance for any pointers you can send! I would suggest an IBM PC Server 704 like her: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011623032 1/2/4-way PPro, up to three redundant power supplies, 12 hot swappable SCSI bays, and sex appeal, IMHO :) Granted, it's not a whiz-bang 8-way Xeon of doom, but it's a pretty robust platform. James KB1FJQ > -- > --==*==-- --==*==-- Michelle R. Vadeboncoeur --==*==-- > --==*==-- > mrv(a)kluge.net: http://www.kluge.net/~mrv/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 24, 2002

/dev permissions & ownership

by Bill Mills-Curran

I just discovered that something has caused many device files (many of them audio) have ended up with the wrong ownership/permission. (My daughter's account had ownership.) I fixed some, but I have no idea what's the right permissions. Is there some way I can check the permissions? Ideally, there would be a script that would report which device files are not set to the default. (I've changed some, like the cdrom and floppy, intentionally.) TIA, Bill

March 23, 2002

wanted: inexpensive server

by Michelle Vadeboncoeur

A small cash-strapped startup just had their email/web/etc. server die on them (hardware issue), and is looking for an inexpensive replacement. If you either have an older server kicking around that you'd like to pass along, or if you can point me to somewhere (like an equipment sale) that may have a box that'll fit the bill, I'd love to hear about it. (We're hoping for something less expensive (or better equipped for the same price) than the new $3000 box that we've been quoted.) Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. :) The main requirements that I was given for a replacement is: dual power supplies 6 drive bays PC-based (Intel/AMD and the like) Plusses: larger amount of hard drive space (the biggest plus) rack-mount Compaq better processor or memory SCSI hot-swappable drives The box will eventually be running Windows 2000 Server and Exchange (but the box that died was a Pentium (something) @200MHz and managed ok (SMALL startup company), so processor speed/memory isn't a major issue). The box will preferrably be running RAID5. As it's a W2k networked site, there's probably going to be a bunch of emailed Office files, so a large amount of HD space is what we're going for. If you need any more information about our needs, feel free to email me. If you don't quite know if the system that you have will work out for us, let me know anyways and I can pass the info along to our main IT guy. Again, thanks in advance for any pointers you can send! -- --==*==-- --==*==-- Michelle R. Vadeboncoeur --==*==-- --==*==-- mrv(a)kluge.net: http://www.kluge.net/~mrv/

March 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Sharp's Linux PDA

by Brad Noyes

It does run Qtopia (f.k.a. QT palmtop). I think it also comes with Opera embeded as well. I have Qtopia running on my Ipaq. There's more info at http://qpe.sourceforge.net. It's pretty functional, i think that the one thing it's missing is natural handwriting recognition. It only have a character recognizer like the palm. On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 04:12:38PM -0500, Stephen C. Daukas wrote: > > I hear it runs "embedix", some embedded version of Linux... Anyone have > any particulars on this unit, roomers, hearsay, etc.? > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 22, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Sharp's Linux PDA

by Marc Hughes

I got to play with one of these at linux world. I saw ssh working over wireless networking on one of them... definatly linux, definatly cool. The interface is QT-Embeded, but you can find way more about it here: http://www.sharp-usa.com/products/ModelLanding/0,1058,699,00.html http://developer.sharpsec.com/ -Marc -----Original Message----- From: Stephen C. Daukas [mailto:stephen@daukas.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:13 PM To: wlug(a)wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Sharp's Linux PDA I hear it runs "embedix", some embedded version of Linux... Anyone have any particulars on this unit, roomers, hearsay, etc.? Steve _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 22, 2002

Sharp's Linux PDA

by Stephen C. Daukas

I hear it runs "embedix", some embedded version of Linux... Anyone have any particulars on this unit, roomers, hearsay, etc.? Steve

March 22, 2002

System for sale

by John Stoffel

Guys, One of my co-workers is trying to sell of a system, anyone interested? Here's the specs, send email to 'gc22(a)lucent.com' if you want to discuss it. For Sale: AMD Athlon 900MHz CPU Asus A7V Motherboard 256MB (133MHz) SDRAM 30GB ATA-100 HDD 50x CD-ROM Matrox Millennium G450 Dual-Head Video (16MB) 3Com 3C905B-TX 10/100 Mbps NIC SoundBlaster Live! Audio John

March 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] new mandrake

by jeff

Brad Noyes wrote: > > Hi all, > i installed the latest mandrake a earlier this week. When i boot the system into linux i get this grphical screen showing the progress of the boot. Does anyone know how to get rid of that? I find it to be kind of annoying, and want my regular console. > > Thanks, > --brad > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug you poor thing...USE DEBIAN! AH HA HA! j/k seriously, i believe the package you want to remove is called Aurora...i think. do a rpm -q for Aurora and see what comes up. good luck and remeber, who cares what flavor...linux, much like ice-cream...it's all good... peace -jeff

March 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] new mandrake

by Brian J. Conway

> i installed the latest mandrake a earlier this week. When i boot the > system into linux i get this grphical screen showing the progress of the > boot. Does anyone know how to get rid of that? I find it to be kind of > annoying, and want my regular console. I think the package you want to remove is bootsplash. I'm pretty sure that's it, as Aurora was left out of 8.2 (thank god). Brian J. Conway bconway(a)wpi.edu "I don't think Microsoft is evil in itself. I just think that they make really crappy operating systems." - Linus Torvalds

March 22, 2002

new mandrake

by Brad Noyes

Hi all, i installed the latest mandrake a earlier this week. When i boot the system into linux i get this grphical screen showing the progress of the boot. Does anyone know how to get rid of that? I find it to be kind of annoying, and want my regular console. Thanks, --brad

March 22, 2002