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Re: [Wlug] WLUG BBQ !!!

by Gregory Avedissian

I'd like to go to the BBQ, but I need help with transportation. Could someone give me a ride? I live in Worcester. Thanks, Greg Andy Stewart wrote: > > HI everybody, > > The WLUG BBQ is coming up fast: > > Date: Thursday, July 26th, 2007 > > Time: 6:00 PM > > Place: Eric Martin's house > > Address: 33 Lansing Avenue, Worcester, MA 01605 > This is 2.5 miles from WPI. > Look for the penguin! > > WLUG will supply burgers, dogs, munchies, soda, and the like. Thanks, > Eric, for hosting the BBQ this year! > > See ya there! > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 25, 2007

Thanks!

by Stephen Daukas

Hi all! Thanks for all of the posts on "project management software"! They were helpful! Regards, Steve

July 25, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Hard drive configuration

by Chuck Anderson

On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 05:36:16PM -0400, Michael Long wrote: > /dev/sdb3 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 > /dev/sdb1 /boot reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 2 > /dev/sda1 /raid reiserfs defaults 1 2 > /dev/sdb2 swap swap pri=42 0 0 > > I downloaded OpenSuSE 10.2 and attempted to upgrade the system. When > running either an upgrade or new install it tells me that /dev/sda3 is > defined as /dev/sdb3 in fstab. > > Bottom line when I install opensuse 10.2 it sees my raid as sdb and the > system is currently setup to have it as sda. I do not understand why my > current configuration is the opposite of what a new install is finding. > Where do I go from here? The order sda sdb sdc etc. depends on the order the SCSI buses were probed in. Different kernels may find hardware in a different order, or modules may load in a different order causing this. In fact, in Fedora 7+, they stopped using the old IDE driver and switched to the new ATA driver using libata. Now all /dev/hdX devices appear as /dev/sdX. The solution is to avoid using device names directly, and instead use filesystem labels, uuids, and/or LVM. e.g. this will label your devices (caveat: I haven't used reiserfs or SuSE before so you'll probably want to google this and read more about it): reiserfstune -l raid /dev/sda1 reiserfstune -l boot /dev/sdb1 reiserfstune -l root /dev/sdb3 (For Ext2/Ext3, you'd use e.g. "e2label /dev/sda1 raid") swapoff /dev/sdb2 mkswap -L swap /dev/sdb2 swapon -L swap Then you change your /etc/fstab like this: LABEL=root / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 LABEL=boot /boot reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 2 LABEL=raid /raid reiserfs defaults 1 2 LABEL=swap swap swap pri=42 0 0 GRUB/Lilo will have to be dealt with separately. For example, my grub.conf (menu.lst) has this in it: title Fedora (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ro root=/dev/VGSystem/LVRoot rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img but I believe you can say "root=LABEL=root" instead. UUID's work similarly to labels.

July 25, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Hard drive configuration

by Robert L Krawitz

Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:36:16 -0400 From: Michael Long <mlong(a)datalong.com> I hope someone can point me in the right direction. I have a SuSE 9.3 system that was fully configured when I bought it. When looking at fstab the drives are configured as follows: /dev/sdb3 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/sdb1 /boot reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 2 /dev/sda1 /raid reiserfs defaults 1 2 /dev/sdb2 swap swap pri=42 0 0 I downloaded OpenSuSE 10.2 and attempted to upgrade the system. When running either an upgrade or new install it tells me that /dev/sda3 is defined as /dev/sdb3 in fstab. Bottom line when I install opensuse 10.2 it sees my raid as sdb and the system is currently setup to have it as sda. I do not understand why my current configuration is the opposite of what a new install is finding. Where do I go from here? Somewhere between 10.0 and 10.2 they changed the drive layout, so this may be correct.

July 25, 2007

Evolution plugin for MS Exchange

by chuck

Hi All, I'm running kubuntu feisty with evolution 2.10.1. I'm trying to use the exchange plugin to connect to the MS 2003 Exchange Server at work. I have all the info about the implementation of Exchange from the IT folks, but I just can't make the plugin work. When I enter in my password, I get "Can not authenticate. (password incorrect?)" error. For the "Identity" - Username is my name (not surprising...) - Email address is my fully qualified email address. For the "Receiving email" - Server type is Microsoft exchange - Username is my domainname\username (Note: I've tried it without the domainname, still no joy). - OWA URL is the webmail URL (this has been confirmed by the IT folks) - Authenticate - I enter my password - seems to be ok. - Authentication Type - I've tried both secure and plaintext For "Receiving options" - Global Address List/Active directory settings - There's no entry I've looked at the Ubuntu launchpad website and there seems to be a few issues with the plugin. When evolution starts, it tries to search for mail folders, but finds nothing. I can't even terminate the process. I have to find out what pid number it is and terminate it with the 'kill <pid>' command. Has anyone managed to get this working? Is there some "magic" tweaking that I need to do? TIA, -Chuck

July 24, 2007

Hard drive configuration

by Michael Long

I hope someone can point me in the right direction. I have a SuSE 9.3 system that was fully configured when I bought it. When looking at fstab the drives are configured as follows: /dev/sdb3 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/sdb1 /boot reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 2 /dev/sda1 /raid reiserfs defaults 1 2 /dev/sdb2 swap swap pri=42 0 0 I downloaded OpenSuSE 10.2 and attempted to upgrade the system. When running either an upgrade or new install it tells me that /dev/sda3 is defined as /dev/sdb3 in fstab. Bottom line when I install opensuse 10.2 it sees my raid as sdb and the system is currently setup to have it as sda. I do not understand why my current configuration is the opposite of what a new install is finding. Where do I go from here?

July 24, 2007

Re: [Wlug] WLUG BBQ !!!

by Eric Martin

Either works just fine. I'm trying to move stuff to eric.joshua.martin, but it takes time. On 7/22/07, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > > > From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > > > > Please RSVP to Eric Martin so he'll know how much food to buy. > > This is, no doubt, obvious, but for the record let's stipulate that > Eric Martin's email address is: freak4uxxx(a)gmail.com > (Unless it is: eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com) > > -- Keith > > PS: It took me a while, but I did get around to > signing the public keys given to me a few months > ago and uploading them to http://pgp.mit.edu. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 24, 2007

Re: [Wlug] WLUG BBQ !!!

by Keith Wright

> From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > > Please RSVP to Eric Martin so he'll know how much food to buy. This is, no doubt, obvious, but for the record let's stipulate that Eric Martin's email address is: freak4uxxx(a)gmail.com (Unless it is: eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com) -- Keith PS: It took me a while, but I did get around to signing the public keys given to me a few months ago and uploading them to http://pgp.mit.edu.

July 22, 2007

Re: [Wlug] WLUG BBQ !!!

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James P. Gray wrote: > I have no idea how many people might come. Maybe 30? Is someone taking > RSVPs? If your main goal is to advance your knowledge in Linux you may > find it more worth your while to attend a regular meeting then the BBQ. > During regular meetings we cover specific topics or have free ranging > discussions. My understanding is that the BBQ is more of a social event > for the group. Someone correct me if I am wrong. Hi gang, The BBQ is a social event where traditionally 15-20 people have attended. This is not the normal meeting setting - the BBQ is in lieu of a meeting. Please RSVP to Eric Martin so he'll know how much food to buy. Thanks, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFGounrHl0iXDssISsRAvoPAJ9g595wjqnVpTXMwJWa3xnyMSEGVACVFwAT Mj7ZPnMKf4fuvnaHedA0lg== =It1k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

July 22, 2007

Re: [Wlug] WLUG BBQ !!!

by James P. Gray

I have no idea how many people might come. Maybe 30? Is someone taking RSVPs? If your main goal is to advance your knowledge in Linux you may find it more worth your while to attend a regular meeting then the BBQ. During regular meetings we cover specific topics or have free ranging discussions. My understanding is that the BBQ is more of a social event for the group. Someone correct me if I am wrong. kstratton(a)fastmail.us wrote: > I recently joined the mailing list to get an idea of how active this > group is. Perhaps somebody can provide an approximate number of > expected participants for this meeting? If I go (I am thinking about > it...), I would have to take a 1/2 day off from work and drive from > Connecticut. I am looking for an active group that provides an > environment to accelerate my learning with Linux to hopefully reach a > point of learning where it could be enjoyable to contribute back to some > open source project or another. > > I am running Gentoo, so I am not a COMPLETE newbe. > >

July 22, 2007