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Seeking someone to install SuSE Linux
by Andy Stewart Oct. 10, 2005

Oct. 10, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, Mel Korman came to his first WLUG meeting this past Wednesday asking for our help to get Linux installed on his laptop. Those of us who attended the meeting thought that his RedHat 9.0 might be too old for its installer to comprehend the external USB hard drive on which he had hoped to copy Linux, so I gave Mel the SuSE 9.3 Pro CDs which I had at the time, in the hope that he'd have a better time with the installation. Mel gave it a try at home but things are not working. Mel has offered to pay someone who would be willing to get Linux installed on his Thinkpad laptop (where Windows is also installed). If you are interested in helping Mel, please contact him directly at finkor(a)verizon.net. 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 iD8DBQFDSHK/Hl0iXDssISsRArRmAJ0Un4pgNxJiSyTCuZxUe+nwZUwXYACcDfCM h5XKfY0Z2l6BDNMDEiPuTwQ= =ja0u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Meeting minutes from earlier this week
by Andy Stewart Oct. 7, 2005

Oct. 7, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, We had our meeting in one of the rooms right off of the Morgan Hall dining area. I think there were 7 or 8 of us, with two newcomers (welcome!). The discussion started with GRUB and some of its more interesting features vs. LILO, such as command line editing and adding graphics to the background. I had made a GRUB bootable CD prior to the meeting. GRUB has a large number of features, and we touched on only a few. After that, we somehow ended up on the topic of VNC: http://www.realvnc.com http://www.tightvnc.com <-- There was also interest in the "suspend to disk" feature of my laptop, which actually worked in a live demo. One person asked if it was possible to do this on a desktop machine (I don't think so....). In addition, Mel K. (newcomer) brought his laptop, onto which he wanted to install RedHat 9.0, which was having trouble recognizing his external USB hard drive. I gave Mel my SuSE 9.3 pro CDs and asked him to give that a try. Mel said that he'd keep us apprised of his progress. Pizza / soda followed at the Tech Pizza restaurant where we've gone after the last several meetings. Mel mentioned that he has interest in VistA (open source medical software). Try http://www.vistasoftware.org and google turns up other seemingly related links. 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 iD8DBQFDRx4CHl0iXDssISsRAgHDAJ9ZQ4B0Morwv7EcxvAicO9fCxl2LgCdFxFg 5z9ZHpXjfJMuedYXi0ySZMI= =fVQp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SuSE Installation process.
by Adam Keck Oct. 3, 2005

Oct. 3, 2005

Hello All, Does anyone have in-depth knowledge of the current SuSE install process? I want to get an install to exclude certain GIDs that we use in NIS when the install assigns GIDs to groups owned by packages. I found that I can assign the correct GID to an internal group in the autoyast XML file, but the package that uses that GID still gets a group assigned with that GID. Then result is duplicate GIDs in /etc/group. Ideally I would like to know how to get the installer to ignore certain GIDs. -Adam

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Upcoming WLUG meeting reminder
by Andy Stewart Oct. 1, 2005

Oct. 1, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, Our next WLUG meeting is nearly upon us. Let's see if I can announce the date correctly this month: :-) Wed Oct 5th 2005 7:00 PM The theme of this meeting will be "What is the theme of this meeting?". As of late, that has been a familiar theme. Still, we manage to have fun both during and after the meeting, and that's a good theme (uh, thing)! Without intending to sound like a looping MP3, I'm always looking for someone to lead a talk at the meeting. I don't think I've ever turned anyone down so don't be shy. Having said that, I'm sure someone will come up with some wild idea just to be the first to get turned down. In the absence of a formal speaker, we can start by informally discussing GNU GRUB (http://www.gnu.org/software/grub) That topic will eventually lead us to other tangential topics. I was recently contacted by a person (Mel) who is having some trouble with Debian Sarge on a laptop. The difficulty has to do with loading X onto the laptop, which Mel will be bringing to the meeting. I hope a couple of Debian users appear at the meeting and can help Mel with this problem. At this meeting, I'll bring two books for the zero cost raffle: Linux Quick Fix Notebook Bruce Perens' Open Source Series Author: Peter Harrison Publisher: Prentice Hall http://www.quickfixnotebook.com Technical Writing (for Engineers and Scientists) Author: Barry J. Rosenberg Publisher: Addison Wesley http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0131498630 That's about it - see you at the meeting! 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 iD8DBQFDPdNHHl0iXDssISsRAuVFAJ44bX+ymeGAiG1LcqXBvMv8p5KKHQCdF38E 5ehhpH0J5b9V3NvLn3SmDJM= =o3jY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RH8.0 user in Worc. area
by Pete Wason Sept. 29, 2005

Sept. 29, 2005

Hiall! I'm wondering if anybody's using RH8.0 and could assist me in a general package updating/security audit/admin session. Nothing too crazy, I just need some help grokking alternatives to up2date (yum, etc.) and making sure my server isn't bleeding wildly from it's little pointed head. I live in Sutton.. Pete

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pipermail, Mailman and FreeBSD
by Ken Jones Sept. 23, 2005

Sept. 23, 2005

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RE: Wlug Digest, Vol 23, Issue 14
by Cretella, Michael A Sept. 20, 2005

Sept. 20, 2005

Bump that, I installed the same bad package on FC4, I ended up formatting anyways, going to give Kubuntu a shot.... Has anyone had any experience with kubuntu? --------------------------- Michael A Cretella Worcester Polytechnic Institute Electrical Computer Engineering '07 cretella(a)wpi.edu (203)610-3618 -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:00 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 23, Issue 14 Send Wlug mailing list submissions to wlug(a)mail.wlug.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org You can reach the person managing the list at wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Bad x11 package from fedora (Bill Mills-Curran) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:02:27 -0400 From: Bill Mills-Curran <bill(a)mills-curran.net> Subject: [Wlug] Bad x11 package from fedora To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)wlug.org> Message-ID: <20050920120227.GA12690(a)bday.mills.curran> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I installed a bad package from fedora over the weekend. xorg-x11.i386 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 There are a total of 13 packages that are associated with the upgrade. This also affects FC4. There is a beta fix that I hope to test tonight. DO NOT INSTALL THESE PACKAGES. If you have already installed the bad packages and are experiencing console lock-up, you can fight your way back by booting to single user mode, setting inittab to runlevel 3. At least your system will work at that level. Next, if you have another machine, you can get the old packages from fedora and downgrade (with the "--oldpackage" option). You can read about this at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168750 Bill ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 23, Issue 14 ************************************

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Bad x11 package from fedora
by Bill Mills-Curran Sept. 20, 2005

Sept. 20, 2005

I installed a bad package from fedora over the weekend. xorg-x11.i386 6.8.2-1.FC3.45 There are a total of 13 packages that are associated with the upgrade. This also affects FC4. There is a beta fix that I hope to test tonight. DO NOT INSTALL THESE PACKAGES. If you have already installed the bad packages and are experiencing console lock-up, you can fight your way back by booting to single user mode, setting inittab to runlevel 3. At least your system will work at that level. Next, if you have another machine, you can get the old packages from fedora and downgrade (with the "--oldpackage" option). You can read about this at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168750 Bill

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USB Flash Drive on RH 9
by Dick Goodman Sept. 18, 2005

Sept. 18, 2005

I'm not really fluent in device stuff, but I just configured a RH9 machine for a project, and was trying to offload some config files to a flash drive. After searching, I added to fstab: /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb_flash vfat noauto,user,rw,umask=0 0 0 and did a mkdir /mnt/usb_flash as root here's the log ... only partially recognized ... did a modprobe usb-storage after the "not claimed by any active driver" message...removed and inserted several times... umount obviously not recognized. Sep 18 12:32:45 dvorak kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.3-2, assigned address 2 Sep 18 12:32:45 dvorak kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0xd7d/0x1600) is not claimed by any active driver. Sep 18 12:32:48 dvorak /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product d7d/1600/100 Sep 18 12:32:49 dvorak kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Sep 18 12:32:49 dvorak kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage Sep 18 12:32:49 dvorak kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1284 Sep 18 12:32:49 dvorak kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Sep 18 12:35:30 dvorak kernel: resize_dma_pool: unknown device type -1 Sep 18 12:36:39 dvorak kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.3-2 address 2 Sep 18 12:36:41 dvorak devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted Sep 18 12:36:50 dvorak kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.3-2, assigned address 3 Sep 18 12:36:55 dvorak kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Sep 18 12:36:55 dvorak kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-110) Sep 18 12:36:55 dvorak kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.3-2, assigned address 4 Sep 18 12:37:00 dvorak kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Sep 18 12:37:00 dvorak kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=4 (error=-110) Sep 18 12:41:56 dvorak kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.3-2, assigned address 5 Sep 18 12:42:01 dvorak kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Sep 18 12:42:01 dvorak kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=5 (error=-110) Sep 18 12:42:02 dvorak kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.3-2, assigned address 6 Sep 18 12:42:07 dvorak kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Sep 18 12:42:07 dvorak kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=6 (error=-110) Any help would be appreciated Dick

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failed graphics
by Bill Mills-Curran Sept. 18, 2005

Sept. 18, 2005

Thank god for mutt... My motherboard integrated graphics died this evening. It still works in console mode (have to boot to init 3), but when I try to start graphics, or go to init 5 -- caput. What I see is a most of the firmware boot (e machine logo) with fritzed colors in a band across the top -- about 15% of the screen. I was wondering if I could just add a new card and have that work. To do that, I suppose I'd have to find a way to disable the motherboard graphics card Any ideas? If this seems like a good idea, can you recommend a reasonable graphics card? I'm not a gamer. The most graphics-intensive thing I do is watch a movie. TIA, Bill

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