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Linux driver contract opening in MA

by John Spencer

Hello to All, My client has a new opening for a SR LEVEL Linux drivers contractor in northern MA. The details are as follows: Description Develop hardware drivers and diagnostics in an embedded Linux environment. We are looking for someone with extensive experience with embedded Linux and writing hardware device drivers. Good communications skills are essential to this position. Skills Experience with - Writing device drivers under Linux - Motorola/IBM (PowerPC) CPUs - Ethernet switches - PCI bridges - DSP devices - 'C' programming - Responsible for drivers to interface hardware to application software Please call me or email me to discuss your background and this opening in more detail. Please note your resume will not be sent anywhere without your prior approval. Regards, John John Spencer (978) 256-1113 ext 108 jspencer(a)optimaleng.com OPTIMAL ENGINEERING PARTNERS "Your Optimal partner for real-time, embedded and systems development expertise" www.optimalengineering.com

Jan. 20, 2005

Re: [Wlug] audio on new machine

by Keller, Tim

Well... it's not being utterly depreciated, it's being superseded with "udev". Basically, the /dev directory has become dynamic. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html Explains it quite nicely. Tim. On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 23:01 -0500, Keith Wright wrote: > > From: Bill Mills-Curran <bill(a)mills-curran.net> > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 09:50:22AM -0500, Keller, Tim wrote: > > > > > > You do realize that the /dev/ stuff is being progressively > depreciated... > > > Tim. > > > > Yeah, I've read about /dev going away, but I have no experience > with > > the replacement. > > > > BTW, you guys on WLUG are a tremendous resource. > > > > Bill > > Oh No! Don't let /dev go away! > > One of the first things I ever did with my first Linux system back in > 1996 was accidentally delete /dev. The result was just horrible; > I don't think I can take that again. > > Seriously, I haven't heard that /dev is deprecated. > Who deprecates it? Where can I read about it going away? > I assume the deprecator has a new plan well documented somewhere... > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 20, 2005

Re: [Wlug] free tek340/350/360 ink cartridges

by Keller, Tim

If I were you, I wouldn't just give those away... Tektronix printers are notoriously expensive... i.e our printer here costs a 1.50 everytime you hit the print button (but it'll print poster quality images) you might have good luck selling them on Ebay... Tim. On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 15:23 -0500, Doug Mildram wrote: > Corporate antics....i.e. someone left behind (for me to get rid of or > trash) > mass quantities of new INK colorstix/cartridges > for a Tektronix Phaser 340/350/360 printer....which I've never seen. > > If you have such a beast, reply to me for free supplies! > After this hail mary fails, I'll email the BBLISA list..... > --doug > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 20, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Live Distro with VPN support

by Scott Venier

poptop is a pptp server (unless they've recently added client support to it). I think he's looking for client setup. If so, check out the linux pptp client at http://pptpclient.sf.net Scott Karl Hiramoto said: > Sean, if you trying to use a PPTP based VPN, then you should check this > out. with Gentoo Linux you just "emerge pptpd" and then configure which > is a little non trivial, but you just have to RTFM. > > http://www.poptop.org > > > > Skip Gaede wrote: > > >> Sean, >> >> >> What I think you actually want is the VPN solution that used to be >> called FreeSWAN. The product has been discontinued, but there are now Two >> groups developing the product. The basic idea is that it implements >> IPSEC using either shared keys or X.509 certificates. The certificates >> can be generated by your server, and all Windows versions except W95 can >> setup a VPN connection. Nate Carlson and Jacco de Leeuw have tutorials >> >> http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/win2000xp-freeswan.html >> >> >> --Skip >> >> >> --- Sean Flynn <sflynn(a)flynnsplaza.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >>> I apologize if this has already been discussed, but after some >>> cursory googling and searching I haven't found an answer yet. >>> >>> I am the "computer guy" for our heating oil company. >>> The heating oil >>> software is running on a SCO box, and everyone in the office connects >>> to it over our Windows network. After hours people need to connect >>> to the SCO box to check customer information. Currently they do it >>> through their own windoze PCs with their own high speed internet, or >>> through a company laptop through dial up. >>> >>> Using their own high speed access makes things much quicker and we >>> have subsidized access for some of the people. But since it is >>> windows, their PCs are often screwed up, and I get many after hours >>> calls saying, "I can't connect to the VPN or I can't connect to the >>> Internet". >>> >>> >>> I have played with Knoppix and absolutely love how it can recognize >>> hardware, and I have installed Suse on a home system to play with for >>> myself, but I have little knowledge of Linux. >>> >>> Is their a live CD like Knoppix that has microsoft VPN support, that >>> the remote users can pop it in their system, restart, connect to the >>> microsft VPN and open a terminal window to the SCO box? >>> >>> Any suggestions would be appreciated. >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> Sean Flynn >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > --- > Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> > US VOIP: 603.966.4448 > Spain Home from US 011(34) 952.827.554 > Spain Home from EU 00 (34) 952.827.554 > Spain Mobil 011 (34) 617.463.826 > Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto > ------ > - > Look ere ye leap. > -- John Heywood > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Jan. 20, 2005

Re: [Wlug] key mapping on Fedora 3

by Jeff Moyer

==> Regarding Re: [Wlug] key mapping on Fedora 3; Bill Mills-Curran <bill(a)mills-curran.net> adds: bill> On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 09:55:44AM -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote: >> ==> Regarding [Wlug] key mapping on Fedora 3; Bill Mills-Curran >> <bill(a)mills-curran.net> adds: >> bill> I'm a little surprised at the differences in default key mappings in bill> F3 as compared to RH9. Maybe it's just me, but my old key mappings bill> are "implanted" and so automatic that's it's unpleasant to adjust. >> bill> One thing I miss is the ability to make the default edits act like bill> emacs. In particular, RH9 had an option on the keyboard shortcuts to bill> select either "gnome defaults" or "emacs". When I selected "emacs", bill> that affected mozilla/firefox, so that traditional shortcuts (like bill> <ctrl>u deleting all text on the URL box or a text entry box) worked bill> like the "old days". >> bill> Is there another way to do this, or do I need to learn new shortcuts? >> Go to Application -> System Tools -> Configuration Editor >> >> Then desktop -> gnome -> interface and type in "Emacs" in the >> "gtk_key_theme" field. >> >> Alternatively: >> >> put this: gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs" >> >> in your .gtkrc-2.0 file. >> >> -Jeff bill> Jeff, bill> Worked great. How did you find this one? I don't use gnome. I happened to see some flamewar on this on an internal mailing list, so I just dug up the details. -Jeff

Jan. 20, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Live Distro with VPN support

by Karl Hiramoto

Sean, if you trying to use a PPTP based VPN, then you should check this out. with Gentoo Linux you just "emerge pptpd" and then configure which is a little non trivial, but you just have to RTFM. http://www.poptop.org Skip Gaede wrote: >Sean, > >What I think you actually want is the VPN solution that used to be >called FreeSWAN. The product has been discontinued, but there are now >Two groups developing the product. The basic idea is that it implements >IPSEC using either shared keys or X.509 certificates. The certificates >can be generated by your server, and all Windows versions except W95 >can setup a VPN connection. Nate Carlson and Jacco de Leeuw have tutorials > >http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/win2000xp-freeswan.html > >--Skip > >--- Sean Flynn <sflynn(a)flynnsplaza.com> wrote: > > > >>I apologize if this has already been discussed, but after some cursory >>googling and searching I haven't found an answer yet. >> >>I am the "computer guy" for our heating oil company. >> The heating oil >>software is running on a SCO box, and everyone in the office connects >>to it over our Windows network. After hours people need to connect to >>the SCO box to check customer information. Currently they do it >>through their own windoze PCs with their own high speed internet, or >>through a company laptop through dial up. >> >>Using their own high speed access makes things much quicker and we >>have subsidized access for some of the people. But since it is >>windows, their PCs are often screwed up, and I get many after hours >>calls saying, "I can't connect to the VPN or I can't connect to the >>Internet". >> >>I have played with Knoppix and absolutely love how it can recognize >>hardware, and I have installed Suse on a home system to play with for >>myself, but I have little knowledge of Linux. >> >>Is their a live CD like Knoppix that has microsoft VPN support, that >>the remote users can pop it in their system, restart, connect to the >>microsft VPN and open a terminal window to the SCO box? >> >>Any suggestions would be appreciated. >> >>Thanks >> >>Sean Flynn >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ >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 > > > -- --- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> US VOIP: 603.966.4448 Spain Home from US 011(34) 952.827.554 Spain Home from EU 00 (34) 952.827.554 Spain Mobil 011 (34) 617.463.826 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto ------ - Look ere ye leap. -- John Heywood

Jan. 20, 2005

RE: [Wlug] Live Distro with VPN support

by Skip Gaede

Sean, What I think you actually want is the VPN solution that used to be called FreeSWAN. The product has been discontinued, but there are now Two groups developing the product. The basic idea is that it implements IPSEC using either shared keys or X.509 certificates. The certificates can be generated by your server, and all Windows versions except W95 can setup a VPN connection. Nate Carlson and Jacco de Leeuw have tutorials http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/win2000xp-freeswan.html --Skip --- Sean Flynn <sflynn(a)flynnsplaza.com> wrote: > I apologize if this has already been discussed, but after some cursory > googling and searching I haven't found an answer yet. > > I am the "computer guy" for our heating oil company. > The heating oil > software is running on a SCO box, and everyone in the office connects > to it over our Windows network. After hours people need to connect to > the SCO box to check customer information. Currently they do it > through their own windoze PCs with their own high speed internet, or > through a company laptop through dial up. > > Using their own high speed access makes things much quicker and we > have subsidized access for some of the people. But since it is > windows, their PCs are often screwed up, and I get many after hours > calls saying, "I can't connect to the VPN or I can't connect to the > Internet". > > I have played with Knoppix and absolutely love how it can recognize > hardware, and I have installed Suse on a home system to play with for > myself, but I have little knowledge of Linux. > > Is their a live CD like Knoppix that has microsoft VPN support, that > the remote users can pop it in their system, restart, connect to the > microsft VPN and open a terminal window to the SCO box? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > Sean Flynn > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 20, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Live Distro with VPN support

by Mike Leo

I have never done it myself, but you can take the knoppix cd and add your own software too it, then "remake" the knoppix cd. My question is if there is a vpn client for linux that will connect to your MS VPN. --- Sean Flynn <sflynn(a)flynnsplaza.com> wrote: > I apologize if this has already been discussed, but > after some cursory > googling and searching I haven't found an answer > yet. > > I am the "computer guy" for our heating oil company. > The heating oil > software is running on a SCO box, and everyone in > the office connects to > it over our Windows network. After hours people > need to connect to the > SCO box to check customer information. Currently > they do it through > their own windoze PCs with their own high speed > internet, or through a > company laptop through dial up. > > Using their own high speed access makes things much > quicker and we have > subsidized access for some of the people. But since > it is windows, > their PCs are often screwed up, and I get many after > hours calls saying, > "I can't connect to the VPN or I can't connect to > the Internet". > > I have played with Knoppix and absolutely love how > it can recognize > hardware, and I have installed Suse on a home system > to play with for > myself, but I have little knowledge of Linux. > > Is their a live CD like Knoppix that has microsoft > VPN support, that the > remote users can pop it in their system, restart, > connect to the > microsft VPN and open a terminal window to the SCO > box? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > Sean Flynn > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Jan. 20, 2005

Re: [Wlug] key mapping on Fedora 3

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 09:55:44AM -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote: > ==> Regarding [Wlug] key mapping on Fedora 3; Bill Mills-Curran <bill(a)mills-curran.net> adds: > > bill> I'm a little surprised at the differences in default key mappings in > bill> F3 as compared to RH9. Maybe it's just me, but my old key mappings > bill> are "implanted" and so automatic that's it's unpleasant to adjust. > > bill> One thing I miss is the ability to make the default edits act like > bill> emacs. In particular, RH9 had an option on the keyboard shortcuts to > bill> select either "gnome defaults" or "emacs". When I selected "emacs", > bill> that affected mozilla/firefox, so that traditional shortcuts (like > bill> <ctrl>u deleting all text on the URL box or a text entry box) worked > bill> like the "old days". > > bill> Is there another way to do this, or do I need to learn new shortcuts? > > Go to Application -> System Tools -> Configuration Editor > > Then desktop -> gnome -> interface and type in "Emacs" in the > "gtk_key_theme" field. > > Alternatively: > > put this: > gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs" > > in your .gtkrc-2.0 file. > > -Jeff Jeff, Worked great. How did you find this one? Thanks, Bill

Jan. 20, 2005

Fwd: SearchEnterpriseLinux.com article on Red Hat Linux v.4

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi WLUG, Does anybody in the group have anything they'd like to contribute to this News Writer? If so, please mail him directly. Thanks! Andy - ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: SearchEnterpriseLinux.com article on Red Hat Linux v.4 Date: Wednesday 19 January 2005 1:45 pm From: "Loftus, Jack" <JLoftus(a)techtarget.com> To: <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Hello Andy, My name is Jack Loftus, and I am a News Writer with SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, a web site with the TechTarget media company, based in Needham, Mass. I'm writing your group today with the hope that you or one of your members could comment for a story I am writing on the upcoming release of Red Hat Linux 4. While an exact date is not yet available for publication, it is "rumored" to be at the same time as LinuxWorld Boston in February (February 14). If you are able to comment, you can call me at the number below up until 5 p.m. EST, or if you cannot reach me or are short on time, you can answer the general questions I have provided below, or add any additional comments you feel are important. I appreciate your time and look forward to speaking with you. Even if no member of your organization uses or has used Red Hat, I'd still appreciate your comments. * What are you looking for from this version? If you don't plan on taking a look at it, why not? * Does the fact that the 2.6 kernel is fully supported by v.4 give this version any clout, or is it just a case of "finally Red Hat has caught up to supporting the 2.6 kernel? (Novell has had them beat since August) * As users of Linux, is this version something that has been desired/needed? A "milestone" as it has been reported by some? * Does this version have the clout to get Linux widespread attention on the desktop, and not just the server space? Thanks again, Jack Loftus News Writer SearchEnterpriseLinux.com TechTarget Phone: 781-657-1557 Toll Free: 888-274-4111 x1557 TechTarget The Most Targeted IT Media www.TechTarget.com - ------------------------------------------------------- - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB7xBXHl0iXDssISsRAlXFAJ9TTtFubREpRe7m39X0UKL1X5jDOACfckfS XGC1vKMkTGGFuiB5hJMxF5M= =KrjI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 20, 2005