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FS: Single Board Computers...

by rb＠millbury.net

Hi all, I've got some new, old stock, single board computers available. Details at: http://members.cox.net/n1nte/forsale/as-p2vf.html WLUG member discount price is $45. I also have some backplanes available and some other models of these boards. I recently picked up this lot and haven't sorted through them all yet. Email me directly if interested. Thanks - Rob

Aug. 10, 2003

RE: reply to monitor request Wlug digest, Vol 1 #639 - 3 msgs

by Walter F. Doyle

Hi: How does $15 sound. Call Jeff at 508-831-7455 on Monday we have about 30 monitors to choose from!! Walter Doyle -----Original Message----- From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On Behalf Of wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:01 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Wlug digest, Vol 1 #639 - 3 msgs 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-admin(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. Linux job opportunity (Andy Stewart) 2. Hard drive crashed! (Andy Stewart) 3. Wanted: Used monitor (Andy Stewart) --__--__-- Message: 1 charset="us-ascii" From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Organization: Worcester Linux Users' Group To: "Worcester Linux Users' Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 00:35:31 -0400 Subject: [Wlug] Linux job opportunity Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org HI Everybody, Here is a job opportunity that was recently sent to me. If interested, please don't reply to the list or to me, but to the recruiter named below. Helene Fitch Friedlander HR Representative * (978) 461-7148 Fax (978) 461-3720 * helene.fitch(a)stratus.com S T R A T U S T E C H N O L O G I E S Code 03-076 & 03-075 Job Title Software Engineer III (Linux) Occupation Software Engineering Location Maynard, MA Description Will participate as a member of a small team of engineers working on the development and support of a Fault Tolerant version of Linux that runs on Stratus' Fault Tolerant IA32 HW. The work will be focused on 1) participating in the ongoing new development efforts to keep current with the latest versions Linux, 2) port our FT Linux to the latest Stratus HW platforms, 3)the productionization of our FT Linux SW and 4) providing support to Stratus' existing Technology Partners (i.e. - bugs fixes). The areas that we have made and continue to make modifications in Linux include providing for SCSI and PCI hot-plug support (including surprise removal of devices), overall hardening of a select set of Linux device drivers to adapt them for Stratus' Fault Tolerant environment and making Linux work with Stratus' FT Hardware. Experience 6+ years of Software development experience with at least 2+ years in Linux/Unix software development, including systems level Linux development. Ability to switch gears quickly and work on multiple problems simultaneously, Strong communication skills essential. Ability to work well within a team environment required. Must have Linux kernel development and/or device driver development. Experience in Linux SCSI a major plus. BSCS/BSEE or equivalent experience -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org --__--__-- Message: 2 charset="us-ascii" From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Organization: Worcester Linux Users' Group To: "Worcester Linux Users' Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 01:28:18 -0400 Subject: [Wlug] Hard drive crashed! Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org HI everybody, I've been out of touch all week due to a catastrophic hard drive failure. My hard drive is only 1.5 years old and its an IBM Ultrastar 18 GB SCSI drive with a 5 year warranty. IBM/Hitachi will be getting it back assuming it fails their diags, which I have to run as a prerequisite to getting an RMA. Naturally, they are DOS based diags. They have incredibly fussy rules about packing the drive for shipment, lest one voids one's warranty (say that three times fast). Believe it or not, it died while I was doing the tape backup!! I lost about 1 weeks worth of Quicken transactions and the photos from my sister's wedding (which I can recover from CDs previously burned for other family members). I got lucky. The moral of the story is: Make sure you do your backups! This is the 2nd hard drive that I've lost in the last 12 months (the first one was over 5 years old). Or, just run most of your machines as LTSP clients and don't worry about disks..... :-) Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org --__--__-- Message: 3 charset="us-ascii" From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Organization: Worcester Linux Users' Group To: "Worcester Linux Users' Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 01:54:55 -0400 Subject: [Wlug] Wanted: Used monitor Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Hi everybody, I'm looking for a used monitor as a spare for my basement lab bench: 14" or 15" Multi sync Capable of at least 1024x768 at 72 Hz (or better) Relatively good cosmetic condition Excellent working condition Cheap(!) If you have something which might interest me, contact me directly and we can negotiate. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest_______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Aug. 9, 2003

Wanted: Used monitor

by Andy Stewart

Hi everybody, I'm looking for a used monitor as a spare for my basement lab bench: 14" or 15" Multi sync Capable of at least 1024x768 at 72 Hz (or better) Relatively good cosmetic condition Excellent working condition Cheap(!) If you have something which might interest me, contact me directly and we can negotiate. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Aug. 9, 2003

Hard drive crashed!

by Andy Stewart

HI everybody, I've been out of touch all week due to a catastrophic hard drive failure. My hard drive is only 1.5 years old and its an IBM Ultrastar 18 GB SCSI drive with a 5 year warranty. IBM/Hitachi will be getting it back assuming it fails their diags, which I have to run as a prerequisite to getting an RMA. Naturally, they are DOS based diags. They have incredibly fussy rules about packing the drive for shipment, lest one voids one's warranty (say that three times fast). Believe it or not, it died while I was doing the tape backup!! I lost about 1 weeks worth of Quicken transactions and the photos from my sister's wedding (which I can recover from CDs previously burned for other family members). I got lucky. The moral of the story is: Make sure you do your backups! This is the 2nd hard drive that I've lost in the last 12 months (the first one was over 5 years old). Or, just run most of your machines as LTSP clients and don't worry about disks..... :-) Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Aug. 9, 2003

Linux job opportunity

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, Here is a job opportunity that was recently sent to me. If interested, please don't reply to the list or to me, but to the recruiter named below. Helene Fitch Friedlander HR Representative * (978) 461-7148 Fax (978) 461-3720 * helene.fitch(a)stratus.com S T R A T U S T E C H N O L O G I E S Code 03-076 & 03-075 Job Title Software Engineer III (Linux) Occupation Software Engineering Location Maynard, MA Description Will participate as a member of a small team of engineers working on the development and support of a Fault Tolerant version of Linux that runs on Stratus' Fault Tolerant IA32 HW. The work will be focused on 1) participating in the ongoing new development efforts to keep current with the latest versions Linux, 2) port our FT Linux to the latest Stratus HW platforms, 3)the productionization of our FT Linux SW and 4) providing support to Stratus' existing Technology Partners (i.e. - bugs fixes). The areas that we have made and continue to make modifications in Linux include providing for SCSI and PCI hot-plug support (including surprise removal of devices), overall hardening of a select set of Linux device drivers to adapt them for Stratus' Fault Tolerant environment and making Linux work with Stratus' FT Hardware. Experience 6+ years of Software development experience with at least 2+ years in Linux/Unix software development, including systems level Linux development. Ability to switch gears quickly and work on multiple problems simultaneously, Strong communication skills essential. Ability to work well within a team environment required. Must have Linux kernel development and/or device driver development. Experience in Linux SCSI a major plus. BSCS/BSEE or equivalent experience -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Aug. 9, 2003

Re: [Wlug] libcrypto.so.4

by Michael Long

I found what looks like the source files from a tar package in /usr/src/packages/BUILD/Python-2.2.3. It appears that I could build it by running the usual ./configure make ... process. There are no rpms in /usr/src/packages/RPMS/. Do I need to build the rpm from this? As a reminder I am using the SuSE 8.2 distro so the directory structure is slightly different. --Mike > > Did you install the resulting i386.rpm files from the rebuild step? > They should have ended up in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 > > -- > Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ > PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 > Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886 > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

Aug. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] libcrypto.so.4

by Charles R. Anderson

On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 04:48:04PM -0400, Michael Long wrote: mlong> I have discovered that the files in the expat-devel package are already mlong> installed on the system so I ran rpmbuild --rebuild --nodeps .... mlong> It appeared to compile with a lot of warnings about anti-aliasing. mlong> Unfortunately the warnings scrolled out of the term buffer so I don't mlong> have the exact warning. This process is very verbose and I don't know if mlong> it completed successfully or not. When I query the rpm database it still mlong> shows the old version of python. Did I miss a step? Did you install the resulting i386.rpm files from the rebuild step? They should have ended up in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

Aug. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] libcrypto.so.4

by Michael Long

I have discovered that the files in the expat-devel package are already installed on the system so I ran rpmbuild --rebuild --nodeps .... It appeared to compile with a lot of warnings about anti-aliasing. Unfortunately the warnings scrolled out of the term buffer so I don't have the exact warning. This process is very verbose and I don't know if it completed successfully or not. When I query the rpm database it still shows the old version of python. Did I miss a step? > > I should mention, that if you find one that has the expat include > files, but isn't named expat-devel, you can force the build with: > > rpmbuild --rebuild --nodeps .... > > Actually, it might be easier to grab the SuSE python2 src.rpm, and > modify that one to use the new python2-2.2.3 tar source. That way, > your src.rpm will be based on the SuSE one, with all the correct > dependencies for expat, etc: > > rpm -i the-suse-python2-2.2.2.src.rpm > > cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS > > edit python2.spec to change the version to 2.2.3 and release to > 1custom or similar. > > copy the new python2-2.2.3.tar.gz into /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES > > rpmbuild -ba /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/python2.spec > > -- > Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ > PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 > Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886 > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

Aug. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] libcrypto.so.4

by Michael Long

What has me concerned is that there is an expat package and it is installed on the system, but I am still getting the missing expat-devel error. The following are the results of the rpm queries: rpm -ql expat | grep include /usr/include/expat.h rpm -qa | grep expat expat-1.95.6-11 --Mike > Do you have an expat package? Most likely then the expat-devel stuff > is in the expat package. List it to see if there are any include > files: > > rpm -ql expat | grep include > > Or see if any other package mentions "expat": > > rpm -qa | grep expat > > If SuSE doesn't have any expat packages available at all, then > rebuilding one probably won't hurt. > > > -- > Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ > PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 > Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886 > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

Aug. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] libcrypto.so.4

by Charles R. Anderson

On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 11:00:11AM -0400, Charles R. Anderson wrote: cra> If SuSE doesn't have any expat packages available at all, then cra> rebuilding one probably won't hurt. I should mention, that if you find one that has the expat include files, but isn't named expat-devel, you can force the build with: rpmbuild --rebuild --nodeps .... Actually, it might be easier to grab the SuSE python2 src.rpm, and modify that one to use the new python2-2.2.3 tar source. That way, your src.rpm will be based on the SuSE one, with all the correct dependencies for expat, etc: rpm -i the-suse-python2-2.2.2.src.rpm cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS edit python2.spec to change the version to 2.2.3 and release to 1custom or similar. copy the new python2-2.2.3.tar.gz into /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES rpmbuild -ba /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/python2.spec -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

Aug. 7, 2003