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Job Openings in Maynard MA
by Evans, Robert 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

Stratus Technologies has several openings in the Linux development group in Maynard MA. One job is already posted on www.stratus.com. The other two should be on the web site within a week. We develop and support a fault tolerant version of Linux on Stratus' fault tolerant Intel architecture hardware. This work involves PCI hot-plug support (surprise removal of devices), bug fixing and hardening of Linux drivers to make them fault tolerant, and additions to Stratus' user mode monitoring and diagnosis capabilities. Robert N. Evans Software Engineer Stratus Technologies Maynard, MA 01754

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DVD writer...
by Keller, Tim 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

I'm in the market to buy a DVD writer. Anybody have any recommendations for drives to look for or avoid? Thanks, Tim.

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RE: [Wlug] DVD writer...
by Keller, Tim 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Now, who here has tested a dual layer writer + media on linux? Tim. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Mike Frysinger Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 1:49 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] DVD writer... On Monday 02 January 2006 08:52, Keller, Tim wrote: > I'm in the market to buy a DVD writer. > > Anybody have any recommendations for drives to look for or avoid? ive always had good luck with Plextor drives, and atm i have two: Plextor DVDR PX-708A work great with k3b / dvd+rw-tools -mike _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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suse-9.3 ...32 or 64?
by Gregory Avedissian 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

I just put together a new machine for a friend. Sempron 3100 on ASUS K8V-MX. It was a rush job, because the computer she was using died. (Same one I wrote about recently that was having lockup problems - pretty sure now that it was the power supply. The last time she tried to turn it on, a big spark came out the back, and that was the end of it. Memory and vid card still test good.) So now that she has a shiny new 64-bit system, I'm wondering whether to go with 64-bit OS or stick to 32. I haven't had much time to research it, but I understand that there are some problems with Macromedia Flash and Java, which she needs. Some of the reading I've done suggests that you can install the 32-bit version of Firefox with the plugins to get around this. Anyone know if it's really as easy as that? Are there any problems with running 32-bit software on a 64-bit OS? Any particular bugginess with 64 that I should know about in advance? She runs KDE desktop and uses Gimp a lot. Oh, one other glitch I ran into - I tried to do the network install, but the boot cd doesn't have the kernel modules for the LAN chip. I was instructed to go to the install cd and make a "modules 3" floppy. There is no modules 3 image on the cd or on the ftp site, but there are images for "bootdisk1, bootdisk2, etc." Do I have to make the whole set and install from floppy, or is there a way to find out which disk has the right module and just use that with the cd? Or could I just put an older card in it for the install and then change the network card setup afterward? I'm thinking the latter would be easier than finding five or six blank floppy disks to use. Thanks, Greg

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Re: [Wlug] suse-9.3 ...32 or 64?
by howard＠howardwhite.net 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

With specific respect to compiling, some apps I regularly compile -- especially Scribus -- require that in the ./configure stage you include --enable-libsuffix=64. In this particular case, it's because the Qt libraries are sensitive to the bit-ness. The BUILDING file should indicate such requirements. HW

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FC2 and FC3 to FC4 ... ?
by Theo Van Dinter 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Hey folks, I have an FC2 and FC3 machine which I want to get upgraded to FC4. In the past, I used to spend an hour or two doing this type of thing manually which was a pain but generally got the job done ... This time around I was thinking of either using yum or burning some CDs and doing the upgrade method (which the Fedora guys recommended to me). Anyone have suggestions about what method works best? Any gotchas I should worry about, etc? Thanks in advance! :) -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it." - Zen Musings

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Busybox / mips / embedded Linux question
by Andy Stewart 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, I am playing with a single board computer (SBC) in an attempt to make a diskless, fanless, silent firewall. Specifically, its the RouterBoard 532 (http://www.routerboard.com) The processor is MIPS based (4Kc). I've been using the buildroot software (nice!) which made creating the cross compiler enviroment considerably easier than my previous (failed) attempts at doing this by hand. My cross compiler environment is now working quite nicely. I have created an environment where I have loaded software onto a compact flash card and booted Linux 2.4.30 on this box. I have logged in and gotten the box talking on the net. All 3 ethernet ports function, as well as ssh and dhcp. Sweet! My next step is to take the SuSE firewall scripts (they are GPL) and run them on this box. However, I'm hitting a wall that I don't think I should be hitting. Within busybox, command substitution and pipes don't work on this MIPS box (but they do work on my x86_64). command substitution example: echo `cat /etc/hostname` pipes: ls -l | grep foo With neither of these working, real scripts don't work too well. :-( I've traced the source code (gotta love free software!) and the code fails whenever it calls the function dup2(). I'm not sure why dup2() fails, but it does, returning EBADF (bad file descriptor). I tried installing bash and noticed exactly the same thing. dup2() seems to be implemented as a system call into the kernel, but that's where I get lost. I've been scouring the net and cannot find an answer. I must be doing something wrong, but I know not what. Does anybody have any helpful hints? 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 iD8DBQFDtGZXHl0iXDssISsRAjuLAKCFg/zGddsXpVH8rIe/m4n2I/OSTACaAoQf BDkJ30y7RJ634XazzPgGAWY= =w+LK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 26, Issue 19
by Carlton C. Stedman II 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

The situation you describe about the removable drives mounting in /media suggests it is using udev, hal, d-bus and ivman. Your home system should be using udev, but not sure if it has hal or d-bus; even if, doesn't sound like it has ivman. I'm not so sure about how to do this in FC, I'm a gentoo guy, but you'd need to have all of those installed and set up. This might be of some help: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ivman. You need udev and d-bus for hal, and then just need to start the hal daemon (hald). Then start ivman, and it should autodetect devices plugged in and put them into /media. For example, /media/usbdisk0 would be the first partion of the first usb disk plugged in (I do believe). It'll add new devices to your /etc/fstab. You can, however, have a bit more control over this, setting up a udev rule to make your disk use a specific device file, for example /dev/mydrive and then put a listing in /etc/fstab to mount /dev/mydrive at /media/mydrive. Then, when plugged in, udev will create the /dev/mydrive device file and ivman will detect it's creation and readiness and mount it at /media/mydrive. Spiffy stuff. For more information on writing udev rules: http://gentoo-wiki.com/UDEV_Overview#Writing_custom_udev_rules. Bill Mills-Curran <bill(a)mills-curran.net> wrote... > Subject: [Wlug] usb drive -- hotplug/automount > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)wlug.org> > Message-ID: <20051227205055.GA6082(a)bday.mills.curran> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I have a question about hotplugging & USB and some differences I see > between 2 different FC3 systems (home & work). > > **** Home > > Initially, I configured my drive at home. I did NOT have the menu > item: > > Preferences -> Removable Storage > > set to "Mount removable drives when hot-plugged". Without realizing > that this was an option, I used manual entries in fstab: > > # usb drive > LABEL=usblinux /mnt/usb/linux auto defaults,user 0 0 > /dev/sde2 /mnt/usb/windows auto defaults,user 0 0 > /dev/sde1 /mnt/usb/camera auto defaults,user 0 0 > > This worked well & good. I was happy to be able to mount the > partitions as a user. Note that the linux partition has a label > "usblinux". > > Then, I moved the drive to my work machine. > > **** Work > > I plugged the drive in and was surprised to find that both partitions > automatically mounted in /media: > > /media/usbdisk > /media/usblinux > > I also saw that entries were added to /etc/fstab, reflecting the mount > points and device names. > > I recognized this as better action. > > Returning home... > > **** Home > > Plugging the drive in, I confirmed that nothing was happening in > /media. I found the entry to automount the drive in: > > Preferences -> Removable Storage > > and enabled it. I unplugged and plugged the drive, and it mounted > with this from df: > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > <snip> > /dev/sde1 72801276 1704196 67398920 3% /mnt/usb/camera > /dev/sde2 4176756 96 4176660 1% /mnt/usb/windows > > This is not what I wanted. It used my fstab entries, and it picked > the "camera" entry over the labeled entry. > > OK, so I deleted the fstab entries & tried again. This time nothing > mounted. > > **** What I'd like to happen. > > 1. Mount when plugged in. > > 2. Don't specify the device -- after all, some other (new) usb device > could disturb the device name. > > How do I get there? > > TIA, > Bill > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 26, Issue 19 > ************************************ > -- Carlton C. Stedman II, sageman(a)wpi.edu "To iterate is human, to recurse, divine." -- L. Peter Deutch

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OpenWrt
by Mike 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

At the last meeting we briefly discussed building a Linux Router from a single board computer. I was poking around the net and found the OpenWrt project. I'm curious if anyone has any experience with OpenWrt? Happy Holidays, Mike OpenWrt: http://wiki.openwrt.org/FrontPage

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usb drive -- hotplug/automount
by Bill Mills-Curran 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

I have a question about hotplugging & USB and some differences I see between 2 different FC3 systems (home & work). **** Home Initially, I configured my drive at home. I did NOT have the menu item: Preferences -> Removable Storage set to "Mount removable drives when hot-plugged". Without realizing that this was an option, I used manual entries in fstab: # usb drive LABEL=usblinux /mnt/usb/linux auto defaults,user 0 0 /dev/sde2 /mnt/usb/windows auto defaults,user 0 0 /dev/sde1 /mnt/usb/camera auto defaults,user 0 0 This worked well & good. I was happy to be able to mount the partitions as a user. Note that the linux partition has a label "usblinux". Then, I moved the drive to my work machine. **** Work I plugged the drive in and was surprised to find that both partitions automatically mounted in /media: /media/usbdisk /media/usblinux I also saw that entries were added to /etc/fstab, reflecting the mount points and device names. I recognized this as better action. Returning home... **** Home Plugging the drive in, I confirmed that nothing was happening in /media. I found the entry to automount the drive in: Preferences -> Removable Storage and enabled it. I unplugged and plugged the drive, and it mounted with this from df: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on <snip> /dev/sde1 72801276 1704196 67398920 3% /mnt/usb/camera /dev/sde2 4176756 96 4176660 1% /mnt/usb/windows This is not what I wanted. It used my fstab entries, and it picked the "camera" entry over the labeled entry. OK, so I deleted the fstab entries & tried again. This time nothing mounted. **** What I'd like to happen. 1. Mount when plugged in. 2. Don't specify the device -- after all, some other (new) usb device could disturb the device name. How do I get there? TIA, Bill

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Exim/MX/Mail forwarding
by Michael Zarozinski 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hi, We have 2 dedicated servers, I'm hoping someone can help save me some time and keep me from messing up the servers! Our 2 servers are: Server "A": 111.111.111.111 Server "B": 222.222.222.222 (not the real IPs obviously!) I've configured Exim to allow us to send email to a domain literal (so mail sent to michaelz(a)[222.222.222.222] works) What we'd like to do is have ALL email sent to server "A" go to server "B"... I know this can be done with MX files, but I'm not sure about setting up "domain zones" or if it's easier to just change some settings in Exim. Thank you! Michael Z

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USB drive & logical volumes
by Bill Mills-Curran 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

Santa brought me a nice 80 GB "portable" USB drive. My intended use is a combination of backup and transporting personal files to/from work (I want to remove them from my work hard drive). Both home and work systems are FC3, but may be FC4 sometime soon. I was ready to partitioning (4 GB fat, remainder ext3) when I started reading up on logical volumes. They seem pretty neat, but I wonder if they are useful for a portable drive. In particular, I can see that some/all of the definitions for the group and volume are in /dev/mapper, so I'd have to duplicate some of the setup on both machines. Any recommendations or experience? Would I be better off with physical partitions for this use? TIA, Bill

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Re: [Wlug] OpenWrt
by Mike 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

I have been using Linux for 4-5 years no so I am definatly up for the task. I haven't had much experience with setting up a Linux router/firewall, but I think my other experience will be enough. Part of doing this project is to learn more using Linux as a router. I heard about the crippled WRT54G from slashdot and few other places. According to OpenWrt's wiki version 3 of the WRT54GS has 8MB of flash and 32MBs ram. However version 4 they cut it in half. Anyway thanks for the info. Cheers, Mike <quote who="Karl Hiramoto"> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Yes, excellent distro.. I use it on 12 boxes which are a mix of > Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS. > I do OLSR mesh networks and hot spots. Beware WRT54G with hardware > version 5 does not work. as Cisco cripled the box with only 4M of > ram. See info on www.openwrt.org for hardware compatibility. > > It's definitely not a newbie distro though, you need to know linux and > networking. > > Some people try openwrt and are upset because it requires you to know > something about Linux and networking. There are several other > distros out there that are more easy, but less configurable and less > hackable. :-) > > Enjoy, > > - -- > > - -- > Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> > Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto > > > > Mike wrote: > >>At the last meeting we briefly discussed building a Linux Router from a >>single board computer. I was poking around the net and found the OpenWrt >>project. I'm curious if anyone has any experience with OpenWrt? >> >>Happy Holidays, >>Mike >> >>OpenWrt: http://wiki.openwrt.org/FrontPage >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFDrCBdi5PWRMgthfERAmEqAJ9PRi6apq32NNX2720sheDVRnXzIgCcDOFm > /hSLn2WAqswfmZwedo7pWnk= > =WfWm > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- Emacs would be a far better OS if it shipped with a halfway-decent text editor. --Anonymous

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Re: [Wlug] Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor
by Mims Research 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Sorry, I don't know what a Linux ditro is. Yes, I am looking for a reliable vendor that offers laptops with Linux pre-installed. Any advice on the desktop program, i.e. which is better? Lindows? Red Hat? Linspire? and all the others out there? At the moment, I'm using Open Office, Thunderbird and Firefox on an old 98SE Dell Inspiron 3500, still ticking after all these years but slow. Additionally, down the road I will be researching video capture and editing suites (open source or otherwise) suitable for a Linux environment, but for now I'll be happy with the basics--an office suite, email and browsing. My bottom line is migrating from dependency on proprietary operating systems, versatility and reliability. Thanks! Marie mimsresearch(a)gmail.com > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:23:00 -0500 >From: Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Wlug] Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor >To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >Message-ID: > <2759cf860512170723g6a694243r811a5eccd4f653fc(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >Are you asking about a linux ditro that's well suited to a laptop or a >laptop vendor that offers laptops with linux pre-installed? > >-Jared > >On 12/17/05, Mims Research <mimsresearch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>Hello, >> >>I'm very new to Linux and I'm not a technical person. But I've learned >>enough about Linux to know it rocks (thanks Bob!) and to know I want a >>new Linux laptop. Can anyone recommend a reliable vendor? Replies off >>list are welcomed. >> >>Thanks! >>Marie >>mimsresearch(a)gmail.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 > > >End of Wlug Digest, Vol 26, Issue 10 >************************************ > > >

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Setting up LDAP server?
by Tom Misilo 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Hey, I was wondering if anybody had a nice easy tutorial for setting up an ldap server so i can store my address book and calendar and access it with kontact/outlook/ and other software Thanks, Tom -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL Jabber:tmisilo@jabber.org

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Anybody use a linksys wpc54gx?
by Tom Misilo 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Does anybody use a wpc54gx under suse 10 or 9.3? and have it detected automatically in yast? or do I have to use ndiswrapper Thanks, Tom -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL Jabber:tmisilo@jabber.org

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Somewhat Off-topic - vpsland.com
by Adam Keck 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Hello All, I am thinking about web/ssh/etc. hosting with vpsland.com. They host via Xen virtual machines. Has anyone had any experience with them? Does anyone use them currently? Does anything about them look fishy? Thanks, - Adam

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Re: [Wlug] Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor
by howard＠howardwhite.net 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

> >I'm very new to Linux and I'm not a technical person. But I've learned >enough about Linux to know it rocks (thanks Bob!) and to know I want a >new Linux laptop. Can anyone recommend a reliable vendor? Replies off >list are welcomed. > >Thanks! >Marie Ihave just (Thursday) picked up my new Linux laptop from PCs forEveryone in Cambridge.. I bought my Linux desktop from them in April.Good quality, essentially custom made. I have SuSe Pro 10 on mine. They are at PCSFOREVERYONE.com, I think, and they're right near the Cambridgeside Galleria. HW

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Re: [Wlug] Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor
by Mike 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Marie, I constantly see http://www.emperorlinux.com/ in the Linux magazines that I frequently read, however I can't say I've ever bought one from them. Emperor offers a variety of "distros" including my favorite "Ubuntu". Their prices seem a bit high, but might make a good point of reference at the least. Being strapped for cash myself I decided to get a used laptop on Ebay and trust my luck. For just a few bills I got a Compaq Armada M700 (which I am writing this email on right now). It's processor is only a P3 @ 1GHz, but I appreciate it more and more everyday. Ubuntu Linux installed flawlessly on it and I even got a Belkin 802.11b/g wifi card working without a hitch. Hope this helps, Mike <quote who="Mims Research"> > Hello, > > I'm very new to Linux and I'm not a technical person. But I've learned > enough about Linux to know it rocks (thanks Bob!) and to know I want a > new Linux laptop. Can anyone recommend a reliable vendor? Replies off > list are welcomed. > > Thanks! > Marie > mimsresearch(a)gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Emacs would be a far better OS if it shipped with a halfway-decent text editor. --Anonymous

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openVPN??
by Ken Jones 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Have any of us implemented SSL VPN client-to-network tunneling using a Linux openvpn server? I am trying to create a plan for implementing SSL VPN access to a city school district. Ken Jones

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Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 26, Issue 12
by guest 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

I can get you a refurbed Thinkpad T20 series (P3 700 - 1000) with Fedora Core 3 (for example) loaded for about $350 to $450. You request the hw/os config you need. Or if you want to put it together yourself on an auction-purchased unit, you may be able to get it for less. Please contact me off-list if you are interested. Louis Rouleau temljrmjrlmr(a)comcast.net wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: >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. Re: Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor (Mike) > 2. Re: Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor (Michael Long) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:29:12 -0500 (EST) >From: "Mike" <mwp(a)sdf.lonestar.org> >Subject: Re: [Wlug] Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >Message-ID: > <52446.66.30.144.252.1134926952.squirrel(a)webmail.bitbistro.org> >Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > >Marie, >I constantly see http://www.emperorlinux.com/ in the Linux magazines that >I frequently read, however I can't say I've ever bought one from them. >Emperor offers a variety of "distros" including my favorite "Ubuntu". > >Their prices seem a bit high, but might make a good point of reference at >the least. > >Being strapped for cash myself I decided to get a used laptop on Ebay and >trust my luck. For just a few bills I got a Compaq Armada M700 (which I am >writing this email on right now). It's processor is only a P3 @ 1GHz, but >I appreciate it more and more everyday. Ubuntu Linux installed flawlessly >on it and I even got a Belkin 802.11b/g wifi card working without a hitch. > >Hope this helps, >Mike > > ><quote who="Mims Research"> > > >>Hello, >> >>I'm very new to Linux and I'm not a technical person. But I've learned >>enough about Linux to know it rocks (thanks Bob!) and to know I want a >>new Linux laptop. Can anyone recommend a reliable vendor? Replies off >>list are welcomed. >> >>Thanks! >>Marie >>mimsresearch(a)gmail.com >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> > > >

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DNS/MX Question
by Michael Zarozinski 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Hi all, I'm new at this Linux thing and have a few questions about some servers I'm setting up. We have 2 dedicated servers which we have complete control over. One server is our production server (I'll call this server 'P') used to host our online games (AllinPlay.com) the other is for development, testing, email, etc (I'll call this server 'D'). These are physically seperate machines. Here's how I'd like to set them up: * Server 'P' is only used for hosting the games. It has the FQDN "AllinPlay.com" * Server 'D' only has an IP (no FQDN). - I'd like 'D' to be accessable via a subdomain such as: devel.allinplay.com - I'd like 'D' to handle all the mail for the allinplay.com domain. Users will get the mail from 'D' via a client such as Thunderbird So my confustion comes in as to how to set the DNS/MX/A/AAA records. If anyone can shed some light on this I'd be very greatful! Thanx! Michael Z

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Re: [Wlug] Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor
by howard＠howardwhite.net 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

>Sorry, I don't know what a Linux ditro is. Yes, I am looking for a >reliable vendor that offers laptops with Linux pre-installed. Any advice >on the desktop program, i.e. which is better? Lindows? Red Hat? >Linspire? and all the others out there? Sorry; I both mistyped and used a slang term. A *distro* is a distribution, in this case of an operating system variant. I use SuSe Linux Pro, which my vendor installed for its price of ~$60. >Additionally, down the road I >will be researching video capture and editing suites (open source or >otherwise) suitable for a Linux environment, I know of only one, MainActor, which has a price and which I've never been able to get working very well. > but for now I'll be happy >with the basics--an office suite, email and browsing. SuSe as installed comes with OpenOffice, at least as good as Microsqush office. It also includes Firefox browser. HW

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Linux & memory sticks
by Bill Mills-Curran 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

I have a hinted that a memory stick would be a nice stocking stuffer this year. Any recommendations for a 1 GB stick for use (mostly) on linux? Can I format a FAT partition for Windows use, too? Thanks, Bill

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Reliable Linux Laptop Vendor
by Mims Research 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Hello, I'm very new to Linux and I'm not a technical person. But I've learned enough about Linux to know it rocks (thanks Bob!) and to know I want a new Linux laptop. Can anyone recommend a reliable vendor? Replies off list are welcomed. Thanks! Marie mimsresearch(a)gmail.com

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logging level in syslog
by Gregory Avedissian 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

How do I increase the amount of information that gets logged in /var/log/messages in suse 9.3? From what I can gather, I need to edit /etc/sysconfig-ng/sysconfig-ng.conf.in. Is it just a matter of changing this line - filter f_warn { level(warn, err, crit) and not filter(f_iptables); }; To this? filter f_warn { level(debug, info, notice, warn, err, crit) and not filter(f_iptables); }; Or would I edit /etc/sysconfig/syslog? # Default loglevel for klogd # KERNEL_LOGLEVEL=1 If so, what number should replace "1"? Or something else? The reason I want to do this is to help a friend diagnose a problem with lockups. Sometimes one program locks up, and sometimes the whole computer locks up, and the reset button is the only way out. It happens when she gets a lot of stuff running (e.g. several firefox tabs, several gedit tabs, konqueror, and gimp-with many edits on the same file.) There's nothing useful in the system log right before this happens. Thanks, Greg

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Success, almost, with GNOME
by Ken Jones 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

Per the suggestion of Chuck Anderson I logged in under a new account. GNOME desktop worked just as it should. So I removed all of the /home/kjones/.gconf directory and logged in again as myself. Still it did not work correctly. In particular the right click on empty space did not work. I did a "diff -r" on the two (now default versions I suppose) .gconf directories. They seemed the same save for unique identifiers. Where do I look to find the differences? One other question. The Applications launcher on GNOME does not contain the LOG OUT feature. I know the command "shutdown", but I can not find a command to Log Out. Is there one? What is it? Ken Jones

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Re: Success, almost, with GNOME
by Ken Jones 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Thanks everyone. I am a KDE fan also. I went to GNOME as an experiment. I have a memory leak problem with CORE 3 such that every week or so I need to reboot. (soxview shows SWAP free space slowly getting smaller and smaller) It turned out that this behavior is independent of windows manager. A question. Whom do I contact at Red Hat to propose that they help the Fitchburg Public School District migrate to LINUX server based "best office practices"? Ken Jones

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RE: [Wlug] Success, almost, with GNOME
by Keller, Tim 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Personally, I've moved away from gnome and I've been using xfce and I've never been happier. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Jared Greenwald Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:54 AM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Success, almost, with GNOME On 12/15/05, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer(a)redhat.com> wrote: > ==> Regarding Re: [Wlug] Success, almost, with GNOME; Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> adds: > > greenwaldjared> What about .gnome or .gnome2 directories? There's always > greenwaldjared> restarting the X server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (that's > greenwaldjared> backspace, not delete). > > greenwaldjared> Not to start a flame war, but my personal recommendation > greenwaldjared> would be to switch to KDE, but I'm rather biased. KDE 3.5 > greenwaldjared> is really good. :) > > You're not alone in that recommendation. ;) > > http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2005-December/000390. html I saw that the other day, but didn't want to drop the obvious "endorsed by..." tag line... :) _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Links from tonights meeting
by Frank Sweetser 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Some of the links that were mentioned in tonights rambling meeting: isc.sans.org Internet Storm Center. A bunch of internet security professionals publishing a diary about major trends in online security. www.thedailywtf.com The Daily "What The F**k?" A programmer oriented blog of "Curious Perversions in Information Technology". -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

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Reminder: Meeting Wed 14-dec-05 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, Our next meeting is coming up really soon - this Wednesday, Dec 14, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room at WPI (lower level of Morgan Hall). I don't have any defined topic for the meeting, so I'm open to any ideas you might have. I have some flyers from Addison-Wesley & Prentice Hall which are for a 40% (yes, forty percent) discount on books purchased online prior to January 10, 2006. They will be available at this meeting. Also, I'll bring the following books for the zero cost raffle: Linux, Debugging and Performance Tuning Author: Steve Best Prentice Hall Apache Derby - Off to the Races Includes Details of IBM Cloudscape Authors: Paul C. Zikopoulos, Dan Scott, George Baklarz IBM Press That's about it - I look forward to seeing 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 iD8DBQFDnkIzHl0iXDssISsRAiR8AJ9D/L0X/Iak0TLPTt0dnA6Hgg288ACeMYdn zWNMvvBXjO7C9Cq6zSuPNH0= =enyh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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getting that cpu to sleep ...
by brad 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

greetings, I have a question for those linux programmers out there. i'm writing a program on linux (kubuntu to be specific) that requires high-precision timing, somewhere on the order of 100 to 1000 micro seconds. I get very good timing out of a loop written such that a while() loop checks the system clock after every iteration and comparing that to the desired wait time, like so (pseudo_code): while(time_passed < wait_time) { time_passed = get_time() } ... The problem with this approach is that the process uses 99% of the CPU since it just spins the CPU until enough time has expired. My question: is there a way on linux (in C) to have the CPU sleep or send it a no-op such that it's not just eating up cycles until time expires? I have looked at nanosleep and usleep, however they appear to only have precision to 10ms which too latent for my needs. Thanks, --Brad

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Problem with gnome, Fedora core 3
by Ken Jones 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Gentlemen and ladies, My Fedora Core 3 - which has been yum'd up to date - behaves strangely when using GNOME as the windows manager. The right click on blank desktop space does not work. The right click on a panel to make a new panel does not work. The result is that I can not set up any launching icons on my desktop. There is no unused space on my one (bottom) panel. The panel-disappear icon is missing. Any ideas what controls this behavior and ow I can fix it? On a different machine I have a Core4 system running GNOME perfectly. Ken Jones

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Wanted: used laptop power supply
by Andy Stewart 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, I'm looking for a used (functioning) laptop power supply. I won't be using it for a laptop. Input: 120VAC 60Hz (standard wall socket) Output: anywhere from 12 VDC - 48 VDC at about 2 amps I need about 24 watts, so the current goes up as V goes down 48 VDC @ 0.5 A, 24 VDC @ 1.0 A, 12 VDC @ 2.0 A, etc the barrel connector will look like this neg ---C. ---pos that pic won't look right, but it is neg on outside pos on the inside Please send email if you have one, and we can negotiate a price, trade, or whatever you'd like. Ideally, you could bring it to the upcoming WLUG meeting on Wednesday, Dec 14th. 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 iD8DBQFDmm/vHl0iXDssISsRAkEPAJ9FapCV+aOZmtS1wUT2VJ4/C14fCQCeI//x 9H6CbNJklxMzQbepGvSBpa0= =1Gi+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Grub problems after imaging drive
by Dick Goodman 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

I recently configured a RedHat 9 system with OpenVPN . The original configuration was done on an old junk box. This is a single boot w/grub system As of last week I knew nothing about grub; I now know marginally more. As it was working successfully, it was decided to build a new box for it. The hard drive was imaged with Ghost Corporate 8.x and restored onto the new drive. There are some known issues with 8.x and grub The grub screen comes up on booting the new box, but when selecting the (one) entry for RH9, after a short pause it comes back to the grub screen. I read the grub manual, and from the grub screen did c-command, then root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) quit The messages after setup did not look like error messages. The behavior is the same, although I see a message about stage 1.5 flicker by. I figured out how to look at the hard drive with Knoppix 3.8.2 Live CD and the partitions and contents look "ok", so it appears to just be a boot issue. How do I resolve this? What additional information do you need? Is there a better way to clone Linux drive -> Linux drive? Dick

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ftp in bash script
by Gregory Avedissian 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

I'm writing a bash script to download a logfile from a site, archive it, then upload the archive to the site. I want the script to stop if the file doesn't download correctly, and I think I've accomplished this. (i.e. it works right when I set it up to download a non-existent file.) Question: will ftp always return an error if the file is downloaded incorrectly or incompletely? This is important, because the last part of the script will replace the file on the ftp server with a blank file of the same name. I don't want to wipe out the original logfile if I don't have it all. (secondary question: Is there a way to pass the "delete" argument without using the interactive shell?) Here's what the first section of the script looks like. Third question: If I set this up to run as a cron job, what happens to my echo messages? Will they appear in /var/log/messages? #download logfile if ftp ftp://user:password@ftp.site.net/logfile.log; then echo echo "File has been downloaded" echo else echo "Download failed" exit fi Thanks, Greg

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SSH without passwords
by Mike Leo 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I remember someone talking about sharing keys between systems so you can ssh around at will without needing the password.... we are trying to do this, but are having a hard time. Anyone have a good doc (or willing to write one) about how to do this? Basically we are ssh-keygen -t (dsa/rsa) the keys, copy them to the "remote" servers ~/.ssh/ There are conflicting doc's at this point...some say you need an ssh-agent, some don't mention it. Some use passphrases, some don't. But if i have to enter an ssh passphrase everytime, why not just use the account password? Any advise would be helpful... thanks as always.. Mike

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SAMBA My Documents Redirection and Offile Available with out Roaming Profiles
by Matt Higgins 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Here is some back ground before the question: I'm currently running a SAMBA PDC 3.0.10 on FC3. Samba is backed by an LDAP server for account information ldapsam. User accounts were created with smb-ldap tools from IDEALX. I have fixed these scripts up a bit so they also add ldap attributes for OpenExchange. The PDC has a netlogon share with a nice Default Profile for users. Roaming profiles is turned on and all profile data is replicated to the server. All the clients are windows XP Pro. The problem is the profiles are quite large and we don't have the space to support many more users. We also have quite a few remote sites were replicating an entire profile is not practical. I have found that the most important data is in My Documents. Mail is stored on the IMAP server and contact and calendar in OpenExchange. I have read many howtos including nearly the entire Official Samba Howto. All of these documents describe folder redirection with respect to roaming profiles. I have also not found any documents that address the issue of making a redirected folder available off line such as the My Documents folder. I have looked at excluding Folders from the Roaming Profile so only the Personal folder a.k.a My Documents is "roamed" but that looks like a hack. Is it possible to disable roaming profiles and still distribute my nice Default User profile from netlogon? I am fairly sure this is possible just have not tried. Is it possible to disable roaming profiles and then redirect the My Documents folder to a share and make it available off line? This is common behavior for a win2k3 server. Is anyone doing this in production and can give me some pointers or point me to some documentation? Could these settings be made with .pol file or with a bat script running at logon? My I deal scenario is this. User logs in for the 1st time the Default User profile is loaded from the PDC, the My Documents folder is redirected to a share on the server, say there home dir, and that folder is available off line. -Matt

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Allowing users to start or stop a service
by Mike Leo 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Greetings and happy thanksgiving to all! Now, down to business... We have a set of users who need the power to stop/start their own particular service/daemon. I've tried granting user rights directly to the init script, but that doesn't work. I am looking into sudo, but am not sure it can be specific to only 1 service, and not all of them? let me know what ya'll think and THANKS!

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Unknown binary file
by Michael Long 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Hi all, As I was looking through my /usr/bin directory I came across a binary file "[". What is this? I am running Suse 9.3. Thanks, Mike

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OPENING - Sr/Prin Linux Drivers Eng
by John Spencer 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Our client in MA (Please no recent college graduates) has a long-term contract opening (6+ months) for a Sr/Prin Linux Drivers engineer as follows: Responsibilities: As a senior/prin. member of the core routing platform group you will be responsible for developing forwarding engine device drivers for next generation enterprise products. Drivers will be developed in C on a Linux platform running on MAC and Layer 1 & 2 chipsets. Required Skills & Experiences: * Strong device driver development experience in C/Linux environments * Solid Ethernet and Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocol experience * Experience with either MAC or other Layer 1 & 2 chipsets highly desired Please send your confidential resume to jspencer(a)optimaleng.com 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 <http://www.optimalengineering.com/>

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Is the list down?
by John Stoffel 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Test of the list, is it down for good?

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Job opportunity at Red Hat in Westford, MA
by Andy Stewart 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I was asked to forward this to the group by a representative from Red Hat. Please consult this URL if you have any interest in this position. Interested candidates can apply directly online. http://redhat.hrdpt.com/cgi-bin/a/highlightjob.cgi?jobid=665 === Brief Description: Quality Assurance Engineer Test a variety of software packages in our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution before they are distributed to customers. Responsibilities: * Test individual bug fixes and security updates to a wide variety of RHEL software packages in a fast paced environment. * Develop test cases and test plans for areas of ownership. * Write automated test cases. * Debug software problems and unresolved bugs. * Configure and install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. ...see the website for more info! === - -- 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 iD8DBQFDe97vHl0iXDssISsRAmR5AJ9WF9hxeAVNxLdXFDBJRfXlkb/x6gCcDojV 2kYh2IO0aUUNlF4Y1JdNLQc= =I6Dr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Fwd: NOV 2005 User Group update from Publisher Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall--- BOOKS UPDATE]
by Andy Stewart 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, This is the organization that donates books for us to review, and that you have been receiving during the raffles at the group meetings. Please note the 35% off offer if you order on one of their websites. Also, please note the URL for posting your book reviews. Later, Andy - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: NOV 2005 User Group update from Publisher Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall--- BOOKS UPDATE Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:34:26 -0500 From: Fox, Heather <Heather_Fox(a)prenhall.com> To: Fox, Heather <Heather_Fox(a)prenhall.com> Hello Esteemed LUG Leaders! *_NEWSFLASH!_**_ _* *_2005 _**_YEAR-END COUPON DISCOUNT Offer for Your Members!_* *__* Be sure your members are receiving 35% off list price when they purchase books directly from the Addison-Wesley/ Prentice Hall/IBM Press websites! Visit: *_www.awprofessional.com_ *or *_www.phptr.com_* * or www.ibmpressbooks.com <http://www.ibmpressbooks.com> * Select the book(s) of your choice and enter COUPON CODE "*usergroup*" at Checkout Step #3 (Payment Method) -- OFFER EXPIRES 12/31/05 - -- PLEASE NOTE--- If you'd like to receive a PDF version of this coupon flyer, to distribute to your members and/or if you'd like the Publisher to ship you flyer copies for distribution at your YEAR-END meetings, please let me know! *_LATEST BOOK SHIPMENT FOR YOUR LUG!_**_ --- NOVEMBER, 2005_* Your November, 2005 books shipment from Publisher Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall/IBM PRESS include these titles: 1) */"/**/Apache Derby -- Off to the Races: Includes Details of IBM Cloudscape", /*authored by Paul Zikopoulos, Dan Scott, and George Baklarz; www.ibmpressbooks.com/title/0131855255 <http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/title/0131855255> *Book Summary: Master Apache Derby: the only open source, pure Java(tm), fully transactional, small-footprint RDBMS* 2) */Linux® Debugging and Performance Tuning: Tips and Techniques/*, authored by Steve Best; www.phptr.com/title/0131492470 <http://www.phptr.com/title/0131492470> ((part of the new Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series, including the new book, "The Linux Kernel Primer: A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures", authored by Claudia Salzberg Rodriguez, Gordon Fischer, and Steven Smolski)) *Book Summary: Learn Linux debugging and optimization-at kernel and application levels-hands-on!* To read the full version of the press release announcing the new Prentice Hall OSS Development Series, read the press release here at Linux Weekly Net: http://lwn.net/Articles/156911/ BONUS BOOK--- YOU NEED TO TELL ME IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE A REVIEW COPY OF THIS BOOK: *** November Bonus Book: */Service-Oriented Architecture Compass: Business Value, Planning, and Enterprise Roadmap/*, authored by Norbert Bieberstein, Sanjay Bose, Marc Fiammante, Keith Jones, and Rawn Shah www.ibmpressbooks.com/title/0131870025 <http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/title/0131870025> *Book Summary: Maximize the business value and flexibility of your SOA deployment* _COMING DOWN THE PIKE......_ NEXT UP! IN DECEMBER, 2005---- Your group will receive a review copy of */Point & Click OpenOffice.org, /*authored by Robin "Roblimo" Miller *Book Summary:* *OpenOffice.org 2.0 made easy... /incredibly easy!/* http://www.phptr.com/title/0131879928 REVIEWS, REVIEWS Please encourage your LUG members to support their favorite books by submitting reviews of these November books-- or for any other books from previous mailings ((it's never too late!!))-- directly online at: www.awprofessional.com/review <http://www.awprofessional.com/review> OR www.phptr.com/review <http://www.phptr.com/review> OR www.ibmpressbooks.com/review <http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/review> <http://www.phptr.com/title/0131492470> _And/or, if your group hosts reviews on its own site or includes in your own listserv/newsletter, please send me the links! :}_ Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall/IBM Press is glad to be working with your User Group! Heather Fox ************************* Heather L. Fox,* *Senior Publicist & User Group Liaison * Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR & IBM Press* (phone) 201.236.7139; (FAX); 201.236.7123 heather.fox(a)pearsoned.com www.awprofessional.com; www.phptr.com *Street Address: ** *c/o Pearson Education, 1 Lake St., #3K17, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 07458 USA ****************************************************************************** *This email may contain confidential material.* *If you were not an intended recipient, * *please notify the sender and delete all copies.* *We may monitor email to and from our network.* ****************************************************************************** - -- 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 iD8DBQFDa+h1Hl0iXDssISsRAoYxAJ48UFuT3WoZhbBekKDbT7AX52poTQCeMgnV Sc38aqQMaE1VEkolCquIaQI= =uORW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Printing Photos - cropping in gimp 2.0
by John Stoffel 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hi All, Thanks for the input I recieved here, I've bought an Epson R300 color printer for making photos. Once I figured out that the debian package for libcupsys has the permissions borked for the files in /usr/lib/cups/backend so that they aren't executable, all is well. I've been happily browsing images in 'gqview', then loading them into gimp 2.0, then printing them. But I'm having issues with scaling images. I have to guess how/where to crop the images so that I can get the maximum amount of the picture onto the paper. It's a real pain, with lots of back and forth. Is there a tool out there, or a gimp plugin, which allows me to take a picture, select a paper size and gives me a template to crop/scale the image to fit that paper size nicely? Any hints on what tools/packages I should be looking at for this type of work? For example, I've got a picture of my nephew and son which I wanted to print out. I also wanted to zoom in a bit (or crop the image down to get closer to them) so that when it printed, I maximized the use of the 4x6 stock. A real pain in gimp 2.0, but since I'm just using the standard Debian install, maybe there is a plugin to help with this? Thanks, John

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Heavy load app for linux
by Mike Leo 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Anyone have a app that would put a heavy load on cpu and memory for burn in/testing for linux? I have one called "heavy load" for windows that pushes cpu/memory/disk drives as hard as they will go. We just had an odd server issue and HP replaced random parts till it went away. Before using it, i would like to run it through some tests. thanks mike

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code review / process flow tool?
by Bill Mills-Curran 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

My org at work would like to adopt some software tools to manage the code review/approval work cycle. A web-based interface is our first choice. We have both linux and windows web servers available. Any recommendations for existing tools? (We could write our own, but that seems like a waste of time.) Thanks, Bill

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System hang woes continue
by Andy Stewart 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, I think I somehow built the computer from Hell. Recall my dual Opteron box with SuSE 9.2 and 1 GB of memory. I removed every SATA device from my system, and now it doesn't hang as often, but it still hangs periodically. This time I got 10 days of uptime before it hung - a new world's record on this particular box. Strangely enough, I could demonstrate more uptime with the "old" SATA code than with libata - go figure. I am suspicious of the 2.6 kernel. We run dual Opteron servers at work with the 2.4 kernel series with no problems at all (on RedHat 7.3). I am wondering what would happen if I took SuSE 9.2 and replaced the 2.6 kernel with a 2.4 kernel. Am I asking for a heap of trouble? What specific issues would I encounter? I'm guessing that the kernel modules would be all fubar since I thought taht 2.4 and 2.6 did that quite differently. Perhaps I could bypass that with a monolithic kernel. I'm not sure what other problems I'd make for myself if I did this. Another thought - does somebody have a .config file for a Linux 2.6 kernel on an Opteron system that works really well? 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 iD8DBQFDYCguHl0iXDssISsRAuxmAJ9we3ey7BSPStkpVxgCyskVTThBvQCfYFjQ MD3q5MG1aecc81+ZY6KiZW4= =eBAh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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REMINDER: Upcoming WLUG meeting
by Andy Stewart 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, Its time again for a WLUG meeting! At this meeting, we will have Jeff Moyer as our guest speaker. Jeff joined WLUG in its early days and has managed to stay in touch ever since. Jeff is now employed by RedHat as a kernel developer. Jeff's talk is entitled "Hacking the Linux Automounter", and you can find more details of this talk on the WLUG website. Come on down - it promised to be a great meeting! I'll also have these raffle prizes: Peter van der Linden's Guide to Linux Takes the Mystery out of learning Linux Prentice Hall publisher Copyright 2006 (sic) Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL Author: Marc Wandschneider Prentice Hall publisher Copyright 2006 (sic) After this meeting, we'll go out for our usual pizza dinner at Tech Pizza on Highland Street. See ya 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 iD8DBQFDZYvBHl0iXDssISsRAmMUAKCEEksqFuGEVk34uJ5uHwpGGv9yGACeOJsV VoSlhuI+qRP3labR+nLxSxA= =oqk8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Need help: palm -> laptop
by Walt Sawyer 30 Oct '05

30 Oct '05

Hi all, I need some help! I bought a USB to Serial/parrallel adaptor (IBM 22P5298). Fedora 4 seems to see it in /proc/bus/usb/devices but when I try to hotsync my palm, no connection results. Anyone have an idea as to how to proceed? Thanks in advance! Walt Below is part of the output of more /proc/bus/usb/devices T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=07 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 9 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=067b ProdID=2303 Rev= 3.00 S: Manufacturer=Prolific Technology Inc. S: Product=USB-Serial Controller C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=pl2303 E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 10 Ivl=1ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=83(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms

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FW: the fix is in....
by Keller, Tim 26 Oct '05

26 Oct '05

I don't generally forward stuff to the list, but I thought that this is something that is of importance to those of use who live in the Commonwealth... Tim. -----Original Message----- From: discuss-bounces(a)blu.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@blu.org] On Behalf Of Bill Bogstad Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:12 AM To: discuss(a)blu.org Subject: the fix is in.... A Boston Globe article http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/10/25/galvin_att acks_software_proposal/ says that the Massachussetts Secretary of State William Galvin and a number of state senators are opposed to the idea of going to OpenDocument formats. You can contact Secreatary Galvin's office at cis(a)sec.state.ma.us if you have any thoughts on this matter. Check the article for other politicians you might want to contact as well. Bill Bogstad _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss(a)blu.org http://olduvai.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

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Re: Attach File(s) problem
by Ken Jones 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Thank you all!! re: mozilla-mail Attach File(s) hung up my Fedora 3 machine. The culprit was gamin as Chuck Anderson had suggested. 'yum info' told me that there is a more recent version for Fedora 3. 'yum upgrade' installed that more recent version. The problem seems to have disappeared. Ain't open source grande! Chuck, how did you know about gam_server? Ken Jones

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Andy I have a question...
by Ken Jones 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

I am embarrassed to admit that I do not know how to figure this out. I am having a problem with both mozilla-mail and evolution-mail mozilla-mail and evolution-mail both use the same process to "Attach file(s)". When I try to attach a file my Fedora Core 3 machine is toooo slow. It ties up the machine for minutes at a time. If I try to move the GUI is smears. "top" does not indicate lack of memory or lack of cpu cycles. I have not had any luck googling for others who have seen this before me. Do any of you WLUGers have a suggestion. My Fedora Core 4 works very quickly. Ken Jones

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Re: automounting
by Carlton C. Stedman II 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

> I'm interested in the automounter. I would be very nice to have my jumpdrive mount when I plug it in. Also, if anybody knows udev... I managed to just set up automounting on my gentoo box, via some udev rules, HAL, D-BUS and a neat little app called ivman. Ivman will detect when new devices are plugged in and create a new entry in fstab if there isn't already an acceptable one (it'll remove the entry when the device is not connected); it can also be set up to do some more interesting things, such as integration to say start up your burning program when a blank CD-R is put in, etc. Using some udev rules (this is a great reference http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html) isn't *that* hard. You can use the program udevinfo to find out information about your plugged in devices to write appropriate rules. For example, I have a rule to link the device to a node /dev/nikon for my nikon camera, whenever it is plugged in. Then, I have an entry in /etc/fstab to mount /dev/nikon at /media/nikon, and lvman takes care of that (detects when that node is linked, reads fstab and mounts appropriately - if I didn't have that entry in fstab it would create one to mount at like /media/usbdevice01 or something). It even (usually) unmounts the device without issue (figuring out why it doesn't always). Since the serial number for each device is specific, my rule just uses that, so it looks like: SYSFS{serial}="SERIAL OF MY NIKON", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="nikon" to link node /dev/nikon to my camera. I had to use mknod to create that node initially (just a simply character device, I believe, can't remember the major/minor numbers off the top of my head). Of course you need to make sure you have hotplug installed and enabled in your kernel, as well as usb_storage and the SCSI modules (needed for the usb-storage module to work, according to kernel documentation). -- Carlton C. Stedman II, sageman(a)wpi.edu "To iterate is human, to recurse, divine." -- L. Peter Deutch

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November talk topics
by Jeff Moyer 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I just recently got back from Germany, where I gave two talks at this year's Linux Kongress. One talk focuses on the state of the automounter, and the other discusses the netpoll API. You can find abstracts at the Linux Kongress website: http://www.linux-kongress.org/2005/abstracts.html If the group is interested in either of these, I'd be more than happy to present. I could also give a quick run-down of what the conference was like, who to go out drinking with, etc. Slides for these talks are available on my people page: http://people.redhat.com/jmoyer/index.html#presentations If there's no interest in these topics, it won't hurt my feelings. Honest. ;) - -Jeff -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFDWQN3H/inyh944bQRAvDWAKCjgzHar2HHSf2/hwlRcWMLp4rKmACfWpoR X0VUV6CwwRi6Hnd+L6jVMio= =D3Z8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Disabling eth0 upon bootup
by Cretella, Michael A 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

Hey all- I'm running ubuntu 5.10, and trying to understand how the linux bootup process works.. Right now upon bootup I'd like to change two things: Not ifup eth0 Configure wpa_supplicant to boot up with the right parameters in order to configure itself to the wireless network here. I think I figured out how to get the wpa_supplicant to work-- I just edited /etc/init.d/wpasupplicant and changed $OPTIONS to the arguments I need in order for it to work. For disabling eth0 on bootup, I could modify /etc/init.d/networking and change the command "ifup -a" to "ifup wlan0" to just boot up my wlan0 on bootup, but I feel there might be an easier way to do this... Hope you can help! -Mike --------------------------- Michael A Cretella Worcester Polytechnic Institute Electrical Computer Engineering '07 cretella(a)wpi.edu (203)610-3618

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DELL 720 printer shared on SAMBA??
by Ken Jones 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

I've unsuccessfully googled this problem. Maybe you folks know a solution. My wife received a freebie DEL 720 printer. It is really a relabeled Lexmark z600 type. By downloading a driver from Lexmark, I got the printer running on my FEDORA 4 machine. I want to share this printer using SAMBA. After installing the same driver on my FEDORA 3 machine its CUPS sees the remote printer and "installs" it. When I ask to print a test page it announces that it had sent the page. Nothing happens on the FEDORA 3 machine to which the printer is attached. It's CUPS says that nothing is in the printer's queue. Any ideas? Ken Jones

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RE: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"
by James Gray 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

If the Unix shell doesn't like it then try something else... You could try something like: bash-2.05b$ python >>>import os >>>os.unlink('--exclude') >>><Control-Z (just to exit python)> Assuming you have python installed. I think this should be installed by default on most Linux systems. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org on behalf of dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com Sent: Fri 10/14/2005 11:51 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude" No. Unix shells expands everything on the command line before running the program. So "rm *exclude" and "rm ??exclude" expand to "rm --exclude". The program cannot tell that the "--exclude" was expanded from wildcard values. Quoting Jim Dibb <jimdibb(a)gmail.com>: > Doesn't rm ??exclude, or rm *exclude work, if you only have the one file > with exclude in it? _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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deleting a file named "--exclude"
by Karl Hiramoto 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any ideas? # ls -la total 1648 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 642617 Sep 27 13:54 --exclude drwxr-xr-x 15 karl users 4096 Oct 13 20:16 . drwxr-xr-x 4 karl users 4096 Oct 11 18:17 .. drwxr-xr-x 7 karl users 4096 Sep 27 13:59 .svn # rm -i * rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' Try `rm --help' for more information. # rm -f "--exclude" rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' Try `rm --help' for more information. # rm -f \-\-exclude rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' Try `rm --help' for more information. -- -- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org>

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RE: [Wlug] Finding more detail defined settings.
by Keller, Tim 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

I went to Google and entered in "Explanation of tcpip settings in /proc" and this was the first hit I got back, which has what I think you are looking for... http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.kernel.obscure.html Tim. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Aramico Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:38 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Finding more detail defined settings. All, can u please help me here..... Where can I get more detail about the description and function for configuration files placed at /proc/sys/net/ipv4 the directory contents of these bellow listed files dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_echo_ignore_all -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_ratelimit -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_ratemask -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 igmp_max_memberships -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_gc_maxtime -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_gc_mintime -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_maxttl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_minttl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_threshold -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_autoconfig -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_conntrack_max -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_default_ttl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_dynaddr -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_forward -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ipfrag_high_thresh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ipfrag_low_thresh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ipfrag_time -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_local_port_range -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_nonlocal_bind -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_no_pmtu_disc dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 neigh dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 route -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_abort_on_overflow -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_adv_win_scale -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_app_win -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_dsack -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_ecn -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_fack -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_fin_timeout -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_keepalive_intvl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_keepalive_probes -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_keepalive_time -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_max_orphans -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_max_syn_backlog -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_max_tw_buckets -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_mem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_orphan_retries -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_reordering -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_retrans_collapse -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_retries1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_retries2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_rfc1337 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_rmem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_sack -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_stdurg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_synack_retries -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_syncookies -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_syn_retries -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_timestamps -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_tw_recycle -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_window_scaling -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_wmem thanks :) _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Power Supply Needed
by John Stoffel 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Hi all, Anyone have a Ilssan ISF 120SI compatible Power supply they'd be willing to sell me cheap? This is for an eMachines box that died in a lightning storm. It's for a couple with limited means and I just don't have any spares around the house at all. Specs for what I'm looking for: Input: 100-120VAC 3A Ouput: +3.3V +5V +12V -12V +%VSB 6A 14A 2A 0.3A 0.72A 120W It's a small power supply with a built in Fan that sticks out. More info (web pages for compatible ones) available on request. Thanks, John

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Seeking someone to install SuSE Linux
by Andy Stewart 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

-----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 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

-----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 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

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 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

-----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 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

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 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

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RE: Wlug Digest, Vol 23, Issue 14
by Cretella, Michael A 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

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 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

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 18 Sep '05

18 Sep '05

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 18 Sep '05

18 Sep '05

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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Temp job opening
by Mike Leo 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

wlug members, I work for a health care company in Wellesely Hills that may soon be looking for a temp linux/windows sys admin. I am not sure if this has been officially announced, so I make no promises, nor do I decide who gets hired, so don't look for favor's, nor be mad if this is false hope. I just wanted to extend the information to the team. However, if you are interested, we might by looking for someone with 3+ years linux support (RH) and a 6+ year windows background. we have 380+ Windows/Novell/linux servers, and the linux piece is growing faster and becoming business critical...thus the need for this person. Being the senior linux person here, I want to dedicate myself to linux, which will leave a gap in the windows support. This new role would be to fill in that windows gap, and support linux with me, bridging the gaps in both areas. This will be only a temp/contract position. Typically the contract is for 3 months, but all other contractors here stay until they find perminant rolls (here or elsewhere). There are also other factors that will be discussed if you make it to the interview process. If interested in submitting a resume, please email me at mleo963(a)yahoo.com and I will put your resume in with our recruiter. Thanks Mike

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Re: [Wlug] samba & symbolic links
by Karl Hiramoto 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Are you using Absolute links( ex /usr/share ) or Relative (ex ../../usr/share)? What apears as the link on the client? Does the link apear, or is it just a empty dir? Bill Mills-Curran wrote: >On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 01:14:04PM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote: > > >>On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 08:35:08AM -0400, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: >> >> >>>I have a linux server that's exporting a samba share at a >>>windows-dominant site. In a directory of the share, there's a >>>symbolic link to a different (non-shared) partition. (We had to move a directory due to space limitations.) Windows clients can mount the share and follow the symbolic link. My fedora-3 client can mount the share (smbmount), but cannot follow the link. I seem to remember that a RH 9 client would follow the link. >>> >>>Any idea what's going on? >>> >>> >>Not sure, but you can try CIFS instead of SMBFS: >> >>mount -t cifs -o user=<user/workgroup> //server/share /mnt/point >> >> > >Chuck, > >I tried it. It mounted, but the symbolic link behavior was the same. > >Thanks, >Bill >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > -- --- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> US VOIP: (1) 603.966.4448 Spain Casa (34) 951.273.347 Spain Mobil (34) 617.463.826 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto ------ - This is NOT a repeat. -- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> US VOIP: 603.966.4448 Spain Home from US 011(34) 952.859.417 Spain Home from EU 00 (34) 952.859.417 Spain Mobil 011 (34) 617.463.826 Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto

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LVM snapshot questions.
by Adam Keck 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hello All, I have several questions about LVM snapshots. o Are snapshots persistent across reboots? If not by default, can they be made to be persistent? o How many snapshots can I have at once? o Is there some in-depth documentation out there on just the snapshot aspects of LVM? I spent about an hour googling for this info, but couldn't find what I needed. Why am I interested in this? Last year I took advantage of one of those occasional Tiger Direct ( shameless plug ;) deals to get myself a 200GB drive for 50 bucks. I am using the drive to backup my machines. Right now I backup once a month by copying the user data from my iBook, my wife's iMac, and my Knoppix laptop to the drive. Each time it comes to about 15GB total. I am beginning to fill the drive, so I want to design a more efficient way of using it with OSS tools. My plan is this: o Acquire a cheap used PIII pc. Install the 200GB drive and Centos (for familiarity's sake, RHEL is one of the distros I use at work) o Make an LVM partition on the drive. o Designate half the drive to data and half the drive to snapshot space. o Rsync every machine weekly. Prior to each rsync, snapshot the drive. o Keep as many snapshots as will fit. Presumably this will be many more "full" backups that I can hold than by just copying stuff to the drive outright. I am downloading Centos right now to test this scheme. I thought I would ask while I wait for bit torrent. Has anyone tried something similar to this? -Adam

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samba & symbolic links
by Bill Mills-Curran 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

I have a linux server that's exporting a samba share at a windows-dominant site. In a directory of the share, there's a symbolic link to a different (non-shared) partition. (We had to move a directory due to space limitations.) Windows clients can mount the share and follow the symbolic link. My fedora-3 client can mount the share (smbmount), but cannot follow the link. I seem to remember that a RH 9 client would follow the link. Any idea what's going on? Thanks, Bill

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workspace selection by app?
by Bill Mills-Curran 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

Is there a way to have an application start in all gnome workspaces? For my particular need, I am using xmessage to inform me of specific events on my machine. To make it harder to lose track of the xmessage (pop-up) window, I'd like it to display in all my workspaces. I figure there's some magic setting in gconf (or, even better, an X display setting), but I can't find any documentation on it. Any ideas? Thanks, Bill

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books for sale
by Mike Leo 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

Does anyone have an interest in these books? $5 a piece and I can bring them to the next meeting. All proceeds to go directly to the wlug general fund. Let me know.... mike www.leotree.com/books

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Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 23, Issue 4
by joel d 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Hi, Based on one of our post-meeting pizza discussions last night I thought I would send an e-mail (something I do so rarely). Here is a site that has a good selection of WIFI gear (APs/amps/antennas). I have never ordered from them but they appear to have a good selection of radio gear. http://www.fab-corp.com/ A few ideas to remember: 1) A stronger omni directional antenna (greater db numbers) will improve both your transmit and receive and both are important for range for WIFI. 2) Directional antennas must be aimed at the other radio. You get more gain, but they are usually not the solution if you want to wander your house/deck/yard with the laptop. 3) Amplifiers have downsides; 1) another device to power 2) another device to fail later 3) a good one runs around $200 with both transmit amp and receive pre-amp. 4) Antennas are rated in decibels (db). Most antennas on access points are round 3db - 5db. In terms of signal strength an increase of 3db is a doubling of effective power (Ex 3db to 9db is roughtly 400% stronger). 5) The weakest link in WIFI is usually the card and particularly the internal antenna in the laptop on the far end. 6) You do not succeed unless both devices can both "transmit" and "receive" the other radio. 7) Selection of a feed cable for an external antenna is VERY important. At 2+ghz frequencies a long cable (>1 foot) or a poor quality cable will loose everything you are trying to gain with a better "numbers" antenna. >From a local computer AND radio geek, Joel Desrochers

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Reminder: Upcoming Meeting
by Andy Stewart 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, We have a WLUG meeting scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 15 at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room at WPI. I'm not sure of the topic, but if nothing better turns up, I'll start babbling about my most recent USB experience (which started unpleasantly but ultimately had a happy ending), and we can segue from there into whatever topic people wish to discuss. Bring your Linux problems and try to stump the audience. :-) I'll bring my iAudio G3 MP3/Ogg player since a couple of people said they wanted to see it. I had hoped to have it at the last meeting but it wasn't shipped to me in time. Naturally, we'll go out for pizza after the meeting. We can discuss the insanity of looting televisions during a flood crisis, the possibility of adding anti-DRM language to GPL v3, and whatever else we find interesting. See ya then! 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 iD8DBQFDHmZ4Hl0iXDssISsRAka9AJ9HkAi7ZYGZfg7JokWZFeuzWbGK/wCfeJ9D yEQ7aHTYE9/JB6zT4fJUl0I= =8ain -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SuSE dual frustration....
by Adam Keck 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Hello All, I am trying to install SuSE 9.3 on a dual dual-core Opteron system. I can boot into the installation kernel and do an installation, but when the system reboots it boots to a black screen with a ~2 inch horizontal green line in the upper left-hand corner. I am not sure where to start troubleshooting this, since I do not have much error output. The things I know so far: o Knoppix 3.9 boots fine and runs off CD. o SuSE 9.2's installation kernel boots to the same state. o My install of 9.3 was a basic "click next" install. o http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2005-July/013234.html indicates there may be some issue with the initrd, but does not say what the guy did. My impression is that I am not even getting that far, though. Any help/hints/direction would be much appreciated. Thanks very much! -Adam

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Linux Job opportunity
by Andy Stewart 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If interested, please send me email, and I'll send you the contact information. The job is located in Massachusetts near the intersection of Rt 3 and Rt 128. === LINUX Technical Lead: Job Functions: Serve as a technical lead responsible for bringup, test and development of LINUX operating systems on server platforms. Responsibilities of this role are to: * Define and execute on bring-up, test and development strategy for LINUX * Interact with internal and external teams to ensure that LINUX requirements are met * Identify technical risks within the project and plans to manage them * Root cause bugs and implement corrective actions * Provide input to management on project milestones and schedule * Give periodic technical status updates to management and engineering teams. Skills: * Experience with industry standard LINUX operating systems * Experience with X86 architecture * Project delivery experience * Strong leadership skills * Ability to effectively communicate with wide variety of functional teams (system hardware, system software, QA, operating systems, manufacturing test, field engineering) * Effective in lab bring-up environment * Ability to root cause hardware/software issues in the lab * Strong hardware and software skills 10+ years experience === - -- 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 iD8DBQFDGE/RHl0iXDssISsRAms0AJ94Ror2w0Vsr/Hh2yC2N1/Xcq15qACfco9s +N5grzVwMGmiUX6g4m4ZW1M= =4x/C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Speaking of interesting meetings...
by Andy Stewart 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ...what do you all propose for a topic for the Sept. 8 meeting? More importantly, does anybody want to do a presentation or lead the discussion? This month, I've been debugging USB problems on my server, and I think I may have made some progress on USB 1.x, but not on USB 2.x. I'm not sure if this is a meeting topic - howto get stuff to work on USB and how to debug it if it does not. Your thoughts? 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 iD8DBQFDFlGxHl0iXDssISsRAneXAJ0Rkqhwc9rkJ60lsWDUKA0UQdNGKQCeKwCG Ed27RqXttkP9STLCkoo2OQ0= =4xsk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 22, Issue 18
by Carlton C. Stedman II 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

Re: Bootable RAID system > I keep waffling back and forth between RAID1 (mirroring) and RAID5. > And I keep waffling between booting from RAID or not. Part of the > problem is that to boot off raid, you need to build a intrd image, and > since I do a bunch of kernel compiles and reboots all the time (say > once a week or so...) I've been a bit leary of all that. I've done software RAID (RAID0 and RAID5) for a long time and never had to use an initrd image. Just have a 100 MB boot partition on one drive, and set root=/dev/md0 in grub. This is with two 60GB WD HD's and one 80 GB (which has the bootable 100 MB partition). If you RAID it all, well, guess you need an initrd (please correct me if I'm wrong). As far as RAID1 and RAID5, isn't RAID5 strictly better, if you have the HD's? I mean, just lose 1/3 of the storage for total mirroring and you have to lose 2 HD's to lose your data. Why would someone choose RAID1 over RAID5 (just curious)? I did have a RAID5 system set up, but decided to change it over to RAID0 and use an external Maxtor drive for backup (just simple rsync). > Now that would be a good meeting some evening, talking about and > showing how to setup a bootable RAID system for the OS and how to > upgrade your kernel easily and automatically. Personally, I feel if you compile a couple of kernels it really becomes old hat, I mean, once you know how to do it it's no big deal. Same with RAID systems. But that would be an interesting meeting, nonetheless. > Let me rephrase your reasoning: You don't want to use an initrd because > you aren't familiar with the process. Just because you do a lot of kernel > builds/reboots (and your definition of a lot is my definition of very few, > here), that is no reason not to use an initrd. I've never had a problem and found I needed initrd to get something to work. What are the benefits of using it? - Carlton

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RE: [Wlug] PCI IDE card?
by Keller, Tim 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Sounds like either a promise or a 3ware card... -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Mike Frysinger Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:05 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] PCI IDE card? On Tuesday 30 August 2005 01:57 pm, Tim Trachimowicz wrote: > I've got a couple of flavors on Linux running on my machine and I'm > looking to add another HD to the system to get another couple of distros > running. If you're like me, you've probably got boxes of random > computer parts sitting around your desk/office "waiting" to be put to > good use... The one thing I >>don't<< have is a PCI card that'll add an > extra IDE channel. Does anyone have an old one they'd part with? I'd > gladly pay for it but donations are also accepted. :) I'm in > Worcester/Framingham and can easily pick it up... Thanks! actually i have a 66mhz card i was using in a raid, but i dont need it anymore since ive dismantled said raid, so you're welcome to it i forget exactly what it is, but linux-2.4 and linux-2.6 have drivers for it and they seemed pretty solid -mike _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Sun co-processor card for sale...
by Adam Keck 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Hello All, I have a SunPCi II (model #: X2131A) board with memory and Sun PCi II 2.2.1 software for 20.00. I can bring it to next week's meeting, if anyone is interested. From http://www.mmayer.net/sunpci/sunpcii.html: * Processor: Intel Celeron * Clock: 600 MHz * Memory: 64 MB (max. 512 MB) * Part Number: X2131A (#375-0131) * Software Version: 2.2.1 * Supported Machines: Sun Ultra and Blade Workstations (Ultra 5, 10, 30, 60, 80, or 450; Sun Blade 100, or 1000) * Supported Guest OSes: DOS and Windows 3.11, Windows 9x, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional * Solaris Versions: 2.6 and above I thought I would see if I could get Linux to run on it when I bought it, but between school and work I haven't had time... -Adam

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SR Solaris position
by Ritacco, Alan 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

All, I have posted in the past here (successfully once) regarding job opening(s) at UMASS Medical School in Worcester MA. A SR Unix (Solaris) Admin position is now open and is accepting resumes. Thanks Al

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Re: [Wlug] Stream rippers
by Clint Moyer 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

You can use mplayer. There was an article on it in the last Linux Journal. > > From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > Date: 2005/08/29 Mon AM 01:09:45 EDT > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: [Wlug] Stream rippers > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > HI gang, > > Does anybody have a favorite stream ripper that they'd like to recommend? > > FYI, a stream ripper (as I've very recently learned) is a program which > "listens" to a streaming audio broadcast and saves that information on > your hard drive. Streaming audio broadcasts are available on > shoutcast.com and icecast.org, and probably many other places. > > I'm using a program called 'streamripper' (strangely enough) which I > found at http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/. I'm wondering what > others might be using. It has a feature where songs can be saved as > individual .mp3 (or .ogg) files, or the whole stream can be saved in one > file. I've downloaded these songs into my portable MP3 player for later > enjoyment. > > There seems to be some controversy about the use of such programs. > Frankly, I don't see it as any different than holding a microphone in > front of the radio. Granted, the quality is much better with a ripper. > > Prior to learning something about stream rippers, I had been using the > Ogg encoder output feature of xmms while xmms was "tuned" to a streaming > audio broadcast. As I understand it, this involves taking the stream > source (an MP3 stream generally) and re-encoding it into the Ogg format, > which technically involves a loss of quality (can I hear it? I'm not > sure...). > > 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 > > iD8DBQFDEpiZHl0iXDssISsRAugEAJ9sXsJT2J56YFD+h5SGQJE8EhW15ACcDa2M > WYtthInJlx1HOEV9P6IfvHc= > =0/fb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Stream rippers
by Andy Stewart 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, Does anybody have a favorite stream ripper that they'd like to recommend? FYI, a stream ripper (as I've very recently learned) is a program which "listens" to a streaming audio broadcast and saves that information on your hard drive. Streaming audio broadcasts are available on shoutcast.com and icecast.org, and probably many other places. I'm using a program called 'streamripper' (strangely enough) which I found at http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/. I'm wondering what others might be using. It has a feature where songs can be saved as individual .mp3 (or .ogg) files, or the whole stream can be saved in one file. I've downloaded these songs into my portable MP3 player for later enjoyment. There seems to be some controversy about the use of such programs. Frankly, I don't see it as any different than holding a microphone in front of the radio. Granted, the quality is much better with a ripper. Prior to learning something about stream rippers, I had been using the Ogg encoder output feature of xmms while xmms was "tuned" to a streaming audio broadcast. As I understand it, this involves taking the stream source (an MP3 stream generally) and re-encoding it into the Ogg format, which technically involves a loss of quality (can I hear it? I'm not sure...). 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 iD8DBQFDEpiZHl0iXDssISsRAugEAJ9sXsJT2J56YFD+h5SGQJE8EhW15ACcDa2M WYtthInJlx1HOEV9P6IfvHc= =0/fb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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report from KDE confrence in Malaga
by Karl Hiramoto 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

I'm at the KDE conference: http://conference2005.kde.org/ Saw a good presentation this morning on a groupware (exchange replacement) software: http://kolab.org/ It works with kontact, outlook plugin, and web interface. Then saw a kde power users talk where i saw some cool stuff. for example. in konquerer to open a sftp like session where you can drag and drop files in the URL go to: fish://sshserver For viewing the ls man pages in konquerer for example: man:/ls Gota go now, leaving the conference to go to a friends wedding... -- -- Karl Hiramoto US VOIP: (+1) 603.966.4448 Spain Casa (+34)951.273.347 Spain Mobil (+34) 617.463.826 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto

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Manuals for Monitors
by Tom Misilo 26 Aug '05

26 Aug '05

Hi, I was wondering if anybody knew where to get a manual for a Mag Innovision DX15F monitor. As I need to find out the Hz and Refresh rates so I can use nVidia's TwinView Thanks, Tom -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL MSN:tmisilo@gmail.com Jabber:tmisilo@jabber.org Skype: tmisilo

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[Fwd: Attention LUG President, Officer or Represenative]
by Andy Stewart 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Attention LUG President, Officer or Represenative Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:55:05 -0400 From: mike <mike(a)bcpub.com> To: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Hello, Andy, We are a group of developers (also members of the Athens Area LUG) who have started a business called TuxDelux.com, which sells t-shirts with Tux the Penguin on them. We want to reach as many Linux Users as possible, and as such, we are interested in reaching out your members. We want to abide by your LUG's policies and procedures on soliciting to members. If you have specific policies and procedures regarding solicitaion, please let us know the steps we need to take in order to reach your members. Thank you for your time and consideration. Michael McSteen Bryan Dumm TuxDelux.com - ------------------------------------------------ btw- if you were wondering, we are starting this project to have some fun as well as help support our development project (http://projectamin.org) If you are interested in learning more about Project AMIN or xml administration we would be willing to present some of our ideas to your group, provided its not too far away or too cost prohibitive :) another btw- if you simply want to share information about TuxDelux.com with your members, below is a copy of our press release. If you have any questions and/or policies and procedures, please contact me at: support(a)tuxdelux.com or mike(a)bcpub.com Thanks again! - ------------------------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tux Delux LLC c/o Michael McSteen 175 Second Street Athens, Ohio 45701 support(a)tuxdelux.com Announcing a New Online Store for Tux T-shirts Still waiting to get that fabulous Tux t-shirt? Wait no more. Now you can get a Tux T-shirt and help out the Linux community! Introducing TuxDelux (http://tuxdelux.com) a new online store solely devoted to marketing and promoting Tux the Penguin. The brainchild of two Linux enthusiasts, Bryan Dumm and Michael McSteen, TuxDelux is an effort to increase public awareness of Linux by shamelessly marketing and promoting Tux the Penguin, the adopted mascot of the Linux community. "We don't see Tux as much as we should. We don't see it on the street, in the stores or in any media." said Dumm. "We want to change that." The two originally thought of the idea for Tux Delux while attending a recent conference. They saw a lot of logos and icons promoting individual software programs and corporations, but nothing promoting the Linux. "Mike and I always talk about the need for 'Place' (one of the four P's of marketing) for Linux. The same holds true for 'Promotion'," Dumm explained. Both Dumm and McSteen think one of the best ways to introduce the public to Linux is by introducing them to Tux the Penguin. They hope that the more the Linux community promotes Tux, the more the general public will be curious about Linux. "We want people to ask, 'hey, what's up with the penguin?' We want to peak people's curiosity about Tux and Linux," McSteen stated. "We think Tux is a fantastic image and that the Linux community needs to rally around him to market and promote Linux," Dumm added. Tuxdelux.com currently offers eight different Tux designs, including the original. The company plans to introduce several new designs over the next couple of months. Visit tuxdelux.com to find out more. If you have any questions, please contact Michael McSteen at: support(a)tuxdelux.com ### - -- 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 iD8DBQFDDO23Hl0iXDssISsRArLPAJ9Q4xYWMQ8Iyx6+49N+No8g5Q2NDgCbBfwP ylGq1ngY0AdhK6FP3Eyxsck= =D7Lq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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playing (movie) DVD's?
by Bill Mills-Curran 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

What application do you use for playing movie DVD's on linux. I'm running fc3. Thanks, Bill

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MythTV vs. Tivo
by Marc Hughes 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

So I've been thinking about picking up a PVR card and turning an old machine I have lying around into a MythTV box to replace my tivo to get rid of that nasty monthly fee. Does anyone have any comments on the comparisons between the two? Will I miss my tivo? Does mythtv have equivelant options for season passes or recommentations? Thanks, -Marc

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MythTV questions...
by Bill Smith 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I know that I could get some answers from the MythTV website, but I'm looking for some opinions, since others have been talking about the Tivo/MythTV stuff... I've got a Matrox Mystique and Rainbow Runner card (it's a little "old, I think) that I have been thinking about using to make a MythTV-ish system. (The Rainbow Runner is an add-on TV tuner card for the Mystique.) Given that I'm not expecting spectacular results with something like that (I mostly want to play with it), what sort of base system should I use it in? (CPU speed, Drive capacity, RAM?) Any suggestions are welcome. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC/V+Iz+l4y7Xx77MRAnkWAKCQt+gLgbbY+NaLGxs2GotJoXdMdACdFhYb gmf8SBL6Cp1Dcv4c5Q4rklk= =jahA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Sorry for the dup, playing w/mutt settings
by Jeff Kinz 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Sorry for the dup, playing w/mutt settings -- speech recognition software was used in the composition of this e-mail Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. Â¡Ya no mas!

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Its Meeting time !
by Andy Stewart 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, Time flies, especially in the summer. I can't believe its already time for another WLUG meeting. Our meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 10th at 7:00 PM. What will we discuss this month? I was hoping somebody had an iRivier or iPod MP3 player with the Linux software working that would bring it to the meeting to demo it, but so far, nobody has volunteered. (iRiver, iPod, iAudio, for what does the 'i' stand - individual??). One possible area of interest is directory services (LDAP). I don't think we've ever had a talk on that subject. Its my understanding that LDAP is good for more than just creating a giant list of email addresses for an organization. Another possible idea would be a talk about databases. What are the differences between MySQL and PostgreSQL - are they technical or is this a religious war? OK, I've tossed out a few ideas, but to make it work, we need a volunteer. Please send me email if you are interested in leading the discussion on either these proposed topics or something else of interest to the group. See ya 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 iD8DBQFC9KiSHl0iXDssISsRAiVFAJwNeAujY0DpolNA2rUYQceKHR4hKwCfYZd6 hAIXR4wrRQM2YCrmuk0K6hk= =WiLv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Fwd: Linux Jobs @ Google...]
by Andy Stewart 05 Aug '05

05 Aug '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Forwarded at the request of Jeff Polo - please respond directly to him if you have interest in any of these job opportunities. Later, Andy - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Linux Jobs @ Google... Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:00:41 -0700 From: Jeff Polo <jpolo(a)google.com> To: <wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org> CC: <fs(a)wpi.edu>, <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Hello, My name is Jeff Polo, and I'm a recruiter with Google. We're currently searching for Linux systems experts with strong scripting/coding skills and some networking experience for a number of great opportunities within our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. Our SRE's are involved in all aspects of running Google's services, from design to debug, and from architecture to applications. Google is looking for the best in engineering talent, and I'm sure a number of your members have the skills that match up with some of our openings. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to post a couple of jobs to your WLUG site, an appropriate mailing list, or otherwise let your members know about these great opportunities at Google. If so, I've pasted a couple of representative job descriptions below. If there is a way/forum for me to do this myself, please let me know. If it's not possible, I completely understand, and realize that some technical forums choose not to advertise job opportunities. If you're able to distribute this information to your members, be assured that these are real and excellent opportunities, and that I will respond to all that apply to my email address. We have openings in Kirkland, WA, as well as in our other development offices in Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Dublin, Ireland; and Zurich, Switzerland Please feel free to call or email with any questions, and thanks in advance for your consideration and time. Jeff Polo Google Staffing Office: 650-623-4767 jpolo(a)google.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Senior Systems Administrator/Architect, Google.com (SRE) Positions available in Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Kirkland, WA; Zurich, Switzerland; and in our European Operations HQ in Dublin, Ireland. Are you a detail-oriented systems professional, seasoned Unix jockey, Internet services architect, database whiz, performance analyst, or software engineer, at the top of your game? Looking for the next cool problem to solve, in a fast-paced and engineering-driven environment? Can you write a script or application that performs practically the entire job you once held earlier in your career? Does your idea of a good time involve taking things apart just to see how they work? Are you successful putting them back together when you're done? Can you help achieve increased Availability, Reliability, Uptime, and Quality? (for our systems and services, naturally) If you answered "Yes" to more than three of the above questions, you may have what it takes. Keep reading. Google.com Engineers are involved in all aspects of running our site. From design to debug, from architecture to applications, Google.com engineers spend their time troubleshooting problems in large-scale clustered application service environments, and focus on making continual improvements to our services. Working for Google.com, you will wear many hats: performance analyst, service architect, system/database administrator, capacity planner, tools developer, monitoring expert, and technical evangelist, for all components of Google.com's services. This position requires a passion for problem solving, deep understanding of networks, operating systems, multi-tiered Internet services, and the ability to learn new applications and concepts quickly. Strong scripting skills are essential. Requirements: 3+ years experience in Unix or Linux Systems Administrator. Experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment. Strong understanding of networking; understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level. Skilled in leading projects, especially in deploying live end-user systems. Proven technical troubleshooting experience. Database administration experience a plus. Programming or debugging of web applications running under Java VM. In-depth knowledge of Linux, networking, and shell scripting. Knowledge of Python programming a plus. Experience with MySQL a plus. Programming and troubleshooting skills in C/C++ and/or Java a plus. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline. For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to jpolo(a)google.com. Important: The subject field of your email must include Senior Systems Administrator/Architect, Google.com (SRE) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, Google.com (SRE) Positions available in Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Kirkland, WA; Zurich, Switzerland; and in our European Operations HQ in Dublin, Ireland. Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe you've been coding for years, are bored with the old design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering UNIX clusters. We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this mission critical environment. All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the process. Qualifications: Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++, Java, Perl, Python. Senior Level experience with Unix system administration. Strong understanding of networking; understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level. Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user systems. In-depth knowledge of Unix (preferably Linux), and shell scripting. Proven technical troubleshooting experience. Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong sense of urgency. Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. 6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, or 3-8 years experience for SWE position. BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience. For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume jpolo(a)google.com. Important: The subject field of your email must include Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, Google.com (SRE) - -- 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 iD8DBQFC3uPWHl0iXDssISsRApoZAKCFM90GjptxEWkJ+HcTGgdBz155ywCfd+Av Twtek2hmubn1uSWXZxewmUs= =tlcM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Portable MP3 (and ogg) players and Linux
by Andy Stewart 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, I'm starting to investigate the purchase of a new toy - a portable music player. My preferences would be: - - flash, not hard drive, based - - standard batteries (AA,AAA, etc) - - works reasonably well with Linux - - plays ogg (nice but not necessary - aren't the files smaller than mp3) - - plays mp3 I currently have a perfectly functional RioVolt 250 and my only complaint is that it is quite bulky relative to what is available today. I was considering some of the offerings by iRiver, as there seems to be some support by the Linux community. Does anybody own an iRiver flash based player, and what is your experience with it? Does anybody have other recommendations in this area? Maybe we should make this the topic of a meeting??? 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 iD8DBQFC6s8qHl0iXDssISsRAm6QAJ92gZGJWjLnEHGHJejWuZiAhTZh0QCfcQpz 3EJaVxol5W6btG6a+4sRk8Y= =NZnt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Doug Aker is out of the office, and will return from vacation Monday, August 8
by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

I will be out of the office starting 07/27/2005 and will not return until 08/08/2005. I will respond to your message when I return. Or, if you need an immediate response, contact Cathy Fragala at Cathleen.E.Fragala(a)Verizon.com

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Server configuration
by Michael Long 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

Hi, I am building web/database server and am looking for some installation advice. The system will have an IDE boot drive for the OS and a raid for the data files. Is there an advantage to partitioning the raid drive so that the web content is on one partition and the database files are on another or am I better off keeping it as a single partition. System Specs: Dual Opteron 248 2.2 GHz LSI Logic MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 Controller Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 - 73 GB - Ultra320 SCSI Seagate 80 GB IDE drive Suse 9.3 Thanks in advance, Mike

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getting a little burnt by the Sun
by Mike Leo 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

Hi again... I screwed up my XF86Config file and now X "starts" but the keyboard mouse is all screwed up. Since xf86config does not list Sun, what do I put for the keyboard/mouse type? This is a Sun Ultra30 running Aurora linux (for now). thanks mike ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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vpn client
by Jill Benware 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Alright, on my quest to retrieve files I left on a server back in Baltimore I have decided to download VPN client for Linux and try that. I have not succeeded. When installing I get "failed to make module cisco_ipsec.ko"...I haven't had loads of time to play but if anyone knows how I can get connected please let me know. Thank you. Jill

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smbmount
by Jill Benware 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew how to connect to a windows share. I know the server, ip, share, workgroup, and I have a username/password. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks. Jill

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RE: [Wlug] Message for Chuck
by Minkov, Ross 23 Jul '05

23 Jul '05

To boot to single user mode type "boot -s" at the ok prompt: ok> boot -s Regards, Ross -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Theo Van Dinter Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 10:21 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Message for Chuck On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 07:04:29PM -0700, Mike Leo wrote: > This is my first venture into Sun, but this is running > Aurora right now anyway. Oh. In that case, you can probably boot into single user mode, or my favorite of passing "init=/bin/sh" to the kernel, and edit shadow. ;) The live CD or whatever is good too. > What is sync, sync, mean? "sync" is a command that suggests to the OS that it ought to flush its disk buffers out to the actual disk. A habit I picked up a while ago was to do two or three of them in a row before doing something to the system, such as rebooting, doing the ol' Stop-A/disconnect disk/go trick on the Sparc, etc. It's not normally needed, but just something I do for good measure in certain cirumstances. ;) -- Randomly Generated Tagline: Zapp: The spirit is willing but the flesh is spongey and bruised.

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Message for Chuck
by Mike Leo 23 Jul '05

23 Jul '05

or anyone who can break into my new Sun box Chuck...not sure if you'd check your WPI mail, but I didn't get the root password.... any clues? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Cross Compiling
by Tom Misilo 22 Jul '05

22 Jul '05

Hey, I was wondering if it is at possible (and if it is for links,guides,tutorials,tips) to cross compile (create windows .exe's under linux). So I don't have to use windows and some c++ compiler there to share stuff with friends :) Thanks, Tom -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL MSN:tmisilo@gmail.com Jabber:tmisilo@jabber.org Skype: tmisilo IRC: irc.freenode.net nick: [mdevilz]

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Sun hardware for sale
by Chuck Anderson 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Since there was so much interest in the hardware we have for sale, I figured I'd post the list here. We have 3 U10's, 1 U30, and 1 E450. Sun Enterprise 450 2 UltraSPARC-II 400MHz CPUs 1024MB RAM 2 9GB Disks (Seagate ST39103LCSUN9.0G) 2 36GB Disks (Fujitsu MAN3367M SUN36G) CD-ROM Drive Sun GDM-17E20 17" CRT Monitor, attached cable with 13W3 connector 13W3 to VGA HD15 adapter for connection to E450. $400 or best offer. Sun Ultra 30 Creator 3D 1 UltraSPARC-II 300MHz CPU 384MB RAM 1 4.2GB SCSI Disk 1 9GB SCSI Disk CD-ROM Drive Sun GDM-5010PT 21" CRT Monitor, 2-input selectable (13W3 + VGA HD15) Sun Type5 Keyboard Sun Mouse $200 or best offer. Sun Ultra 10 Creator 3D 1 UltraSPARC-IIi 440MHz CPU 256MB RAM 1 9GB IDE Disk CD-ROM Drive Sun GDM-5410 21" CRT Monitor, 2-input selectable (13W3 + VGA HD15) Sun Type6 Keyboard Sun Mouse SunPCi AMD K6-2 400MHz PC on a stick (run Windows on Solaris) $200 or best offer. -- Charles R. Anderson cra(a)wpi.edu Network Engineer (508) 831-6110 Network Operations - Morgan Hall (508) 831-6666 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Fax (508) 831-6669

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OPENING Linux drivers/kernel
by John Spencer 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

My client in MA has a need for a Sr/Prin level Linux kernel engineer on a contract basis. Consultant will assist with the integration effort of the Linux kernel to a PowerPC-based platform, and will also assist in the development of a variety of Linux drivers, including some work with third-party drivers. Skills sought: -Embedded software development experience -'C' development -Linux driver development and integration experience -Kernel design/development experience (Linux 2.4 and 2.6) -Experience with multiprocessor systems including SMP systems -Linux development under SCM such as CVS, Subversion, BitKeeper -Experience integrating and maintaining embedded boot-loaders such as U-Boot -Board bring-up/bootstrapping experience. -Experience with embedded real-time systems in a PowerPC environment -Understanding of hardware designs -PCI/PCIx/PCIe Please send your confidential resume to jspencer(a)optimaleng.com 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

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Not enough exposure to the Sun
by Mike Leo 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

I was looking to get some exposure to Solaris and Sun "stuff". Anyone have suggestions or any old, but good, Solaris equipment? I know nothing about Sun stuff, but I guess the Sparc line is there desktop/workstation line? Any info is greatly apreciated! Mike ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Follow up to tonights meeting
by Mike Leo 16 Jul '05

16 Jul '05

Howdy! We covered a few topics tonight, including this one: http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html?tag=lh and this one: http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141352 And more discussions about gentoo vs (insert distro here). We covered some iPod things, and maybe helped someone with a perl script. I showed off my little Dell L700 laptop and enlightenment desktop manager...very lightweight and has nice eye candy, but no icons. Lots of discussions around Intel and AMD as well...hopefully we will see that pdf regarding the lawsuit... Also, I was just slashdot'ing: Linux: Unsealed SCO Email Reveals Linux Code is Clean Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday July 14, @06:53PM from the we-tried-to-tell dept. rm69990 writes "In a recently unsealed email in the SCO vs. IBM case, it appears that an outside consultant, hired by SCO in 2002, failed to find copyright violations in the Linux Kernel. This was right around the time Darl McBride, who has before been hired by litigious companies as CEO, was hired. It appears that before SCO even began its investigation, they were hoping to find a smoking gun, not believing that Linux could possibly not contain Unix code. Apparently, they ignored the advice of this consultant." I guess thats about it! ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Re: [Wlug] SuSE 9.2 (x86/x86_64) needs a new home.
by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Hi Adam, I'm interested. Assuming next meeting is Wednesday July 20th, I could probably complete the transaction then. Doug "Adam Keck" <ghostis(a)mac.com> To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent by: cc: wlug-bounces@mail Subject: [Wlug] SuSE 9.2 (x86/x86_64) needs a new home. .wlug.org 07/09/2005 06:38 PM Please respond to "Worcester Linux Users Group" Hello All, I have a retail boxed SuSE 9.2 Professional that I never used. Would anyone like to give it a better home? $10.00 takes it. I can bring it the next meeting. -Adam _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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RE: [Wlug] SuSE 9.2 (x86/x86_64) needs a new home.
by Minkov, Ross 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Mike, Andy wrote to the list: > The meeting is currently scheduled for this > coming Thursday, July 14th at 7 PM. I'm planning on attending it tomorrow. -Ross -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Mike Leo Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:53 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] SuSE 9.2 (x86/x86_64) needs a new home. Hi....www.wlug.org says the next meeting is Wednesday, July 14th....there is no Wednesday July 14th this year. One of our calendars is wrong....hope its not mine! thanks mike --- Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Stephen C. Daukas wrote: > > I have a Technical Resource Kit (SUSE - Novell > 2004 DVDs 1A-1C) with all > > sorts of goodies. > > > > Let the bidding begin! ;-) > > What is in the Technical Resource Kit that differs > from SuSE Linux > Professional? > > 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 > > iD8DBQFC1ZvMHl0iXDssISsRAk+mAJ4szR6aPvLXuEPTu+fT/GDaM5iFgwCfS54S > C707mvC+jwyrVRhd58VAa7Q= > =cobp > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > 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

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Big LCD monitors with dual HD15 inputs?
by John Stoffel 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Hi all, Anyone know of good quality LCD monitor with dual HD15 analog inputs? Something that's 19" or bigger, with a high contrast ratio and quick response time? I'm looking to reaplce some old Sun 21" monitors with dual inputs. Thanks, John

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Trolling for a meeting topic
by Andy Stewart 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, We have a meeting coming up soon and I'm looking for somebody who has a topic they'd like to present at the meeting. There's free pizza for you after the meeting if you do the presentation (wow - such a deal!!). Here's another idea: if we had a topic where we could have a round table discussion, that would work also. We had a meeting like this a couple of months ago and it worked out well. The choice of topic is an open topic for discussion. Let us know your thoughts. The meeting is currently scheduled for this coming Thursday, July 14th at 7 PM. 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 iD8DBQFC0gKTHl0iXDssISsRArVpAKCEiD+OtQwH0GKNdoniOhqhnBnW4QCeKrQ5 ZB0rq+gdYER7hO3UGk7jY/I= =eR7C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SuSE 9.2 (x86/x86_64) needs a new home.
by Adam Keck 09 Jul '05

09 Jul '05

Hello All, I have a retail boxed SuSE 9.2 Professional that I never used. Would anyone like to give it a better home? $10.00 takes it. I can bring it the next meeting. -Adam

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Disregard last message
by Eric Martin 09 Jul '05

09 Jul '05

did a lot more searching and I just find out now that I was incorrect. V2.6of the WUSB11 uses and amtel chip. My apologies.

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FC3 Wireless Question
by Eric Martin 09 Jul '05

09 Jul '05

Ok, this is to all of the Fedora / Red Hat users. I just loaded FC3 on a new machine, and the only way to get network on it is wireless. I'm trying to use a linksys wusb11 (99.9999% positive it uses the prism2 chipset) . No matter what I do, I can't get /proc/net/dev to show a wireless device. I compiled the modules myself, tried hermes modules, even tried ndiswrapper althogh I can't get that to work. any help is appreciated. Eric

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CAcert.org
by Minkov, Ross 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

I am an assurer with CAcert.org. If anyone is interested in joining see http://www.cacert.org/ for details. Regards, Ross

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Re: [Wlug] Is there a simple Unix shell command to list dates backwards?
by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com 06 Jul '05

06 Jul '05

Thanks Theo, this is exactly what I was looking for. I actually emailed Thomas Esken (GNU gcal developer), and the best gcal example he could come up was... gcal -f/dev/null -Hno -#0*d1#999 -c-Qxld20- %20070706 But this command works only up until the beginning of any calendar year, i.e. it doesn't easily cross year boundaries like your suggestion does. FYI: I need this sort of command in order to generate charts (using XML:SVG) that display metrics from some DB2 Connect gateways that I admin. The title of one chart might be: Total Daily Connections, last 100 days. If data for any day is missing, I want the chart to reflect that. Currently, the charts I'm creating handle missing days poorly, they simply cover up gaps in the data with the next previous day's metric. Thanks again, Doug p.s. SVG is interesting: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/ "Theo Van Dinter" <felicity(a)kluge.n To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> et> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: [Wlug] Is there a simple Unix shell command to list dates backwards? wlug-bounces@mail .wlug.org 07/05/2005 05:43 PM Please respond to "Worcester Linux Users Group" On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 05:23:24PM -0400, douglas.r.aker(a)verizon.com wrote: > I'm looking for a standard Unix shell command that can list an arbitrary > number of day dates backwards from today. For example, something like > this: > > $ unixcommand -7 > Tuesday July 5 2005 > Monday July 4 2005 > Sunday July 3 2005 [...] > Command must transit months, years, leap-years, etc. Nothing comes to mind, but I'd do something like: $ perl -e 'for($i=0;$i<=$ARGV[0];$i++){ print scalar(localtime(time-86400*$i)),"\n"; }' 7 Tue Jul 5 17:31:35 2005 Mon Jul 4 17:31:35 2005 Sun Jul 3 17:31:35 2005 [...] Or if you need that other specific format: #!/usr/bin/perl my @mon = qw/January February March April May June July August September October November December/; my @day = qw/Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday/; my $time = time; my $count = $ARGV[0]; while($count--) { my @lt = localtime($time); print join(" ", $day[$lt[6]], $mon[$lt[4]], $lt[3], 1900+$lt[5]),"\n"; $time -= 86400; } $ perl script 7 Tuesday July 5 2005 Monday July 4 2005 Sunday July 3 2005 [...] -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug #### C.DTF has been removed from this note on July 06 2005 by Doug Aker

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Is there a simple Unix shell command to list dates backwards?
by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com 05 Jul '05

05 Jul '05

I'm looking for a standard Unix shell command that can list an arbitrary number of day dates backwards from today. For example, something like this: $ unixcommand -7 Tuesday July 5 2005 Monday July 4 2005 Sunday July 3 2005 Saturday July 2 2005 Friday July 1 2005 Thursday June 30 2005 Wednesday June 29 2005 Command must transit months, years, leap-years, etc. Does gcal, or any other Unix command, have this capability? Thanks, Doug

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Are any of us involved in a freshmeat project?
by Ken Jones 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

I am interested in contributing to the LINUX effort. When I go to <http://freshmeat.net/browse/18/> and am overwhelmed by the choices and by the lingo. Are any us WLUG folks involved in any of these? I know our tastes and skills may not match. I may not be able to directly contribute, but it would feel good to get an insight into the workings and the process. Ken Jones

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Moving boot drive from hdb to hda
by Michael Long 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

I am in the process of recovering my system from a bad drive and have almost succeeded. My system had 2 drives both were very similar in that they each had a version of linux installed with a swap partition and primary partition. The hda drive died in a way that made the mbr unavailable. I switch the drives making hdb hda. I then booted into a rescue mode (Suse) and modified the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and replaced the references for hdb with hda. It now reads kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x31a splash=silent desktop resume=/dev/hda1 showopts initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd I also modified the /boot/grub/device.map file. Upon rebooting the system it comes up allows me to choose at the grub menu and proceeds to boot. The boot messages are: Checking root file system... fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) Failed to open the device '/dev/hdb2': No such device or address Warning... fsck.reiserfs for device /dev/hdb2 exited with signal 6. < more messages > file system is currently mounted read-only. The correct file system is mounted and I can remount it as read-write. There appears to be another reference to hdb2 somewhere. Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks, Mike

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ldifde for linux?
by Justin Odom 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

Figured I'd throw this out there. I am working on a project that requires me to push .ldf files from a linux server to a window 2003 server. Basically creating the same accounts on the linux system onto the windows system. Does anyone know of linux program that is equivalent of the windows "ldifde" program? It needs to be able to create a secure connection with ldaps. Thanks in advance, -- Justin Odom

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HOWTO debug hard lockups
by Andy Stewart 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, My dual Opteron machine is not happy. I cannot get more than 7 straight days of uptime without getting a hard lock, requiring a reboot. (My definition of hard lock is: machine responds neither to keyboard input, mouse input, nor network pings). I can stimulate hard locks by running OpenOffice 1.1.3 (I had 3 tonight, and 3-4 on a previous occasion while running OpenOffice). It makes no sense to me that an application run as a normal user could lockup a machine. I've tried setting "nmi_watchdog=1" to see if I could get an "oops" when it hard locks - no dice. Do you know any other tricks I could try to see if it is the kernel which is locking up? I'm running SuSE's version of 2.6.8. It may also be the hardware itself which is locking up. I have suspected that I might have "warm" hardware and have taken steps to better cool the machine. One CPU runs at a high of 63 degrees C, while the other one runs at 58 degrees C both while running Seti@Home (which heats the CPUs a significant 5-10 degrees C versus idle). The cooler CPU has a Zalman 7000 series copper heatsink/fan combo, while the warmer CPU has an undersized block of metal and a small fan (thanks to the MB manufacturer MSI). AMD quotes a max operating temperature of 70 degress C, so although quite hot, I think I'm still within spec, but I'm uncomfortably close. The temperature on the surface of the SCSI hard drive is 95 degrees F. The room temperature is a balmy 85 degrees (hey, its New England in the summer time!). The machine has passed memtest many times. If it is a heat problem, I'm royally screwed when the real summer weather arrives. I want to install a better heat sink on CPU 2 (hence my previous email about a heat sink retaining bracket). Physical tolerances on this MB are really tough to satisfy (MSI K8T Master2 FAR). The heat sink tooling on the MB is for socket 478 even though the MB uses AMD opteron 244s (yes, this is quite bizarre, er, non-standard). If anybody has any ideas which might help, I'm all ears (as it were). 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 iD8DBQFCo7ZhHl0iXDssISsRAoGWAJ4ttqZS2SSgdlGwdnSp6LNbzUmLaQCfbktB KWUM+7EQAu3jIIKbmdnDkZk= =aI/l -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Fwd: LUG Leaders -- your most recent book shipment from AW/PHPTR]
by Andy Stewart 24 Jun '05

24 Jun '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, Please note that the books which I've been raffling at WLUG meetings for the last few months have come from Addison-Wesley publishing. Here is more information from the publisher, including the URL where you can submit your review of any of these books, and information on how to receive a LUG discount on future purchases. I did receive two of their "SPRING INTO" series books, and they will be raffled at a future WLUG meeting. Many thanks to this publisher for supplying us with books to review! Happy Reading, Andy - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: LUG Leaders -- your most recent book shipment from AW/PHPTR Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:30:09 -0500 From: Heather.Fox(a)pearsoned.com To: andystewart(a)COMCAST.NET Hello Linux User Group Leaders: Please be advised that you will soon receive a June, 2005, book shipment from Publisher Addison-Wesley Professional http://www.awprofessional.com containing review copies of two flagship books from our newest book series, titled the SPRING INTO Series. Also, read below for details on how you and your UG members can receive a 35% discount off list price [inc. FREE shipping via UPS Ground when shipping within the U.S.] for any Addison-Wesley or Prentice Hall PTR book. The review copy titles you will receive are: 1)"Spring Into Linux" by Janet Valade: http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0131853546; 2) "Spring Into Technical Writing" by Barry Rosenberg: http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0131498630. These titles are from the new Addison-Wesley SPRING INTO Series: http://www.awprofessional.com/springinto. ************************************************************ PLEASE ASK YOUR MEMBERS TO SUBMIT REVIEWS FOR THESE BOOKS DIRECTLY ONLINE! Introducing the new Addison-Wesley REVIEWS LINK. Now you can ask your LUG members to easily and directly submit reviews of the books, which they borrow and/or "win" at your User Group meetings. Simply click the link below, and REVIEW AWAY! http://www.awprofessional.com/reviews ************************************************************ SPECIAL DISCOUNT COUPON FOR LUG MEMBERS FOR ANY BOOK FROM ADDISON-WESLEY/ PRENTICE HALL PTR: Step 1: visit http://www.awprofessional.com or http://www.phptr.com and add desired books to "shopping cart" Step 2: Proceed to checkout Step 3: Enter billing and shipping address [if different from billing address] Step 4: Choose a shipping method [UPS Ground is *FREE* within the U.S.!] Step 5: TO OBTAIN YOUR 35% DISCOUNT, enter the coupon code: LUG [case-sensitive], during "Checkout". Step 6: Coupon expires August 1, 2005. ************************************************************ If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Happy Reading! Sincerely, User Group Liaison Heather Fox - -- 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 iD8DBQFCvGp+Hl0iXDssISsRAgGoAJ9TMEv417KQE9oZkDNrO9X5Rb6r2ACgiJkl 6P/NYq5sD/4ZTmKbHShWlIc= =I9cI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Fwd: An Invitation for a Free Webcast: Rocks Cluster and Object Storag e]
by Andy Stewart 24 Jun '05

24 Jun '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: An Invitation for a Free Webcast: Rocks Cluster and Object Storag e Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:00:02 -0700 From: Ortiz, Monica <mortiz(a)panasas.com> To: 'andystewart(a)comcast.net' <andystewart(a)comcast.net> June 23, 2005 Dear Mr. Stewart: Panasas invites you and Worcester LUG members to attend a complimentary, online seminar that describes how Stanford University's Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) achieved exceptional performance and maximum utilization with its Linux cluster. In particular, the seminar will provide details on how the Institute combined Rocks software with an object-based storage system to increase the productivity of its cluster. Rocks Clusters and Object Storage Wednesday, June 29, 2005, 11:00 AM PDT http://panasasevents.webex.com Researchers at ICME use HPC as part of a comprehensive research program. These systems are used to better predict flutter and limit cycle oscillations for modern aircraft, to better understand the impact of turbulent flow on jet engines, and to develop computational methodologies that can facilitate the design of naval systems with lower signature levels. This research can lead to improvements in the performance and safety of aircraft, reduction of engine noise, which will improve the quality of life for people living near airports, and new underwater navigation systems. To accomplish this, ICME needed a cluster to tackle large-scale simulations of flow/structure interaction, aeroacoustic, and elasto-acoustic scattering problems. Join us in discussing how ICME utilized the 164-node Nivation Linux cluster and object-based storage to create a system that is scalable, easy to integrate and manage, and delivers extremely high bandwidth and random I/O. Register for this informative online seminar to: * Hear the challenges ICME faced in building a cluster capable of handling complex mathematical simulations * Learn how object storage systems, like those of Panasas, break I/O bottlenecks hindering cluster performance * Hear Steve Jones' personal experience in managing large-scale Rock clusters and the integration of the Panasas ActiveScale Storage Cluster Highlighted Speakers Steve Jones, Technology Operations Manager, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University Larry Jones, Vice President of Product Marketing, Panasas Register Online Today! There are no fees for this event. To register, just point your browser to: http://panasasevents.webex.com Please let me know if you have any questions or trouble registering for this event. Monica Ortiz Events Coordinator Panasas, Inc. - -- 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 iD8DBQFCvGlzHl0iXDssISsRAjpEAJ9Vox3a4mALakBkB5lJB3cOR8fsVACfWnnF wKIi2NjUxHELanh2dfT4z84= =wP7M -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Yellow Dog Linux
by Stephen Ketcham 21 Jun '05

21 Jun '05

I've just set up my Mac G4 Powerbook to boot Yellow Dog Linux 4.0.1. (It dual boots, so it also runs Mac OS X.) is there anybody else on the list running Yellow Dog? Thanks, Steve

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Need Homes: 2U+,custom cases/psupp/fans
by Doug Mildram 21 Jun '05

21 Jun '05

Yet another Westboro,MA giveaway: (Anyone teaching EE or Hobbies909?) Free and basically new: empty/nonstandard cases w/powersupp+fans. A dead project has left homeless ~15 cases, 19" wide, 24" deep, (19" wide == standard 18.5" distance between frontpanel mounting holes) 4.5" high == including .5" high rubber feet. (2U == 3.5", these are taller), semi-empty inside (a 13"x14"x3.5" area inside plus a 6"x8"x3.5" along psupply) 19" rackmountable , BUT, ***** NOT ***** set up for PC-based motherboard: does NOT include disk/floppy/usb brackets or any of THAT pc-ready stuff. http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/case_top.JPG Each case has a 400W standard 12v/5v power supply, and (4) 3.5" fans already mounted (side exhaust) inside; a removable suitcase-strap-panel on the front as shown; (see picture case_front.JPG URL below..but it hides the switches below) also on front panel: 1 power switch; 2 LEDs, "Fan Fail" and "Power". http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/case_front.JPG Even MORE Gory detail: Each case has a custom (now useless) NONstandard screw-post arrangement which you'd need to re-do (re-drill new holes as needed, may need shorter posts). So it's good if you have something REALLY CUSTOM you want mounted+powered. If you ask for just the power supplies, you're missing my mantra: these babies (CASES) need an inventive home or homes. -- doug mildram

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udev device removal not removing file
by Karl Hiramoto 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

I have some USB serial port devices that show up in /dev/tts/USB0 and /dev/tts/USB1 for example.. I have 4 gentoo boxes, and on one of them when I remove the device file does not disappear, on the other boxes the file disappear. What could be causing this? Adding a device is no problem, only the removal does not remove the device file /dev/tts/USB1 for example dmesg shows the device addition and removal just fine. I copied /etc/udev/* from a working machine where removal happens fine the one with problems with device removal and there was no change. They are all running the same kernel, hotplugg, baselayout.. This is an issue for me as i have a program of my own that looks for /dev/tts/USB* Any ideas out there? Thanks.

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AMD64 and 32-bit apps
by Carlton C. Stedman II 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Recently I've begun considering migrating over to the amd64 platform (my motherboard just died on my athlon xp system, much to my chagrin) and figure this is a good place to ask for users experiences. I'm not worried about my video card drivers, since NVIDIA has great amd64 support, at least, so I'm told. My main concern is that I need to install some 32-bit emulation libraries and kernel modules, so I've read, to compile 32-bit apps, and that some compiled 32-bit apps will only work under a 32-bit environment, requiring me to setup a seperate environment to chroot into. I'm running gentoo and I'm up to the task, just wondering if anyone has any experience in this specifically and anything I should be concerned about or not to worry too much about. Thanks. -- Carlton C. Stedman II, sageman(a)wpi.edu "To iterate is human, to recurse, divine." -- L. Peter Deutch

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Reminder: WLUG Meeting, Wed June 15, 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, This is a reminder about the WLUG meeting to be held on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI Campus in Worcester, MA USA. This meeting is open to anyone who is interested in Linux. Tim Keller will be our guest speaker, and he'll be talking about Logical Volume Management (LVM). More details can be found on the WLUG home page. I will have two books for the no cost raffle: Succeeding with Open Source by Bernard Golden Published by Addison-Wesley 2005 PHP5 Power Programming by Gutmans, Bakken, and Rethans Published by Prentice Hall 2005 The raffle winner is requested to write a review of the book and to post it somewhere on the Internet, and to copy the publisher. We had discussed the possibility of a summer barbecue in lieu of the July meeting. I think someone said we could have the party at their place, but I can't remember who said that. If this person was serious, please contact me via email and we can work out the particulars. It'll be a nice way to celebrate WLUG's 8th anniversary (we started July 1997)! After the meeting, we'll go out for pizza/soda at the Tech Pizza restaurant on Highland Street. Its a small place, but the 8-10 of us that go seem to be having a good time, and we've never had to wait for a table. :-) It may be hot in there this time of year...we'll have to scope it out. See you on Wednesday! 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 iD8DBQFCrj4THl0iXDssISsRAhttAJsG8rEhMLYrtzolhdFWpnwTBYFWFQCgh/xB RA6vaXZaqh7HUbT8Et7x1zM= =he7f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RE: [Wlug] HOWTO debug hard lockups
by Keller, Tim 12 Jun '05

12 Jun '05

Andy, Your lockup's sound like an SMP issue. I'd try booting a non SMP kernel and then seeing if you can duplicate the lockup... I say this because I was getting practically the same behavior with a duel Xeon machine running FC3. The machine would just up and die in the same way your machine is. Just my $.02. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Andy Stewart Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 7:15 PM To: jmoyer(a)redhat.com; Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] HOWTO debug hard lockups -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeff Moyer wrote: > ==> Regarding Re: [Wlug] HOWTO debug hard lockups; Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> adds: > > andystewart> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > andystewart> Jeff Moyer wrote: >>>==> Regarding [Wlug] HOWTO debug hard lockups; Andy Stewart >>><andystewart(a)comcast.net> adds: >>> > andystewart> HI gang, > andystewart> My dual Opteron machine is not happy. I cannot get more than > andystewart> 7 straight days of uptime without getting a hard lock, > andystewart> requiring a reboot. (My definition of hard lock is: machine > andystewart> responds neither to keyboard input, mouse input, nor network > andystewart> pings). > andystewart> I can stimulate hard locks by running OpenOffice 1.1.3 (I had > andystewart> 3 tonight, and 3-4 on a previous occasion while running > andystewart> OpenOffice). It makes no sense to me that an application run > andystewart> as a normal user could lockup a machine. > andystewart> I've tried setting "nmi_watchdog=1" to see if I could get an > andystewart> "oops" when it hard locks - no dice. Do you know any other > andystewart> tricks I could try to see if it is the kernel which is locking > andystewart> up? I'm running SuSE's version of 2.6.8. >>>Did you verify that NMIs are being delivered? After boot, cat >>>/proc/interrupts and make sure the NMI line is non-zero. Also note >>>that, at least with upstream and Red Hat kernels, the nmi_watchdog >>>defaults to 1 for Opterons (i.e. you shouldn't need to manually set it). > > andystewart> HI Jeff, > > andystewart> Well, this is weird, I'm seeing a ZERO count for NMIs, so that > andystewart> makes me think they are NOT being delivered. How would I go > andystewart> about solving *that* little problem? I did a "cat > > Well, you can try booting with nmi_watchdog=2. This will try to use the > local APIC to deliver nmi's, but I haven't actually seen a dual processor > system that required this (all of them I've seen work with nmi_watchdog=1). > It is worth a try, however. With nmi_watchdog=1, I see the following output from "dmesg | grep -i nmi" with the 2.6.11.11 kernel I very recently installed: Bootdata ok (command line is root=/dev/sda3 vga=0x31a selinux=0 console=tty0 resume=/dev/sda2 desktop elevator=as nmi_watchdog=1 splash=verbose) ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1]) ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1]) Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3 vga=0x31a selinux=0 console=tty0 resume=/dev/sda2 desktop elevator=as nmi_watchdog=1 splash=verbose activating NMI Watchdog ... done. testing NMI watchdog ... CPU#1: NMI appears to be stuck (0)! I'll try nmi_watchdog=2 shortly. 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 iD8DBQFCp3v8Hl0iXDssISsRAoDJAJ0TonNTSEAd+4W0GRPwTW/UoGFssACdEEq9 8IgEFJ7VAL/FVeyPXrEapHg= =jcjE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Job opportunity in Natick for experienced Unix admin
by Simoncini, Matthew 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

List, I work for a large consulting company in Natick, MA. and we're looking for a couple of experienced (mid level) Unix administrators to join our team. Some of the skills that are required include: Unix experience (Sun Solaris 8 or higher) Veritas volume manager Veritas cluster services Storage management experience (preferably EMC Clarion or DMX) Backup management experience (preferably EMC EDM) Team player Desire to learn and grow If you or anyone you know is looking for a position as a Unix Administrator, please contact me off list at matthewsmbox-resumes(a)yahoo.com <mailto:matthewsmbox-resumes@yahoo.com> . Thanks. Matthew

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MySQL curses management tool?
by John Stoffel 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

Hi all, A quick googling didn't help, so I'm turning to you all. I'm looking for a mysql management tool which is CLI/curses based and more powerful/easier to use when compared to the mysqlaccess and mysqladmin stuff. Basically, something to help me manage DBs, users and permissions over an SSH connection. I know I could use some of the X tools, but I'd prefer not too if possible. Thanks, John

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Back issues of Linux Journal magazine available
by Andy Stewart 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, I am cleaning out a closet and have some back issues of Linux Journal magazine that I'd like to give to somebody who wants them. They are all in great shape, all have been read, and (for you collectors) most probably do not have the mail in subscription cards (I like to use those as bookmarks). Aug 1995 (issue 16) - Dec 1995 All issues from 1996 All issues from 1997, incl Buyer's Guide All issues from 1998, incl Buyer's Guide All issues from 1999, incl "Enterprise Solutions" supplement If nobody wants them by next Monday, I'll send them to recycling. I'd be happy to bring them to the next WLUG meeting if somebody specifically says they want them. 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 iD8DBQFCpOXZHl0iXDssISsRApXfAJ9UODjZ7meFzPZ/YesyBbsKDPBlUgCeM8Pa Ovvq9jm+aPlUetgGUSG94pQ= =WsE0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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USB External DVD RW drive recommendations
by Andrew Robert 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everyone, I am looking at the possibility of getting an external USB DVD-RW drive but want to be sure on its compatibily to Linux, specifically Fedora Core 3. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what might be a good choice? - -- Thank you, Andrew Robert Systems Architect Information Technologies MFS Investment Management Phone: 617-954-5882 Pager: 781-945-1742 E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com Linux User Number: #201204 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCpAzG3PP5iSKX574RArBkAJ0Rf1x7rVih4pCMNYcpMFDWGIM8TgCgmfQj KqW2WL0gUGDDqflyUstow54= =JTsT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Seeking Socket 478 heat sink retaining bracket w/screws
by Andy Stewart 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, If anybody has this little plastic dohickey for holding the heat sink to the motherboard, and would like to get rid of it, I'm can use one of these for a socket 478 CPU. I am willing to buy you pizza/beer or give you bribe money to obtain one. I'll even trade you the last 5 Ubuntu Linux CDs I own if that's what it takes. :-) Since my MB has the screw threads, I don't think the dohickey with the plastic holding things will work for me, but the version with screws will work. Thanks in advance, Andy P.S. "dohickey" really is a word according to dictionary.com (it is synonymous with "thingamajig"). - -- 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 iD8DBQFCo7K/Hl0iXDssISsRAvx9AJ4/oh2XObmcpc2pedFNHGlmrYI4OgCfdgeU 9A0jpx2SVC6f8stSfLFH2nc= =rk+i -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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WLUG Website updated
by Andy Stewart 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, I've just updated the WLUG website to include the slides from the May 2005 WLUG talk about "Linux on Appliances" given by Jason Schonberg. I also noticed that the entire slides page was broken (it should be fixed now). Also, I posted many details about the June 2005 WLUG talk, to be given by Tim Keller. Check it out! 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 iD8DBQFCo7DRHl0iXDssISsRAl9WAJ9HwXUaR22lKILHHL8mWyRhfLQD2ACeI8og RzsOQzRd2Ynhb3GWwX9MhxA= =IoeU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Are any of us using Eclipse?
by Ken Jones 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

I am having problems getting eclipse SDK working on my Fedora Core 3 box. Is anyone running such a system? If so, I'd like to ask some questions. Ken Jones

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DNS question...
by Keller, Tim 27 May '05

27 May '05

Quick question I can't seem to find a google answer on. I've got a machine that gets it's IP via DHCP. Now on our network, the DNS name is pulled off the machine and auto registered. However this machine won't push its domain name. Any ideas where a) the setting for this might be b) any manual step you can use to update the DNS name? I looked at the nsupdate command, but I'm not sure that's the right command. Talking with the network guy, he recalls there being a graphical tool for Linux that would let you do this. Thanks, Tim.

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swappiness
by Chuck R. Anderson 23 May '05

23 May '05

We had a discussion about swappiness at the last meeting. Here's what my system defaults to: >cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) >cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness 60 I don't see this being changed in any of the init scripts, so the default is most likely changed in the Fedora kernel from 100 to 60. If you want to tune it, you should be able to just stick this in /etc/sysctl.conf: vm.swappiness = <new value> Here is more information on what this is all about: http://kerneltrap.org/node/3000

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Monitors all gone!
by Doug Mildram 23 May '05

23 May '05

doug> No more monitors to give away, etc. Sorry!

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Re: glut of 21" monitors
by Norm Legare 21 May '05

21 May '05

When and where can these be looked at? I'd be interested in a couple. Norm > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:19:04 -0400 > From: Doug Mildram <doug.mildram(a)mindspeed.com> > Subject: [Wlug] glut of 21" monitors > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <20050517201904.GA15175(a)dogbert.westboro.mindspeed.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > doug> This may not have any appeal but : > > My Westborough MA office needs to give away quite a few (dozen or > more) of > > 21" NEC Accusync 1999-2000 vintage > or > 21" ViewSonic G810 1997-1998 vintage > > Free and Good. (The Not-So-Good ones, I'll dispose of elsewhere. > I won't dump fuzzy, burned-in, or bad ones into your > hands. ) > > ==================== > > One final "gem" : There's a Frank ???? on this wlug list > who I recall had a toshiba portege laptop: > Sorry I never snagged your full name/addr! > Need another Portege 71xx DVD/enet dock station? > > ================================================================ > Doug Mildram Mindspeed Technologies > 8 Technology Drive ( near EMC, 495 and route 9 ) > Westborough, MA 01581 > > > > > ------------------------------ > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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RE: Wlug Digest, Vol 19, Issue 9 - 21" monitors
by albutler33＠netscape.net 18 May '05

18 May '05

wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: >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..." > >Subject: Re: [Wlug] glut of 21" monitors >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 20:21:19 -0400 >From: Frank Moody <fmoody-ug-wlug(a)moodman.org> >To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > >On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 04:19:04PM -0400, Doug Mildram wrote: >> doug> This may not have any appeal but : >> >> My Westborough MA office needs to give away quite a few (dozen or more) of >> >> 21" NEC Accusync 1999-2000 vintage >> or >> 21" ViewSonic G810 1997-1998 vintage >> >> Free and Good. (The Not-So-Good ones, I'll dispose of elsewhere. >> I won't dump fuzzy, burned-in, or bad ones into your hands. ) >> Frank, Please reserve one of the good ones (free as in free beer) for me.I would like to pick it up before 12 noon tomorrow (Thursday 5-19) if I could.Otherwise I might not be able to come until Friday.Please tell me where in Westborough your company is located. Al Butler albutler33(a)netscape.net >> ==================== >> >> One final "gem" : There's a Frank ???? on this wlug list >> who I recall had a toshiba portege laptop: >> Sorry I never snagged your full name/addr! >> Need another Portege 71xx DVD/enet dock station? >> >> ================================================================ >> Doug Mildram Mindspeed Technologies ><SNIP> > > I think I'm the Frank with the portege (actually have two, 7200CTe >and a 7220CTe). Sure, I'll take the docking station, just let me know what >the part number is so I can confirm it is the right one. > > I'd also like a few of the 21"s, preferrably the G810s and matched >sets of two. I'd be interested in anywhere from one up to a half dozen of >them... Dual monitor setups are usually hard to upgrade on a limited >budget. *chuckle* > > Double luck since it looks like the Worcester Co-op will take donations > of whatever monitors get replaced... > > Now I just need to double check that the desk will take the new weight... > >Frank Moody > > > > > > >Subject: [Wlug] Share a Ride from Leominster? >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 20:43:46 -0400 >From: Frank Moody <fmoody-ug-wlug(a)moodman.org> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Anybody mind lending me a lift to the WLUG meeting Thursday from >Leominster? > >Frank >(Who is loving the situation of sorting out a registration paperwork error in >California from the other side of the country...) > > >Subject: [Wlug] Re: glut of 21" monitors >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 18:15:55 -0700 (PDT) >From: Norm Legare <normlegare(a)yahoo.com> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >When and where can these be looked at? I'd be interested in a couple. > >Norm >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:19:04 -0400 >> From: Doug Mildram <doug.mildram(a)mindspeed.com> >> Subject: [Wlug] glut of 21" monitors >> To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> Message-ID: <20050517201904.GA15175(a)dogbert.westboro.mindspeed.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> doug> This may not have any appeal but : >> >> My Westborough MA office needs to give away quite a few (dozen or >> more) of >> >> 21" NEC Accusync 1999-2000 vintage >> or >> 21" ViewSonic G810 1997-1998 vintage >> >> Free and Good. (The Not-So-Good ones, I'll dispose of elsewhere. >> I won't dump fuzzy, burned-in, or bad ones into your >> hands. ) >> >> ==================== >> >> One final "gem" : There's a Frank ???? on this wlug list >> who I recall had a toshiba portege laptop: >> Sorry I never snagged your full name/addr! >> Need another Portege 71xx DVD/enet dock station? >> >> ================================================================ >> Doug Mildram Mindspeed Technologies >> 8 Technology Drive ( near EMC, 495 and route 9 ) >> Westborough, MA 01581 >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >=== message truncated === > > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. >http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > >Subject: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 19, Issue 8 >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:51:23 -0400 >From: joel d <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >I would also like to get two of the 21" monitors if they are still left. > >Thanks, > >Joel Desrochers > > > > __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp

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Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 19, Issue 8
by joel d 18 May '05

18 May '05

I would also like to get two of the 21" monitors if they are still left. Thanks, Joel Desrochers

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Share a Ride from Leominster?
by Frank Moody 18 May '05

18 May '05

Anybody mind lending me a lift to the WLUG meeting Thursday from Leominster? Frank (Who is loving the situation of sorting out a registration paperwork error in California from the other side of the country...)

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glut of 21" monitors
by Doug Mildram 18 May '05

18 May '05

doug> This may not have any appeal but : My Westborough MA office needs to give away quite a few (dozen or more) of 21" NEC Accusync 1999-2000 vintage or 21" ViewSonic G810 1997-1998 vintage Free and Good. (The Not-So-Good ones, I'll dispose of elsewhere. I won't dump fuzzy, burned-in, or bad ones into your hands. ) ==================== One final "gem" : There's a Frank ???? on this wlug list who I recall had a toshiba portege laptop: Sorry I never snagged your full name/addr! Need another Portege 71xx DVD/enet dock station? ================================================================ Doug Mildram Mindspeed Technologies 8 Technology Drive ( near EMC, 495 and route 9 ) Westborough, MA 01581

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REMINDER: Upcoming Meeting
by Andy Stewart 17 May '05

17 May '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, The next WLUG meeting is coming up fast - Thursday, May 19th, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. Directions can be found on the WLUG website. At this meeting, our guest speaker will be Jason Schonberg. Jason will give us a talk about Linux on Appliances at this meeting. No, we're not talking about booting Linux on your coffee maker or toaster (or Christmas tree, Chuck). This talk will include a discussion of compiler and development issues for embedded systems. There will also be a demonstration involving the Cobalt Qube2. I'll bring the following items for free give-a-way: - Ubuntu Linux CDs (I still have about 30 of these) - pens from Linux Journal - corkscrews from CodeWeavers - yes, I'm cleaning up !! ...and these items for raffle: - Postal2 - Share the Pain - a video game for Linux http://www.runningwithscissors.com (I can't make it work on my machine) - a Softpro coffee mug Finally, we'll also be raffling off an IBM Netvista computer, with a Pentium III @ 933 MHz, 256 MB memory, CDRW, and DVD ROM. Keyboard and mouse included (no monitor). This machine is currently running Mandriva Linux 10.2 (aka LE2005). After the meeting, we'll go get some pizza. See ya there! 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 iD8DBQFCimWyHl0iXDssISsRApyeAJ996M9RQIaVAerhkoLu/xN4hQRw2gCeLMQi 4jg55TRdqznuHcO0XzPng44= =Lnyg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Find command -name
by Karl Hiramoto 17 May '05

17 May '05

Hi all I'm trying to use a command (anything but my best guess now is 'find'). I want to list files that end in the number 8-16 if they exist for example finding names 5-9 is easy: $ find /dev/vc -name [5-9] /dev/vc/9 /dev/vc/8 /dev/vc/7 /dev/vc/6 /dev/vc/5 I'm having problems though with numbers higher than 10. $ find /dev/vc -name [5-16] /dev/vc/6 I only get 6 back.. Any ideas? -thanks

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Partition Question
by Arturo 12 May '05

12 May '05

Hi all, I have a bunch of linux boxes that have the swap partitions that are not of type swap. They are type linux. The OS seems to be swapping just fine on this partition type. Some machines have swap partition that look like this from fdisk /dev/hda6 50810 52890 1048792+ 82 Linux swap Other machines have swap partitions that look like this. /dev/hda6 50810 52890 1048792+ 83 Linux Does anyone have experience with why it would or wouldn't cause issues? Does anyone know what it means to have a partition of type x or y? Is there a difference or is having a partition type mostly there for humans. I would have thought that the partition just defined the limits. Everything else depends on what you do with the partition as far as formatting and defining inodes/FATs and labels... Any ideas? Thanks, Arturo

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Using SAMBA as a PDC
by Chuck Noyes 12 May '05

12 May '05

Hi all, At work, there are several workstations and servers (about 15) running Win2k, Win2k Server, and WinXP. I also have a server running SuSE 9.1 that has Samba 3.0.4 installed. I'm wondering if anyone out there has used Samba as a Primary Domain Controller in a Windows environment? Can Samba be used as a BDC (Backup Domain Controller)? What are the pit-falls? ... Any "war" stories? ... Advice?? Thanks, -Chuck

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Yet Another Perl Conference final details
by Gerard Lim 11 May '05

11 May '05

Hi everyone... This email could be of interest to people interested in the Perl programming language. I know that in Toronto there is a good-sized overlap between Linux people and Perl people (we occasionally hold "joint sessions" of our user group meetings) so we hoped to share this information with Linux folks more widely. There have been some recent developments on the YAPC::NA front, and it has been suggested to us that a reminder might be helpful to some people, so here's a quick summary of the event. Summary ------- YAPC::NA 2005 (Yet Another Perl Conference, North America) in Toronto, Canada, Monday - Wednesday 27 - 29 June, 2005 Home page: http://yapc.org/America/ Conference Location: http://89chestnut.com/ A facility of the University of Toronto Accommodations -------------- Normally registration information would come first, but accommodations are the bottleneck -- our main group reservation (at the conference hotel) expires at the end of the week, and as the conference approaches it will be extremely difficult to find a hotel anywhere in the city. Info on how to book at: http://yapc.org/America/accommodations-2005.shtml Registration ------------ Register now! :-) We are on track to break attendance records at YAPC::NA this year, and we could even sell out before the conference starts. The price for the full 3 days is USD$85. We keep it insanely low through many generous sponsorships and the all-volunteer organizational and speaking crews. Registration info: http://yapc.org/America/register-2005.shtml Direct registration link: http://donate.perlfoundation.org/index.pl?node=registrant%20info&conference… Conference Speaking Schedule ---------------------------- We've got an excellent selection of talks and speakers for Perl programmers of all levels, beginner through expert. We are fortunate enough to have presentations coming from some of the most recognizable names in Perl programming today, including Larry Wall, Chip Salzenberg, Dan Sugalski, Autrijus Tang and brian d foy. Summary -- http://yapc.org/America/schedule-2005/summary.html Day 1 -- http://yapc.org/America/schedule-2005/day1.html Day 2 -- http://yapc.org/America/schedule-2005/day2.html Day 3 -- http://yapc.org/America/schedule-2005/day3.html Lightning Talks --------------- These short (5 minutes each) talks, presented by the conference attendees, are a YAPC tradition. If you're interested please read more about them and sign up: http://www.justanotherperlhacker.org/lightning/ [ This message was sent by Gerard Lim <glim(a)mycybernet.net> on behalf of the YAPC::NA 2005 Conference organizing committee of the Toronto Perl Mongers. Thanks for your patience and support. ]

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Job opportunity
by Andy Stewart 09 May '05

09 May '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI all, This job opportunity is in Acton, MA. If interested, please contact the recruiter (Peter Hayward) directly. Andy - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: PLIP presentation Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 12:00:33 -0400 From: Peter Hayward <phayward(a)virtualiron.com> To: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Here's the second. Please include contacting me at phayward(a)virtualiron.com <mailto:phayward@virtualiron.com> 508-523-2205 Senior Software Engineer - Linux Kernel Development *Job Description* We are seeking a senior-level software engineer to join our Linux kernel development team. This is a great opportunity to have an exciting career in a fast paced Linux kernel development environment. We are a focused, energetic startup company, founded by industry veterans where working hard, having fun and building a great company are important. *Responsibilities* ? Design and develop software within our Linux kernel development team. ? Apply engineering, programming, and scientific principles to highly complex technical tasks and problems. *Requirements* ? BSCS or BSEE, or equivalent ? Minimum of 3 years of OS kernel development experience. ? Specific development experience in memory management, or drivers/IO strong desired. ? Ability to work in a team-oriented environment. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Andy Stewart [mailto:andystewart@comcast.net] *Sent:* Thu 5/5/2005 5:50 PM *To:* Peter Hayward *Subject:* Re: PLIP presentation Peter Hayward wrote: > I was recently playing around looking for Linux Kernel engineers and > found your .org and was curious if I could post our jobs on your site > for Virtual Iron. > Hi Peter, If you send the item to me, I'll post it for you as appropriate. 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 iD8DBQFCf1PKHl0iXDssISsRAv7ZAJ0SZOZu8CzRPjH1yVGJk9IZMG9VigCfZJWd 0mGsZKoVR0yeGUoNiXYRBbs= =Ou+f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SOHO LAN & Multiuser Desktops
by Bob George 02 May '05

02 May '05

I'm successfully using NIS+NFS for a small SOHO LAN serving 4 desktops, a server and printer, plus associated networking. I'm wondering, though, if there's an easier approach to configuring a "Windows replacement" multi-user setup. I do have printing, file sharing and "roaming profiles" working fine, but it's a bit cumbersome so far. Is anyone working with an approach that might be simpler... particularly one well integrated into an existing desktop distribution? - Bob

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gnome-terminal/mutt question & solution
by Bill Mills-Curran 01 May '05

01 May '05

Ok, this is going to read more like a detective novel... :-) I'm using mutt in a gnome-terminal on fedora core 3, and I'm up to date (within a week) with updates. I find that, with the defaults, the terminal does not refresh when it needs to. A ctrl-L repaints the window just fine. I did (just now!) find a fix... Right clicking on the terminal -> Input methods and select "X input method"... Everything works fine, except this setting is not persistent. The setting affects all gnome terminals and new ones opened. However, if I first close all terminals and start a new one, the setting is lost. So, how to make the fix stick? I have no idea, but I did find this info on the subject: http://www.webservertalk.com/archive204-2004-9-379265.html This gives a link to a new terminfo file which you can use to fix the problem, and a nice way to install it without editing the distro-supplied file. Thus far it works fine. Bill

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fedora 1
by Jerome Walczak 28 Apr '05

28 Apr '05

Fedora 1 - Realtek card (swapped out the MN-130) - dualboot with Win ME - and working like a charm:) It's so much faster cleaner and better than the old Windows that I wish I could get rid of Win entirely but I know if I do somebody'll complain so it stays. Now - what're good security measures for a public internet terminal (which is basically what it is)? I already have the firewall set at a high level, but what should I do beyond that? Do I need to setup some form of antivirus protection? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/2005

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Caching DNS
by Chuck Noyes 26 Apr '05

26 Apr '05

Hi All, I just installed a caching DNS server at work on a SuSE 9.2 server. It works great. My question is how can I view the contents of the cache? I've "googled" around and looked at the HOWTO docs, but no joy. Thanks, -Chuck

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[OT] Python Jobs
by Jeff Kinz 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

As some of you may already know I was at Dragon Systems in the mid 90's porting their speech recognition product to the Alpha platform (under NT :( ). The (then) director of software development just posted this to the Exdragons list. > On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 09:50:34AM -0400, Sean True wrote: > > Roger Matus and I wanted to let the exDragon community know that we > > are off and running on our new company, InBoxer, Inc. InBoxer is the > > successor to Audiotrieve, LLC and was created to allow us to focus on > > technologies and products for electronic message filtering. > > Although we will continue to sell our current product, the InBoxer > > spam filter, the investors want us to to build products to help keep > > people from sending inappropriate email messages (think of it as an > > harassment and liability checker that runs before the message leaves > > your machine). > > We are starting to look for technical people: research engineering > > skills, Windows application development, server development, or > > Python experience are particularly interesting. > Hi Sean, > Would you like this passed on to the main Linux groups for MA and NH? > And is any of your development done on Linux or UNIX? In my heart, I would like to do it all on Linux. All shipped code will be on Windows for the foreseeable future. Since it will all be in Python, most of it will be pretty crossplatform. Please pass this along with that caveat. -- Sean Sean True CTO InBoxer, Inc. send replies to: "Sean True" <seant(a)webreply.com> Personal notes: Sean lead software at Dragon during the period of time that their new continuous speech recognition (CSR) product was developed. That product, "Dragon Naturally speaking" is still considered the best "CSR" on the market today. (it is now owned by "ScanSoft") Managing large groups of software developers is never an easy task. At Dragon Sean was an excellent leader who took care of his people. He understands software development from both the developers and business needs perspectives. Full Disclosure: I have no relationship with Sean's company, financial or otherwise. I'm posting this because I believe it will be a good place to work. (even if it is (currently) windows oriented :). -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.

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New problem! FC3 install
by Jerome Walczak 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

Jared & everyone - thanks for all your help & advice, I'm going to try Ubuntu I think if I can't get FC 3 to work out. The problem I'm having now is with the FC 3 install. I burned the four cd's and upgraded my old box & everything went fine, a bit slow but fine (install took about an hour). Now I boot up for the first time and as soon as it hits kudzu and checks for newly installed equipment the monitor goes to vertical colored lines. I read that this can be fixed by editing the xorg.conf (or something like that) file & setting everything to defaults & that the issue is basically with the monitor being set at too high a resolution but how do I do that? Anger Is A Gift. -----Original Message----- From: Jared Greenwald [mailto:greenwaldjared@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 2:43 AM To: Jerome Walczak Subject: Re: [Wlug] FW: MN-130? That depends on how you characterize "easier to work with"... If you mean - easier to install - you might want to try ubuntu linux (http://ubuntulinux.org) If you mean - easier package management - you might want Gentoo. I have to say that I'm rather biased towards Gentoo - purely because I used it in most of my systems that don't have to be Redhat/Fedora/Suse. (I work for a major software house and our main product is supported on the various Redhat and Suse streams so I have to have some systems running those OSes.) All of my home network servers, and both my home and office desktops are both Gentoo (I'm also currently building a mythtv box - http://mythtv.org - and that's Gentoo also). The biggest thing with Gentoo is that you compile everything - so when a new version of KDE comes out - you compile the whole thing - but you don't actually sit there and run make. The thing that I like the most is that the package management is really good. Everything is designed to pull the source kits (and any patches) directly from the project webpage for a given project. You just tell the install tools that you want to install or upgrade a package and it figures out all of the appropriate dependencies for your system (depending on what you already have installed and some configuration params) then it starts downloading source and building things automagically. Also, since you are building the system up from scratch (there is no gui installer or anything - all command-line) you get to decide exactly what is on your system and exactly how it gets setup. There's about 100 core packages (including kernel source, system logger, cron, etc...) but that doesn't include X or any of those things - which is nice for server installations. I've found that the Fedora installer hides too much for installing servers - for desktops its not really all that clear either. Ubuntu hides everything, but you go into it knowing that and it actually figures out what type of installation its doing (laptop/desktop). I had that on my laptop for a while and it ran really well - there's not much package selection there - its more a pre-canned set of binaries depending on your system type (it even knew to download the gnome battery applet for monitoring my laptop battery). So, now that I've sufficiently confused you... did that help at all? Keep in mind that I wrote this at 2:45A - so it might be a little incoherent and rambling... Let me know whatever questions you have and I'll try to answer them... -Jarred -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/2005

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FW: MN-130?
by Jerome Walczak 23 Apr '05

23 Apr '05

OK here we go - I'm a Linux newbie &'ve used Mandrake in the past occasionally but that's about it. I've installed Fedora 1 on an old computer at work but it has an MN-130 network card & the system isn't recognizing that it's there. According to a couple articles I've checked I need to edit the Tulip driver (tulip_core.c) & add a line of code at line 201. I did this and then checked the dependencies & typed modules_install & restarted the system & STILL the network card didn't show up. What am I doing wrong? Does anyone have any advice to get me out of this frustration? I'm very close to swapping out the card for another one that's more likely to work but I'd like to avoid that if possible ... Can anybody help? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.15 - Release Date: 4/16/2005

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Job opportunity
by Andy Stewart 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If interested, please reply directly to Elizabeth Holland (eholland(a)agencourt.com) - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: job opportunity Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:48:22 -0400 From: Elizabeth Holland <eholland(a)agencourt.com> Reply-To: eholland(a)agencourt.com <eholland(a)agencourt.com> Organization: Agencourt Bioscience To: andystewart(a)comcast.net <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Andy I received your name from a web search for Linux users. We currently have a job opening some of your members may be interested it. If you could pass the below job around, I would appreciate it. Thanks Agencourt Bioscience Corporation, located in Beverly, Massachusetts, is a trusted provider of genomic services and nucleic acid purification products. We are dedicated to designing solutions for overcoming all of our clients' current and future discovery challenges. Agencourt is a dynamic and growing company that is committed to providing employees with a fast paced environment and a fun place to work. As a result of our significant growth, we have an immediate need for a *Research Programmer* * * The role of Programmer will be to support an in-house R&D effort to develop a new DNA sequencing technology. We seek a productive programmer who enjoys working in an academic style collaborative environment and meets the requirements listed below. BS or higher in Math, Science, or Engineering Proficiency in Linux Experience with most of the following: C/C++, VB, PERL, Python, Java, PHP, MySQL, MatLab/Mathematica Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter with salary requirements to hr(a)agencourt.com <mailto:hr@agencourt.com> . Job Code RSP - -- 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 iD8DBQFCaBsWHl0iXDssISsRAouQAJ9NQdHoLtqLJ9Hh1IJEFXwfO/rTugCfQCB8 p3axC/FvG7HMpmCjHmPd33c= =zeO0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re-iterate my topic idea
by Mike Leo 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

hi ya'll! After the utter silence from my last topic suggestion, you would think I wouldn't bring it up again, but... I have many very basic questions I would like to work through with you experts. Things like: kernel compiling/patching kernel-source vs kernel-headers frame buffers compiling software and USE flags lilo vs grub bootsplash WM/DE driver installs (NVidia/ATI) Again, I don't mind leading the discussion, but it would be boring as heck if I as the speaker just stood up there and asked questions and took notes as the audience did the talking. Thanks Mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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HOWTO DVD slides from March 2005 presentation
by Andy Stewart 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, I have just posted the slides from last month's presentation about how to make DVDs with video content. I apologize for being a slowpoke about this. To find information about previous presentations, go to the WLUG home page, and scroll down to "Slides from Previous meetings" and click appropriately. Enjoy! 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 iD8DBQFCYwvQHl0iXDssISsRAlU9AJ9MCUnlMHLcb5VAJhSoz3nQ0HjQWQCfR07o XK6Mg/AZ1WNyPBpIwFOt0tk= =pO17 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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REMINDER: Upcoming meeting
by Andy Stewart 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everybody, There is a WLUG meeting coming up on Wednesday, April 20th, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. This meeting is open to anybody with an interest in Linux. I'm still looking for a speaker for this meeting. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact me ASAP. If we don't have a speaker, we'll have to find a way to amuse ourselves. :-) Volunteer speakers get free food after the meeting. I recently received a large package from the Netherlands. It contains 100 Ubuntu Linux CD sets (version 4.10 from November 2004) to give away. Bring home 5 - 10 of them for your friends - I'm not kidding! Check out http://www.ubuntulinux.org for more information. Each set contains 2 CDs - one is a live eval CD similar to Knoppix, while the other one is used to install Ubuntu on your system. Feel free to stop in just to get some CDs (but I hope you'll stay for the meeting!). Ubuntu is Debian based with Gnome as the default desktop. I'll also bring two books for the free raffle: Sendmail Milters by Bryan Costales and Marcia Flynt Published by Addison Wesley PHPH-Nuke Garage by Don Jones Published by Prentice Hall Well, that's about it. I'm hoping we get a speaker, and when we do, I'll send out an email to the group. See ya on Wednesday! 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 iD8DBQFCYUy4Hl0iXDssISsRAgvnAJ0Qs2w7QsipfDVY02bOnx9fqcevGgCdG9zr 9sPpzie+0+uWCstQLf9Ue/g= =eEo0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: A OpenSSH question. --> Solution
by joel d 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

Hi, First a hearty thank you to all that replied to my conundrum. Here is how I got past the problem of my (FreeBSD 5.3 Release) OpenSSH's "sshd" key errors, not loading at startup: 1) I had an incorrect line in /etc/rc.conf. One problem for me was an incorrect path to the program. The correct lines that mattered were: sshd_program=/usr/sbin/sshd sshd_enable="YES" 2) I also did not have correct keys generated for the sshd aplication. Based upon your helpful e-mails and the man pages I found the following worked just fine to create the SSHV2 dsa host key: ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key 3) Also, based upon recommendations I turned off DNS lookup by my sshd server in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. UseDNS no All is well here and my adventure helps someone else some day. Correcting these problems got my Putty and WinSCP connections down to around 2-3 seconds (from around 80-90 seconds). Thanks again for the excellent advice from WLUG, Joel Desrochers

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A OpenSSH question.
by joel d 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

Hi, I am running into a problem trying to setup OpenSSH 3.6.1 on FreeBSD 5.3 release. I am connecting via clients (both ssh on BSD and WinSCP on Windows). I know this is not a FreeBSD group, but I bet someone else has run into this problem on a Unix-like platform. When I test the server with "sshd -ddd", I get an error back from the server which reads: debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key I have tried creating the above server key many times with no apparent luck. The clients connect to the server but the connect time is way over 60 seconds so I am bummed out. I have looked on the OpenSSH site and googled for it but have not found a workable solution. Any ideas would be appreciated, Thank you, Joel

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RE: Communication between HiTech and others
by albutler33＠netscape.net 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: >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..." > >Subject: [Wlug] Communication between "HiTech" and anyone not in the club. >Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:06:31 -0400 >From: Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >WLUG members: > >There is one HiTech issue about which I am passionate and frustrated. >It is the lack of understanding in the Fitchburg Public School District >of the management efficiencies that are now "best practices"in the >commercial world. I am sure that the Fitchburg case is typical of most >Massachusetts public school districts. > >Our School Committee beats up on the Superintendent over the cost of >multiple Administrators. No one sees that this cost could be contained >if improvements were to be made in the architecture of their internal >network, the structures of their data bases and the training of their >administrators. > >Part of the problem is that the voting public does not understand >either. This is perfect opportunity for the commercial LINUX community >to garner some very good press. If Red Hat, for example, were to team >with the Fitchburg Public School District to implement places where >LINUX is a better answer than M$, it could get general media coverage >as well as Education publication notice. > >My observation is that little trust worthy technical information passes >between HiTech and those who manage our public schools. I would like to >work at bridging that communication gap. > >Ken Jones >kjones(a)ziplink.net > Ken, As a self-proclaimed Open Source advocate and up-and-coming consultant,let me know if there's anything I can do to help you bridge the gap. Al Butler Custom Linux Solutions > >Subject: [Wlug] [Fwd: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr.Software Engineer/UnixSystem & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings)] >Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:41:04 -0400 >From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > > >HI Everybody, > >If you have any interest in either of these job openings at Google, >please respond to todv(a)google.com, as noted below. > >Later, > >Andy > > > > >- -------- Original Message -------- >Subject: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr. Software >Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings) >Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:13:53 -0700 >From: Tod Vanlandingham <todv(a)google.com> >To: <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > > > > >Andy, > > > > >I was curious if you would be open to distributing the 2 job >descriptions below to all of your UG members (via your site). I will >personally respond to each person that is interested in either opening. > >* * > >Thank you, > > > > >Tod Vanlandingham > >Recruiter > >Google > >(650) 253-4291 > >todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> > >* * > >* * > >* * > >* * > >* * > >*Company: Google * > >*Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* > >*Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * > >*Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* > >* * > >*Job Title: * > >* * > >*(Google) Linux Cluster Systems Administrator/Expert Scripter* > >*Positions based in Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland > >* > >*Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. > >Google's Cluster Operations team is looking for talented system >administrators to help administer Google's complex, proprietary >clustering technologies. Literally thousands of Linux servers power the >technology behind Google.com, and it's a real challenge to administer >these effectively. Google's Cluster Operations team needs seasoned >system administrators to automate complex tasks across a huge cluster. > >Responsibilities: > >* automation of tasks as much as possible through the development of >scripts and administration tools >* configuration of system and network parameters >* monitoring of system stability and performance >* ensuring 24x7 operation of our cluster >* comprehensive documentation of our procedures > >Requirements: > >* B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience >* 5+ years experience with Linux Systems Administration >*Deep understanding of networking i.e.: understanding of how to isolate, >diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery >components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar >with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking >devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load >balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a >service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (i.e. >tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output >of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, >and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and >their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level; >intimate knowledge of TCP/IP networking >* strong programming and scripting ability (Python, Perl, bash) >* excellent verbal and written skills >* outstanding customer service abilities > >Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> > > > > > > >Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >*Company: Google * > >*Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* > >*Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * > >*Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* > >* * > >* * > >*Job Title: * > >* * > >*(Google) Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, >Google.com (SRE)* > >* * > >*Positions based in Mountain View, CA and Dublin Ireland. * > >* * > >*Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. > >Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for >seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe >you've been coding for years, are bored with the old >design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some >faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer >who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering > >UNIX clusters. > > > > >We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join >the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything >involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of >traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from >monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are >aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this >mission critical environment. > >All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, >fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm >for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. >Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and >work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the >process. > > > > >Qualifications: > > > > >Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++, Java, > >Perl, Python > > > > >Senior Level experience with UNIX system administration. > > > > >Strong understanding of networking; -Deep understanding of networking, >understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery >components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and >applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and >failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, >firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as >the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to >generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in >interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network >topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network >security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of >troubleshooting at the packet level. > > > > >Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user >systems. > > > > >In-depth knowledge of UNIX (preferably Linux), and shell scripting. >Proven technical troubleshooting experience. > >.Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong >sense of urgency. > > > > >Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. > > > > >6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, OR 3-8 years experience for > >SWE position. > > > > >BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience. > > > > >Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> > > > > >Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland > > > > > > > > > > >Thank you, > > > > >Tod Vanlandingham >Google > >Talent Acquisition >(650) 253-4291 > >todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> > > > > ><http://www.google.com/> > >Media Coverage: > >http://www.google.com/press/press.html ><BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/press/press.html> >Corporate Overview: http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html ><BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html> >Top 10 Reasons to Work at Google: http://www.google.com/jobs/reasons.html > >Work Life Balance : http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/balance.html > >Looking for interesting work that matters to millions of people? >http://www.google.com/jobs/great-people-needed.html > > > > > > > > > > > > >- -- >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 > >iD8DBQFCVnvfHl0iXDssISsRAg6zAJ9ctAIgxYaYGHHS7RVzTaFz+YBvPACffqfq >z6L151kbWzBPLSuFyr77So0= >=mwwr >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >Subject: Re: [Wlug] [Fwd: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr.Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 JobOpenings)] >Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:34:02 -0400 >From: Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> >To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > >If only this was in the Northeast... > >On Apr 8, 2005 8:41 AM, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> HI Everybody, >> >> If you have any interest in either of these job openings at Google, >> please respond to todv(a)google.com, as noted below. >> >> Later, >> >> Andy >> >> - -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr. Software >> Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings) >> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:13:53 -0700 >> From: Tod Vanlandingham <todv(a)google.com> >> To: <andystewart(a)comcast.net> >> >> Andy, >> >> I was curious if you would be open to distributing the 2 job >> descriptions below to all of your UG members (via your site). I will >> personally respond to each person that is interested in either opening. >> >> * * >> >> Thank you, >> >> Tod Vanlandingham >> >> Recruiter >> >> Google >> >> (650) 253-4291 >> >> todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> >> >> * * >> >> * * >> >> * * >> >> * * >> >> * * >> >> *Company: Google * >> >> *Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* >> >> *Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * >> >> *Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* >> >> * * >> >> *Job Title: * >> >> * * >> >> *(Google) Linux Cluster Systems Administrator/Expert Scripter* >> >> *Positions based in Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland >> >> * >> >> *Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. >> >> Google's Cluster Operations team is looking for talented system >> administrators to help administer Google's complex, proprietary >> clustering technologies. Literally thousands of Linux servers power the >> technology behind Google.com, and it's a real challenge to administer >> these effectively. Google's Cluster Operations team needs seasoned >> system administrators to automate complex tasks across a huge cluster. >> >> Responsibilities: >> >> * automation of tasks as much as possible through the development of >> scripts and administration tools >> * configuration of system and network parameters >> * monitoring of system stability and performance >> * ensuring 24x7 operation of our cluster >> * comprehensive documentation of our procedures >> >> Requirements: >> >> * B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience >> * 5+ years experience with Linux Systems Administration >> *Deep understanding of networking i.e.: understanding of how to isolate, >> diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery >> components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar >> with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking >> devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load >> balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a >> service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (i.e. >> tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output >> of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, >> and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and >> their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level; >> intimate knowledge of TCP/IP networking >> * strong programming and scripting ability (Python, Perl, bash) >> * excellent verbal and written skills >> * outstanding customer service abilities >> >> Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> >> >> Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland >> >> - >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *Company: Google * >> >> *Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* >> >> *Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * >> >> *Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* >> >> * * >> >> * * >> >> *Job Title: * >> >> * * >> >> *(Google) Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, >> Google.com (SRE)* >> >> * * >> >> *Positions based in Mountain View, CA and Dublin Ireland. * >> >> * * >> >> *Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. >> >> Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for >> seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe >> you've been coding for years, are bored with the old >> design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some >> faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer >> who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering >> >> UNIX clusters. >> >> We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join >> the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything >> involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of >> traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from >> monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are >> aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this >> mission critical environment. >> >> All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, >> fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm >> for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. >> Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and >> work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the >> process. >> >> Qualifications: >> >> Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++, Java, >> >> Perl, Python >> >> Senior Level experience with UNIX system administration. >> >> Strong understanding of networking; -Deep understanding of networking, >> understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery >> components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and >> applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and >> failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, >> firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as >> the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to >> generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in >> interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network >> topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network >> security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of >> troubleshooting at the packet level. >> >> Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user >> systems. >> >> In-depth knowledge of UNIX (preferably Linux), and shell scripting. >> Proven technical troubleshooting experience. >> >> .Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong >> sense of urgency. >> >> Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. >> >> 6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, OR 3-8 years experience for >> >> SWE position. >> >> BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience. >> >> Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> >> >> Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland >> >> Thank you, >> >> Tod Vanlandingham >> Google >> >> Talent Acquisition >> (650) 253-4291 >> >> todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> >> >> <http://www.google.com/> >> >> Media Coverage: >> >> http://www.google.com/press/press.html >> <BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/press/press.html> >> Corporate Overview: http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html >> <BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html> >> Top 10 Reasons to Work at Google: http://www.google.com/jobs/reasons.html >> >> Work Life Balance : http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/balance.html >> >> Looking for interesting work that matters to millions of people? >> http://www.google.com/jobs/great-people-needed.html >> >> - -- >> 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 >> >> iD8DBQFCVnvfHl0iXDssISsRAg6zAJ9ctAIgxYaYGHHS7RVzTaFz+YBvPACffqfq >> z6L151kbWzBPLSuFyr77So0= >> =mwwr >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. 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[Fwd: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr. Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings)]
by Andy Stewart 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, If you have any interest in either of these job openings at Google, please respond to todv(a)google.com, as noted below. Later, Andy - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr. Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:13:53 -0700 From: Tod Vanlandingham <todv(a)google.com> To: <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Andy, I was curious if you would be open to distributing the 2 job descriptions below to all of your UG members (via your site). I will personally respond to each person that is interested in either opening. * * Thank you, Tod Vanlandingham Recruiter Google (650) 253-4291 todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * * * * * * * * * * *Company: Google * *Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* *Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * *Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* * * *Job Title: * * * *(Google) Linux Cluster Systems Administrator/Expert Scripter* *Positions based in Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland * *Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. Google's Cluster Operations team is looking for talented system administrators to help administer Google's complex, proprietary clustering technologies. Literally thousands of Linux servers power the technology behind Google.com, and it's a real challenge to administer these effectively. Google's Cluster Operations team needs seasoned system administrators to automate complex tasks across a huge cluster. Responsibilities: * automation of tasks as much as possible through the development of scripts and administration tools * configuration of system and network parameters * monitoring of system stability and performance * ensuring 24x7 operation of our cluster * comprehensive documentation of our procedures Requirements: * B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience * 5+ years experience with Linux Systems Administration *Deep understanding of networking i.e.: understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (i.e. tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level; intimate knowledge of TCP/IP networking * strong programming and scripting ability (Python, Perl, bash) * excellent verbal and written skills * outstanding customer service abilities Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Company: Google * *Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* *Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * *Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* * * * * *Job Title: * * * *(Google) Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, Google.com (SRE)* * * *Positions based in Mountain View, CA and Dublin Ireland. * * * *Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe you've been coding for years, are bored with the old design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering UNIX clusters. We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this mission critical environment. All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the process. Qualifications: Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++, Java, Perl, Python Senior Level experience with UNIX system administration. Strong understanding of networking; -Deep understanding of networking, understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level. Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user systems. In-depth knowledge of UNIX (preferably Linux), and shell scripting. Proven technical troubleshooting experience. .Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong sense of urgency. Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. 6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, OR 3-8 years experience for SWE position. BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience. Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland Thank you, Tod Vanlandingham Google Talent Acquisition (650) 253-4291 todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> <http://www.google.com/> Media Coverage: http://www.google.com/press/press.html <BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/press/press.html> Corporate Overview: http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html <BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html> Top 10 Reasons to Work at Google: http://www.google.com/jobs/reasons.html Work Life Balance : http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/balance.html Looking for interesting work that matters to millions of people? http://www.google.com/jobs/great-people-needed.html - -- 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 iD8DBQFCVnvfHl0iXDssISsRAg6zAJ9ctAIgxYaYGHHS7RVzTaFz+YBvPACffqfq z6L151kbWzBPLSuFyr77So0= =mwwr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Communication between "HiTech" and anyone not in the club.
by Ken Jones 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

WLUG members: There is one HiTech issue about which I am passionate and frustrated. It is the lack of understanding in the Fitchburg Public School District of the management efficiencies that are now "best practices"in the commercial world. I am sure that the Fitchburg case is typical of most Massachusetts public school districts. Our School Committee beats up on the Superintendent over the cost of multiple Administrators. No one sees that this cost could be contained if improvements were to be made in the architecture of their internal network, the structures of their data bases and the training of their administrators. Part of the problem is that the voting public does not understand either. This is perfect opportunity for the commercial LINUX community to garner some very good press. If Red Hat, for example, were to team with the Fitchburg Public School District to implement places where LINUX is a better answer than M$, it could get general media coverage as well as Education publication notice. My observation is that little trust worthy technical information passes between HiTech and those who manage our public schools. I would like to work at bridging that communication gap. Ken Jones kjones(a)ziplink.net

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Linux/Unix file systems engineer
by John Spencer 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

My client in northern MA (LOCAL candidates only please) has a need for a strong Linux, Unix or MAC OS X file systems consultant. This is a 3 mth+ contract. Must have experience developing software for multiple platforms. Strong background with C/C++ as well as operating system kernel level development experience is needed. Familiarity and experience with distributed file systems networking is a strong plus. Source management experience with ClearCase is also a plus. Please forward your resume to jspencer AT optimaleng DOT com Regards, John Spencer Optimal Engineering

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Cups help
by Chuck Haines 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

This is a question for those cups guru's out there. I'm trying to write a custom perl script for cups that does accounting. I have a database with users and quotas and I'm writing a filter for cups that checks to make sure the user has enough left on their balance before printing. I was curious how I would go about sticking this into the cups filtering chain. I've been reading up on the cups docs but I'm still kinda confused on where to put it. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com http://www.maxslack.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

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[Fwd: Invitation to Developing on Open Standards Databases -IBM tech briefing in Boston on April 5]
by Andy Stewart 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Invitation to Developing on Open Standards Databases -IBM tech briefing in Boston on April 5 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:50:20 -0800 From: Karen C Lee <leekc(a)us.ibm.com> Please join us and extend this invitations to the complimentary IBM briefing to your user group members and colleagues. Do you want to learn how to develop and deploy database applications for the small to medium business on Linux? Cloudscape/Derby, IBM DB2 Express and IBM DB2 Everyplace are exactly what you need to get started. More than 80 IBM products use Java-based Cloudscape for its portability, easy deployment, open standards-based Java engine, small footprint, and more. Developers worldwide are taking advantage of these benefits, and now you can too. Register today for this briefing by visiting: http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ These briefings will be held in the following cities: ** Boston on April 5* * Montreal on April 7 * Chicago on April 12 * San Francisco on April 14 * Austin on May 17 * Toronto on May 19 During this event, you'll see IBM DB2 Universal Database Express Edition V8.2 -- the lowest priced, full-function relational database on Linux or Windows platform choices. We'll also demonstrate how DB2 Everyplace features a small footprint relational database and high performance data synchronization solution that enables enterprise applications and data to be securely extended to mobile devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones and other embedded mobile devices. The briefing will end with a discussion on how to build database intensive web applications using IBM DB2 and IBM Rational Web Developer. All attendees will receive trial software from IBM. To reserve your seat for this briefing please visit. http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ Sincerely, The IBM developerWorks Team -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

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Re: [Wlug] Cups help
by Chuck Haines 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Since there seems to be a decent bit of interest in this script, I'll post when my release version 0.2 today. For anyone who is interested check out http://gforge.maxslack.com/projects/cupsacct/. It's my personal project site and I have put up the first release. I'll be releasing the files here so it's the best way to get them. Not all the components of the project site are working yet (mostly web based CVS) but you can download the release tarball if you are interested. Also note that this script is still heavily modified for specific use in the ECE databases. I'm working on changing it so that it will be more universal and include sql to create the database and tables. Chuck On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:14:59 -0500, Rob Taylor <rob.taylor(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > Chuck: > > I'd be rather interested in (any) details about this > and the SNMP part in particular if/when You have a chance ! > Sounds like a pretty nifty integration. > > Thanks, > Rob.Taylor(a)earthlink.net > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:46:06 -0500 > From: Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Cups help > To: Robert L Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> > Cc: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <a663f660050330074617e32767(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Thanks to everyone's help, but I've figured out the backend stuff and > written my own perl script that does the accounting using mysql. It's > actually really neat and incredibly easy to use. I'm in the process > of refinining it a bit now and if anyone is interested in it, I'd be > more than happy to send it your way. It uses snmp to query the pages > from the printer so it actually determines the number of pages printer > and not just how many should have printed. > -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com http://www.maxslack.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

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Permanently unloading the usb-storage kernel module under FC3
by Andrew Robert 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Hi Everyone, I have a 160G NTFS partitioned USB external disk drive that I would like to use in my VMware instance. I tried to get VMware to recognize the drive but it failed to do so because the Linux USB driver had it locked. Removing and re-attaching the drive did not release the driver lock. What resolved the problem was to unload the usb-storage kernel module using the command: /sbin/rmmod usb-storage This works great but the module reappears the next time I boot the beast. Does anyone know of a way to make this permanently go away? Any help you can provide on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Andy

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Topic idea
by Mike Leo 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Is there any interest in a linux fundamentals talk? It seems like I am the noobi'est member of the lug and don't want to bore everyone, but a discussion around basic installs (partitioning, swap size, boot loaders, etc), upgrades (apt, yum, emerge), application installs (rpm's, source) and kernel patching and upgrades would be a good nights discussion. I don't mind participating in the speaking, but I have plenty of questions myself. Just a thought. Mike __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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Job Opening: UNIX/Linux SysAdmin
by Theo Van Dinter 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Another job opening from my employer, for those interested. Company out of Needham, MA. :) ----- Forwarded message ----- TechTarget is looking to hire a competent linux/unix sysadmin with 1-2 years of production experience. Details on the position are attached. Details on working for TechTarget can be found at http://www.techtarget.com/html/job_opps.htm Please contact me directly with any questions. TechTarget Role Description Position: Systems & Networks Administrator Role Definition: Manage servers and SANs based upon Sun Solaris and RedHat Enterprise Linux as well as the underlying network architecture based upon Cisco and Nortel which drives our network of web sites. Monitor overall performance and capacity, tune system for performance and administer user access, security and back up. Ability to research, plan, and implement new technologies as needed. Three years sysadmin/netadmin experience required. Experience with Veritas NetBackup a plus. Required Competencies: *Strong analytical, teamwork, and problem solving skills *Technical expertise in Sun Solaris, RedHat Linux, general UNIX, IOS, and Apache *Ability to efficiently manage multiple systems and network devices *Ability to implement and plan details of projects *Ability to manage and architect SANs based upon EMC and STK technologies *Ability to multi-task with projects of varying priority Reports To: Director of IT Operations, Product Systems Required Experience: Must have prior responsibility for administration of Solaris, Linux, and IOS. Extraordinary knowledge of installing, upgrading and optimizing Solaris, Linux, SANs, and Cisco equipment within a sophisticated computer network. Ability to manage mail subsystems (sendmail/postfix), DNS (BIND 9), and other day-to-day activities. Initial Mandate: 1.Conduct systems audit, present findings and make recommendations. *Security ? passwords, user accounts, auditing *Analyze configuration parameters ? memory size, system usage, network utilization *Document systems and network configuration 2.Plan and install systems and network hardware, sized and tuned for optimal throughput and reliability. *Evaluate disk spacing and resize/add data files 3.Ensure service performance through established metrics and audits. *Implement upgrade and recovery strategies *Serve as liaison with vendors; report problems and obtain technical solutions *Tune systems and network infrastructure As of 03/29/05 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "Thinking of using NT for your critical apps? Isn't there enough suffering in the world?" - Sun Microsystems Ad

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The Technical Professional in 2010
by Al Reinhart 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Thought this might be of interest to some of you: On Thursday, April 7^th there is a WPI / IEEE Worcester County Section meeting with Dr. Arthur Winston, 2004 IEEE president, speaking on The Technical Professional in 2010. The presentation, preceded by a reception, starts at 6PM and is followed by dinner at Higgins House. The presentation is free and open to the public, dinner requires a reservation and costs $30.00 for non-IEEE members. You can attend the presentation without going to dinner. Details can be found at http://www.ieeeregion1.org/worcester . Al ------------------------------------------------------------- Al Reinhart Phone: (508) 869-6417 DisCom. Systems EMail: Reinhart(a)DisCom.com www.DisCom.com

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Job Opening: Full-time MySQL/PostreSQL Database Administator Position
by Theo Van Dinter 25 Mar '05

25 Mar '05

Since there doesn't seem to be a wlug-jobs list, I'm posting it here. My employer, TechTarget, is looking for a full-time MySQL/PostgreSQL database administrator. Oracle experience is a plus. Below is the role description which has more information. No recruiters need contact me. If there are any questions regarding this position, please email me direct. Details on working at TechTarget can be found here: http://www.techtarget.com/html/job_opps.htm Thank you. :) Position: Database Administrator Role Definition: Manage database content and customer information driving Web-based community features. Monitor database performance and capacity, tune system for performance and administer user access, security and back up. Two years DBA experience required and Apache, Solaris, Linux experience preferred. Required Competencies: * Strong analytical, teamwork, and problem solving skills * Technical expertise in Sun Solaris UNIX, Linux, MySQL, Postgres. Oracle experience not necessary, but considered a plus. * Design of database schemas, including setting up triggers and constraints to ensure integrity, indexing and tuning. * Knowledge in myisam and innodb file structures recommended * Basic understanding of scripting languages Reports To: Director of IT Operations, Product Systems Required Experience: Must have prior responsibility for administration of MySQL, Postgres RDBMS and knowledge of installing, upgrading and optimizing databases within a sophisticated multi-tier computer network. Oracle experience a plus. Initial Mandate: - Conduct database audit, present findings and make recommendations. * Security, passwords, user accounts, auditing * Document and maintain database configuration information * Develop and implement plans for database maintenance and upgrades. * Perform detailed database configurations. * Install, configure and maintain system tools and utilities. * Perform system diagnostics and create resolutions. * Monitor and tune systems for optimal performance. * Document database schema - Plan and install on New Production Servers, sized and tuned for optimal throughput and reliability. * Develop database, objects (tablespaces, tables, indexes, views) * Build and maintain users accounts and database roles * Evaluate disk spacing and resize/add datafiles - Ensure service performance through established metrics and audits. * Implement database and recovery strategies * Serve as liaison with database vendors; report problems and obtain technical solutions * Tune database and handle day-to-day DBA activities

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Free Dlink router
by Mike Leo 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Standard shipping is 9-10 bux, but the router is free after mail in rebates http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=… __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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unsubscribe michael.j.mcgurl@intel.com
by Mcgurl, Michael J 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Michael J. McGurl Engineering Computing NSEC Intel Massachusetts Voice: 978-553-5607 Pager: 877-406-8919 Cell: 774-230-6967 -----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: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:00 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 15 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. Car pool... (Frank Moody) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 05:26:09 -0500 From: Frank Moody <fmoody-ug-wlug(a)moodman.org> Subject: [Wlug] Car pool... To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <20050323102609.GD63215(a)moodman.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Anybody heading to the WLUG meeting tonight from the Leominster area and wouldn't mind giving me a ride? Car trouble at the last minute (of course.. Most fun that way.) Frank Moody ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 15 ************************************

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Car pool...
by Frank Moody 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Anybody heading to the WLUG meeting tonight from the Leominster area and wouldn't mind giving me a ride? Car trouble at the last minute (of course.. Most fun that way.) Frank Moody

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REMINDER: WLUG Meeting Wed March 23rd 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

HI Everybody, We have a WLUG meeting coming up this week on Wednesday, March 23rd, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI Campus in Worcester, MA USA. At this meeting, yours truly will be giving a talk about how Linux was used to create video DVDs from files created by a TV capture card. In this talk, there will be a demo of simple video editing, creation of the DVD menu, and creation of the DVD files and directory structure. If there is time, we might be visited by Drs. Howard, Fine, and Howard. I'll have two books for the no-cost raffle. Maybe someone will come to the meeting just to try to win one of these: Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System After the meeting, anybody who is intersted can join the crowd for some pizza either across campus or on Highland Street. WLUG meetings are open to the public. There are no admission fees or membership dues. We do accept small donations if you are feeling generous. :-) Soda and cookies will be provided at the meeting. See ya later, Andy (Digital signature intentionally left blank until I figure out how to get Thunderbird 1.0 to use gpg.....enigmail isn't working for me....yet) -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

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Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 13
by Raja Mukherjee 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Thanks for all the suggestions re. changing default email client - I found the selectable preferences under the Gnome Control Center - couldn't find anything equivlent in the KDE Control Center though. Now all I have to do is figure out how to have the kPilot memos (that I synched from my Visor Prism) to transfer to the Notes module in Kontact Raja Mukherjee

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unsubscribe
by Mcgurl, Michael J 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Michael J. McGurl Engineering Computing NSEC Intel Massachusetts Voice: 978-553-5607 Pager: 877-406-8919 Cell: 774-230-6967 -----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: Monday, March 21, 2005 12:00 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 13 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. Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 (Raja Mukherjee) 2. Re: Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 (Jared Greenwald) 3. Re: Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 (Chuck R. Anderson) 4. REMINDER: WLUG Meeting Wed March 23rd 7:00 PM (Andy Stewart) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:23:40 -0500 From: Raja Mukherjee <raja.mukherjee56(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <5f4be20503201123816c98d(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On a similar note, how does one change the default mail client from Evolution to Kmail? I am using Firefox 1.0.1 as the default browser. The reason I want it to change over is because I have synced my palm to Kontact and want to use Kmail as the mail client, so I can share the contacts lis. Raja Mukherjee _________________________________________________________________ > Today's Topics: > > 1. Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird (Andrew Robert) > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:33:30 -0500 > From: Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> > Subject: [Wlug] Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <423C545A.9080000(a)townisp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Everyone, > > Last question for awhile. > > I swear. > > Anyway, has anyone had luck configuring Opera to use an alternate mail > client than the native M2? > > I am trying to get it to call Thunderbird but I've had mixed results. > > I reviewed the Opera Support Knowledge base article located at the link > below but nothing I do seems to work. > > http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=472 > > -- > Thank you, > Andrew Robert > Systems Architect > Information Technologies > Massachusetts Financial Services > Phone: (617) 954-5882 > Pager: (781) 945-1742 > E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:38:27 -0500 From: Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 To: Raja Mukherjee <raja.mukherjee56(a)gmail.com>, Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <2759cf8605032012387ab9fdce(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Those types of settings are usually part of the window manager. I thnk in KDE its in control center somewhere - or in konqueror where apps association is done. -Jared On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:23:40 -0500, Raja Mukherjee <raja.mukherjee56(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On a similar note, how does one change the default mail client from > Evolution to Kmail? I am using Firefox 1.0.1 as the default browser. > The reason I want it to change over is because I have synced my palm > to Kontact and want to use Kmail as the mail client, so I can share > the contacts lis. > > Raja Mukherjee > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird (Andrew Robert) > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:33:30 -0500 > > From: Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> > > Subject: [Wlug] Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > Message-ID: <423C545A.9080000(a)townisp.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Last question for awhile. > > > > I swear. > > > > Anyway, has anyone had luck configuring Opera to use an alternate mail > > client than the native M2? > > > > I am trying to get it to call Thunderbird but I've had mixed results. > > > > I reviewed the Opera Support Knowledge base article located at the link > > below but nothing I do seems to work. > > > > http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=472 > > > > -- > > Thank you, > > Andrew Robert > > Systems Architect > > Information Technologies > > Massachusetts Financial Services > > Phone: (617) 954-5882 > > Pager: (781) 945-1742 > > E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:46:15 -0500 From: "Chuck R. Anderson" <cra(a)WPI.EDU> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <20050321014615.GE29293(a)angus.ind.WPI.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 02:23:40PM -0500, Raja Mukherjee wrote: > On a similar note, how does one change the default mail client from > Evolution to Kmail? I am using Firefox 1.0.1 as the default browser. > The reason I want it to change over is because I have synced my palm > to Kontact and want to use Kmail as the mail client, so I can share > the contacts lis. In Fedora Core 3 there is Preferences -> More Preferences -> Preferred Applications which works for Web Browser, Mail Reader, Text Editor, and Terminal. KMail is among the choices for Mail Reader. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:13:23 -0500 From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Subject: [Wlug] REMINDER: WLUG Meeting Wed March 23rd 7:00 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <423E2DC3.5030507(a)comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 HI Everybody, We have a WLUG meeting coming up this week on Wednesday, March 23rd, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI Campus in Worcester, MA USA. At this meeting, yours truly will be giving a talk about how Linux was used to create video DVDs from files created by a TV capture card. In this talk, there will be a demo of simple video editing, creation of the DVD menu, and creation of the DVD files and directory structure. If there is time, we might be visited by Drs. Howard, Fine, and Howard. I'll have two books for the no-cost raffle. Maybe someone will come to the meeting just to try to win one of these: Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System After the meeting, anybody who is intersted can join the crowd for some pizza either across campus or on Highland Street. WLUG meetings are open to the public. There are no admission fees or membership dues. We do accept small donations if you are feeling generous. :-) Soda and cookies will be provided at the meeting. See ya later, Andy (Digital signature intentionally left blank until I figure out how to get Thunderbird 1.0 to use gpg.....enigmail isn't working for me....yet) -- 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, Vol 17, Issue 13 ************************************

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Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12
by Raja Mukherjee 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

On a similar note, how does one change the default mail client from Evolution to Kmail? I am using Firefox 1.0.1 as the default browser. The reason I want it to change over is because I have synced my palm to Kontact and want to use Kmail as the mail client, so I can share the contacts lis. Raja Mukherjee _________________________________________________________________ > Today's Topics: > > 1. Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird (Andrew Robert) > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:33:30 -0500 > From: Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> > Subject: [Wlug] Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <423C545A.9080000(a)townisp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Everyone, > > Last question for awhile. > > I swear. > > Anyway, has anyone had luck configuring Opera to use an alternate mail > client than the native M2? > > I am trying to get it to call Thunderbird but I've had mixed results. > > I reviewed the Opera Support Knowledge base article located at the link > below but nothing I do seems to work. > > http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=472 > > -- > Thank you, > Andrew Robert > Systems Architect > Information Technologies > Massachusetts Financial Services > Phone: (617) 954-5882 > Pager: (781) 945-1742 > E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

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[OT]Yet Another Perl Conference, North America, 2005 Registration now open
by glim＠mycybernet.net 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Hello... Here is something for people interested in the Perl programming language. Conference registration for Yet Another Perl Conference North America 2005 has just opened. YAPC is the grass-roots, all-volunteer annual Perl conference. Because it is volunteer-driven it is very affordable. Because the volunteers are passionate about Perl its quality is very high. If this has sparked your interest please take a look at the details here and more details on the conference web site. Have any questions? You can contact the conference organizers by email at: na-help(a)yapc.org Thanks for reading! ----------> Yet Another Perl Conference, North America, 2005 Registration now open. Conference dates: Monday - Wednesday 27 - 29 June 2005 Location: 89 Chestnut Street http://89chestnut.com/ University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada Info at: http://yapc.org/America http://yapc.org/America/register-2005.shtml Direct registration: http://donate.perlfoundation.org/index.pl?node=registrant%20info&conference… Full registration fee $85 (USD) Book now for great deals on accommodations and ensure a space for yourself. Speaking slots are still open. If you would like to present at YAPC::NA 2005, see: http://yapc.org/America/cfp-2005.shtml Details of this announcement: http://yapc.org/America/registration-announcement-2005.txt <----------

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Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird
by Andrew Robert 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Hi Everyone, Last question for awhile. I swear. Anyway, has anyone had luck configuring Opera to use an alternate mail client than the native M2? I am trying to get it to call Thunderbird but I've had mixed results. I reviewed the Opera Support Knowledge base article located at the link below but nothing I do seems to work. http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=472 -- Thank you, Andrew Robert Systems Architect Information Technologies Massachusetts Financial Services Phone: (617) 954-5882 Pager: (781) 945-1742 E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

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Looking Glass on Fedora Core 3
by Andrew Robert 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Hi everyone, I 'm contemplating installing the new Sun Looking Glass 3D desktop on Fedora Core 3. Has anyone had any experience doing this? The instructions located at https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/lg3d-getting-started.html seem pretty straight forward but I was wondering if there were any gotcha's. Likewise, does anyone know of a repository with RPM's for this to make my life easier? Any information you might have on this would be welcome. -- Thank you, Andrew Robert Systems Architect Information Technologies Massachusetts Financial Services Phone: (617) 954-5882 Pager: (781) 945-1742 E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

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Re: SuSE 9.1 YaST2 online_update problem
by Tom Misilo 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

You can only upgrade SLES9 if you have the upgrade key from SuSE Themselves I recommend downloading SUSE 9.2 DVD or FTP install if this is only for a personal use OS ~Tom "Hi All, I just installed the SuSE SLES 9 (kernel 2.6.5-7.97). I can't get the 'YOU' utility to work. A box pops up asking for a username/password pair. I have this set up to run automatically every day at 5:00AM, but it fails with an error message "Unable to check for updates". If I run the YOU GUI by hand, a box pops up asking for authentication data (a username and password). During the installation of the O/S, it actually ran YOU successfully and downloaded some updates. I've looked at the /etc/sysconfig/onlineupdate file and I can't see anything obviously wrong. There is a password file in /var/lib/YaST2/you. I've tried using the root password, my personal password, but nothing works. What am I overlooking? Thanks, -Chuck" -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL MSN:tmisilo@gmail.com Jabber:tmisilo@jabber.org Skype: tmisilo

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desklets-daemon will not run - FIXED!
by Ken Jones 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

I found the answer to my problem in <http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=26681&page=4> All I needed to do was to "yum install gnome-python2-gnomevfs.i386" It took a while, but that's alright:-) Thanks everyone. Ken Jones

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Re: Unsuccessfull installation of gDesklets...
by Ken Jones 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Before my plea could be published on the WLUG list Jared Greenwald suggested that I look harder for a RPM version of gDesklets. I found one in http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/packages.php It worked! Thanks everyone just for being there. Ken Jones

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Unsuccessful installation of gDesklets
by Ken Jones 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

You've piqued my interest in gDesklets. I am trying to install it with no success. I am running Fedora Core 3. The README warns me not to attempt to compile this package, but it offers me no alternative. I downloaded, unzipped and tar'd gDesklets-0.34.2.tar.bz2. I ran the configure file. It failed for lack of pygtk-2.0. (see below) I downloaded, unzipped and tar'd pygtk-2.4.1.tar.bz2. This successfully compiled and installed. I even helped by modifying and exporting environmental PKG_CONFIG_PATH But still gDesklets did not. Any ideas? -----snip of command [kjones@kjones-fedora gDesklets-0.34.2]$ ./configure . . checking for pygtk-2.0 >= 2.4.0 pyorbit-2 >= 2.0.1 gnome-python-2.0 >= 2.6.0... Package pygtk-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `pygtk-2.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'pygtk-2.0' found configure: error: Library requirements (pygtk-2.0 >= 2.4.0 pyorbit-2 >= 2.0.1 gnome-python-2.0 >= 2.6.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. --------------------- I successfully installed pgytk-2.4.1. Here is the last step: [root@kjones-fedora pygtk-2.4.1]# make install Making install in codegen . . make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/kjones/downloads/FedoraCore3/pygtk-2.4.1/tests' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kjones/downloads/FedoraCore3/pygtk-2.4.1/tests' [root@kjones-fedora pygtk-2.4.1]# I set PKG_CONFIG_PATH as suggested. [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ ls $PKG_CONFIG_PATH pygtk-2.0 [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/bin/include [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ Still no good. What do you think? Ken Jones

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SuSE 9.1 YaST2 online_update problem
by Chuck Noyes 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Hi All, I just installed the SuSE SLES 9 (kernel 2.6.5-7.97). I can't get the 'YOU' utility to work. A box pops up asking for a username/password pair. I have this set up to run automatically every day at 5:00AM, but it fails with an error message "Unable to check for updates". If I run the YOU GUI by hand, a box pops up asking for authentication data (a username and password). During the installation of the O/S, it actually ran YOU successfully and downloaded some updates. I've looked at the /etc/sysconfig/onlineupdate file and I can't see anything obviously wrong. There is a password file in /var/lib/YaST2/you. I've tried using the root password, my personal password, but nothing works. What am I overlooking? Thanks, -Chuck

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Fetchmail
by Dennis Payne 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Such a simple question yet I can't seem to find an answer. I'm trying to use fetchmail to retrieve from a POP3 account. The POP3 server includes mail in the server name (mail.domain.com) The email accounts do not include mail. Unfortunately fetchmail seems to take the supplied username and add the mail server name. So I get foobar(a)mail.domain.com instead of foobar(a)domain.com. (Or foobar@domain.com@mail.domain.com if I try to specify the server name.) Is there an option I need to specify (or maybe upgrade fetchmail)? Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

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Problem starting gdesklets on login
by Andrew Robert 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

Good morning everyone, I recently installed gdesklets on FC3 and it works fine except it does not start automatically on login. I've tried saving the gnome session but the gdesklets are not captured. I've also tried automatinng the start by adding the call to my .bash_profile file but that doesn't do the trick either. Does anyone know how to overcome this issue? Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. -- Thank you, Andrew Robert Systems Architect Information Technologies - OpenVMS Massachusetts Financial Services Phone: (617) 954-5882 Pager: (781) 945-1742 E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

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Intel's HyperTransport
by Gary Hanley 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

For any of you open-source types that dabble in hardware... So some interesting news is making the rounds today. It seems Intel is developing a competing standard to the tried-n-true open-standard called Hypertransport, which they never liked because they did not create it. Here's the story: http://www.penstarsys.com/#intel_ht Can anyone think of a reason why one should support this disruptive beast by purchasing PCs based on their chips? (Please excuse the partisan rant. I'm an AMD fanboy who hates all things Intel...and news like this is exactly why.) -- Gary

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i686 gcc on fedora or rhel4
by Chuck Haines 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Does anyone know if I can get binaries so I can compile for i686 on fedora and / or rhel4. I'm trying to set up distcc, but I need i686 in order for it to work. The machines are more than compatible and I don't know what redhat hasn't finally switched over. I'm not sure I know of a single i386 machine still in use. -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com http://www.maxslack.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

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Re: [Wlug] i686 gcc on fedora or rhel4
by J Schonberg 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

You may find it easier to just create a symbolic link so that i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc points to the compiler you currently have installed. A script could work too but then you have to make sure that any options used on the command line are passed through the script. A symbolic link may be easier. Jason. --- Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> wrote: > But distcc is the one trying to call i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc. That's > where this problem came in the first place. So unless you can tell > me > how to change it from calling i686 to just calling gcc, I think > I'll > try the shell scripts. > > Chuck > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/

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WPC54G and Gentoo
by Chuck Haines 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Ignore my last email. No sooner had I sent the email out that I got things working. Chuck -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com http://www.maxslack.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

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WPC54G and Gentoo
by Chuck Haines 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Does anyone here have experience with a Linksys WPC54G and Gentoo? I've installed the ndiswrappers according to the gentoo HOW-TO and installed the correct driver for the wireless card. The card is detected just fine, however when it tries to associate with an AP it always fails. I've tried setting the parameters manually with iwconfig and then running dhcpcd, however it doesn't get an IP. According to iwconfig it is seeing the AP but not pulling an IP. Any help with this would be much appreciated. I'd like to get this running. Thanks, -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com http://www.maxslack.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

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