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Unstable Linux in recent releases
by Andy Stewart Jan. 19, 2011

Jan. 19, 2011

HI gang, I've read an awful lot of posts recently describing freezing or hanging systems in very recent versions of several Linux distributions. Unfortunately, I got one of them - Kubuntu 10.10 (I *knew* I shouldn't have upgraded from the very stable SuSE 10.1, except that it was quite old). My system arbitrarily hangs/freezes at unpredictable intervals. Sometimes I can make it happen 2 minutes after a reboot, and other times it takes a few days, but invariably, it does occur. I can usually induce it by doing something semi-stressful to the video, like watching something via mplayer, but it doesn't always occur. The postings I've seen appear to describe a wide variety of hardware and software configurations, and nobody can seem to find any error data in any log file. What I can't find is the solution, and I've googled extensively. Has anybody found anything online that talks about some very recently discovered bug and its fix that would cure the problem? Thanks! Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

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Unstable Linux in recent releases
by Kevin Paetzold Jan. 17, 2011

Jan. 17, 2011

In case no one made the connection between my previous messagesubject and this thread..... They are the same. I believe that the fix i pointed out is the cause of these "unstable" linux's. Certainly the fix worked for me. When I first booted with one of the fixed kernels it ran for a wk (before i rebooted). Previously my machine was hanging at least once per day and at some points every hour or so. And in answer to previous question, the machine was hung such that it was not possible to ssh into it or make it respond in any way. Indeed after using the power switch to turn off the machine I still had to pull the AC plug to get it to be able to reboot. On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:25 AM, kevin.paetzold <kevin.paetzold(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I meant to say that I am now running vmlinuz-2.6.35.10-77.fc14.i686 > from fedora 14 koji. Both the above kernel and > vmlinuz-2.6.35.10-75.bz667459.fc14.i686 > seem to resolve the issue. > > http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.35.10/77.fc14/ > > In fedora this problem seemed to show up with the 10-72 kernel and was > perhaps even worse with 10-74 kernel. > > >

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hanging kernels #2
by kevin.paetzold Jan. 17, 2011

Jan. 17, 2011

I meant to say that I am now running vmlinuz-2.6.35.10-77.fc14.i686 from fedora 14 koji. Both the above kernel and vmlinuz-2.6.35.10-75.bz667459.fc14.i686 seem to resolve the issue. http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.35.10/77.fc14/ In fedora this problem seemed to show up with the 10-72 kernel and was perhaps even worse with 10-74 kernel.

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hanging linux
by kevin.paetzold Jan. 17, 2011

Jan. 17, 2011

I recently saw comments on this list about kernels that hang. Indeed that was/is true for fedora 14. The symptoms I saw were essentially a frozen screen with no mouse pointer etc... In my case I would actually have to power cycle (actually pulling the ac plug) my dell pc to reboot it. In my case I believe that the bug (in fedora land) was bz667459. see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667459 I was a comments in this bug pointed me at a bug fix kernel "vmlinuz-2.6.35.10-75.bz667459.fc14.i686". This kernel resolved the problem. By the way, I have now upgraded (on friday) to vmlinuz-2.6.35.10-75.bz667459.fc14.i686 from koji which has also been stable.

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Re: [Wlug] Any idea where to find a job?
by Jason Couture Jan. 16, 2011

Jan. 16, 2011

Any it position will do, as for travel marlboro, framingham, etc are all fine by me, boston would be a bit far. My retail experience consists of: logistics, electronics sales, and hourly management. Prior to that I used to sell, repair and build computers. And would troubleshoot and set up networks. As well as contract programming. I'm a jack of all trades when it comes to computers really. Id actually like to avoid any linux positions as I'm not really sure how to rate my knowledge. I can install a working gentoo system without the handbook, if that gives any hints. Sent from my android wireless device. On Dec 23, 2010 2:11 PM, "Cole Lavallee" <colelavallee(a)gmail.com> wrote: What are your options for travel? Are you looking solely for just a Linux position? To be honest, they're hard to come by. (100% Linux) without experience. What is your retail experience include? I worked at Best Buy selling computers for 2 years & had 9 months of college course work completed when I landed my first position. (Windows desktop support role) That was 3 years ago this month, now I work with Linux/Windows/VMware/Networking/Storage/etc. On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:10 PM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > > Jason> If anyone k... -- Cole Lavallee 401.935.4007 http://www.linkedin.com/in/colelavallee _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [Wlug] Unstable Linux in recent releases
by Jason Couture Jan. 16, 2011

Jan. 16, 2011

Andy, I'm sorry, I got the emails mixed up. It could be a driver issue, but I only suspect that due to the freezing under heavy video load. Could I also suggest trying a different video card to eliminate hardware issues? The video card may have started to fail as you switched distros, unlikely but possible? Sent from my android wireless device. On Jan 16, 2011 8:47 AM, "Andy Stewart" <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: On 01/16/2011 06:25 AM, Jason Couture wrote: > Have you tried the nonfree nvidia drivers? Or perhaps... Hi Jason, My graphics chip is the ATI Radeon RV280 (Radeon 9200 PRO), and it is running the Free Software driver. There is nothing proprietary in use for the video. I don't generally like to use the proprietary drivers, but perhaps I could try it to see if it makes any difference. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsf... Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Dec Meeting announcement / linux-raid problem
by Eric Martin Jan. 16, 2011

Jan. 16, 2011

I just realized that I haven't received anything from WLUG in over a month, including the announcement for this past meeting. Did anybody else have this problem or is it just me? Now, the main reason for my email. My mythbox / home file server runs linux soft-raid in RAID5 with 3 500GB disks. One disk went bad a while ago and the array never rebuilt itself. The other day, the second disk went bad. Am I hosed? I've been googling for 'rebuild bad linux software raid' but all I get is the rebuild command. Also, I don't see any tools that will move bad data to another spot on the disk. This is my first time using software raid so I'm in a bit over my head. thanks! -- Eric Martin

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Old man and LINUX
by Ken Jones Jan. 14, 2011

Jan. 14, 2011

Folks, I have always wondered at my ability to keep the myriad of LINUX instructions in my head. What would I do if I were to start losing them? Is there a tool to search for recall? Is there any way to go backwards in LINUX command land? If I were to remember that there is a command that will print on standard output the contents of a file in txt characters, but could not for the life of me remember 'more'. Where would I go for help (other than sending a email to this list serve)? All the command dictionaries I have are alphabetic. Ken Jones (the elder)

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Re: [Wlug] Old man and LINUX
by Steven Greenberg Jan. 13, 2011

Jan. 13, 2011

Unix/Linux command names were exactly what drove me crazy when I first had to use Unix. I wanted to list something on the terminal, or maybe type it. Who would have thought to "cat" it or "more" it. And then we have the aptly named utilities like "awk". I was so proud when it finally dawned on me what the letters "a" "w" and "k" stood for. So I eventually did learn all the commands, but I never thought about the problem of forgetting them until this digest entry. I had the same reaction to emacs in the beginning. Doing apropos in emacs is not helpful when the concept you associate with the task is nothing like the way it is named or described in Emacs. I have learned to write down in a diary on my computer every time I finally find the hard to find command in either Emacs or unix/linux. The next time I want to do the same thing and I have forgotten what the command is, and I finally give up trying to find it in emacs, I can search my diary. Chances are the diary entry will be associated with the word I mentally associate with the task. /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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Old man and LINUX
by temljrmjrlmr＠comcast.net Jan. 13, 2011

Jan. 13, 2011

Try "fc -l" (thats dash ell) no quotes shows a tail of whats in .bash_history I think Or - if you know the command's number in the history sequence "fc {$line_no}" Brings Previous command comes up in your default editor Default here (Ubuntu Hardy) was set to the nano editor for some reason so i did FCEDIT=vi ; export FCEDIT NOW things are more better Jay Louis J Rouleau Semi-Old Man South Hadley --------------- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:02:29 -0500 From: Jorden M <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Old man and LINUX To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <AANLkTi=NDA=EenfiOTAcnROVGEjfajmH93mwss5vj9XQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > Folks, > > I have? always wondered at my ability to keep the myriad of LINUX > instructions in my head.? What would I do?if I were to start losing them? > Is there a tool to search for recall? > > Is there any way to go backwards in LINUX command land? ?If I were to > remember that there is a command that will print on standard output the > contents of a file in txt characters,? but could not for the life of me > remember 'more'.? Where would I go for help (other than sending a email to > this list serve)?? All the command dictionaries I have are alphabetic. > > Ken Jones (the elder) > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > apropos, although that isn't always helpful. Google. There are also some sites that have commands listed categorically. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:00:25 -0500 From: "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Old man and LINUX To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <19758.16537.740475.105771(a)quad.stoffel.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>>>> "Ken" == Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> writes: Ken> Folks, Ken> I have always wondered at my ability to keep the myriad of LINUX instructions in my head. What would I do if I were to start losing them? Is there a tool to search for recall? Ken> Is there any way to go backwards in LINUX command land? If I Ken> were to remember that there is a command that will print on Ken> standard output the contents of a file in txt characters, but Ken> could not for the life of me remember 'more'. Where would I go Ken> for help (other than sending a email to this list serve)? All Ken> the command dictionaries I have are alphabetic. man -k something where something is vaguely related to your needs. In this case, I just did 'man -k text' and the last things that popped up were 'zmore'. Plus a bunch of other system calls and library calls about text handling. Maybe pickup one of the linux for beginners books that O'Reilly puts out? Unix in a Nutshell, etc. That should help you find commands. Also, *any* text editor will let you read a text file, even if you don't want to edit it. John ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:24:17 -0500 From: Gregory Avedissian <avedis.g(a)verizon.net> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Old man and LINUX To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <4D2E4631.7020705(a)verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The up arrow will take you through your command history in reverse order. If you want to see more than one command at a time, open .bash_history in your home with a text editor, or, while you're still remembering it, do 'more .bash_history'. If you remember the command, but you can't recall what options you used with it, 'grep some-command .bash_history' can help. You can set the system to hold more commands, if you want. In debian, the default is to hold the last 500 commands. I don't recall what it is in other distros. Spiral-bound notebook is good, too. A couple of pages of your favorite commands and just about anything else will still be readable if the system crashes. Greg Avedissian On 01/12/2011 03:56 PM, Ken Jones wrote: > > Folks, > > I have always wondered at my ability to keep the myriad of LINUX > instructions in my head. What would I do if I were to start losing > them? Is there a tool to search for recall? > > Is there any way to go backwards in LINUX command land? If I were to > remember that there is a command that will print on standard output the > contents of a file in txt characters, but could not for the life of me > remember 'more'. Where would I go for help (other than sending a email > to this list serve)? All the command dictionaries I have are alphabetic. > > Ken Jones (the elder) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:44:57 -0500 From: James Gray <jamespgray(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Old man and LINUX To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <AANLkTineh9rsmE0TaHudw2xa6nu6GTWGTO-9jKv27F9R(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 If Google and other search commands don't get what you want you could buy a reference book. Or you could create your own cheat sheet. On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > Folks, > > I have? always wondered at my ability to keep the myriad of LINUX > instructions in my head.? What would I do?if I were to start losing them? > Is there a tool to search for recall? > ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:52:13 -0500 From: Jorden M <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Old man and LINUX To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <AANLkTikB6P0JK-9nUJ9Lws2sVSvC5y2AzXF=bx8ggjjD(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 apropos is equivalent to man -k On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:00 PM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: >>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> writes: > > Ken> Folks, > Ken> I have ?always wondered at my ability to keep the myriad of LINUX instructions in my head. ?What would I do if I were to start losing them? ? Is there a tool to search for recall? > > Ken> Is there any way to go backwards in LINUX command land? ?If I > Ken> were to remember that there is a command that will print on > Ken> standard output the contents of a file in txt characters, but > Ken> could not for the life of me remember 'more'. ?Where would I go > Ken> for help (other than sending a email to this list serve)? ?All > Ken> the command dictionaries I have are alphabetic. > > man -k something > > where something is vaguely related to your needs. ?In this case, I > just did 'man -k text' and the last things that popped up were > 'zmore'. ?Plus a bunch of other system calls and library calls about > text handling. > > Maybe pickup one of the linux for beginners books that O'Reilly puts > out? ?Unix in a Nutshell, etc. ?That should help you find commands. > > Also, *any* text editor will let you read a text file, even if you > don't want to edit it. > > John > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:19:39 -0500 From: Franklin Moody <fmoody(a)moodman.org> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Old man and LINUX To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <20110113021937.GB13934(a)fmoody.moodman.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 07:24:17PM -0500, Gregory Avedissian wrote: > The up arrow will take you through your command history in reverse order. > If you want to see more than one command at a time, open .bash_history in > your home with a text editor, or, while you're still remembering it, do > 'more .bash_history'. If you remember the command, but you can't recall > what options you used with it, 'grep some-command .bash_history' can help. > > You can set the system to hold more commands, if you want. In debian, the > default is to hold the last 500 commands. I don't recall what it is in > other distros. > > Spiral-bound notebook is good, too. A couple of pages of your favorite > commands and just about anything else will still be readable if the system > crashes. > > Greg Avedissian I usually use "history | grep $blah" when looking for a particular set of command line options... On machines where I don't intentionally disable history for security... Frank ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 87, Issue 9 ***********************************

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Re: [Wlug] Old man and LINUX
by Aljerin Butler,Jr. Jan. 13, 2011

Jan. 13, 2011

Try http://www.linuxmanpages.com/. It has every command you've probably ever used and then some. Al Butler http://customlinux.tripod.com/ --- On Thu, 1/13/11, wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> wrote: From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 87, Issue 9 To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 12:00 PM 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: Canceled due to weather: WLUG meeting Wed 1/12/2011 (Theo Van Dinter) 2. Old man and LINUX (Ken Jones) 3. Re: Old man and LINUX (Jorden M) 4. Re: Old man and LINUX (John Stoffel) 5. Re: Old man and LINUX (Gregory Avedissian) 6. Re: Old man and LINUX (James Gray) 7. Re: Old man and LINUX (Jorden M) 8. Re: Old man and LINUX (Franklin Moody) _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Canceled due to weather: WLUG meeting Wed 1/12/2011
by Chuck Anderson Jan. 12, 2011

Jan. 12, 2011

Hi folks, Due to the weather WPI has decided to close the campus tomorrow. Therefore, our WLUG meeting which was scheduled to be held on Wednesday, January 12 at 7:00 PM at the WPI campus has been canceled. I look forward to seeing everyone at our meeting next month, Wednesday, February 9, 7:00PM. Keep it safe, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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Proposed Meeting topic: Virtualization technologies...
by Tim Keller Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

Hey Gang, I'd be up for giving a talk about virtualization technologies. Type 1 vs. type 2 hypervisors, open sores vs. closed, etc. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 87, Issue 3
by Kevin Harrington Jan. 6, 2011

Jan. 6, 2011

Try "sudo su". I remember needing to do this on some Linux variant, but I don't remember which. ~Kevin Harrington On Jan 6, 2011, at 12:00 PM, 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: problems with su (WAS: help) (Tal Cohen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:18:33 -0500 > From: "Tal Cohen" <wlug(a)cohen123.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] problems with su (WAS: help) > To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <4C901AF48ABD4E078B84E9530841B1A0@assetid00041> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Does "which su" find su in your path? > > If not, try "find / -name su" to find out where it is on your system. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric J. Martin" <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> > To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:04 AM > Subject: Re: [Wlug] problems with su (WAS: help) > > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 87, Issue 3 > ***********************************

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Any idea where to find a job?
by Jason Couture Dec. 23, 2010

Dec. 23, 2010

If anyone knows of any entry level it oppurtunities in the area, it would be much appreciated. I have 0 certifications but I can more than prove myself. I've been stuck in retail for a few years now and id like to escape it. If anyone knows of any positions, please let me know. :-) Thanks in advance! Sent from my android wireless device.

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disk/Raid ideas
by Doug Mildram Dec. 21, 2010

Dec. 21, 2010

You're hosed (i think) unless -- you're rich and you send the disks to a shop for megabucks (they may start with a trivial purchase of 2-3 identical model disks) -- OR IF your problem was NOT the actual platters/heads, YOU obtain 1-2 same-model disks, swap the board from a replacement disk onto your hosed disk ( w/ sm torx tool and brave fingers ) I've not done this myself yet. I HAVE had "stiction" problems where (after a power out or a "rest" so a disk bearing/lubricant gets a chance to harden) the disk just isnt spinning up. Of course, tapping/whacking it at the right/initial moment will usually cure that and you can feel if it's spinning or not....if you can hold it in your hand ...OR somehow get hands-on during powerup.

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Announce: Next WLUG meeting & meetings for 2011
by Chuck Anderson Dec. 20, 2010

Dec. 20, 2010

Hi folks, Our next WLUG meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, January 12 at 7:00 PM at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. The meeting room is in WPI's Morgan Hall (building 'H' on the campus map [1]), down the hallway to the right of the dining hall entrance. [1] http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/walkingmap.pdf Also, I have normalized the meeting schedule to be the 2nd Wednesday of each month. We'll try this for awhile and see how it goes. As always, please email me if you are interested in presenting a topic for any of our future meetings. We're a very laid back group, so don't feel you need to have a polished presentation in order to speak. Demos are always fun too. Some topic ideas we've had are: - Linux Android Development - Linux on Wireless Routers: OpenWRT, DD-WRT, etc. - IRC basics: how to chat on #wlug-ma - PGP/GPG keysigning party - Compare ZFS vs. BTRFS vs. ... - Virtualization Technologies KVM, Xen, VMWare - Demo the latest version of your favorite Linux distribution Happy Holidays and I look forward to seeing you next year, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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Re: [Wlug] Dec Meeting announcement / linux-raid problem
by Jason Couture Dec. 18, 2010

Dec. 18, 2010

I hear you man, good luck. At least you had the backups. Sent from my android wireless device. On Dec 18, 2010 1:02 PM, "Eric Martin" <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: I have backups of some stuff but I have a program that isn't great about writing stuff properly so I wanted to see if I could get more. If I can't it's ok, the backups will suffice. I was just hoping for more :) The replacement is on it's way so this is a moot point pretty fast. On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 11:28 AM, James Gray <jamespgray(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > It appears there ha... -- Eric Martin _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Reminder: WLUG Meeting tonight! (11/10)
by Tim Keller Nov. 10, 2010

Nov. 10, 2010

Hey Gang, Tonight we've got a WLUG meeting in the conference room adjacent to the Morgan Hall dining room at ~7PM. Though we're usually there a bit earlier. As of yet, there's no designated speaker so it'll be a round table discussion, unless someone steps forward, the floors open. Following protocol there will be consumption of pizza afterward. Hope to see you there! Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Best 802.11abgn router?
by John Stoffel Oct. 14, 2010

Oct. 14, 2010

Guys, I'm looking to replace my WAP54G (802.11bg) wireless access point. I really need to get more speed to the wife's computer, and I don't want to run wires. I'm thinking I'd like to get something that DD-WRT can run on, and possibly something with dual radios and/or dual 2.4ghz and 5.0ghz band, so I can have a secured network, and an open, slower network for guests. My home network looks like this: cable modem <---> router <----> GigE Lan switch <-- clients | | WAP54G Unfortunately, my router is only 100mb/s on each port, which is fine for WAN access, and most wireless, but not any more. And I don't want to replace it since it's a WRAP board from PC-engines running m0n0wall and doing a *great* job for what I need. Silent, no moving parts, easy to manage. Mostly, I want a fast, secure wireless WPA2 home wireless network. Maybe I'd keep the WAP54G around for public access... or maybe it's time to bite the bullet and replace my WRAP board with something better? I'm looking at the following: Netgear WNDR3700 Linksys E2000 Linksys WRT610N ASUS RT-N16 BUFFALO WZR-HP-G300NH (native DD-WRT support from factory!) Any hints or suggestions or feedback? Thanks, John

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Linux InstallFest
by Dignan, Patrick Oct. 5, 2010

Oct. 5, 2010

Hi everyone, I've been a lurker on these lists for a while, but I wanted to let everyone know: WPI's ACM chapter is hosting a Linux Installfest on November 2 at 7:00PM. We expect to have a panel of Linux community members speaking prior to the installs. Last year we had an estimated turnout of 50-75 students. If any of you would like to join us for installation, to hear the community members speak, or just for moral support then please feel free! We will be meeting in Fuller Laboratories Room #320. Best, Patrick Dignan

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New Memeber
by Joshua D. Demallistre Sept. 28, 2010

Sept. 28, 2010

So, to make a story short I am a new member to this group. I've been here, close to the Worcester area and would like to meet with you guys. I have been using Linux for the past 10 years without a LUG, so this time I would like to do things differently, and get together. Basically I wanted to say that I have been a lone ranger for the last 10 year. I have been to the website but there is no mentioned of the next meeting.

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Webcam program
by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com Sept. 17, 2010

Sept. 17, 2010

A friend of mine wants to use Skype for video conferencing since the windows beta handles that. Does anyone know of an open source program equivalent for linux and windows?

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 4
by joel d Sept. 10, 2010

Sept. 10, 2010

Hi all, Just wondering if there is/was a WLUG meeting this evening. Other events kept got me there at 7:15pm but could not find WLUG on the first floor of Morgan Hall (prior HR training room or otherwise). Thanks, Joel

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Groupware; Citadel
by Maurice Sept. 2, 2010

Sept. 2, 2010

I'm looking at a few groupware packages for a non-profit I help out... At this time, I'm leaning toward Citadel; http://www.citadel.org/doku.php > > *Citadel* is a turnkey open-source solution for email and > collaboration. One simple installation delivers a multitude of > powerful features, including: > > * email > * calendaring/scheduling > * address books > * bulletin boards > * mailing list server > * instant messaging > * wiki > * multiple domain support > * a powerful web interface > Basically, I need to set them up with something that does e-mail and calendaring and when changes are needed or new accounts are needed I don't have to do a site visit and touch each computer - or manage several types of e-mail clients. Anyone using this package, or know of it? Any feedback, or alternate recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -- -Maurice Pelletier Child Development Services - Cumberland County 50 Depot Road Falmouth, ME 04105 207-781-8881 (voice) 207-781-8855 (fax) www.cds-cumberland.org "Linux -- it's not just for breakfast anymore..." -Moe CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication (including any attachments) may contain privileged or confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this communication and/or shred the materials and any attachments and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. Thank you.

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 5
by Caobin zhu Aug. 14, 2010

Aug. 14, 2010

Thanks,Rich. I tried to install Draftsight but it did not go through due to an error. caobin > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 5 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:00:04 -0400 > > 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 82, Issue 4 (Caobin zhu) > 2. Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 4 (Richard Klein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:15:32 -0400 > From: Caobin zhu <globecstar(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 4 > To: linux userGroup <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <SNT141-w43A05F7E6B00711AFD2FAEDB970(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hi, everybody, > Happy BBQ! but i am sorry i can not make it. > One question: is there anyone using qcad in linux? it is strange that the program can not print! it does not show up my installed printer at all. Any help woud be greatly appreciated. > i am using fedora 12 and the qcad is version 2.0.5. > > thanks. > caobin > > > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 4 > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:00:03 -0400 > > > > 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. food,weather,BBQ (Doug Mildram) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:42:32 -0400 > > From: Doug Mildram <dmildram(a)gmail.com> > > Subject: [Wlug] food,weather,BBQ > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Message-ID: > > <AANLkTind9G4=cjgzv-xexAG6VyGDXmTVavV3b3vHnQzR(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > If you cannot make it to the BBQ *thurs 6pm...7pm....8pm......fading near > > 9pm... > > sorry! (details abound, below. first, from NOAA > > http://www.weather.gov/ wed eve,,,,, > > > > *Tonight: *Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light east wind. (doug: > > cool, and mint!) > > > > *Thursday: *A slight chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high > > near 76. East wind between 5 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. ( > > back to normal i guess!) > > > > *Thursday Night: *A slight chance of showers before 11pm. Cloudy, with a low > > around 58..... > > > > doug> Either way we're rather unaffected for the party, inside+outside. > > Party/BBQ is on the deck. Pool is clean/open/mostly_unused! > > Party is ALSO based near the kitchen (which is near deck and grill). > > ( upscale from last year's BBQ in the garage..... ) > > Bring a few extra paper plates, i'm low on paper plates. > > I have all else, except the fare != green/healthy, it's: > > > > MENU so far > > burgers, tomatoes,.....amer. cheese w/bulkie buns > > sausages (12 sweet, 6 hot) w/ big torpedo or split rolls > > tomatoes.....amer. cheese > > salsa and 2 bags tortilla/white-corn chips (THAT might go fast) > > ginger ale, cranberry juice, byob.... -doug > > p.s. > > On the directions, URL'd below one last time, > > the cellphone# is wrong, but top# 508-869-xxxx is correct. > > > For Worcester area: > > > > > > > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_auburn_worc_29… > > > > > > From the Northwest such as Leominster: > > > > > > > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_rte2_lancaster… > > > > > > From anywhere via 495: > > > > > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_495+62.txt > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20100811/f6f8dd60/attachmen… > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 4 > > *********************************** > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20100812/dda8ca10/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:17:57 -0400 > From: Richard Klein <richspk(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 4 > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTinCb=C2n8BvA9yfnVnvkXWF4tq8-rrv_Rvj_22d(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Caobin zhu <globecstar(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, everybody, > > Happy BBQ! but i am sorry i can not make it. > > One question: is there anyone using qcad in linux? it is strange that?the > > program can not print! it does not show up my?installed printer at all. > > Any?help woud be greatly appreciated. > > i am using fedora 12 and the qcad is version 2.0.5. > > I haven't used qcad, but I've been using Draftsight on Windows for a > couple months. I don't think it's open source [1], but it's the best > _free_ CAD software I've used to date, and a Linux version is supposed > to be out later this year. > http://www.draftsight.com/ > > -- > Rich > [1] I don't know that it's not, either... > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 5 > ***********************************

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 4
by Caobin zhu Aug. 12, 2010

Aug. 12, 2010

Hi, everybody, Happy BBQ! but i am sorry i can not make it. One question: is there anyone using qcad in linux? it is strange that the program can not print! it does not show up my installed printer at all. Any help woud be greatly appreciated. i am using fedora 12 and the qcad is version 2.0.5. thanks. caobin > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 4 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:00:03 -0400 > > 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. food,weather,BBQ (Doug Mildram) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:42:32 -0400 > From: Doug Mildram <dmildram(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wlug] food,weather,BBQ > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: > <AANLkTind9G4=cjgzv-xexAG6VyGDXmTVavV3b3vHnQzR(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > If you cannot make it to the BBQ *thurs 6pm...7pm....8pm......fading near > 9pm... > sorry! (details abound, below. first, from NOAA > http://www.weather.gov/ wed eve,,,,, > > *Tonight: *Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light east wind. (doug: > cool, and mint!) > > *Thursday: *A slight chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high > near 76. East wind between 5 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. ( > back to normal i guess!) > > *Thursday Night: *A slight chance of showers before 11pm. Cloudy, with a low > around 58..... > > doug> Either way we're rather unaffected for the party, inside+outside. > Party/BBQ is on the deck. Pool is clean/open/mostly_unused! > Party is ALSO based near the kitchen (which is near deck and grill). > ( upscale from last year's BBQ in the garage..... ) > Bring a few extra paper plates, i'm low on paper plates. > I have all else, except the fare != green/healthy, it's: > > MENU so far > burgers, tomatoes,.....amer. cheese w/bulkie buns > sausages (12 sweet, 6 hot) w/ big torpedo or split rolls > tomatoes.....amer. cheese > salsa and 2 bags tortilla/white-corn chips (THAT might go fast) > ginger ale, cranberry juice, byob.... -doug > p.s. > On the directions, URL'd below one last time, > the cellphone# is wrong, but top# 508-869-xxxx is correct. > > For Worcester area: > > > > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_auburn_worc_29… > > > > From the Northwest such as Leominster: > > > > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_rte2_lancaster… > > > > From anywhere via 495: > > > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_495+62.txt > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20100811/f6f8dd60/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 82, Issue 4 > ***********************************

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food,weather,BBQ
by Doug Mildram Aug. 12, 2010

Aug. 12, 2010

If you cannot make it to the BBQ *thurs 6pm...7pm....8pm......fading near 9pm... sorry! (details abound, below. first, from NOAA http://www.weather.gov/ wed eve,,,,, *Tonight: *Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light east wind. (doug: cool, and mint!) *Thursday: *A slight chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. East wind between 5 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. ( back to normal i guess!) *Thursday Night: *A slight chance of showers before 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 58..... doug> Either way we're rather unaffected for the party, inside+outside. Party/BBQ is on the deck. Pool is clean/open/mostly_unused! Party is ALSO based near the kitchen (which is near deck and grill). ( upscale from last year's BBQ in the garage..... ) Bring a few extra paper plates, i'm low on paper plates. I have all else, except the fare != green/healthy, it's: MENU so far burgers, tomatoes,.....amer. cheese w/bulkie buns sausages (12 sweet, 6 hot) w/ big torpedo or split rolls tomatoes.....amer. cheese salsa and 2 bags tortilla/white-corn chips (THAT might go fast) ginger ale, cranberry juice, byob.... -doug p.s. On the directions, URL'd below one last time, the cellphone# is wrong, but top# 508-869-xxxx is correct. > For Worcester area: > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_auburn_worc_29… > > From the Northwest such as Leominster: > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_rte2_lancaster… > > From anywhere via 495: > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_495+62.txt

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Announce: BBQ for our next meeting, Thurs. August 12
by Chuck Anderson Aug. 9, 2010

Aug. 9, 2010

Hi WLUG members, It's that time a year again for the WLUG BBQ! Thanks to Doug Mildram for hosting again this year. We will be holding the BBQ on the scheduled date of our next meeting, but starting at 6pm: Thursday, August 12 at 6:00 PM Doug has provided these directions and contact information: For Worcester area: http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_auburn_worc_29… From the Northwest such as Leominster: http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_rte2_lancaster… From anywhere via 495: http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_495+62.txt WLUG will supply burgers, hot dogs, rolls/buns, condiments, paper products, soda, etc. BYOB, dessert, and other food/snack items as you like. Please email Doug (dmildram(a)gmail.com) with any questions. I look forward to seeing everyone there! Chuck

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Job posting: Looking for Drupal developers
by Tatsh Aug. 6, 2010

Aug. 6, 2010

We have 1-2 positions open for PHP developers who are familiar with CMS's. - Drupal (what we are mainly seeking) - Module developers - Extremely familiar with the API (if hooks doesn't sound like a familiar term then we are not looking for you; sorry) - Strong knowledge of SQL (we mainly use MySQL DBs) - Strong knowledge of PHP - Theme development - Strong knowledge of CSS, including IE fixes and quirks (forcing IE quirks mode is last resort) - Strong knowledge of HTML/XHTML and semantics; simplest HTML possible (not using a million divs; not using tables for layout) - Familiarity with mobile site development - Able to keep/make fallbacks for those lacking JS or other features (familiarity with a 'enhancement as enhancements come along' kind of development; not a 'worse commmon denominator' development style) - Joomla - Able to work with the back-end and customise it - Themers (same skills as Drupal) - Module development a plus - vBulletin - Templates familiarity - General familiarity with the back-end - Modules/products development is a plus (so familiarity with the terribly documented API is a plus) - Magento is a plus - Module development (we do not need themers at the moment) If you know PHP that's great but we really are looking for the above mentioned skills, not just PHP. Also we are looking for Flash developers for small things that will heavily use DBs for data, not their own internal data. Basically if we can say we need X and you can produce it genericised enough to work with any CMS or anything custom that we have already made but just needs the Flash element to be finished. We have an OpenSolaris server. All the GNU core utils are there as well as their POSIX-standard versions (default). Emacs, Vim, etc installed. We use Subversion for versioning so familiarity with that is a plus. We keep a KB so anything that is funky can be documented nicely. This is contract work; pay is hourly. No payments will be made until the contract is signed. Call me (contact information below). If I'm not there, please be sure to leave a message or you may try my cell 978-870-5908. Thanks all -- Andrew Udvare, Development ASIM Design // Marketing, Branding, Web Main - 253.236.0074 x501 Direct - 314.227.0726 Fax - 206.339.8760 Web - andrew(a)asimdesign.net - www.asimdesign.net

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Job posting
by Mike Leo Aug. 6, 2010

Aug. 6, 2010

https://jobs-akamai.icims.com/jobs/4149/job Just spreading the word. Check out all the postings, too. We seem to have a lot. There is a referral bonus so I'd appreciate a mention, but do as you will. ~Mike

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Truly Ancient Laptop
by E Johnson Aug. 1, 2010

Aug. 1, 2010

We have here an ancient laptop -- Epson ActionNote 4SLC2-50. Belonged to my ancient father, who thought I might find some use for it. It's about 12" x 10" x 2" and not terribly light for its size. Built like a small tank --appears to be somewhat indestructible. Comes in its own rather decent black leather-like case. Has modem, battery brick, diskette drive, PS2 port, parallel port, two serial ports and a phone jack. It even comes with its own PS2 mouse which has a very stylish decal of Tweety Bird. The user guide is dated 1993. This runs Windows MS-DOS-whatever it was, still has operating system installed. Worked fine last time we turned it on. Memory is upgraable. I hope someone can give this a good home. Maybe you have a computer museum in your basement --this would be the perfect addition. Maybe you need this to run some special utilities at home... I'm sure this is infinitely modifiable. Hate to send this poor thing to the dump. Daddy is still living... would like to be able to tell him (if he ever asks) that the old laptop has been happily repurposed. We're located in a very easy-to-find spot in Worcester, less than a block off Elm Park. Someone must need this unit. We want you to want this. Thanks, Liz J

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 81, Issue 14 (Ancient laptop)
by E Johnson July 31, 2010

July 31, 2010

Caobin zhu, your questions: > can you be more specific about its stauts: > -cpu > -hard disk size > -ram Someone posted link to spec sheet here, check it out: http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/an4s50/an4s50pg.pdf > -battery still working? >> Worked fine last time we turned it on. It's back in the closet for the time being; was not planning to fire it up again. Jason has dibs on this thing if he can get back to me within a reasonable time. Come back, Jason? Otherwise I'll update you all on status of availability. TY all for the interest. Liz J

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 81, Issue 14
by Caobin zhu July 31, 2010

July 31, 2010

can you be more specific about its stauts: -cpu -hard disk size -ram -battery still working? -... thanks. > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 81, Issue 14 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:00:03 -0400 > > 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. Truly Ancient Laptop (E Johnson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:47:18 -0400 > From: E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wlug] Truly Ancient Laptop > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTike_psysQj1XjyS0D3XUKHrFaS0h-sj5oA=Thm7(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > We have here an ancient laptop -- Epson ActionNote 4SLC2-50. Belonged > to my ancient father, who thought I might find some use for it. > > It's about 12" x 10" x 2" and not terribly light for its size. Built > like a small tank --appears to be somewhat indestructible. Comes in > its own rather decent black leather-like case. > > Has modem, battery brick, diskette drive, PS2 port, parallel port, two > serial ports and a phone jack. It even comes with its own PS2 mouse > which has a very stylish decal of Tweety Bird. > > The user guide is dated 1993. This runs Windows MS-DOS-whatever it > was, still has operating system installed. Worked fine last time we > turned it on. Memory is upgraable. > > I hope someone can give this a good home. Maybe you have a computer > museum in your basement --this would be the perfect addition. Maybe > you need this to run some special utilities at home... > I'm sure this is infinitely modifiable. > Hate to send this poor thing to the dump. Daddy is still living... > would like to be able to tell him (if he ever asks) that the old > laptop has been happily repurposed. > > We're located in a very easy-to-find spot in Worcester, less than a > block off Elm Park. > > Someone must need this unit. We want you to want this. > > Thanks, > Liz J > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 81, Issue 14 > ************************************

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Professional networking for Bioinformatics Linux Support resource
by Kathleen McTeague July 28, 2010

July 28, 2010

Greetings, I'm reaching out to do some professional networking to see if I can send out a unique job posting to the Worcester Linux User Group. We are looking for a seasoned Linux Admin for a unique role to work for the vaccine division of a local pharmaceutical company based here in Cambridge, MA. This position is a long-term contract approved through the end of this year with the likelihood of extending long-term, possibly perm. The role will have 'one foot' in IS, and the other in the Bioinformatics group. The focus of the role is administering a Linux cluster, supporting research scientists with some data modeling, supporting various relational databases etc. The Bioinformatics group will be moving to Cambridge so they will be replacing/upgrading the existing Linux cluster. The ideal candidate will have prior experience supporting several PhD level scientists with computational backgrounds, virology/biology as well as many other disciplines. It is a very visible role in that there is a huge initiative to strengthen the IS support specifically for the Bioinformatics organization. I've attached the job description and look forward to hearing your thoughts and interest level in exploring this opportunity. Thanks in advance for your time and if you know of anyone who might be interested, I'm available to chat live any day with some notice. The hourly pay rate range on a W-2 contract basis (will not consider 1099 candidates) and the rate range is approximately $45-75/hour based on education and experience. PROJECT DESCRIPTION* This SOW covers the costs associated with providing a Bioinformatics technical support resource in the R&D IS team as a resource to participate in and support the following R&D IS activities and projects: · Implementing, testing and and managing applications used by Scientists working in the Sanofi Pasteur R&D Global Bioinformatics and Genomics group. This group uses both commercial and proprietary scientific computing applications running on LINUX, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows. · Resource will be responsible for providing application support, including building applications from source, managing the deployment and scheduling of software applications on Unix/Linux clusters, migrating and configuring applications and ensuring inter-operability between applications. · Providing effective communication between the IS infrastructure team (who provide LINUX, UNIX, Windows, and Oracle support), the R&D IS team, and the business users. · Development of standardized data management (loading, updates, maintenance) and support procedures for specific applications, including Biowisdom SRS. · Providing training to users on specialized applications as needed. · Participating in the development and approval of standardized documentation for these processes, following Sanofi Pasteur documentation standards. · Maintaining a high level of client satisfaction while meeting response time guidelines. · Resolving Client Support Incidents and effectively communicate status, solutions and/or workarounds to clients. · Properly documenting actions taken on all work for Client Support Incidents. · Other specific projects to be defined by R&D IS management as needed. TIMEFRAME* The contractor is required from July 1, 2010 through to December 31, 2010, with the possibility of extension to 2011, depending on budget availability, project portfolio needs, and performance. DELIVERABLES In addition to the project-specific deliverables described in the Scope of Work, the following deliverables may be required from the contractor for each project worked on: Project Plan A high-level project plan using Microsoft Project will be developed in the early stage of each project. The plan will list high level timelines and resource requirements. This plan will be further refined once the requirements document is complete. This plan will be reviewed and approved by a Sanofi Pasteur R&D IS representative. If the contractor is not the project lead then they will provide input to this document. Requirements Document A requirements document will be developed in our IS eDoc document management system. This document will be developed through requirements gathering meetings with the business user and through requirements review sessions with the IS technical team. This document will be approved through the IS eDoc workflow process. If the contractor is not the project lead then they will need to provide input to this document. Development If the contractor is a developer on the project he/she will develop or modify the code necessary to meet the requirements document. He/she will also unit test the code that has been developed or modified prior to delivering it to the project lead and business user for user acceptance testing. If the contractor is the project lead he/she will provide direction to the developers throughout this stage. Testing The contractor will oversee the testing of the changes to the system by developing test scripts with the help of the business users. These test scripts will trace back to each individual requirement in the requirements document. These test scripts will be developed in IS eDoc and reviewed and approved through the IS eDoc workflow process. Implementation The contractor will oversee moving of the changes to the system into production. He/she will ensure all necessary documentation is approved and closed out in IS eDoc and the EPM time management system. POSITION REQUIRED (ROLE) A Technical Support Analyst with Bioinformatics experience is required for this role. Technical expertise requirements include: · Experience with Windows and Linux/UNIX operating systems are essential (Mac OS X and Solaris will be an asset), and experience with distributed computing is required. · Proficiency with RDBMS-based (MySQL, Postgresql, Oracle) applications and database concepts. · Proficiency with UNIX text processing tools and shell scripting. · Proficiency with a major programming language (e.g. C/C+); scripting languages (e.g. Perl, Python) · Understanding of web server, networking and network protocols. · Solid understanding of the software development cycle, including testing methodologies and change management control, and experience out-sourcing and managing software development, · Demonstrated previous experience supporting bioinformatics tools and applications. Examples may include molecular modeling applications, sequence analysis packages, genomic data analysis tools and data integration applications. · Able to use Microsoft Office tools. Professional requirements include: · Resourceful problem solver with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to express technical ideas clearly · Able to work effectively within a team environment. · Good written and verbal communication skills required to deliver high quality Client Support and reliable follow-up to clients. · Demonstrated ability to promptly handle problems, providing status updates, and documenting the problem and resolution. · Present technical & functional ideas clearly while checking for client understanding. · Experience in developing technical documentation. · Experience with software testing, including development of test plans and detailed test scripts based on requirements and design documentation. SKILLS REQUIRED * The candidates must possess the following skills/education: A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent. Best, Kathleen McTeague Senior Staffing Consultant Randstad Life Science Staffing 617-354-7215 kathleen.mcteague(a)us.randstad.com<mailto:kathleen.mcteague@us.randstad.com>

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IBM ThinkPad T22 for sale; $50
by Tatsh July 26, 2010

July 26, 2010

Hard drive emptied. Has a license for Windows 2000 on the bottom. - 15" screen, has a line going through it near the top that sometimes visible, sometimes white, sometimes black; probably not repairable without a replacement - DVD-ROM drive working but funky with eject; swappable with floppy drive (included) - Battery completely drained - Comes with docking station (which has power button, ethernet, VGA, DVI, serial, 1xUSB, PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, audio out and mic in, and a port used by some PCMCIA cards I can't remember what it's called (small)) - Comes with AC Adapter - 2x128MB RAM; fully tested OK - Pentium III @ 700 MHz - Video card is an Intel variant of the time $50 sold. Call me at 978-870-5908 (Andy). Thanks -- Tatsh www.tatsh.net ddrtist(a)gmail.com

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Linux rebotics??
by Ken Jones July 20, 2010

July 20, 2010

Are you all aware of any robot clubs in eastern Massachusetts. I am interested in robots in general, but even more interested in Linux robotics. Are there any break through products you know about? I have not searched the web. This email is a spur of the moment action. Ken

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 81, Issue 7
by Caobin zhu July 10, 2010

July 10, 2010

Hi, I am interested in your thinkpad. can you give a little more detail about it? like what's the model number and screen size? is the battery still charging working/ does it come with a DVD-drive and/floppy? is the drive removable? how big is the hard disk size? and what is the cpu and memory size etc... thanks. > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 81, Issue 7 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:00:03 -0400 > > 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. Classic car for sale (1963 Mercury Monterey 2 door), and a > ThinkPad! (Tatsh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 13:10:22 -0400 > From: Tatsh <ddrtist(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wlug] Classic car for sale (1963 Mercury Monterey 2 door), > and a ThinkPad! > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <201007091310.22714.ddrtist(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hope this is appropriate. I prefer to do local sale only with cars so I > thought what the heck. > > Here are the details: > 1963 Mercury Monterey > Custom 2 Door Hardtop Breezeway > Here is a rare near-mint condition 2-door version of the 1963 Monterey. Barn > find! Engine compartment is very clean. This car frame and floor are solid. > The frame, floors and under carriage of this car are very clean. Car has been > primed white. Has installed 15" tires, and includes original 14" tires. > > Any questions? Just call 978-870-5908 (Andy) between 10 AM and 8 PM. > > Plenty of pictures here: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280531424951 > > I'm 100% legit. My refs are on eBay. > > Also, what I might have for sale is an IBM ThinkPad (pre-Lenovo, came with > 2000 License). > -- > Andrew Udvare > 978-870-5908 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 81, Issue 7 > *********************************** _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:…

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PC to Home Stereo Solution
by Gary Hanley July 9, 2010

July 9, 2010

Is it me or is there no good solution to streaming your OGG and FLAC music files to your home stereo from Linux. Even the Windows solutions seem sparse and are usually proprietary. I have wanted to do this for a long time and every time I start googling for a solution I come up empty. Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate your comments. Thanks, and Happy 4th! -- Gary

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Addonics Dual CF IDE adaptor for sale - 15.00
by Adam Keck July 7, 2010

July 7, 2010

Anyone interested in a Dual CF/IDE adaptor [1]? Unfortunately, I won't be able to do the project for which I bought it. I can bring it to the next meeting. Thanks, -Adam [1] http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad44midecf.asp

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Announce: WLUG Meeting Thursday July 8 7PM
by Chuck Anderson July 6, 2010

July 6, 2010

Hi folks, Our next WLUG meeting is scheduled to be held on Thursday, July 8 at 7:00 PM in Morgan Hall at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. This is an informal open meeting. Anyone who is interested in a certain topic, feel free to come to the meeting and discuss it. There has been a lot of talk about streaming music to stereo systems, so I suggest we talk about that. We'll also discuss the WLUG BBQ which is on for August! We'll go out for pizza afterwards. The meeting room is in WPI's Morgan Hall (building 'H' on the campus map [1]), down the hallway to the right of the dining hall entrance. [1] http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/walkingmap.pdf I look forward to seeing you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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LinuxCon 2010 in Boston, August 10-12
by Chuck Anderson June 28, 2010

June 28, 2010

Nichola Mente from The Linux Foundation asked me to post this event notification and discount code: Hello WLUG Members: LinuxCon 2010 will be held in Boston this Aug 10-12, and we would like to offer each of you a discount on registration fees as local community members. Information, schedule and registration can be found on our website: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon When registering, please use this code to receive a 20% discount: LCB_UG20 Happy Monday! Nichola

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Grub and E-Waste
by ted June 26, 2010

June 26, 2010

Two somewhat related questions. I went to a USB keyboard after my PS keyboard broke. I am running Ubuntu 10.04. How do I get GRUB to recognize the keyboard? Second, where do I get rid of the broken keyboard? Does Worcester have an E-Waste recycling center? Thanks. Ted

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BBQ and My Keyboard
by ted June 26, 2010

June 26, 2010

> Chuck Anderson wrote: > > I neglected to bring up this topic at our last meeting. We usually > > have a WLUG summer BBQ around July or August, so I'd like to get the > > planning discussion going now. Are people interested in having a BBQ > > this year, and if so, would someone be willing to host it? WLUG > > should enough in the bank to fund the food (Andy can you confirm?), so > > all we need is a place with a BBQ grill and a time. > > > > Comments? Ideas? I love to BBQ. I don't have a good space for hosting, but can we use one of the many fine parks in Worcester? Thats the way we rolled in Joisey. As for my USB Keyboard, the BIOS had a switch to turn on USB Keyboards and the Mouse (though I never needed the mouse for grub). Thanks for the help! Ted

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RFC: WLUG BBQ July/August timeframe
by Chuck Anderson June 25, 2010

June 25, 2010

I neglected to bring up this topic at our last meeting. We usually have a WLUG summer BBQ around July or August, so I'd like to get the planning discussion going now. Are people interested in having a BBQ this year, and if so, would someone be willing to host it? WLUG should enough in the bank to fund the food (Andy can you confirm?), so all we need is a place with a BBQ grill and a time. Comments? Ideas? -Chuck

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Converting VSAM files
by Michael Long June 24, 2010

June 24, 2010

Hi: I have a project in which I need to migrate some data stored in VSAM files to a relational database (mssql). I am wondering if anyone has had experience with extracting data from a VSAM file to a flat file. If so what tools would you recommend to make this happen. tia, Mike

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232-TTL, locally?
by soup June 8, 2010

June 8, 2010

Anyone know of a hobby/electronics shop where I could get a 232-TTL dongle, board or kit? Even just a bare MAX232 IC would be cool. I don't want to have to drive up to you-do-it, that's the only place I can think of that's left... Take care, soup

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Announce: WLUG Meeting Wednesday June 9 7PM
by Chuck Anderson June 8, 2010

June 8, 2010

Hi folks, Our next WLUG meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, June 9 at 7:00 PM in Morgan Hall at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. This is an informal open meeting. Anyone who is interested in a certain topic, feel free to come to the meeting and discuss it. We'll go out for pizza afterwards. The meeting room is in WPI's Morgan Hall (building 'H' on the campus map [1]), down the hallway to the right of the dining hall entrance. [1] http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/walkingmap.pdf I look forward to seeing you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 - AWK
by Steven Greenberg June 2, 2010

June 2, 2010

#!/bin/tcsh awk -F\| '$3 == "" {print}' < test.txt 109: ./awk.csh One|two||four|Five|Six One|two||four|Five|Six 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. Awk Null Field (Gary Hanley) > 2. Re: Awk Null Field (Jorden M) > 3. Re: Awk Null Field (Gary Hanley) > 4. Re: Awk Null Field (Jorden M) > 5. Re: Awk Null Field (Gary Hanley) > 6. Re: Awk Null Field (Jorden M) > 7. Re: Awk Null Field (Theo Van Dinter) > 8. Re: Awk Null Field (Gary Hanley) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [Wlug] Awk Null Field > From: > Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> > Date: > Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:00:26 -0400 (EDT) > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > Wow, what's wrong with me? I'm trying to parse a file to eliminate any > line from the file to the output where a particular field is is null. > The 8th field in this case. > > I can't get it right! I haven't done an awk script in a long time but > this should be simple stuff. > > Basically I'm trying to do: > > cat file | awk -F\| '$8 !~ <NULL expression> {print}' > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > -- Gary > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Wlug] Awk Null Field > From: > Jorden M <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> > Date: > Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:26:23 -0400 > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > Just check NF. > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >> Wow, what's wrong with me? I'm trying to parse a file to >> eliminate any line from the file to the output where a particular >> field is is null. The 8th field in this case. >> >> I can't get it right! I haven't done an awk script in a long time but >> this should be simple stuff. >> >> Basically I'm trying to do: >> >> cat file | awk -F\| '$8 !~ <NULL expression> {print}' >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- Gary >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Wlug] Awk Null Field > From: > Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> > Date: > Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:08:46 -0400 > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > Thanks, but that won't help here. Maybe I should have mentioned the > fields are delimited by "|" and there is more than eight fields per record. > > I think this might be more complicated than I assumed. Thanks anyway. > > -- Gary > > On 06/01/2010 04:26 PM, Jorden M wrote: >> Just check NF. >> >> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >>> Wow, what's wrong with me? I'm trying to parse a file to >>> eliminate any line from the file to the output where a particular >>> field is is null. The 8th field in this case. >>> >>> I can't get it right! I haven't done an awk script in a long time but >>> this should be simple stuff. >>> >>> Basically I'm trying to do: >>> >>> cat file | awk -F\| '$8 !~<NULL expression> {print}' >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- Gary >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Wlug] Awk Null Field > From: > Jorden M <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> > Date: > Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:14:36 -0400 > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > What will happen if the field is null? Two pipes? Or will there be > space in between? > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >> Thanks, but that won't help here. Maybe I should have mentioned the >> fields are delimited by "|" and there is more than eight fields per record. >> >> I think this might be more complicated than I assumed. Thanks anyway. >> >> -- Gary >> >> On 06/01/2010 04:26 PM, Jorden M wrote: >>> Just check NF. >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >>>> Wow, what's wrong with me? I'm trying to parse a file to >>>> eliminate any line from the file to the output where a particular >>>> field is is null. The 8th field in this case. >>>> >>>> I can't get it right! I haven't done an awk script in a long time but >>>> this should be simple stuff. >>>> >>>> Basically I'm trying to do: >>>> >>>> cat file | awk -F\| '$8 !~<NULL expression> {print}' >>>> >>>> Any help would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> -- Gary >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Wlug] Awk Null Field > From: > Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> > Date: > Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:22:05 -0400 > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > There will be a space. > > -- Gary > > On 06/01/2010 05:14 PM, Jorden M wrote: >> What will happen if the field is null? Two pipes? Or will there be >> space in between? >> >> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >>> Thanks, but that won't help here. Maybe I should have mentioned the >>> fields are delimited by "|" and there is more than eight fields per >>> record. >>> >>> I think this might be more complicated than I assumed. Thanks anyway. >>> >>> -- Gary >>> >>> On 06/01/2010 04:26 PM, Jorden M wrote: >>>> Just check NF. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >>>>> Wow, what's wrong with me? I'm trying to parse a file to >>>>> eliminate any line from the file to the output where a particular >>>>> field is is null. The 8th field in this case. >>>>> >>>>> I can't get it right! I haven't done an awk script in a long time but >>>>> this should be simple stuff. >>>>> >>>>> Basically I'm trying to do: >>>>> >>>>> cat file | awk -F\| '$8 !~<NULL expression> {print}' >>>>> >>>>> Any help would be appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -- Gary >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Wlug] Awk Null Field > From: > Jorden M <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> > Date: > Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:24:38 -0400 > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > So match "| |"? Or perhaps "|[ ]?|"? > > Or will that not work? > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >> There will be a space. >> >> -- Gary >> >> On 06/01/2010 05:14 PM, Jorden M wrote: >>> What will happen if the field is null? Two pipes? Or will there be >>> space in between? >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >>>> Thanks, but that won't help here. Maybe I should have mentioned the >>>> fields are delimited by "|" and there is more than eight fields per record. >>>> >>>> I think this might be more complicated than I assumed. Thanks anyway. >>>> >>>> -- Gary >>>> >>>> On 06/01/2010 04:26 PM, Jorden M wrote: >>>>> Just check NF. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >>>>>> Wow, what's wrong with me? I'm trying to parse a file to >>>>>> eliminate any line from the file to the output where a particular >>>>>> field is is null. The 8th field in this case. >>>>>> >>>>>> I can't get it right! I haven't done an awk script in a long time but >>>>>> this should be simple stuff. >>>>>> >>>>>> Basically I'm trying to do: >>>>>> >>>>>> cat file | awk -F\| '$8 !~<NULL expression> {print}' >>>>>> >>>>>> Any help would be appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- Gary >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Wlug] Awk Null Field > From: > Theo Van Dinter <felicity(a)kluge.net> > Date: > Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:48:32 -0400 > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > Unless I'm missing something, you should just be able to do ... awk > -F\| '$8 {print}' > > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >> Wow, what's wrong with me? I'm trying to parse a file to >> eliminate any line from the file to the output where a particular >> field is is null. The 8th field in this case. >> >> I can't get it right! I haven't done an awk script in a long time but >> this should be simple stuff. >> >> Basically I'm trying to do: >> >> cat file | awk -F\| '$8 !~ <NULL expression> {print}' >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- Gary >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Wlug] Awk Null Field > From: > Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> > Date: > Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:46:17 -0400 > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > No, that doesn't work. Here's how I tried it. > > My play file. Notice records two and four: > One|two|three|four|Five|Six > One|two||four|Five|Six > One|two|three|four|Five|Six > One|two||four|Five|Six > One|two|three|four|Five|Six > One|two|three|four|Five|Six > > Here's the output. Should have returned two records: > cat file.txt | awk -F\| '$3 = "| |" {print}' > One two | | four Five Six > One two | | four Five Six > One two | | four Five Six > One two | | four Five Six > One two | | four Five Six > One two | | four Five Six > > And: > cat file.txt | awk -F\| '$3 = "|[ ]?|" {print}' > One two |[ ]?| four Five Six > One two |[ ]?| four Five Six > One two |[ ]?| four Five Six > One two |[ ]?| four Five Six > One two |[ ]?| four Five Six > One two |[ ]?| four Five Six > > I'm probably have to refresh myself with the regular expression stuff > and build a script. Not a bad thing I guess. Somehow I just assumed > checking for a blank field in awk was a no-brainer. Now I'm going to > have to think. :-\ > > Thanks Jorden. > > -- Gary > > On 06/01/2010 05:24 PM, Jorden M wrote: >> So match "| |"? Or perhaps "|[ ]?|"? >> >> Or will that not work? >> >> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >>> There will be a space. >>> >>> -- Gary >>> >>> On 06/01/2010 05:14 PM, Jorden M wrote: >>>> What will happen if the field is null? Two pipes? Or will there be >>>> space in between? >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >>>>> Thanks, but that won't help here. Maybe I should have mentioned the >>>>> fields are delimited by "|" and there is more than eight fields per >>>>> record. >>>>> >>>>> I think this might be more complicated than I assumed. Thanks anyway. >>>>> >>>>> -- Gary >>>>> >>>>> On 06/01/2010 04:26 PM, Jorden M wrote: >>>>>> Just check NF. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Wow, what's wrong with me? I'm trying to parse a file to >>>>>>> eliminate any line from the file to the output where a particular >>>>>>> field is is null. The 8th field in this case. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I can't get it right! I haven't done an awk script in a long time >>>>>>> but >>>>>>> this should be simple stuff. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Basically I'm trying to do: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> cat file | awk -F\| '$8 !~<NULL expression> {print}' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any help would be appreciated. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- Gary >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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Awk Null Field
by Gary Hanley June 1, 2010

June 1, 2010

Wow, what's wrong with me? I'm trying to parse a file to eliminate any line from the file to the output where a particular field is is null. The 8th field in this case. I can't get it right! I haven't done an awk script in a long time but this should be simple stuff. Basically I'm trying to do: cat file | awk -F\| '$8 !~ <NULL expression> {print}' Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Gary

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Help with Xen Server Setup
by Simon Kigo May 28, 2010

May 28, 2010

I have a HP DL385 G6 server that I want to put into production. I'm looking for someone who would like to have fun implementing this project with me. Thanks in advance. Below is a summary of our goals Setup Bios configurationSetup iLO managerInstall additional 4 Gig Ram in serverInstall two SAS and 1 SATA drives in a RAID configuration of our choice Install Xen server for virtualization Setup virtual serversHarden server security Your input and experience are highly valued. I'm very open to your tips/suggestions. --- On Thu, 5/27/10, wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> wrote: From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 79, Issue 19 To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 9:27 PM 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. Please indulge me. (Ken Jones) 2. Re: Please indulge me. (Jorden M) 3. Re: Please indulge me. (John Stoffel) 4. Re: Please indulge me. (Justin St. Marie) 5. Re: 232-TTL, locally? (Adam Gomes) 6. Re: 232-TTL, locally? (Mike Leo) 7. Re: 232-TTL, locally? (soup) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:33:22 -0400 From: "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)ziplink.net> Subject: [Wlug] Please indulge me. To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <0996212B4EF345DEADBB060626610B8B@kjonespc> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original When I was teenager a Model T Ford was an old car. My friend bought one for $25. He painted it yellow and orange, cranked it up and rode it around town with his girl friend in the passenger's seat and a case of beer in the rumble seat. Some years later we realized how much fun that was. Same's true for computers. Disclaimer ==> I have not tampered with SUN's choice of color scheme. Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15050) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 14:13:31 -0400 From: Jorden M <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Please indulge me. To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <AANLkTikuJcn6o3w9rOWF7oexg7K4xG6G5aXjCkHM9bvs(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 You have to admit yellow and orange would be cooler than the gray and desaturated purple, though. On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > When I was teenager a Model T Ford was an old car. ?My friend bought one for > $25. ?He painted it yellow and orange, cranked it up and rode it around town > with his girl friend in the passenger's seat and a case of beer in the > rumble seat. ? ?Some years later we realized how much fun that was. > > Same's true for computers. > > Disclaimer ==> I have not tampered with SUN's choice of color scheme. > > Ken > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15050) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 14:22:31 -0400 From: "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Please indulge me. To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <19454.47207.822003.553229(a)stoffel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Jorden> You have to admit yellow and orange would be cooler than the Jorden> gray and desaturated purple, though. And pithy saying like "Four wheels, no brakes!" on the car. I guess on the sun you could have... umm... "256Mb, no Swap!" or something equally silly. But yes, please don't let me stop you! I ran em myslef for years. John ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 14:26:01 -0400 From: "Justin St. Marie" <stmariejw(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Please indulge me. To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <AANLkTimAwPYVG5nslT0FOo3U7R5cQ2Ko7kmsSM5njY2g(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Came across this.... old sun stuff not too far away (Lawrence) http://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/sys/1753114433.html On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 2:22 PM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Jorden> You have to admit yellow and orange would be cooler than the > Jorden> gray and desaturated purple, though. > > And pithy saying like "Four wheels, no brakes!" on the car. I guess > on the sun you could have... umm... "256Mb, no Swap!" or something > equally silly. > > But yes, please don't let me stop you! I ran em myslef for years. > > John > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Justin St. Marie, RHCT Systems Engineer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20100527/4bc60591/attachmen… ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 15:14:20 -0400 From: Adam Gomes <adam(a)unixgeek.net> Subject: Re: [Wlug] 232-TTL, locally? To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <AANLkTimxycUdvw3QgZbgEVXPkEv9KDOz5ivW1D72vSRn(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" How "local"? Is Pawtucket, RI too far for you? Jabour Electronics might have one, but I'm not sure if that's any closer to you than you-do-it. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Tom Misilo <tmisilo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > If you cannot find anything locally, I would recommend picking up this: > > http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9718 > > It is a USB cable with a built in FTDI Chip. Very good support for > Linux and Windows alike. > > They also make cables that can be found at www.mouser.com that do not > have the 6pin .1 header, but bare tinned wires. > > Tom > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:03 PM, soup <soupforare(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Anyone know of a hobby/electronics shop where I could get a 232-TTL > > dongle, board or kit? Even just a bare MAX232 IC would be cool. > > I don't want to have to drive up to you-do-it, that's the only place I > > can think of that's left... > > > > Take care, > > soup > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20100527/259c54f9/attachmen… ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 12:21:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] 232-TTL, locally? To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <480259.80441.qm(a)web51306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" http://eli.com/ might also have what you are looking for, though I'm not really following this thread that closely! ________________________________ From: Adam Gomes <adam(a)unixgeek.net> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 3:14:20 PM Subject: Re: [Wlug] 232-TTL, locally? How "local"? Is Pawtucket, RI too far for you? Jabour Electronics might have one, but I'm not sure if that's any closer to you than you-do-it. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Tom Misilo <tmisilo(a)gmail.com> wrote: If you cannot find anything locally, I would recommend picking up this: > >http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9718 > >>It is a USB cable with a built in FTDI Chip. Very good support for >>Linux and Windows alike. > >>They also make cables that can be found at www.mouser.com that do not >>have the 6pin .1 header, but bare tinned wires. > >>Tom > > >>On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:03 PM, soup <soupforare(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Anyone know of a hobby/electronics shop where I could get a 232-TTL >>> dongle, board or kit? Even just a bare MAX232 IC would be cool. >>> I don't want to have to drive up to you-do-it, that's the only place I >>> can think of that's left... >>> >>> Take care, >>> soup >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20100527/698d7f70/attachmen… ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 21:27:43 -0400 From: soup <soupforare(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] 232-TTL, locally? To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <4BFF1C0F.4080709(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 5/27/2010 3:21 PM, Mike Leo wrote: > http://eli.com/ might also have what you are looking for, though I'm > not really following this thread that closely! > Unfortunately, eli is almost entirely computer stuff now, they used to be randomly good for surplus. Thanks to all replies! I ended up heading to you-do-it. They only had some MAX clone ICs, but good enough, worked out in the end. Take care, soup ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 79, Issue 19 ************************************

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Please indulge me.
by Ken Jones May 27, 2010

May 27, 2010

When I was teenager a Model T Ford was an old car. My friend bought one for $25. He painted it yellow and orange, cranked it up and rode it around town with his girl friend in the passenger's seat and a case of beer in the rumble seat. Some years later we realized how much fun that was. Same's true for computers. Disclaimer ==> I have not tampered with SUN's choice of color scheme. Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15050) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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Two more questions....
by Ken Jones May 26, 2010

May 26, 2010

My goal is to get Fedora 12-Beta up and running on my ULTRA1 Sparc. When I tried installing it the system did not like my DISC 1. 1. I would like to check the checksums on the six CD's that I made from your fedora 12-Beta source. I read that the only way is to shutdown, do "STOP a" and type "Linux mediacheck". My system does not recognize the "Linux mediacheck" command. Is there no way to do this operation from within a running Aurora system? 2. I have checked. I really have two identical Aurora systems on my two hard drives. The older one on the 17Gig drive from the ULTRA1 that died does not boot correctly. The newer version on the 3.4 Gig disk is from last week's successful installation of that same antique five CD .iso set. That new installation had to be limited because of a problem with a language file supporting emacs. I would like to be running a modern Aurora, but still keep my archive files. Any suggestions for a plan of action would be greatly appreciated. Ken Jones Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15050) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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Re: [Wlug] One more question.
by Eric Martin May 26, 2010

May 26, 2010

usually its .profile or .csh_profile or something to that effect. Like james said, google is your friend. Also, chances are you're using bash so its .bashrc eric On May 25, 2010 10:04 PM, "James Gray" <jamespgray(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > Which configuration process... For bash you can add the commands to set these variables for bash in .bashrc if you use a different shell you'll need to edit a different file. Google should be able to help you with this. You can set variables system wide (all users) by editing /etc/profile (or at least that is where ubuntu puts it). Thanks! _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlu...

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One more question.
by Ken Jones May 26, 2010

May 26, 2010

Which configuration process creates the environmental variables? I want to permanently add to my PATH. Presently I do it every time I logon. Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15050) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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Eric, this is the one.
by Ken Jones May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010

Yes, Eric, this is the ULTRA 1 Creator you gave me. It had been my backup machine. Now it is center stage. Seems to be doing fine. My problems have been with installing a modern version of Aurora. Previously it had been running Gentoo without X. Thanks. Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15050) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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I was all mixed up.
by Ken Jones May 24, 2010

May 24, 2010

My ULTRA1 hard drives do not have a separate four pin power connector. That's the CD drive. Here's what one of my hard drives says: Seagate Barracuda Model ST32171WC It has a connector with about 76 pins. They are too small for me to count accurately. ---------------------------------------- I have decided to stick with my present installation of a 2004 Aurora package on my 3.2 Gig disk. I can mount my old Linux disk so I can get at the files I wish to preserve. I can even back them up. I think I can RPM some newer versions from the WEB. I have a brand new Fedora 12 Beta packages disk that refused to load. Checksum?? Gotta get Md5sum going... Thank you for all your support and tell me when you get a PDP10 or 11 working. Inputting from punched paper telegraph tape will bring back memories. Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15050) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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mine has a separate power cord
by Ken Jones May 23, 2010

May 23, 2010

Thanks, Chuck, for noting the two variations. My ULTRA 1 has an oval connector with 68 (I did not count them) pins and a separate four wire power cord. Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15050) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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Need a bigger SCSI disk
by Ken Jones May 22, 2010

May 22, 2010

John, Yes this is one of those oval connectors. It is designated as sdb which (I always thought) means the second SCSI drive disk. I'd be glad to take a drive to where ever you are for a 35Gig drive. Ken

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Systems Administrator position available at TripAdvisor in Newton
by Ryan Pugatch May 21, 2010

May 21, 2010

TripAdvisor is looking for a mid- to senior-level Systems Administrator who will join a team of two systems administrators to support, maintain, and enhance a rapidly growing IT infrastructure that spans across the globe and serves roughly 350 employees worldwide. We are not your typical Windows / Active Directory / Exchange shop. Our servers are primarily Linux (CentOS) with a handful running Windows. We tend to prefer open solutions that we can take off the shelf and adapt to our needs, but we are not wedded to a particular OS or vendor. We aim for the solution that makes the most sense. We utilize Zimbra for mail, Asterisk for telephony, OpenLDAP instead of Active Directory, and Samba for our domain controllers and file sharing—all on Linux servers. To be successful in this role you will: - Have strong troubleshooting skills and a diagnostic intuition - Be a self-starter. If you don’t know how to do something you consider it a challenge to try to figure it out for yourself - Have a genuine desire to learn and expand your skill set You will have demonstrated experience with: - Linux systems administration (especially Red Hat variants) - Windows systems administration - Samba - OpenLDAP - Mail server administration - Server virtualization - Scripting (especially perl and bash) - Networking (especially Cisco PIX, ASA and IOS) Duties and Responsibilities include: - Racking and installing servers - Troubleshooting network and server hardware and software problems - Maintaining network infrastructure including switches and firewalls - Maintaining patch management and endpoint security - Assisting with SAN management - Handling escalated helpdesk support tickets - Participating in a 24x7 on-call emergency pager SAN administration experience is highly desired. Experience with Zimbra or Compellent storage equipment is a plus. Please email me directly if you have any questions. You can apply via https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_expedia/external_tripadvis… Thanks, Ryan

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 79, Issue 9
by David Hardy May 21, 2010

May 21, 2010

I don't have any old DEC equipment anymore, but I started my so-called IT career on a PDP-11 out in gorgeous Gardner, MA back in 1986. It ran RSX for an engineering CAD/CAM shop and we also had a VAX 780 running VMS 3.5. Last version of VMS I've worked with was 7.1, right here in Wormtown. I love Linux but I have to say I also was in love with VMS. Rumor had it, back in '89, that there was a field somewhere off Route 12 in Leominster, where DEC had dumped loads and loads of equipment, including computers, printers, cables, you-name-it. One of my operators when I was a sys admin at DEC Marlborough at that time had his front yard filled with that stuff, and the weather allegedly had no effect on any of it. I would imagine by now that the field, if it ever existed, is now a condo development or a semi-abandoned strip mall. Cheers from South Woostuh! On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <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. Success - antique linux on antique SPARC (Ken Jones) > 2. Re: Success - antique linux on antique SPARC (Jorden Mauro) > 3. Re: Success - antique linux on antique SPARC (Doug Chamberlin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 22:02:40 -0400 > From: "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)ziplink.net> > Subject: [Wlug] Success - antique linux on antique SPARC > To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <94F4CAE4ED0C4AC0BB1660AF1C3A9586@kjonespc> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I tried and tried. I fdisk'd. I setenv'd boot-device. I tried to study > and learn. GENTOO just would not stick. > > I found in my CD pile a five disk set of AURORA 2.4.20-2.3sparc64 dated Jan > 15, 2003. It installed. It does KDE. I can see all my old "lost" files. > Hurray!! > > Anybody have a DEC PDP10 for us senior citizens to play with? > > Ken Jones > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.14960) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20100518/2c82159f/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 07:35:45 -0400 > From: Jorden Mauro <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Success - antique linux on antique SPARC > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Cc: "<wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <52DB5519-B9DE-47AE-9DC6-FE7E2899906A(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On May 18, 2010, at 10:02 PM, "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > > > I tried and tried. I fdisk'd. I setenv'd boot-device. I tried to > > study and learn. GENTOO just would not stick. > > > > I found in my CD pile a five disk set of AURORA 2.4.20-2.3sparc64 > > dated Jan 15, 2003. It installed. It does KDE. I can see all my > > old "lost" files. Hurray!! > > > > Anybody have a DEC PDP10 for us senior citizens to play with? > > 'fraid even the computer history museum is still looking for parts to > get one that can boot. > > You can run v7 Unix in a special pdp11 VM for old time sake, though. > It even has a working version of Ken's chess. > > If anyone knows PDP assembly, I'd love to see that program ported into > the 21st century. > > > > > Ken Jones > > > > > > > > > > > > ======= > > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.14960) > > http://www.pctools.com > > ======= > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20100519/0644a5bb/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 08:09:12 -0400 > From: Doug Chamberlin <dougchamberlin(a)earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Success - antique linux on antique SPARC > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <4BF3D4E8.9080303(a)earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On 5/18/2010 10:02 PM, Ken Jones wrote: > > Anybody have a DEC PDP10 for us senior citizens to play with? > No, but I have two Dec Alpha systems looking for a good home. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20100519/9ba9f378/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 79, Issue 9 > *********************************** >

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Re: [Wlug] Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk
by jbaillie＠netzero.com May 21, 2010

May 21, 2010

If you are talking 68 pin I may be able to help you out with a disk. It probably has a generic firmware on it. I don't know if that makes a difference to your situ. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)ziplink.net> To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Subject: [Wlug] Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 22:56:34 -0400 Hello again, I have down loaded the six CD Fedora-12-sparc-beta-disc.iso set. It appears to be about 3.4 Gig. That is about the size of the hard drive on which I had hoped to install it. Anybody know where I could get a bigger ULTRA sparc64 compatible hard drive? Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15020) http://www.pctools.com ======= ____________________________________________________________ Refinance Now 4.0% FIXED! $160,000 Mortgage for $633/mo. Free. No Obligation. Get 4 Quotes! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3231/4bf69580c22af5bdf5st02duc

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Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk
by Ken Jones May 21, 2010

May 21, 2010

Hello again, I have down loaded the six CD Fedora-12-sparc-beta-disc.iso set. It appears to be about 3.4 Gig. That is about the size of the hard drive on which I had hoped to install it. Anybody know where I could get a bigger ULTRA sparc64 compatible hard drive? Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15020) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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Progress - hardware issues...
by Ken Jones May 19, 2010

May 19, 2010

Again, Thank you all for being there. My SUN ULTRA 1 Creator had some hardware problems. Its CDROM reader was intermittent. That explained the problem getting GENTOO liveCD disks to work. Now, I have three GENTOO liveCD's. They all boot. ------------------------ One has a printed label. I must have gotten in by snail mail. The label says: GENTOO Linux/2004/sparc64/CD1 Sparc64 Installation Disc 'uname' says it is: liveCD 2.4-gentoo-r2 (I think) Inside is documentation. The most recent date is July 2004. ----------------------------- install-sparc64-minimal-2006.1.iso 'uname' says it is: liveCD 2.6.17-gentoo-r5 ----------------------------- install-sparc64-universal-2006.1.iso 'uname' says it too is: liveCD 2.6.17-gentoo-r5 ----------------------------- I fail to see the difference between the minimal and the universal versions once they are installed. I want a 'real' installation. Not one running off my cdrom drive. I thought that somehow these minimal and universal versions would show me the way. I used to run Aurora, but the old mirror sights seem to have disappeared. I have my old five CD aurora disc set, but the CD drive coughs it out when I try to boot to it. I have saved the files on that hard drive that I had been using as a server. I would like to get the ULTRA running GNOME or KDE, but I am getting a bit lost. A suggestion would be appreciated. Ken

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Success - antique linux on antique SPARC
by Ken Jones May 19, 2010

May 19, 2010

I tried and tried. I fdisk'd. I setenv'd boot-device. I tried to study and learn. GENTOO just would not stick. I found in my CD pile a five disk set of AURORA 2.4.20-2.3sparc64 dated Jan 15, 2003. It installed. It does KDE. I can see all my old "lost" files. Hurray!! Anybody have a DEC PDP10 for us senior citizens to play with? Ken Jones ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.14960) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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OMG this thing was expensive
by Ken Jones May 15, 2010

May 15, 2010

Hello again, I've finally gotten around to fixing my SPARC ULTRA 1 machine. It's cpu fan is fried. I have a SPARC ULTRA 1 CREATOR that works with UBUNTU linux but I never got X-WINDOWS working on it. The working SPARC has been my home file server for all these many years. It had Aurora Linux with X all working fine. I figured I would do some swapping. Although the outsides are identical the two machines differ inside. The CREATOR has no cpu fan - just cooling fins. Good, I guess. I had no Service Manuals for either machine so I went to Wikipedia. It has the manuals. It also said, "The Ultra 1 Creator3D 170E launched in November 1995 with a list price of US$27,995." WOW!! QUESTION: If I move from the ULTRA1 to the ULTRA1 CREATOR the SIMMs in bank one and the hard drive should everything come up per before the crash? Thanks for thinking about this. Twenty Seven Thousand Bucks WOW!! Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.14950) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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Reminder: WLUG Meeting Wednesday May 12 7PM
by Chuck Anderson May 12, 2010

May 12, 2010

Reminder about tomorrow's WLUG meeting. On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 02:13:41PM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote: > Hi folks, > > Our next WLUG meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, May 12 at > 7:00 PM in Morgan Hall at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. > > I'm pleased to announce that Jeff Moyer from Red Hat will be our guest > speaker. He will be giving a talk on Solid-State Drive technology > (SSDs): > > A Complete Guide to SSDs > > This talk explains the inner workings of solid state storage > technology in an easy to understand manner. The innate properties of > NAND flash are discussed in the context of current disk scheduling > methodologies. Benchmark results comparing SSDs and traditional > rotating media are presented. The talk further outlines changes in the > Linux kernel and file system utilities that have been made to > accommodate SSDs, and changes that are on their way. Finally, guidance > is given on practical deployment of SSDs, including file system > creation and mount options, I/O scheduler selection, and answers to > some frequently asked questions. > > I look forward to seeing you there, > Chuck > President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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I finally got the GEntoo liveCD running.
by Ken Jones May 12, 2010

May 12, 2010

It took me three hours to figure out that at the ok prompt I am meant to write: ok boot cdrom boot: gentoo-2.4 But I am started! Ken

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Boy an I out-of-it
by Ken Jones May 11, 2010

May 11, 2010

WLUG folks-> I got my ULTRA1 Creator up and running. I accomplished this by taking my original (Aurora) hard drive out of slot 1 and reinstalled the hard drive that had been there in the first place. When I had the Aurora in slot 1 everything booted and looked perfect for X Windows, but then in the last step it crashed. It is now running Gentoo's bash. Bash has so few commands that I am feeling helpless. When I try a BOOT from DISC to my gentoo liveCD. The machine just ejects the disc. I have eth0 working, but bash does not have a ssh command. Nor is there a demon sshd lying around. There is no 'locate' command. There is no 'find' command. I am very much missing something. What? I now feel challenged. Ken

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2.6.20-gentoo-R5
by Ken Jones May 11, 2010

May 11, 2010

I've got my ULTRA1 Creator running 2.6.20-gentoo-R5. I am having senior moments. Too long since I have command line LINUX'd. Even longer since I have bash'd. My terminal display is different colors between files and directories which I do not like. Where is that defined? I will have many questions over the next couple of days. Please be forewarned. Ken Jones

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Re: [Wlug] How do I identify the DSIMM sizes?
by Ken Jones May 10, 2010

May 10, 2010

NEVER MIND - I got it. 501-2622 is a 32Meg DSIMM. I found it in microprint on a card and I found it referenced in the ULTRA1 Creator Service Manual Thanks for being there. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Jones To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Cc: John Stoffel Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 8:42 PM Subject: How do I identify the DSIMM sizes? There seems to be no identification markings on the DSIMM cards. I know they come in 4Meg and 16Meg sizes (at least). I have two kinds of cards. One has all 18 memory DIPs on one side. The other has ten on one side and eight on the other. The SUN Service Manuals give not hint on identifying anything. (Even the model of the whole unit as far as I can figure.) Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Jones To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Cc: John Stoffel Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 2:18 PM Subject: OMG this thing was expensive Hello again, I've finally gotten around to fixing my SPARC ULTRA 1 machine. It's cpu fan is fried. I have a SPARC ULTRA 1 CREATOR that works with UBUNTU linux but I never got X-WINDOWS working on it. The working SPARC has been my home file server for all these many years. It had Aurora Linux with X all working fine. I figured I would do some swapping. Although the outsides are identical the two machines differ inside. The CREATOR has no cpu fan - just cooling fins. Good, I guess. I had no Service Manuals for either machine so I went to Wikipedia. It has the manuals. It also said, "The Ultra 1 Creator3D 170E launched in November 1995 with a list price of US$27,995." WOW!! QUESTION: If I move from the ULTRA1 to the ULTRA1 CREATOR the SIMMs in bank one and the hard drive should everything come up per before the crash? Thanks for thinking about this. Twenty Seven Thousand Bucks WOW!! Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.14950) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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How do I identify the DSIMM sizes?
by Ken Jones May 10, 2010

May 10, 2010

There seems to be no identification markings on the DSIMM cards. I know they come in 4Meg and 16Meg sizes (at least). I have two kinds of cards. One has all 18 memory DIPs on one side. The other has ten on one side and eight on the other. The SUN Service Manuals give not hint on identifying anything. (Even the model of the whole unit as far as I can figure.) Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Jones To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Cc: John Stoffel Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 2:18 PM Subject: OMG this thing was expensive Hello again, I've finally gotten around to fixing my SPARC ULTRA 1 machine. It's cpu fan is fried. I have a SPARC ULTRA 1 CREATOR that works with UBUNTU linux but I never got X-WINDOWS working on it. The working SPARC has been my home file server for all these many years. It had Aurora Linux with X all working fine. I figured I would do some swapping. Although the outsides are identical the two machines differ inside. The CREATOR has no cpu fan - just cooling fins. Good, I guess. I had no Service Manuals for either machine so I went to Wikipedia. It has the manuals. It also said, "The Ultra 1 Creator3D 170E launched in November 1995 with a list price of US$27,995." WOW!! QUESTION: If I move from the ULTRA1 to the ULTRA1 CREATOR the SIMMs in bank one and the hard drive should everything come up per before the crash? Thanks for thinking about this. Twenty Seven Thousand Bucks WOW!! Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.14950) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

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Announce: WLUG Meeting Wednesday May 12 7PM
by Chuck Anderson May 7, 2010

May 7, 2010

Hi folks, Our next WLUG meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, May 12 at 7:00 PM in Morgan Hall at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. I'm pleased to announce that Jeff Moyer from Red Hat will be our guest speaker. He will be giving a talk on Solid-State Drive technology (SSDs): A Complete Guide to SSDs This talk explains the inner workings of solid state storage technology in an easy to understand manner. The innate properties of NAND flash are discussed in the context of current disk scheduling methodologies. Benchmark results comparing SSDs and traditional rotating media are presented. The talk further outlines changes in the Linux kernel and file system utilities that have been made to accommodate SSDs, and changes that are on their way. Finally, guidance is given on practical deployment of SSDs, including file system creation and mount options, I/O scheduler selection, and answers to some frequently asked questions. I look forward to seeing you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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My SUN ULTRA ONE died!
by Ken Jones May 6, 2010

May 6, 2010

Help!! My SUN ULTRA ONE has stopped altogether. It had turned itself off a month or so ago. When I hit the ON switch the little green light came on for a moment then went off. I figured a fan or something of that nature had died. Today I got ready to work on it. Now nothing happens. Absolutely nothing when I push the ON switch. I have a running spare ULTRA ONE for parts. I suppose I have to start by swapping the power supplies, but I was hoping you guys would tell me about a fuse - or something. Ken Jones (Fitchburg) E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14790 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

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Looking for a linux tablet
by kstratton＠fastmail.us April 30, 2010

April 30, 2010

Anyone have a suggestion for a Linux tablet? This is what I am looking for: 1) Ability to schedule and store and hot sync information to both linux and windows computers. 2) Ability to run arbritary apps, this includes: a) PDF viewer b) gcc or some other compiler 3) Ability to add external periphials such as a keyboard or mouse. Portability is more inportant than this feature. I would expect the keyboard/mouse would need external batteries. 4) Rechargable battery 5) A good technically oriented user base 6) Ability to reprogram the thing if I brick it. I am open for all ideas. -- kstratton(a)fastmail.us

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iPhone
by Spyrek April 20, 2010

April 20, 2010

There is much development between Linux and the iPhone, is anyone else interested in this? On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:57 AM, 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: Help finding decent headset? (E Johnson) > 2. Re: Help finding decent headset? (soup) > 3. Re: Help finding decent headset? (E Johnson) > 4. Re: Help finding decent headset? (Richard Klein) > 5. Re: Help finding decent headset? (Randall Mason) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:57:38 -0400 >From: E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Help finding decent headset? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <v2s70541d1e1004191557s40964f0cu20164ded771620e(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Wow, amazing. > > Bose is way too high-cost. > > Some of these headsets have an input impedence of over 100 ohms --I recall > having one like this which did not work. > > Plantronics does not show input impedence on their website. In fact tech > sheets there are impossible to find, even with the correct part number / > product description. Nor do their "technical representatives" have this > available. A nice girl there will have an engineer!!! look this up & tell > her, then she promises to e-mail me with this arcane but necessary data. > > I had been hoping someone here would be able to say "I have this unit, it > works great for the purpose you specified", but it appears I'm in for a long > stalk and not a quick ambush. > > So if I find whatever I'm hunting I'll be back with details. > > Thanks again, > Liz > > On 19 April 2010 17:01, Jorden M <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Bose is generally regarded as having superior audio-quality. Maybe out >> of your price range, though. >> >> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:31 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Do not have Bluetooth here; do not want. >>> >>> I make VoIP calls through the computer (not a telephone handest). The >>> headset must not hiss, must transmit voice clearly without chopping, >> needs >>> to be able to send/receive some depth of sound in order to hear voice >>> nuances. Don't need huge booming bass, just normal voice. >>> >>> Would like something that uses the pair of 3.5 mm jacks. Would like >> analog >>> sound rather than digitally-processed. Sound is already >> digitally-processed >>> as it moves through the sound card and sent out in packets. >>> >>> Someone asked for reviews here. Can't do really --some of these headsets >>> are long-gone; the ones remaining are in the reject bin, but not labelled >> as >>> to the reason. At least three sets have bee given away to friends to use >> for >>> emergency backup in case theirs fails. >>> >>> One Logitech headset for VoIP (an inexpensive, behind-the-head model) was >>> very painful above the ears. Most of the supra-aural sets are like >> wearing >>> little wooden blocks over the ears, lightly padded with thin foam. Two I >>> have had to pad out under the foam phone covers. The units with >>> pseudo-leather or pseudo-velvet phone covers seem to be padded a little >>> better. >>> >>> Most of these headsets are too big (slip off) yet conversely the same >>> headset might be too tight on the ears. >>> >>> Believe it or not, the best headset I ever had was the Cyber Acoustics >>> Neckband Style Stereo Headset/Microphone AC-634, which used to cost about >>> $11 and now costs about $14. It's too big for my head in back, though. >> These >>> seem to last about 6 months to a year before one of the phone or mic >> wires >>> breaks. owned several of those. gave up because I thought it would be >> nice >>> to rest my neck against the headrest here, without pushing the headset >>> forward off my ears. One needs a large head.think neck for these to fit >>> well, perhaps. >>> >>> Logitech now offers a behind-the-neck headset with a sofe(er) >> silicone-lined >>> headband, that people seem to like. But the review I find for this one >> seem >>> mainly to have been written by gamers. They have totally different >>> requirements than VoIP users. Also, this thing is a little expensive for >>> what it appears to be... unless it really does produce very good sound. >> Has >>> anyone used this one?? >>> >>> Although my question here may be another of my famous unanswerable >>> questions, thanks again, >>> Liz J >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 19 April 2010 14:50, Randall Mason <clashthebunny(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I would probably convert to Bluetooth, but that's up to you. What are >>>> your requirements? Does it need to just need to get audio both ways >>>> from your face to your computer, or is it a wired handset, like your >>>> phone? I had a boss that had a Platronics Bluetooth phone headset >>>> (Bluetooth base station plugs into a handset jack, and the rest is >>>> wireless to your ear), and he really liked it. I've also liked many >>>> of my Bluetooth headsets from Platronics. >>>> >>>> Randall Mason >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:39 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>>> Going nuts here trying to find a headset I can use for long periods of >>>>> time >>>>> in VoIP. Last thing I bought was comfortable and worked OOB, but had >>>>> very >>>>> fuzzy sound in and out. >>>>> >>>>> I've been using headsets with 3.5 mm jacks, but never found a hedset >>>>> that >>>>> was both comfortable and had decent mic output plus phones input. What >>>>> to >>>>> get? >>>>> >>>>> VoIP needs are apparently very different than gaming needs... headsets >>>>> that >>>>> gamers like might not be the greatest for VoIP. VoIP headsets seem to >> be >>>>> expensive for the build and/or quality. >>>>> >>>>> I don't need fabulous quality for playing music (don't listen to music >>>>> or >>>>> watch movies), but VoIP must sound good on my end and on my contact's >>>>> side >>>>> too. >>>>> >>>>> ALSA is working well here, want to keep it, but if anyone can provide >>>>> clear >>>>> direction on other options that do succesfully work with a >>>>> non-zillion-dollar headset, I would dearly appreciate some >> consultation. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have experience with USB or 3.5 mm headsets in (hopefully) >>>>> Debian or Ubuntu? >>>>> >>>>> TIA, >>>>> Liz J >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >

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Help finding decent headset?
by E Johnson April 20, 2010

April 20, 2010

Going nuts here trying to find a headset I can use for long periods of time in VoIP. Last thing I bought was comfortable and worked OOB, but had very fuzzy sound in and out. I've been using headsets with 3.5 mm jacks, but never found a hedset that was both comfortable and had decent mic output plus phones input. What to get? VoIP needs are apparently very different than gaming needs... headsets that gamers like might not be the greatest for VoIP. VoIP headsets seem to be expensive for the build and/or quality. I don't need fabulous quality for playing music (don't listen to music or watch movies), but VoIP must sound good on my end and on my contact's side too. ALSA is working well here, want to keep it, but if anyone can provide clear direction on other options that do succesfully work with a non-zillion-dollar headset, I would dearly appreciate some consultation. Does anyone have experience with USB or 3.5 mm headsets in (hopefully) Debian or Ubuntu? TIA, Liz J

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New President
by Andy Stewart April 15, 2010

April 15, 2010

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, It is my pleasure to announce that Chuck Anderson was elected as the next WLUG President. Chuck has been a WLUG member since the very first meeting (July 1997) and has been very active for all of these years. Chuck hosts the WLUG website and has been getting us the meeting rooms. I'm sure that Chuck will do a fine job as WLUG's new president. Congratulations, Chuck! Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLxvXCOjiraCaOTOoRAuFhAJ4pCNu6IiwG4m/YJxjo5TQGBSh8hgCeO//T 9ytuswrp1cA/XhbP+sNCnwk= =PFSI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting WED evening, 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart April 14, 2010

April 14, 2010

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLxSwFOjiraCaOTOoRAgY9AJ48+m3FtDHzJFkYYXvZ+WDSOuxbSwCg4tOJ ZJq6U7xYepjyR10/dha1Jus= =kNxp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Upcoming meeting: April 14th (Wednesday)
by Andy Stewart April 6, 2010

April 6, 2010

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, This is an early announcement about our upcoming WLUG meeting, which is next week on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010, at 7:00 PM. I have been the acting president of WLUG since I founded the group back in July 1997. Due to increasing pressures on my personal time, I think it is time for me to step aside and let another person be the president of WLUG. I definitely have enjoyed the privilege of being the group president, and I plan to continue attending the group meetings. I think that our next meeting should include a detailed discussion of the future of WLUG, and sometime soon, an election of at least a president, and probably a treasurer. I am happy to continue acting as president until such an election occurs. I don't know if we really need a vice president and or a secretary, but those topics should definitely be part of the discussion. I think the group has been very successful due to all of you who come to the meetings, give presentations, etc. This announcement, and the election of a new president, will definitely change the group. I see this is an opportunity for the group to grow in different ways. There is no doubt that the group will be different. Whether it becomes better or worse is really up to all of us. I look forward, as always, to seeing you at the meeting *next* week on Wednesday, April 14th. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLuoNmOjiraCaOTOoRAun1AJ9Wz6jx4wvHKat9UUnOhrjcsIeZEgCglkUD x02mDM/AGIAGYPwAQ48qDUg= =iwnj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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How to manipulate audio (ALSA) a lot with a HD audio card?
by Tatsh April 2, 2010

April 2, 2010

Stupid Intel decided to build-in DRM into the spec of these things. I have a Conexant which has Nvidia codec to provide audio for the HDMI output (this works fine except that in alsa settings I have to force a default output device, 3). What I'd like to do is be able to record from the stereo mixer, which I have none in alsamixer. So how do I go about creating one? I've tried a few different configs I found on-line but nothing seemed to work for me. WIth this capability of course I could record audio from my computer in say, Audacity, or I could even broadcast audio through Skype. And the best part would be if I could broadcast audio through Skype AND use my headset at the same time (mixing the 2 into one channel input). I have 3 mic inputs apparently (one of them is webcam, another is the jack, and I don't know what the 3rd one is). Image of KMix: http://bitpic.net/image/kmix-nvidia-hd-audio-codec So far I know it's something I can do with ALSA settings where I can tell ALSA to redirect audio and 'copy' whatever is going on on any input channel (overriding the jack of course). No luck there yet. Any help appreciated Thanks -- Tatsh www.bitpic.net www.tatsh.net ddrtist(a)gmail.com

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Two Senior IT positions open at TripAdvisor in Newton (IT and Operations)
by Ryan Pugatch April 2, 2010

April 2, 2010

Hi all, We have a couple of tech positions open at TripAdvisor. The first is for a "Principal Technical Operations Engineer" which is on our operations team, handling our livesite environment. The second, "IT Lead", is on our internal IT team. Below are the job postings. We're definitely looking for people with several years experience. If you are interested, please email me your resume. I am also glad to answer any questions. - Ryan (Systems Administrator @ TripAdvisor) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Principal Technical Operations Engineer Hundreds of servers. Thousands of requests per second. Millions of users. Two admins (you could be number 3)! We are looking for a senior hands-on network (mostly Cisco) and systems (mostly Linux) administrator. You will have several years of prior experience in the operation of one or more of the following: High traffic web application OR Software as a service OR Internet/Network Service Provider TripAdvisor is the top site for travel advice and reviews on the Internet. It is very profitable. It's also a fun place to work where "speed wins" is the operating principle. We move fast. We are flexible and we take risks. An open mind and ideas are always welcome. Dogmatism and inflexibility not so much. You will play a lead role in the design and operation of the network, server, and datacenter infrastructure beneath TripAdvisor's applications. The environment currently spans 3 datacenters, and that is likely to increase. You will work closely with the software engineering team to support product changes and enhance their performance, scalability, reliability, and security. We are small team. You will be expected to work on a project or task from end to end with a comfort level running projects and implementing the details. One day you might be working with our ISPs to transition from static routing to BGP, and the next day you are racking and cabling switches. This morning you are kicking off a load balancer replacement project, and in the afternoon you are upgrading firewall firmware after you determine that we are exposed to a potential security vulnerability. This week you are putting together a comprehensive network monitoring system, and next week you are running tcpdump with a DBA to try and diagnose why database replication is "slow". You will have a thorough knowledge of enterprise networking including Cisco switching, routing, and security as well as TCP/IP internals. You will also preferably have a strong Linux or Unix background. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IT Lead TripAdvisor is looking for an IT generalist who will provide leadership and mentoring to a team of 4 supporting the IT needs of roughly 350 employees worldwide. This role is part hands-on sysadmin and part team lead with the potential to grow into a team management role. TripAdvisor is the top site for travel advice and reviews on the Internet. It is very profitable. It's also a fun place to work where "speed wins" is the operating principle. We move fast. We are flexible and we take risks. An open mind and ideas are always welcome. Dogmatism and inflexibility not so much. We are not your typical Windows / Active Directory / Exchange shop. Desktops: 60% Windows 40% OSX. Our email/collaboration system is Zimbra running on Linux. Our phone system is Asterisk running on Linux. Instead of Active Directory, we use OpenLDAP. Our file/print servers run Samba. We tend to prefer open solutions that we can take off the shelf and adapt to our needs, but we are not wedded to a particular OS or vendor. To be successful in this role you will: Possess excellent interpersonal skills, patience, and a genuine desire to help people with their technology challenges Have strong troubleshooting skills and a diagnostic intuition Enjoy and excel at mentoring other talented team members to reach their full potential Be a self-starter. If you don't know how to do something you consider it a challenge to try to figure it out for yourself You will have demonstrated experience with: Linux systems administration Windows systems administration Samba OpenLDAP Postfix Server virtualization Scripting (perl, python, bash...) Duties and Responsibilities include: Operation of corporate networked applications and infrastructure (Zimbra, OpenLDAP, Samba, Asterisk) Overseeing backups of roughly 20+TB of data weekly Ensuring the security of TripAdvisor's corporate systems Procuring and deploying server hardware Tier 2/3 Helpdesk support Working with the Director of IT to develop IT strategy

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the website is in need of some love
by Jeff Moyer April 2, 2010

April 2, 2010

I'm not sure who maintains it, but it's in a very sad state at the moment. Cheers, Jeff

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Re: [Wlug] Use Drupal On The Web Site - Wlug Digest, Vol 78, Issue 1
by Steven Greenberg April 1, 2010

April 1, 2010

I am all in favor of Jeff's suggestion. I first tested Drupal on my personal web site (http://www.ssgreenberg.name/Drupal/Drupal/) I then convinced my Square Dance Club to let me work with the Webmaster to convert that site to Drupal. We have had nothing but raves from the readers since we converted. http://www.hayloftsteppers.org/ When judging the site, remember, we are (or were) engineers, not artists. /Steve > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Wlug] the website is in need of some love > From: > Tatsh <ddrtist(a)gmail.com> > Date: > Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:05:30 -0400 > To: > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > To: > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > Would be cool to do it over in Drupal. > > NOT JOOMLA (should be called 'piece of crap please give up already!')! > > All you need is a blog post system (built-in) to write about events, and add > custom fields like time if you want, etc etc. From a design stand point, there > is no reason to use images for the textual links, especially obviously > compressed JPEGs. > > Late > > Jeff Moyer wrote: >> I'm not sure who maintains it, but it's in a very sad state at the >> moment. >> >> Cheers, >> Jeff -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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interesting article on RAID
by Chuck Anderson March 12, 2010

March 12, 2010

Triple-Parity RAID and Beyond by Adam Leventhal | December 17, 2009 http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1670144 As hard-drive capacities continue to outpace their throughput, the time has come for a new level of RAID. -- - Chuck (372 Days until IPv4 depletion: http://ipv4depletion.com/)

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Meeting: BtrFS: Now (Thurs March 11 7pm)
by Chuck Anderson March 12, 2010

March 12, 2010

Frank is giving a talk on BtrFS right now. It seems the website wasn't updated (but is now). -- - Chuck (372 Days until IPv4 depletion: http://ipv4depletion.com/) On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 06:18:44AM -0500, Frank Sweetser wrote: > I've noticed that not too many people have putting in meeting topic requests, > so I thought that if anyone's interested I'd volunteer to throw together some > slides on BtrFS. > > For those of you who haven't heard of it, BtrFS is the next generation linux > filesystem. Though still in heavy development, it was included in the > mainstream kernel last year. It promises to scale to filesystems well beyond > what any of the current offerings can handle (including ext4), as well as > offering far greater flexibility and better data security for data admins. > > If you have anything else that you'd like to hear about, either instead of or > in addition to BtrFS, chime in, and hopefully someone else on the list will be > able to make it happen! > > -- > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that > WPI Senior 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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Re: [Wlug] Meeting topics
by Jeff Moyer March 2, 2010

March 2, 2010

Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> writes: > I've noticed that not too many people have putting in meeting topic requests, > so I thought that if anyone's interested I'd volunteer to throw together some > slides on BtrFS. > > For those of you who haven't heard of it, BtrFS is the next generation linux > filesystem. Though still in heavy development, it was included in the > mainstream kernel last year. It promises to scale to filesystems well beyond > what any of the current offerings can handle (including ext4), as well as > offering far greater flexibility and better data security for data admins. > > If you have anything else that you'd like to hear about, either instead of or > in addition to BtrFS, chime in, and hopefully someone else on the list will be > able to make it happen! If anyone is interested in a talk on SSDs, chime in. I can present my experiences with these devices. I've evaluated the performance of several vendors' products, ranging from the poor to the exemplary. I can talk about the modifications made in the block layer to accommodate for these devices, and the current implementation of the block discard support (which maps to ATA TRIM, which is important for device lognevity and performance) and how that is wired up to file systems such as ext4. Cheers, Jeff

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vmbuilder - Ubuntu Lucid?
by John Stoffel March 1, 2010

March 1, 2010

Hi, Anyone else using vmbuilder with Ubuntu's 10.x Lucid Lynx (Alpha3, I know) and cursing the change in options that just happened recently? I've been playing around building VMs (based on Karmic) and tossing them away since it was so quick. Now that I've upgrade to a newer version of Lucid, it's all busted. Sigh... This would be a good talk too, about building and using VMs. Here's the script I whipped up to help automate things, which is now busted. Sigh... I realize I need to just look in the docs, but they a) suck and b) aren't easily found. Nor is any list of changes in the options listed nicely either. Grrr!!!! THanks, John #!/bin/sh # My own script for building and starting VMs more easily, based on # the instructions given at: # # http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-kvm-on-ubuntu-9.10 # # Version 0.1 - 12/29/2009 # if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then echo "Usage: $0 hostname ip username" echo " IP is last octet of the 192.168.1/24 subnet" echo exit fi euid=`id -u` if [ $euid -ne 0 ]; then echo "Error! Script must run with root privs. Try sudo $0 ...." echo exit fi hostname=$1 ip=$2 username=$3 vmbase="/var/vm" subnet="192.168.1" suite="karmic" bridge="br0" mem=256 mirror="http://192.168.1.3:9999/ubuntu" # LVM stuff volgroup="virtmachs" #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Make the directory where we store the VM config #--------------------------------------------------------------------- if [ -d ${vmbase}/${hostname} ]; then /bin/rm -rf ${vmbase}/${hostname} fi mkdir -p ${vmbase}/${hostname} cd ${vmbase}/${hostname} #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Copy over the template, but use the fixed one instead in vm0 #--------------------------------------------------------------------- mkdir -p ${vmbase}/${hostname}/mytemplates/libvirt cp ${vmbase}/vm0/mytemplates/libvirt/* ${vmbase}/${hostname}/mytemplates/libvirt/ #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Setup partitions file #--------------------------------------------------------------------- cat >vmbuilder.partition <<EOF root 8000 swap 2000 /var 10000 EOF #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Setup the boot.sh file #--------------------------------------------------------------------- cat >boot.sh <<EOF # This script will run the first time the virtual machine boots # It is run as root. # Expire the user account /usr/bin/passwd -e ${username} # Set the root password /usr/sbin/usermod -p '$1$MbDcN3NU$ndC6TvQ1.a1VG0jbeW3hD.' root # Install openssh-server apt-get update apt-get install -qqy --force-yes openssh-server nfs-client nfs-common mkdir /local /staging /home echo "jfsnew:/home /home nfs soft,sec=sys,vers=3,tcp,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,nolock 0 0" >> /etc/fstab echo "jfsnew:/local /local nfs soft,sec=sys,vers=3,tcp,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,nolock 0 0" >> /etc/fstab echo "jfsnew:/staging /staging nfs soft,sec=sys,vers=3,tcp,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,nolock 0 0" >> /etc/fstab mount /home mount /local mount /staging echo "America/New_York" > /etc/timezone cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime EOF #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Create LVM volume for VM #--------------------------------------------------------------------- if [ ! -e /dev/${volgroup}/${hostname} ] then lvcreate -L20G -n ${hostname} ${volgroup} else echo echo "Skipping lvcreate, Logical Volume ${hostname} already exists." echo fi #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Run vmbuilder #--------------------------------------------------------------------- echo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite=${suite} --flavour=virtual --arch=amd64 --mirror=${mirror} -o --libvirt=qemu:///system --tmpfs=- --ip="${subnet}.${ip}" --part=vmbuilder.partition --templates=mytemplates --user=${username} --name=${username} --pass=${username} --addpkg=vim-nox --addpkg=unattended-upgrades --addpkg=acpid --raw=/dev/virtmachs/${hostname} --firstboot=boot.sh --mem=${mem} --hostname=${hostname} --bridge=${bridge} vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite=${suite} --flavour=virtual --arch=amd64 --mirror=${mirror} -o --libvirt=qemu:///system --tmpfs=- --ip="${subnet}.${ip}" --gateway="${subnet}.254" --part=vmbuilder.partition --templates=mytemplates --user=${username} --name=${username} --pass=${username} --addpkg=vim-nox --addpkg=unattended-upgrades --addpkg=acpid --raw=/dev/virtmachs/${hostname} --firstboot=boot.sh --mem=${mem} --hostname=${hostname} --bridge=${bridge} #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Startup the VM #--------------------------------------------------------------------- if [ -e /etc/libvirt/qemu/${hostname}.xml ] then virsh define /etc/libvirt/qemu/${hostname}.xml virsh start ${hostname} else echo "Error! VM ${hostname} not created properly." echo exit fi

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How do I change the UUID on an NTFS partition?
by Randy Cole Feb. 24, 2010

Feb. 24, 2010

I've done this before but I can't remember how. Gparted (actually ntfsclone) duplicates the UUID, so I cannot mount them both!

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Job openings: web developer, application support specialist
by Brian Conway Feb. 23, 2010

Feb. 23, 2010

Hi folks. My company is looking for a couple people for openings. Background: We're a two year-old startup located in Worcester that produces a high-performance, bidirectional messaging infrastructure that encompasses voice, SMS, email, IM, social networking, and more. Current customers include a number of restaurant chains, sports venues, and state agencies. The positions are full-time with health benefits. Pay has some flexibility, but geared towards entry level and recent grads. Web developer: PHP, Ajax, SQL (Oracle), XML, Linux (of course). Additional responsibility/salary is available for partial system operations support. Customer support/application specialist: Customer-facing, non-programmer, will become an expert in our applications. Responsible for initial setup and configuration of new customers in our applications and troubleshooting. Additional roles as they appear. Let me know if anyone's interested and I'll pass it along, thanks. Brian Conway

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Re: [Wlug] Meeting topics
by Keith Wright Feb. 22, 2010

Feb. 22, 2010

> From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> > > (I guess this mean I have to actually finish up the slides now...) To quote my boss: no need to hurry, just start it now... and finish before you go home. -- Keith

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Re: [Wlug] Meeting topics
by Andy Stewart Feb. 22, 2010

Feb. 22, 2010

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank Sweetser wrote: > I've noticed that not too many people have putting in meeting topic requests, > so I thought that if anyone's interested I'd volunteer to throw together some > slides on BtrFS. > > For those of you who haven't heard of it, BtrFS is the next generation linux > filesystem. Though still in heavy development, it was included in the > mainstream kernel last year. It promises to scale to filesystems well beyond > what any of the current offerings can handle (including ext4), as well as > offering far greater flexibility and better data security for data admins. > > If you have anything else that you'd like to hear about, either instead of or > in addition to BtrFS, chime in, and hopefully someone else on the list will be > able to make it happen! > HI Frank, I think that would be a great topic for our next meeting. Shall I update the website accordingly? Thanks, Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLgmywOjiraCaOTOoRAr1XAJ4nxnSQ6wNgYIrpCSt65wTVtP6ycwCgh9cQ VCClnkd/TnnJcBrSmkX6weM= =+Tco -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Meeting topics
by Frank Sweetser Feb. 22, 2010

Feb. 22, 2010

I've noticed that not too many people have putting in meeting topic requests, so I thought that if anyone's interested I'd volunteer to throw together some slides on BtrFS. For those of you who haven't heard of it, BtrFS is the next generation linux filesystem. Though still in heavy development, it was included in the mainstream kernel last year. It promises to scale to filesystems well beyond what any of the current offerings can handle (including ext4), as well as offering far greater flexibility and better data security for data admins. If you have anything else that you'd like to hear about, either instead of or in addition to BtrFS, chime in, and hopefully someone else on the list will be able to make it happen! -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Senior 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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[OT]Seeing SCSI devices in Solaris
by Chuck Noyes Feb. 14, 2010

Feb. 14, 2010

Hi All, This may a bit [OT], but ... At work we have several Sparc servers running Solaris 10u8 that are connected to storage arrays via fiber cables and switches. Some of these hosts can have thousands of connections and can take hours to boot! Does anyone know a way to view the scsi connections in Solaris? In RedHat, I can do a cat /proc/scsi/scsi and see the connections. How can I do this in Solaris? devfsadm doesn't seem to give me what I want, and Google doesn't provide too much help. TIA, -Chuck

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Greetings
by Klene, Matthew Feb. 11, 2010

Feb. 11, 2010

Hello, As a recent subscriber to the user group I was hoping to make my first user group gathering this evening. I was writing to confirm that the meeting scheduled this evening was still a go, and the information on the website containing time and location (room next to Morgan Hall dinning center) was correct. Regards, Matt Klene ________________________________ Matthew Klene Account Manager 111 Speen St, Suite 520, Framingham, MA 01701 888.598.5881 T 508.766.3118 F 508.766.3163 M 774.279.7095 <http://www.teksystems.com/> ________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic email or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply email so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you.

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Upcoming meetting reminder
by Andy Stewart Feb. 6, 2010

Feb. 6, 2010

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, I've just updated the website...sorry that I let it get so out of date. We have a meeting coming up on Thursday, February 11th in that meeting room next to the Morgan Hall dining center. It is very close to the former Access Grid room where we used to meet. If anybody is interested in leading the discussion or giving a presentation, please let me know, or just bring it to the meeting. If I know in advance, I'll announce it on the website - this often attracts more people to the meeting. Our last meeting was rather lightly attended, perhaps because I didn't get the reminder out in enough time. I pulled together a talk about how I used libHaru to generate PDF output from a program that I wrote. I could bring in another program (Perl script) that I wrote to get data out of a ham radio related piece of test gear. It is the very first native Linux program in the world to talk to this device. I know because I asked for (and received!!!) a previously unpublished specification from the vendor. Sweet! I will be releasing this program under the GPL v3 shortly. I'm looking forward to seeing lots of people at the next meeting. Of course, we'll go out after the meeting for pizza and socializing. See ya later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLbMOOOjiraCaOTOoRAn1VAKDMXUtofVI0u+zAZ7Fu9vMz784V2gCbBMIX 2m57SJ6XZD7fS2W1Kr1bGHA= =2/vz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Penetration Tester
by Tal Cohen Feb. 2, 2010

Feb. 2, 2010

I need a penetration tester (individual or firm) to run some tests against my network. Anyone have any recommendations they care to share? Thanks! Tal

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201 CMR 17 - "Standards for the protection of personal information of residents of the Commonwealth" - takes effect March 1
by Ryan Pugatch Feb. 1, 2010

Feb. 1, 2010

Hello all, Just wanted to remind everyone that 201 CMR 17 takes effect March 1! If you're not familiar with this regulation, it specifies policies, procedures, and security requirements that are needed if you store a minimum of first initial and last name in conjunction with a social security number, drivers license/id number, financial account number (credit, debit, bank account number), or an access code or PIN/password that would allow access to a bank account. This doesn't just apply to companies that accept credit card payments. Think of it from an HR point of view as well. The regulation is available at: http://www.mass.gov/Eoca/docs/idtheft/201CMR1700reg.pdf Best, Ryan

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GPS
by Mike Leo Jan. 30, 2010

Jan. 30, 2010

I have a great little Lenovo netbook and I haven't found a good use for the expresscard 34 slot I've been researching GPS devices but can't find an ExpressCard 34 style GPS device. I could get a normal GPS device with a screen and junk, but that would defeat the purpose of my search. Does anyone have experience with using a laptop with a GPS device? FYI: I already have maxed out the ram and have a 150gig hard drive, plus a webcam and bluetooth...if anyone can think of a better use of the Expresscard, I'd like to hear that, too! Ciao

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Looking at new and inexpensive laptop for Linux
by joel d Jan. 30, 2010

Jan. 30, 2010

Thank you everyone for all for the comments and suggestions. Joel

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Re: [Wlug] Looking at new and inexpensive laptop for Linux use.
by Joseph Guarino Jan. 30, 2010

Jan. 30, 2010

Hello Joel/Every1, Have a look see at these 4 HCL sites of Linux compatible hardware: http://www.linux-drivers.org/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/ http://www.linux-drivers.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_compatibility_list - this gives you links to the other distros... They will have mucho details! Besides, half the joy I find in installing is having to hack something to work and helping the software improve for the next person. =) Enjoy the weekend, Joseph Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:48:18 -0500 From: joel d <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Wlug] Looking at new and inexpensive laptop for Linux use. To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <e8ac87841001290948g363a52a8k556b10aca5c858f8(a)mail.gmail.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi all, I am considering replacing my old broken screen laptop (Pent 350 & 256MB) with a replacement. Does anyone recommendations on $400 to $600 laptops for Linux with a regular 15" or so screen and at least 2-4GB RAM. I am going with a low-spec (and low cost) as I have used the laptop an hour or two a week in the past as for daily use my eyes prefer my desktop's 24" widescreen LCD. In this price range I am mostly finding Netbooks and the occasional low end Acer (newegg). I could handle the speed of a netbook but my older and poor eyes would protest (and the additional RAM cost makes them spendy-ish for what you get). Any recommendations for a new, regular 15" or so standard notebook on the cheap for Linux use (prob. Ubuntu or KUbuntu)? I am thinking my concerns here and hardware compatibility and cost. Thank you, Joel

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Looking at new and inexpensive laptop for Linux use.
by joel d Jan. 29, 2010

Jan. 29, 2010

Hi all, I am considering replacing my old broken screen laptop (Pent 350 & 256MB) with a replacement. Does anyone recommendations on $400 to $600 laptops for Linux with a regular 15" or so screen and at least 2-4GB RAM. I am going with a low-spec (and low cost) as I have used the laptop an hour or two a week in the past as for daily use my eyes prefer my desktop's 24" widescreen LCD. In this price range I am mostly finding Netbooks and the occasional low end Acer (newegg). I could handle the speed of a netbook but my older and poor eyes would protest (and the additional RAM cost makes them spendy-ish for what you get). Any recommendations for a new, regular 15" or so standard notebook on the cheap for Linux use (prob. Ubuntu or KUbuntu)? I am thinking my concerns here and hardware compatibility and cost. Thank you, Joel

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Up.Time
by Maurice Jan. 15, 2010

Jan. 15, 2010

Anyone using, or have used, Up.Time software to monitor their servers? If so, what do you think of the product line? http://www.uptimesoftware.com/ Thanks -- -Maurice Pelletier Child Development Services - Cumberland County 50 Depot Road Falmouth, ME 04105 207-781-8881 (voice) 207-781-8855 (fax) www.cds-cumberland.org "Linux -- it's not just for breakfast anymore..." -Moe

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Upcoming Meeting: Thursday, January 14th
by Andy Stewart Jan. 12, 2010

Jan. 12, 2010

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, Reminder: We have a WLUG meeting coming up this week, Thursday, January 14th at 7:00 PM in the room with no name near the dining hall in Morgan Hall. If anybody would like to be the speaker for the meeting, please let me know and/or just bring your stuff to the meeting. We'll go out for pizza after the meeting. This time, I'll definitely be there! See ya soon, Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLS+fDOjiraCaOTOoRAhdTAJ9BnPgAwTYe3ci7dsI0nM3QSrrAQwCcDCxF 3x1Ab9lCUdOi+gfqwsn9bjM= =ArLl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Problem with wireless access point(?)
by Andy Stewart Dec. 31, 2009

Dec. 31, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi gang, I just purchased a Linksys WRT54GL wireless access point. Currently, it is running the stock firmware (upgraded to the latest version). I may put Linux on it sometime in the near future. While I can get connected to it with my Linux laptop, I notice that file transfers start at a screamingly fast rate, and within a minute or two, drop to barely a trickle. When I used an entirely hard wired connection, I have no such problem. Has anybody else noticed this with the Linksys WRT54GL? If so, will the Linux software solve this problem? I don't believe that the problem lies with the wireless hardware/software in my laptop since I have used it on other wireless access points without problems. Thanks, Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLOmdpOjiraCaOTOoRAqsRAKDjaKrNykXKburz0IozXi8bQn1nfACgj66G oJqD9jfjXolyrVPLN3lDFOY= =6xJa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 14
by Karl Lind Dec. 31, 2009

Dec. 31, 2009

Karl had posted an answer about the Linksys (under the subject line "Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 13") One comment in there I found very interesting: > Now this is going to blow your mind, but if there is ANY difference in the Workgroup name between the router and the computers, it causes the router to "restrict" bandwidth. Does this only apply to various forms of filesharing, or to all wireless traffic through the WRT54GL? I (and my housemates) are not doing big downloads, and not using Samba. Maybe one of the Windows PCs here might occasionally d/l a movie. But in experimenting with wireless here, using one or other of my Debian PCs, Tomato on the Linksys, I also thought the wireless worked rather slow, even though we have a +20MBps connection. Mostly what I was doing was browsing. Do all computers using wireless here have to belong to the same Workgroup, no matter what kind of internet traffic they're doing? If I do need a Workgroup name for the router, how do I do that? Thanks, Liz J Hi Liz What's humorous is the difference between the words "Default" and "default". Most routers may allow you to log on, but subsequent packets of data may not verify correctly, hence the speed loss. As noted by Andy, wireless always defaults to the slowest speed connected. (I seem to have a lot of neighbors that try to break in to my network and when they do at G, B or even A speed the router slows and that tells me that somethings up and I can do something about it.) Karl

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 13
by Karl Lind Dec. 31, 2009

Dec. 31, 2009

FYI WRT54GL Linksys released the *WRT54GL* in 2005 to support third-party firmware based on Linux <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel>, after the original WRT54G line was switched from Linux to VxWorks<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VxWorks>, starting with version 5. The WRT54GL is technically a reissue of the version 4 WRT54G. Cisco was sued by the FSF<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSF_vs._Cisco>for copyright infringement, but the case was settled. [6]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#cite_note-GPLInfringemen…> Version [image: ↓] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#> CPU <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit> speed [image: ↓]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#> RAM <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM> [image: ↓]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#> Flash memory <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory> [image: ↓]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#> S/N <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_number> Prefix [image: ↓]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#> Notes [image: ↓] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#> 1.0 200 MHz 16 MB 4 MB CL7A New model line, released after the version 5 WRT54G, which returns to a Linux-based OS as opposed to the VxWorks firmware. SpeedBooster <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpeedBooster> is not enabled in stock firmware, however third-party firmware will enable the feature. The hardware is essentially the same as the WRT54G version 4.0. One alteration is that the internal numbering scheme of the 4-port switch changed in this model, from 1 2 3 4, to 3 2 1 0. 1.1 200 MHz 16 MB 4 MB CL7B CL7C As of August, 2009, this version was shipping with firmware revision 4.30.11. This pre-loaded firmware allows the user to upload a 4MB firmware image, whereas the pre-loaded firmware on version 1.0 limited the image to 3MB. Firmware version 4.30.13 is now available for both hardware versions. Fully supported by Tomato <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato_Firmware>, Sveasoft<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveasoft>, OpenWrt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWrt>, and DD-WRT<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD-WRT> . Hardware versions affect firmware compatibility As of January 2006, most third-party firmware is no longer compatible with version 5 of both the WRT54G and the WRT54GS. The amount of flash memory in the version 5 devices has been reduced to 2 MB, too small for current Linux-based third-party firmware. (See table above for information on identifying the version based on the serial number printed on the bottom of the unit, and on the outside of the shrink-wrapped retail box.) Some users have succeeded in flashing and running a stripped down but fully functional version of DD-WRT called 'micro' on a version 5 WRT54G.[21]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#cite_note-20> [22] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#cite_note-21> An easier method not requiring any disassembly of the device has since been devised for flashing v5-v8 to DD-WRT.[23]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#cite_note-22> [24] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#cite_note-23> To support third-party firmware, Linksys has re-released the WRT54G v4, under the new model name *WRT54GL* (the 'L' in this name allegedly stands for 'Linux'). It is also possible to replace the 2MB flash chip in the WRT54G with a 4MB flash chip. The Macronix International 29LV320BTC-90 is a suitable part although others may work as well. The user must first install a JTAG header <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JTAG_header> and use a JTAG cable to backup the firmware,then replace the chip and restore the firmware with the JTAG cable. After testing for proper functionality of the modified unit,3rd party firmware can be flashed using the JTAG cable and a suitable image file. Now this is going to blow your mind, but if there is ANY difference in the Workgroup name between the router and the computers, it causes the router to "restrict" bandwidth. Crazy, but true. Also make sure your hardware all matches. (802,11B, G, N) Have you tried disabling DHT and NOT forwarding UDP? (In case it's a memory issue) Just my two cents.... Karl On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <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. Problem with wireless access point(?) (Andy Stewart) > 2. Re: Problem with wireless access point(?) (John Stoffel) > 3. Re: Problem with wireless access point(?) (Andy Stewart) > 4. Re: Problem with wireless access point(?) (John Stoffel) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:32:41 -0500 > From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > Subject: [Wlug] Problem with wireless access point(?) > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <4B3A6769.8080701(a)comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Hi gang, > > I just purchased a Linksys WRT54GL wireless access point. Currently, it > is running the stock firmware (upgraded to the latest version). I may > put Linux on it sometime in the near future. > > While I can get connected to it with my Linux laptop, I notice that file > transfers start at a screamingly fast rate, and within a minute or two, > drop to barely a trickle. > > When I used an entirely hard wired connection, I have no such problem. > > Has anybody else noticed this with the Linksys WRT54GL? If so, will the > Linux software solve this problem? > > I don't believe that the problem lies with the wireless > hardware/software in my laptop since I have used it on other wireless > access points without problems. > > Thanks, > > Andy > > - -- > Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) > Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group > Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group > President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFLOmdpOjiraCaOTOoRAqsRAKDjaKrNykXKburz0IozXi8bQn1nfACgj66G > oJqD9jfjXolyrVPLN3lDFOY= > =6xJa > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >

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REMINDER: WLUG Meeting on Thursday
by Andy Stewart Dec. 16, 2009

Dec. 16, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, Our regularly scheduled monthly WLUG meeting will be held this coming Thursday at 7:00 PM on the WPI Campus. We'll be in the same room as the last couple of months (and soon I'll have to figure out what to call this room). If you come into the Wedge between Morgan Hall and Daniels Hall, you will see signs directing you to the meeting. See ya there! Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLKETFOjiraCaOTOoRAopQAKCOgU1nejHhTpiEtBzhckrFh5CklgCg4qig avz63VDAYiIIfaUhSBJQyWU= =0RbS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Mounting Windows Shares on Solaris
by Chuck Noyes Dec. 15, 2009

Dec. 15, 2009

Hi All, Maybe a bit [OT], but I've got a Solaris 10u8 host, and I'd like to be able to mount a Windows share on the Solaris box. I don't think Solaris supports the smbfs or cifs file systems (at least I can't find any evidence of it). So a command like: "mount -F smbfs //windows-host/share /mnt" won't work. Has anyone done this? I've installed all the samba executables in /usr/bin and in /usr/sbin on the Solaris box, so there is samba support in Solaris, but I can't seem to mount the Windows share. TIA, -Chuck

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[Fwd: Holiday Greetings & a Special User Group Offer from Wiley Publishing]
by Andy Stewart Dec. 14, 2009

Dec. 14, 2009

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GnuPG Documentation
by Gary Hanley Dec. 7, 2009

Dec. 7, 2009

My head hurts! Can anyone help? :-) I'm googling like crazy but for the life of me can not find any information on the values of the usage flags displayed in GnuPG when you --edit-key and list. For example (from a website): pub 4096R/7C11053D created: 2009-10-12 expires: never usage: SC trust: ultimate validity: ultimate sub 4096R/55D59203 created: 2009-10-12 expires: never usage: E Maybe it's obvious but does anyone know the value of "SC" and "E". And, how about the value of all potential flags? My problem involves other flags. I assumed I could find this in 30 seconds. No go. I can't find anything about key details. So any help would be appreciated. Thanks! -- Gary

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Re: [Wlug] iphone issues, python, server.
by kevin poisant Dec. 3, 2009

Dec. 3, 2009

Ok, ill use my android for this one. Nix based I'm sure you know. Anyway my newest projects include an openbsd firewall. Either a free or open bsd server for private and a few friends use. My dell laptop is a joke and my debian box is stable for once having troubles with *pythonwx-2.8 and its related packages so playonlinux is not installable till I at least solve the problem. All the gpgkeys are in order and apt-get update etc pulls no errors so the mirror I'm using isn't bad or being ignores. - thanks kevin On Dec 3, 2009 12:00 PM, <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. Reply to Wlug Digest, rant (Keith Wright) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:02:58 -0500 From: Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> Subject: [Wlug] Reply to Wlug Digest, rant To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <200912021902.nB2J2w1H006533(a)fcs13.keithdiane.us> > From: kpoisant(a)gmail.com > > Well you can havem when ever they are vga and both work Very generous, I'm sure. I don't want them right now, but had the message been addressed to the person who did, instead of the whole list, ... Maybe the person who asked for a monitor can keep us updated. > Sent from my iPhone There are three possibilities: (1) The iPhone puts that message there, you can't change it. Tell the marketing department it isn't working; I count that as a reason to flee. (2) You think we care. Maybe you can give a talk on Linux-iPhone interoperability. Otherwise no. (3) Most likely, you don't know how, or can't be bothered, to change the default to something useful like your name and phone number or something short like $(cat /dev/null). Which brings me to the point of the rant: > On Dec 2, 2009, at 12:00 PM, wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > > specific than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." and while you are at it, why not trim off the contents from the body, keeping only what is relevant to the reply. In the case of this rant, the only part relevant is the impressive stack of appended noise. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wlug mailing list > >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >> > > -- > > David P. Connell > > davec99(a)charter.net > > M: 508-450-7902 > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: davec99.vcf > > Type: text/x-vcard > > Size: 125 bytes > > Desc: not available > > Url : http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20091201/d3b0a16e/attachmen… > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 2 > > *********************************** > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug I feel like an idiot, talking to a mailing list. -- Keith ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 4 ***********************************

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 2
by kpoisant＠gmail.com Dec. 2, 2009

Dec. 2, 2009

Well you can havem when ever they are vga and both work Sent from my iPhone On Dec 2, 2009, at 12:00 PM, 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: Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1 (kevin poisant) > 2. Re: Looking for monitor (John Stoffel) > 3. Re: Looking for monitor (Dick Goodman) > 4. Re: Looking for monitor (Gregory Boyce) > 5. Re: Looking for monitor (John Stoffel) > 6. Re: Looking for monitor (David P. Connell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:04:57 -0500 > From: kevin poisant <kpoisant(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: > <71fc31440912010904t2f3d30e0r3e915a5bc0e1d1e7(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have two crts free if picked up sturbridge ma > > On Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, <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. Looking for monitor (John Stoffel) > 2. Re: Looking for monitor (Jason Couture) > 3. Re: Looking for monitor (Jared Greenwald) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:25:47 -0500 > From: "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> > Subject: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <19221.17291.830920.813024(a)stoffel.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants > to get rid of. Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much > bigger since they get too heavy. > > Thanks, > John > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:29:53 -0500 > From: Jason Couture <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <e290abaf0912010829r7de7ed3fmec105ca26b42dbeb(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I doubt this is up your alley, But i have a 17" NEC AccuSync (LCD) for > sale for $100 + tax. > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:25 AM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> > wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants >> to get rid of. ?Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much >> bigger since they get too heavy. >> >> Thanks, >> John >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:30:55 -0500 > From: Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <2759cf860912010830l3e086a1eo2c500379bc788652(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I have a 17" CRT that you can have if you come pick it up. > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:25 AM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> > wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants >> to get rid of. ?Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much >> bigger since they get too heavy. >> >> Thanks, >> John >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 74, Issue 1 > *********************************** >

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 2
by dkelly＠wpi.edu Dec. 2, 2009

Dec. 2, 2009

I have a 19" or so CRT you can have. It has VGA. If you can come pick it up, you can have it. I live near WPI. Devin On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM, wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org < 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: Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1 (kevin poisant) > 2. Re: Looking for monitor (John Stoffel) > 3. Re: Looking for monitor (Dick Goodman) > 4. Re: Looking for monitor (Gregory Boyce) > 5. Re: Looking for monitor (John Stoffel) > 6. Re: Looking for monitor (David P. Connell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:04:57 -0500 > From: kevin poisant <kpoisant(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: > <71fc31440912010904t2f3d30e0r3e915a5bc0e1d1e7(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have two crts free if picked up sturbridge ma > > On Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, <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. Looking for monitor (John Stoffel) > 2. Re: Looking for monitor (Jason Couture) > 3. Re: Looking for monitor (Jared Greenwald) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:25:47 -0500 > From: "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> > Subject: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <19221.17291.830920.813024(a)stoffel.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants > to get rid of. Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much > bigger since they get too heavy. > > Thanks, > John > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:29:53 -0500 > From: Jason Couture <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <e290abaf0912010829r7de7ed3fmec105ca26b42dbeb(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I doubt this is up your alley, But i have a 17" NEC AccuSync (LCD) for > sale for $100 + tax. > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:25 AM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants > > to get rid of. ?Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much > > bigger since they get too heavy. > > > > Thanks, > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:30:55 -0500 > From: Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <2759cf860912010830l3e086a1eo2c500379bc788652(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I have a 17" CRT that you can have if you come pick it up. > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:25 AM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants > > to get rid of. ?Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much > > bigger since they get too heavy. > > > > Thanks, > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 74, Issue 1 > *********************************** > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20091201/35148e08/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:43:23 -0500 > From: "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <19221.21947.171896.756733(a)stoffel.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > >>>>> "John" == John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> writes: > > John> I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone > John> wants to get rid of. Something in the 17-21" range, but > John> probably not much bigger since they get too heavy. > > Thanks for the replies. I forgot to mention my location, which is > Boylston/Marlboro axis of I290. > > Sturbridge is tempting though. > > Also, probably (not sure, haven't seen the computer in question) need > HD15 VGA connectors, not the newer DVI stuff. > > Thanks! > John > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:22:55 -0500 > From: Dick Goodman <wlug(a)goodman1.net> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <a06240800c73b393315fb(a)[192.168.1.62]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > I've got a bunch of 17" monitors - one for free not a problem > In Worcester, walking distance from WPI (although probably not if > carrying a monitor) > > Dick > > >Hi all, > > > >I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants > >to get rid of. Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much > >bigger since they get too heavy. > > > >Thanks, > >John > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:25:51 -0500 > From: Gregory Boyce <gregory.boyce(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Cc: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <235B54E8-BCF2-4834-BDF1-60828A8AF8C0(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > On Dec 1, 2009, at 12:43 PM, "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > >>>>>> "John" == John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> writes: > > > > John> I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone > > John> wants to get rid of. Something in the 17-21" range, but > > John> probably not much bigger since they get too heavy. > > > > Thanks for the replies. I forgot to mention my location, which is > > Boylston/Marlboro axis of I290. > > Sturbridge is tempting though. > > > > Also, probably (not sure, haven't seen the computer in question) need > > HD15 VGA connectors, not the newer DVI stuff. > > I've got a nice Dell 21" CRT sitting in my basement in Ashland. It > has VGA connectors on it. > > It's free for a good home. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:00:05 -0500 > From: "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <19221.37349.792746.813403(a)stoffel.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > >>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce <gregory.boyce(a)gmail.com> writes: > > Gregory> On Dec 1, 2009, at 12:43 PM, "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> > wrote: > >>>>>>> "John" == John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> writes: > >> > John> I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone > John> wants to get rid of. Something in the 17-21" range, but > John> probably not much bigger since they get too heavy. > >> > >> Thanks for the replies. I forgot to mention my location, which is > >> Boylston/Marlboro axis of I290. > >> Sturbridge is tempting though. > >> > >> Also, probably (not sure, haven't seen the computer in question) need > >> HD15 VGA connectors, not the newer DVI stuff. > > Gregory> I've got a nice Dell 21" CRT sitting in my basement in Ashland. > It > Gregory> has VGA connectors on it. > > Gregory> It's free for a good home. > > This would be great! The people I'm getting this for are in Upton, I > think. Let me talk with my father-in-law on this. Care to give me > contact details I can forward on? > > Thanks, > John > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:03:42 -0500 > From: "David P. Connell" <davec99(a)charter.net> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <4B15D90E.6020601(a)charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm sure you're all set by now, but I also have a 17" CRT in Worcester - > free, of course. > DaveC > > John Stoffel wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants > > to get rid of. Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much > > bigger since they get too heavy. > > > > Thanks, > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > -- > David P. Connell > davec99(a)charter.net > M: 508-450-7902 > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: davec99.vcf > Type: text/x-vcard > Size: 125 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20091201/d3b0a16e/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 2 > *********************************** > -- http://users.wpi.edu/~dkelly/

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Looking for monitor
by John Stoffel Dec. 2, 2009

Dec. 2, 2009

Hi all, I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants to get rid of. Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much bigger since they get too heavy. Thanks, John

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1
by kevin poisant Dec. 1, 2009

Dec. 1, 2009

I have two crts free if picked up sturbridge ma On Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, <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. Looking for monitor (John Stoffel) 2. Re: Looking for monitor (Jason Couture) 3. Re: Looking for monitor (Jared Greenwald) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:25:47 -0500 From: "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> Subject: [Wlug] Looking for monitor To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <19221.17291.830920.813024(a)stoffel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants to get rid of. Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much bigger since they get too heavy. Thanks, John ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:29:53 -0500 From: Jason Couture <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <e290abaf0912010829r7de7ed3fmec105ca26b42dbeb(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I doubt this is up your alley, But i have a 17" NEC AccuSync (LCD) for sale for $100 + tax. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:25 AM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants > to get rid of. ?Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much > bigger since they get too heavy. > > Thanks, > John > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:30:55 -0500 From: Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Looking for monitor To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <2759cf860912010830l3e086a1eo2c500379bc788652(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I have a 17" CRT that you can have if you come pick it up. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:25 AM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a cheap (free if possible) old monitor someone wants > to get rid of. ?Something in the 17-21" range, but probably not much > bigger since they get too heavy. > > Thanks, > John > _______________________________________________ > 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 74, Issue 1 ***********************************

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FiOS & PONs
by Chuck Anderson Nov. 20, 2009

Nov. 20, 2009

As a followup to a discussion we had after the WLUG meeting, here are some good pages to read about how FiOS works. Verizon is using Passive Optical Networking, either BPON or GPON depending on the CO. The downstream side is shared, since by its very nature a PON's downstream direction is broadcast on a single wavelength--the light goes from the OLT to every customer's ONT on the PON "tree". For privacy each customer's downstream traffic is "encrypted" so only the intended ONT/customer can decrypt it. The upstream side is shared via TDMA since only one customer's ONT can trasmit at a time on the single upstream wavelength "up the tree" towards to root of the PON where the OLT lives...each ONT gets a "time slot" for upstream transmissions. There can be up to 32-128 customers shared on a single PON. http://www.dslreports.com/faq/verizonfios http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Line_Termination

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REMINDER: WLUG Meeting Wed Nov 18th
by Andy Stewart Nov. 18, 2009

Nov. 18, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, Our next WLUG meeting will be on Wednesday, November 18th, at 7:00 PM on the WPI campus. The meeting room is the place where we met the last two meetings, namely, that room next to the Morgan Hall dining area. Next to the dining hall on the right is a door. Enter. A short lit hallway is in front of you. Walk a few steps. A doorway is on the right. Enter. You have arrived. Seat yourself. Chat with friends. Enjoy the meeting. The topic is TBD, which most likely means we'll have a giant round table discussion on any topics of interest. After the meeting, we'll go out for pizza and soda. See ya there! Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLA2zUOjiraCaOTOoRAo7vAJ4n1kzAYwGT8FKuBGjtKDU68C1JSgCg4fUg UaZVMyRHFNR4gEQ4Owh76UE= =HuXW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Open Video Alliance Contest
by Josh Levy Nov. 18, 2009

Nov. 18, 2009

*Want to win a trip to South By Southwest 2010? Or maybe a Flip Mino video camera? Read on...* *Open Video in 60 Seconds* <http://contest.openvideoalliance.org/> The Open Video Alliance is holding a video contest<http://contest.openvideoalliance.org/>. To enter, just make a video spot explaining open video in 60 seconds or less. Then upload it anywhere and tell us the URL. Our judges—including web luminaries like Jimmy Wales and Mitchell Baker—will pick the best and most creative entries. One lucky winner will be headed to Austin on an expenses-paid trip to SXSW 2010 <http://sxsw.com/interactive>*, *and three runners-up will get a Flip Mino handheld video camera. The last day to submit a video is January 31, 2010. Head over to the contest page <http://contest.openvideoalliance.org/> to check out the entries and submit your own video! Complete rules are here<http://contest.openvideoalliance.org/about/> . *Need some inspiration?* We've got you covered. Here are some ideas.<http://contest.openvideoalliance.org/about/#3>For more on open video, check out some open video issues <http://openvideoalliance.org/issues>. *Who are you?* The Open Video Alliance <http://openvideoalliance.org/> is a coalition of organizations and individuals devoted to creating and promoting free and open technologies, policies, and practices in online video.

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writing at 1GB/s ?
by brad Nov. 16, 2009

Nov. 16, 2009

WLUG'ers, At work, i might be getting a piece of instrumentation in my lab that that is capable of out putting out 1GB of data per second. In the past i was pretty pleased to write 60MB/s under real-world conditions on my linux systems a few years back. I just wanted to ping the group about this. Does anyone know if a hard drive or even memory come close to writing data at this speed on a linux system? Or, what might the limit for data rates on a linux PC these days. From my google'ing it appears hard drives top out at around 100MB/s. Note: This piece of instrumentation has onboard memory for writing, which i'll probably have to use, but if there was a way to stream the data, it would be preferable. Thanks, -- brad

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MacBook Pro for sale w/ AppleCare, 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM
by Ryan Pugatch Nov. 15, 2009

Nov. 15, 2009

Hi all, I am looking to sell my MacBook Pro. It was purchased around June 2008. It was the last non-unibody model. Specs: Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz 15" LED backlit display 4GB 667 MHz DDR 2 RAM (2x 2GB DIMMs) 200 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive GeForce 8600M GT Video card (256MB) Webcam Backlit keyboard DVD-R/CD-R drive Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1 I will install a fresh version of Snow Leopard on it. This machine is covered by AppleCare: Telephone Technical Support: Active AppleCare Protection Plan. Expires: March 24, 2011 Repairs and Service Coverage: Active Your product is covered for eligible hardware repairs and service under the AppleCare Protection Plan. Expires: March 24, 2011 It is in overall good condition, no major marks or dents. I am asking $1450 for it, cash only. A comparable new MacBook Pro with AppleCare would cost over $2000. I am located in Ashland. Picture: http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4286/mbp.jpg Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks, Ryan

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old thinkpads
by Ryan Pugatch Nov. 13, 2009

Nov. 13, 2009

Hi! Anyone have some older Thinkpads they'd be interesting in getting rid of? Looking for one with a Pentium 4 or newer processor. Also, curious if anyone has an X31 battery they'd like to sell for a few bux. Cheers, Ryan

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Meey
by kpoisant＠gmail.com Nov. 12, 2009

Nov. 12, 2009

Its thursday night any one interested in grabbing a drink or meeting up? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2009, at 12:00 PM, 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: web hosting? (Theo Van Dinter) > 2. [SPF:fail] Re: web hosting? (Andre Lehovich) > 3. Re: web hosting? (Nick Nassar) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:46:06 -0500 > From: Theo Van Dinter <felicity(a)kluge.net> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] web hosting? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <f35e9da80911100746v62cd8540m7641d17159c57589(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Just curious, why do you want it to be local? If it's a random host > out on the Internet, locality probably doesn't matter much unless > latency is an issue for you. > > And what do you mean by local? Are you limiting to just Worcester > area, or Eastern MA, or New England, or Eastern US, or ...? ;) > > You can get a VPS pretty cheap, I seem to recall prices of ~$35/month > for a small instance in NYC w/ 100-200G/month transfer. > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Nick Nassar <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu> > wrote: >> Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively >> Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace >> local. It >> doesn?t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space >> and max >> bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:14:31 -0500 > From: Andre Lehovich <Andre.Lehovich(a)gmx.com> > Subject: [Wlug] [SPF:fail] Re: web hosting? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <4AF99167.8020907(a)gmx.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > >> You can get a VPS pretty cheap, I seem to recall prices of ~$35/month >> for a small instance in NYC w/ 100-200G/month transfer. > > Linode.com is $20/month for Xen VPS w/ good specs. They get rave > reviews, though I've never used their service. > > I've seen posts on lowendbox.com mentioning VPS deals as low as $3/ > month. > > I'm currently using pairlite.com for shared hosting (FreeBSD). So far > no problems. I'm considering switching to nearlyfreespeech.net, > because > their metered pricing looks to be cheaper for my usage. > > --Andre > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:32:47 -0500 > From: "Nick Nassar" <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] web hosting? > To: "'Worcester Linux Users Group'" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <6CCB952F64B34E0D99EF0B68BE34A821(a)WCCATV13.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > By "local" I guess I really mean small enough that I can get a real > person if there's an issue, even if it's email support only. I've > had bad luck with large web hosts like Dreamhost and 1and1 in the > past. Most of the time they're excellent, but when there is an issue > tech support is unresponsive and it takes days to get it resolved. > It's been a few years since I've shopped around, and maybe that's > not as much of an issue anymore. > > I'm leaning towards a hosted solution, rather than VPS. Someone else > can worry about keeping up to date with security updates for Linux > and Apache. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] > On Behalf Of Theo Van Dinter > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:46 AM > To: Worcester Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: [Wlug] web hosting? > > Just curious, why do you want it to be local? If it's a random host > out on the Internet, locality probably doesn't matter much unless > latency is an issue for you. > > And what do you mean by local? Are you limiting to just Worcester > area, or Eastern MA, or New England, or Eastern US, or ...? ;) > > You can get a VPS pretty cheap, I seem to recall prices of ~$35/month > for a small instance in NYC w/ 100-200G/month transfer. > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Nick Nassar <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu> > wrote: >> Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively >> Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace >> local. It >> doesn?t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space >> and max >> bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 73, Issue 9 > ***********************************

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web hosting?
by Nick Nassar Nov. 10, 2009

Nov. 10, 2009

Fellow Linux Users, Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local. It doesn’t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month. Thanks Nick

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 73, Issue 7
by kpoisant＠gmail.com Nov. 10, 2009

Nov. 10, 2009

I can host email and webpages i have a running server runnig ubuntu 9.04 Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2009, at 8:46 AM, 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. Socializing (Steven Greenberg) > 2. Re: Socializing (kstratton(a)fastmail.us) > 3. To jordan (kpoisant(a)gmail.com) > 4. Re: HSI Vent Maybe Help? (James Gray) > 5. web hosting? (Nick Nassar) > 6. Re: Socializing (Theodore Ruegsegger) > 7. Re: web hosting? (Tal Cohen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:18:14 -0500 > From: Steven Greenberg <steve(a)ssgreenberg.name> > Subject: [Wlug] Socializing > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <4AF84ED6.9000407(a)ssgreenberg.name> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I'm in Sturbridge. So Worcester might be the central place > between Framingham and Sturbridge. > > /Steve > > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: >> >> Subject: >> Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? >> From: >> Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> >> Date: >> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 >> To: >> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> >> To: >> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> >> >> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, I'm >> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots >> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) >> >> Jordan >> > > > -- > Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name > 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 > Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http:// > www.ssgreenberg.name > Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:18 -0500 > From: kstratton(a)fastmail.us > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Socializing > To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>, "Worcester > Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <1257788538.27617.1344329367(a)webmail.messagingengine.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Although I am mostly a lurker, I am from the Hartford area. I have > been > meaning to go to a meeting ot two, but the drive home would be a > little > late for the the next day's work. > > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:18 -0500, "Steven Greenberg" > <steve(a)ssgreenberg.name> wrote: >> I'm in Sturbridge. So Worcester might be the central place >> between Framingham and Sturbridge. >> >> /Steve >> >> wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: >>> >>> Subject: >>> Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? >>> From: >>> Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> >>> Date: >>> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 >>> To: >>> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >>> >>> To: >>> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >>> >>> >>> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, >>> I'm >>> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots >>> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) >>> >>> Jordan >>> >> >> >> -- >> Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name >> 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 >> Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name >> Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- > > kstratton(a)fastmail.us > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:45:55 -0500 > From: kpoisant(a)gmail.com > Subject: [Wlug] To jordan > To: "wlug(a)mail.wlug.org" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <ED773A92-5057-4B6A-BFC2-CEC140434ACA(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Socializing isnt a bad idea. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:00 PM, 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: HSI Vent Maybe Help? (Jordan Wade) >> >> >> --- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 >> From: Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? >> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> Message-ID: >> <7e68ff860911090641g7defa3aak5fd4cdd0bfb4c449(a)mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, I'm >> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots >> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) >> >> Jordan >> >> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:51 PM, ted <x351912(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi WLUG >>> >>> So here is the info for anyone else who had my problem connecting to >>> Verizon for the first time. (I write this for the archives) >>> >>> The Westell 6100G modem default IP admin and password: >>> 192.168.1.1 >>> admin >>> password >>> >>> To access the internet and set up your account you have to go to: >>> >>> http://192.168.1.1/verizon/redirect.htm >>> >>> "Hidden Redirect Page" >>> >>> You click the disable button, and then your on the internet. >>> >>> The tech support guy then insisted on helping me set up my Verizon >>> email. Not necessary, but I didn't want to hang up on the guy. >>> >>> Oh, and does the WLUG go out for beer anytime? (as in non-meeting >>> socializing?) >>> >>> Ted >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 73, Issue 6 >> *********************************** > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:21:27 -0500 > From: James Gray <jamespgray(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <1a6cab400911091021s7e8556d1yfad0370685478f03(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. > > Hi Jordan, I would be up for that. I also coincidentally live in > Framingham. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:45:51 -0500 > From: "Nick Nassar" <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu> > Subject: [Wlug] web hosting? > To: "'Worcester Linux Users Group'" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <38E9BBA57D074BE6BD53670745456C8F(a)WCCATV13.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Fellow Linux Users, > > > > Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/ > MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local. > It doesn?t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space > and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month. > > > > Thanks > > Nick > >

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Re: [Wlug] Where im from
by kpoisant＠gmail.com Nov. 10, 2009

Nov. 10, 2009

Im from sturbridge i already emailed two people concerning socializing im from sturbridge mass. Worcesters not to far unfamiliar with framingham. Looking forward to meeting you all on the 18th although it would be nice to meet before hand so i dont feel so new haha (: kevin Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2009, at 8:46 AM, 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. Socializing (Steven Greenberg) > 2. Re: Socializing (kstratton(a)fastmail.us) > 3. To jordan (kpoisant(a)gmail.com) > 4. Re: HSI Vent Maybe Help? (James Gray) > 5. web hosting? (Nick Nassar) > 6. Re: Socializing (Theodore Ruegsegger) > 7. Re: web hosting? (Tal Cohen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:18:14 -0500 > From: Steven Greenberg <steve(a)ssgreenberg.name> > Subject: [Wlug] Socializing > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <4AF84ED6.9000407(a)ssgreenberg.name> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I'm in Sturbridge. So Worcester might be the central place > between Framingham and Sturbridge. > > /Steve > > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: >> >> Subject: >> Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? >> From: >> Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> >> Date: >> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 >> To: >> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> >> To: >> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> >> >> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, I'm >> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots >> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) >> >> Jordan >> > > > -- > Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name > 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 > Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http:// > www.ssgreenberg.name > Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:18 -0500 > From: kstratton(a)fastmail.us > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Socializing > To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>, "Worcester > Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <1257788538.27617.1344329367(a)webmail.messagingengine.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Although I am mostly a lurker, I am from the Hartford area. I have > been > meaning to go to a meeting ot two, but the drive home would be a > little > late for the the next day's work. > > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:18 -0500, "Steven Greenberg" > <steve(a)ssgreenberg.name> wrote: >> I'm in Sturbridge. So Worcester might be the central place >> between Framingham and Sturbridge. >> >> /Steve >> >> wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: >>> >>> Subject: >>> Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? >>> From: >>> Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> >>> Date: >>> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 >>> To: >>> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >>> >>> To: >>> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >>> >>> >>> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, >>> I'm >>> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots >>> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) >>> >>> Jordan >>> >> >> >> -- >> Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name >> 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 >> Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name >> Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- > > kstratton(a)fastmail.us > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:45:55 -0500 > From: kpoisant(a)gmail.com > Subject: [Wlug] To jordan > To: "wlug(a)mail.wlug.org" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <ED773A92-5057-4B6A-BFC2-CEC140434ACA(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Socializing isnt a bad idea. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:00 PM, 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: HSI Vent Maybe Help? (Jordan Wade) >> >> >> --- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 >> From: Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? >> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> Message-ID: >> <7e68ff860911090641g7defa3aak5fd4cdd0bfb4c449(a)mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, I'm >> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots >> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) >> >> Jordan >> >> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:51 PM, ted <x351912(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi WLUG >>> >>> So here is the info for anyone else who had my problem connecting to >>> Verizon for the first time. (I write this for the archives) >>> >>> The Westell 6100G modem default IP admin and password: >>> 192.168.1.1 >>> admin >>> password >>> >>> To access the internet and set up your account you have to go to: >>> >>> http://192.168.1.1/verizon/redirect.htm >>> >>> "Hidden Redirect Page" >>> >>> You click the disable button, and then your on the internet. >>> >>> The tech support guy then insisted on helping me set up my Verizon >>> email. Not necessary, but I didn't want to hang up on the guy. >>> >>> Oh, and does the WLUG go out for beer anytime? (as in non-meeting >>> socializing?) >>> >>> Ted >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 73, Issue 6 >> *********************************** > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:21:27 -0500 > From: James Gray <jamespgray(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <1a6cab400911091021s7e8556d1yfad0370685478f03(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. > > Hi Jordan, I would be up for that. I also coincidentally live in > Framingham. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:45:51 -0500 > From: "Nick Nassar" <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu> > Subject: [Wlug] web hosting? > To: "'Worcester Linux Users Group'" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <38E9BBA57D074BE6BD53670745456C8F(a)WCCATV13.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Fellow Linux Users, > > > > Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/ > MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local. > It doesn?t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space > and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month. > > > > Thanks > > Nick > >

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Socializing
by Steven Greenberg Nov. 10, 2009

Nov. 10, 2009

I'm in Sturbridge. So Worcester might be the central place between Framingham and Sturbridge. /Steve wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: > > Subject: > Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? > From: > Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> > Date: > Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > To: > Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, I'm > curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots > of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) > > Jordan > -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help?
by ted Nov. 9, 2009

Nov. 9, 2009

Hi WLUG So here is the info for anyone else who had my problem connecting to Verizon for the first time. (I write this for the archives) The Westell 6100G modem default IP admin and password: 192.168.1.1 admin password To access the internet and set up your account you have to go to: http://192.168.1.1/verizon/redirect.htm "Hidden Redirect Page" You click the disable button, and then your on the internet. The tech support guy then insisted on helping me set up my Verizon email. Not necessary, but I didn't want to hang up on the guy. Oh, and does the WLUG go out for beer anytime? (as in non-meeting socializing?) Ted

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To jordan
by kpoisant＠gmail.com Nov. 9, 2009

Nov. 9, 2009

Socializing isnt a bad idea. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:00 PM, 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: HSI Vent Maybe Help? (Jordan Wade) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 > From: Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <7e68ff860911090641g7defa3aak5fd4cdd0bfb4c449(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, I'm > curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots > of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) > > Jordan > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:51 PM, ted <x351912(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi WLUG >> >> So here is the info for anyone else who had my problem connecting to >> Verizon for the first time. (I write this for the archives) >> >> The Westell 6100G modem default IP admin and password: >> 192.168.1.1 >> admin >> password >> >> To access the internet and set up your account you have to go to: >> >> http://192.168.1.1/verizon/redirect.htm >> >> "Hidden Redirect Page" >> >> You click the disable button, and then your on the internet. >> >> The tech support guy then insisted on helping me set up my Verizon >> email. Not necessary, but I didn't want to hang up on the guy. >> >> Oh, and does the WLUG go out for beer anytime? (as in non-meeting >> socializing?) >> >> Ted >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 73, Issue 6 > ***********************************

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Old laptop for sale - $5.00
by Adam Keck Nov. 7, 2009

Nov. 7, 2009

Hi All, I have an ancient laptop that I am done playing with. Would anyone like it? Gateway Solo 2000, model 9100 http://people.usd.edu/~djennewe/solo9100.html P150 MMX 192MB of RAM 2 GB HD Composite video in/out Audio in/out CDROM (needs some fiddling to keep shut) 3.5 inch floppy drive 2x USB 1.1 PS/2 ~13.3 inch XGA screen (I think) CHIPS 65554 graphics PCMCIA slot for network etc Some case damage to the hinge area, but it still opens and closes correctly. Please reply off-list, if you are interested. Thanks! -Adam

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HSI Vent Maybe Help?
by Ted Nebus Nov. 5, 2009

Nov. 5, 2009

Hi! I am new to the area, and a long time Linux user (not uber geek, just user). I signed up for Verizon HSI. I finally got service yesterday, I rushed hope plugged in my equipment, and called up to tell them their "start-up" CD won't work. I wanted to know how to work around that. I worked through the menu, and entered non-Windows, Non-Mac OS X operating system. I was actually excited to find out that I had that option! When I got through, I explained my problem, and after he asked me to spell "Debian" I knew I was in trouble. After putting me on hold, he told me that he had to check his notes, and gave me a number, and told me to call it, because I have a Mac. I explained to him that I don't have a Mac, and then he said to call the number. I called, and it was the number for Linksys customer support. I called back, and fortunately got through to someone who knew that Linux was an operating system. He said they don't support linux, but then helped me anyway. Ultimately, they found out my line is broken and a tech will be coming. Why would Verizon give me false hope that they support non-PC and non-Mac operating system? Is there a more linux-friendly HSI provider in Worcester? Thanks for hearing me out, Ted

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Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help?
by Steven Greenberg Nov. 5, 2009

Nov. 5, 2009

I guess I was lucky. Verizon did not offer DSL in my area so I went with Charter. Of course, I am not running Linux at home, so I cannot attest to how the service would be. How about borrowing a friend's MS laptop and getting the connection to work? Then switch to using your Linux machine. That will be one way to see where the real problem lies. /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 73, Issue 1
by Ted Nebus Nov. 4, 2009

Nov. 4, 2009

> > What model modem did they give you, and are you using a separate router? > > Greg I am just using the one computer, no router independent of the DSL modem, if im not mistaken Its a westell. The default User/PW is admin and password (for anyone in the future who has this problem). I will likely get a wireless router after I get a laptop for work (Im a researcher for a labor union). > On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 09:17:54AM -0500, Ted Nebus wrote: >> Is there a more linux-friendly HSI provider in Worcester? > > Speakeasy. Thanks, if I continue having trouble I will seek out speakeasy. Ted

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Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help?
by Randy Cole Nov. 4, 2009

Nov. 4, 2009

Chuck, Your other choice would be Charter, which is the cable company. As for whether they are Linux friendly I don't know. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:33 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 09:17:54AM -0500, Ted Nebus wrote: > Is there a more linux-friendly HSI provider in Worcester? Speakeasy. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [Wlug] grep, maybe
by Randall Mason Oct. 29, 2009

Oct. 29, 2009

Sorry, I keep forgetting which email address I signed up with... I would add quotes and use while, just in case the directory names have spaces and such. "for" splits on any whitespace, which could be quite troublesome. grep -RFl "moe" somedirectory/ | while read file; do echo mv "`dirname "$file"`" "destination_path"; done Randall Mason randall(a)mason.ch On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Randall Mason <randall(a)mason.ch> wrote: > I would add quotes and use while, just in case the directory names have > spaces and such. "for" splits on any whitespace, which could be quite > troublesome. > > grep -RFl "moe" somedirectory/ | while read file; do echo mv "`dirname > "$file"`" "destination_path"; done > > Randall Mason > randall(a)mason.ch > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Jamie Guinan <guinan(a)bluebutton.com>wrote: > >> >> Adding to that: >> >> for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; \ >> do echo mv -v $(dirname "$FILE") destination_path ; done >> >> Remove the "echo" and repeat if it looks Ok. >> Uses dirname to move the containing directory. >> >> -Jamie >> >> >> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, James Gray wrote: >> >> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Maurice <mauricep(a)cds-cumberland.org> >> wrote: >> > > Looking for some guidance; >> > > >> > > I have several files within several folders (5 files per folder, and >> > > thousands of folders) that I need to search a text file within each >> > > folder for a word match (like three_little_pigs.txt, and I need to >> find >> > > "moe", if he's listed) and then when a match is found I need to move >> > > (not copy) that entire folder (and it's 3~5 files contained within) to >> > > another location... >> > > >> > > I'm thinking grep, but don't know the correct syntax to make all this >> > > happen. >> > > I can easily find all the folders (1949 of them) and the word match >> 3923 >> > > times within the text file(s)... >> > >> > I think this should do the trick. I haven't tested it cause I don't >> > want to have *my* files moved around. >> > >> > for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; do mv "$FILE" >> > destination_path ; done >> > >> > ~James >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > >

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Re: [Wlug] grep, maybe
by Jamie Guinan Oct. 29, 2009

Oct. 29, 2009

Adding to that: for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; \ do echo mv -v $(dirname "$FILE") destination_path ; done Remove the "echo" and repeat if it looks Ok. Uses dirname to move the containing directory. -Jamie On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, James Gray wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Maurice <mauricep(a)cds-cumberland.org> wrote: > > Looking for some guidance; > > > > I have several files within several folders (5 files per folder, and > > thousands of folders) that I need to search a text file within each > > folder for a word match (like three_little_pigs.txt, and I need to find > > "moe", if he's listed) and then when a match is found I need to move > > (not copy) that entire folder (and it's 3~5 files contained within) to > > another location... > > > > I'm thinking grep, but don't know the correct syntax to make all this > > happen. > > I can easily find all the folders (1949 of them) and the word match 3923 > > times within the text file(s)... > > I think this should do the trick. I haven't tested it cause I don't > want to have *my* files moved around. > > for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; do mv "$FILE" > destination_path ; done > > ~James > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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grep, maybe
by Maurice Oct. 29, 2009

Oct. 29, 2009

Looking for some guidance; I have several files within several folders (5 files per folder, and thousands of folders) that I need to search a text file within each folder for a word match (like three_little_pigs.txt, and I need to find "moe", if he's listed) and then when a match is found I need to move (not copy) that entire folder (and it's 3~5 files contained within) to another location... I'm thinking grep, but don't know the correct syntax to make all this happen. I can easily find all the folders (1949 of them) and the word match 3923 times within the text file(s)... Any ideas??? -- -Maurice Pelletier Child Development Services - Cumberland County 50 Depot Road Falmouth, ME 04105 207-781-8881 (voice) 207-781-8855 (fax) www.cds-cumberland.org "Linux -- it's not just for breakfast anymore..." -Moe

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Job Posting: Implementation Engineer, Boston, MA
by Tal Cohen Oct. 27, 2009

Oct. 27, 2009

This position just opened in our organization and I thought some people in the group would be interested. It is a customer facing, multi-fasceted role: The SiteSpect Implementation Engineer is a technical expert who is responsible for the configuration, deployment, and support of SiteSpect's core products. This is an engineering position that requires experience in Unix system management, Web applications management, load balancing, and networking/DNS. As this is also a customer-facing role, it requires the ability to communicate technical instructions to both experienced and less experienced clients. This is an ideal opportunity for system and network administrators with a history of working with both technical (IT) and non-technical (business and marketing) teams to define system requirements, plan projects, and ultimately deliver solutions. Requirements * 3+ years of Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting. * 2+ years of experience with solutions architecture for DNS, load balancers and CDNs. * Web server configuration, tuning, and administration. * Shell scripting such as bash, perl, python, or PHP. * Experience with system monitoring tools such as nagios, sar, or sec. Responsibilities include scheduled on-call duty and occasional travel to assist customers with installations and system maintenance. Candidates should have experience working in a team environment alongside other engineers and product managers. You should be comfortable with the dynamic and fast pace that is typical for an Internet software startup. This is a full time position located in our office in downtown Boston, MA. Application Process If this sounds like you, then SiteSpect might be your next home. As the company that leads its market space in power and innovation, we guarantee excitement, challenge and an unlimited opportunity to contribute. Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter via email to tcohen(a)sitespect.com. To attract and retain the best talent, we offer competitive salary and a suite of benefits including medical and dental insurance, 401(k) plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and an employee stock option program. SiteSpect, Inc. is headquartered in historic downtown Boston, MA, just steps from the State House and accessible to MBTA and commuter rail stations. No agencies, recruiters, or phone calls, please.

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Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009
by Jamie Guinan Oct. 22, 2009

Oct. 22, 2009

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Hi Everybody, > > My apologies for the late notice. We do indeed have a WLUG meeting on > Wednesday evening, October 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM on the WPI campus. > > Our speaker will be WLUG member Tim Keller, and the topic will be Pygame. Hi All, I wanted to follow up on a few threads from last night's meeting... - I learned from Tim's presentation that Pygame wraps SDL, as well as providing other useful classes and code. I happened to be poking around the Spore installation on my Macbook, and I found that it uses SDL, and even includes source! guinan@macbook:~ $ find /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app/ ... /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework/Headers /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework/Headers/begin_code.h /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework/Headers/close_code.h /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework/Headers/SDL.h ... /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework/SDL-source-with-transgaming-updates.tar.gz ... Not Linux-specific, sure, but neat that SDL is used in one of the biggest games of the past year. - Possible solution for the broken sound device on that laptop, http://rightsock.com/~kjw/Tech/usb-sound-C-Media.html - Andy and other ham enthusiansts, you might like this podcast, http://soldersmoke.com/ Its mostly about Ham radio, but also homebrew electronics in general, with some amateur astronomy, and in recent episodes he's been doing more and more with Linux. Later, -Jamie

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WLUG Meeting Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009
by Andy Stewart Oct. 21, 2009

Oct. 21, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, My apologies for the late notice. We do indeed have a WLUG meeting on Wednesday evening, October 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM on the WPI campus. Our speaker will be WLUG member Tim Keller, and the topic will be Pygame. The meeting room is near the former Access Grid room. If you walk into the main entrance to Morgan Hall, and turn right toward the dining hall, you will see a door on your right just before the dining hall. Enter that door and there will be a short hallway. We will be in the room on the right. This is the same place where we met last month. I'll try to remember to put up a penguin poster to guide you. Afterwards, we'll go out for pizza and more great conversation, as is our tradition. Any and all are welcome to attend. Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFK3njWOjiraCaOTOoRAo3bAKCijU6mXTrGXDSpSX4nl8dEaGMFSACeLIXb 0OrUMEB7JG35tcjTs8Yeits= =0Iuj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 2
by Caobin zhu Oct. 2, 2009

Oct. 2, 2009

Thank you, Billy. See you there. > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 2 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:00:04 -0400 > > 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 72, Issue 1 (Caobin zhu) > 2. Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 (Billy Hnath) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:07:47 -0400 > From: Caobin zhu <globecstar(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <BLU106-W15954F6025FA36A2B8913FDBD30(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > > Hi, > > thank you for your info about the meeting. However i am new to the group and never went to WPI for any meeting so i don't know the meeting location. Can you please let me know the location, building name, sreet name? Is that ACM a building name/ > > thanks again. > > caobin > > > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:00:03 -0400 > > > > 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. Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd at > > 7pm. (Billy Hnath) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:40:28 -0400 > > From: Billy Hnath <bill.hnath(a)gmail.com> > > Subject: [Wlug] Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd > > at 7pm. > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > Message-ID: > > <24f493190909302040n43177dc2w3c93ff5b4d2ea08(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hey all, > > > > I wanted to remind you all of the Installfest we are having at WPI this > > Friday, sponsored by the Worcester Chapter ACM. We will have developers from > > Gentoo, Debian and Redhat along with a couple of other activists in the Open > > Source community to participate in a panel discussion and Q&A session. > > Later in the evening we will beging the actual Installfest. Our Gentoo Rep > > may also being doing a short presentation on Embedded Linux, which is sure > > to > > be interesting and fun. > > > > I invite you all come by for the talks and even help out new users to Linux > > with their first-time installs. > > > > Thanks and hope to see you there, > > > > --Billy > > WPI ACM President > > > > -- > > William R. Hnath, Jr > > Worcester Polytechnic Institute > > Class of 2010 > > Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20090930/d55b7fb8/attachmen… > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > > *********************************** > > _________________________________________________________________ > Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that?s right for you. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20091001/1dd301f2/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:22:06 -0400 > From: Billy Hnath <bill.hnath(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <24f493190910011222p20328471o785366419a71f708(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hi Caobin, > > Our event will be in Fuller Laboratories in Upper Perrault Lecture Hall. Our > School is at 100 Institute Road Worcester MA 01609. You may park > in the parking lot on Boynton Street which is next to our library and Fuller > Labs and across the street from a new, large residence hall. > > If you google maps 30 Boynton Street, Worcester MA 10609, you will be right > across from where you can park and Fuller Labs is up a ramp to the north end > > of the lot. > > Hope to see you at the event, > > --Billy > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Caobin zhu <globecstar(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > thank you for your info about the meeting. However i am new to the group > > and never went to WPI for any meeting so i don't know the meeting location. > > Can you please let me know the location, building name, sreet name? Is that > > ACM a building name/ > > thanks again. > > caobin > > > > > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:00:03 -0400 > > > > > > 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. Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd at > > > 7pm. (Billy Hnath) > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:40:28 -0400 > > > From: Billy Hnath <bill.hnath(a)gmail.com> > > > Subject: [Wlug] Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd > > > at 7pm. > > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > Message-ID: > > > <24f493190909302040n43177dc2w3c93ff5b4d2ea08(a)mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > I wanted to remind you all of the Installfest we are having at WPI this > > > Friday, sponsored by the Worcester Chapter ACM. We will have developers > > from > > > Gentoo, Debian and Redhat along with a couple of other activists in the > > Open > > > Source community to participate in a panel discussion and Q&A session. > > > Later in the evening we will beging the actual Installfest. Our Gentoo > > Rep > > > may also being doing a short presentation on Embedded Linux, which is > > sure > > > to > > > be interesting and fun. > > > > > > I invite you all come by for the talks and even help out new users to > > Linux > > > with their first-time installs. > > > > > > Thanks and hope to see you there, > > > > > > --Billy > > > WPI ACM President > > > > > > -- > > > William R. Hnath, Jr > > > Worcester Polytechnic Institute > > > Class of 2010 > > > Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > > URL: > > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20090930/d55b7fb8/attachmen… > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wlug mailing list > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > > > *********************************** > > > > ------------------------------ > > Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that?s right for you.<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > -- > William R. Hnath, Jr > Worcester Polytechnic Institute > Class of 2010 > Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20091001/fb09f6e5/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 2 > *********************************** _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1
by Caobin zhu Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Hi, thank you for your info about the meeting. However i am new to the group and never went to WPI for any meeting so i don't know the meeting location. Can you please let me know the location, building name, sreet name? Is that ACM a building name/ thanks again. caobin > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:00:03 -0400 > > 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. Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd at > 7pm. (Billy Hnath) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:40:28 -0400 > From: Billy Hnath <bill.hnath(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wlug] Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd > at 7pm. > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <24f493190909302040n43177dc2w3c93ff5b4d2ea08(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hey all, > > I wanted to remind you all of the Installfest we are having at WPI this > Friday, sponsored by the Worcester Chapter ACM. We will have developers from > Gentoo, Debian and Redhat along with a couple of other activists in the Open > Source community to participate in a panel discussion and Q&A session. > Later in the evening we will beging the actual Installfest. Our Gentoo Rep > may also being doing a short presentation on Embedded Linux, which is sure > to > be interesting and fun. > > I invite you all come by for the talks and even help out new users to Linux > with their first-time installs. > > Thanks and hope to see you there, > > --Billy > WPI ACM President > > -- > William R. Hnath, Jr > Worcester Polytechnic Institute > Class of 2010 > Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20090930/d55b7fb8/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > *********************************** _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290

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Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd at 7pm.
by Billy Hnath Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

Hey all, I wanted to remind you all of the Installfest we are having at WPI this Friday, sponsored by the Worcester Chapter ACM. We will have developers from Gentoo, Debian and Redhat along with a couple of other activists in the Open Source community to participate in a panel discussion and Q&A session. Later in the evening we will beging the actual Installfest. Our Gentoo Rep may also being doing a short presentation on Embedded Linux, which is sure to be interesting and fun. I invite you all come by for the talks and even help out new users to Linux with their first-time installs. Thanks and hope to see you there, --Billy WPI ACM President -- William R. Hnath, Jr Worcester Polytechnic Institute Class of 2010 Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter

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Linux on the XO-1
by soup Sept. 23, 2009

Sept. 23, 2009

I'm looking for it- something that isn't Sugar, anyway. The two popular ones seem to be DebXO and teapot's ubuntu build. Has anyone played with either of these? Take care, James

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Unable to make it tonight... still planning on presenting in Oct.
by Tim Keller Sept. 23, 2009

Sept. 23, 2009

Hey Gang, I'll be unable to make it to the meeting tonight, however I still plan on doing a talk next month on "pygame". What's "pygame" you ask?!? "pygame" is a set of python libraries that wrap SDL written in C and assembler. These libraries take the nitty gritty out of writing games with python, or as they put it "we take the pure out of game development". I'm going to talk about the libraries in depth (with slides), show off a silly game I've written and then dive into the code of the game so you can see how absurdity easy it is to use. Obviously my talk is going to be python centric, but no worries. I'm using this as an excuse to teach myself python so it'll be educational to the python guru and the python neophyte alike. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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WPI ACM Installfest
by Billy Hnath Sept. 23, 2009

Sept. 23, 2009

Hi all, Sorry to say that I wont be able to make the meeting tonight because I have class, but I figured I would talk to you all in email so you may be able to discuss this tonight. I am the ACM president at WPI and on October 2nd we are having an Installfest starting at 7pm in Fuller Labs. I am in the process of getting some speakers from various linux distros and O'Reilly for a panel discussion/Q&A session and afterwords we will have an installfest in one of the labs. If anyone here is interesting in attending or even better interested in talking/volunteering to help with the Install that would be much appreciated. You can reach me by email (bill.hnath(a)gmail.com) with any questions. Thanks for your time and have a great meeting tonight, --Billy -- William R. Hnath, Jr Worcester Polytechnic Institute Class of 2010 Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter

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Reminder: WLUG Meeting on Wednesday, 23-sept-2009
by Andy Stewart Sept. 23, 2009

Sept. 23, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, I don't have confirmation on our meeting room for this meeting, so if you don't hear anything, please meet outside of the Access Grid room (our old meeting room), and we'll go from there. Unfortunately, I do not have access to my home email while at work, so that's why I'm sending this now. See ya there! Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKuXphOjiraCaOTOoRAiCbAJ9cbGBPZepvHhIdYe8+6SZcGt3RPgCfRncV xqr5hCOwaFBV9SL7xwy8jPo= =Ewng -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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REMINDER: Upcoming Meeting on Wednesday, 7 PM
by Andy Stewart Sept. 20, 2009

Sept. 20, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, Our next WLUG meeting will be on Wednesday evening, 7:00 PM, somewhere on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. Our guest speaker will be Mike Bauer, and his talk will be a legal interpretation of the GPL. Mike has degrees in both law and computer science. Mike plans to discuss: a) The GNU philosophy behind the GPL, both from freedom and copyleft perspectives b) A brief introduction to copyright law c) Scholarly papers (law review articles, other non-case-law analysis) on the GPL d) Cases dealing with the GPL When I know the actual meeting room, I'll let you know. I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday. Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKtYhiOjiraCaOTOoRAldmAKCpR2wGo1RRO4KE9u1FPU4yEu+R7gCbBGut f2xLKDf7XoiPIao+jhpSME8= =NwgC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Scanner - $10
by Randall Mason Sept. 12, 2009

Sept. 12, 2009

Hi Everybody, My wife is cleaning stuff out and she wants me do something with a scanner that I specifically bought for it's Linux compatability. It's an Epson 1200U: http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?oid=14568 It works out of the box with my Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop via libusb, so I don't know if it will work with BSDs or other F/OSS operating systems, but I think it would. There are drivers for Windows and OS X on Epson's website, but I don't know if it works for those, I bought it so that it worked with Linux for a reason... It's not new, but I feel that it's worth it for Linux compatibility. It used to be white, but after years of oxidation and the plastic getting older, it's now yellowed. I would refund the money if it broke in the first year. Here's the brochure: http://magazine.mason.ch:8888/magazine/per12usl.pdf Randall Mason

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Looking for suggestions: JSP Web Hosting
by Michael Zarozinski Sept. 7, 2009

Sept. 7, 2009

Hi all, Does anyone have any recommendations for a web hosting service that comes with JSP "out of the box"? Thanks for any/all suggestions, Michael Z

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IPv6 config question
by William Smith Sept. 2, 2009

Sept. 2, 2009

Hiya! I've got an old laptop (Sony Vaio PCG-F520) that I've been setting to re-purposing. To this end, I've installed Fedora 10 on it. I've got DNS (IPv4) and DHCP configured on it, and it will eventually be acting as a printserver for an HP LaserJet 4MP. :) My question is this: How difficult (or involved) would it be to add IPv6 support to this? I know about AAAA records, but I'm not so sure what the reverse lookup file would look like. Likewise, I'm not sure about how DHCP would be configured, if I have to touch it at all. Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- Bill Smith Fall River, MA Charter Member of LOPSA

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Seagate ST3146807FC 146GB Fibre Channel drive
by Jamie Guinan Sept. 1, 2009

Sept. 1, 2009

Hi Group, We found the drive described in the subject line at work, and have no use for it. It appears to be new. Anyone have fibre channel, and want it? -Jamie

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Looking for DDR400 (PC3200) RAM
by John Stoffel Aug. 29, 2009

Aug. 29, 2009

Guys, I'm trying to ressurect an old MSI K8T NEO mother board with an Athlon64 3000 CPU. Unfortunately, I don't have any 184 Pin PC3200/DDR400, PC2700/DDR333, PC2100/ DDR266 or PC1600/DDR200 unbuffered DIMM boards. Probably 512Mb each (I've got three slots), though bigger is always better, right? I'd be willing to travel in the worcester area tomorrow to do a pickup, or hit a store with some if anyone has any suggestions other than the guys in Northboro on Rt 20. Thanks, John

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computer w/ ubuntu pre-installed.
by Jason Couture Aug. 28, 2009

Aug. 28, 2009

I recently started a business and i was wondering if anyone would be interested in purchasing some computers for 339.99 + tax each they each come with a 17" LCD, Wireless keyboard and mouse, speakers, dvd burner, 1gb of ddr2, a 320gb hdd, AMD Sempron LE-1100 and ubuntu linux pre-installed. Add 1gb of ddr2 for $10.00 making the total 349.99 (I really need to move these boxes. Im attempting to become a linux oem) thanks in advance, and sorry for the spam :P

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Remote access with DansGuardian / FireHOL / TinyProxy
by Andrew C Wilkin Aug. 28, 2009

Aug. 28, 2009

Is there anyone local who knows about DansGuardian? I'm having trouble logging into my work and I'm 95% positive it's because of DG. It's probably some configuration thing I don't know about. Any help?

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looking for PHP 5.2.x help
by John Stoffel Aug. 28, 2009

Aug. 28, 2009

Guys, I'm looking for some help with PHP5.2.x hacking on a web site to cleanup how the user submitted search form is handled. Basically I want to make it simple for the end user to a) refine their query, b) not have to answer popups if they hit the reload button, and c) so I can leanr more PHP. I found this nice reference: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php which has two sections by "wayne" and "Jonas Lindel" talking about how you can take the results of a PHP POST request, stuff the vars into your session, and redirect back to the same page without the POST vars set, then complete the query. The idea is so that when people hit the "back" or "reload" buttons, they don't keep getting asked whether they want to resubmit their data. It's not strictly needed, but it would be a nice cleanup of the interface. Here's the snippet I'm trying to use, which bombs out with: Fatal error: Cannot re-assign $this in .... on line 45 And the code I'm using is: <? // We want to put the search query into a session so we can restore it // easily when users goto look at full_holdings.php and then return to // the overall display page. We'll need to do a session_destroy in // index.php I think. See the tutorial(s) at // http://www.phpf1.com/tutorial/php-sessions.html // http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.session.php session_start(); // Now see Jonas Lindel's & Wayne's code at // http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php for // this *nice* trick. //is there POST or GET data we should look at if($_POST or ($_GET and (!isset($_SESSION['skipnextget'])))) { //is there GET data? if($_GET) { $newgetarr = array(); foreach($_GET as $key => $value) { if(is_array($value)) { //if it's an array, convert it to comma separated $newvalue = implode(',',$value); } else { $newvalue = $value; } $newgetarr[] = $key.'='.$newvalue; } $newget = implode('&',$newgetarr); $_SESSION['skipnextget'] = 1; } foreach($_POST as $key => $value) { $this[$key] = $value; } $_SESSION['postvars'] = serialize($this); //put POST in the session header("Location: http://" .$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?\ ' . $newget); //reload page without POST data and shorter GET data exit(); } else { //after reloading we'll come right to this spot session_unregister('skipnextget'); if(isset($_SESSION['postvars'])) { //load the POST variables from the session // Error on this line below! $this = unserialize($_SESSION['postvars']); session_unregister('postvars'); //delete the session stuff we //don't need anymore. return $this; } }

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This is an ancient OS.
by Ken Jones Aug. 25, 2009

Aug. 25, 2009

John et al, I think I have a real problem.. Neither OS uses /etc/X11/xorg.conf as one would expect. I think there is a book available entitled "Computing in the Middle Ages". Could it be????? First kjones-sun [root@kjones-sun X11]# uname -a Linux kjones-sun 2.4.20-2.3sparc #1 Wed Jan 15 18:27:52 EST 2003 sparc64 unknow ---------- xrandr is not interesting--------------- [root@kjones-sun kjones]# xrandr -q Can't open display (null) ----------------no xorg.conf --------- [root@kjones-sun kjones]# cd /etc/X11 [root@kjones-sun X11]# ls applnk proxymngr twm XF86Config-4 xinit xsrirc fs rstart X XF86Config-4.rpmsave xkb gdm serverconfig xdm XF86Config-5 Xmodmap lbxproxy starthere XF86Config XF86Config_orig xserver prefdm sysconfig XF86Config~ XftConfig xsm [root@kjones-sun X11]# There seems to be no xorg.conf. anywhere. "locate" can not find it. ==================================================== Now kjones-sun2 kjones-sun2 ~ # uname -a Linux kjones-sun2 2.6.20-gentoo-r5 #4 SMP Tue May 22 20:27:03 Local time zone mu st be set--see zic sparc64 sun4u TI UltraSparc I (SpitFire) GNU/Linux --------xrandr -q still not interesting-------- kjones-sun2 ~ # xrandr -q Can't open display kjones-sun2 ~ # locate xorg.conf warning: locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days old /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools/files/xorg.conf.ferris /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools/files/xorg.conf /usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5x.bz2 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.example ------------------try /etc/X11 for kicks------------------ kjones-sun2 ~ # cd /etc/X11 kjones-sun2 X11 # ls Sessions app-defaults chooser.sh mwm startDM.sh xinit xorg.conf.example kjones-sun2 X11 # ------------------xorg.conf looks like an example----------- kjones-sun2 ~ # more /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools/files/x org.conf --More--(22%) Section "ServerLayout" --More--(22%) Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "glx" Load "type1" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 1-10000 --More--(75%) VertRefresh 1-10000 ModeLine "640x480" 100 640 700 800 900 480 500 600 700 ModeLine "800x600" 100 800 900 1000 1100 600 700 800 900 ModeLine "1024x768" 100 1024 1100 1200 1300 768 800 900 1000 ModeLine "1152x864" 100 1152 1200 1300 1400 864 900 1000 1100 ModeLine "1152x900" 100 1152 1200 1300 1400 900 1000 1100 1200 ModeLine "1280x1024" 100 1280 1300 1400 1500 1024 1100 1200 1300 ModeLine "1376x1032" 100 1376 1400 1500 1600 1032 1100 1200 1300 ModeLine "1600x1200" 100 1600 1700 1800 1900 1200 1300 1400 1500 ModeLine "2364x1773" 100 2364 2400 2500 2600 1773 1800 1900 2000 EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] Identifier "Card0" Driver "vmware" --More--(90%) VendorName "VMWare Inc" BoardName "Unknown Board" BusID "PCI:0:15:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Thanks, Ken Jones

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I've posted on Linux Questions
by Ken Jones Aug. 23, 2009

Aug. 23, 2009

Folks, thank you for your help so far. I have made progress. The image on my screen is still unacceptable. It will be interesting to see whether linuxquestions can come up with something http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/belkin-sun-adapte… Ken Jones

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I think I've found the cuprit
by Ken Jones Aug. 21, 2009

Aug. 21, 2009

I think the monitor/display controlling configuration file in my Aurora machine is /etc/X11/XF86Config [root@kjones-sun etc]# cd X11 [root@kjones-sun X11]# ls applnk proxymngr twm XF86Config-4 xinit xsrirc fs rstart X XF86Config-4.rpmsave xkb gdm serverconfig xdm XF86Config-5 Xmodmap lbxproxy starthere XF86Config XF86Config_orig xserver prefdm sysconfig XF86Config~ XftConfig xsm It is too long to send to all. The question is what should it say? Ken

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getting rid of some monitors
by Jared Greenwald Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

I apologize in advance for spamming the list with my want ad. I need to get rid of some CRT monitors and am wondering if anyone on the list would be interested. They are as follows... 1x Gateway Vivitron (circa '95) 17" 1x Compaq MV940 19" 2x Digital re-branded Trinitron 21" (matched pair) The 19" and 21" monitors can each run at 1600x1200 and the 21s have dual input, which is nice. I used the 21s in a TwinView setup on my main Ubuntu-based workstation at home for years until I got a LCD last Christmas. I have power/video cables for all of them, so they are ready to roll. I had them up on craigslist to try and sell them, but haven't gotten any hits and it's just time to clear out the space. The catch is that you would need to come pick them up from me in Uxbridge. Please respond to me privately so we don't spam the list. Thanks, Jared Greenwald

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 70, Issue 17
by Steven Greenberg Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

The issue with 60 Hz and the LCD was not flicker. I mentioned visual defects. I meant things like missing pixels. I had to use the analog connection because that was all that was available on the PC that I had just bought. I just looked at the setting now to see if I had really chosen 120 Hz which is still a harmonic of 60Hz. Unfortunately for looking at the setting, I moved three years ago from the house where the office had fluorescent lights. When I set up my computer again in the new house, I must have somehow gone back to the default 60 Hz. There are no fluorescent lights around and there are none of the visual defects I saw in the other house. When I brought my unit back to Fry's electronics they had no such problem in the store from the ceiling lights which were a good 15 or more feet away. They gave me a replacement anyway just to keep me happy. I had not even suspected fluorescent lights at that point. When I got the replacement home, it had the same problem as the first one. I was about to give up on Samsung in disgust when I asked around at work if anybody could figure out the problem. Our computer hardware support person mentioned the fluorescent light idea. I went home, changed the frequency and the problems disappeared. The fluorescent lights in my home office were probably only 4 feet from the LCD. The cause of the problem might have been something completely different, but I cannot come up with another explanation that fits the observations. Maybe I had sympathetic 60 Hz fluctuations from my neighbor's ham radio. Whatever was the cause, getting away from 60Hz seemed to be the solution. /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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Here I am begging again.
by Ken Jones Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

I have not been making the meetings. That does not mean my SUN ULTRA1 running Aurora Linux can no longer create 'interesting' problems. This time the second SUN ULTRA running Gentoo is in cahoots. I have a new SAMSUNG SyncMaster flat screen monitor. I have attached this monitor via a Belkin SUN adapter to my ULTRA1's. It does not work!! The monitor flashes a little square window saying something about "Not optimum mode". It feels that it has not been configured correctly. The buttons on the right of the monitor, which are there to set it up, also do not work with the SUN's is attached. The monitor works fine with PC type machinery. The Belkin worked fine with a regular old tube monitor. (I have not dug out the old monitor to check whether it still works. I suspect it does.) Anybody have any ideas? Ken Jones kjones(a)ziplink.net

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Re: [Wlug] Here I am begging again.
by Steven Greenberg Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

I have a Samsung SyncMaster 204B, but it is on a Windows PC. As for the frequency, 60 Hz is not good in close proximity to fluorescent lights. I had a lot of visual defects in two different units, until I changed to 120 Hz(I think). /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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Book list with names.
by Tim Keller Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

Please keep the other thread going, I'm going to use this thread so people can see what books have been taken. I went email by email and did it on a first come first serve basis... Here's the list with names: Hacking / Security Books: "Secrets of a super hacker" by The Knightmare. [S. Courtney] "Hackers Challenge: Test Your Incident Response Skills Using 20 Scenarios" (3rd Edition) [S. Courtney] "Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions" "Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense" Math Books: [Frank Moody] "Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications" by Kenneth H. Rosen [Frank Moody] "Languages and Machines" Thomas A Sudkamp [Alex Haley] "A Primer for Calculus" Misc: [Alex Haley] "Latex" Second edition [Frank Moody] "The Latex Companion" [Frank Moody] "Mips RISC Architecture" "Database Systems" "Creating Web Pages with HTML" (3rd edition) [Frank Moody] "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation": Tanenbaum (includes Minux 2.0 disk!!) [Frank Moody] "PCI System Architecture" (Third Edition) Programming Books: [Alex Haley] "The C Primer" Third edition (this book is a bit dog eared) [Alex Haley] "A First Book of Ansi C" (a bit dog eared but excellent) "Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus" "Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk" "Virtual Reality Playhouse" "Creating Turbo C++ Games" (The disk for this book is long lost) [Keith Wright] "Linux Kernel Programming" (Third Edition) "Using Java 1.1" (Third Edition) "Using JavaBeans" (CD Long gone) [S. Courtney] "Sams' Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days" (Second Edition) "Beginning Fedora 2" (Yeah it's 8 versions behind, but as a beginners guide to red hat linux systems, it's great) "User Interfaces In C++ And Object-Oriented Programming" by Mark Goodwin "Gardens of Imagination: Programming 3d Maze Games in C/C++" (Disk long gone) "NetWarriors In C Programming 3d Multiplaery games" (CD Long gone) [Ryan Pugatch] "Programming perl" (O'Reilly) [Ryan Pugatch] "Learning Perl" (O'Reilly) [Ryan Pugatch] "Perl by Example" (Ellie Quigley) Thanks, Tim. -- I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Article on UNIX 40th anniverasry
by jbaillie＠netzero.com Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

I actually have played pong on a monitor like that back in my DEC daze. What's even more amusing is the paper tape loader to the right of the monitor. It sure relieved you of toggling in the boot loader. We would actually repair some of the paper tapes. jb ---------- Original Message ---------- From: E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Subject: [Wlug] Article on UNIX 40th anniverasry Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:59:20 -0400 Good report by the BBC on development of UNIX. Has an interesting photo of a very old round green CRT monitor (in hexagonal case) at a workstation http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8205976.stm Enjoy, Liz J _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ____________________________________________________________ Just drop it. Click here for free information on weight loss surgery! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxRbzrvjPpExUGZMIb6GPtO…

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Article on UNIX 40th anniverasry
by E Johnson Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

Good report by the BBC on development of UNIX. Has an interesting photo of a very old round green CRT monitor (in hexagonal case) at a workstation http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8205976.stm Enjoy, Liz J

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REMINDER: Meeting Thursday, 7 PM
by Andy Stewart Aug. 19, 2009

Aug. 19, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, This is the umpteenth reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting with maddog as our speaker. Please note the different meeting room: Salisbury Labs room 104. Also, for those of you who are interested in music, check this selection, allegedly made only from the sounds available in Windows XP and Windows 98 (at least the OS is good for something): http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1802740 See ya at the meeting! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKi27iOjiraCaOTOoRAgQfAKCZ135p2dvbYrlqNaMwj2fKZZ2RxwCg0yqN k+tp+5150cDgkqDHU8Zl0i0= =6WcP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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PCMCIA to ExpressCard
by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com Aug. 18, 2009

Aug. 18, 2009

Well, I purchased a Rosewill RC-608 ExpressCard to CardBus Adapter but apparently linux doesn't support it. When I plug it in with the slimscsi card I get: Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pciehp 0000:00:1c.1:pcie02: Card present on Slot(0-1) Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device. You can enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force' Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:04 Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: IO window: disabled Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: MEM window: disabled Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: PREFETCH window: disabled Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pciehp: Could not get hotplug parameters Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:04 Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: IO window: disabled Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: MEM window: disabled Aug 18 16:15:44 mars kernel: pci 0000:03:00.0: PREFETCH window: disabled I'm assuming "pciehp: Could not get hotplug parameters" means it is not supported. If anyone has suggestions on how to get it to work let me know. Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

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Fedora 11 and mingw32
by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com Aug. 16, 2009

Aug. 16, 2009

I installed fedora 11 on my old laptop and turned back on glitch free audio. It almost works perfectly. Sufficient that I probably wouldn't bother turning it off now. I think the hard drive is starting to fail so I decided to purchase a new laptop. Since I'd like some 3D functionality now I decided to go with the Intel GMA X4500. Unfortunately Fedora 11 stumbled here. I thought the picture quality wasn't very good and found it was using the vesa drivers not the intel drivers. Searching found that others had the same issue but it worked on Fedora 10. Tried a Fedora 10 live CD and the display was nice and sharp. Modified the xorg.conf to use the intel drivers and Fedora 11 also became nice and sharp. Anyway onto my question, has anyone played with the mingw32 cross compiler on Fedora 11? I've created a simple hello world app and cmake file (since I hate autotools). I've got it compiling by creating a Toolchain file but it seems like that is something that should be provided with the mingw32. Is there a standard Toolchain file somewhere and I just haven't found it?

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(no subject)
by Brian McLinden Aug. 15, 2009

Aug. 15, 2009

Hi all, Thanks for your helpful postings. I'm coming back to ask further help in sharpening issues before me.. I see four now: 1. Understanding the machine Wanting a more general perspective that will help me anticipate and navigate OS issues as they arise. Just ordered http://www.amazon.com/Write-Great-Code-Understanding-Machine/dp/1593270038/… Anyone have reading (book, online) suggestions geared at accessible intro level? More intermediate level? 2. Getting a machine Freedom of choice in the component market is overwhelming. A curse, actually. I'd be losing significant time just learning how to spec a system. In the Worcester area, is there anyone I can pay to put together a machine for me with some bit of craftsmanship and reliability? That way I can have substantially more control over machine quality. Do any of you have a favorite components list? I'd be most interested in a machine designed for silence, and I'm quite willing to study up on that issue.. fan noise drives me nuts when I'm coding. What do you think about this workaround -- http://www.inatux.com/order These are FSF/FOSS people. I can't see a need for a super fast system yet, as I can't say yet where my project interests will gravitate. In light of that, since optimality makes no sense, what machine specs do you think would be “good enough”? Desirable packages to install? And, for cable broadband and live streaming of audio and video, what combination or package(s) of HW ad SW should I ask for. Wired case? Wireless case? 3. YOUR advice for a would be hacker? I wonder how folks in this forum might vary from the following position. Would you prioritize or sequence things differently? “Start out by learning bash, then set up your own Unix environment. This is a biggie. PC-BSD works fine. Learn to use it for your everyday tasks, learn how to administrate it and keep it up to date and secure. Then, when you've done that, start in with Python. Solve the Project Euler problems in whatever language you're learning. Learn which languages are better suited for particular problems. Learn about security in programs, vulnerabilities and how to exploit them. Read other people's code and post your own. Learn the low-level stuff later.” 4. What Linux distribution would you pair with Unix? And, what will I learn from one that I don't learn from the other? Thanks, in advance, for thoughts, reactions, give and take! Brian

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REMINDER: Upcoming WLUG meeting
by Andy Stewart Aug. 14, 2009

Aug. 14, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, This is the first in an infinite series of reminders about our upcoming WLUG meeting. It will be held on Thursday, August 20th, at 7:00 PM on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. Note that we will be meeting in a different meeting room. The Access Grid room has been recently dismantled and is no longer available for our meetings. Chuck Anderson has secured our use of Salisbury Labs Room 104 (thanks, Chuck!!) for this meeting. Please note that the website has updated directions for this meeting location. Our guest speaker at this meeting will be Jon 'maddog' Hall, and he will be speaking on the topic of "Making Money from Free Software". This promises to be an excellent meeting that you won't want to miss. After the meeting, we'll adjourn to the pizza restaurant (Tech Pizza on Highland Street) for our usual sodas, pizza, and great conversation. I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting. See ya later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKhK38OjiraCaOTOoRAp1XAKDX4H0Tona7cfWNf4JlM1YtQTTD1ACfZONo auSmqgUQtCjlmgGaCuyJUOk= =Hm9h -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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USENIX HotPar '10 Call For Papers Now Available
by Lionel Garth Jones Aug. 13, 2009

Aug. 13, 2009

The Program Committee for the 2nd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Parallelism (HotPar '10) invites you to submit position papers. HotPar '10 will bring together researchers and practitioners doing innovative work in the area of parallel computing. HotPar recognizes the broad impact of multicore computing and seeks relevant contributions in all fields, including application design, languages and compilers, systems, and architecture. We request submissions of position papers that propose new directions for research of products in these areas, advocate non-traditional approaches to the problems engendered by parallelism, or potentially generate controversy and discussion. Submissions are due January 24, 2010. More information and submission guidelines are available at http://www.usenix.org/hotpar10/cfpa We look forward to receiving your submissions! Sincerely, Geoff Lowney, Intel David Patterson, University of California, Berkeley HotPar '10 Program Co-Chairs hotpar10chairs(a)usenix.org

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Books addendum...
by Tim Keller Aug. 13, 2009

Aug. 13, 2009

I forgot to put in my original email, I plan on attending the meeting next week, so I'll have all the books with me. We'll square up then. Thanks, Tim. -- I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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BOOKS...BOOKS...BOOKS!!!
by Tim Keller Aug. 13, 2009

Aug. 13, 2009

Hey Gang! To make a long story short, I'm going through a book purge. Obviously being my friends, I thought I'd give you guys first dibs before I donate anything. If you want something, declare it on the list. Any disagreements will be handled with duels to the death (obviously the winner gets the book + any books the loser also claimed...) Here's the list: Hacking / Security Books: "Secrets of a super hacker" by The Knightmare. "Hackers Challenge: Test Your Incident Response Skills Using 20 Scenarios" (3rd Edition) "Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions" "Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense" Math Books: "Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications" by Kenneth H. Rosen "Languages and Machines" Thomas A Sudkamp "A Primer for Calculus" Misc: "Latex" Second edition "The Latex Companion" "Mips RISC Architecture" "Database Systems" "Creating Web Pages with HTML" (3rd edition) "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation": Tanenbaum (includes Minux 2.0 disk!!) "PCI System Architecture" (Third Edition) Programming Books: "The C Primer" Third edition (this book is a bit dog eared) "Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus" "Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk" "Virtual Reality Playhouse" "Creating Turbo C++ Games" (The disk for this book is long lost) "Linux Kernel Programming" (Third Edition) "Using Java 1.1" (Third Edition) "Using JavaBeans" (CD Long gone) "Sams' Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days" (Second Edition) "Beginning Fedora 2" (Yeah it's 8 versions behind, but as a beginners guide to red hat linux systems, it's great) "User Interfaces In C++ And Object-Oriented Programming" by Mark Goodwin "Gardens of Imagination: Programming 3d Maze Games in C/C++" (Disk long gone) "NetWarriors In C Programming 3d Multiplaery games" (CD Long gone) "Programming perl" (O'Reilly) "Learning Perl" (O'Reilly) "Perl by Example" (Ellie Quigley) "A First Book of Ansi C" (a bit dog eared but excellent) Thanks, Tim. -- I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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August WLUG meeting
by Andy Stewart Aug. 13, 2009

Aug. 13, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, Please note that I've just updated the website with a meeting topic change. It turns out that maddog will be visiting us at the August meeting instead of the October meeting. maddog has visited WLUG on previous occasions and is an excellent speaker. You won't want to miss this meeting! More news later.......... Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKaSjuOjiraCaOTOoRAozPAJ41EoNqkKUwrJZI5p+bdue4u4I8EQCgjKIC z7NW+SXkD52OrYZAv0VxMsI= =73dF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Wlug] non-Linux: Looking for a free kitten locally
by Jamie Guinan Aug. 12, 2009

Aug. 12, 2009

I suspect the amount you would pay at the animal shelter would PALE next to what you are going to pay for vet bills, spaying/neutering (usually done around 6 mos as I recall), food, etc. So despite your comment, I'll plug these guys: http://www.worcester-arl.org/catsAdoption.html But for another source, people are giving away kittens all the time on Worcester freecycle. Its a Yahoo groups thing, which totally sucks balls, but I have found good stuff on there from time to time. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorcesterMAfreecycle/ Example: Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:50 pm offer: young grey kitten with white paws 01604 -Jamie On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Tatsh wrote: > I know I have not ever sent an email, but I've been on the mailing list > for some time. Been extremely interested in going to meetings but just > have not done so yet. > > If you are local, and have healthy kittens to give away or know anyone > who does locally (I live in Lancaster, about 20 minutes away from > Worcester), please respond. Looking to just get one, at maximum 5 months > old. > > I have been scouring the web and craigslist and have not found much. I > do not really want to drop the amount they want at the local animal shelter. > > Any help appreciated. > > Thanks > Andrew > 978-870-5908 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Re: [Wlug] non-Linux: Looking for a free kitten locally
by Jamie Guinan Aug. 12, 2009

Aug. 12, 2009

Lol, you're right! And I commend you on your keen eyesight. :) -Jamie On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Randall Mason wrote: > I feel all betrayed, it says Linux on the bottom, but it's clearley > FreeBSD... > Just kidding about the betrayal, it's more just sadness :-) > > Randall Mason > randall(a)mason.ch > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Jamie Guinan <guinan(a)bluebutton.com> wrote: > > > > > And just to keep this on topic, here's a picture of a cat and > > Linux: > > > > http://countenance.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/linux-cat.jpg > > > > -Jamie > > > > > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Jamie Guinan wrote: > > > > > > > > I suspect the amount you would pay at the animal shelter would PALE > > > next to what you are going to pay for vet bills, spaying/neutering > > > (usually done around 6 mos as I recall), food, etc. So despite your > > > comment, I'll plug these guys: > > > > > > http://www.worcester-arl.org/catsAdoption.html > > > > > > But for another source, people are giving away kittens all the time > > > on Worcester freecycle. Its a Yahoo groups thing, which totally > > > sucks balls, but I have found good stuff on there from time to time. > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorcesterMAfreecycle/ > > > > > > Example: > > > > > > Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:50 pm > > > offer: young grey kitten with white paws 01604 > > > > > > -Jamie > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Tatsh wrote: > > > > > > > I know I have not ever sent an email, but I've been on the mailing list > > > > for some time. Been extremely interested in going to meetings but just > > > > have not done so yet. > > > > > > > > If you are local, and have healthy kittens to give away or know anyone > > > > who does locally (I live in Lancaster, about 20 minutes away from > > > > Worcester), please respond. Looking to just get one, at maximum 5 > > months > > > > old. > > > > > > > > I have been scouring the web and craigslist and have not found much. I > > > > do not really want to drop the amount they want at the local animal > > shelter. > > > > > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > 978-870-5908 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > >

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non-Linux: Looking for a free kitten locally
by Tatsh Aug. 12, 2009

Aug. 12, 2009

I know I have not ever sent an email, but I've been on the mailing list for some time. Been extremely interested in going to meetings but just have not done so yet. If you are local, and have healthy kittens to give away or know anyone who does locally (I live in Lancaster, about 20 minutes away from Worcester), please respond. Looking to just get one, at maximum 5 months old. I have been scouring the web and craigslist and have not found much. I do not really want to drop the amount they want at the local animal shelter. Any help appreciated. Thanks Andrew 978-870-5908

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SCSI and laptop
by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com Aug. 12, 2009

Aug. 12, 2009

I bought a new laptop but have an old umax scanner. Previously I used a PCMCIA SCSI card to hookup that scanner. My new laptop has expresscard. What is the easiest way to hookup the old scanner? I tried to used the old laptop the other day until I had time to look into how to do it with the new laptop and found it no longer boots. Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

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PC-BSD, FreeBSD, and iXsystems - anyone know about them?
by Brian McLinden Aug. 11, 2009

Aug. 11, 2009

I have pretensions of hacker status someday. ;-] They are selling a desktop with PC-BSD installed and configured. I'm thinking about buying their new Apollo rig, http://www.ixsystems.com/apollo and ask them to install some kind of virtual machine software on top of FreeBSD (or PC-BSD) so that I can learn various linux distros running as clients. Anyone know anything about them? Any thoughts or cautions about this approach? Thanks in advance for thoughts, reactions. PS - anyone programming Lisp, write me? Brian.McLinden(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: [nomoto] OLPC job openings
by Richard Klein Aug. 11, 2009

Aug. 11, 2009

Just thought I'd pass this on: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- if any of you know of strong linux kernel/driver folks, or strong release or test folks, OLPC is looking... http://laptop.org/en/utility/people/opportunities.shtml -- Rich Sent from Marlborough, MA, United States

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Python – who's curious or learning it, or codes it daily, or teaching it, or ...
by Brian McLinden Aug. 10, 2009

Aug. 10, 2009

A thread for sharing by those with interest in or curiosity about Python. For newbies like me, hackers tout the just out major revision of Allen Downey's classic “How to think like a computer scientist: Learning with Python.” It's been retitled - “PYTHON FOR SOFTWARE DESIGN: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist.” Buy at Amazon or read free - http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ Favorable review - http://www.amazon.com/Python-Software-Design-Computer-Scientist/product-rev… Brian Worcester

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Virtual Machine Manager
by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com July 30, 2009

July 30, 2009

Anyone familiar with virtual machine manager and kvm. I'm having some issues with a windows virtual machine. The system is Fedora 11 and the virtual machine is Windows 2008 Server. If I start the virtual machine from the virtual machine manager, it only has a single cpu despite my setting it to eight. If I start the machine from the command line, I can get four cpus but not eight. In both cases windows seem to display the eight cpus in the device manager (or whatever program it is). It has been suggest that windows was imaged on a four core machine before being loaded on the eight core machine and that something in windows is maxing at four cores. But that doesn't explain why the virtual machine manager can only start one cpu. I just played around on my home machine with a fedora 10 live cd and it recognized the two cores on that machine and used them from the virtual machine manager without problem. Also upped it to three cpus without problem.

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Thanks Doug!
by joel d July 24, 2009

July 24, 2009

Doug, Thanks for throwing the BBQ. I had a great time. Joel

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Running late...
by Andy Stewart July 23, 2009

July 23, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI all, I will be arriving at the BBQ close to 7:00 PM...lots of traffic and I got out of work late this evening. See all y'all soon, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKaN5wOjiraCaOTOoRArdGAJsF4teJyuRXNLfnqbPnNKiE4U8x1wCgyq6N mdWJLgQUqhXn46kZScckN/o= =V3oI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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fearless BBQ thurs 7/23
by Doug Mildram July 23, 2009

July 23, 2009

(I did goof last week as you may recall announcing 7/13, but the plan remains: REALLY: 7/23 thursday. 6pm--9?whatever and it's perfectly OK to be late. no RSVP required. I'm ready for good or bad weather or both :) I've setup tunes (linux/soundblaster/mp3's) in my 2-car garage, with garage/protected space for picnic table and more. The BBQ grill needs moving, then everything will be together/nearby in the garage+driveway, or on the lawn if we are blessed with suddenly perfect weather.The aboveground pool is open too. Bring your favorite beverages, friends, optional mp3's(on USB stick), and a spare VGA M-M monitor cable for me if you found one in your junkpile (I did get 3 already from Liz) Text directions/phone#s again below for 540 Linden St, Boylston MA 01505 : http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_495+62.txt http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_rte2_lancaster… http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_auburn_worc_29…

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BBQ?
by Tim Keller July 22, 2009

July 22, 2009

Hey Gang, So is there any consensus on the BBQ being held tonight or postponed? Thanks, Tim. -- I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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REMINDER: WLUG BBQ
by Andy Stewart July 17, 2009

July 17, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, This is the first in an infinite series of reminder emails regarding the WLUG BBQ. This event will be held at Doug Mildram's place (thanks, Doug!). The date for the event is Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 at 6:00 PM. As supplied by Doug, here are directions and contact information: http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_495+62.txt http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_rte2_lancaster… http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/directions/boylston_from_auburn_worc_29… Food and drink are being supplied by WLUG. BYOB is at the discretion of our host. If you wish to bring dessert, munchies, a special dietary item, or the like, feel free! WLUG will be supplying the basics of hot dogs, hamburgers, rolls, condiments, paper products, etc. If there are any questions, send email to Doug (dmildram(a)gmail.com) As has been the case for the last many years, there will be a large painted TUX nearby to direct you to the location. In the event of inclement weather, we don't have a plan. The weather will be good. See ya there! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKX9wTOjiraCaOTOoRAlXWAJ0QzZE5YtNaLXjF7FjFyKInJo6t+wCfVCZV Jg/BGR9h341gZJ143vhJwyw= =JWdW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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VGA cables ; BBQ
by Doug Mildram July 16, 2009

July 16, 2009

doug> hi! packrat alert and BBQ teaser/feeler. 1) who has stashed VGA monitor cables (M/M, not extension) from dead monitors ? (from monitors whose cables are not molded on! ) I need a bunch for work... a remote to-be-shutdown-site simpleton packed up LCD monitors and shipped them to the mother ship withOUT cables. I have a semi-new job at EMC, the mother ship/flotilla in Hopkinton. True, I could buy 10 cables for maybe $20 on ebay. 2) Coming to the WLUG bbq next thursday 7/13 at my house in Boylston? (details later, perhaps by Andy). I'll be shopping for that soon, Soliciting ideas and "I'll be there" (or not) reply-to-me appreciated. (BYOB, bring your kids/dogs/SO's, the cheesy aboveground pool is working) Idea hunting: burgers,dogs(easy); sausages?(more challenging, what's a good brand/type that won't turn my grill into an inferno?). Healthy side dishes? (can't think of any at the moment. Maybe you'll bring something or suggest something easy). Chips: normal like Lays/Ruffles? exotic like Cape Cod? Salsa+cornchips? One of each, probably...I can be real cheap when it comes to things like chips. e.g. $3 for 8oz of hummus==toomuch! Oh well, "whiner off". I usually save big at PriceRite (in Worcester and many other locations), it's a very multicultural experience :) - doug and the dogs...

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Making a pipe or socket look like a file.
by Alex Camilo July 1, 2009

July 1, 2009

I'm trying to extend the functionality of a piece of CAD software i'm using. The software package is called eagle and it has a custom in application scripting language that allows you to access an open CAD document by manipulating a tree of objects. The scripting language is fairly limited when it comes to talking to the outside world and only offers rudimentary file IO. I was wondering if any of you know how to make one end of a unix socket look like a file?

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Fwd: Making a pipe or socket look like a file.
by J. R. Mauro July 1, 2009

July 1, 2009

Damn phone didn't let me reply all Begin forwarded message: > From: "J. R. Mauro" <jrm8005(a)gmail.com> > Date: July 1, 2009 10:00:44 EDT > To: Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Making a pipe or socket look like a file. > > > > > > On Jul 1, 2009, at 9:33, Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> wrote: > >> On Tuesday 30 June 2009 22:35:44 J. R. Mauro wrote: >>> On Jun 30, 2009, at 22:24, Mike Frysinger wrote: >>>> On Tuesday 30 June 2009 21:47:18 J. R. Mauro wrote: >>>> >>>> please dont top post >>> >>> Who did? >> >> i'm guessing you made this comment ironically > > Actually, I was probably drunk, and I was definitely typing on my > phone both times, so forgive me if I wasn't an ml-etiquette zealot. > > Moving things is a worse sin than top posting. > >> >> >>>>> On Jun 30, 2009, at 21:42, Alex Camilo <alex.camilo(a)gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> I'm trying to extend the functionality of a piece of CAD software >>>>>> i'm using. The software package is called eagle and it has a >>>>>> custom >>>>>> in application scripting language that allows you to access an >>>>>> open >>>>>> CAD document by manipulating a tree of objects. The scripting >>>>>> language is fairly limited when it comes to talking to the >>>>>> outside >>>>>> world and only offers rudimentary file IO. I was wondering if >>>>>> any of >>>>>> you know how to make one end of a unix socket look like a file? >>>>> >>>>> Unfortunately, you can't. It's one of the design flaws of Unix. >>>>> You >>>>> might be able to wrap it with a FUSE filesystem. But sockets and >>>>> FIFOs >>>>> are unfortunately "special" >>>> >>>> i imagine you could use netcat to redirect from a named pipe so >>>> that >>>> you can >>> >>> FIFOs are kind of a hack. >> >> no one said otherwise. the fun thing about *nix is you can >> leverage these >> kind of hacks quickly. > > And then go through the pain of hacking on top of them and > supporting them. The *real* unix mindset was careful, elegantly > minimal design, not ad-hackery. That started outside Bell Labs. > > c.f. most perl programs > >> >> >>> Make a fuse filesystem in 20 lines of python >>> and you get something more robust and specialized, plus network >>> transparency for free >> >> if you say so, i havent done fuse work myself >> -mike > > It's laughably easy. I had a filesystem written to expose stuff from > the x server (mouse coordinates, snarf buffer, etc) in about four > hours. The hard part was dealing with how crappy x11 is (400 lines > to r/w the snarf buffer?! Gag me with a spoon! X is the epitome of > bad design and bad APIs) The fuse part was a joy, and probably all > of it was fewer lines than the snarf buffer. > > It seems like the OP wants a permanent solution, and maybe one that > involves biderectional communication and separation of roles into > multiple channels (he didn't say the last bit, but I've got five > bucks that says he'll want to once he thinks about it and looks at > other fileserver-based programs like Acme, rio, factotum, flickrfs, > etc) > > Using fifos for this is lunacy.

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OPENING - Linux kernel Engineer in north. MA - contract
by John Spencer June 22, 2009

June 22, 2009

Our client in northern MA has a 6+ mth contract opening for a Software Engineer with strong Linux kernel skills. Must have solid C++, Linux Kernel, embedded skills and wireless experience is a big plus, if not then strong datacoms experience is required. Education/Experience: Bachelor's in CS/EE, masters preferred, 8 + years of experience developing software in an embedded RTOS environment. The candidate should posses following skills: - Good understanding of Linux kernel and Real Time OS environment. - Must possess strong debugging and analytical skills. - Expertise with system level programming. Experience with C/C++. - Good Team Player, Independent worker and should posses good Communication Skills. Regards, Optimal Engineering Partners Inc. is now Symphony Services! John Spencer Office: 978-256-1113 ext 7608 Fax: 978-256-1184 jspencer(a)symphonysv.com Symphony Services 1 Technology Park Drive Westford , MA 01886 www.symphonysv.com <blocked::file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\hripley-boyd\Application %20Data\Microsoft\Signatures\www.symphonysv.com> This electronic transmission (and any attached documents) contains information from Symphony Services and is for the sole use of the individual or entity it is addressed to. If you receive this message in error, please notify me and destroy the attached message (and all attached documents) immediately.

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Horrendous traffic - I may be late this evening...
by Andy Stewart June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKOrnIOjiraCaOTOoRAtBhAKDgdBCDnuikYdUeBgY1DuGhDjQreQCfSyx5 mg7AUMozIq0fxTNg5FQl5vk= =HU++ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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long shot (external usb cdrom?)
by Doug Mildram June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

In case you have an external USB cd-rom drive collecting dust, bring it tonite and I'll trade you something for it ! forgive the shamelessness. -doug

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 68, Issue 3
by Doug Mildram June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

I'll be there tonite, plus I'll offer to host the BBQ (Boylston MA, 15-20min from worcester, near northborough/berlin/clinton/hudsonMA) doug and the dogs (my wife wouldnt mind but I think she'll be away that week) >In addition, we need to finalize our plans for the annual WLUG BBQ which > >is currently scheduled for Thursday, July 23rd. I am hopeful that > >someone will be willing to host this event, and bring mass quantities, > and...

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REMINDER: Meeting Thursday 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everybody, Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 7:00 PM at the Access Grid Room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. All are welcome to attend. Our guest speaker will be Shankar Viswanathan who will talk about the Open Street Map project. This promises to be a great talk that you won't want to miss! Afterwards, we'll go out for pizza and soda and the usual camaraderie that always accompanies us to that local establishment. In addition, we need to finalize our plans for the annual WLUG BBQ which is currently scheduled for Thursday, July 23rd. I am hopeful that someone will be willing to host this event. It has been very successful in previous years. If interested, please send me email and/or come to the meeting. I look forward to seeing you on Thursday! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKOacFOjiraCaOTOoRAvycAJwPeYxJ/m8Yama/Lk/fKQVM1JQSYQCgsWkb jy8TpJngqTWS8yYEcxlegZw= =HOX6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Good price for Nokia N810
by Clint Moyer June 15, 2009

June 15, 2009

With word out that the N900 will be released RSN, the price of the N810 has dropped. $180 at buy.com. http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n810-internet-tablet-full-pull-out-qwerty-key…

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Time and Date Stamp on Traceroute?
by E Johnson June 6, 2009

June 6, 2009

Does anyone know a quick command I can use to add a time and date stamp to traceroute? Man page for traceroute doesn't seem to have that option. Or is there a similar traceroute-type app that does incorporate this function? I need a quick app (nothing that generates a significant amount of network traffic) --where I can enter one command in terminal which will display a printout of a traceroute, to show the ISP or to show the tech in real-time when he comes out. The one I send the ISP needs the time/date in order to be effectively convincing to them. We're supposed to get 20,000 kb/s (up) here, and quite often, we're not, even with very low internet use in the PCs I'm running here. Even the download speed's choking... seems like something big right close is often are clogging the pipe. Traceroute I'm doing is only going from here to Cambridge. I did install a couple of other traceroute-type apps (such as tcptraceroute) but their man pages didn't seem to show this capability either. I liked tcptraceroute because it has a "don't fragment" option. Would like to time/date-stamp that. Thanks, Liz J

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Log Rotation (Snapshot)
by Tal Cohen May 31, 2009

May 31, 2009

I'm trying to setup a secondary log rotation mechanism on on of my production systems. Right now, the system is setup to rotate logs on a weekly basis. In addition to the weekly log rotation, I also need to take hourly snapshots (i.e. just the deltas between snapshots). As part of this process, I can not delete the original file since that is being handled by the weekly log rotation and archival process. These files get pretty big, so IO and CPU are both concerns. Any suggestions?

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If linux ruled the world
by Mike Leo May 21, 2009

May 21, 2009

http://www.beli.ws/blog/2009/05/technology/if-linux-was-the-most-used-syste…

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