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swappiness
by Chuck R. Anderson May 23, 2005

May 23, 2005

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

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Monitors all gone!
by Doug Mildram May 22, 2005

May 22, 2005

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

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Re: glut of 21" monitors
by Norm Legare May 20, 2005

May 20, 2005

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

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RE: Wlug Digest, Vol 19, Issue 9 - 21" monitors
by albutler33＠netscape.net May 18, 2005

May 18, 2005

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

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Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 19, Issue 8
by joel d May 17, 2005

May 17, 2005

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

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Share a Ride from Leominster?
by Frank Moody May 17, 2005

May 17, 2005

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

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glut of 21" monitors
by Doug Mildram May 17, 2005

May 17, 2005

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

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REMINDER: Upcoming Meeting
by Andy Stewart May 17, 2005

May 17, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, The next WLUG meeting is coming up fast - Thursday, May 19th, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. Directions can be found on the WLUG website. At this meeting, our guest speaker will be Jason Schonberg. Jason will give us a talk about Linux on Appliances at this meeting. No, we're not talking about booting Linux on your coffee maker or toaster (or Christmas tree, Chuck). This talk will include a discussion of compiler and development issues for embedded systems. There will also be a demonstration involving the Cobalt Qube2. I'll bring the following items for free give-a-way: - Ubuntu Linux CDs (I still have about 30 of these) - pens from Linux Journal - corkscrews from CodeWeavers - yes, I'm cleaning up !! ...and these items for raffle: - Postal2 - Share the Pain - a video game for Linux http://www.runningwithscissors.com (I can't make it work on my machine) - a Softpro coffee mug Finally, we'll also be raffling off an IBM Netvista computer, with a Pentium III @ 933 MHz, 256 MB memory, CDRW, and DVD ROM. Keyboard and mouse included (no monitor). This machine is currently running Mandriva Linux 10.2 (aka LE2005). After the meeting, we'll go get some pizza. See ya there! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCimWyHl0iXDssISsRApyeAJ996M9RQIaVAerhkoLu/xN4hQRw2gCeLMQi 4jg55TRdqznuHcO0XzPng44= =Lnyg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Find command -name
by Karl Hiramoto May 17, 2005

May 17, 2005

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

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Partition Question
by Arturo May 12, 2005

May 12, 2005

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

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