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Re: [Wlug] Lights going dim, concerned about compouters & assoc. equip.

by E Johnson

Great suggestion Jerry! Never knew they could do that! Thanks very much. Will call the elex co after the 4th. Liz J iris.gates(a)gmail.com no clue why you don't see it but Thank you. On 1 July 2011 22:15, jerry baillie <jebaill52(a)gmail.com> wrote: > If you call and explain the dimming to electric company they will come out > and put a monitoring device on your meter. They leave it for ~ 1 week. They > did this for my house and found a bad connection out in the street. My > neighbor was pissed cause they tore up his driveway to fix it. Sorry this is > going out to all but for some reason I don't see Liz's email address.. > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:47 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I think we have a bad refrigerator here, possibly problems also compounded >> by an inadequate elex cicsuit. Elex is owned & paid by landlord, who thinks >> this is "no big deal" & "happens all the time No problem." >> >> Maintence is not this building owner's favorite occupation. Person is on a >> tight budget just like most of the rest of the world. >> >> Proibem: >> Lights go dim whenever dying refrigerator comes on. This unit rins apprix >> 40 minutes per every hour, even on cool days with minimum opening/closing. >> >> I am concerned about longevity and function of my computers. power >> supplies, modem and router (I own these & they are nice). One printer >> already fried when Handyman shorted hot and cold elex together in the >> process of replacing one light swich in kitchen. Hope never to see him >> again, he's not a bright bulb. >> >> Is there some way to monitor the currrent on the elex line for several >> days and record what's going on? If so, does someone have a monitoring >> device that could be loaned and set up to do this? >> >> I am in Woircester near Elm Park, & am a very good cook. Have decent >> chairs & workspace with fast internet... could provide free beer & P1zzA or >> lunch if needed during setup period. >> >> Thanks mightily, >> 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 > >

July 2, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Lights going dim, concerned about compouters & assoc. equip.

by jerry baillie

If you call and explain the dimming to electric company they will come out and put a monitoring device on your meter. They leave it for ~ 1 week. They did this for my house and found a bad connection out in the street. My neighbor was pissed cause they tore up his driveway to fix it. Sorry this is going out to all but for some reason I don't see Liz's email address.. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:47 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I think we have a bad refrigerator here, possibly problems also compounded > by an inadequate elex cicsuit. Elex is owned & paid by landlord, who thinks > this is "no big deal" & "happens all the time No problem." > > Maintence is not this building owner's favorite occupation. Person is on a > tight budget just like most of the rest of the world. > > Proibem: > Lights go dim whenever dying refrigerator comes on. This unit rins apprix > 40 minutes per every hour, even on cool days with minimum opening/closing. > > I am concerned about longevity and function of my computers. power > supplies, modem and router (I own these & they are nice). One printer > already fried when Handyman shorted hot and cold elex together in the > process of replacing one light swich in kitchen. Hope never to see him > again, he's not a bright bulb. > > Is there some way to monitor the currrent on the elex line for several days > and record what's going on? If so, does someone have a monitoring device > that could be loaned and set up to do this? > > I am in Woircester near Elm Park, & am a very good cook. Have decent chairs > & workspace with fast internet... could provide free beer & P1zzA or lunch > if needed during setup period. > > Thanks mightily, > Liz J > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

July 2, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Lights going dim, concerned about compouters & assoc. equip.

by E Johnson

I knew the UPS thing would come up. That's on our Santa list. Maybe sooner. If my power supplies are not new (couple of years old), do I need the Square wave UPCs, or the Sine wave type? Recommendations for specific UPS with the appropriate software (link to newegg?) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Liz J On 1 July 2011 22:05, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > A smart UPS with monitoring software will do exactly what you're looking > for. Small ones can run $100 new, big rack ones run >$1000 new (I'm updating > my server room so i have those numbers in the forefront of my mind. ) > > Eric Martin > On Jul 1, 2011 9:48 PM, "E Johnson" <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I think we have a bad refrigerator here, possibly problems also > compounded > > by an inadequate elex cicsuit. Elex is owned & paid by landlord, who > thinks > > this is "no big deal" & "happens all the time No problem." > > > > Maintence is not this building owner's favorite occupation. Person is on > a > > tight budget just like most of the rest of the world. > > > > Proibem: > > Lights go dim whenever dying refrigerator comes on. This unit rins apprix > 40 > > minutes per every hour, even on cool days with minimum opening/closing. > > > > I am concerned about longevity and function of my computers. power > supplies, > > modem and router (I own these & they are nice). One printer already fried > > when Handyman shorted hot and cold elex together in the process of > replacing > > one light swich in kitchen. Hope never to see him again, he's not a > bright > > bulb. > > > > Is there some way to monitor the currrent on the elex line for several > days > > and record what's going on? If so, does someone have a monitoring device > > that could be loaned and set up to do this? > > > > I am in Woircester near Elm Park, & am a very good cook. Have decent > chairs > > & workspace with fast internet... could provide free beer & P1zzA or > lunch > > if needed during setup period. > > > > Thanks mightily, > > Liz J > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

July 2, 2011

Re: [Wlug] Lights going dim, concerned about compouters & assoc. equip.

by Eric Martin

A smart UPS with monitoring software will do exactly what you're looking for. Small ones can run $100 new, big rack ones run >$1000 new (I'm updating my server room so i have those numbers in the forefront of my mind. ) Eric Martin On Jul 1, 2011 9:48 PM, "E Johnson" <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I think we have a bad refrigerator here, possibly problems also compounded > by an inadequate elex cicsuit. Elex is owned & paid by landlord, who thinks > this is "no big deal" & "happens all the time No problem." > > Maintence is not this building owner's favorite occupation. Person is on a > tight budget just like most of the rest of the world. > > Proibem: > Lights go dim whenever dying refrigerator comes on. This unit rins apprix 40 > minutes per every hour, even on cool days with minimum opening/closing. > > I am concerned about longevity and function of my computers. power supplies, > modem and router (I own these & they are nice). One printer already fried > when Handyman shorted hot and cold elex together in the process of replacing > one light swich in kitchen. Hope never to see him again, he's not a bright > bulb. > > Is there some way to monitor the currrent on the elex line for several days > and record what's going on? If so, does someone have a monitoring device > that could be loaned and set up to do this? > > I am in Woircester near Elm Park, & am a very good cook. Have decent chairs > & workspace with fast internet... could provide free beer & P1zzA or lunch > if needed during setup period. > > Thanks mightily, > Liz J

July 2, 2011

Lights going dim, concerned about compouters & assoc. equip.

by E Johnson

Hi all, I think we have a bad refrigerator here, possibly problems also compounded by an inadequate elex cicsuit. Elex is owned & paid by landlord, who thinks this is "no big deal" & "happens all the time No problem." Maintence is not this building owner's favorite occupation. Person is on a tight budget just like most of the rest of the world. Proibem: Lights go dim whenever dying refrigerator comes on. This unit rins apprix 40 minutes per every hour, even on cool days with minimum opening/closing. I am concerned about longevity and function of my computers. power supplies, modem and router (I own these & they are nice). One printer already fried when Handyman shorted hot and cold elex together in the process of replacing one light swich in kitchen. Hope never to see him again, he's not a bright bulb. Is there some way to monitor the currrent on the elex line for several days and record what's going on? If so, does someone have a monitoring device that could be loaned and set up to do this? I am in Woircester near Elm Park, & am a very good cook. Have decent chairs & workspace with fast internet... could provide free beer & P1zzA or lunch if needed during setup period. Thanks mightily, Liz J

July 2, 2011

Re: [Wlug] MP3 playback in Fedora

by Eric Martin

I added fusion but i didn't know what packages to add. The sites that I looked at didn't specify for some reason. Thanks. Eric Martin On Jul 1, 2011 12:02 PM, "Justin St. Marie" <stmariejw(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Eric Martin > <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> I'm thinking about switch over to CentOS from Gentoo at work for a few >> reasons, two of which are the compile time and the ability to check packages >> against GPG signatures. That being the case, I decided to convert my >> desktop to Fedora so I can get my chops up on yum and the RedHat style >> distros. it's going ok and I'm getting pretty good at figuring out where to >> find things, and I'm even looking at writing an RPM or two where I need >> stuff. However, I can't seem to get MP3, Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 playback working, >> and I can't get adobe-flash to install via the nspluginwrapper. I've >> googled, installed a bunch of packages that people suggested and even >> checked what packages I have on my Gentoo system and installed some of those >> but I'm stuck. >> >> I have Adobe-Flash installed as well as nspluginwrapper, but the commands I >> find online aren't wrapping the plugin. I installed libmpeg2 and libmpeg3 >> but I still can't play movies or mp3s. Any suggestions? >> >> thanks, >> -- >> Eric Martin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > You will need to add the RPM Fusion repositories. It has a ton of packages > that can't get into the Fedora repos due to licensing/proprietary/etc... > > Here's the link: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration > > After you add the repo, I believe the package names are > gstreamer-plugins-ugly and gstreamer-plugins-bad. yum search mp3 should > also bring these up. > > Also feel free to pop into #fedora on freenode.

July 1, 2011

Re: [Wlug] MP3 playback in Fedora

by Justin St. Marie

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com>wrote: > I'm thinking about switch over to CentOS from Gentoo at work for a few > reasons, two of which are the compile time and the ability to check packages > against GPG signatures. That being the case, I decided to convert my > desktop to Fedora so I can get my chops up on yum and the RedHat style > distros. it's going ok and I'm getting pretty good at figuring out where to > find things, and I'm even looking at writing an RPM or two where I need > stuff. However, I can't seem to get MP3, Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 playback working, > and I can't get adobe-flash to install via the nspluginwrapper. I've > googled, installed a bunch of packages that people suggested and even > checked what packages I have on my Gentoo system and installed some of those > but I'm stuck. > > I have Adobe-Flash installed as well as nspluginwrapper, but the commands I > find online aren't wrapping the plugin. I installed libmpeg2 and libmpeg3 > but I still can't play movies or mp3s. Any suggestions? > > thanks, > -- > Eric Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > You will need to add the RPM Fusion repositories. It has a ton of packages that can't get into the Fedora repos due to licensing/proprietary/etc... Here's the link: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration After you add the repo, I believe the package names are gstreamer-plugins-ugly and gstreamer-plugins-bad. yum search mp3 should also bring these up. Also feel free to pop into #fedora on freenode.

July 1, 2011

MP3 playback in Fedora

by Eric Martin

I'm thinking about switch over to CentOS from Gentoo at work for a few reasons, two of which are the compile time and the ability to check packages against GPG signatures. That being the case, I decided to convert my desktop to Fedora so I can get my chops up on yum and the RedHat style distros. it's going ok and I'm getting pretty good at figuring out where to find things, and I'm even looking at writing an RPM or two where I need stuff. However, I can't seem to get MP3, Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 playback working, and I can't get adobe-flash to install via the nspluginwrapper. I've googled, installed a bunch of packages that people suggested and even checked what packages I have on my Gentoo system and installed some of those but I'm stuck. I have Adobe-Flash installed as well as nspluginwrapper, but the commands I find online aren't wrapping the plugin. I installed libmpeg2 and libmpeg3 but I still can't play movies or mp3s. Any suggestions? thanks, -- Eric Martin

July 1, 2011

Re: [Wlug] RHEL cluster question...

by John Stoffel

David> Ran into a little situation today where we need to cycle David> power/reboot a bunch of nodes that are down and out, by telnet David> to the relevant terminal server ports and the advanced David> management module. This involves multiple consoles, windows, David> command line, GUI, the works, as follows: David> Subject: RHEL cluster, 4.0 through 5.3. David> Issue: How to find IP addresses of terminal server ports which David> service individual nodes which are down and out. (need to David> telnet to them for troubleshooting/maintenance/rebooting) I use 'conserver' (http://www.conserver.org) to manage a bunch of serial console ports. Works great to map the hostname to it's console. It supports telnet/ipmi access too, but I haven't used that feature yet. So I just do 'console <hostname>' and I get connected to the terminal server which holds the serial port without me having to remember anything. David> And: IP address and/or hostname of advanced management module David> which runs on the clusters . Some clusters have a "magic David> decoder ring" file that gives this information; most don't. Why don't you stuff this info into DNS? <hostname>-ilom/ilo/rlm/mgt is how we do things here, so I don't have to remember IPs, I just goto the right hostname. David> Any thoughts? Workaround so far has been via eyeballing racks David> of blades and doing various arithmetic problems in our heads. Yuck. Be lazy. Write it out once on install and stuff the info in DNS. Even if it's just an internal sub-domain which does the management interfaces. host.mgt.work.com would be one way. More details on how you do things now would be helpful too. John

June 14, 2011

RHEL cluster question...

by David Hardy

Greetings, fellow Linux lovers; Ran into a little situation today where we need to cycle power/reboot a bunch of nodes that are down and out, by telnet to the relevant terminal server ports and the advanced management module. This involves multiple consoles, windows, command line, GUI, the works, as follows: Subject: RHEL cluster, 4.0 through 5.3. Issue: How to find IP addresses of terminal server ports which service individual nodes which are down and out. (need to telnet to them for troubleshooting/maintenance/rebooting) And: IP address and/or hostname of advanced management module which runs on the clusters . Some clusters have a "magic decoder ring" file that gives this information; most don't. Any thoughts? Workaround so far has been via eyeballing racks of blades and doing various arithmetic problems in our heads.

June 13, 2011