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RedHat 7.1 boot floppy
by Norm Legare Feb. 2, 2004

Feb. 2, 2004

Hi All, My desktop has 2 hard drives, one with Windows, one with Linux. By inserting the floppy, it boots Linux. Unfortunately, the floppy just stopped working (I get the Linux prompt, but then booting reports disk failure) for some reason. I need to retrieve several files on the Linux hard drive. I have RedHat 7.1 on cd. Can a new boot floppy be made while preserving the existing Linux installation? Thanks, Norm __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/

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[Fwd: http://www.icetalk.com/linux/news/story/00401271992.html]
by jeff Jan. 29, 2004

Jan. 29, 2004

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Looking for linux work estimate
by Pete Wason Jan. 28, 2004

Jan. 28, 2004

Hiall! I have a Dell P4 server running RH8, Apache, Samba & sendmail (et al.), on a network with several other operating systems, and a broadband connection. Things I might require help with: 1. Samba config 2. Apache config 3. Disable sendmail, inst/conf tcpserver and qmail 4. Some general Linux admin questions 5. Some special-project-related things 6. Possibly ditching RH8 and moving to YD or Debian If there's anyone who would be interested in helping me out a little, enough to at least identify the main problems, I'd appreciate it greatly. I'll supply the beer/pizza. Pete Wason rogue(a)hynoom.com IM:Codevark

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Anti spam filters now active on wlug list
by Frank Sweetser Jan. 27, 2004

Jan. 27, 2004

While at first glance it may appear that the WLUG list never contains any spam, this due to the fact that the list is closed - any emails coming from an address that is not subscribed to the list are held for approval by a moderator, ie, me. In reality, the WLUG list does get a fair amount of spam, sometimes ten or twenty on a bad day. In an effort to not have to deal with this manually, the WLUG list will now use the X-Perlmx-Spam header that is added by the WPI spam filter. Hopefully this will mean that the only messages I have to worry about manually approving are legitimate emails from people who for whateve reason aren't subscribed properly. If anyone thinks that they're losing email sent to the list, please email me directly and I'll take a look. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu WPI Network Engineer

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Recommened QUIET cdrw/dvd drives?
by John Stoffel Jan. 21, 2004

Jan. 21, 2004

Hi all, Does anyone has a recommendatio on a nice quiet CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive? I see that newegg.com has a Lite-On and a Sony for sale today, both under $50 which seems like a steal. Sounds like a good thing since my SCSI CDRW drive is finally biting the bullet and acting flaky. One requirement is that the drive is quiet. I hate those CDROM drives which sound like jet engines on startup and then just click and whir and sound really loud all the time when running. I especially hate it when they spin up and down constantly. I'd rather have it just spin all the time if possible, or at least not spin down quite so quickly. The two I'm looking at are: Lite On 48x24x48x16 Combo Drive, Model LTC48161H, Retail Sony 48x24x48x16 Combo Drive, Model CRX300E/A, OEM I'm leaning towards the Lite-On one, since it comes with Burner software which my Wife can use (I plan on getting two of these BTW) while I'm happy with Linux in the basement. :] John

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RE: [Wlug] Recommened QUIET cdrw/dvd drives?
by Martin, Eric Jan. 21, 2004

Jan. 21, 2004

I actually have bought two of those (the Lite-On) and no complaints here. Comes with Nero and PowerDVD. -----Original Message----- From: John Stoffel [mailto:stoffel@lucent.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:50 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Recommened QUIET cdrw/dvd drives? Hi all, Does anyone has a recommendatio on a nice quiet CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive? I see that newegg.com has a Lite-On and a Sony for sale today, both under $50 which seems like a steal. Sounds like a good thing since my SCSI CDRW drive is finally biting the bullet and acting flaky. One requirement is that the drive is quiet. I hate those CDROM drives which sound like jet engines on startup and then just click and whir and sound really loud all the time when running. I especially hate it when they spin up and down constantly. I'd rather have it just spin all the time if possible, or at least not spin down quite so quickly. The two I'm looking at are: Lite On 48x24x48x16 Combo Drive, Model LTC48161H, Retail Sony 48x24x48x16 Combo Drive, Model CRX300E/A, OEM I'm leaning towards the Lite-On one, since it comes with Burner software which my Wife can use (I plan on getting two of these BTW) while I'm happy with Linux in the basement. :] John _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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mutt & SMTP
by Bill Mills-Curran Jan. 20, 2004

Jan. 20, 2004

I've been looking for a configuration variable to have mutt use an SMTP server other than localhost. I haven't seen one, yet. Is it possible? TIA, Bill

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mkinitrd
by Bill Mills-Curran Jan. 18, 2004

Jan. 18, 2004

I'm using mkinitrd on a multi-processor system. I have both the single and multi-processor kernels loaded, but I rarely run the single-processor kernel. It's there mostly as a safety net. Question: Do I need to boot to the single-processor kernel in order to make a valid initrd image for a single-processor boot? I would hope that I can, but the man page is not specific about it. (I want to avoid the extra boot cycles.) TIA, Bill

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Sound card troubleshooting
by Michael Long Jan. 18, 2004

Jan. 18, 2004

Hi, I have been running Suse 8.2 and Sound Blaster sblive! EMU10k1 with no trouble until the last online update from suse. Now I get the message "Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it." And yet when using suse's configuration tool, YAST, the card appears to be configured correctly. The only weird thing I can find is that when I go to the hardware info page I see the following 2 entries: Unique key:_+Pw.mTanvDDnb_0 old_unique_key: airf.mTanvDDnb_0 Where should I start looking to figure out what got broken. Thanks, Mike

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Reminder: WLUG meeting TONIGHT 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart Jan. 15, 2004

Jan. 15, 2004

(This space intentionally left blank) -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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FreeBSD - cvsup access down?
by John Stoffel Jan. 14, 2004

Jan. 14, 2004

Hi All, Is anyone else running FreeBSD and having problems talking to any/all of the various CVSup servers around the world? I can't decide if the ISP which hosts the site where I have a co-lo is causing the problem, or if I've just done something stupid with my system setup. Basically, any connections for port 5999 on most of the CVSup servers I've tried talking to just times out. For example: # cvsup ports-supfile Cannot connect to cvsup14.FreeBSD.org: Connection refused Will retry at 14:29:15 Retrying Cannot connect to cvsup14.FreeBSD.org: Connection refused Will retry at 14:40:01 Thanks, John

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coda & InterMezzo filesystems
by Karl Hiramoto Jan. 13, 2004

Jan. 13, 2004

Anyone have experience with them? Good? Bad? Using them in produciton environments? -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 http://karl.hiramoto.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø I hate babies. They're so human. -- H.H. Munro

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Next meeting : Jan 15th 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart Jan. 8, 2004

Jan. 8, 2004

HI Everybody, Our next WLUG meeting will be held on Thurs. Jan 15th at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus. WLUG member Chuck Anderson will talk to us about using PGP. In his words: So, I guess I could whip up a summary of what I have learned to give a brief overview of what PGP is, how/why to use it... Click on this URL to get more information about PGP: http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html >From that website: PGP® or Pretty Good Privacy® is a powerful cryptographic product family that enables people to securely exchange messages, and to secure files, disk volumes and network connections with both privacy and strong authentication. For a similar piece of software, consult this URL: http://www.gnupg.org/ See ya there! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Jan 15 meeting - trolling for a topic
by Andy Stewart Jan. 7, 2004

Jan. 7, 2004

Hi Everybody, Unfortunately, I received no responses to my query about finding a speaker to talk about digital signatures on e-mail. If you have expertise in this area and would like to address WLUG at the January meeting, please contact me ASAP. Thanks! Plan B: there is no plan B. Have you any thoughts ? Really, what we need is a volunteer. OK, I'll stoop to bribery - if you speak at a WLUG meeting (especially the January meeting), we'll buy you pizza/beer at the Boynton Restaurant after the meeting. How's that sound ? :-) Thanks! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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GnomeMeeting
by Andy Stewart Jan. 5, 2004

Jan. 5, 2004

HI Everybody, Are there any GnomeMeeting users out there ? I just bought a webcam and would like to try this out. If somebody wants to do an experiment, let me know! I'd like to test both video and audio as well as the text chat capability. Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Linux and 802.11g
by Arturo Sedo Dec. 29, 2003

Dec. 29, 2003

Holiday cheer would be facilitated greatly if I were able to find a 802.11g wireless card that works with linux. Does anyone in the group have any experience or insight regarding 802.11g and linux compatibility? Happy Holidays! Arturo

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Tap into OnStar
by jeff Dec. 29, 2003

Dec. 29, 2003

<http://members.cox.net/onstar/>

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Mercury News | 12/25/2003 | Hobbyists modify GM's OnStar system
by jeff Dec. 29, 2003

Dec. 29, 2003

<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/7569678.htm>

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Re: [Wlug] Has anyone got an opinion on LINDOWS 4.0?
by Steve Freitag Dec. 24, 2003

Dec. 24, 2003

I haven't used Lindows 4.0, but I did notice a review over on unixreview.com: http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8989/ur0312j/ > From: "Sarin,Sajiv" <Sajiv.Sarin(a)stratus.com> > Date: 2003/12/24 Wed PM 12:30:54 EST > To: "'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org'" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: [Wlug] Has anyone got an opinion on LINDOWS 4.0? > > Thanks, _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Has anyone got an opinion on LINDOWS 4.0?
by Sarin,Sajiv Dec. 24, 2003

Dec. 24, 2003

Thanks, * <mailto:Sajiv.Sarin@Stratus.com> Sajiv.Sarin(a)Stratus.com U <mailto:8773800197@skytel.com> 8773800197(a)skytel.com <outbind://3/978-461-7235> * 978-461-7235

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hey guys - long time no see!
by jeff Dec. 17, 2003

Dec. 17, 2003

this is jeff, one half of the now sadly defunct mwblug. just wanted to say, it's good to be back on the list, and i hope you guys have a great holiday! peace -jeff

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Recent and Upcoming WLUG meetings
by Andy Stewart Dec. 16, 2003

Dec. 16, 2003

Hi everybody, Please note that I just rescheduled a bunch of the meetings for calendar year 2004. Please check the WLUG website for more information. Please accept my apologies for scheduling two Wednesday meetings for consecutive months. I am scheduling around my commitment to teach a Linux course for the Adult Education program in Chelmsford, MA. A note about the December 2003 meeting: This meeting was well attended, with at least 30 people present to watch the "Revolution OS" DVD. Many thanks for your generous donations to help defray the cost of the raffle items (we broke even *and* set a WLUG record of $58.50!), and to Chuck Anderson for his help with the projection system. It was nice to see some faces of people who occasionally attend meetings in addition to the "regulars" and a few newbies. With regard to the January 2004 meeting, there was an interesting discussion on the WLUG mailing list recently about digital signatures and e-mail. I would like to know if there are any volunteers who would like to do a presentation on this topic. If so, please send me an e-mail. Here are some ideas which came to mind: - how to create your own digital signature (and why) - how to get your friend's digital signature and be sure it is authentic - how to configure (pick a mail client) for use with digital signatures - verifying a digitally signed e-mail - other related ideas? Finally, if you are unfamiliar with this comic strip, take a look. Its pretty amusing: http://www.userfriendly.org Happy holidays! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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it was a *great* December meeting!
by Brian McLinden Dec. 13, 2003

Dec. 13, 2003

The film Thursday was tops, a great intro about where free software and open source came from. In a mock of the film, Doug Mildram stood us all for free beer at the Boynton afterwards. Present: Scott, Amy, Greg, Andy, Doug, Chuck, Keith, Al. I truly appreciate all you do, Andy. It was a great evening and intro for the holidaze ahead! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Give away...
by Keller, Tim Dec. 13, 2003

Dec. 13, 2003

Hey Everybody, I've got a color 13" television I'd like to give to a good home. It's an oldie, but a goodie. Every once and a while it'll get a bit of a red ting, but overall it works great. Note, this TV only has coax input. I've also got a 21" viewsonic monitor that the red electron gun has gone on the fritz. I'm sure a monitor tech could fix it in no time, however since it cost me nothing, I feel no qualms in just giving it away. Other stuff... 1. Pentium 166 with 128mb of ram. This entire machine is questionable and possibly a fire hazard (due to some dodgy soldering work done by your truly on the power supply after the fans bearings went south and I installed a new fan) though I ran the machine for many years after my repairs and never had a problem. With a new case and power supply this machine would probably be a great firewall. It's also got a 512mb and 3gig hard drive in it. 2. Huge Server case minus power supply. 6 bays in the front, lots of room for fans and drives and all that good stuff. If you want any of this stuff, just write me back and I'll bring it with me to the next wlug meeting. If you can't make it to the meeting, we'll arrange something. Thanks, Tim.

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WLUG Meeting: Thurs Dec 12 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart Dec. 11, 2003

Dec. 11, 2003

Hi everybody, Our next WLUG meeting will actually be a joint meeting with WLUG and the Worcester County IEEE Computer Society. We'll hold the meeting in Olin Hall room 107 on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA (we've been there before) since it seats more people. We're anticipating a larger than normal turnout for this meeting due to the showing of the documentary entitled "Revolution OS" (on DVD!). This documentary runs for 1 hour and 25 minutes. No expertise in Linux is required to understand this documentary. Revolution OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software model and Microsoft to create GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement. This documentary features interviews with Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Brian Behlendorf, Michael Tiemann, Larry Augustin, Frank Hecker, and Rob Malda. I've purchased a few items for the no-cost raffle which will be held after the showing of the documentary: o a copy of the Revolution OS DVD o a Revolution OS tee shirt o a Revolution OS coffee mug o a Revolution OS poster (11"x7") As always, light refreshments will be served at the meeting. After the meeting, we'll adjourn to the Boynton Restaurant for pizza and beer, and all are invited to attend. -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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