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Annual WLUG BBQ - July 16th - Wed - 6 PM
by Andy Stewart July 10, 2003

July 10, 2003

HI Everybody, The annual WLUG BBQ will be held in place of our next meeting! The BBQ will be held at Doug Waud's house in Shrewsbury, MA. Thanks, Doug! Directions can be found on the WLUG website. WLUG will supply burgers, dogs, chips, soda. Feel free to bring other food items that you might like to share with the rest of us. You may also BYOB if you so desire. The rain date will be on Thursday, July 17th. Call Doug's house directly if there is any question about the weather. Try www.switchboard.com and search for "Waud" in "Shrewsbury MA". Please RSVP to Andy Stewart so we have some idea how much food to purchase. See ya there! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Seting up IPSec
by Skip Gaede July 8, 2003

July 8, 2003

Hi, I'd like to try setting up a FreeS/Wan IPSec tunnel between my network and anyone who has a static IP address for test purposes. My cable connection is assigned by DHCP, but I have a registered name for the address, sgaede.ne.client2.attbi.com. On my private subnet, I have a second PC. I can run Win98, W2K, and a couple flavors of Linux on my gateway, and Linux / Win98 on my private subnet. I've tried setting up a connection between the two boxes, but it fails because the two machines are on the same subnet... Anyone interested? Thanks, Skip

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Linux Consulting Services in MA?
by Adam Keck July 8, 2003

July 8, 2003

Does anyone know of any Linux consulting services in Mass? My company is looking for someone to turn to if we have a linux problem that resists solving. We are a Debian shop. -Adam

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Looking for PHP/Forms help
by John Stoffel July 2, 2003

July 2, 2003

Hi All, I've been working on a database with a web interface for the past few years in my spare time, and as you can guess, I haven't had much time lately, and they people I'm doing this for would like to get it wrapped up if possible. I'm looking for someone to help me understand/write PHP code (possibly using PHPLIB and oohforms) to add/edit/delete records in a MySQL database. This isn't really hard, except that I need to be able to add/edit varying numbers of fields in each record. For a better example, take a look at: http://jfs.ecotarium.org/AAS/john/sql-search.php and search for the name "Anderson". As you can see, records can have varying numbers of Roles, References, Addresses, etc. The searching of the DB is working just fine, as you can see, it really just needs some tweaking on the search form side, but the core is all there. I've been beating my head out with the PHPLIB oohforms stuff to try and make it so I can start out with a basic record: heading, ref, role, authority number, note and address. I need to be able to allow the user to add additional roles, references, and addresses when adding records. So does anyone out there have either: 1. good oohforms examples? 2. good ideas on what other PHP libraries I can use to make my life simpler, or ideally some code I can steal, file off the serial numbers, and re-work to do what I need? For some piss poor examples of what I'm trying to do with forms, take a look at: http://jfs.ecotarium.org/AAS/john/test/form.php /sql-add-test.php to see what I've been trying to make work so far. Thanks, John john(a)stoffel.org

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Change of Andy's e-mail address
by Andy Stewart June 30, 2003

June 30, 2003

Hi Everybody, As of today, my new e-mail address is: andystewart(a)comcast.net Maybe I'll get to keep this one for a while...... -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Driver question
by Geoff June 28, 2003

June 28, 2003

I tried playing around on the net and I didn't find it in the first 100 links on google so I was wondering if anyone out there might know this. Do you know if there is a linux driver for the RealMagic Hollywood Plus DVD hardware decoder card by sigma designs? Geoffrey Phillips gphillips(a)clarkie.net

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RE: Wlug digest, Vol 1 #613 - 1 msg
by bryon3245＠netzero.com June 28, 2003

June 28, 2003

You could of just used either knoppix or cool kinux to boot of the CD drive, no need to install suse just to run reiserfsck. I have bough becuase for soem reason one works one some of my computer while ther other oen does not, dont quite understand. Original Message: ----------------- From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:01:03 -0400 To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Wlug digest, Vol 1 #613 - 1 msg 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-admin(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. Help! - Final (Michael Long) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "Michael Long" <mlong(a)datalong.com> To: "WLUG" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 17:29:54 -0400 Subject: [Wlug] Help! - Final Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org I ended up buying SuSE 8.2 and installing it on another drive. I then used reiserfsck that came with it to repair the partition. Big mistake, the data was lost. Now I am off to rebuild my system from backups. :( --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest_______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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How to join to private networks
by Skip Gaede June 27, 2003

June 27, 2003

Hi, My son-in-law has two offices, one in Worcester and one in Brocton, and he want to logically tie them together. The office in Brocton has a dialup connection to AOL, while the office in Worcester has a DSL connection.

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Help! - Final
by Michael Long June 25, 2003

June 25, 2003

I ended up buying SuSE 8.2 and installing it on another drive. I then used reiserfsck that came with it to repair the partition. Big mistake, the data was lost. Now I am off to rebuild my system from backups. :(

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Re: [Wlug] Help! part 4
by Michael Long June 24, 2003

June 24, 2003

I got the bright idea...finally...to look at the boot partition (hdb5). I ran badblock and it came back with no bad blocks. Next reiserfsck --fix-fixable /dev/hda5 was run with the following results: reiserfs_open: bitmap 0 was marked free reiserfs_open: first bitmap looks corrupted Analyzing journal..Segmentation fault Could this be why my drives are mounting as readonly? How do I correct this problem? Thanks, Mike > man mount > > have you tried remounting it as rw. specify when you call mount to > remount it as rw. otherwise explore the riserfsck more. > > Something to try.. If nothing else, backup the data and reformat the > partition. > > On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Michael Long wrote: > > > > > Reiserfsck has been run successfully and the system is still > > mounting / as readonly. I have found that the /boot directory is empty > > and it was empty before running reiserfsck. Where do I go from here? > > > > Any guidence will be greatly appreciated, > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > -- > > ¤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 > Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ > Freedom: http://www.technojihad.com/ > Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ > KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.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 > > "Linux poses a real challenge for those with a taste for late-night > hacking (and/or conversations with God)." > (By Matt Welsh) > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

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Re: [Wlug] Help! part 3
by Michael Long June 23, 2003

June 23, 2003

Up to this point I have only installed SuSE and upgraded my system with SuSE upgrade tools. I am now in the process of learning how file systems work so I might as well learn how to build and install a new kernel. Can you point me to a good HOW-TO or some other documentation explaining how to upgrade a kernel or is google my best bet? Thanks, mike > reiserfsck now has no errors? > > reiserfsck -V what version are you using? > > I would also recommend using kernel 2.4.19 as recommended on: > http://www.namesys.com/download.html > > also use the latest reiserfs tools. download and install > reiserfsprogs-3.6.8.tar.gz the latest version might be able to fix > your problem. > > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Michael Long wrote: > > > It just completed and no bac blocks were found. Any other suggestions? > > > > > man badblocks > > > > > > i usually do badblocks -vs -c 256 /dev/hda1 or what ever device. > > > > > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Michael Long wrote: > > > > > > > I ran reiserfsck --rebuild-tree --rebuild-sb --fix-fixable > > > > and it found some bad leaf node indexes and some orphaned files. > > The > > > > file system seems to be intact. What utility will check for bad > > blocks? > > > > > > > > > When messing around with the filesystem allways a good idea to > > make > > > > > backups, just incase. > > > > > > > > > > I would continue to expore the reiserfsck option. possibly one > > or > > > > > more of the options: --rebuild-tree --rebuild-sb --fix-fixable > > > > > > > > > > What does reiserfsck --check do? > > > > > > > > > > have you run a badblocks check on the device? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wlug mailing list > > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ¤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 > > > Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ > > > Freedom: http://www.technojihad.com/ > > > Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ > > > KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.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'm IMAGINING a sensuous GIRAFFE, CAVORTING in the BACK ROOM > > > of a KOSHER DELI -- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > -- > > ¤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 > Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ > Freedom: http://www.technojihad.com/ > Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ > KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.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 want to dress you up as TALLULAH BANKHEAD and cover you with VASELINE > and WHEAT THINS ... > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

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Re: [Wlug] Help! part 3
by Michael Long June 23, 2003

June 23, 2003

It just completed and no bac blocks were found. Any other suggestions? > man badblocks > > i usually do badblocks -vs -c 256 /dev/hda1 or what ever device. > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Michael Long wrote: > > > I ran reiserfsck --rebuild-tree --rebuild-sb --fix-fixable > > and it found some bad leaf node indexes and some orphaned files. The > > file system seems to be intact. What utility will check for bad blocks? > > > > > When messing around with the filesystem allways a good idea to make > > > backups, just incase. > > > > > > I would continue to expore the reiserfsck option. possibly one or > > > more of the options: --rebuild-tree --rebuild-sb --fix-fixable > > > > > > What does reiserfsck --check do? > > > > > > have you run a badblocks check on the device? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > -- > > ¤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 > Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ > Freedom: http://www.technojihad.com/ > Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ > KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.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'm IMAGINING a sensuous GIRAFFE, CAVORTING in the BACK ROOM > of a KOSHER DELI -- > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

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Re: [Wlug] Help! part 3
by Michael Long June 23, 2003

June 23, 2003

I ran reiserfsck --rebuild-tree --rebuild-sb --fix-fixable and it found some bad leaf node indexes and some orphaned files. The file system seems to be intact. What utility will check for bad blocks? > When messing around with the filesystem allways a good idea to make > backups, just incase. > > I would continue to expore the reiserfsck option. possibly one or > more of the options: --rebuild-tree --rebuild-sb --fix-fixable > > What does reiserfsck --check do? > > have you run a badblocks check on the device? > >

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Re: [Wlug] Help! part 3
by Michael Long June 23, 2003

June 23, 2003

I have 2 disks in my system. Disk 1(hda) has windows and SuSE7.3 installed on it. Disk 2(hdb) has SuSE 8.0. When booting SuSE8.0 it mounts the partition hdb7 ("/") as readonly. This was not the case until the system was rebooted last week. Prior to the reboot I could read and write to the partition. I was out of town when I started having connectivity issues and had the wife reboot the machine. I had ownly been accessing the machine for email and file storage and don't know what has changed. When booting into SuSE 7.3 I can mount hdb7 as rw. I believe the problem has something to do with the boot process but am not sure. Mike > man mount > > have you tried remounting it as rw. specify when you call mount to > remount it as rw. otherwise explore the riserfsck more. > > Something to try.. If nothing else, backup the data and reformat the > partition. > > On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Michael Long wrote: > > > > > Reiserfsck has been run successfully and the system is still > > mounting / as readonly. I have found that the /boot directory is empty > > and it was empty before running reiserfsck. Where do I go from here? > > > > Any guidence will be greatly appreciated, > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > -- > > ¤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 > Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ > Freedom: http://www.technojihad.com/ > Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ > KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.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 > > "Linux poses a real challenge for those with a taste for late-night > hacking (and/or conversations with God)." > (By Matt Welsh) > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

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Help! part 3
by Michael Long June 22, 2003

June 22, 2003

Reiserfsck has been run successfully and the system is still mounting / as readonly. I have found that the /boot directory is empty and it was empty before running reiserfsck. Where do I go from here? Any guidence will be greatly appreciated, Mike

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Help! - part 2
by Michael Long June 22, 2003

June 22, 2003

I have now been able to boot the system using another drive. The original boot drive (hda7) can be mounted successfully with the following fstab configuration: /dev/hda7 /data2 reiserfs noauto,user 0 0 When reiserfsck /data2 is run I get the following messages: reiserfs_open: bread failed reading block 16 reiserfs_open: bread failed reading block 2 reiserfs_open: neither new nor old reiserfs format found on /data2 reiserfsck: --rebuild-sb may restore reiserfs super block What are the ramifications of running this? Is this something that can cause the data on the disk to be lost? Thanks for any help, Mike

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Help! System booting as readonly
by Michael Long June 21, 2003

June 21, 2003

While away on business I lost the ability to ssh into my computer. I had my wife ping it from within the home network and she was unable to. After walking her through some ifconfig diagnostics (she is a technically challanged individual) I next had her reboot the box in the hope that it would "fix" the problem. It did not solve the problem. Now that I am home I see that it is mounting the drives as readonly. The following is a partial listing of the dmesg: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 VFS: Mounted root (reiserfs filesystem) readonly Trying to move old root to /initrd ... failed Unmounting old root clm-6006: writing inode 927 on readonly FS clm-6006: writing inode 927 on readonly FS clm-6005: writing inode 927 on readonly FS clm-6006: writing inode 927 on readonly FS clm-6006: writing inode 927 on readonly FS clm-6005: writing inode 927 on readonly FS How do I go about diagnosing and fixing this problem? Thanks, Mike

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Re: Wlug digest, Vol 1 #607 - 1 msg
by DChetK＠aol.com June 20, 2003

June 20, 2003

Hi Andy: I am interested in further details on the Linux Sysadmin position. I have Sysadm experience on Solaris and AIX systems and would like to move to Linux. I am the newbie at the May and June WLUG meetings. The silent guy. Thanks Dave King In a message dated 6/20/03 12:09:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org writes: << Hi everybody, I have some details about a Linux sysadmin position. If you are interested in this employment opportunity, please let me know and I'll forward the details to you. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org >>

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Linux System Administrator needed
by Andy Stewart June 20, 2003

June 20, 2003

Hi everybody, I have some details about a Linux sysadmin position. If you are interested in this employment opportunity, please let me know and I'll forward the details to you. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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REMINDER: Meeting on Wednesday, June 18th
by Andy Stewart June 18, 2003

June 18, 2003

Hi everybody, The next WLUG meeting will be on Wednesday, June 18th in a different place. This time, we're in Olin Hall room 107 (the big lecture hall on the left on the first floor of Olin Hall). More detailed directions are available on the WLUG website. The meeting time is the usual 7:00 PM. A couple of people had mentioned an interest in addressing WLUG, but I currently don't have a definite commitment for a speaker for this meeting. I would therefore llke to use this as a planning meeting to decide what activities the group would like to pursue over the next few months. Perhaps these folks would like to make a commitment for a future WLUG meeting (if so, please contact me directly). I'll bring some light refreshments. If there are enough of us, we'll go to the Boynton Restaurant afterwards for pizza/beer. See ya later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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530 TLS subsystem failed.
by aramico＠duahati.com June 17, 2003

June 17, 2003

Hi all, I've just re-compilled all the system's need such as openssl, php and its need, etc. Here, I got a problem like this : [root@voyager named]# ftp 192.168.21.22 Connected to 192.168.21.22 (192.168.21.22). 530 TLS subsystem failed. ftp> Can you please inform me what was wrong with this ? Is it a kind of problem which caused by openssl upgrade ? How can I solve this ? In fact, I get a slow connection too when accessing local mail using browser. I can send and receive mail fast using outlook. Thanks.

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whois question
by Gregory Avedissian June 14, 2003

June 14, 2003

Is there a way to do a whois search for a registrants name, and get all the domains registered in that name? I checked the RIPE help file (whois -h whois.ripe.net HELP), but I don't understand it. I figure there's some way to do an inverse search with the -i switch, but it's not doing what I want it to do. Thanks. Greg

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TightVnc
by Marc Hughes June 14, 2003

June 14, 2003

Well, I may be a total goober here and everyone else knows this, but if you use VNC try switching to TightVNC (www.tightvnc.org) ... I just upgraded my client & server from the AT&T implementation, and the performance gain I got is incredible. -Marc

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Upcoming WLUG meeting - topics?
by Andy Stewart June 14, 2003

June 14, 2003

Hi Everybody, We have a WLUG meeting coming up on Wednesday, June 18th, and I have neither a topic nor a speaker lined up for this meeting. While I'm at it, we should probably plan for the July and August meetings as well. The July meeting will be the 6th(!) anniversary of the formation of WLUG, and we should probably celebrate in some way. I'm looking for volunteer speakers for the next few meetings. Please let me know if you would be interested in this opportunity. (That's the cue for everyone to raise their hands!). Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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CD/DVD-ROM question
by Gregory Avedissian June 13, 2003

June 13, 2003

I just noticed that my boot message tells me that my CD-ROM and CDRW drives are also DVD-ROM. I wasn't aware that either of them had that capability when I bought them. All those spam messages about reading DVD from my CD-ROM went in the trash without being read, so now I'm wondering. Is it possible to read a DVD on a CD drive? If so, how? If not, why does the boot message say that? Thanks. Greg

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