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Loki games for $9.99 or less
by Brian J. Conway 17 Jun '01

17 Jun '01

I came across this in a MandrakeForum.com article today. I figured that if anyone was interested in Quake III, Soldier of Fortune, or most of the other Loki games for $9.99 (or $4.99), then it's for you: http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/products/deptpage.asp?web_dept=PC+Gam… -b

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GNU utils on Solaris 8
by Brian J. Conway 15 Jun '01

15 Jun '01

Greetings. I'm once again picking up a project that I left off on now that Sun's site has updated the downloadble ISOs for Solaris 8 Intel to the 04/01 version. In the past I've gotten a decently customized install and had GCC and some other essentials loaded, but I can never seem to hunt down all the GNU utilities that I need. The one that comes to mind off the top of my head is 'ar', which is part of binutils, and I can't compile binutils as it needs 'ar'. I've scoured www.sunfreeware.com to no avail (though there is some great stuff on there that I always snag), nor is there a version on my system already. Any ideas? Brian J. Conway dogbert(a)clue4all.net Geek for hire: http://clue4all.net/resume Power Mac G4 Cube. Some of us are getting laid tonight. (http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20010509)

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vim errors
by Brad Noyes 14 Jun '01

14 Jun '01

Hi all, I'm having troubles with using vim over a telnet session. When i telnet into my machine and start up vim it sits there for while, until i hit ctl-c, then i get this error Error detected while processing /usr/local/share/vim/vimrc Interrupted Error detected while processing /net/fire/home/bnoyes/.vimrc: regular VI works fine. vim works if i ssh into the host. vim also works fine if i telnet into the machine from windows (using putty). but no luck if i telnet from a linux machines. (btw. The host is unixware, that's a problem in itself). Any ideas? Thanks, --Brad

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Fwd: FREE Open Source Database Seminar in Bostson, MA
by Andy Stewart 13 Jun '01

13 Jun '01

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: FREE Open Source Database Seminar in Bostson, MA Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:00:21 -0400 From: "Eric Hause" <info(a)greatbridge.com> To: <andystewart(a)mediaone.net> Dear Andy Stewart: Great Bridge invites you and the members of Worcester Linux Users Group to attend our FREE open source database seminar in Boston, MA: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "It's About Time...And Money: Introduction to Open Source Database Technologies for the Enterprise" Wednesday, June 27, 2001 The Four Seasons Boston Boston, MA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Register online at http://www.greatbridge.com/gb?bos In today's economy, successful e-business requires high-performance database solutions that fit tightening IT budgets. Great Bridge delivers PostgreSQL for Linux and Solaris, an open source object-relational database that won the 2000 Linux Journal Editors' Choice award for best relational database system. By attending our free introductory seminar, you will learn: * How open source technologies can be deployed to create a cost-effective, high-performance platform for e-business. * How PostgreSQL can dramatically improve project ROI by lowering your database software investment. * How PostgreSQL's enterprise-class features compare to other leading databases, such as Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Informix and more. * How Great Bridge services and solutions can help you quickly become productive with PostgreSQL and shorten development cycles. Please plan to join us for this free half-day seminar appropriate for IT managers, programmers, developers, and database professionals. To learn more or register, visit us online at http://www.greatbridge.com/gb?bos Regards, Eric Hause Great Bridge LLC PS: Please feel free to circulate this invitation to the members of Worcester Linux Users Group and visit us online at http://www.greatbridge.com/gb?bos to register today. __________________________________________________________________ This is a one-time notice only and will not be repeated. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list, please send an email with to remove(a)greatbridge.com. ------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

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Reminder: WLUG Meeting 14-june-2001
by Andy Stewart 11 Jun '01

11 Jun '01

Hi everybody, This is just a reminder of the upcoming WLUG meeting, to be held on Thursday, June 14th at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall at WPI (aka the usual place). At this meeting, WLUG member Tim Keller will be giving a talk on Logical Volume Management (LVM). More details about this talk can be found on the WLUG website. Here are some websites which I've found that are related to Linux and/or LVM: http://www.sistina.com/lvm http://www.sistina.com/lvm/doc/LVM-HOWTO http://ibgwww.Colorado.EDU/~lessem/psyc5112/usail/peripherals/disks/logical/ After the meeting, we'll adjourn to the Boynton Restaurant and all are welcome to join us. See ya later, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

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For sale: 19" sun monitor, 175 USD
by Keller, Tim 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

Hey Guys, Here's the skinny on it... Manufacturer: Sun Model: 365-1324 Max Resolution: 1280x1024 Sync Type: Composite H Freq/ V Freq: 88.1khz / 76hz Tube Manufacturer: Sony (Trinitron tube) Tube Size: 20" (19" viewable) Connector: 13W3 (however, they do make a 13W3 to 15pin vga adapter that works great) This is one of those sun monitors that has the little credit card remote in the front (which is still in there). The monitor is in mint condition and works fine. I'm asking 175 for it. Let me know if you want it. Thanks, Tim.

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ipaq
by Brad Noyes 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

Hi all, I recently bought an ipaq. I know there are are a few members of the wlug that have and ipaq with linux running. I have done some looking about on the net and i have found a hand full of options or a linux distro to put on the ipaq. I am curious to hear what the group's experience are with linux and the ipaq, and if you have any suggestions/warnings. Thanks --Brad

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dual PII/PIII motherboard of questionable origin up for grabs
by Brian J. Conway 06 Jun '01

06 Jun '01

The WPI Linux Association received a donation of a SuperMicro SUPER P6DBE dual PII/PIII 440BX motherboard (http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/440BX/p6dbe.htm) The original owner upgraded because it was flaky and thought the parallel port was bad, but upon buying a new motherboard found that it was his fubared sound card causing flakiness, so I'm under the assumption that this motherboard should be good or at least workable, but of course there are NO GUARANTEES. As we currently have no use for it and I'd hate to see it go to waste, get back to me if you'd like it, but please only do so if you'll put it to good use, I'd hate to see something like this go to waste. I'll bring it to the next WLUG meeting to hand off. Brian J. Conway dogbert(a)clue4all.net Geek for hire: http://clue4all.net/resume Power Mac G4 Cube. Some of us are getting laid tonight. (http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20010509) P.S. I'm also told the screen at POST looks a little garbled, but that's due to the latest BIOS update and performance should be unaffected.

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routing table question
by Bill Mills-Curran 06 Jun '01

06 Jun '01

My routing table definitely looks wrong to me: > route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 millie.mills.cu 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 And, "route" hangs for a while before printing the last line. My network response is fine. Comments? TIA, Bill

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Handspring & Linux
by William Smith 05 Jun '01

05 Jun '01

All, I recently "upgraded" from a Palm IIIx to a Handspring Visor Deluxe (screen on the IIIx went South. 8( ). As you might be aware, the Handspring Visor comes with a USB cradle. Has anyone had any success in getting a Linux box to sync-up with a Visor through the USB port? Any ideas are welcome. Best regards, Bill Smith Fall River, MA

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Re: [Wlug] Handspring & Linux
by ccb＠acm.org 05 Jun '01

05 Jun '01

I use the Handspring Backup Module. It goes in the slot. It's $40. Push one button and you're backed up. ccb -- Charles C. Bennett, Jr. VA LiNUX Systems Systems Engineer, Northeast US 25 Burlington Mall Rd., Suite 300 +1 617 543-6513 Burlington, MA 01803-4145 ccb(a)valinux.com www.valinux.com

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ssh2 -> openssh
by Bill Mills-Curran 05 Jun '01

05 Jun '01

Tonight I tried (briefly) to convert to openssh from ssh2, and I ran into trouble. Maybe someone has an idea. The two machines in question are at RedHat 6.1 and RedHat 7.0. I built ssh2 (version 2.4.0) on each machine, and the install went smoothly on both sides. I have been happy with it. Then a friend suggested openssh. So I thought I'd try to convert. Since I could not find a ready-build openssl and openssh rpm for 6.1, I build openssh 2.9p1 and openssl 0l.6.6a. On my 7.0 box, I used the rpm's from the distro. I deinstalled the ssh2 code using "make install". I did not try to remove any other files, but I did stop all ssh2 processes. The install of the openssh code went just fine. I could log into my 7.0 box from my 6.1 box (I can't go the other way due to a company firewall), but the port mapping did not work. (I used the "-R 19999:box1:23" to give me access back through the company firewall.) I'm wondering if I'm running into basic code problems, or is it likely that the ssh2 installation needs some careful manual cleanup prior to decommission it. I'm back running ssh2, but I'd like to stick with open source, if possible. Suggestions? Thanks, Bill

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DVD RAM
by Andy Stewart 04 Jun '01

04 Jun '01

HI gang, I saw a note on SuSE's website advertising their upcoming release of version 7.2 In that press release, they boasted about supporting the new Panasonic DVD RAM drive (LF-D291), which supports writing 9.6 GB on a two sided medium. I know that reading a DVD is supported on recent (2.4.x) kernels, and also on some later 2.2.x kernels, and that patches exist for earlier 2.2.x kernels. (Data mode, like a giant CD...not DVD video). What I would like to know is: what is required of Linux to support writing a DVD RAM device. Do I need a program analogous to xcdroast? I have searched quite a bit and cannot find this tidbit of information. I am considering this for a backup solution first, a data DVD reader second (SuSE distributes their stuff on DVD), and DVD video lastly (www.linuxvideo.org) Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

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RE: [Wlug] dual PII/PIII motherboard of questionable origin up fo r grabs
by Keller, Tim 04 Jun '01

04 Jun '01

That sounds like a raffle item to me! Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Brian J. Conway [mailto:dogbert@clue4all.net] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 3:29 PM To: wlug(a)wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] dual PII/PIII motherboard of questionable origin up for grabs The WPI Linux Association received a donation of a SuperMicro SUPER P6DBE dual PII/PIII 440BX motherboard (http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/440BX/p6dbe.htm) The original owner upgraded because it was flaky and thought the parallel port was bad, but upon buying a new motherboard found that it was his fubared sound card causing flakiness, so I'm under the assumption that this motherboard should be good or at least workable, but of course there are NO GUARANTEES. As we currently have no use for it and I'd hate to see it go to waste, get back to me if you'd like it, but please only do so if you'll put it to good use, I'd hate to see something like this go to waste. I'll bring it to the next WLUG meeting to hand off. Brian J. Conway dogbert(a)clue4all.net Geek for hire: http://clue4all.net/resume Power Mac G4 Cube. Some of us are getting laid tonight. (http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20010509) P.S. I'm also told the screen at POST looks a little garbled, but that's due to the latest BIOS update and performance should be unaffected. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Fwd: WLUG - Borland Kylix
by Andy Stewart 03 Jun '01

03 Jun '01

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: WLUG - Borland Kylix Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:53:15 -0400 From: "Al Reinhart" <reinhart(a)discom.com> To: <astewart(a)world.std.com> Andy, Thought some of the members in the user group might be interested in the following: Borland announces a 90-day limited time offer to purchase the Desktop edition of Borland® Kylix(TM), its award-winning Linux® application development and deployment product for $199. Timed with the launch of "Kylix-Compatible" Borland® Delphi(TM) 6, the promotion is designed to address the demand for Windows/Linux cross-platform application development and deployment... (http://www.borland.com/about/press/2001/kylix_promo.html) Al ------------------------------------------ Al Reinhart Phone: (508) 869-6417 DisCom Systems Fax: (508) 869-3420 www.DisCom.com ------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Linux on a Dell laptop dual-boot W2K
by Simoncini, Matthew 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Hey all, I was wondering if anyone has had any "good" experiences installing Linux and W2K on the same machine? I currently have the following hardware setup: Dell Inspiron 8000 Laptop Pentium III 700mhz w/256MB RAM Toshiba DVD-ROM Integrated Actiontec 10/100MB NIC \ 56K Modem Intel® 815e AGPSet Chipset with 4X AGP 10GB HD - currently 1 partition NTFS file system My thoughts were to install Caldera e-Desktop 2.4 which I have had some success with. What I'm not sure about is re-partitioning the HD to accommodate 2 Operating Systems. Caldera comes with a slim version of Partition Magic, but I haven't had the opportunity to use it on NTFS, so that is where any suggestions would help. Thanks for the time. Matthew

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Re: [Wlug] Linux on a Dell laptop dual-boot W2K
by Wesley Allen 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Simoncini, Matthew" <simoncim(a)bsci.com> Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 15:23:29 -0400 >Hey all, > >I was wondering if anyone has had any "good" experiences installing Linux >and W2K on the same machine? I currently have the following hardware setup: > >Dell Inspiron 8000 Laptop >Pentium III 700mhz w/256MB RAM >Toshiba DVD-ROM >Integrated Actiontec 10/100MB NIC \ 56K Modem >Intel® 815e AGPSet Chipset with 4X AGP >10GB HD - currently 1 partition NTFS file system > >My thoughts were to install Caldera e-Desktop 2.4 which I have had some >success with. What I'm not sure about is re-partitioning the HD to >accommodate 2 Operating Systems. Caldera comes with a slim version of >Partition Magic, but I haven't had the opportunity to use it on NTFS, so >that is where any suggestions would help. > I've got a Dell Inspiron 3800 that I dual boot between windows ME (don't laugh, I've kept it for DVD playback) and Mandrake. It works fine, though the modem doesn't work... Another response sugguested reformatting the disk, if you haven't customized it much, follow this advice, it saves a lot of grief later. I also believe that NTFS support is still labeled "experimental" and "read only" in the kernel setup, so you may want to use FAT32 anyway (too bad win2k doesn't run off of ResierFS, huh?). For partitioning, I use Mandrake, so I've got diskdrake; but since you've got Caldera you may want to download something called GNUPartD, it's another graphical partitioning tool, under GPL, that is a replacement of disk druid. I've not used it, but Suse uses it as it's partitioning tool and I've not read one complaint about it. Hope this helps. Wes >Thanks for the time. > >Matthew > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Double Dial Out
by Bob Brown 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

I was wondering if anyone knows the fix to the double dial problem? Whenever I dial out from my RH 6.1 Linux box (using Linuxconf) the system dials, connects, hangs-up and display "The Command /sbin/ifup ppp0 is taking longer than expected to complete. Please take action" Then it automatically re-dials and successfully connects. I found this reported in several Usenet groups and archives since 1999 but I have not seen a resolution. Thanks, Bob Brown

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MegaMeeting
by Andy Stewart 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

HI gang, USDataCenters is holding a meeting in Marlboro, MA on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 for a number of Boston area computer user groups. Most of these groups are Windows related, but not all. I have signed up to represent WLUG. GNHLUG, BLU, and (I think) MWBLUG will also be in attendance. If you want more information, or perhaps you'd like to attend as well, check out this website: http://www.BostonUserGroups.com/MegaMeeting/Default.htm Preregistration is required so please sign up if you plan to attend. I tried to get a table just for WLUG, but they have run out of tables. The Boston Linux and Unix User Group was kind enough to allow us to share some space with them (many thanks to Jerry Feldman). I'll be seeking out the local Kinkos for printing up some flyers this weekend. If anybody does plan to go, please drop me an e-mail just to let me know. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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SCSI Tape Drive Question
by Marc Hughes 31 May '01

31 May '01

We have a kicking VA Linux 4450 server with a VXA-V17 tape drive in it. Unfortunatly the tape drive isn't seen by linux. It shows up in the scsi bios utilities. There is no mention of a tape drive in dmesg or /var/log/messages after bootup, and it doesn't work when you try something like "mt -f /dev/st0 status". The drive is on scsi channel B, does that make a difference? Is there some way to scan the scsi bus manually? I checked /proc/config.gz and tape drive support is built in. Any ideas, suggestions? -Marc

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Samba question
by Thomas Carey 30 May '01

30 May '01

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Win2k
by Michael P. Gorse 28 May '01

28 May '01

Hi all, I am getting a notebook with Win2k preinstalled, and I would like to repartition the drive and set aside a few hundred megs for a GNU/Linux installation. So I was wondering if Lilo would be able to boot Win2k? Also, how well is NTFS supported in the Linux kernel? Thanks in advance for any help! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |DO what you think is right, not what society expects of you.| | --Michael Gorse / WPI cs '01 / ICQ:22583968 / http://www.wpi.edu/~mgorse/ --

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"Couldn't find ext2 superblock..."
by Dan Crooks 28 May '01

28 May '01

Using Darkstar Resque Disk to boot and look around a RH 6.2 installation. e2fsck -n /dev/hda1 results in Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hda1 Here are the questions: Can I fix the superblock? Or is it re-install time? Duplicate blocks are reported in hda12 (/) when I boot RH 6.2. Is it possible to fix that? RH6.2 boot in rescue mode from CD says fdisk unable to open hda but it is recognized by Darkstar Resque Disk. Unfortunately Darkstar only has partitions defined to hda9 and does not recognize hda12. Is it possible to rename a partition (hda12) to another name (hda5) from outside? I have a second system, Windows based, which allows me access to the internet for downloads, email, etc. Is there a way to download utilities on the Win machine and then execute them from a floppy on the Linux machine either booted into rescue mode from RH or from Darkstar floppy? Thank you in advance for any assistance, guidance or direction. Dan Crooks

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***NEW*** WLUG website
by Andy Stewart 27 May '01

27 May '01

HI everybody, I am hoping that the transition to the new WLUG website was completely painless for you users. You will know that you are seeing the proper site if ***NEW*** appears near the top of the page. The DNS updates should have propagated around the Internet by now, so everybody should be seeing this. If somehow you are seeing the ***OLD*** site, please let me know and copy Chuck Anderson (cra(a)wpi.edu) also. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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XEmacs question - gnuserv/gnuclient
by Andy Stewart 24 May '01

24 May '01

HI gang, I'm running XEmacs 21.1.8 and am playing with gnuserv/gnuclient. Within XEmacs, I do M-x gnuserv-start (which seems OK). In a terminal window on the same machine, I type gnuclient and another XEmacs window pops up quite quickly (as I expect). However, I can't get this to work from another machine on my home network. I played with the xauth stuff and also tried setting the GNU_SECURE environment variable to no avail. Clearly I've done something wrong but I don't know what. Can somebody walk me through the steps? I'm expecting that if I run gnuserv on machine 'tux' that I can set the security so that I can access that gnuserv process from machine 'andypc' by typing the correct incantation of the gnuclient command on 'andypc'. Thanks in advance, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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