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Re: [Wlug] JOB - Senior Operations Engineer - Boston, MA

by Jamie Guinan

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June 18, 2007

Re: [Wlug] JOB - Senior Operations Engineer - Boston, MA

by Frank Sweetser

Ross Hecox wrote: > We reach more people than Google. > Thought that would get your attention. This particular account is no longer a member of the mailing list. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

June 18, 2007

Re: [Wlug] JOB - Senior Operations Engineer - Boston, MA

by Keith Wright

> From: Ross Hecox <rhecox(a)advertising.com> > > We reach more people than Google. > Thought that would get your attention. It got my attentions for the 250 milliseconds needed to decide that a moron wrote it. Are you sure you wanted my attention? > Advertising.com is one of the most successful > companies in online advertising (1) Spam must die. (2) Advertising is a tape-worm in the belly of the beast. > and we're looking for someone just like you Why do advertisers keep talking about people just like me? I think of myself as a unique individual. If you can't cope with that, you must be looking for someone else. > The information transmitted in this email is intended > only for the person(s) or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain confidential and/or > privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any > action in reliance upon, this information by persons > or entities other than the intended recipient is > prohibited. If you received this email in error, > please contact the sender and permanently delete the > email from any computer. I am but one individual, but in accordance with your expressed wishes, I will do what I can to ensure that this confidential advertisement is seen by as few people as possible and that they do not take any action upon it. -- Keith

June 18, 2007

Re: [Wlug] JOB - Senior Operations Engineer - Boston, MA

by Clint Moyer

Who invited this guy? ---- Ross Hecox <rhecox(a)advertising.com> wrote: ============= We reach more people than Google. Thought that would get your attention. Advertising.com is one of the most successful companies in online advertising and we're looking for someone just like you to help take our company to the next level. Advertising.com has an immediate opening for a Senior Operations Engineer in our Boston, MA office. Interested? Read on to find out more and apply. "So it's a great place to work, but what exactly do you do?" Born and bread in Baltimore, Advertising.com reaches more people each month than Google, Yahoo! and MSN. How? We buy up ad space from sites all around the Web and sell it to advertisers in aggregate - using very sophisticated technologies and solutions to match advertisements to ad space. The Senior Operations Engineer will be responsible for day-to-day monitoring, troubleshooting and maintaining our highly available, 24x7 (99.999%) hosting infrastructure for our Third Screen Media group in Boston, MA. The position will be responsible for the design and build out of performance enhancements, security, and capacity expansion. This individual will be committed, well organized, attentive to detail and an exceptional communicator: This position will interface not only with development, but with program management, documentation and release engineering. ESSENTIAL PERSONAL AND OPERATING VALUES: * Goal driven. Highly communicative. Technology curious. * High work ethic and driven to ensure maximum uptime and performance. * Works well with other departments including engineering , client services and program management. * Knowledge and operational experience with a Unix based, enterprise-class multi-tenant hosted solution.. * Monitor the health, capacity and performance of a high availability, high traffic environment - ensuring the environment is operating optimally and at peak efficiency. * Vigilantly and quickly act as second level support and manage incidents until resolved; develop solutions, proactively communicate with other team members and customers. * Contribute to planning efforts for disaster recovery, capacity expansion, component upgrading and system hardening * Work with Program Management and Engineering to determine QA paths for upcoming releases. * Coordinate the production releases between the various organizations for scheduling and deployment. * Capable of defining and running projects from concept to delivery. * Learn fast, work independently, and handle multiple simultaneous projects. * Provide support documentation, including procedural documentation; QUALIFICATIONS * 5-7 years of experience in working in multi tenant hosted environment * Working knowledge of Linux, SAN, servers/databases, WAN, firewalls, load balancers and SQL architecture. * Excellent writing and verbal communications skills. * Strong analytical, problem solving and organizational skills with the ability to discuss technical issues with non-technical colleagues. * Effective when working under pressure and delivering to high standards within tight deadlines. * Experience with J2EE systems * Comfort with Windows XP, Macintosh and UNIX environments * Previous experience working in a fast-paced start-up environment * In depth understanding of enterprise and/or ASP systems and how to evaluate performance and stability across these systems. * Detailed knowledge of real-time systems, databases and performance. * Strong background in supporting a 7X24 production environment. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: * BA/BS in computer science or technical related field. * Experience in technical documentation would be considered a plus * Experience in testing and performance labs would be considered a plus Please apply directly at www.advertising.com/careers.php<http://www.advertising.com/careers.php> Engineer II, Operations TSM Ross Hecox Sr. Technical Recruiter Advertising.com 1020 Hull Street, 2nd Floor Baltimore, MD 21230 Phone: 410.244.1370 x11544 Fax: 410.454.0369 rhecox(a)advertising.com<mailto:rhecox@advertising.com> Wanna cool place to work? Check us out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwzE_QyM6UU D.O.T. - Discover Outstanding Talent ________________________________ The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender and permanently delete the email from any computer.

June 18, 2007

JOB - Senior Operations Engineer - Boston, MA

by Ross Hecox

We reach more people than Google. Thought that would get your attention. Advertising.com is one of the most successful companies in online advertising and we're looking for someone just like you to help take our company to the next level. Advertising.com has an immediate opening for a Senior Operations Engineer in our Boston, MA office. Interested? Read on to find out more and apply. "So it's a great place to work, but what exactly do you do?" Born and bread in Baltimore, Advertising.com reaches more people each month than Google, Yahoo! and MSN. How? We buy up ad space from sites all around the Web and sell it to advertisers in aggregate - using very sophisticated technologies and solutions to match advertisements to ad space. The Senior Operations Engineer will be responsible for day-to-day monitoring, troubleshooting and maintaining our highly available, 24x7 (99.999%) hosting infrastructure for our Third Screen Media group in Boston, MA. The position will be responsible for the design and build out of performance enhancements, security, and capacity expansion. This individual will be committed, well organized, attentive to detail and an exceptional communicator: This position will interface not only with development, but with program management, documentation and release engineering. ESSENTIAL PERSONAL AND OPERATING VALUES: * Goal driven. Highly communicative. Technology curious. * High work ethic and driven to ensure maximum uptime and performance. * Works well with other departments including engineering , client services and program management. * Knowledge and operational experience with a Unix based, enterprise-class multi-tenant hosted solution.. * Monitor the health, capacity and performance of a high availability, high traffic environment - ensuring the environment is operating optimally and at peak efficiency. * Vigilantly and quickly act as second level support and manage incidents until resolved; develop solutions, proactively communicate with other team members and customers. * Contribute to planning efforts for disaster recovery, capacity expansion, component upgrading and system hardening * Work with Program Management and Engineering to determine QA paths for upcoming releases. * Coordinate the production releases between the various organizations for scheduling and deployment. * Capable of defining and running projects from concept to delivery. * Learn fast, work independently, and handle multiple simultaneous projects. * Provide support documentation, including procedural documentation; QUALIFICATIONS * 5-7 years of experience in working in multi tenant hosted environment * Working knowledge of Linux, SAN, servers/databases, WAN, firewalls, load balancers and SQL architecture. * Excellent writing and verbal communications skills. * Strong analytical, problem solving and organizational skills with the ability to discuss technical issues with non-technical colleagues. * Effective when working under pressure and delivering to high standards within tight deadlines. * Experience with J2EE systems * Comfort with Windows XP, Macintosh and UNIX environments * Previous experience working in a fast-paced start-up environment * In depth understanding of enterprise and/or ASP systems and how to evaluate performance and stability across these systems. * Detailed knowledge of real-time systems, databases and performance. * Strong background in supporting a 7X24 production environment. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: * BA/BS in computer science or technical related field. * Experience in technical documentation would be considered a plus * Experience in testing and performance labs would be considered a plus Please apply directly at www.advertising.com/careers.php<http://www.advertising.com/careers.php> Engineer II, Operations TSM Ross Hecox Sr. Technical Recruiter Advertising.com 1020 Hull Street, 2nd Floor Baltimore, MD 21230 Phone: 410.244.1370 x11544 Fax: 410.454.0369 rhecox(a)advertising.com<mailto:rhecox@advertising.com> Wanna cool place to work? Check us out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwzE_QyM6UU D.O.T. - Discover Outstanding Talent ________________________________ The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender and permanently delete the email from any computer.

June 18, 2007

Job posting

by Mike Leo

Although they have already filled my old job, it looks like they are hiring another linux admin: Linux Engineer, Wellesley The Linux Engineer will be responsible for the daily administration of the Linux environment. Project work including installation, configuration and post support of Linux servers, primarily RedHat. Support evaluation and testing of Susu Linux and security products. Support Oracle on Linux including databases, applications and RAC. 4-6 years experience working with Linux environments in an enterprise setting a must. If you are interested email me off-list at mleo963(a)yahoo.com

June 18, 2007

Ubuntu switch user & screen lock

by Bill Mills-Curran

I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. I've recently used the "switch user" option to log in without logging my son out. However, after logging out of my account, the screen is locked for my son, and his login password will not unlock the screen. Anyone else seen this? TiA, Bill

June 18, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Screen goes blank with ubuntu and geforce 8800 GTS.

by Eric Stein

telnet? Nobody uses that anymore. :p Eric Lee Keyser-Allen wrote: > Also, never underestimate the power of telnetting into the box that's > messing up and solving the problem from that console :)

June 17, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Screen goes blank with ubuntu and geforce 8800 GTS.

by Lee Keyser-Allen

Also, never underestimate the power of telnetting into the box that's messing up and solving the problem from that console :) On 6/16/07, Mike <mwp(a)sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > Hi, > It sounds like something funny is going on with the boot splash program. > If this was happening to me I would turn it of and do some debugging. > > You can do this right from grub. When the menu appears hit 'e' (less the > quotes of course) to edit. Then move the cursor down once to the kernel > line. Hit 'e' again and remove the words 'splash' and 'quiet' from the > line. Then hit <enter>, and lastly 'b' to boot. > > This is a one time change for this boot. You can make these changes > permanent by editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst. Read the directions inside > the comments and modify it appropriately. Do not edit the lines directly. > If you do they will get overwritten by an update. Once you have edited the > file appropriately run the 'update-grub' command and reboot. > > There is a possibility that you are out of range too. I believe that there > is a configuration file in /etc/usplash. You should be able to change the > splash screens resolution there. > > The last bit of advice I can give is to make sure your Nvidia drivers are > up to date (the stock Ubuntu one's "should" work... I haven't had to > download from NVidia in a while). And then you can reconfigure your > xserver by running 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'. Make sure you > select 'nvidia' and the appropriate screen resolutions. Sometimes I find > that NOT specifying the sync ranges of the monitor helps (especially in > laptops). > > Hopefully you can get some logs using the advice above. The output from > dmesg and /var/log/Xorg.0.log would also be helpful. > > Cheers, > Mike > > > <quote who="Kieran O'Callaghan"> > > I have system I just put together with a PCI-Express Geforce 8800 GTS > > running ubuntu 7.04. During installation of Ubuntu everything showed up > > fine on screen. After installation, I ran into the problem that right > > after grub starts loading linux, the screen goes blank (monitor light > > turns from green to amber) and stays that way right up until X loads, at > > which point I get video. This hasn't been a problem so far, but I just > > installed some updates and it seems like now X isn't loading or I'm > > getting some sort of message before X loads, because it turns on and > > just stays blank the whole time. > > It seems like it would be easy if I just put a different video card into > > the system, but I don't even have another PCI express video card. I also > > don't have any PCI video cards anymore. All I have are AGP cards and > > the system doesn't have an AGP slot. So, it looks like taking the hard > > drive out and moving it to another system is the only option. > > Any thoughts on why the screen is doing that would be appreciated. The > > monitor doesn't seem to be getting no signal, because normally it brings > > up a message saying no signal rather than just blanking. It seems more > > like it's gone into a power saving mode. I've tried it with other > > monitors and had the same results. > > > > -- > > Kieran O'Callaghan > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > -- > They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, > deserve neither liberty or security --Ben Franklin > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Lee Keyser-Allen (lkeyser(a)alum.wpi.edu)

June 16, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Screen goes blank with ubuntu and geforce 8800 GTS.

by Mike

Hi, It sounds like something funny is going on with the boot splash program. If this was happening to me I would turn it of and do some debugging. You can do this right from grub. When the menu appears hit 'e' (less the quotes of course) to edit. Then move the cursor down once to the kernel line. Hit 'e' again and remove the words 'splash' and 'quiet' from the line. Then hit <enter>, and lastly 'b' to boot. This is a one time change for this boot. You can make these changes permanent by editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst. Read the directions inside the comments and modify it appropriately. Do not edit the lines directly. If you do they will get overwritten by an update. Once you have edited the file appropriately run the 'update-grub' command and reboot. There is a possibility that you are out of range too. I believe that there is a configuration file in /etc/usplash. You should be able to change the splash screens resolution there. The last bit of advice I can give is to make sure your Nvidia drivers are up to date (the stock Ubuntu one's "should" work... I haven't had to download from NVidia in a while). And then you can reconfigure your xserver by running 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'. Make sure you select 'nvidia' and the appropriate screen resolutions. Sometimes I find that NOT specifying the sync ranges of the monitor helps (especially in laptops). Hopefully you can get some logs using the advice above. The output from dmesg and /var/log/Xorg.0.log would also be helpful. Cheers, Mike <quote who="Kieran O'Callaghan"> > I have system I just put together with a PCI-Express Geforce 8800 GTS > running ubuntu 7.04. During installation of Ubuntu everything showed up > fine on screen. After installation, I ran into the problem that right > after grub starts loading linux, the screen goes blank (monitor light > turns from green to amber) and stays that way right up until X loads, at > which point I get video. This hasn't been a problem so far, but I just > installed some updates and it seems like now X isn't loading or I'm > getting some sort of message before X loads, because it turns on and > just stays blank the whole time. > It seems like it would be easy if I just put a different video card into > the system, but I don't even have another PCI express video card. I also > don't have any PCI video cards anymore. All I have are AGP cards and > the system doesn't have an AGP slot. So, it looks like taking the hard > drive out and moving it to another system is the only option. > Any thoughts on why the screen is doing that would be appreciated. The > monitor doesn't seem to be getting no signal, because normally it brings > up a message saying no signal rather than just blanking. It seems more > like it's gone into a power saving mode. I've tried it with other > monitors and had the same results. > > -- > Kieran O'Callaghan > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security --Ben Franklin

June 16, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Screen goes blank with ubuntu and geforce 8800 GTS.

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kieran O'Callaghan wrote: > I have system I just put together with a PCI-Express Geforce 8800 GTS > running ubuntu 7.04. During installation of Ubuntu everything showed up > fine on screen. After installation, I ran into the problem that right > after grub starts loading linux, the screen goes blank (monitor light > turns from green to amber) and stays that way right up until X loads, at > which point I get video. This hasn't been a problem so far, but I just > installed some updates and it seems like now X isn't loading or I'm > getting some sort of message before X loads, because it turns on and > just stays blank the whole time. > It seems like it would be easy if I just put a different video card into > the system, but I don't even have another PCI express video card. I also > don't have any PCI video cards anymore. All I have are AGP cards and > the system doesn't have an AGP slot. So, it looks like taking the hard > drive out and moving it to another system is the only option. > Any thoughts on why the screen is doing that would be appreciated. The > monitor doesn't seem to be getting no signal, because normally it brings > up a message saying no signal rather than just blanking. It seems more > like it's gone into a power saving mode. I've tried it with other > monitors and had the same results. > Have you tried booting a Knoppix CD/DVD to see if the result is the same? If your video is OK when booted with Knoppix, you could mount your hard drive and fix it that way. I'd look at /boot/grub/menu.lst and comment out any gfxmenu commands for starters, since you mentioned that it goes out to lunch around that time. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGcx+dHl0iXDssISsRAiU7AJ47ZSW0RShrwCtbHarcUAHBJRsxegCfWk0A 65V8qnR5ltqtls/FIoeBdfE= =1DR7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

June 15, 2007

Screen goes blank with ubuntu and geforce 8800 GTS.

by Kieran O'Callaghan

I have system I just put together with a PCI-Express Geforce 8800 GTS running ubuntu 7.04. During installation of Ubuntu everything showed up fine on screen. After installation, I ran into the problem that right after grub starts loading linux, the screen goes blank (monitor light turns from green to amber) and stays that way right up until X loads, at which point I get video. This hasn't been a problem so far, but I just installed some updates and it seems like now X isn't loading or I'm getting some sort of message before X loads, because it turns on and just stays blank the whole time. It seems like it would be easy if I just put a different video card into the system, but I don't even have another PCI express video card. I also don't have any PCI video cards anymore. All I have are AGP cards and the system doesn't have an AGP slot. So, it looks like taking the hard drive out and moving it to another system is the only option. Any thoughts on why the screen is doing that would be appreciated. The monitor doesn't seem to be getting no signal, because normally it brings up a message saying no signal rather than just blanking. It seems more like it's gone into a power saving mode. I've tried it with other monitors and had the same results. -- Kieran O'Callaghan

June 15, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM

by freak4uxxx＠gmail.com

i've palyed with it once or twice. Two heads are better than one, right? -Eric -----Original Message----- From: "Klein, Richard" <Richard.Klein(a)cytyc.com> Subj: Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM Date: Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:58 pm Size: 887 bytes To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Stewart > > HI gang, > > I completely forgot that we have a WLUG meeting this evening > (Thursday, June 14th) at 7:00 PM. My apologies for not > updating the website or sending the normal reminder email. > > Let's get together and chat about our favorite subject - > Linux! We always find some way to entertain ourselves for an > hour or so before heading off to the pizza restaurant. > > I'll see you tonight. > > Andy I'm not sure if I'll make it tonight, but if I do, is anyone familiar with RoadNav (http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/)? I have it installed on my laptop, but I don't really know my way around the program yet, and I'd love to have someone show me what I can do with it. -- Rich Klein _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 14, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM

by Desdinova

Anyone who's heading down tonight happen to have an HD50 -> HD68 adaptor or centronics50 to HD68 cable they don't mind getting rid of for a few bucks? Take care, James

June 14, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM

by Klein, Richard

> -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Stewart > > HI gang, > > I completely forgot that we have a WLUG meeting this evening > (Thursday, June 14th) at 7:00 PM. My apologies for not > updating the website or sending the normal reminder email. > > Let's get together and chat about our favorite subject - > Linux! We always find some way to entertain ourselves for an > hour or so before heading off to the pizza restaurant. > > I'll see you tonight. > > Andy I'm not sure if I'll make it tonight, but if I do, is anyone familiar with RoadNav (http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/)? I have it installed on my laptop, but I don't really know my way around the program yet, and I'd love to have someone show me what I can do with it. -- Rich Klein

June 14, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM

by freak4uxxx＠gmail.com

I was gonna ask.... -Eric -----Original Message----- From: "Andy Stewart" <andy.stewart(a)amd.com> Subj: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM Date: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:58 am Size: 646 bytes To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org HI gang, I completely forgot that we have a WLUG meeting this evening (Thursday, June 14th) at 7:00 PM. My apologies for not updating the website or sending the normal reminder email. Let's get together and chat about our favorite subject - Linux! We always find some way to entertain ourselves for an hour or so before heading off to the pizza restaurant. I'll see you tonight. Andy -- Andy Stewart Advanced Micro Devices Boston Design Center 90 Central St. MS 83-29 Boxborough, MA 01719 (978) 795-2669 _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 14, 2007

Reminder: Meeting this evening 7:00 PM

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, I completely forgot that we have a WLUG meeting this evening (Thursday, June 14th) at 7:00 PM. My apologies for not updating the website or sending the normal reminder email. Let's get together and chat about our favorite subject - Linux! We always find some way to entertain ourselves for an hour or so before heading off to the pizza restaurant. I'll see you tonight. Andy -- Andy Stewart Advanced Micro Devices Boston Design Center 90 Central St. MS 83-29 Boxborough, MA 01719 (978) 795-2669

June 14, 2007

JOBS - Linux drivers consulting roles

by John Spencer

We have a couple of clients here in MA looking for Linux consulting help. Details are as follows: Mid to Sr level Linux drivers Engineer Linux driver development contract for 9+ months in embedded development team. Job responsibilities include learning hardware from hardware design specs, developing a design and documenting it, developing the design, and debugging the driver in an embedded environment. Preferred candidate would have 3-6 years of Linux driver development. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: Focus will be on design and development of 2.6 Linux kernel drivers for proprietary FPGAs and some 3rd party parts like Ethernet switches. Experience developing Linux drivers in an embedded environment. Experience developing Linux drivers in Linux 2.6.current kernel is preferred but 2.4 is acceptable. Experience with PowerPC or processors Experience debugging Linux drivers. Able to work with current team members including kernel, driver, and application disciplines. Good oral and written communication skills. ************************************************************************ ************* Sr to Prin Level consultant (6 mths) Our Client is looking for a Linux Engineer to port their existing systems software platform (drivers, BSP's, kernel, applications) from 2.4 to 2.6 Linux. This effort has just started and and THEY have the kernel up and running (bash shell). Will upgrade the existing build infrastructure for loadable kernel modules to comply with Linux kbuild. Port existing loadable kernel modules, applications, and libraries written for version 2.4.20 to 2.6.17. Apply third-party and proprietary patches to the kernel source. Assist with hardware and user mode Linux-based simulator startup and initialization. Ideally, we need someone who has worked on this exact type of porting effort and has dealt with many of the issues/challenges in this type of port. Experience with UML is required since they use User ModeLinux as their Emulation/Development tool. Regards, John John Spencer (978) 256-1113 ext 7608 jspencer(a)optimaleng.com OPTIMAL ENGINEERING PARTNERS "Your Optimal partner for full-lifecycle engineering services in embedded and real-time, systems and application development" www.optimalengineering.com <http://www.optimalengineering.com/>

June 11, 2007

JOB - Unix File Systems - off-site work is fine

by John Spencer

We have a client looking for Unix File Systems long-term consulting help. This work can be done remotely with occasional visits to client site out of state. Details are as follows: Project Description: This is a need for a Sr. File Systems Engineer to work remotely via a virtual office, There is potential for a client visit every 6-8 weeks. This is a very strategic and high visibility project with a large end-client. Optical based storage, OSD project. This resource will be part of the core program that is in charge of fully designing a file system for work in conjunction with an OSD driver. There are around 5 people on the project - 2 SCSI engineers/1 file systems engineer/1 embedded engineer. They are in the architecture phase right now. Even with the consultant working from a virtual office, they will be held accountable to a regular schedule, (meaning you must work core business hours) Required Skills: - Unix file systems (Constructs such as VFS, vnodes, inodes, caching, B+trees, disk layouts, index and hashing mechanisms) - File System Internals experience is key (Understand of, and ability to comfortably converse about, inodes, allocations groups, how to manipulate internals of a file system) - SW development - Strong C - Strong Unix - Unix development tools - Embedded systems development is a big plus - NetBSD is a big plus **** A junior file systems engineer would still be considered as long as they have a reasonable amount of understanding of File systems internals. **** Regards, John John Spencer (978) 256-1113 ext 7608 jspencer(a)optimaleng.com OPTIMAL ENGINEERING PARTNERS "Your Optimal partner for full-lifecycle engineering services in embedded and real-time, systems and application development" www.optimalengineering.com <http://www.optimalengineering.com/>

June 11, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Hardware Vendor Search (a bit off list)

by Mike Leo

Expert Server Group in Bedford NH. http://www.expertserver.com/ Worked with them for years and they are awesome. Jenn Heiberg is our current rep, but Amy Fournier is cool, too. They are a var, too. VMWare experts and such. ----- Original Message ---- From: Tal Cohen <wlug(a)cohen123.com> To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Friday, June 8, 2007 3:20:36 PM Subject: [Wlug] Hardware Vendor Search (a bit off list)  Does anyone know a good, reliable, hardware vendor that they can recommend? I need to purchase 4-7 2U servers and our existing vendor is dragging his feet. Thanks, Tal _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 8, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Hardware Vendor Search (a bit off list)

by Jamie Guinan

I had a really bad experience trying to buy a 1U server from a vendor I saw in Linux Journal, thinking I'd support a "linux-friendly" company. Well, after they charged my CC, it took them 3 *weeks* to start the system burn-in, the system *failed* burn-in, they said it would take at least another week... so I finally told them to screw off and got my money back. I ended up buying a dirt-cheap 1U Celeron (Cybertron) from TigerDirect, which I colo'd with a Level3 reseller in Cambridge. Its been humming along for 2 years so far. So if you're willing forego the "value add" (pronounced with dripping sarcasm and doing the "quotes" motion with my fingers) that some vendors might provide, and you can install and configure your own Linux distro, you might try TigerDirect or another generic online vendor. -Jamie On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Tal Cohen wrote: > Does anyone know a good, reliable, hardware vendor that they can recommend? > I need to purchase 4-7 2U servers and our existing vendor is dragging his > feet. > > > > Thanks, > Tal

June 8, 2007

Hardware Vendor Search (a bit off list)

by Tal Cohen

Does anyone know a good, reliable, hardware vendor that they can recommend? I need to purchase 4-7 2U servers and our existing vendor is dragging his feet. Thanks, Tal

June 8, 2007

Seeking Linux help for area non-profit - compensation potential

by Mike Peckar

Please do not reply to the list or to me. Boylston's public cable access channel (WBAC) is seeking to expand its services and offer Video on Demand and video file upload and download services for its staff and eventually the community. They currently have their web site and email hosted with an ISP and they are happy with that, but the ISP cannot provide them with these new services. They are looking for help in installing and configuring a linux box off their private LAN for this purpose. They also need other general help with their setup including configuring and troubleshooting VPN connections via their netgear VPN/firewall, etc. These folks are sort of windows literate, and they recognize that Linux will provide them with the most secure and cost-effective solution to meet their growing needs at this time. Ideally, they are seeking Boylston residents, but they are willing to bring in help from outside their community. They are also able to reasonably compensate for the above mentioned services and/or barter for access to their fine production equipment. If you are intersted in learning more about video and television production, this may be well worth your effort. To express your interest, please provide a brief summary of your skills, your level of interest in supporting WBAC, and any compensation requirements to: Tom Martiska Staff(a)wbactv.org

June 6, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Followup [Re: Follow-Up to Key Signing Party]

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Minkov, Ross wrote: > Hi gang, > > Just wanted to let you know that I signed all of the keys from the PGP > key signing party and sent them to the gpg mit server. I am not sure how > to confirm that I did it correctly, so if someone can check his key and > let me know if I did alright I'd appreciate it. Also how do I check who > has signed my key? > > Thanks, > Ross HI Ross, It looks like you've signed my key correctly (thanks!). I see 7 signatures on your key (not including your own). I used kgpg to verify this graphically. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGXq7wHl0iXDssISsRAgScAJ9Nk7NaQDrbp45Acz+wDrEGvX+/lACfSVZL RX8nGB/6SCeciNtSPsatZks= =B3kR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

May 31, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Followup [Re: Follow-Up to Key Signing Party]

by Minkov, Ross

Hi gang, Just wanted to let you know that I signed all of the keys from the PGP key signing party and sent them to the gpg mit server. I am not sure how to confirm that I did it correctly, so if someone can check his key and let me know if I did alright I'd appreciate it. Also how do I check who has signed my key? Thanks, Ross -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Eric Martin Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 07:15 To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Followup [Re: Follow-Up to Key Signing Party] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 gpg --update-trustdb You might have to do it twice if trusting someone now leads you to trusting someone else. - -eric Gregory Avedissian wrote: > > Jamie Guinan wrote: > (...) >> gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model >> gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 12 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u >> gpg: depth: 1 valid: 12 signed: 1 trust: 12-, 0q, 0n, >> 0m, 0f, 0u >> gpg: next trustdb check due at 2009-04-16 > > > Can anyone translate these lines? > > Also, when I signed keys this time, I wasn't asked what level of trust to > attach to my signature. When we did this a few years ago, I remember > having to answer or ignore that question, and my answers appear on those > old sigs. When I tried to edit the trust level on the newly signed keys, > it didn't seem to stick. > > > Greg > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGVCJIaiVxdKlBO58RAj+WAJ0bvjr+a85pP7TC5rwdJJXVVfGGogCfcHQt cNPE0b+ga2YUbSTabwXHbeQ= =blTI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 31, 2007