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Re: [Wlug] meeting topic

by Colin Wilson

I have used the graphical gentoo install a few times, the last time I looked at it it was still in Beta and it did not work perfectly. That might have changed at this point, but I doubt that because it was more of a small side project than anything else. -- Colin Wilson Secretary WPI Cycling www.wpi.edu/~cwilson 617.899.1242

Jan. 30, 2006

Re: [Wlug] meeting topic

by Greg Labonte

Just wondering Mike, Did you try using the Graphical installer for Gentoo? > On 1/30/06, Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> Am I wrong, or is the gentoo install insanely comlicated? >> >> Although I did not sit in front of it from start to finish, it >> seems like an install takes hours >> and hours of work... >> >> I followed the Handbook (some 80 pages of documentation), which >> i'm sure is very accurate and each >> step worked as advertised, but in the end it was too much. >> >> After an install of debian, which takes me less than 20 minutes, >> this was too much for my poor >> little brain to take, and I eventually gave up. >> >> In addition to that, I can't for the life of me, get slackware to >> consistantly install lilo >> correctly during the install. >> >> Any comments on either of these would be apreciated, however, I am >> just writing this to toss my >> vote in for a linux install fest as a meeting topic. >> >> I have no problem bringing in a laptop to show the simple, >> eligant, streamlined, 20 minute debian >> install, but I would like to also see someone go through a gentoo >> install, and assist on a >> slackware lilo config...all of which can be done via my laptop if >> needed. >> >> Thanks ! >> Mike >> _______________________________________________ >> 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

Jan. 30, 2006

Re: [Wlug] meeting topic

by Jared Greenwald

I have Gentoo on my notebook and it works great! I especially like the fact that the package that has my wireless card in it (orinoco_usb) was written so that it will automatically download the cvs HEAD and build that so I get the most up to date driver. I've had this installed for about a year and it only took about a day to install it, but that was mostly due to the fact that I choose the stage1 install, which isn't the main documented installation method anymore (stage3 is now). Its not that its hours and hours of work - its more like a little research up front and a hours of entering data in here and there (at least in my experience). If you're going for ease of install and use I would def have to throw my hat in the ubuntu ring. Kubuntu is about the easiest install I've seen. -Jared On 1/30/06, Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Am I wrong, or is the gentoo install insanely comlicated? > > Although I did not sit in front of it from start to finish, it seems like an install takes hours > and hours of work... > > I followed the Handbook (some 80 pages of documentation), which i'm sure is very accurate and each > step worked as advertised, but in the end it was too much. > > After an install of debian, which takes me less than 20 minutes, this was too much for my poor > little brain to take, and I eventually gave up. > > In addition to that, I can't for the life of me, get slackware to consistantly install lilo > correctly during the install. > > Any comments on either of these would be apreciated, however, I am just writing this to toss my > vote in for a linux install fest as a meeting topic. > > I have no problem bringing in a laptop to show the simple, eligant, streamlined, 20 minute debian > install, but I would like to also see someone go through a gentoo install, and assist on a > slackware lilo config...all of which can be done via my laptop if needed. > > Thanks ! > Mike > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 30, 2006

Re: [Wlug] meeting topic

by Mike Frysinger

On Monday 30 January 2006 09:30, Mike Leo wrote: > Am I wrong, or is the gentoo install insanely comlicated? > > Although I did not sit in front of it from start to finish, it seems like > an install takes hours and hours of work... > > I followed the Handbook (some 80 pages of documentation), which i'm sure is > very accurate and each step worked as advertised, but in the end it was too > much. well, the from-source Gentoo install is arguably supposed to be fun like that it's been a while since i installed Gentoo using released media, but i'm pretty sure doing an install with just GRP packages would make it a lot faster ... > After an install of debian, which takes me less than 20 minutes, this was > too much for my poor little brain to take, and I eventually gave up. doesnt debian have its own installer though ? the Gentoo one is coming along, but it hasnt had the time to mature as other distros have ... -mike

Jan. 30, 2006

meeting topic

by Mike Leo

Am I wrong, or is the gentoo install insanely comlicated? Although I did not sit in front of it from start to finish, it seems like an install takes hours and hours of work... I followed the Handbook (some 80 pages of documentation), which i'm sure is very accurate and each step worked as advertised, but in the end it was too much. After an install of debian, which takes me less than 20 minutes, this was too much for my poor little brain to take, and I eventually gave up. In addition to that, I can't for the life of me, get slackware to consistantly install lilo correctly during the install. Any comments on either of these would be apreciated, however, I am just writing this to toss my vote in for a linux install fest as a meeting topic. I have no problem bringing in a laptop to show the simple, eligant, streamlined, 20 minute debian install, but I would like to also see someone go through a gentoo install, and assist on a slackware lilo config...all of which can be done via my laptop if needed. Thanks ! Mike

Jan. 30, 2006

JOB: Seeking Unix SysAdmin

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, If you are interested in the following job opportunity, please reply directly to bburns(a)m-Qube.com (Barbara Burns). =====start===== m-Qube, located in Boston, is the premiere mobile messaging management technology company in America and we operate a high-volume wireless messaging ASP. We are currently conducting a search for an experienced Systems Administrator who will be responsible for keeping this Linux/Java/J2EE-based server environment monitored and operational on a 24X7 basis. Responsibilities * Server Administration and Management 1. Configuration, administration and tuning of a high-performance Linux computing environment including new server deployment and setup 2. Develop and maintain scripts for monitoring and automation of periodic jobs 3. Provide problem isolation and resolution using software and diagnostics and/or crash/dump analysis 4. Administration of archive and backup systems 5. Perform ongoing capacity planning activities based on company growth 6. Serve as a system admin knowledge resource for persons throughout the organization 7. Available 24x7 for system emergencies * SAN Storage Administration 1. Maintain existing SAN storage infrastructure 2. Add and reconfigure storage to meet demands of the business 3. Use SAN technology to create backups for disaster recovery * Network Administration 1. Manage network devices including switches, routers and load balancers 2. Resolve issues with network 3. Review logs and run periodic health checks on infrastructure Qualifications: You must have extensive hands-on experience in a high-availability Linux environment with Apache, JBOSS, load balancing and SSL configurations. Your added assets will be an understanding of application programming in Java/JSP, Perl/Javascript or XML interfaces. You have some experience maintaining Cisco network equipment. Candidate must have strong work ethic and possess the ability to perform under time constraints in a dynamic environment. Managing multiple priorities while completing them simultaneously is a basic requirement.The individual must possess excellent skills in troubleshooting complex network environments and devices on his/her own. Experience: Qualified candidates should posses experience in the following: Enterprise-class Linux environments with 5 years of experience Experience with Linux server technologies including NFS, NIS, LDAP, kickstart, etc. Familiarity with engineering tools such as CVS and Bugzilla Proficient in scripting including PERL, Shell, Awk or Sed Extensive operations experience including o Experience analyzing and resolving problems associated with server hardware, server operating system and applications software o Capacity to perform a wide variety of tasks in software/hardware maintenance and operational support of server systems o Strong knowledge and experience with backup policies and emergency recovery procedures Some experience working with the following is preferred: Routing protocol and router administration Maintenance of Java, XML and SQL web applications Education: BS degree in Information Systems or related area desired Please respond directly to Barbara Burns at bburns(a)m-qube.com 617.673.2474 =====end===== - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD1wKJHl0iXDssISsRApOuAJ4kiKrElcrpiUpcBzlkb03eJxRS/QCfcvE4 i/EIPwzBA5NOL60i3UnW8dQ= =XuEN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 25, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Ftp directory mapping

by Justin Odom

FuseFTP looks like it would be able to do what you are looking for. http://wiki.thiesen.org/page/Fuseftp -Justin Aramico wrote: > > > Dear All, > > is it possibe to do mounting for remote ftp directory into a defined > drive? > for example, i would like to mount my ftp directry ( ftp://mysite.com) > to directory /mount/ftp_mysite.com > where then I can save or take the file directly from this defined > directory ? > > > cheers, > > Aramico > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 24, 2006

Ftp directory mapping

by Aramico

Dear All, is it possibe to do mounting for remote ftp directory into a defined drive? for example, i would like to mount my ftp directry ( ftp://mysite.com) to directory /mount/ftp_mysite.com where then I can save or take the file directly from this defined directory ? cheers, Aramico

Jan. 24, 2006

Re: Rough upgrade to FC4

by Larry Underhill

On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 22:13 -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I feel lucky that I didn't brick my system. What did I do wrong? > This must be a common occurance. I have another system that I need to > upgrade, but I don't want it to go like this. What's a better way? Hey there Bill. Sorry to hear about your upgrade woes. On my fedora boxen, I avoid up2date. (although I have had great experience with it on the RHEL distro with Red Hat Network) I'm a big fan of yum. I think Seth Vidal has done a great job with it and I have used it to upgrade several systems. I have taken one box (standard LAMP stuff) from FC1 => FC4 with no problems. After a backup of /var and /home, my general procedure is to: a) 'yum update' my box to ensure latest/greatest from the Fedora Base and Fedora Updates repositories. b) manually install fedora-release RPM. c) manually install yum rpm for the release (in your case FC4) that you are upgrade to. d) double check that I have GPG check enabled in my yum config files and I also have the correct keys on my ring. e) do a sanity check that I have good network connectivity to the remote repository that I am going to pull my RPMs from (personally, I've settled on mirrors.kernel.org) f) yum upgrade g) review the list of packages it marks for upgrade and the associated dependency checking for sanity. h) cross fingers. hit 'Y'. go get coffee. Best of luck, --Larry

Jan. 23, 2006

Re: Rough upgrade to FC4

by Matthew Gillen

Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > Running up2date did not help -- I was still in an FC3 system (kind of). > > I manually installed the FC4 kernel and ran up2date again, but it was > stuck on many packages, because up2date only wanted to freshen > existing rpm's -- it didn't want to add any new ones to solve > dependencies. That's why you're almost always better off using 'yum' instead of 'up2date'. Yum is smart enough to track down and install dependencies for you. I would abandon using up2date unless you're using RedHat Enterprise Linux (which you're obviously not). You'd still have the same problem with yum that you had with up2date regarding the "system thinks it's FC3 instead of FC4" issue (hint: manually update an rpm by the name of "fedora-release") --Matt

Jan. 23, 2006

Re: Rough upgrade to FC4

by Matthew Gillen

Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I feel lucky that I didn't brick my system. What did I do wrong? > This must be a common occurance. I have another system that I need to > upgrade, but I don't want it to go like this. What's a better way? You didn't do anything wrong, you just took an unexpected upgrade path. In the future though, you may find these guys helpful: http://fedora.isphuset.no/ They rebuild the install ISO images periodically *with* the latest updates. Their main point is to reduce update-time after you install, but I think you discovered an even more compelling reason for them to do what they're doing. Note: those are unofficial images. That said, I've used them and they worked fine for me. --Matt

Jan. 23, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Rough upgrade to FC4

by Chuck Anderson

On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 10:13:27PM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I just upgraded to FC4 from FC3 and I had some troubles that should > not have happened. My FC3 system was current with updates, and I used > downloaded ISO's from fedora. The problem was that many of the FC3 > packages were more up to date than the FC4 packages, so the upgrade > did not install them. This included the kernel. I felt lucky that I > had a workable system. This this is a known problem. glibc in FC3 was updated to one newer than any available glibc for FC4, causing most of the system to not upgrade. > Running up2date did not help -- I was still in an FC3 system (kind of). Try using 'yum update' instead. up2date is not really being maintained as the way forward, and it isn't beat on as heavily as yum. Also, try first removing all old kernels, leaving just the newest (2.6.12-1.1381_FC3), and manually downgrade glibc to the latest FC4 one. > I feel lucky that I didn't brick my system. What did I do wrong? > This must be a common occurance. I have another system that I need to > upgrade, but I don't want it to go like this. What's a better way? Yeah, the maintainer of the glibc package doesn't think this is important enough to fix right away: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172823 It seems that the Fedora developers now recommend re-installs as opposed to upgrades, which is a shame since Fedora Core and Red Hat Linux before it were always known for their stellar upgradeability. Hopefully with the formation of the Fedora Foundation, more and more of Fedora Core itself will be community-maintained, where people who care about such things as upgradeability can make sure that goal is maintained.

Jan. 23, 2006

Re: Rough upgrade to FC4

by Joshua D. Abraham

On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 10:24:43PM -0500, nmeyers(a)javalinux.net wrote: > On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 10:13:27PM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > > I just upgraded to FC4 from FC3 and I had some troubles that should > > not have happened. My FC3 system was current with updates, and I used > > downloaded ISO's from fedora. The problem was that many of the FC3 > > packages were more up to date than the FC4 packages, so the upgrade > > did not install them. This included the kernel. I felt lucky that I > > had a workable system. > > Sorry to hear things haven't gotten any better since my days as > an RH user (pre-RH9). I never experienced a smooth upgrade; sometimes > had to just rebuild the system. > Agreed. I have been using Redhat since 6.2. I had partitions setup the following way /boot / swap /home /usr/local/ This way I can keep the users data and just install a new system over it. I think that Debian's method of package management is the best of any of the Linux Distro's. I a year ago I switched from FC3 to Ubuntu because Ubuntu has a 6 month release cycle, similar to FC and Ubuntu pays individuals to fix security vulnerabilities. --Josh > I drifted from RH to Mandrake (pre-Mandriva) and then to Gentoo. > Though not without the occasional bump, I've found Gentoo's approach to > package management the least violent of them all. > > Nathan > > > > > Running up2date did not help -- I was still in an FC3 system (kind of). > > > > I manually installed the FC4 kernel and ran up2date again, but it was > > stuck on many packages, because up2date only wanted to freshen > > existing rpm's -- it didn't want to add any new ones to solve > > dependencies. > > > > After much arm-wrestling (floundering?), I gave up on the GUI up2date > > and ran with the command line, feeding it chunks of rpms that needed > > updating. > > > > I feel lucky that I didn't brick my system. What did I do wrong? > > This must be a common occurance. I have another system that I need to > > upgrade, but I don't want it to go like this. What's a better way? > > > > Thanks, > > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss(a)blu.org > > http://olduvai.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss(a)blu.org > http://olduvai.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Jan. 23, 2006

Rough upgrade to FC4

by Bill Mills-Curran

I just upgraded to FC4 from FC3 and I had some troubles that should not have happened. My FC3 system was current with updates, and I used downloaded ISO's from fedora. The problem was that many of the FC3 packages were more up to date than the FC4 packages, so the upgrade did not install them. This included the kernel. I felt lucky that I had a workable system. Running up2date did not help -- I was still in an FC3 system (kind of). I manually installed the FC4 kernel and ran up2date again, but it was stuck on many packages, because up2date only wanted to freshen existing rpm's -- it didn't want to add any new ones to solve dependencies. After much arm-wrestling (floundering?), I gave up on the GUI up2date and ran with the command line, feeding it chunks of rpms that needed updating. I feel lucky that I didn't brick my system. What did I do wrong? This must be a common occurance. I have another system that I need to upgrade, but I don't want it to go like this. What's a better way? Thanks, Bill

Jan. 23, 2006

Re: [Wlug] SSH Tunneling?

by Mike Frysinger

On Friday 20 January 2006 14:28, Michael Zarozinski wrote: > I'm in the process of moving a web site, msql db, and some game daemons > to a new server. While the DNS transfer is in process we want all > traffic to go to the new server. I've been told this can be done vial > ssh tunnels but don't have any experience.... can anyone point me in the > right direction? read `man ssh` ... then when the directions are a little hard to grok, use these examples: ssh -L 1234:localhost:25 vapier(a)wh0rd.org -N -f this will create a ssh tunnel from my localhost:1234 to remote wh0rd.org:25 and after authentication is finished, the ssh process will detach > Do I need to set up a tunnel for every port on the old > server (the games open ports)? How is it set up to run all the time? Do > I need to mess with sshd_config? i'm pretty sure ssh can only tunnel tcp ports, not udp, so you'd be out of luck ... also, all communication would be encrypted, so you would see a perf hit in terms of how much data you can move -mike

Jan. 22, 2006

Subject: Re: [Wlug] Trial By Fire

by Tom Misilo

for all mozilla packages visit their project dir heres a link for thunderbird http://suse.cs.utah.edu/projects/mozilla/thunderbird/1.5/ for all the mozilla stuff http://suse.cs.utah.edu/projects/mozilla/ Tom > On 1/21/06, Marie MacDonald <mimsresearch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Do downloadable software packages for Linux come with intallers? > > It depends. Many do but some require a few more steps. If you stick > with installing SW via yast, you'll have the easiest time. > > > Can anyone help with advice for YaSt? Is my issue with the Thunderbird > > 1.5 package perhaps? > > Perhaps the recent Novell distro is different, but I've never seen > Thunderbird in the Yast repository (I'm still using SuSE 9.3). > Anytime I want Firefox or Thunderbird, I go direct to > http://www.mozilla.com and download it there. What you download there > has an installer built in. > > > Quite frankly if it's this hard (frustrating!) to install software, I'm > > not gonna be a happy gal. I still have other things I want to add to > > this snappy little computer (i.e. my Palm) but darn there's gotta be an > > easier way. Spring semester starts 26 January and I need this up and > > running. > > You sound determined and that's probably the most important trait for > someone trying to stick with Linux. Stick with YaST as much as > possible and post here for other specific questions--we'll get you > through. > > BR

Jan. 22, 2006

Perl Unicode question

by Skip Gaede

Folks, I'm trying to understand how Unicode works in Perl 5.8.7, and things are not working the way they're described in perluniintro. In particular, I have a file encoded in UTF-8 from Perl, that I want to convert to Windows Unicode (UCS-16LE). The intro provides this snippet for converting from one character set to another: open(my $nihongo, '<:encoding(iso2022-jp)', 'text.jis'); open(my $unicode, '>:utf8', 'text.utf8'); while (<$nihongo>) { print $unicode } When I try that, substituting UTF-8 and ':encoding(UTF-16LE)', I get no warnings, but the output has twice as many characters as it should have and they are all NULLs. I can supply a my UTF-8 file if anyone wants to have a try. In particular, I think the fact that I have embedded apostrophes (0x27) encoded as RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK (0x2019) may be part of the problem. Thanks, Skip

Jan. 22, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Trial By Fire

by Jared Greenwald

If you're not particularly married to SuSE, I'd say to give ubuntu a try. It has about the best package management out there (second only to Gentoo's portage, imho). On 1/21/06, Brett Russ <bruss(a)alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > On 1/21/06, Marie MacDonald <mimsresearch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Do downloadable software packages for Linux come with intallers? > > It depends. Many do but some require a few more steps. If you stick > with installing SW via yast, you'll have the easiest time. > > > Can anyone help with advice for YaSt? Is my issue with the Thunderbird > > 1.5 package perhaps? > > Perhaps the recent Novell distro is different, but I've never seen > Thunderbird in the Yast repository (I'm still using SuSE 9.3). > Anytime I want Firefox or Thunderbird, I go direct to > http://www.mozilla.com and download it there. What you download there > has an installer built in. > > > Quite frankly if it's this hard (frustrating!) to install software, I'm > > not gonna be a happy gal. I still have other things I want to add to > > this snappy little computer (i.e. my Palm) but darn there's gotta be an > > easier way. Spring semester starts 26 January and I need this up and > > running. > > You sound determined and that's probably the most important trait for > someone trying to stick with Linux. Stick with YaST as much as > possible and post here for other specific questions--we'll get you > through. > > BR > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 21, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Trial By Fire

by Brett Russ

On 1/21/06, Marie MacDonald <mimsresearch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Do downloadable software packages for Linux come with intallers? It depends. Many do but some require a few more steps. If you stick with installing SW via yast, you'll have the easiest time. > Can anyone help with advice for YaSt? Is my issue with the Thunderbird > 1.5 package perhaps? Perhaps the recent Novell distro is different, but I've never seen Thunderbird in the Yast repository (I'm still using SuSE 9.3). Anytime I want Firefox or Thunderbird, I go direct to http://www.mozilla.com and download it there. What you download there has an installer built in. > Quite frankly if it's this hard (frustrating!) to install software, I'm > not gonna be a happy gal. I still have other things I want to add to > this snappy little computer (i.e. my Palm) but darn there's gotta be an > easier way. Spring semester starts 26 January and I need this up and > running. You sound determined and that's probably the most important trait for someone trying to stick with Linux. Stick with YaST as much as possible and post here for other specific questions--we'll get you through. BR

Jan. 21, 2006

Trial By Fire

by Marie MacDonald

Greetings All! You may recall a while back I was asking questions about Linux laptops and video capture and editing software for Linux As luck would have it, I was given a shiny new (well, slightly used) Linux desktop compuer. It is running the Novell distro (see I'm learning!!) and I'm loving it. As fate would have it, my laptop died two days ago and this Linux system is all I have left. I no longer have the luxury of time to fiddle and learn. I am working my way through that Novell Linux Desktop free online training, but for some reason that's not allowing me to log in. That's not my question though. No matter how hard I try, I can't install software. I have read the manual and I know how to log in to the root system and activate YaST. I was trying to install Thunderbird 1.5. But I'm enjoying using Evolution, so perhaps I'll forgo Thunderbird for now. I just could not get YaST to recognize or "see" the Thunderbird package. I even figured out "change source of installation", all to no avail. Do downloadable software packages for Linux come with intallers? Can anyone help with advice for YaSt? Is my issue with the Thunderbird 1.5 package perhaps? Quite frankly if it's this hard (frustrating!) to install software, I'm not gonna be a happy gal. I still have other things I want to add to this snappy little computer (i.e. my Palm) but darn there's gotta be an easier way. Spring semester starts 26 January and I need this up and running. Thanks for any advice, support, shoulders to cry on Marie mimsresearch(a)gmail.com

Jan. 21, 2006

SSH Tunneling?

by Michael Zarozinski

Hi all, I'm in the process of moving a web site, msql db, and some game daemons to a new server. While the DNS transfer is in process we want all traffic to go to the new server. I've been told this can be done vial ssh tunnels but don't have any experience.... can anyone point me in the right direction? Do I need to set up a tunnel for every port on the old server (the games open ports)? How is it set up to run all the time? Do I need to mess with sshd_config? Any and all help is appreciated! Thanx! Michael Z

Jan. 20, 2006

For Sale: Alpha PWS 600AU

by Phillip G Deneault

600mhz Alpha with 384megs of ram. On board sound and LAN. This is a REAL AU model, with the qlogic SCSI card and the powerstorm video card(in case you wanted to run OpenVMS). I would recommend using a different video card or using the serial console for anything BSD or Linux. I believe it has a 9 gig SCSI disk in it, but I've suplemented it with a 50gig IDE drive on the IDE chain. I've also replaced the IDE CD-ROM with an 68-pin SCSI CD-ROM(yes, thats right, 68-pin). I also have all the original docs with it. I installed OpenBSD 3.8 on it to verify everything works. $100 bucks or best offer(I'm flexible on the price). If anyone has any questions, or wishes to haggle, please reply to me(and not the list, they hate that). I'm just trying to find it a good home. Thanks, Phil

Jan. 19, 2006

Numerous Linux job opportunities

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, I'm posting these job opportunities on behalf of John Spencer (jspencer(a)optimaleng.com) Please contact John directly if you have any interest in these opportunities. Andy =====start===== Multiple Linux Contract openings in MA ********************************************************** 1) 6 Months+ in the Wilmington, MA area Responsibilities: As a senior member of the core routing platform group you will be responsible for developing forwarding engine device drivers for next generation enterprise products. Drivers will be developed in C on a Linux platform running on MAC and Layer 1 & 2 chipsets. Required Skills & Experiences: * Strong device driver development experience in C/Linux environments * Solid Ethernet and Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocol experience * Experience with either MAC or other Layer 1 & 2 chipsets highly desired - --------------------------------------------------------------- 2) 2 months+, Billerica MA area Our client needs a contractor for 1-3 months. Responsibilities include: development of new code, bug fixing and maintenance of existing code, porting and integration of new drivers Skills sets required: Expert level proficiency of writing code in C/C++, embedded Linux OS (MontaVista), kernel internals, device drivers, system integration, debugging Technologies: Networking protocols, data communications, embedded SNMP agent, wireless protocols (madWiFi) Experience: minimum 10 years - -------------------------------- 3) 6 months, Acton, MA Area (2 positions) Our customer is looking for 2 software Linux Development Engineers to work in conjunction with the hardware design team to build an interface to their backplane. Will be working closely with development team in Taiwan who is doing most of the work. Ability to speak mandarin a plus but not required. 1st opening: Must have experience with Linux Device driver kernel, C programming, ability to write device driver to interface to the FPGA, knowledgeable about performance issues, Ethernet knowledge important. 6-8 months. 2nd opening: Linux Driver Systems software experience; responsible for device driver and user space Unix daemons that need modifications to run on this board. For this position, person must have FW BIOS (they are hoping the ODM will do this work but this person may need to work closely with them). Both of these positions need consultant to be flexible, willing to participate with ODM conference calls in Taiwan and their is a 13 hr. time difference. This is part of a large development effort for a new blade for their x-services product which is being mainly developed through Taiwan. - --------------------------------- 4) 3 months+, Marlboro, MA area Our client needs a strong C++ coder who is comfortable on Linux systems within the application space. to do a mix of sustaining and new development for disk to disk storage. Strong familiarity with Distributed systems highly desirable. Storage or back-up experience required. - ---------------------------------- 5) 6 months+, Waltham, MA area This is a Linux low level (close to the hardware) drivers req. Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations Mid/Senior level software developer responsible for design and development of user mode device drivers and system utilities of Broadcom or Sigma Designs chips (little Indian MIPs based) platforms based on the Linux operating system. * Candidate is expected to have a history of design and implementation of Linux device-drivers and system utilities in a fast paced environment * Knowledge of Digital STBs, especially experience with Cable Card development is desirable Specifics: * 5+ years experience with C, C++ or assembly-language programming for Linux and/or Unix targets. * 3+ years experience designing, developing and implementing Linux and/or Unix device drivers. * The candidate must be adaptable, flexible and willing to take on new challenges. * The candidate must be a team player, and must be able to work with multiple engineering and cross-functional teams. Additional Desirable Skills * Experienced in developing software for MIPS targets. * Experienced with Multi-media processing - including MPEG2, MP3 and JPEG * Experienced with hardware features such as CPU/memory architectures, DMA engines, Boot loaders, I2C, PCI, Ethernet, USB, IEEE-1394, RS-232, etc. Experienced in developing software to interface Cable Cards into digital STBs - ----------------------------------- 6) 6 months+, Westford MA *Position:* Senior Embedded Software engineer for 6 months, temp. to perm. likelihood *Essential Responsibilities and Duties:* Responsible for architecting, designing, and developing protocols and system software for customer's Optical and Cable broadband access products. Customer is bringing up a brand new board and for that effort they need someone that can write Linux hardware drivers (currently using v2.6) for a variety of different devices. *Required skills, knowledge and abilities*: Experience with C/C++ in an embedded development environment for networking equipment (routers, switches) is required. Experience with VxWorks, and Embedded Linux RTOS is preferred. Must have current experience writing Linux hardware drivers. Networking Industry experience spanning the breadth and depth of Layer Two to Layer Four - from VLAN, Bridging, Switching, DHCP, IP, TCP, UDP, and Multicast applications. Experience developing data-path for communication protocols and NPUs is a plus but not required - ------------------------------------- 7) 6 months+, Bedford, MA area Immediate need for Linux expert to write drivers at OS level for a Service processor. Lots of work going on in this group. The current tasks on the Linux based Service Processor that a contractor would concentrate are ; implementing CLI commands and API functions which maybe transparent calls to Linux OS functions. Other functions that need to be implemented are; supporting networking status and configuration, sensor monitoring, log collection/protection/storage, and field escalation/service mode features. If you are interested and qualified in any of these openings, please forward your confidential resume to jspencer(a)optimaleng.com Please note, your resume will not go anywhere without your prior approval. Regards, John Spencer jspencer(a)optimaleng.com =====end===== - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDzZYvHl0iXDssISsRAhOrAJ9IslSUPlOjzguhTHlFvlCnNeHVYwCcDBfV CYxMc3jp5HPP/Rt0zssOtCs= =TyQA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 18, 2006

Implementing Samba To Access MSA 1000 with 2.4 Terrabyte storage

by Aramico

All, is anyone of you have the experience with HP MSA 1000 2.4 Terrabyte SCSI hardrive that accessed using samba for its distribution access to several server ? The samba is in linux RHEL AS/ES on HP DL 360 G4P. How is the performance ?? In this case,which one is better, mapping drive using windows or samba ? with best regards, Aramico

Jan. 16, 2006

Re: [Wlug] google video...

by John Stoffel

Clint> Oh god! I thought that had finally died... I'm just impressed that he spent that much time getting it all in sync. It's a great example of the focus some people can bring to a project, which I can't help to match even if I tried. John

Jan. 16, 2006