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Job Opening: Full-time MySQL/PostreSQL Database Administator Position

by Theo Van Dinter

Since there doesn't seem to be a wlug-jobs list, I'm posting it here. My employer, TechTarget, is looking for a full-time MySQL/PostgreSQL database administrator. Oracle experience is a plus. Below is the role description which has more information. No recruiters need contact me. If there are any questions regarding this position, please email me direct. Details on working at TechTarget can be found here: http://www.techtarget.com/html/job_opps.htm Thank you. :) Position: Database Administrator Role Definition: Manage database content and customer information driving Web-based community features. Monitor database performance and capacity, tune system for performance and administer user access, security and back up. Two years DBA experience required and Apache, Solaris, Linux experience preferred. Required Competencies: * Strong analytical, teamwork, and problem solving skills * Technical expertise in Sun Solaris UNIX, Linux, MySQL, Postgres. Oracle experience not necessary, but considered a plus. * Design of database schemas, including setting up triggers and constraints to ensure integrity, indexing and tuning. * Knowledge in myisam and innodb file structures recommended * Basic understanding of scripting languages Reports To: Director of IT Operations, Product Systems Required Experience: Must have prior responsibility for administration of MySQL, Postgres RDBMS and knowledge of installing, upgrading and optimizing databases within a sophisticated multi-tier computer network. Oracle experience a plus. Initial Mandate: - Conduct database audit, present findings and make recommendations. * Security, passwords, user accounts, auditing * Document and maintain database configuration information * Develop and implement plans for database maintenance and upgrades. * Perform detailed database configurations. * Install, configure and maintain system tools and utilities. * Perform system diagnostics and create resolutions. * Monitor and tune systems for optimal performance. * Document database schema - Plan and install on New Production Servers, sized and tuned for optimal throughput and reliability. * Develop database, objects (tablespaces, tables, indexes, views) * Build and maintain users accounts and database roles * Evaluate disk spacing and resize/add datafiles - Ensure service performance through established metrics and audits. * Implement database and recovery strategies * Serve as liaison with database vendors; report problems and obtain technical solutions * Tune database and handle day-to-day DBA activities

March 25, 2005

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by Mike Leo

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March 23, 2005

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by Mcgurl, Michael J

Michael J. McGurl Engineering Computing NSEC Intel Massachusetts Voice: 978-553-5607 Pager: 877-406-8919 Cell: 774-230-6967 -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:00 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 15 Send Wlug mailing list submissions to wlug(a)mail.wlug.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org You can reach the person managing the list at wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Car pool... (Frank Moody) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 05:26:09 -0500 From: Frank Moody <fmoody-ug-wlug(a)moodman.org> Subject: [Wlug] Car pool... To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <20050323102609.GD63215(a)moodman.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Anybody heading to the WLUG meeting tonight from the Leominster area and wouldn't mind giving me a ride? Car trouble at the last minute (of course.. Most fun that way.) Frank Moody ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 15 ************************************

March 23, 2005

Car pool...

by Frank Moody

Anybody heading to the WLUG meeting tonight from the Leominster area and wouldn't mind giving me a ride? Car trouble at the last minute (of course.. Most fun that way.) Frank Moody

March 23, 2005

Re: [Wlug] REMINDER: WLUG Meeting Wed March 23rd 7:00 PM

by Scott Venier

Scott Venier said: > Interested in car-pooling? Depending on what time you leave Chelmsford, > I'd be up for leaving either from there or from the Intel plant in Hudson. > Oops. Sorry everybody. That was supposed to be off-list, but I'm dumb, still. That said, I suppose if anyone else is interested in carpooling from either Chelmsford or Hudson, contact me off list. :) Scott

March 22, 2005

Re: [Wlug] REMINDER: WLUG Meeting Wed March 23rd 7:00 PM

by Scott Venier

Andy Stewart said: > > We have a WLUG meeting coming up this week on Wednesday, March 23rd, at > 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI Campus in Worcester, MA USA. > Interested in car-pooling? Depending on what time you leave Chelmsford, I'd be up for leaving either from there or from the Intel plant in Hudson. Scott

March 22, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 13

by Raja Mukherjee

Had a look at the multisync page on sourceforge. Seems like it is designed for the Gnome Environment - it says: "MultiSync is a free modular program to synchronize calendars, addressbooks and other PIM data between programs on your computer and other computers, mobile devices, PDAs or cell phones. MultiSync works on any Gnome platform, such as Linux." I prefer to use KDE - will need to do some research to see if it works with KDE. Raja Mukherjee ____________________________________________________________________ On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:15:12 -0500, Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Not that I've tried it or anything, but you might want to look into > multisync. I've been trying to use it to sync Oracle calendar with > sunbird (with minimal success, but it seems an apt application for > this situation)... > > -Jared

March 22, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 13

by Jared Greenwald

Not that I've tried it or anything, but you might want to look into multisync. I've been trying to use it to sync Oracle calendar with sunbird (with minimal success, but it seems an apt application for this situation)... -Jared On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:36:35 -0500, Raja Mukherjee <raja.mukherjee56(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for all the suggestions re. changing default email client - I > found the selectable preferences under the Gnome Control Center - > couldn't find anything equivlent in the KDE Control Center though. > > Now all I have to do is figure out how to have the kPilot memos (that > I synched from my Visor Prism) to transfer to the Notes module in > Kontact > > Raja Mukherjee > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 22, 2005

Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 13

by Raja Mukherjee

Thanks for all the suggestions re. changing default email client - I found the selectable preferences under the Gnome Control Center - couldn't find anything equivlent in the KDE Control Center though. Now all I have to do is figure out how to have the kPilot memos (that I synched from my Visor Prism) to transfer to the Notes module in Kontact Raja Mukherjee

March 21, 2005

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by Mcgurl, Michael J

Michael J. McGurl Engineering Computing NSEC Intel Massachusetts Voice: 978-553-5607 Pager: 877-406-8919 Cell: 774-230-6967 -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 12:00 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 13 Send Wlug mailing list submissions to wlug(a)mail.wlug.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org You can reach the person managing the list at wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 (Raja Mukherjee) 2. Re: Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 (Jared Greenwald) 3. Re: Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 (Chuck R. Anderson) 4. REMINDER: WLUG Meeting Wed March 23rd 7:00 PM (Andy Stewart) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:23:40 -0500 From: Raja Mukherjee <raja.mukherjee56(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <5f4be20503201123816c98d(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On a similar note, how does one change the default mail client from Evolution to Kmail? I am using Firefox 1.0.1 as the default browser. The reason I want it to change over is because I have synced my palm to Kontact and want to use Kmail as the mail client, so I can share the contacts lis. Raja Mukherjee _________________________________________________________________ > Today's Topics: > > 1. Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird (Andrew Robert) > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:33:30 -0500 > From: Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> > Subject: [Wlug] Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <423C545A.9080000(a)townisp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Everyone, > > Last question for awhile. > > I swear. > > Anyway, has anyone had luck configuring Opera to use an alternate mail > client than the native M2? > > I am trying to get it to call Thunderbird but I've had mixed results. > > I reviewed the Opera Support Knowledge base article located at the link > below but nothing I do seems to work. > > http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=472 > > -- > Thank you, > Andrew Robert > Systems Architect > Information Technologies > Massachusetts Financial Services > Phone: (617) 954-5882 > Pager: (781) 945-1742 > E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:38:27 -0500 From: Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 To: Raja Mukherjee <raja.mukherjee56(a)gmail.com>, Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Message-ID: <2759cf8605032012387ab9fdce(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Those types of settings are usually part of the window manager. I thnk in KDE its in control center somewhere - or in konqueror where apps association is done. -Jared On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:23:40 -0500, Raja Mukherjee <raja.mukherjee56(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On a similar note, how does one change the default mail client from > Evolution to Kmail? I am using Firefox 1.0.1 as the default browser. > The reason I want it to change over is because I have synced my palm > to Kontact and want to use Kmail as the mail client, so I can share > the contacts lis. > > Raja Mukherjee > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird (Andrew Robert) > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:33:30 -0500 > > From: Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> > > Subject: [Wlug] Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > Message-ID: <423C545A.9080000(a)townisp.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Last question for awhile. > > > > I swear. > > > > Anyway, has anyone had luck configuring Opera to use an alternate mail > > client than the native M2? > > > > I am trying to get it to call Thunderbird but I've had mixed results. > > > > I reviewed the Opera Support Knowledge base article located at the link > > below but nothing I do seems to work. > > > > http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=472 > > > > -- > > Thank you, > > Andrew Robert > > Systems Architect > > Information Technologies > > Massachusetts Financial Services > > Phone: (617) 954-5882 > > Pager: (781) 945-1742 > > E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:46:15 -0500 From: "Chuck R. Anderson" <cra(a)WPI.EDU> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <20050321014615.GE29293(a)angus.ind.WPI.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 02:23:40PM -0500, Raja Mukherjee wrote: > On a similar note, how does one change the default mail client from > Evolution to Kmail? I am using Firefox 1.0.1 as the default browser. > The reason I want it to change over is because I have synced my palm > to Kontact and want to use Kmail as the mail client, so I can share > the contacts lis. In Fedora Core 3 there is Preferences -> More Preferences -> Preferred Applications which works for Web Browser, Mail Reader, Text Editor, and Terminal. KMail is among the choices for Mail Reader. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:13:23 -0500 From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Subject: [Wlug] REMINDER: WLUG Meeting Wed March 23rd 7:00 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Message-ID: <423E2DC3.5030507(a)comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 HI Everybody, We have a WLUG meeting coming up this week on Wednesday, March 23rd, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI Campus in Worcester, MA USA. At this meeting, yours truly will be giving a talk about how Linux was used to create video DVDs from files created by a TV capture card. In this talk, there will be a demo of simple video editing, creation of the DVD menu, and creation of the DVD files and directory structure. If there is time, we might be visited by Drs. Howard, Fine, and Howard. I'll have two books for the no-cost raffle. Maybe someone will come to the meeting just to try to win one of these: Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System After the meeting, anybody who is intersted can join the crowd for some pizza either across campus or on Highland Street. WLUG meetings are open to the public. There are no admission fees or membership dues. We do accept small donations if you are feeling generous. :-) Soda and cookies will be provided at the meeting. See ya later, Andy (Digital signature intentionally left blank until I figure out how to get Thunderbird 1.0 to use gpg.....enigmail isn't working for me....yet) -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 13 ************************************

March 21, 2005

REMINDER: WLUG Meeting Wed March 23rd 7:00 PM

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, We have a WLUG meeting coming up this week on Wednesday, March 23rd, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI Campus in Worcester, MA USA. At this meeting, yours truly will be giving a talk about how Linux was used to create video DVDs from files created by a TV capture card. In this talk, there will be a demo of simple video editing, creation of the DVD menu, and creation of the DVD files and directory structure. If there is time, we might be visited by Drs. Howard, Fine, and Howard. I'll have two books for the no-cost raffle. Maybe someone will come to the meeting just to try to win one of these: Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System After the meeting, anybody who is intersted can join the crowd for some pizza either across campus or on Highland Street. WLUG meetings are open to the public. There are no admission fees or membership dues. We do accept small donations if you are feeling generous. :-) Soda and cookies will be provided at the meeting. See ya later, Andy (Digital signature intentionally left blank until I figure out how to get Thunderbird 1.0 to use gpg.....enigmail isn't working for me....yet) -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

March 21, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12

by Chuck R. Anderson

On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 02:23:40PM -0500, Raja Mukherjee wrote: > On a similar note, how does one change the default mail client from > Evolution to Kmail? I am using Firefox 1.0.1 as the default browser. > The reason I want it to change over is because I have synced my palm > to Kontact and want to use Kmail as the mail client, so I can share > the contacts lis. In Fedora Core 3 there is Preferences -> More Preferences -> Preferred Applications which works for Web Browser, Mail Reader, Text Editor, and Terminal. KMail is among the choices for Mail Reader.

March 21, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12

by Jared Greenwald

Those types of settings are usually part of the window manager. I thnk in KDE its in control center somewhere - or in konqueror where apps association is done. -Jared On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:23:40 -0500, Raja Mukherjee <raja.mukherjee56(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On a similar note, how does one change the default mail client from > Evolution to Kmail? I am using Firefox 1.0.1 as the default browser. > The reason I want it to change over is because I have synced my palm > to Kontact and want to use Kmail as the mail client, so I can share > the contacts lis. > > Raja Mukherjee > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird (Andrew Robert) > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:33:30 -0500 > > From: Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> > > Subject: [Wlug] Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > Message-ID: <423C545A.9080000(a)townisp.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Last question for awhile. > > > > I swear. > > > > Anyway, has anyone had luck configuring Opera to use an alternate mail > > client than the native M2? > > > > I am trying to get it to call Thunderbird but I've had mixed results. > > > > I reviewed the Opera Support Knowledge base article located at the link > > below but nothing I do seems to work. > > > > http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=472 > > > > -- > > Thank you, > > Andrew Robert > > Systems Architect > > Information Technologies > > Massachusetts Financial Services > > Phone: (617) 954-5882 > > Pager: (781) 945-1742 > > E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 20, 2005

Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12

by Raja Mukherjee

On a similar note, how does one change the default mail client from Evolution to Kmail? I am using Firefox 1.0.1 as the default browser. The reason I want it to change over is because I have synced my palm to Kontact and want to use Kmail as the mail client, so I can share the contacts lis. Raja Mukherjee _________________________________________________________________ > Today's Topics: > > 1. Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird (Andrew Robert) > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:33:30 -0500 > From: Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> > Subject: [Wlug] Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <423C545A.9080000(a)townisp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Everyone, > > Last question for awhile. > > I swear. > > Anyway, has anyone had luck configuring Opera to use an alternate mail > client than the native M2? > > I am trying to get it to call Thunderbird but I've had mixed results. > > I reviewed the Opera Support Knowledge base article located at the link > below but nothing I do seems to work. > > http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=472 > > -- > Thank you, > Andrew Robert > Systems Architect > Information Technologies > Massachusetts Financial Services > Phone: (617) 954-5882 > Pager: (781) 945-1742 > E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

March 20, 2005

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by glim＠mycybernet.net

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March 20, 2005

Opera - tie-ins to thunderbird

by Andrew Robert

Hi Everyone, Last question for awhile. I swear. Anyway, has anyone had luck configuring Opera to use an alternate mail client than the native M2? I am trying to get it to call Thunderbird but I've had mixed results. I reviewed the Opera Support Knowledge base article located at the link below but nothing I do seems to work. http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=472 -- Thank you, Andrew Robert Systems Architect Information Technologies Massachusetts Financial Services Phone: (617) 954-5882 Pager: (781) 945-1742 E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

March 19, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Looking Glass on Fedora Core 3

by Andrew Robert

A very good point. I have the live cd and will give it a try. Thanks rewster(a)rewster.org wrote: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Andrew Robert wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I 'm contemplating installing the new Sun Looking Glass 3D desktop on >> Fedora Core 3. >> >> Has anyone had any experience doing this? >> >> The instructions located at >> https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/lg3d-getting-started.html seem pretty >> straight forward but I was wondering if there were any gotcha's. >> >> Likewise, does anyone know of a repository with RPM's for this to >> make my life easier? >> >> Any information you might have on this would be welcome. >> > > It's my understanding that LG3D, as it is right now, is more of a > "proof-of-concept" than a full, working desktop, maybe that's changed > since the last time I looked. With that in mind, there was news a while > back of a liveCD that had LG3D installed on it, never got the change to > DL it since it was slashdotted... the site if you're interested in that > is: http://lg3d-livecd.dev.java.net/ > > It looks like their DL links are still down, maybe you could find > someone who has the iso. Might be worth looking into before going > through the trouble of building it... > -- Thank you, Andrew Robert Systems Architect Information Technologies - OpenVMS Massachusetts Financial Services Phone: (617) 954-5882 Pager: (781) 945-1742 E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

March 18, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Looking Glass on Fedora Core 3

by rewster＠rewster.org

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Andrew Robert wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I 'm contemplating installing the new Sun Looking Glass 3D desktop on Fedora > Core 3. > > Has anyone had any experience doing this? > > The instructions located at > https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/lg3d-getting-started.html seem pretty straight > forward but I was wondering if there were any gotcha's. > > Likewise, does anyone know of a repository with RPM's for this to make my > life easier? > > Any information you might have on this would be welcome. > It's my understanding that LG3D, as it is right now, is more of a "proof-of-concept" than a full, working desktop, maybe that's changed since the last time I looked. With that in mind, there was news a while back of a liveCD that had LG3D installed on it, never got the change to DL it since it was slashdotted... the site if you're interested in that is: http://lg3d-livecd.dev.java.net/ It looks like their DL links are still down, maybe you could find someone who has the iso. Might be worth looking into before going through the trouble of building it... -- JP LaFleur rewster(a)rewster.org

March 18, 2005

Looking Glass on Fedora Core 3

by Andrew Robert

Hi everyone, I 'm contemplating installing the new Sun Looking Glass 3D desktop on Fedora Core 3. Has anyone had any experience doing this? The instructions located at https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/lg3d-getting-started.html seem pretty straight forward but I was wondering if there were any gotcha's. Likewise, does anyone know of a repository with RPM's for this to make my life easier? Any information you might have on this would be welcome. -- Thank you, Andrew Robert Systems Architect Information Technologies Massachusetts Financial Services Phone: (617) 954-5882 Pager: (781) 945-1742 E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

March 18, 2005

Re: SuSE 9.1 YaST2 online_update problem

by Tom Misilo

You can only upgrade SLES9 if you have the upgrade key from SuSE Themselves I recommend downloading SUSE 9.2 DVD or FTP install if this is only for a personal use OS ~Tom "Hi All, I just installed the SuSE SLES 9 (kernel 2.6.5-7.97). I can't get the 'YOU' utility to work. A box pops up asking for a username/password pair. I have this set up to run automatically every day at 5:00AM, but it fails with an error message "Unable to check for updates". If I run the YOU GUI by hand, a box pops up asking for authentication data (a username and password). During the installation of the O/S, it actually ran YOU successfully and downloaded some updates. I've looked at the /etc/sysconfig/onlineupdate file and I can't see anything obviously wrong. There is a password file in /var/lib/YaST2/you. I've tried using the root password, my personal password, but nothing works. What am I overlooking? Thanks, -Chuck" -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL MSN:tmisilo@gmail.com Jabber:tmisilo@jabber.org Skype: tmisilo

March 18, 2005

desklets-daemon will not run - FIXED!

by Ken Jones

I found the answer to my problem in <http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=26681&page=4> All I needed to do was to "yum install gnome-python2-gnomevfs.i386" It took a while, but that's alright:-) Thanks everyone. Ken Jones

March 18, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Re: Unsuccessfull installation of gDesklets...

by Andrew Robert

Go to the DAG repository and you can pull it down via yum or apt depending on how you configure yourself. Jared Greenwald wrote: >Have you configured yum at all? I think the http://fedorafaq.org >wesite has a good yum.conf file that you can just apply to your >system. I was able to find many packages through yum with this >config. There is also a way to install apt on redhat/fedora, which >adds the deps checking automatically. We use this setup on our redhat >el as 3 desktops at work for those that don't really want to track >down all of those deps. > >-Jared > >On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:43:53 -0500, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > > >>Before my plea could be published on the WLUG list Jared Greenwald >>suggested that I look harder for a RPM version of gDesklets. I found >>one in http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/packages.php >> >>It worked! >> >>Thanks everyone just for being there. >> >>Ken Jones >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > -- Thank you, Andrew Robert Systems Architect Information Technologies - OpenVMS Massachusetts Financial Services Phone: (617) 954-5882 Pager: (781) 945-1742 E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

March 17, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Re: Unsuccessfull installation of gDesklets...

by Jared Greenwald

Have you configured yum at all? I think the http://fedorafaq.org wesite has a good yum.conf file that you can just apply to your system. I was able to find many packages through yum with this config. There is also a way to install apt on redhat/fedora, which adds the deps checking automatically. We use this setup on our redhat el as 3 desktops at work for those that don't really want to track down all of those deps. -Jared On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:43:53 -0500, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > Before my plea could be published on the WLUG list Jared Greenwald > suggested that I look harder for a RPM version of gDesklets. I found > one in http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/packages.php > > It worked! > > Thanks everyone just for being there. > > Ken Jones > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 17, 2005

Re: Unsuccessfull installation of gDesklets...

by Ken Jones

Before my plea could be published on the WLUG list Jared Greenwald suggested that I look harder for a RPM version of gDesklets. I found one in http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/packages.php It worked! Thanks everyone just for being there. Ken Jones

March 17, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Unsuccessful installation of gDesklets

by Jared Greenwald

Question? Did you search yum for gdesklets? On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:49:36 -0500, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > You've piqued my interest in gDesklets. I am trying to install it with > no success. I am running Fedora Core 3. The README warns me not to > attempt to compile this package, but it offers me no alternative. > > I downloaded, unzipped and tar'd gDesklets-0.34.2.tar.bz2. I ran the > configure file. It failed for lack of pygtk-2.0. (see below) I > downloaded, unzipped and tar'd > pygtk-2.4.1.tar.bz2. This successfully compiled and installed. > > I even helped by modifying and exporting environmental PKG_CONFIG_PATH > But still gDesklets did not. Any ideas? > > -----snip of command [kjones@kjones-fedora gDesklets-0.34.2]$ ./configure > . > . > checking for pygtk-2.0 >= 2.4.0 pyorbit-2 >= 2.0.1 gnome-python-2.0 >= > 2.6.0... Package pygtk-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. > Perhaps you should add the directory containing `pygtk-2.0.pc' > to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable > No package 'pygtk-2.0' found > > configure: error: Library requirements (pygtk-2.0 >= 2.4.0 pyorbit-2 >= > 2.0.1 gnome-python-2.0 >= 2.6.0) not met; consider adjusting the > PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a > nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. > > --------------------- > I successfully installed pgytk-2.4.1. Here is the last step: > [root@kjones-fedora pygtk-2.4.1]# make install > Making install in codegen > . > . > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. > make[2]: Leaving directory > `/home/kjones/downloads/FedoraCore3/pygtk-2.4.1/tests' > make[1]: Leaving directory > `/home/kjones/downloads/FedoraCore3/pygtk-2.4.1/tests' > [root@kjones-fedora pygtk-2.4.1]# > > I set PKG_CONFIG_PATH as suggested. > > [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ ls $PKG_CONFIG_PATH > pygtk-2.0 > [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH > /usr/bin/include > [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ > > Still no good. What do you think? > > Ken Jones > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 17, 2005