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Re: [Wlug] SCSI question.

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Karl Hiramoto wrote: <snip> > One of my out of warranty drives died. (bad sectors) > <snip> Would "e2fsck -c <partition>" help to save your current drive? Bill

Jan. 13, 2003

Re: [Wlug] SCSI question.

by Clint Moyer

It won't run at U160 speeds with that adapter, but it will work. On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:22:52 -0500 (EST) Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)zoop.org> wrote: > >I know there are some SCSI guru's on this list. > >One of my out of warranty drives died. (bad sectors) > >I'm replacing it. The old drive was SCSI-2 Wide(80pin). > The SCSI >interface listed in /proc/pci is: >SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW/D / >AIC-7881U (rev 1). > >Will a Ultra160 80pin drive work? I'm pretty sure it >does, just >looking for verification. Anyone know for sure? > > >Thanks > >-- > >¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø >Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> >Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 >Cell: 508-517-4819 >Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ >Freedom: http://www.technojihad.com/ >Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ >KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.org/ >AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto >¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > <TEXTAREA NAME="Signature" ROWS="4" COLS="60">

Jan. 13, 2003

Re: [Wlug] SCSI question.

by Matthew Schnee

Yes, the drive will work. Matthew Schnee Karl Hiramoto wrote: > > I know there are some SCSI guru's on this list. > > One of my out of warranty drives died. (bad sectors) > > I'm replacing it. The old drive was SCSI-2 Wide(80pin). The SCSI > interface listed in /proc/pci is: > SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW/D / AIC-7881U (rev 1). > > Will a Ultra160 80pin drive work? I'm pretty sure it does, just > looking for verification. Anyone know for sure? > > Thanks > > -- > > ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø > Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> > Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 > Cell: 508-517-4819 > Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ > Freedom: http://www.technojihad.com/ > Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ > KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.org/ > AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto > ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 13, 2003

SCSI question.

by Karl Hiramoto

I know there are some SCSI guru's on this list. One of my out of warranty drives died. (bad sectors) I'm replacing it. The old drive was SCSI-2 Wide(80pin). The SCSI interface listed in /proc/pci is: SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW/D / AIC-7881U (rev 1). Will a Ultra160 80pin drive work? I'm pretty sure it does, just looking for verification. Anyone know for sure? Thanks -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ Freedom: http://www.technojihad.com/ Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø

Jan. 13, 2003

Re: [Wlug] I could not read from my my qmail server.

by Karl Hiramoto

I'd say you need to first find the cause of the "MAILER_DAEMON FAILURE NOTICE" maybee attach one of the messages and send it to the list. It usually says in the message why it failed. Then just correct the problem. Also look at the qmail logs, they might indicate what is going on. The logs might be in /var/log/ or /var/log/messages You gave very few details. On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Aramico wrote: > Hi all, > Can you please help me.... > > I've got a problem with qmail, > > I've built my qmail server, > Here, I can send an email using my email address, cleary listed on the > recepient name that the sender's address is listed. > But, these following things happen : > > 1. I can connect to my server, the connection and autorization are workin' > nice, It alwais say "NO NEW MESSAGES" > 2. When I'm tryin' to send an email address to the one of the email address > that defined on my mail server, it always MAILER_DAEMON replied with the > subject is "FAILURE NOTICE" > > So, can somebody tell me what has happened here... ? What Shoul I Do ? > > Thanks All, > Bye there and have a nice day! > > > Note : I'm using qmail with pop3. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ Freedom: http://www.technojihad.com/ Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø The future not being born, my friend, we will abstain from baptizing it. -- George Meredith

Jan. 13, 2003

I could not read from my my qmail server.

by Aramico

Hi all, Can you please help me.... I've got a problem with qmail, I've built my qmail server, Here, I can send an email using my email address, cleary listed on the recepient name that the sender's address is listed. But, these following things happen : 1. I can connect to my server, the connection and autorization are workin' nice, It alwais say "NO NEW MESSAGES" 2. When I'm tryin' to send an email address to the one of the email address that defined on my mail server, it always MAILER_DAEMON replied with the subject is "FAILURE NOTICE" So, can somebody tell me what has happened here... ? What Shoul I Do ? Thanks All, Bye there and have a nice day! Note : I'm using qmail with pop3.

Jan. 13, 2003

REMINDER: WLUG meeting 15-jan-03

by Andy Stewart

HI everybody, This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting to be held on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA. At this meeting, we'll be discussing Linux on handheld devices. Mostly, this meeting will be about actually running Linux on things like the iPAQ, but if anybody is interested, I"ll have my Palm IIIx and jpilot available for a quick demo (more like Linux *with* handhelds). I think Brad and Wes will be bringing iPAQs. Who else is planning on bringing something? I had heard a rumor that somebody in the group had an XBOX running Linux, and if so, that's fair game since it will fit in my hands. :-) Please respond to this e-mail if you are bringing something for this meeting. That info will help to draw interested parties to the meeting and make it a better meeting. Be there - 7:00 PM ! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 11, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access

by philrmcss＠netscape.net

Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)attbi.com> wrote: Andy: Good thinking. When I get to rambling, I can really ramble. Thanks for the help. Phil > >Hi Phil, > >Let's break this into two threads so people will have a chance to address each >topic without confusion. > >Secondly, if you could provide more information regarding what you did, what >you expected to happen, and what actually happened (error messages and such >are really helpful), then I'm sure somebody on this list can help get you up >and running smartly. > >Later, > >Andy > >-- >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 > > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

Jan. 8, 2003

RE: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access

by Keller, Tim

Well, If you've got a "winmodem" check a few places like http://www.linmodems.org/ also, google is your friend in this case. If you've got an internal hardware modem, it's been my experience that in order for it to work at all, the port/IRQ settings in your bios have to exactly match the ones postulated in the setserial documentation... /dev/ttys0 (COM1), port 0x3f8, irq 4 /dev/ttys1 (COM2), port 0x2f8, irq 3 /dev/ttys2 (COM3), port 0x3e8, irq 4 /dev/ttys3 (COM4), port 0x2e8, irq 3 As for the broadband, do you have an external broadband modem connected to your machine via ethernet or an onboard broadband adapter? (I'm going on the premise that you've got the former... if you don't you'll have to look around for drivers that'll support the onboard broadband adapter) For your ethernet not working, I'd first check to see that the card was recognized. The best place to start is to see if the drivers been loaded. executing the "lsmod" command (as root) will give you a listing of all the loaded drivers... [root@medusa proc]# lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted nls_iso8859-1 3488 0 (autoclean) 3c59x 28520 1 ... (this listing could be quite long) You should see something like the 3c59x (if you've got a 3com card) Also, you might want to check the Suse hardware errata to make sure that your cards totally supported. In this day an age, only rather exotic hardware isn't fully supported... Another place to look is /proc/interrupt aka "cat /proc/interrupt" (once again as root) this will give you a listing of all the devices linux sees on the machine. If you don't see your ethernet card listed, you probably have some sort of conflict. I hope this helps... Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Robert L Krawitz [mailto:rlk@alum.mit.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 7:11 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Cc: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access From: "Aramico" <aramico(a)duahati.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:55:51 +0700 Well, if the modem can work under Linux, the name is not WinModem, It's a kind of Hardware Modem. No, a few manufacturers have provided Linux drivers for their WinModems. -- Robert Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf(a)uunet.uu.net Project lead for Gimp Print -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access

by Robert L Krawitz

From: "Aramico" <aramico(a)duahati.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:55:51 +0700 Well, if the modem can work under Linux, the name is not WinModem, It's a kind of Hardware Modem. No, a few manufacturers have provided Linux drivers for their WinModems. -- Robert Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf(a)uunet.uu.net Project lead for Gimp Print -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access

by Wes Allen

No, it's a "software" modem, it's just that certain software modemns have had their specs open and others have had binary-only drivers released for them... Wes On Tuesday 07 January 2003 1:55 am, Aramico wrote: > Well, if the modem can work under Linux, the name is not WinModem, It's a > kind of Hardware Modem. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andy Stewart" <andystewart(a)attbi.com> > To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:19 AM > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access > > > On Monday 06 January 2003 10:47 pm, Aramico wrote: > > > Well, it's a little bit easy to indicate what your modem is ? > > > If your modem is a kind of internal model, it must be a win modem. > > > A win modem is a kind of modem that the mechanism is provided by > > > windows application, it's not workin on linux machine. > > > > Not necessarily true. > > > > > If you got an internal modem with the branded one such as USR Robotics, > > it > > > > is not win modem, it can work on linux platform. > > > Basically, if you found a warning on your modem that your modem need > > > minimum requeirment processor, it means you got a win modem, can not > > work > > > > with Linux. > > > > > > > > > Okay, hope that can clear your problem. > > > > There are a few WinModems that *do* work under Linux, but generally > > speaking, > > > they do not. My laptop has a Conexant chip in it, which does have a > > Linux driver available. > > > > See: > > http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/ > > > > I have not tried to use this software, so I can't say first hand that it > > works. > > > > Later, > > > > Andy > > > > -- > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Zaurus or Convert iPAQ?

by Wes Allen

OK, THAT is just sick...... I LIKE it! Wes On Monday 06 January 2003 10:12 pm, Andy Stewart wrote: > On Saturday 04 January 2003 3:49 pm, Wes Allen wrote: > > Hi gang, > > I'm currently wrestling with getting a Zaurus or just going ahead and > > converting my iPAQ to Linux. What do you guys think? > > > > Wes > > Buy the Zaurus, convert the iPAQ, and get them to talk to one another via > wireless. Setup VNC servers - amaze your friends! > > :-) -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access

by Aramico

Well, if the modem can work under Linux, the name is not WinModem, It's a kind of Hardware Modem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Stewart" <andystewart(a)attbi.com> To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access > On Monday 06 January 2003 10:47 pm, Aramico wrote: > > Well, it's a little bit easy to indicate what your modem is ? > > If your modem is a kind of internal model, it must be a win modem. > > A win modem is a kind of modem that the mechanism is provided by windows > > application, it's not workin on linux machine. > > Not necessarily true. > > > > > If you got an internal modem with the branded one such as USR Robotics, it > > is not win modem, it can work on linux platform. > > Basically, if you found a warning on your modem that your modem need > > minimum requeirment processor, it means you got a win modem, can not work > > with Linux. > > > > > > Okay, hope that can clear your problem. > > There are a few WinModems that *do* work under Linux, but generally speaking, > they do not. My laptop has a Conexant chip in it, which does have a Linux > driver available. > > See: > http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/ > > I have not tried to use this software, so I can't say first hand that it > works. > > Later, > > Andy > > -- > 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 >

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access

by Andy Stewart

On Monday 06 January 2003 10:47 pm, Aramico wrote: > Well, it's a little bit easy to indicate what your modem is ? > If your modem is a kind of internal model, it must be a win modem. > A win modem is a kind of modem that the mechanism is provided by windows > application, it's not workin on linux machine. Not necessarily true. > > If you got an internal modem with the branded one such as USR Robotics, it > is not win modem, it can work on linux platform. > Basically, if you found a warning on your modem that your modem need > minimum requeirment processor, it means you got a win modem, can not work > with Linux. > > > Okay, hope that can clear your problem. There are a few WinModems that *do* work under Linux, but generally speaking, they do not. My laptop has a Conexant chip in it, which does have a Linux driver available. See: http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/ I have not tried to use this software, so I can't say first hand that it works. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Upcoming meeting January 15th

by Andy Stewart

Hi Everybody, Our meeting about "Linux and Handhelds" is coming up soon! If you are bringing a handheld device, please send me e-mail so I can post the info on the website and in a subsequent e-mail. If you're bringing some "non-conventional" device running Linux, that's OK too, just let me know so I can tell others. Thanks! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access

by Aramico

Well, it's a little bit easy to indicate what your modem is ? If your modem is a kind of internal model, it must be a win modem. A win modem is a kind of modem that the mechanism is provided by windows application, it's not workin on linux machine. If you got an internal modem with the branded one such as USR Robotics, it is not win modem, it can work on linux platform. Basically, if you found a warning on your modem that your modem need minimum requeirment processor, it means you got a win modem, can not work with Linux. Okay, hope that can clear your problem. ---------------------------------------------------------- Aramico ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Stewart" <andystewart(a)attbi.com> To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access > On Sunday 05 January 2003 10:50 pm, philrmcss(a)netscape.net wrote: > > I recently installed Suse Linux on my Pentium III, 600 mHz computer that > > had Windows XP installed previously. Linux seems to work OK, except that I > > can't access my cable modem or dial-up modem from it. If I want to go to > > the internet, I have to go via windows. > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] vpn behind firewall

by Michael Long

Hi Andy, I was hoping that by adding a second nic card that plugs into my router I could somehow configure the webserver to use one nic and the vpn to use the other without the 2 cards knowing about each other. From some of the responses I have gotten it appears that this was naive thinking on my part. Cheers, Mike > On Tuesday 31 December 2002 10:18 am, Michael Long wrote: > > I have gotten both vpn's coexisting nicely with each other. I can now > > connect to my desktop at work via vnc. It looks like I can now remove my > > windows partition...YEA! > > > > Now for my final issue. I have not been able to configure my cisco vpn to > > allow me access to my local lan when connected the vpn is running. This is > > proving to be most inconvenient because I do have a web server running that > > is accessable to the outside world. Unfortunately the webserver is > > unavailable when the vpn is activated. I am thinking that if I add a > > second nic card to the box and configure it properly that I should be able > > to have one card handle the webserver traffic and the other card will > > handle the vpn traffic. Does this seems like a sane configuration? If so > > can someone point me to documentation that will explain how to accomplish > > this. > > > > Thanks again, > > Mike > > Hi Mike, > > Look for a setting in your configuration that says something about > "EXCLUDE_LOCAL_LAN". The possible values are true and false. Toggle it and > see if that fixes your problem. > > If the webserver in question is running on the machine that is making the VPN > connection, then it will not be visible on the Internet while the VPN is > active. That's a feature. When you activate the VPN on your machine, you > become part of your company's network, and when you deactivate the VPN, you > go "back to normal". > > You could add another NIC to handle the web traffic, but you then create a > path from one NIC to your machine and out the other NIC to your company's > network. Do you really want to create a back door into your company's > network that way? This is a security issue to be considered. > > Later, > > Andy > > -- > 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 > > >

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Suse Linux: Internet access

by Andy Stewart

On Sunday 05 January 2003 10:50 pm, philrmcss(a)netscape.net wrote: > I recently installed Suse Linux on my Pentium III, 600 mHz computer that > had Windows XP installed previously. Linux seems to work OK, except that I > can't access my cable modem or dial-up modem from it. If I want to go to > the internet, I have to go via windows. Hi Phil, Let's break this into two threads so people will have a chance to address each topic without confusion. Secondly, if you could provide more information regarding what you did, what you expected to happen, and what actually happened (error messages and such are really helpful), then I'm sure somebody on this list can help get you up and running smartly. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Zaurus or Convert iPAQ?

by Andy Stewart

On Saturday 04 January 2003 3:49 pm, Wes Allen wrote: > Hi gang, > I'm currently wrestling with getting a Zaurus or just going ahead and > converting my iPAQ to Linux. What do you guys think? > > Wes Buy the Zaurus, convert the iPAQ, and get them to talk to one another via wireless. Setup VNC servers - amaze your friends! :-) -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] vpn behind firewall

by Andy Stewart

On Tuesday 31 December 2002 10:18 am, Michael Long wrote: > I have gotten both vpn's coexisting nicely with each other. I can now > connect to my desktop at work via vnc. It looks like I can now remove my > windows partition...YEA! > > Now for my final issue. I have not been able to configure my cisco vpn to > allow me access to my local lan when connected the vpn is running. This is > proving to be most inconvenient because I do have a web server running that > is accessable to the outside world. Unfortunately the webserver is > unavailable when the vpn is activated. I am thinking that if I add a > second nic card to the box and configure it properly that I should be able > to have one card handle the webserver traffic and the other card will > handle the vpn traffic. Does this seems like a sane configuration? If so > can someone point me to documentation that will explain how to accomplish > this. > > Thanks again, > Mike Hi Mike, Look for a setting in your configuration that says something about "EXCLUDE_LOCAL_LAN". The possible values are true and false. Toggle it and see if that fixes your problem. If the webserver in question is running on the machine that is making the VPN connection, then it will not be visible on the Internet while the VPN is active. That's a feature. When you activate the VPN on your machine, you become part of your company's network, and when you deactivate the VPN, you go "back to normal". You could add another NIC to handle the web traffic, but you then create a path from one NIC to your machine and out the other NIC to your company's network. Do you really want to create a back door into your company's network that way? This is a security issue to be considered. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] RE: Linux on a PPC chip

by Andy Stewart

On Monday 30 December 2002 12:55 pm, Sands Fish wrote: > Now, the only other tweak I have a burning desire to > make to this box is to configure the kernel to use SMP > for the dual 500Mhz processors. From what I've heard, > it should only be using the first one right now, and > that I have to rebuild the kernel with SMP support. > Sound right? I would appreciate any tips or help on > getting there, such as: > > -> how > -> where to check to -know- that it's using > one or both > -> any other useful kernel info > > anything would be great really. thanx! > > - Sands <x>< HI Sands, This command: cat /proc/cpuinfo shows both of my CPUs in operation. There should be a section for each processor. The program xosview will also show what each of the N CPUs are doing. (Its rather cool to run on a 16 processor Sun server, but I digress). Finally, check /var/log/boot.msg (is this generic or specific to SuSE?) to see something like the following: <4>Processor #0 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17 <4>Processor #1 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17 <4>I/O APIC #2 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000. <4>Processors: 2 Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Notebooks...

by Andy Stewart

Hi Wes, There is alot of information at this website: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ For me, my Sony VAIO PCG-FXA36 works fine with SuSE Linux 8.1 except for the built in modem. However, I *think* there's a driver available for the modem, but I have not tried it. As Doug mentioned, the battery life stinks (a little over an hour), and at $250 for a 2nd battery, they can keep it. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Color matching scanned photos vs. printed output

by Andy Stewart

On Thursday 02 January 2003 10:39 pm, Skip Gaede wrote: > Hi Andy, > > I have just discovered that the GIMP can work with color profiles. > See http://www.coloraid.de/, which was referenced at > http://www.normankoren.com/color_management_3.html > > Norman Koren has a web site that discusses a lot of aspects of > digital darkroom. To calibrate things, you need a printed color > chart, an example of which is the IT8 target. I have seen them > sold by Praxisoft for $70.00, but you can get the same chart from > Germany for $10.00 US + $5.00 S&H. Check out SCARSE which is a > Linux program for scanner profiles. Hi gang, Thanks for the additional info. I'll take a look at this info shortly. I've also found some information in "Grokking the GIMP" with regard to how to use some features of the GIMP to enhance scanned images. This was most helpful when I discovered that scanning images from a magazine or calendar (printed material) caused a speckling effect to appear in the resulting image. The GIMP has a despeckling filter that removes this rather well in many cases. This entire topic has me wondering if a detailed examination of the features of the GIMP might be a good discussion for a future meeting. There seems to be much more there than originally meets the eye. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Toshiba Laptop?

by Robert Condon

I am writing this on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. I have used it since Suse 7.2 but it is now 8.1. APM worked correctly with 8.0 but not with 8.1 so I will be reinstalling it with 8.0. Otherwise, I am happy with it though it gets hot and the battery only lasts about an hour. Bob Condon doug waud wrote: > Wesley Allen wrote: > >> What's your collective opinion of Toshiba laptops? Circuit City has >> got a decent machine (Satellite 1415-s173) for $999 and they actually >> let me boot Knoppix on it to check out hardware support (everything >> worked). > > > I have an old toshiba satellite ( 2595cdt ) which runs nicely for me on > SuSE 7.2. I have had it since 0ct/99. No problems. Have added memory and > put in a large hard drive. > >> The only thing I'm wondering about is the battery. > > > Battery life sucks. Like Andy I seem to get very poor running time. I > get an hour or less on battery so, for all practical purposes, I just > run it off the AC. > >> MY HP >> laptop doesn't let Linux read the battery info with either apm or acpi, >> and I think this is a function of an incredibly bad bios >> implementation. The demo models at Circuit City didn't have batteries, >> so I had no way of checking this bug out on that brand. Does anyone >> have experience with a Toshiba laptop t > > > I ran xapm and got a display which said I had 15% charge so I assume the > bios was readable. The 15% probably means little since the computer has > been sitting in its case inactive since the last WLUG meeting. > > doug > > PS while drafting this email the % came up to 21 so it seems the xapm is > working as expected. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 6, 2003

Re: [Wlug] looking forward to the 15th!

by brad

On Monday 06 January 2003 03:25 pm, Wes Allen wrote: > Hi gang, > I'm looking forward to the 15th of January so I can finally say good-bye > to Brother Bill on my iPAQ. I got a couple of questions..... Good, only a few more days. Once you have linux installed you can sock-it to bill in style, with xbill on the ipaq. (Here's a screen shot, since i remember you hadn't seen it before) http://131.152.105.154/~opie/screenies/port.14617.png > Has anyone used the perl-script that syncs the ipaq and evolution? Other > then the notorious, "Don't run this while Evolution is open" are there any > other problems? what were you looking to sync? Mail? Calender? I don't think syncing mail works since the mail readers are not in a working state (at least for the opie enviornment). I believe evolution using the ical standard so syncing shouldn't be a problem. If you point me to this perl script, i will give it a try and let you know. > Which CF wireless nics work with linux on the iPAQ. I'm seriously > thinking that I'm going to get the cf-plus expansion pack and a wireless > nic for my iPAQ (linux's true strength is networking, right?). So which > one's work? I've never used the expansion, so i can't say from experience. This should help though. http://handhelds.org/z/wiki/IpaqHardwareCompatibility > And, sadly, how easy is it to reverse the process? On the off-chance that > I can't stand OPIE as a working environment. I've read the howto, how hard > is it in "real life." There is a restoration proceedure. http://www.handhelds.org/projects/wincerestoration.html --brad

Jan. 6, 2003