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Re: [Wlug] Pascal madness?

by Charles R. Anderson

I have an old book on the USCD P-system... :) -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

July 26, 2002

Pascal madness?

by desdinova＠soupforare.net

yeah.... I'm trying to teach myself pascal. What with the new release of Freepascal, and what with Delphi6/Kylix being out, I figure I should get something done while I'm out pounding pavement. Anyone know of any used book stores that have a decent computer section? I tried Another Story on Stafford St., but he didn't have anything for pascal. :( Any help is appreciated, Thanks James KB1FJQ

July 26, 2002

NFS, anyone?

by Skip Gaede

Hi, I have a server running Mandrake 8.2. I had a problem unmounting a CDROM (I hate supermount!), so I rebooted the server. On the way back up, the NFS service hung. This is now the second time this has happened. (The first time, I attributed it to students messing with the server, and reinstalled everything.) Now, after two days of getting things back to normal, it's happened again, this time sans students. I'm writing this from home, as the school's link to the Internet is down. Anyone know where the relevant state data for NFS is stashed? Thanks, Skip

July 24, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Shell Script Question

by Gary J. Hanley

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > Pro: You don't need to use extra resources to get the job done Right. I guess that was obvious but I thought I'd ask anyway in case that wasn't as apparent as I saw it. > Con: It's not directly portable to other platforms Good point. I do most of my shell scripting at work on Solaris and portability isn't an immediate issue, but something to be aware of anyway.

July 23, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Shell Script Question

by Theo Van Dinter

On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 10:05:27AM -0400, Gary J. Hanley wrote: > Can anyone tell me the pros & cons of coding your shell scripts to > stay in-process instead of spawning a child process when needed? The ones that immediately come to mind: Pro: You don't need to use extra resources to get the job done Con: It's not directly portable to other platforms /bin/sh on Linux is really bash. /bin/sh everywhere else that I know of is just sh and doesn't have the capabilities. If you want to be portable, don't rely on built-ins. If you don't care, use built-ins. For example: T=/path/to/file echo $T ${T##*/} Linux: $ sh t /path/to/file file Solaris: $ sh t t: bad substitution -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "...and scantily clad females, of course. Who cares if it's below zero outside" (By Linus Torvalds)

July 23, 2002

Shell Script Question

by Gary J. Hanley

Greetings! A shell script question: Can anyone tell me the pros & cons of coding your shell scripts to stay in-process instead of spawning a child process when needed? For example, ${VARIABLE##*/} instead of `basename $VARIABLE` I'm trying to use the former as much as possible now but I wasn't exactly sure if that is better, not so safe or just doesn't matter. Thanks! -- Gary

July 23, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Looking for a home - 2 sparc classics

by Chuck Haines

You guesses it. Acutally I haven't even booted the thing up yep, but when I get back to school and start getting the lab in order I will. Anything is appreciated. Thanks, Nate Godin wrote: >On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Chuck Haines wrote: > > >>WPILA could use a donation if you wish. We really could use one of the sun >>keyboards at the least. >> >> > >Playing with my old SparcStation? I used to run it headless, no >keyboard... need the root password or IP address? > >Nate > > -- ------------------------------------------------- | Chuck Haines | AIM: CyberGrex | | WPILA Lab Manager | ICQ: 3707881 | | GDC Webmaster | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | ------------------------------------------------- "Geek by nature, Linux by choice."

July 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Looking for a home - 2 sparc classics

by stoffel＠lucent.com

Chuck> WPILA could use a donation if you wish. We really could use Chuck> one of the sun keyboards at the least. Sure, I can give you a pair of keyboards without a problem. The Classics are spoken for though.

July 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Looking for a home - 2 sparc classics

by Nate Godin

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Chuck Haines wrote: > WPILA could use a donation if you wish. We really could use one of the sun > keyboards at the least. Playing with my old SparcStation? I used to run it headless, no keyboard... need the root password or IP address? Nate -- Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. -- Aldous Huxley

July 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Looking for a home - 2 sparc classics

by Chuck Haines

WPILA could use a donation if you wish. We really could use one of the sun keyboards at the least. At 02:09 PM 7/21/2002 -0400, desdinova(a)soupforare.net wrote: >On 21 Jul 2002 at 12:42, stoffel(a)lucent.com wrote: > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I'm cleaning the garage and I want to get rid of stuff. I've got a > > pair of sparc classics, probably installed with Linux, plus about 8 or > > so brand new sun keyboards, somce mice and maybe other stuff. > > > > First one to email gets it all. I can try to bring it to the next > > meeting, or we can arrange a pickup off list. > >I could use them, if they're not already gone > >Thanks, >James >KB1FJQ > > > > John > > stoffel(a)lucent.com > > john(a)stoffel.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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Chuck Haines | AIm: CyberGrex | | WPILA Lab Manger | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | | GDC Webmaster | ICQ: 3707881 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Geek by nature, Linux by choice."

July 22, 2002

Debian GNU/Linux -- News -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released

by jeff

<http://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020719> *sob* i'm so happy =] -jeff

July 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Debian GNU/Linux -- News -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released

by Josh Huber

jeff <jmr71769(a)earthlink.net> writes: > <http://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020719> > > *sob* > > i'm so happy =] Yes, this is good news! -- Josh Huber

July 22, 2002

pine/mozilla/htmlview

by Bill Mills-Curran

I recently switched to mozilla 1.0, and I'm having problems getting pine to understand that I want to use mozilla as my URL viewer. In the pine setup, I set the URL viewer to a perl script that I wrote that then runs mozilla. (The script works fine when I run it separately.) When I view a URL in pine, I end up with the KDE browser. The output of "ps" shows that pine is running /usr/bin/htmlview instead of my perl script. Any idea why pine is ignoring my setup? TIA, Bill

July 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Looking for a home - 2 sparc classics

by desdinova＠soupforare.net

On 21 Jul 2002 at 12:42, stoffel(a)lucent.com wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I'm cleaning the garage and I want to get rid of stuff. I've got a > pair of sparc classics, probably installed with Linux, plus about 8 or > so brand new sun keyboards, somce mice and maybe other stuff. > > First one to email gets it all. I can try to bring it to the next > meeting, or we can arrange a pickup off list. I could use them, if they're not already gone Thanks, James KB1FJQ > John > stoffel(a)lucent.com > john(a)stoffel.org > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 21, 2002

Looking for a home - 2 sparc classics

by stoffel＠lucent.com

Hi guys, I'm cleaning the garage and I want to get rid of stuff. I've got a pair of sparc classics, probably installed with Linux, plus about 8 or so brand new sun keyboards, somce mice and maybe other stuff. First one to email gets it all. I can try to bring it to the next meeting, or we can arrange a pickup off list. John stoffel(a)lucent.com john(a)stoffel.org

July 21, 2002

Re: [Wlug] booting off cd/floppy images

by Brian J.Conway

> Is there a way to add an entry in lilo to boot off a CD image, or floppy > image? If anyone sees another way to install linux, i'm all hears. Sure, just set your bootloader to point to the floppy image you want (not sure about using a CD image, that seems a bit large). I keep a copy of the Memtest86 floppy image accessible to Grub just in case: title Memtest86 kernel (hd0,2)/boot/memtest.bin Brian J. Conway bconway(a)wpi.edu "Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." - Albert Einstein

July 20, 2002

booting off cd/floppy images

by Brad Noyes

Hi All, I have an intersting problem. I have a device (my old iopener) with linux installed and freeBSD (i dual boot). Both installs are really out of date, and i want to re-install linux, but i don't have a cdrom drive, or floppy drive. I only have network connection. Is there a way to add an entry in lilo to boot off a CD image, or floppy image? If anyone sees another way to install linux, i'm all hears. Thanks, --brad

July 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Brooklyn Bridge for sale on ebay!

by Wesley Allen

You're ahead of me Andy. I generate a key on the access-point and set my pc-card to it; and all of the sudden DCHP won't give me an address! Oh well, we've all got problems! Wes On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 23:35, Andy Stewart wrote: > > Starting bid: $10,000: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1749445282 > > Sorry, its off topic, but I really couldn't resist! > > 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

July 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Wireless question about WEP

by Charles R. Anderson

On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 06:12:27AM -0400, Josh Huber wrote: huber+sender+89031d> Umm, it's the encryption for WEP done in hardware by the wireless huber+sender+89031d> card? huber+sender+89031d> Or does this vary from card to card? I think it is possible for the driver to handle it in software if the hardware doesn't have 128-bit capability. I could be wrong... -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

July 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Wireless question about WEP

by Josh Huber

"Charles R. Anderson" <cra(a)WPI.EDU> writes: > Encryption slows things down. I guess something isn't well > implemented (WAP or 802.11b card). It shouldn't be THAT bad, > though. What is your CPU load when trying to load web pages? Umm, it's the encryption for WEP done in hardware by the wireless card? Or does this vary from card to card? -- Josh Huber

July 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Brooklyn Bridge for sale on ebay!

by Aaron Haviland

Andy Stewart said: > > Starting bid: $10,000: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1749445282 > > Sorry, its off topic, but I really couldn't resist! > > Later, > > Andy So far offtopic, my procmail rules put it in the wrong place :P -- Aaron Haviland orion [at] tribble [dot] dyndns [dot] org orion [at] parsed [dot] net +----------------------------------+ | Save $5.00 on your next purchase | ************** | of Froup or Diet Froup. Valid in | ***CamRafda*** | Galactic Sector ZZ9 Plural Z | ************** | Alpha. Expires: January 31, Y3K | +----------------------------------+

July 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Wireless question about WEP

by Charles R. Anderson

On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 11:42:37PM -0400, Andy Stewart wrote: andystewart> The trouble arises when I try to use the link for something useful, like andystewart> surfing the web. Web pages come over very slowly if they complete at all. andystewart> On a wired system, the page comes over quickly, so its not the other end of andystewart> the Internet causing the problem. Encryption slows things down. I guess something isn't well implemented (WAP or 802.11b card). It shouldn't be THAT bad, though. What is your CPU load when trying to load web pages? andystewart> Also, I seem totally unable to make 128 or 256 bit encryption work at all (not andystewart> even a successful ping) despite the fact that both sides agree on the andystewart> password. For 128-bit WEP, make sure there are exactly 13 octets (26 hex digits). I know this comes out to 104 bits, but thats actually correct. Don't ask me how that makes it 128-bit...must be a salt in there or something. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

July 20, 2002

Wireless question about WEP

by Andy Stewart

Hi all, I got 64 bit encryption between my laptop and my access point working but there is a problem. The password is OK, and I can ping from my laptop to my network with 64-bit WEP enabled. Others on my network can ping the laptop without any problems. The trouble arises when I try to use the link for something useful, like surfing the web. Web pages come over very slowly if they complete at all. On a wired system, the page comes over quickly, so its not the other end of the Internet causing the problem. If I turn off WEP, everything is great. Also, I seem totally unable to make 128 or 256 bit encryption work at all (not even a successful ping) despite the fact that both sides agree on the password. What should I check? I am using the orinoco_cs driver in the 2.4.18 kernel. My hardware is the Linksys WPC11 (version 3.0) and the Linksys WAP11 version 2.2 Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

July 20, 2002

Brooklyn Bridge for sale on ebay!

by Andy Stewart

Starting bid: $10,000: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1749445282 Sorry, its off topic, but I really couldn't resist! Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

July 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] How to set "-dpi 100" for X with kdm

by Andy Stewart

On Friday 19 July 2002 9:54 am, Aaron Haviland wrote: > > Perhaps /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc (or wherever your distro puts it)? I don't > know if *dms use it, but i'd think they probably would. mine says: > > #!/bin/sh > exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp Nope, that only works when you use startx as I've discovered. One right answer is to add "-dpi 100" to the tail end of the line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt07 -dpi 100 Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

July 19, 2002