Re: Satellite Internet relative security
On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:56 AM, James A. Kuzdrallwrote: > Does Linux have any special problems interfacing with the dish > equipment? > Is a standard Ethernet connection enough, or must they install software on > the Linux computer? > I had service through Hughes for a couple years around 2010 or so. They give you a modem, connect a cable from dish to modem, connect ethernet cable from computer to modem, and it's more or less like having dsl or cable with horrible latency. You don't need to install anything on linux, though you may get hassled by customer support if you have to call in. The latency is bad. You can end up with no service or degraded performance in heavy rain, snow, and/or if there's any snow/ice buildup on the dish. I think they still have a daily usage cap, but I'm not sure. It's probably better than dialup if you don't care about the latency, but I'd consider it a last resort. If there is still a usage cap, you might look at whether a mobile data plan and tethering is a viable alternative. If you're concerned about surveillance I would be paranoid and just assume that any/all of your physical layers either are compromised already or can easily be compromised. Focus your efforts on transport/application layer security instead. If a government actor wants to watch your activity, they're going to just serve a surveillance order at your ISP and tap your traffic off the router. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: tech recruiters you like?
These folks have been good to me in the past: http://workbridgeassociates.com/ Tell them Brian Chabot sent you. Brian Brian Chabot On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Bill McGonigle <b...@bfccomputing.com> wrote: > Hi, everybody, > > I know some of you have landed good gigs using recruiters. I have a > friend who will be relocating to my area who has a couple decades of > UNIX and, more recently, Linux sysadmin experience, along with > management skills. I'm thinking a recruiter is going to be a better use > of time than filling out job applications, but I know there are lots of > numbskulls out there (they call me, frequently). If anybody has > somebody to recommend, please reply here or contact me directly. > > Thanks! > > -Bill > > -- > Bill McGonigle, Owner > BFC Computing, LLC > http://bfccomputing.com/ > Telephone: +1.855.SW.LIBRE > Email, IM, VOIP: b...@bfccomputing.com > VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf > Social networks: bill_mcgonigle/bill.mcgonigle > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Gmail spam solution?
In the gmail web ui, pull down the menu next to "to gnhlug-discuss", choose "Filter messages from this mailing list", tick "Never send it to spam", click "Create filter" On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Matt Minutiwrote: > I know this came up a little while ago, but has anyone found a way to > force gmail to not categorize this making list as spam, no matter who the > sender is or how proper their SPF stuff is? I imagine the solution will > also work for the login notifications I have set up on some servers, which > keep getting falsely marked, too. > > You'd think repeatedly marking it as "not spam" would fix it, but no. > Grumble grumble... > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Boot-to-CLI distro?
In GRUB, boot to init 1, single user mode. Brian Chabot On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio <k...@jots.org> wrote: > Hey, all. Many's the time I just want to go and fix something stupid -- > maybe wipe a disk, or edit a file -- and all I want is to be able to > stick in a USB stick and wind up at said CLI. But most distros these > days are GUI-based. And Ubuntu Server (say) boots to install, period, > which is an > > extremely-stripped-down-to-the-point-of-useless-for-anything-other-than-install > CLI. > > Any middle ground someone could recommend? > > Thanks! > > -Ken > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Bill Sconce obituary and memorial date (February 13th at Boire Field, Nashua, NH)
He and I share a birth date... I never knew that. I met him but I did not know him. I think we would have gotten along quite well. I hope to be able to make it to the memorial. Brian Brian Chabot On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 2:11 PM, mad...@li.org <jonhal...@comcast.net> wrote: > Bill (William Joseph) Sconce, age 72, Lyndeborough, NH, died on January 5, > 2016 at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, MA. The cause was a cerebral > hemorrhage. He was a good man. > > > Bill was born April 19, 1943 in Indianapolis, IN, and came home to the > House on the Hill in Edinburgh, IN. Bill grew up there with his brother > David, who predeceased him. His parents were Eva Mae and Joseph Byce > Sconce. Bill soon became a proficient Spelunker and surveyor in the caves > of Indiana and Kentucky, and a motorcycle enthusiast. Graduating from > Culver Military Academy, where he earned his Amateur Radio License, he > received a Fulbright scholarship and rode his Norton motorcycle to CalTech > in San Francisco, CA where he studied Physics and worked in a > crystalography laboratory. He was drafted during the Vietnam war protests > at that school and served in Taigu Korea, where he studied IBM Cobol and > the Korean language, and rode a Honda 90 motorcycle in the mountains. He > returned to Louisville, KY and began a long career in computer science and > founded his company Industrial Specialities. He met the love of his life > in Louisville, Janet Levy, and with her encouragement he completed his > dream of becoming a pilot, holding a Commercial, Instrument, and Instructor > license. He continued studies at University of Louisville in linguistics > and computer science. Bill & Janet moved to NH in 1979 for Bill to graduate > from being Symposium Coordinator for DECUS to assume the position of > Product Manager for the RSTS Group at Digital Equipment Corporation. Bill > worked for and was layed off from DEC, Compaq, and Hewlett Packard, at > which point he revived his corporation, named it In Spec, Inc. and divided > his time between software engineering and flight instruction. Bill was a > devoted supporter of GPL and "free" Linux software and the Python > programming language. Bill was a member of the Vintage BMW Motorcycle > Owners, Ltd., the BMW MOVer Motorcycle Club of Vermont, the Contoocook > Valley Radio Club, a life member of the National Speological Society and > the American Radio Relay League. He supported the EAA and was a Regional > Judge for aerobatic competitions for IAC for many years. He loved aviation, > including hot air ballooning and skydiving. He participated in Young > Eagles at Boire Airport in Nashua, NH and enjoyed teaching young people to > fly. He taught spins in his Cessna Aerobat. And he was a Quiet Birdman. He > was a member of the Rex Stout Wolfepack Book Club and The Wodehouse > Society. Bill loved theatre, classical and rock music, and especially > lately, attending Dr. David Landman's Poetry Nights of medieval poetry in > Lexington, MA. > > > He loved fixing things and if there were no parts available for a project > he promptly made them himself on his metal lathe, or just used his > ingenuity to create something needed. > > > He loved cigars, scotch, butter, reading, airplanes, old test equipment, > Paris, BMWs, his red convertible Cabriolet with red earmuffs, and his big > black 4 cylinder 4WD truck, bird watching (outwitting squirrels), camping, > hiking on Pitcher Mountain, William Blake, and he suffered not fools. One > of his favorite lead-ins: "As an engineer..." > > > Bill is survived by his wife, Janet Levy Sconce, his sister-in-law, June > Levy and her family, and many dear friends. Bill was a kind and loving > "daddy" to Virgil Fox and RDB, the cats of his home. Thanks to "The > Committee" and especially Donna Shea, Chris Levin, Ken Hamel, Donna > Giovannini, Tom Steger, Michelle Donovan, Simon Hutchings, John & Cathy > Gubernat and the surgeons, doctors, and nurses at Lahey Hospital. The > family is grateful to all of his many friends who offered support and love. > > > There will be a memorial for Bill on February 13, 11:00-2:00 at Nashua Jet > Aviation located on Boire Field in Nashua, NH. Call Air Direct Airways, > (603) 882-5606 for more information. > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: What Language for a kid
I just recently discovered MIT App Inventor -- http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/front.html It's Scratch embedded into a web-based environment that updates an app running on your Android device in real-time. I've only played with it for about 10 minutes, but it "just worked" to get a quick "hello" text-to-speech app running on my device. -- Brian St. Pierre On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Kenny Lussier <kluss...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > My daughter has expressed an interest in learning to code. It's a > non-specific, very general interest. She doesn't have a specific area of > interest that she wants to learn (UI, game development, HPC, etc.), she > just want to learn how to code. > > What do people think is the best language for a 12yr old to learn? What is > most flexible to use for different purposes? What tools are out there to > teach a kid to code? Code Academy and the like seem to be a little dry and > never yielded wonderful results for most of the adults I know, so other > ideas would be welcome. > > Thanks, > Kenny > > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
erratic fairpoint dsl? [was Re: FYI: Comcast...]
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Lloyd Kvam pyt...@venix.com wrote: Last month my Fairpoint DSL service became horribly erratic. The modem reported good DSL connections, but PPPoE just would not stay up. Outages sometimes persisted for days. After three weeks of grief and many calls to tech support, I reluctantly switched to Comcast. I'm glad (?) to hear it wasn't just me. I had three different technicians visit, with the last one blaming trouble in my house, though all my subsequent internal troubleshooting hasn't turned up anything. (The previous two changed various line settings, moved me to a new DSLAM, and generally blamed recent software upgrades in the CO.) We're out in the boonies, so Comcast isn't an option. Have others been having terrible problems with Fairpoint DSL recently? (At the risk of jinxing myself, it's been slightly better over the past 2-3 weeks.) -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Virtual machine host provider recommendations
I use InterServer for most of my web sites and it meets those requirements. Price isn't bad. http://www.interserver.net/ Brian Brian Chabot On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, GNHLUG's server is being kicked out of our long-time free hosting. Rather than trying to find a new home for the box, I'm thinking I'll just buy an account on a virtual machine hosting company, install a new system, and transfer to there. That is the quickest and easiest path, and we do not have a lot of time. Our deadline is JUL 31, roughly two weeks from now. I'd like to hear people's experiences, good and bad, with service providers. Who is good? Who is bad? What to look for, or avoid? Current requirements that I can think of are: - Run an SMTP listener on TCP port 25 (receive email directly) - Initiate outbound connections to TCP port 25 (send email directly) - Run an HTTP listener on TCP port 80 (web server) - Run an SSH listener on a non-standard port (SSH remote access) - Run a DNS listener on UDP and TCP port 53 (authoritative name server) - Install and run arbitrary Linux software - Fairly low mail volume,web traffic, and DNS traffic - Fairly low CPU, disk, and RAM usage - No need for CPanel or other hand-holding software, and prolly better if we don't have it Lower prices are good, but it has to be reliable, too. I'd rather pay more for a provider that has less trouble, than have to tinker with it constantly. I think this has been discussed before, but not recently, and I can't find the thread. Suggestions welcome, but we don't have time for you can put the server in my basement or other detours. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Need some suggestions on a borked upgrade
On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Bruce Labitt bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net wrote: There is some sort of directory issue, which generates an error message if I attempt to apt-get remove octave3.2-info. I think, if I can remove or delete this file (and remove references to it) perhaps the rest of the install will go through. This, of course sound 'dangerous' but I have run out of ideas. Any suggestions? apt-get -f install returns the error message. apt-get remove returns the same error. Looking for a few ideas. I'll try to use some of them tonight to attempt a fix. Got to visit Mom now... If you don't want to nuke it as David and Jerry suggested, I've sometimes had luck with dropping to the dpkg layer and trying to manually resolve these problems. dpkg -S FILE or apt-file find FILE will tell you who owns the offending file. dpkg -s PACKAGE will tell you what a certain package depends on. dpkg-reconfigure PACKAGE will sometimes jiggle a package back into position. If you can verify that the file you're about to remove isn't actually owned by any package, you can try removing it and maybe get unstuck. At that point I guess the worst-case outcome is that you cripple the system and end up having to reinstall from scratch... you have a good backup, right? Sometimes the judicious use of apt-get purge to get stale files out of the way will get the system unstuck, and then you can reinstall the newer versions of those packages once everything is resolved. For what it's worth, I stick to LTS releases and use PPAs for packages where I really want the latest version. I find upgrades from one LTS to another to be smoother -- have never had a point-release upgrade go well. -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Network system monitoring tools? Nagios, Zabbix, ...?
I'm generally a fan of nagios... but PandoraFMS is showing potential, especially where execs want pretty pictures. Brian Chabot On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: Looking to set up some system for monitoring systems on the network at work; _vaguely_ familiar with nagios and zabbix What do you guys generally find preferable, and why? Nagios? Zabbix? Something else? -- 'tis an ill wind that blows no minds. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: how dumb is this idea?
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:59 PM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: However, I just had an idea. You can get 128GB USB drives on ebay for ~$20 now. Why not install an emulator-based (as opposed to bootable) live CD image on there that they can then mount the rest of the USB drive with and edit their work in Linux *even at school*? To me, it seems like a lot of effort when there are perhaps easier solutions -- maybe you've already considered these and they don't work for some reason or other? * if school provides network access during in-class work sessions, edit in google docs at both locations * if school's admin policies let you run an emulator executable off the USB, then you could put a windows version of Libreoffice on that USB drive and run LO in both places * you mention printing as a problem -- just generate pdf and print from windows at school? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: PHP/Wordpress URL change broken
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/14/2014 09:50 AM, Tyson Sawyer wrote: Wordpress seems to embed the sites URL in EVERYTHING. WTF! What is wrong with leaving the host name out to access the files from the current host? Like many things in WordPress, there is a plugin for that: http://wordpress.org/plugins/any-hostname/ How screwed are we? Depends on whether the plugin uses the domain/FQDN length, etc. Well, if you have a clean backup from before the period that you started searching-and-replacing, there's a number of plugins that can do the job properly for you. If you don't have a backup, well. Make one now. Seconded, emphatically. There are two NH groups that specialize in WordPress, one in Manchester (that meets tonight) and one on the seacoast. You might want to join their Meetups and get some expert help there. I've never been to these, but I do have extensive experience with WP. Feel free to ping me offlist if you need. Brian Chabot ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Files - Samsung Galaxy S4
I have an S4 and I feel your frustration I ended up using Astro File Manager for Android and transfering with Linux via sftp. Brian On Mar 25, 2014 11:51 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: Work has provided me with a new handheld computer, a Galaxy S4, made by Samsung. It runs Android 4.3 plus whatever unspeakable horrors Samsung and Verizon have inflicted upon it. There's a microSD flash memory card mounted inside, and I'd like to be able to copy files to and from it, from my Linux home desktop. This is proving unreasonably hard. Aside from coping general documents, photos, etc., back and forth, I have a large collection of MP3 files on my desktop that I want to keep in sync on my handheld -- adds, changes, *and* deletes. rsync does a fine job of this on a filesystem. My previous handhelds let me plug in the USB cable and access the mem card as a USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) device. In other words, like a disk drive. Block device appeared, I mounted it, I did filesystem things, I unmounted it, done. Apparently that's not an option for this device. Difficulty: I can't root the device. Corporate policy. Whatever I do has to play by the rules. Apps are generally OK, but not apps that attempt to circumvent security mechanisms. It appears the Galaxy really wants to speak MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). I've been playing with MTP stuff on Linux. My desktop is running Debian 7.4 wheezy, kernel 3.2.0-4 package version 3.2.54-2. There's some issue that causes libmtp to hang for 20-30 seconds whenever it opens the device. That's maddeningly irritating at best. If you're wanting to run a bunch of commands in sequence, it's basically a showstopper. I've played around with the mtp-tools package from Debian (package version 1.1.3-35-g0ece104-5). It lacks a command to create directories. It can't transfer more than one file at a time (see showstopper, above). The commands lack any documentation or help. I think they're actually just example skeletons from the libmtp sources that were packaged up and passed off as utilities. :-p I tried the mtpfs FUSE filesystem (1.1, built from source). I found it couldn't create directories. That's a problem if I want to replicate a directory tree (see MP3 collection, above). I tried gmtp (pkg ver 1.3.3-1). It suffers from the libmtp hang issue, but at least once it's connects is responsive. It can create directories. But it can only transfer files in one directory at a time. (Ibid.) I could, of course, take the mem card out of the handheld, plug it into my desktop's card reader, and do the I/O that way. Problem there is, I've got a fancy sealed protective case for the handheld. Opening it repeatedly is bad for it. And annoying. And exposes the handheld to damage. I've seen some suggestions of using cloud storage, like Dropbox or Google Music, etc. It seems silly to have to send many gigabytes out my netfeed only to have to immediately download it again, on the same feed, just to copy between devices which are six inches apart and connected via USB cable. Anyone got a better idea? Bluetooth? Wifi? Floppy disk? -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
su: cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable
I'm trying to su to a user on a CentOS 6.4 x86_64 box and get the error in the subject: [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ sudo su - user2 su: cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ The limits.conf file has the following entries: * soft nofile 10 * hard nofile 10 * soft nproc 8192 * hard nproc 32767 The current usage for pengine is: [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ ps -eLF | grep user2 | wc -l 1108 [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ lsof | grep user2 | wc -l 1558 [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ While these are the majority of the processes and files in use on the system, they are nowhere near the limits. I even increased the limits 10-fold and that has not worked. I'm kind of lost here. Usually the error indicates files or processes over the limit but here... not so much. Any ideas? Brian Chabot ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: su: cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable
[user1@cent6.4box ~]$ ipcs -m -- Shared Memory Segments keyshmid owner perms bytes nattch status 0x6c000803 98304 zabbix 600995952 5 [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ ipcs -s -- Semaphore Arrays keysemid owner perms nsems 0x 0 root 6001 0x 65537 root 6001 0x 131074 root 6001 0x7a000803 262147 zabbix 60010 [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ Nothing is jumping out at me here... Brian Brian Chabot On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Bruce Dawson j...@codemeta.com wrote: Check shared memory and semaphores. Its probable that some other application is swallowing the resource sudo needs. This is a common method of DOS attacks and 'bot nets. --Bruce On Mon, 2014-03-10 at 10:05 -0400, Brian Chabot wrote: I'm trying to su to a user on a CentOS 6.4 x86_64 box and get the error in the subject: [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ sudo su - user2 su: cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ The limits.conf file has the following entries: * soft nofile 10 * hard nofile 10 * soft nproc 8192 * hard nproc 32767 The current usage for pengine is: [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ ps -eLF | grep user2 | wc -l 1108 [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ lsof | grep user2 | wc -l 1558 [user1@cent6.4box ~]$ While these are the majority of the processes and files in use on the system, they are nowhere near the limits. I even increased the limits 10-fold and that has not worked. I'm kind of lost here. Usually the error indicates files or processes over the limit but here... not so much. Any ideas? Brian Chabot ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: USB video?
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote: Anyway, I really like the two monitor thing I have going with the laptop, and the one thing that the Intel box doesn't have is a VGA port. Does anyone have any experience with USB video adapters under *nix? Any suggestions? That listing shows HDMI and mini displayport. This QA leads me to believe that it drives the HDMI and mini displayport independently: http://www.amazon.com/included-Display-monitors-extended-display/forum/Fx3RFT8X5J67QEL/TxN2YCBB7MXQXD/1/ref=cm_cd_dp_aar_al_a?_encoding=UTF8asin=B00F3F38O2 I'm running 3 monitors from my laptop - HDMI, mini displayport, and the builtin, and it works nicely. You can get HDMI-VGA adapters if your monitors don't have HDMI inputs. I had to get a miniDP-HDMI adapter to connect the mini displayport to the HDMI input on my monitor. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Resume length and history
I just landed a temp-to-perm job at a pretty awesome company with a 3-page resume that goes back to my first computer job in 1999. My resume is heavy on job experience because I only have an AS degree and the jobs I was looking for were Bachelors or equivalent level. If you want to take a peek, it's online over at http://brianchabot.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bchabot.pdf Brian On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Kenny Lussier kluss...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Not specifically Linux-related, but I was wondering what other people are seeing/doing with resumes these days. I have seen everything from a 2-page resume for someone with 20 years of experience to a 15-page resume for someone with 2 jobs over 3 years (it looked like the output of cat ~/.bash_history). How far back should a resume go? How long should it be before you stop reading it? I'm seeing absolutely no consistency in resumes, and the ones that come from recruiters seem to be the worst formats. C-Ya, Kenny ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Windows 8 (or, more likely, UEFI) warning.
UEFI is why I switched to Fedora. It was the only distro at the time that supported UEFI out of the box, and even then, it was a little clunky. On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote: Wouldn't boot to Linux. Well, okay. Let's try Windows 8. Wouldn't boot to *Windows*. First it tried to do a repair of some sort -- failed miserably. Then it wouldn't get further than the Dell splash screen. Eventually wound up disabling UEFI secure boot, which allowed it to go into Windows -- whereupon I gave it back to the by-now very nervous laptop owner, and let the damn WiFi be. Lucky you! I bought a new system from Best Buy (I know, I know...) and tried to dual boot it to Mandriva. Somehow I ended up bricking it. Bottom line -- I think we, as Linux weenies, are gonna have to play with damn UEFI and get a feel for it. Is it uniform across vendors? Yes, we will. Right now, I know of no decent boot editor utilities and none at all that run from within Linux. Can I always go for the disable secure boot option (which would, presumably, allow me to boot Linux)? I think that may be vendor specific and possibly even windows installation specific. At the moment UEFI documentation is junk. Cross platform implementation is even worse. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
used laptops to donate?
A friend of mine works with a nonprofit helping Cocoa farmers in Grenada. She asked me for help finding 3-4 used laptops to outfit a learning center she is opening there. If you have an old laptop you can donate, please let me know. -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Computer show Saturday, in Manchester
On 08/18/2012 08:49 PM, Bayard Coolidge wrote: Tom Buskey t...@buskey.name said: I was at the same UNH with Linus too. Me, too... And still have the autographed CD here in my collection. Me too, me too! Though I didn't think to get my CD autographed. I thought it was fall '95? (Pretty sure I was still living in what was basically a converted broom closet in Devine Hall, but maybe I'm counting wrong.) I think by 97 (definitely by 98) they had ripped out the VT220s from the engineering labs and installed linux PCs. I remember spending most (all?) of the night following Linus' talk and the following day defragging windows, repartitioning, installing, rebuilding a kernel, getting drivers to work, (re-)re-partitioning so everything fit... I was pretty psyched about actually having *unix* in my room -- with gcc and everything! -- without having to connect to an overburdened campus unix server, worry about the connection dropping, etc. -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: HTTPS connection attempts from Facebook?
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Michael ODonnell michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote: is there *ANY* legitimate reason why anything should be attempting to connect from Facebook to my home IP address, which offers no such services? I assume, of course, that the answer is No. The *only* reason Facebook should be contacting you this way is if you have an app set to pull data from there. Possibilities that come to mind include RSS feeds and HTML embeds in Page info plus, of course, any custom stuff you may have written. It's *just* a home connection? No services? Nuke the connection attempt. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: HTTPS connection attempts from Facebook?
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Michael ODonnell michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote: When you say nuke the connection attempt do you mean kill the process that's attempting to open the connection? I can't, because it's an inbound connection and that process is (apparently) somewhere inside Facebook. I only have control over the response at my end which, in my case, is nothing at all since the port is blocked, with failed attempts logged as shown. Nuke as in (continue to) deny the connection attempt. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: StatusNet, anyone?
On 06/17/2012 12:13 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: What I will say, and maybe people will notice something in the phrasing..., is that you're all welcome to sign up on identi.ca, and follow me on status.hackerposse.com. Thanks for the phrasing of that pointer. It looks like it has support for private groups. Is it something like what I've seen google's circles described as? (I don't use google's social thing.) Is there support built-in for posting photos? Or would that require some add-on app/service? I used facebook for a while but deleted my profile. (Some key friends have also deleted profiles, so the utility that *was* there has fallen way off.) I liked the ability to see pix of friends' kids and stuff like that. Didn't like the games spammy stuff. I'd like a way to share photos, an occasional short video, and status-y kind of stuff. That's all easy enough for *me* to do, but: (A) I don't want to post everything publicly. (B) I don't want to have to create accounts for friends family to be able to see stuff behind a privacy wall. (E.g. private posts in WordPress) Partly because it's a hassle for me. Partly because it's a hassle for them, and certain friends family are unlikely to use it, or will bug me to remind them how to log in every time something new is posted. (C) I'd ideally like a platform that allows posting by multiple users, with the same administrative constraints mentioned in (B). -Brian (PS status.hackerposse.com's git is 403) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: StatusNet, anyone?
Thanks for the detailed response. I guess I'm going to have to play around with this a bit. On 06/18/2012 12:00 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: Brian St. Pierrebr...@bstpierre.org writes: I used facebook for a while but deleted my profile. (Some key friends have also deleted profiles, so the utility that *was* there has fallen way off.) I liked the ability to see pix of friends' kids and stuff like that. Didn't like the games spammy stuff. Are these `friends with cute kids' all just floating around with nowhere to post that stuff, now that they've left Facebook? Or, what are they using? It's fractured. Some people email, some use other photo-sharing (eg shutterfly). Some people send dead trees via snail mail. Some have gone dark. Some are still on facebook, but since *I'm* not there I don't get the updates. Some people I was never really close enough (friends-of-friends, we've met a few times at parties, etc) to that we'd go to the effort of intentionally emailing each other with photos updates, but the semi-promiscuous FOAF-level sharing on facebook was mutually interesting. I think a couple of geek friends have their own self-hosted photo albums, but I don't necessarily have an easy mechanism for seeing/discovering their new stuff. -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Wall Street Journal reports security breach against LinkedIn passwords
On 06/07/2012 07:33 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: Today's WSJ reported in the Digits column that encrypted LinkedIN passwords had been leaked. Decryption efforts have been successful against some subset of these passwords. I was disappointed to see no acknowledgement on the LinkIn site. (I just found it buried in the clutter. Its a link to CBS news??) Bottom line: go change your LinkedIn password right now. This post is all I've seen from LinkedIn: http://blog.linkedin.com/2012/06/06/updating-your-password-on-linkedin-and-other-account-security-best-practices/ This project on github has what appears to be a list of 6.4M password hashes and a small bit of code to check if your password hash is in the list. My (~20 char random string unique to linkedin) password's hash was in the list, so it appears to be genuine. https://github.com/hungtruong/LinkedIn-Password-Checker It's not really surprising that the hashes were leaked, but it is sort of (ok, not really) surprising to me that a big site like LinkedIn can be storing passwords so poorly: they were just hashed with SHA-1 and no salt. -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: I'm considering a new laptop, looking for experiences.
On 04/12/2012 03:31 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: I know people who enjoyed their dealings with System76, also: http://www.system76.com/ I'm one of those people -- writing this on one of their laptops. I also own a netbook. The laptop has been good. No major complaints. It's heavy and drains batteries fast, which is to be expected since it's got a big screen and I didn't buy it with the upgraded battery. (The upgraded battery doesn't appear to be an option on their latest offering. I purchased about 2 years ago.) For me it fills the role of a desktop, but with the advantage of portability. Probably my biggest complaint is typing on the keyboard: the mouse pad is positioned so that my right thumb often brushes the pad while I'm typing, which moves the cursor to some random location in the text. Moving the pad about 0.75 left would solve this problem. Most of the time, though, I'm docked and using a separate keyboard/mouse/monitor so it isn't an issue. The netbook is just ok. It's small, light, and has good battery life. I'd hope it's fixed by now (purchased 3 years ago), but the big problem with this is that the wifi driver has never worked reliably. It was reported fixed at one point when system76 released new drivers, but I still frequently had trouble and now I just rely on a USB wifi (i.e. awkward big wart hanging off the side). A netbook where the wifi doesn't work is kind of pointless. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Am I 32-bit, or 64-bit?
On 04/05/2012 09:20 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: But... i386 seems to be missing as a possible architecture. The closest I could find was x86. But this concerned me, because x86_64's bzImage is a soft link to x86's. Anyway, What the hell, I thought, and compiled it. Installed it. Booted it. And it works great! Until I went to install Chrome. Chrome said, You're running a 64-bit OS; here's your 64-bit version. I tried installing that, and no soup. 32-bit version installed fine. So then I glanced at uname -a: Split the difference and call yourself 48-bit? ;) I haven't done it recently, or with a far-backported kernel, but have you considered building a debian/ubuntu kernel package that contains what you want? It might help make sure everything matches up properly. E.g. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage Speaking from experience, you'll have a harder and harder time working off an old non-LTS Ubuntu version. 10.10 isn't hard to live with now, but mirrors, PPAs, and relevant advice will disappear pretty quickly when it EOLs. (9.04 was a pain to work with by January 2011...) I'd recommend either pinning to 10.04 LTS or 12.04 LTS (due on the 26th), but that's just my $0.02. If you really want to stay on 10.10, grab a copy of the DVD torrent now. -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vendor independent certifications?
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 8:03 PM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:17:05 -0500, Tom Buskey t...@buskey.name wrote: I'm a sysadmin and have hired some in the past. In the dot com era, we would sort resumes by lots of certs and experience. Then we looked at the resumes with experience. The certs got looked at if we couldn't find experience, but we never did. Yeah, any resumes that list certificates and have no experience are a major warning sign that this person knows nothing. If they've recently graduated, that could be fixable. If they haven't, it probably isn't. Even recent graduates have no excuse to not show some kind of experience. Except for the hardware, all the pieces are freely available, and with a bit of creativity/networking/paying attention you can even come up free hardware. (I'd be willing to bet an old computer (or sufficient parts to reconstitute same) that a request sent to this list by a resource-starved student looking for free hardware to use for learning would turn up more than one offer.) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vendor independent certifications?
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:32 AM, Mike mik...@colossus.bilow.com wrote: A friend of mine is looking for a career change and asks what sort of vendor independent certifications (that is, not another college degree) would help them get in the door in programming, web design, or system administration? She is not mainly asking about actual education, but rather how to prove knowledge in such a way that would convince ^^^ prospective employers. As far as programming or web design goes, I don't put much stock in any kind of certification. I'd be far less likely to want to hire someone based on a certificate than I would be based on demonstrable experience. Also, knowledge is fleeting: stuff that I knew 5, 10, or 15 years ago is useless today. Better to be able to prove that you're smart and capable of learning things quickly. Build something worth showing off and point to the code on github, or to a site(s) you've built, as your portfolio. I was at a Boston Python meetup[1] a few weeks ago, and Michael Trosen[2] of Lab305[3] talked about how he can't find python/django people to work for his company. I've heard similar pleas from other people in similar situations. Jesse Noller talked about how he'd love to have volunteers to work on PSF projects; PyPi, for example only has two people working on it. Solve some of the problems there, people in the community will recognize your name, and you have your foot in the door for jobs. Spend six months learning django and related technologies, contribute a patch or five[4] to django core and you will make connections with people who will want to hire you. Go to meetups; the Boston Python Meetup has a large, active membership -- meet people, learn stuff, eat pizza, find work. (There's always someone hiring when you go to a meeting.) Build a portfolio by offering to build small websites -- preferably with some kind of interactivity -- for a few nonprofits. Get feedback from people who know their stuff; your first few sites will suck. Depending on your taste, you can s/python/ruby/g and s/django/rails/g, or whatever else suits you. [1]: http://meetup.bostonpython.com/events/48542762/ -- if you follow the link to ustream.tv and poke around a bit you may be able to find the video [2]: http://www.lab305.com/ [3]: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeltrosen [4]: http://openhatch.org/ will help you learn how to contribute ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: e-mail provider recommendations?
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: It seems like the obvious next line of questions, though, is: is going through a the digital version of changing your address a significantly- greater ordeal than the `real life moving' version? And, if it is..., then why is it? If I move to a new house, I have to do address changes with banks, brokerage, insurance, couple of magazines, and a handful of people who send me paper mail. I have to call the insurance company anyway to update coverage. I only ever order from a couple of different online retailers, and I can update those addresses the next time I place orders at each place. If I forget to change my address with a personal contact, they (a) can contact me via email or (b) talk to a mutual friend who can provide an updated address. Actually, with snail mail, if I forget to update my address with *any* contact, a change-of-address order with USPS will ensure that I get mail -- even junk :( -- for a year. You *can* do forwarding with GMail (and the others, I presume), but you can't usually get forwarding if you use your ISP's address and then change ISPs. If I was going to move away from GMail, I'd go self-hosted. Is bstpierre.org actually GMail, then? Yes -- Google Apps. (You can tell by doing `dig MX bstpierre.org`; the servers listed are a dead giveaway.) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: e-mail provider recommendations?
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:41 AM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:32:43 -0500, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: Maybe you guys can suggest other providers, or just provide some thoughts on the two I've listed above. I think a reasonably protective feature should be something like getting their own domain name in the email address. Yes to this! Changing service providers is still a hassle, but at least you don't have to change your address. However, I'm not sure how feasible this is for non-technical users. There are a number of hoops you have to jump through to get it set up: buying the domain, finding a provider that supports hosting for a private domain, adding DNS entries for the email provider, etc. You could sign up through an all-in-one provider who can set everything up for you (looks like namecheap as a $3/yr plan), but then the non-technical user ends up sort of locked-in again: they *could* change, if they knew how... If I was going to move away from GMail, I'd go self-hosted. It just feels like it would be a hassle to switch -- and I'm already running a suitable server, I just have to run apt-get and do a bunch of configuration. Here's the problem I ran into: I wanted to be logged out when using Google as a search engine[1]. That meant not only no more GMail but also no more Google Reader. If these friends 1) subscribe to RSS feeds and 2) want to read them from multiple locations, they are going to need a solution for that. That's what really drove me to my own hosting solution. I needed to be able to install a web-based RSS reader, in addition to having an email provider. Wandering a little OT here, but I've had basically the same thoughts as you. I wrote about maintaining data silos when the flap about the new privacy policy started: http://blog.bstpierre.org/maintaining-privacy-new-google-policy/ If you're willing to share your RSS habits with Google but just want to maintain RSS as a silo, you could keep a different browser window open just for Google Reader. You still have the convenience of hosted RSS but you don't have that data aggregated with the rest of your data. (At least in theory.) [1] I don't even use them for that anymore, so it seems kind of moot, but with their web bugs and trackers all over it really isn't. On FF you can use ghostery to kill those trackers (and/or noscript if you don't mind a bit of extra hassle). ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] [Ruby SIG] November 2011 Meetup
Join us at 7:00pm on Monday, 21 November 2011 at the NH-ICC for the regular NHRuby meetup. This month, Brian Cardarella finishes our series of learning Rails with a talk titled, “So You Want to be a Rails Developer?” Ruby and Rails is built on many open source technologies and has so much domain knowledge that it can be overwhelming for anybody wanting to start doing Rails development. Brian will show you HOW to learn Rails. Learn the Rails stack, learn the terms that Rails developers throw around and learn where to go and what resources exist to help you become the Rails developer you want to be. --- Directions to NH-ICC and more information at http://nhruby.org ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] [Ruby SIG] October 2011 Meetup: Hackfest!
Join us at 7:00pm on Monday, 17 October 2011 at the NH-ICC for the regular NHRuby meetup. This month ... Hackfest! Bring your code, questions, and experience to share with your fellow Ruby developers. --- Directions to NH-ICC and more information at http://nhruby.org ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] [Ruby SIG] September 2011 Meetup: Backbone.js
Join us at 7:00pm on Monday, 19 September 2011 at the NH-ICC for the regular NHRuby meetup. This month, Jason Morrison of Boston web development and design firm, thoughtbot [1], introduces us to Backbone.js [2] -- client side MVC. Jason will also cover integration of Backbone.js with Rails. --- About Jason Morrison Jason loves to build web and mobile products. He started programming when he exhausted his family’s collection of Commodore 64 games at the age of six, and has believed in building software to satisfy real needs ever since. Find him on Twitter at @jayunit or at http://jayunit.net(http://jayunit.net). --- Directions to NH-ICC and more information at http://nhruby.org [1] http://thoughtbot.com [2] http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/ ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] [Ruby SIG] August 2011 Meetup: Rails 3 in Practice
Join us at 7:00pm on Monday, 15 August 2011 at the NH-ICC as Brian Turnbull, an infrequent Rails user, takes us through the creation of a small (only three models) real world Rails project. This talk is targeted at the new or occasional Rails user. This talk is a do-over for last month's cancelled meeting. Hope to see you there! --- About Brian Turnbull Brian is the co-organizer of NHRuby, two time Rails Rumble organizer, and Staff Engineer at ARRIS Solutions. --- Directions to NH-ICC and more information at http://nhruby.org ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Browsers
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Bill Sconce sco...@in-spec-inc.com wrote: 1. http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,236944/printable.html If you use Internet Explorer, your IQ might be below average--at least, according to one study. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14389430 Draw your own conclusions about IE users -- that study was a hoax... -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking to get lucky again with another expect question.
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Steven W. Orr ste...@syslang.net wrote: The general solution would be to run an expect script that would simply act as a passthrough to guarantee that whatever I run would think it had a tty, and would therefore be line buffered by default instead of fully buffered. I know it would look something like this: #! /usr/bin/expect -- spawn something interact It's that middle line I don't know how to craft. I think you want: eval spawn $argv as the middle line. This should work most of the time -- you'll have to be careful of quoting since this will eat a layer of quotes. I think an even more general-purpose method would be to use the -t flag of ssh (if you're calling it directly) or something like paramiko.Channel.get_pty(). -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: [GNHLUG] [Ruby SIG] Rails 3 in Practice
The Ruby SIG meetup scheduled for tonight at 7:00pm is cancelled. The speaker (and organizer) has a family emergency. On Jul 17, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Brian Turnbull wrote: Join us at 7:00pm on Monday, 18 June 2011 at the NH-ICC as Brian Turnbull, an infrequency Rails users takes us through the creation of a small (only three models) real world Rails project. This talk is targeted at the new or occasional Rails user. --- About Brian Turnbull Brian is the co-organizer of NHRuby, two time Rails Rumble organizer, and Staff Engineer at ARRIS Solutions. --- Directions to NH-ICC and more information at http://nhruby.org ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] [Ruby SIG] Rails 3 in Practice
Join us at 7:00pm on Monday, 18 June 2011 at the NH-ICC as Brian Turnbull, an infrequency Rails users takes us through the creation of a small (only three models) real world Rails project. This talk is targeted at the new or occasional Rails user. --- About Brian Turnbull Brian is the co-organizer of NHRuby, two time Rails Rumble organizer, and Staff Engineer at ARRIS Solutions. --- Directions to NH-ICC and more information at http://nhruby.org ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: ssh + svn - pam
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Kenny Lussier kluss...@gmail.com wrote: Many many (many) moons ago, I had set up an svn server at a company. I remember setting it up so that it was svn+ssh, but it didn't require local accounts in /etc/passwd, it just used accounts out of the repositories passwd-db. I can't seem to remember how I did this, and I can't seem to find a way to do it now. This leads me to believe that my memory is failing. Quoting from: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.svnserve.html#svn.serverconfig.svnserve.sshtricks.fixedcmd It's also possible to have multiple users share a single account. Instead of creating a separate system account for each user, generate a public/private key pair for each person. Then place each public key into the authorized_keys file, one per line, and use the --tunnel-user option: command=svnserve -t --tunnel-user=harry TYPE1 KEY1 ha...@example.com command=svnserve -t --tunnel-user=sally TYPE2 KEY2 sa...@example.com This example allows both Harry and Sally to connect to the same account via public key authentication. Each of them has a custom command that will be executed; the --tunnel-user option tells svnserve to assume that the named argument is the authenticated user. Without --tunnel-user, it would appear as though all commits were coming from the one shared system account. Gitolite uses a similar technique with git: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/gitolite-and-ssh.html -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: tcl/TK question
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Jerry Feldman g...@gapps.blu.org wrote: One possible solution that seems to work. In my wrapper script: command --arg1 --arg2 21 And in the tcl script: if [catch {open |$command} input] { I still get my zombie on the start command, but I query the open file list in tcl (file channels) and close any open files other than stdxxx. It's fun trying to write production code when you don't know the language :-) The section in the man page for open called COMMAND PIPELINES doesn't really spell it out. The `open` command returns a file descriptor. You need to close that file descriptor to wait for the process. Here's a quick demo: #!/usr/bin/tclsh # This produces a zombie, the file descriptor is lost. if [catch {open |echo foo} input] { puts something went wrong: $input } puts Press ctrl-z now and do a ps to check for zombies after 3000 # This does not: if [catch {set f [open |echo bar]} input] { puts something else went wrong: $input } # (The zombie is here.) puts Press ctrl-z now and do a ps to check for zombies after 3000 close $f # (And now it's not.) puts Press ctrl-z now and do a ps to check for zombies after 3000 # Closing the file descriptor from this `open` will cause an error. # (See the man page.) if [catch {set f [open |/bin/false]} input] { puts something different went wrong: $input } close $f HTH. -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] [Ruby SIG] May Meetup: ClientSideValidations and Capybara
*** Note - Different date than usual *** Join us at 7:00pm on Tuesday, 31 May 2011 (day after Memorial Day) at the NH-ICC for the regular monthly meeting of NHRuby! As promised wy back in March, Brian Cardarella returns with his refactored ClientSideValidations gem originally developed for the Democratic National Committee and Nick Plante will be talking about using Capybara for integration testing. Hope to see you there! Directions to NH-ICC and more information at http://nhruby.org ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: My Gnome (registry) is b0rken.
Ken, I had a similar experience recently with places opening mplayer in the manner in which you describe for vlc. It is as you suspected a file association issue, or at least it was in my case. You basically can fix it by manually starting nautilus and using the "Open With..." to reset the preference for directory objects to nautilus. My problem occurred after doing something with a DVD which caused me to try to open a folder with mplayer and the option 'Remember this application for "folder" files' is set by default. Here's the bug I found which referenced the issue and includes more detailed steps to resolve it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/667071 Hope this fixes your problem. Brian .. On 04/22/2011 08:37 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Running Ubuntu; if I go to Places - $MOSTANYCHOICE (e.g., "Home Folder"), lo! My vlc starts up, and I'm watching Ghostbusters. And, while Ghostbusters is not to be sneered at, it's unlikely to offer the directory listing for which I'm looking. As I'd prefer to not blow away *all* my settings, I was wondering if anyone might have any suggestions on how to track this one down. The funny thing is, it functions correctly for *some* selections. Here -- my current layout: Home folder: vlc Desktop: vlc Documents: vlc Music: vlc Pictures: vlc Video: vlc Computer: Computer(!) 269 MB Filesystem [from an inserted SD card]: vlc 15 GB Filesystem [ibid.]: vlc Network: Network sftp for ken on 192.168.21.100: vlc Connect to server: connect-to-server dialog Just noticed two things: - vlc fires up *different* things, depending on where it's launched - Not all destinations that launch vlc have playable media, so it's not like it's triggering on something it's finding. So, things I'm looking for, in order of preference: - Way to edit the Gnome menu option associations to find out what's wrong. - Way to blow away *just* Gnome's settings. - Random suggestions that might offer insight. Thanks! -Ken ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ -- Brian L. Shaver 4-Dogs Technology http://4-dogs.biz ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Ubuntu... downgrade? (64-bit - 32-bit)
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote: Hmmm... might be worth looking into. I mean, what's the worst that happens? I bork my system, and wind up doing a re-install. Which is what I'm looking at, anyway. So, yeah -- I'll poke around and see what I can make happen. I have an idea I've been turning over in my head which may be applicable here, too: Set up another installation in a directory branch. In your case, maybe under /usr/ubuntu-i386/ or something like that. The reason I want to do this is so I can get certain things from Debian unstable to install (with all their library dependencies) without having to run my entire system on unstable.[1] One way to do this would be to bootstrap an installation in a VM or a chroot, but that's a bit heavy-handed. I used to maintain a 32-bit install inside of my 64-bit install (debian) with schroot and instructions similar to these: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/566 https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id292281 I needed it to be able to use a couple of binary-only packages that were only available as 32-bit. I've been fiddling with using arguments to apt-get/dpkg to change the root directory for that invocation, e.g.: sudo apt-get -o 'RootDir=/usr/unstable' update That problem I have is that I haven't found the magic needed to initialize an apt installation. It rightly complains that its data files are missing, but I don't know any way to create them. With RPM, it's rpm --initdb. Anyone know how to do it in APT-land? Take a look at debootstrap, it might do what you want. -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for a tool for spreadsheet manipulation.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Steven W. Orr ste...@syslang.net wrote: I have this horrible spreadsheet that needs to be accessed by lots of people from all over the galaxy. Adding entries to the spreadsheet is painful because it's manual. What I'd like to do is to use a command line interface to add entries to cells instead of having to use Excel. Does such a beast exist? I'm thinking of some sort of a command that either takes command args or a configuration file to accomplish what I want. For example: Some possible approaches: 1. Look into OpenOffice macros to achieve this. For example, I used this recipe in a Makefile to use OO to convert an RTF into MS Word. It calls a macro that I defined and stored in BriansLibrary: %.doc: %.rtf soffice -invisible macro:///BriansLibrary.Conversion.ConvertRtfToWord(`pwd`/$) You may be able to do something similar with oocalc macros. If you really need MS Excel, I'm not sure you can compatibly store macros in it and still port between oocalc and Excel. 2. Back when I had a windows box I used a combination of python+win32com to access Word files. You could do something similar -- with just about any language (VB, python, etc). An ancient example that I once used to change Word document titles: http://bstpierre.org/Projects/msword.py ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for a tool for spreadsheet manipulation.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Steven W. Orr ste...@syslang.net wrote: Right now, everyone is using Excel from windows to add their entries. I don't actually know if using anything else (OOO, gnumeric, etc,) would cause unintended ripples to the files. All the devel work that I deal with is done from linux, but I get there mostly (currently) using W7, putty and cygwin X server. Tom's suggestion to move to a db backend with a web frontend is sound advice, but will require upfront effort and buy-in from other stakeholders to achieve. If you want to stay invisible and you're willing to run from the windows command line, see http://code.activestate.com/recipes/573471-update-stock-quote-using-yahoo-finance-web-service/ for an example of manipulating Excel spreadsheets using python and win32com. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for a tool for spreadsheet manipulation.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@tedroche.com wrote: Or you could just throw the spreadsheet into Google Apps, since they seem to have worked out the multi-user document sharing aspects pretty well. However, I don't know of a command-line interface to that! Google provides an API for Google Spreadsheets: http://code.google.com/apis/spreadsheets/data/3.0/developers_guide.html and a python client library: http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/ -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] [NHRuby SIG] January Meetup: OmniAuth
Join us at 7:00pm on Monday, 17 January 2011 at the NH-ICC as your humble organizer, Brian Turnbull, takes the stage presenting an Introduction to OmniAuth. OmniAuth, created by Michael Bleigh of Intridea, is a Rack-based authentication system for multi-provider external authentication. In this talk, we’ll cover where OmniAuth fits in the “web” stack, how to use it, what it does, and what it does not. Then we’ll take a dive into creating an authentication strategy for integrating OmniAuth with a custom authentication provider. See http://www.meetup.com/nhruby/calendar/15900279/ for more information about the meetup and for directions to the NH-ICC. ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Computer part recycling [was: New Year's Cleaning]
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:59 AM, kenta kenta.k...@gmail.com wrote: What I'm trying to find is a recycler, preferably free of charge, that will take this legacy hardware (read: junk) off my hands. I know that some companies have recycling days but I didn't see any posted around my area (Nashua, NH). A bit far from Nashua, and not free ($0.30/lb), but in this area there's Wincycle in Windsor, VT (on the NH state line): http://www.wincycle.org/ I also know a couple of guys who just put the junk in a box on the front porch, post to freecycle, and it is gone in an unbelievably short amount of time. -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Current compensation conditions
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 1:58 PM, mno...@embedded-unlimited.com wrote: On Mon Nov 22 13:38 , mark sent: On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Michael ODonnell michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote: I might be invited to join a team of developers on what they're calling a contract basis (tho it'd actually be a W2 rather than 1099 relationship; hourly, no benefits) and they've asked me to quote a rate. If you need insurance or other benefits, increase the hourly amount accordingly; e.g., if you have an opportunity to acquire heath insurance under COBRA, and the premium is $1,200 per month, then (1200 x12) / 2080 = an extra $6.92 added to the per-hour rate. The cost of private health insurance 1000+ per month is only deductible as a business expense against business income.. with W2 income you many not even qualify for a Health Savings account. I may be wrong, but I don't think W2 income will disqualify you for an HSA. See IRS Pub 969. Deductibility of premiums is a separate issue. If you go the HSA route, the premium is only part of the equation -- be sure to budget extra to cover the deductible. And health insurance is only part of what you've got to consider for other costs. You need emergency funds for when you get sick and can't go to work for a week. If you were on the 1099 side, you need to set aside extra for taxes. If you were an IC, you may need E+O. If you're self-employed for long enough, you can think about disability insurance. As Mike Nolin mentioned, consider what you'll have access to for retirement accounts (Solo401k, SEP, etc). I'd agree that W2-no-benefits is the worst of both worlds. -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] [Ruby SIG] November Meetup: (Geo)Spatial Programming
Join us at 7pm on Monday, November 15th at the NH-ICC building for the regular monthly meetup of NHRuby. This month, we have New Hampshire’s newest resident rubyist, Peter Jackson, presenting “Introduction to (Geo)Spatial Programming”. Location-based applications are everywhere, yet most modern Rubyists haven’t ventured far beyond superimposing a few locations on a Google Map. In this talk, the Rubyist will learn about the many spatial programming possibilities within the Ruby landscape, including non-location-based applications, geographic applications using custom imagery, answering difficult questions using spatial queries, Moving Beyond the Dot-On-The-Map, and how to get started with Geospatial Programming today. About Peter Jackson Peter Jackson is Managing Director at Intridea. He has been building and delivering web and mobile-based solutions since 1995. His technical passions include geospatial programming, the VoteFu Rails plug-in, anything to do with jQuery, and the fanatical removal of cruft. Find him on twitter at @peteonrails or read his blog: http://blog.peteonrails.com Directions to NH-ICC You can find detailed directions on the NH-ICC site [1] or use Google Maps [2] [1] http://www.nh-icc.org/about-nh-icc/directions/ [2] http://maps.google.com/maps?q=75+Rochester+Avenue+Portsmouth+NH ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Recommended rsync tutorials?
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Bruce Labitt bruce.lab...@myfairpoint.net wrote: I'm looking to use rsync on a cron job to do some 'backup'. I've read man rsync and a few 'tutorials'. It looks not too hard - this worries me. :) If you're performing backups with rsync, you may want to take a look at rsnapshot. It uses rsync under the hood, so if rsync works for you, rsnapshot should too. I've been using it for a couple of years now, and it has been a lifesaver more than once. http://rsnapshot.org/ -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: dual pci nic with bridging
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Brian St. Pierre br...@bstpierre.org wrote: Anybody have experience with a PCI-based dual-interface NIC that does hardware bridging? This would be for a traffic monitoring application ... Not what you asked for, but: Would it be feasible to use a small managed switch with a monitor/mirror port? That would give you much greater hardware choice, as you wouldn't need a special network card. I was hoping to put the bridge in the box, but what you suggested is the plan b. On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Shawn O'Shea sh...@eth0.net wrote: The only host-based thing I've seen for something like that are the Endace DAG cards. They tout 100% packet capture since they take all the processing off the host CPU. They are not cheap though...I think it was like 6000$ for a dual port. http://www.endace.com/endace-dag-high-speed-packet-capture-cards.html Thanks for the pointer, these sound interesting even though that's 10x the cost target. -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
dual pci nic with bridging
Anybody have experience with a PCI-based dual-interface NIC that does hardware bridging? This would be for a traffic monitoring application, so the host cpu must be able to snoop traffic. Software bridging is not feasible. Thanks for any pointers. -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] Ruby SIG: August 2010 Meetup
Join us on Monday, August 16th at 7:00pm for the next meeting of the New Hampshire Ruby Users Group. This month we have Brian Cardarella talking about his client_side_validations gem: The client_side_validations gem is an extract from a Democratic National Committee project. It quickly and easily allows you to mimc the validations in a given model on the client-side. In addition, Brian Turnbull will be presenting his experience interfacing C with Ruby: Ruby is great. But sometimes you need the speed, control, or ubiquity of plain old C. In this talk, we'll examine interfacing Ruby with an existing C API and also writing new Ruby modules and classes in C. New Location Mark Galvin of the NHICC is opening his doors to host this month's meeting. The NHICC is located on the campus of the Pease International Tradeport at 75 Rochester Avenue, Portsmouth, NH -- Directions from the NHICC site: http://www.nh-icc.org/about-nh-icc/directions/ Google Maps Link to Meeting Location: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=dsource=s_dsaddr=daddr=43.079632,-70.810339hl=engeocode=mra=dmemrcr=0mrsp=1sz=17sll=43.079828,-70.809342sspn=0.005258,0.006963ie=UTF8ll=43.084311,-70.805082spn=0.021031,0.027852t=hz=15 ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] [Ruby SIG] July 2010 Meetup: Redis and Resque
Join us at RMC Research (1000 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH) Monday, 19 July 2010 at 7pm for the July edition of NHRuby. We meet and share projects and questions surrounding Ruby, Rails, and related technologies — all are welcome. This month, we are thrilled to welcome Nick Plante back to the podium to talk about Redis and Resque! Nick is using both Redis and Resque in production to power portions of the backend of his UI test and verify service, Mogotest. Redis is a fast key-value store, like Memcache but with more awesome. It features a (semi-)non-volatile data store and access to more sophisticated data structures like lists, sets, and ordered sets, all of which can be manipulated with a variety of powerful atomic operations. I’ll talk about how we’re using Redis in production at Mogotest, what it’s good for, what it’s not good for. I’ll also describe how we’re using Resque, a simple job queue system built on top of Redis, to handle a variety of asynchronous background tasks. So join us Monday for an evening of code, conversation, and the company of your fellow Rubyists. Directions and more information can be found at http://nhruby.org ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: [OT] CableInside possible spam/scam?
On 05/13/2010 05:21 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: There's a variant of that attack. Sometimes the attacker changes the prices reported, pockets the difference, and passes along the rest. There's even a special term for that kind of attack: reseller I've also seen this as a ploy to use an advanced fee fraud. Scammer: I have [stuff I want to buy from | work I need done by] you. Victim: OK. I can do it. Pay me $PRICE Scammer: Here is ($PRICE+$3000). Please take what you need and wire me the difference. Victim then is expected to move quickly and wire the difference before the forged check has been determined to be fraudulent. I've seen this scam tried on me twice now. It starts out sounding legit and quickly becomes obvious. Especially if you ever get the cashier's check which is pretty clearly fake. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: [OT] iPad
Alan Johnson wrote: This appears to be made from a review template for all Apple products. You just filled in the blanks with iPad and Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t, a convertible touchscreen netbook/tablet, didn't you? I think it's in Apple's design specs. Take nifty tech only geeks know about. Make it shiny. Reduce the functionality. Increase price. Market the hell out of it. I love Apple. They steal the niftiest stuff. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: OT? - Broadband Troubleshooting
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Greg g...@kettmann.com wrote: What's the best approach to isolating or identifying the details of this problem? One obvious solution is to log some pings for a day or two. This is tricky because what you're looking for is not throughput, and not even latency (Round Trip Time), but rather, Packet Delay Variation, AKA jitter. That is, you don't care how long it takes a packet to transit, but you need to characterize *variation* in how long it takes a packet to transit. Before you try to characterize jitter/latency/etc, you need to figure out if there is any packet loss. Jitter will hurt your connection but packet loss will kill it. You mentioned QoS settings. These are probably ignored by your provider and thus only have an effect inside your local network. You also mentioned that you have problems just with web surfing. How frequently does this occur? You likely have some problem either on the wiring to your house, or inside your house, or possibly with your ISPs local network. If you can characterize the issue from stats on your modem you may be able to get some help from the ISP. -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Linux for cloud computing: Request for Input
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org wrote: Any other ideas on the topic of Why Linux for Cloud Computing? Virtualization? Any blatant negatives for Linux as a platform? Too many choices. Once you've chosen linux over other options, you've still got a ton of decisions to make. You mention choosing between security models as though this is a good thing. Maybe it's not [1]. Choosing a different platform might mean you have to make fewer decisions. (This isn't specific to cloud computing.) [1] For example, see http://www.neurosciencemarketing.com/blog/articles/more-choices-fewer-sales.htm -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Interesting article,
Chris wrote: I don't agree with all of it, but it does put a few things in perspective. http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=7532tag=nl.e539 I do not agree with the author of the article either. His arguments seem only based on a limited experience of what Linux has to offer. I know that Mandriva Linux, even its free version has already overcome the hurdles he mentions long ago: No gaming support - Mandriva has an entire product line devoted to gaming, but the gaming developers didn't work with it and the end users didn't try it out. It was subsequently dropped. Little/no OEM support - Mandriva has had an OEM certification program for years. No iPod support - Amarok. Right out of the box. No migration tool - Mandriva has has a built-in migration tool for quite some time now - Transfugdrake - right in the System area of the control center. Driver/hardware confusion - For 90% of hardware out there, you don't need it. Also, the fact that there’s no such thing as a “works with Linux” logo... Yes, there is. I have a bunch of stickers with the one I designed and I'm sure there are others. Free tech support dries up - http://www.mandrivausers.org Confusion about distro differences - OK, I'll give him that one. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Using xmlstarlet and OpenOffice
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Bruce Dawson j...@codemeta.com wrote: [WARNING: Lots of code here...] Adding the -C option to your command line yields: ?xml version=1.0? xsl:stylesheet version=1.0 xmlns:xsl=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform; xmlns:exslt=http://exslt.org/common; xmlns:math=http://exslt.org/math; xmlns:date=http://exslt.org/dates-and-times; xmlns:func=http://exslt.org/functions; xmlns:set=http://exslt.org/sets; xmlns:str=http://exslt.org/strings; xmlns:dyn=http://exslt.org/dynamic; xmlns:saxon=http://icl.com/saxon; xmlns:xalanredirect=org.apache.xalan.xslt.extensions.Redirect xmlns:xt=http://www.jclark.com/xt; xmlns:libxslt=http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/namespace; xmlns:test=http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/; xmlns:office=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0 extension-element-prefixes=exslt math date func set str dyn saxon xalanredirect xt libxslt test exclude-result-prefixes=math str xsl:output omit-xml-declaration=yes indent=no method=text/ xsl:param name=inputFile-/xsl:param xsl:template match=/ xsl:call-template name=t1/ /xsl:template xsl:template name=t1 xsl:value-of select=office:*/ /xsl:template /xsl:stylesheet Note that only the first -N namespace declaration (office=...) is emitted in the XSLT. This makes me think the doc lies when it says multiple -N options are supported. Maybe there's a special trick to make it work? When I change the XPath expression to only use the office namespace, I get the following: $ xmlstarlet select --net -T \ -N office=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0 \ -N style=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:style:1.0 \ -N text=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0 \ -N table=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:table:1.0 \ -N draw=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:drawing:1.0 \ -N fo=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:xsl-fo-compatible:1.0 \ -N xlink=http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink; \ -N dc=http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/; \ -N meta=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:meta:1.0 \ -N number=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:datastyle:1.0 \ -N svg=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:svg-compatible:1.0 \ -N chart=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:chart:1.0 \ -N dr3d=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:dr3d:1.0 \ -N math=http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML; \ -N form=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:form:1.0 \ -N script=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:script:1.0 \ -N ooo=http://openoffice.org/2004/office; \ -N ooow=http://openoffice.org/2004/writer; \ -N oooc=http://openoffice.org/2004/calc; \ -N dom=http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events; \ -N xforms=http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms; \ -N xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema; \ -N xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; \ -N field=urn:openoffice:names:experimental:ooxml-odf-interop:xmlns:field:1.0 \ -t -v 'office:*' content.xml Trailer Rental AgreementSomeFarm; 123 Some Road; Town NH 03307603-783-3315I, SomeRenter, hereby agree to use the Keifer Built horse trailer owned by Some One (owner) for $VerySmallSum/day. Trailer will be picked up on 1 Jan 2010 and returned on 1 Jan 2010 to qualify for 0 day(s) rental.I agree that I am responsible for any and all bodily injury or property damage that may occur while it is in my possession. Further, I agree to hold the owner absolutely harmless from any responsibility for any claim whatsoever during the time of my use.The value of the trailer is hereby agreed to be $2500. I agree to pay the owner up to $VeryLargeSum for any damage to it. Repair costs will be determined solely by SomeFarm of Town, NH.The trailer shall not be moved with other than a 2” ball hitch.The trailer shall not be moved without its lights in full operation.No one other than the person signing below will move the trailer.Social Security # 123-45-6789Drivers License # 12ABC000101Copy of Vehicle Registration: attachedCopy of Certificate of Insurance: attachedCopy of Drivers License: attachedName/Driver 000 Some Street; SomePlace, NHSignature ___Telephone # 603-555-1234Date TodaySignature of SomeFarm representative__ Unfortunately, I don't have any hints to help you get multiple namespaces into the XSLT. -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Using xmlstarlet and OpenOffice
This is an ugly hack, but it works... xmlstarlet select --net -T \ -N office='urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0 xmlns:text=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0' \ -t -v 'office:document-content/office:body/office:text/text:p/text:span/text:text-input' content.xml Luckily it passes the namespace declaration through to the XSLT unchanged. You only need to declare the namespaces used in the XPath query. -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: DHCPD and Windows question
On Fri, January 29, 2010 7:10 pm, Todd Littlefield wrote: If I disable the daemon on the server and use the one on the router, the Windows boxes are happy... But that makes me unhappy. I'm at my wits end trying to get it figured out. Can you get a wireshark capture of (a) the broken request and (b) the working request? Then compare the two and change whatever is needed in your config (one thing at a time) to make (a) look more like (b). -- Brian St. Pierre ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Silly DNS question
Ben Scott wrote: The detective in me has to point out that doesn't necessarily prove it's Amazon's *DNS* servers doing that. Their provisioning system might replace potentially problematic characters with dashes when creating DNS records. This distinction is mostly academic, but I think we're in that territory already. ;-) Indeed. I think we can all agree that Amazon *should* NOT be using underscores in any case, for host names. I don't know if Amazon's web server would agree, but their DNS servers seem to think they are the same. Well, both http://thingiverse_beta.s3.amazonaws.com/ and http://thingiverse-beta.s3.amazonaws.com/ respond with XML, but with different content -- the latter a not found sort of result. I'm not sure if that's the web server proper, or custom server-side software running behind it, that's getting confused. Yup. Found my reason why I got identical replies from DNS queries: s3.amazonaws.com seems to have a wildcard CNAME to s3-directional-w.amazonaws.com: $ host somenamethatshouldnotexist.s3.amazonaws.com somenamethatshouldnotexist.s3.amazonaws.com is an alias for s3-directional-w.amazonaws.com. s3-directional-w.amazonaws.com is an alias for s3-1-w.amazonaws.com. s3-1-w.amazonaws.com has address 72.21.202.194 $ Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Silly DNS question
Thomas Charron wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: That would generally be considered non-compliant with the requirements for Internet hosts, even though DNS can handle it. Interesting. My nameserver at home ends up telling me to bugger off. :-D Not sure which one, either our DNS forwarder, or the TDS nameservers. Will have to take a look. Toying with a piece of trivia who's origin I no longer recall, I seem to recall that some DNS servers will treat an underscore as a dash. In an effort to test this theory, I tried doing a host lookup both ways and indeed the results were identical: $ host thingiverse_beta.s3.amazonaws.com thingiverse_beta.s3.amazonaws.com is an alias for s3-directional-w.amazonaws.com. s3-directional-w.amazonaws.com is an alias for s3-1-w.amazonaws.com. s3-1-w.amazonaws.com has address 72.21.202.194 $ host thingiverse-beta.s3.amazonaws.com thingiverse-beta.s3.amazonaws.com is an alias for s3-directional-w.amazonaws.com. s3-directional-w.amazonaws.com is an alias for s3-1-w.amazonaws.com. s3-1-w.amazonaws.com has address 72.21.202.194 Interesting. A dig resulted in similar answers. I don't know if Amazon's web server would agree, but their DNS servers seem to think they are the same. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Prebuilt/turn-key PC options
Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: `Open Systems FTW'? So..., I just recently heard about these guys: http://www.system76.com/ Anyone here have experience with, or opinions of, them? Nope. But I do have (intimate you might say) experience with a *local* provider of Linux systems There's Just Works in Nashua - http://www.justworksnh.com - which sells Mandriva based desktops and dual-boot laptops and netbooks. Triple boot on the netbooks if you want - Mandriva Linux, WinXP, and Moblin. I just thought I'd mention it, 'cause you know... I own the place and all. Sales have been kinda (!) slow lately. If you *want* a local provider who supports the Linux systems an all... Just Works can do it. If I get enough customers to keep the company in business... which hasn't been happening lately. So come on down and support the local Linux provider! Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Digital Voice Recorders and Linux
jim.mcginn...@att.net wrote: If a price around $150 is in your range, In that range, I've been happy with this one: http://www.music123.com/Musicians-Gear-MUSICIANS-GEAR-HANDHELD-STEREO-DIGITAL--RECORDER-58-i1432656.Music123 (In case the link breaks, try this one: http://bit.ly/1U1W7N ) It mounts as a USB drive with a standard cable. Upsides: Superb sound quality, compatibility, wav or mp3, comes with external mics, AAA batteries (included!), SD card slot. Downsides: Filesystem is ...odd. Battery life is just OK. Size. I began recording with the internal microphones and from about 4 feet I could *clearly* hear a VERY quiet whisper. It came with 2 lapel mics, headphones, USB cable, and AAA batteries. It is much larger than the audio recorders you normally see. This thing is a low end Pro Audio quality recorder meant for bands and it shows. There are 128 MB of internal storage and an SD card slot. The machine saves as 44KHz MP3 files by default, but can be set to save as WAV in 8k-44k sampling rates. It boasts a 5 hour battery life in record mode and a 6 hour playback life. It also comes with a line out and separate headphone jack. I opened an MP3 file in Audacity and it worked first try with no hassles, no software to install, no drivers needed, etc. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Webmin, was: Re: Linux as a NAS performance questions
Alan Johnson wrote: On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:17 PM, H. Kurth Bemis ku...@kurthbemis.com mailto:ku...@kurthbemis.com wrote: (Alan - I knew you had to get a plug for webmin in somewhere! :]) When the only tool you have is a hammer... ;-) Speaking of plugs for webmin, have I mentioned how pluggable it is? w! ;-p As Alan knows, I also love Webmin ...but speaking of pluggable, anyone try Usermin yet? http://www.webmin.com/usermin.html From the web site: Usermin is a web-based interface for webmail, password changing, mail filters, fetchmail and much more. It is designed for use by regular non-root users on a Unix system, and limits them to tasks that they would be able to perform if logged in via SSH or at the console. If you've got non-techie users on your *nix system, this might be handy. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Network/System Monitors
Alan Johnson wrote: On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Lloyd Kvam pyt...@venix.com mailto:pyt...@venix.com wrote: http://www.intermapper.com is a local product that is worth considering. I looked at Internapper years ago when I was running a Wireless ISP and it looks very nice at the time. Still, I also suggest you take a hard look at OpenNMS. It has the power or HP Openview, without the price, but with some, but not all, of the setup headaches. Compare Intermapper pricing to have the OpenNMS commercial support help you set it up. I worked with Alan part of that time including the roll-out of InterMapper. I'll second his positive review. I found it incredibly easy to install and run. I have worked with Nagios before and while a good system, I found it a little clunky at the time, though it may have improved since then. While I don't have much first-hand experience with OpenNMS (I only played around with their online demo a couple years ago), I've heard many network ops people rave about how well designed it is. I'd say definitely look into both OpenNMS and InterMapper and evaluate which one fits your needs best. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: OT: green vehicles
Bill McGonigle wrote: On 07/28/2009 12:48 PM, Brian Chabot wrote: Their Air Pod looks nifty. Wow, the range is more than I would have guessed. The secret seems to be a combination between a super-efficient engine and multiple 175 liter carbon-fiber composite air tanks that can each be filled safely to 350 bar (over 5000 PSI). This would be perfect for my commute except I don't think with my house a mile up a hill the 11 ft-lbs of torque is going to get me home. Like they said, urban. Still, for v0.1, it's very impressive. Definitely not for everyone, but I think my company logo would look rather good on one Looks like the US distributor is updating their web site: http://zeropollutionmotors.us/ Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: OT: green vehicles
Alan Johnson wrote: For now, my dream is to build a tiny one-seater car with electric bike parts and my neighbor's welding skills. If I could get 40Mph, and 20mi/charge, it would be the perfect car for my commute. I'm still holding out for an MDI Air Car: http://www.mdi.lu/ Their Air Pod looks nifty. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Finding *unfiltered* free WiFi?
Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: Actually, it looks like OpenBmap http://www.openbmap.org/ has already expanded their scope to include WiFi hotspots; it seems like access-restrictions might be just the sort of data that they'd want to include in their database--I don't know whether they've considered that prospect, yet. Mostly open, but not 100% Free (Gratis), you might want to consider FON. http://www.fon.com It works like this: You sign up and order one of their custom config'd accesspoints. When you get it, you plug it in to the 'net, wait for any updates, and register it. Now, you can log in at any other FON AP around the world in exchange for letting any other FON AP owner log into yours. They used to give away the access points, but now ask you to pay a nominal price for them. I have 20 coupons to get them for $20+SH if anyone wants. Those who are not FON AP owners can get access by paying a fee. You can grant access to up to 5 friends family on your AP... or give friends the WPA key for the secure network... It's a pretty good deal, I think. But it needs more widespread accesspoints to really make it worth while. I own three of these and they're not too bad. (One at my shop, one on loan and a third un-configured that I plan to hack at some day.) You can see a map of the FON locations at http://maps.fon.com I like the idea, but I want to see more of it, too... Share on! Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Analog Modems?
This is going to sound odd, but I have a friend who lives in the boonies who only has an analog phone line for internet access and word has it they won't have broadband (or most cell signals) for a couple more years. I was wondering if anyone here might know of an affordable, stand-alone device which would server as an analog modem on one side and ethernet or wifi on the other? The idea is to set their house up with a LAN where either their main computer or a laptop could use the device as a dial-on-demand access device and a router to the outside world while connected. I'm trying to see if something can be set up so as not to have to use any one computer as the router... Any ideas? Thanks, Brian PS: Yes, it needs to be Linux compatible. -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: ARTICLE - openwrt/dd-wrt based modem/router vulnerability?
Tom Wittbrodt wrote: I admit I didn't read the fine print when I signed up with Verizon for DSL service but I wasn't aware the company providing my DSL service could push changes like this to my router without my involvement. For what it might be worth, when I signed up for Speakeast DSL, they had the option of the customer taking control of the CPE. It technically voided any support of it the company was obliged to give (they did still give support in practice), but you got FULL control. With my starting of Just Works, I was forced to use Comcast as the only viable ISP available. (No DSL service, no FIOS available, Cell WANs and Satellite systems no viable...) When I set up my Comcast Business line, I was pleasantly surprised that the support guy offered to set the modem to route my static IP straight to my WRT54GL. This gave me complete control over my connection to the outside world without having to do any extra layers of IANA reserved network space. I did a happy dance knowing I had complete control over my own network. (And no, the router is not accessible from outside... not directly at least. I set up an port forward on a non-standard port to an other SSH server internally for LAN access from outside. All passwords are at least moderately strong.) Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: CMS
Dan Coutu wrote: Lori Hitchcock wrote: Working with a company developing a website in a LAMP environment and starting to look at CMS. Hearing good and bad about both Joomla and Drupal. The needs to be very simple for non-techs to add content. For clients with simpler needs I often will use Word Press I've had good results with WordPress for many sites. It has a lot of plugins to add various functions not inherent to the WP platform. As others have pointed out, a more detailed list of the company's needs would be helpful. Feel free to contact me off-list, as building LAMP based sites with various back ends is something I do as part of Just Works. I'd be happy to work with them to come up with a good fit. Here are some of the key things I'd look for: Definitely a good list of questions. Any of the top three (Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress will do these to varying extents and varying amounts of ease-of-use and features. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
USB Question...
here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: USB Question...
Thomas Charron wrote: What version of hal do you have, as well as what kernel? There where USB mass storage size issues fixed in both newer kernels, and hal, specifically for large storage devices. Hal is hal-0.5.10-0.rc2.4mdv2008.0 and I'm running kernel-desktop-2.6.22.19-2mdv-1-1mdv2008.0 It's a Mandriva Powerpack 2008.0 install with all currently available updates installed. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: USB Question...
Alan Johnson wrote: I've definitely seen some older hubs cause problems with devices on Linux boxes. Silly question, but did you try plugging in directly to the machine (assuming it has 2.0 ports)? The USB ports are not trivial to reach, so I'll try that later (or on a system at work) later on... This hub (and the specific port and cable) have worked fine on other devices, such as my video camera and Blackberry. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: USB Question...
Thomas Charron wrote: There where fixes in both in newer versions. 2.6.24 included USB fixes size issues, as well as hal 0.5.11. I'm trying to keep this system as close to stock as possible, so I'll integrate those as soon as Mandriva's normal update repositories have them... What does this command show: cat /sys/block/sdb/size /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/size $ cat /sys/block/sdb/size 246864 $ cat /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/size 251937 $ Jives with /var/log/messages and fdisk just like it should, and shows the same error. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: USB Question...
virgins...@vfemail.net wrote: Does it play back as well as record? If so, do the recordings sound correct when played directly from the device? Yup. Sounds just fine on the device itself. That's not likely to be a problem unless you're playing a high bitrate mp3 directly over USB from the device, with lots of other traffic on the bus. It is an older, USB1.0 hub plugged into the same bus as a keyboard * mouse, so it shouldn't be an issue. Other devices on the hub when plugged in work fine. Ben suggested plugging direct into the bus, but ATM that jack is rather inconveniently on the back of the box... I'll try it when I have time to fuss with it. Mar 5 04:14:41 ono-sendai kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Mar 5 04:14:41 ono-sendai kernel: sdb: rw=0, want=251840, limit=246864 That message is often indicative of a corrupt FS. Did you specify any low-level filesystem parameters when you mounted the device, or did you let it autoguess the format? Completely auto-guessed. dosfsck initially found a problem, but corrected it. A current dosfsck gives me: $ sudo dosfsck -atvV /dev/sdb1 dosfsck 2.11 (12 Mar 2005) dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem Boot sector contents: System ID MSDOS5.0 Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk) 512 bytes per logical sector 1024 bytes per cluster 38 reserved sectors First FAT starts at byte 19456 (sector 38) 2 FATs, 32 bit entries 500224 bytes per FAT (= 977 sectors) Root directory start at cluster 2 (arbitrary size) Data area starts at byte 1019904 (sector 1992) 124972 data clusters (127971328 bytes) 63 sectors/track, 255 heads 63 hidden sectors 251937 sectors total Starting check/repair pass. Checking for bad clusters. Reclaiming unconnected clusters. Checking free cluster summary. Starting verification pass. Checking for unused clusters. /dev/sdb1: 46 files, 5280/124972 clusters $ The device has an SD slot, so I plan to try that out later today. What is confusing me is that it is properly detected, according to this: Mar 5 09:29:17 ono-sendai kernel: sd 52:0:0:0: [sdb] 246864 512-byte hardware sectors (126 MB) ...but only miliseconds later, I see: Mar 5 09:29:18 ono-sendai kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Mar 5 09:29:18 ono-sendai kernel: sdb: rw=0, want=251840, limit=246864 So it already sees that there are 246864 but is still trying to access 251840 through 252000. It automatically mounts it wit the following message: Mar 5 09:29:23 ono-sendai hald: mounted /dev/sdb1 on behalf of uid 500 And a mount -v tells me: /dev/sdb1 on /media/SMILABEL type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uhelper=hal,flush,uid=500,utf8,shortname=lower) Googling the issue tells me that others have had luck re-partitioning their external drives, but I'm not so sure this thing would recognize a newly partitioned internal drive... Indeed, fdisk gives me: $ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 126 MB, 126394368 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 244 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 250 125968+ b W95 FAT32 Command (m for help): v Partitions 1: cylinder 250 greater than maximum 244 Total allocated sectors 251938 greater than the maximum 246864 Command (m for help): q $ I've emailed the manufacturer's support dept. to see if I can just re-partition and reformat or if that will brick the device. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Thunderbird question
Cole Tuininga wrote: I IMAP in under my co...@code-energy.com account and send stuff out by SMTP AUTHing into my mail server and setting the from address as co...@code-energy.com. Then (at least, under Evolution) I have c...@tuininga.org set up to use that same unix account just for sending ... no IMAP, no POP. I cannot seem to figure out how to do this with Thunderbird. There doesn't seem to be the concept of a mail account to use for sending only, without having an associated IMAP or POP connection. I think I grok what you're looking for. I have all my mail on my server as myusern...@myserver.com but I send as many addresses... so I think I'm already doing what you're looking for: Edit - Account Settings - [select your IMAP account] - Manage Identities - Add When you're done, and you compose an email, you should have a drop-down list of identities in the From field at the top. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Thunderbird question
Brian Chabot wrote: I think I grok what you're looking for. I may have missed what you're looking for... You may alternatively been looking for: Edit - Account Settings - Outgoing Server (SMTP) I'm hoping one of these was what you were looking for. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: FOSS Gaming Survey - Any help is appreciated
Joseph Guarino wrote: FOSS Gaming Survey - http://www.evolutionaryit.com/limesurvey/index.php?sid=72676#9001;=en Someone should have troubleshot this before it went public. Which Video Game magazines do you subscribe to? Cannot answer: No answer. Must fill in Other with something like None. Which FOSS Gaming websites/blogs to you frequent? Should be Multiple Choice. Which general Gaming sites do you visit regularly? Should be Multiple Choice. There was another one, I think, but I forgot where. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Thots on evolution vs t'bird.
Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org writes: Evolution supports IMAP, POP and local mail. It also supports multiple identities. I somehow missed the beginning of this thread but... Thunderbird also supports multiple identities, IMAP, and POP as well as GMail natively. Enigmail makes PGP/GPG encryption simple (including key management). I haven't used Evolution in a while, but last time I did, I was turned off by the close resemblance to Outbreak. Kmail/Kontact is coming up there as a viable option, too: especially in office environments. Brian -- --- | br...@datasquire.net Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Nokia N810 and other handhelds
Ben Scott wrote: On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... the ever-elusive 802.11 SD card. ;) Does such a thing actually exist? Google seems to think so, but... there was an 802.11 card for the Sony Memory Stick form-factor, too. They're impossible to find these days. I think they only ever made like six of them. [That being the anticipated market demand for Memory Stick 802.11. ;-) ] Worse, the drivers had a tendency to crash the OS fairly regularly. I have one! I found an overpriced Palm brand SDIO 802.11 card back when I was playing around with a Tapwave Zodiac. (Remember those? Once again, remarkable hardware. PalmOS. And absolutely NO marketing to speak of. It died a quick death, but remains one of my all time favorite handheld systems in terms of capability and ergonomics.) How in the name of the FSM's balls Apple managed to convince everybody the iPhone is somehow exempt from the above clusterfsck remains a perplexing mystery to me. The iPhone is actually worse, because in addition to the carriers wanting everything locked up we've got Apple wanting everything locked up. I see Apple succeeding in community software development where Tapwave crashed and burned. With Tapwave, the Zod ran PalmOS, so it could run any of the Palm apps out there - but - some of the more awesome features of the Zod's hardware were locked out unless you got your app digitally signed by Tapwave. This, of course, cost Tapwave time to test the apps and the developer money. With the iPhone, Apple controls distribution and simply passes the costs on to the users by charging a pittance above whatever the developer wants to sell the app for. It worked. It would be nice to see some market organization here. You'd think all the various players would want to get behind a common OS that doesn't have huge costs, isn't owned by a single vendor with conflicts of interest, has a strong community, large existing code base, and powerful features. Sounds like Linux. Yet I've seen several attempts at bringing Linux to the handheld world, and none of them could get out of their own way. Poorly managed development efforts, legal entanglements, failed promises. Oh, right. Never mind. And I want my flying car. These guys are still trying: http://www.moller.com/ http://www.volanteaircraft.com http://www.labicheaerospace.com/ http://www.terrafugia.com/ http://www.urbanaero.com http://www.macroindustries.com http://www.pal-v.com/ Or if you prefer a motorcycle, this might be interesting: http://www.thebutterflyllc.com/sscycle/sscycle.htm Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Handheld device keyboards (was: Nokia N810)
Ben Scott wrote: Aside: I got to try the BlackBerry Storm for a minute. The keyboard was one of the deciding factors in my choice to go with the Blackberry 8130 Curve from T-mobile. It has a raised, backlit, chicklet style keyboard and unlike anything else I've seen on the market today, it has haptic feedback in the form of a click you can feel, as well as a tit on the 5 key, so you can find the number pad by touch. The keys are almost square, but still slightly vertical with space between them. You can feel them easily enough and the click helps let you know if you hit the wrong one. There is Linux software to backup restore, but my greatest finds were that it can sync over the air to your Gmail account's calendar. Google also has a pretty decent set of their more widely used services you can download. One of my favorite Linux compatibility parts is that it uses a standard USB connection and acts as just another USB thumb drive. This makes transferring images, videos, and ring tones a breeze. (It uses MP3 format for the ringtones... natively. I love my crackberry. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Laptop HD repair/recovery question
Ed lawson wrote: Any suggestions of NH repair shops to check system/HD, repair and determine if recovery of bad drive feasible at reasonable price and/or best nearby recovery shop? There have been some great recommendations so far. Go for those if you can. If you can't... I often get customers who are so po they can't pay attention. One had a hard drive failure and it was relatively minor by comparison to the stories others have told. The partition in question usually wouldn't mount no matter how I tried (Win, Linux, various recovery CD's, different machines, etc.). Sometimes though it would mount. Once. I could get one file or so and then ...nothing. The customer was clear that I was his last resort, as he couldn't afford any of the outside services I recommended to him. If I couldn't recover his data (6+ years of work, some 15 years of archived emails...), that was it and he'd have to start over. He was quite devastated at the prospect... As a last resort I tried the old wives' tale of freezing the drive. I stuck it in the freezer in my shop for an hour. Then I took it out, immediately wrapped it in a towel so it would stay cool and not form condensation. I rapidly plugged it into a physical drive copy machine and started a raw partition copy to a known-good, blank HDD of slightly more size. Miraculously it worked. I burned the data to a DVD and off he went. (In the mean time, I sold him a new HDD and installed it for him.) No, I normally wouldn't try something that questionable with most customers. This was an old friend and I know the work he had saved. I also made sure he knew that this might not work at all. He was OK with that. Like I said... his last resort. Just something else to think about. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for local mobo suppliers
Michael ODonnell wrote: One of the GNHLUG members runs a computer store: http://www.justworksnh.com/blog/ I don't know if it meets your requirements but there's a thread about it in the April archives on the GNHLUG server. Hi! that would be me. I don't stock many parts... just the ones that go into the computers I have for sale... which at this early point is pretty slim. I've been having a hard time selling Linux PC's in this economy, and making about 90% of my income fixing Windblows PCs for people. (I can't afford to stock things I can't sell...) We're open by appointment on weekends... I'll be there this evening doing some work. Not sure what time, but my sleep schedule is all messed up right now and I'm about to go to bed after a LONG day. The other drawback: We only take credit cards right now through PayPal. But the upside: We do have a few mobos in stock... all of one type... with RAM and chips available. They're AMD Sempron based... but I don't have the specs or prices handy. You can call the work number (in my sig) to see if I'm in the shop. If so, stop on in. If I'm there, we're open, no matter what the sign says. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10
Greg Rundlett wrote: I've been through the upgrade process and I'm still getting used to KDE 4. I'm frustrated by not being able to have a customized panel with direct launchers for all my favorite applications. For that matter, although I generally keep a clean desktop, I don't like the fact that KDE4 won't let me put _any_ icons/shortcuts on my desktop except for the plasma widgets. You can use the icon widget. In my Mandriva 2009 install on my laptop, I can drag a folder (from the default file manager only) onto the desktop and choose create icon from the menu. I hate it. KDE4 destroyed the concept of the desktop as most people today know it. Personally, I keep a pretty clear (computer) desktop and use the open space as scratch room: a place to put files and folders I am currently working on. With KDE4, it is no longer drag and drop, and the idea of using a folder contents widget for this is both redundant and counterintuitive. It might as well have reverted back to the Windows 3.1 interface for all the good it does. (AKA: it is actually not bad for a very limited subset of what most of us do, but lacks most of the functionality most of us expect today.) I can't do compiz or anything else advanced in the eye candy department (not even transparent konsole) because both my systems use nvidia or ati cards that are not supported yet (although they were supported under kde 3.x) Good luck. If I get a chance, I'll add to this list of issues. I'm hoping someone forks KDE3.x or actually gets their head out of their rump and makes KDE4 useful. I usually keep most of my systems running the latest major release of the distro I use, but with KDE4, I'm dragging my heels big time. I'd be happy to hear that things improve... soon. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Converting HTML and MIME to plain text mail
Ben Scott wrote: From: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Greater NH Linux User Group gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re: Converting HTML and MIME to plain text mail In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Uhh, Ben, is there a reason you're using a Japanese character set here? ...or was it to test us or the mail server? Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: portable music players
Jesse Lazar wrote: Hey, Is ipod the way to go for portable music player within Linux. My understanding is that it can be done easily, however I am curious as to what others use... Speaking from a Mandriva perspective... (YMMV in other distros) Syncing an iPod in Mandriva 2008.1 is not plug-and-play, but isn't too difficult. RTFM and follow the directions and you'll be fine. Moving files back and forth IS trivial and Plug-and-Play if you use Amarok as your Linux side music player. For true simplicity, I like RCA's line of inexpensive mp3 players. They connect as simple USB drives and require no drivers in any OS. Sync is by your preferred method of file moving/copying/etc. I got one from Walmart a few years ago with an SD card slot and more recently for a (now amicably ex-)girlfriend. Both require no drivers. Good luck and let us know what you end up doing. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Seamonkey Issue
TARogue wrote: For those who don't know, Seamonkey is the reincarnation of the Mozilla suite. I just upgraded to seamonkey-1.1.12-1.fc8 using yum. I then had to reinstall the add-ons adblock_plus and noscript. Both of these need to write in the seamonkey directory, so need to be installed as root. (Which is a whole nother issue I won't get into now.) Not sure if it'll work, but I ran into this in earlier versions of Seamonkey... Find the install directory where adblock and the other plugins are located. I think it's called chrome. (It's been a while and I'm doing this from memory, so bear with me... YMMV) Chmod/chown that recursively so that it can be rwx by the user running Seamonkey. I can't recommend 777 obviously for security reasons, but that would work. I used to use Seamonkey on a system where I was the only user so I just chown'd it to me. Good luck! Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Seamonkey Issue
Bill McGonigle wrote: That seems to be the root cause of your troubles, no? Firefox installs your extensions into ~/.mozilla, so you don't get this problem - is this an open issue on Seamonkey? That reminds me - make sure ~/.mozilla is recursively yours! I seem to recall that having once been an issue. In short, look around. I'm pretty sure it's all about permissions. If security isn't an issue, you could chmod 777 your seamonkey's install directory ...but I am sure there are better ways. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Price/Performance of time
Ben Scott wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Ric Werme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We used to make comparisons like If the automobile industry had improved at the same rate as computers It's been a long time since that made any sense - a car would travel at Mach 10, seat 1,500, get 500 mpg, and fold up and fit in your shirt pocket. But Linux cars wouldn't be able to travel on Macintosh roads, and no two cars would put the steering wheel in the same place... At least with the Linux car, you can put the steering wheel wherever you want it. Or redesign it into a drive-by-wire joystick if you prefer. At Mach 10, with 1,499 passengers and the safety system being optional, that can make a world of difference. B -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Intranet packages?
Dan Coutu wrote: I have a client running on Red Hat Linux 5 that has a home grown gnarly intranet that needs to be replaced with something that's a lot more useful and easier to navigate and maintain. I've been investigating different open source and commercial packages that provide an out-of-the-box type of intranet and thought I'd ask here about people's experiences, recommendations, and ideas. In the (longish) past (circa 2001) I've had good results using PHProjekt under a secure web connection: http://www.phprojekt.com/ It's still under somewhat active development it seems. - logins should be able to hook into the system logins so that adding an account to the system also adds to the intranet If you have LDAP authentication working, this should be no problem. Otherwise, it seems to fit your stated requirements. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for duplex help with my printer :-(
Steven W. Orr wrote: 720 lpoptions -l Duplex/Double-Sided Printing: DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble *None My understanding (and I could be wrong) is that I should be able to say lp -o Duplex filename and it should come out double sided. It does not and I have no idea what to do from here. I'd try: lp -o DuplexNoTumble filename Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Looking for duplex help with my printer :-(
Steven W. Orr wrote: On Saturday, Jul 19th 2008 at 21:10 -, quoth Brian Chabot: =I'd try: = = lp -o DuplexNoTumble filename = =Brian I tried that. No go. Also, I don't know what Tumble or NoTumble means. Damn. Tumble/NoTumble I presume means whether you flip the page up to read the back or flip to the side. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Quick DNS perfromance measurement trick
Michael ODonnell wrote: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is POOR: 26 queries in 3.1 seconds from 1 ports with std dev 0.00 That aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd address seems to be the (possibly NAT'd) IP addr that the target site sees mentioned in the inbound packets; I have no idea about the rest of it... It looks like a responding DNS server to me... whether the authoritative or (more likely) a cached one. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are my results: z.y.x.w.v.u.t.s.r.q.p.o.n.m.l.k.j.i.h.g.f.e.d.c.b.a.pt.dns-oarc.net. 209.244.7.43 is POOR: 38 queries in 1.9 seconds from 2 ports with std dev 0.94 $ host 209.244.7.43 43.7.244.209.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer keynote2.Phoenix1.Level3.net. $ My results: $ dig +short porttest.dns-oarc.net TXT z.y.x.w.v.u.t.s.r.q.p.o.n.m.l.k.j.i.h.g.f.e.d.c.b.a.pt.dns-oarc.net. 216.231.41.2 is GOOD: 26 queries in 0.6 seconds from 26 ports with std dev 18409.11 $ host 216.231.41.2 2.41.231.216.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ns-legacy.speakeasy.net. $ cat /etc/resolv.conf # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 216.254.95.2 nameserver 216.231.41.2 search datasquire.net $ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Favorite distros
Bill Mullen wrote: On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:59:32 -0400, David Hardy wrote: Serious question: favorite new Linux distro? Which will do media and amaze and stun the otherwise Winders crowd at various sites of various sizes? Anything from desktop to enterprise level. Mandriva 2008.1 Spring PowerPack. I'll stand up and second this. I use it extensively at Just Works. (Shameless plug: http://www.justworksnh.com - come visit and say hi!) The various Mandriva One 2008.1 live CDs I have a few that I got for an install fest that never got off the ground. I can NOT recommend the Mandriva ONE 2008.1 for the general public. It has too many bugs and I have seen a different one crop up on every system I've installed it on. Most were minor, but big enough that a clueless noob will be frustrated and give up. My recommendation for the Powerpack stands though. It is amazing, robust, slick, and has some outstanding hardware compatibilities built in. I have licenses for sale for 2008.0 if anyone wants. Mention GNHLUG to me (2pm-close) and get a discount. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/