Re: Nashua Meeting
I'll most likely be there (90% probability). -Fred ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Nashua Meeting
I'll try and make it, let me know the time (or the usual
1800/1830?)
jeff
--- Ken D'Ambrosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Donald Leslie {74279} wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if we should have a social meeting
> tomorrow and maybe
> > discuss the future of the group .
>
> Well, I guess I should pipe up, then. I've taken up the
> mantle of
> "meeting coordinator," and a dinner get-together sounds
> like a great
> idea. I'm planning on a "real" meeting next month,
> though I have to
> firm up some stuff, first. So: who's interested in
> getting together
> tomorrow night? I'll call Martha's and make a
> reservation tomorrow
> morning...
>
> -Ken
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Re: Anyone experienced PCI Parity error intermittent failures on Dell 2650 servers?
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, at 10:49pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Purely a hardware question: has anyone run across a Dell 2650 server that > flashes "PCI Parity Error E13F4" on the PC Health LED? Not that in particular, but a "PCI parity error" generally means a low-level signaling problem on the PCI bus. That is, a bus signal got corrupted. If this happens more then once, it means big trouble. Replacing the defective hardware (and quick) is generally the only solution. Sounds like you're on the right track with that. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Linux fan from Manchester seeks advice
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who responded, I really appreciate it. You guys have given me a lot of sites to look at, and given suggestions of what kind of jobs I should look into. I'll let you know if/when I land a linux job! On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:07:05 -0500 (EST), Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, at 11:03am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My name is Jim Sheldon, I'm 24, I live in Manchester, this is my first > > post. > > First post! Oops, sorry, thought this was Slashdot for a second. ;-) > > Anyway, you might try sending your resume to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a suitably descriptive subject line and appropriate cover letter. > That's the company I work for In Real Life. We're a small system integrator > indeed of good people who know both doze and nix, and we might be able to > use somebody like you. I don't make the hiring decisions, so I can't > promise anything, but OTOH, it can't hurt to try. > > Cheers! > > -- > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | > | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | > | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | > > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Nashua Meeting
> > I would attend. Maybe bring a wife, if one is available. Any > > time is OK with me. Make it some place not too noisy. > > "Take my wife - please!" This list has needed a "straight man" for some time. I will try to fill the role from time-to-time. Of course your wife is welcome to join us, but then who would stay with the exploding kids? > I'll be hopefully going, barring sudden explosive misbehavior of > children, which I don't expect. Do any women ever participate in LUG lists? They certainly are under-represented. Maybe we should ask Harvard to study the issue. > Meetings in the past have taken place in Martha's, I believe, which > proved to be a bit noisy, but nothing that couldn't be handled. If food (and its ever increasing expense) could be sacrificed, Borders Books might have Wednesday night open. They have a stage area that performers and lecturers regularly use. It is quiet and free (as in beer). They have coffee and snacks. Some of the computer aficionados wandering around the store might peek in at Linux. The upstairs room at Martha's gives more privacy and flexibility for presentation, of course. The relative suitability depends on the size of the meeting. Jim Kuzdrall ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Nashua Meeting
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:52:33 -0500, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Do any women ever participate in LUG lists? They certainly are > under-represented. Maybe we should ask Harvard to study the issue. Very funny :) Perhaps we are just quiet. Probably never having sent anything to the list means there's no "participation" really though. -Lara Ullman (Pardon if this gets double posted. I'd forgotten my gmail address wasn't the one I'd subscribed under, so my original message was held for approval.) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Nashua Meeting
I can make a meeting tonight at Martha's. md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Nashua Meeting
does comming late need a reservation? don't plan to eat will be happy to imbibe the local brew. i'll try to make it by 7. (insert similar remark about "exploding kids" here.) -- db ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Nashua Meeting
If any of Messrs. Wittbrodt/Freeman/Puissante will be there I'll also show up to deliver the free gear they've claimed from me. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Nashua Meeting
Sadly, I have a dance lesson to teach tonight, so don't bring my stuff. I could, however, drop by your place tomorrow evening. Will that work? Bill ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Free Sparc Stuff
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Re: Nashua Meeting
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:52:33 -0500, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Do any women ever participate in LUG lists? They certainly are > under-represented. Maybe we should ask Harvard to study the issue. Very funny :) Perhaps we are just quiet. -Lara Ullman ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Nashua Meeting
Okay; 1830 hours (or 6:30 p.m. for the uninitiated). Martha's Exchange; I'm making reservations for 10, but I imagine we can always fit more if they show. Jim Kuzdrall wrote: Do any women ever participate in LUG lists? They certainly are under-represented. Maybe we should ask Harvard to study the issue. As a matter of fact, I have received out-of-band confirmation that a double-X-chromosome-type person will be in attendance. If food (and its ever increasing expense) could be sacrificed, Borders Books might have Wednesday night open. They have a stage area that performers and lecturers regularly use. It is quiet and free (as in beer). They have coffee and snacks. Some of the computer aficionados wandering around the store might peek in at Linux. This is an interesting thought, but I think that -- for now, at least -- Martha's is where we've been, and what we're familiar with. For those who are new [a big "Hi" to Mike Medai and James Orman], the way it has worked in times of yore is that at six-ish precisely, we'd get together for grub and informal socializing; when done with socializing, etc., we'd wander up to the function rooms they have upstairs at Martha's for a more formal meeting. By "more formal," I mean anything ranging from just general talking about Linux and showing off latest endeavors, to actual speakers and their ilk. [We'll probably take a pass on the upstairs tonight, since a) I have absolutely zilch planned, and b) since we get the room (essentially) gratis, we have to ask in advance... which this isn't. ;-] In addition to all the above, the truly lucky just might get a glimpse of Santa at the holiday meeting. Does he keep his N&N list on MySQL or PostgreSQL? Or Berkeley?!?! The upstairs room at Martha's gives more privacy and flexibility for presentation, of course. The relative suitability depends on the size of the meeting. So, I dunno -- I'm not married to Martha's (my wife might object), but I have no objections to it, either. Are folks interested in changing our meeting site? I really do think that the ability to set up computers, etc., makes Martha's function room hard to pass up. -Ken ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
id3v2 tag editing
Does anybody know of any id3 tag editors for the console that do v2 editing. I tried mp3info and id3ed, they are both id3v1 only :( ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Speaking of SATA...
On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 20:23 -0500, Derek Martin wrote: [snip] > Secondly, if you're using Red Hat kernels, it's entirely possible that > the bug you're seeing is not present in the Linus-blessed kernel. Red > Hat adds a lot of patches to increase functionality/compatibility, > improve performance, and fix bugs... These patches may not make it > into the mainstream kernel for quite some time (if ever). Depending > on your problem, Red Hat may be your ONLY recourse. Although still true to some extent, it's less common than it once was. The bug issue is still true, since Red Hat does incorporate patches to fix upstream problems, but the feature issue isn't all that common anymore. On fedora-test-list or fedora-devel-list it was a stated goal a while ago to stay as close to upstream as is possible not just for the kernel, but for the entire distribution. Between, I think, FC1 and FC2, Red Hat when from around 400 patches down to around 40. That went back up a bit when FC3 was releases for various reasons, but the goal remains to try and stay as close to mainstream as possible. I suspect that *may* have something to do with Andrew Morton's statement some time last year that he was going to deliberately make life difficult for those (and "you know who you are" was thrown in there somewhere) who strayed too far from the kernel.org kernel ;-). For the record, I think Novell/SUSE was in a worse predicament at least not too long ago (I don't no about current releases). There were no less than *1000* patches in the source rpm for the kernel in SUSE. That, I'm sure, made it an extreme challenge for SUSE to re-base to a new upstream version of the kernel and retrofit every one of those patches. Hopefully, they've taken the more sane approach and backed off on the number of changes they make. -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior System Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Nashua Meeting
> I'll be hopefully going, barring sudden explosive misbehavior of > children, which I don't expect. Sounds like we need GNHLUG babysitting services so more of us can regularly show up. It would definitely help my attendance record! -marc -- Marc Nozell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.nozell.com/blog ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Nashua Meeting
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 04:05:08PM -0500, Marc Nozell wrote: > > I'll be hopefully going, barring sudden explosive misbehavior of > > children, which I don't expect. > > Sounds like we need GNHLUG babysitting services so more of us can > regularly show up. It would definitely help my attendance record! Possibly... or perhaps we should set up occasional meetings with a more kid-friendly environment. Might not work for presentational things, but gatherings which are geek and kid friendly have happened a couple times recently (one of which was a viewing of all three Lord of the Rings meetings). I wonder what the start of the art is for kids and interaction with Linux - either educational or gaming wise. It seems that the oldies and goodies - Oregon Trail, things like that - which were the mainstay of my childhood, don't have equivilants on any platform that I can find. I do have a 4 year old who loves to play a stickers game I found on LinuxForKids... a site which I've just discovered is now gone. Has anyone any tips/tricks for how to get kids involved with computers at a young age? (Mind you, I'm not meaning the unhealthy addiction that I probably have with them at this point, but rather a healthy learning tool.) Our 7 year old writes in a LiveJournal that we allow some friends to read, which is good for her in a number of ways: improving her writing, learning typing, things like that. -- Christopher Schmidt pgphctEicUkzB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Children's Software (was: Nashua Meeting)
On Feb 23, 2005, at 16:20, Christopher Schmidt wrote: Has anyone any tips/tricks for how to get kids involved with computers at a young age? Taking a left towards other-small-unix-like-systems, AlphaBaby for MacOS X is fantastic for the pre-verbal infant. Simple shapes, funny sounds, and pictures of the family at their demand. http://www.kldickey.addr.com/alphababy/ One could probably hack-up a WX/perl workalike in a couple hours. (and, yes, I know you could do it in 1:45 in python...) :) -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Pager: 603.442.1833 AIM: wpmcgonigleSkype: bill_mcgonigle ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Exploding children (was: Nashua Meeting)
Argh. For various exploding-children-esque reasons, with which I will not now entertain you, I'm going to be running late; ETA is 7:10. The reservation is for "The Linux Group" [sic], so please seat yourselves and get to know each other. I'll be along as quickly as possible. See you soon! -Ken ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Anyone experienced PCI Parity error intermittent failures on Dell 2650 servers?
On Feb 22, 2005, at 22:49, Hewitt Tech wrote: Purely a hardware question: has anyone run across a Dell 2650 server that flashes "PCI Parity Error E13F4" on the PC Health LED? I had some other weird problems with a 2650 and flashing the BIOS to current (last summer) cleared them up. YMMV http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx? c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&SystemID=PWE_FOS_XEO_2650&os=LE30&osl=en&deviceid =159&devlib=1&category=1&releaseid=R87805 -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Pager: 603.442.1833 AIM: wpmcgonigleSkype: bill_mcgonigle ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Any dialup ISP's besides EarthLink support LINUX
Hi Does anyone know of any ISP's that have local NH numbers, who support LINUX users or have away to connect with a LINUX client, so far Earth Link has been the only one I can find and I am using it right now. Rich ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Any dialup ISP's besides EarthLink support LINUX
I've never had a problem with http://freedialup.org, albeit I haven't used dialup in awhile except from my VisorPhone. And I've never hit a busy signal either. -N On Wednesday 23 February 2005 06:18 pm, Richard A Sharpe wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know of any ISP's that have local NH numbers, who support > LINUX users or have away to connect with a LINUX client, so far Earth Link > has been the only one I can find and I am using it right now. > > Rich > ___ > 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: Any dialup ISP's besides EarthLink support LINUX
Richard A Sharpe wrote: Does anyone know of any ISP's that have local NH numbers, who support LINUX users or have away to connect with a LINUX client, so far Earth Link has been the only one I can find and I am using it right now. MV Communications (603-629-) (www.mv.net) is an excellent local provider, IMHO. I've recommended them for decades. -- Dan Jenkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH, USA --- 1-603-206-9951 *** Technical Support for over a Quarter Century ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: id3v2 tag editing
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 12:22:17PM -0500, Travis Roy wrote: > Does anybody know of any id3 tag editors for the console that do v2 > editing. I tried mp3info and id3ed, they are both id3v1 only :( Try id3v2. I seem to have gotten it from one of the semi-official Fedora APT repositories. I'm sure freshmeat or goole will turn it up. -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers. pgpHxWUCCOWiu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Any dialup ISP's besides EarthLink support LINUX
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 18:18, Richard A Sharpe wrote: > Does anyone know of any ISP's that have local NH numbers, who support > LINUX > users or have away to connect with a LINUX client, so far Earth Link has been > the only one I can find and I am using it right now. I use http://access-4-free.com as my (backup) dialup ISP. I've never had any problem connecting from Mandrake using Kppp or wvdial, nor has my SmoothWall box had any trouble getting online. Their pricing policy is attractive, if a bit unusual - free for up to 10 hours in one month, each hour from #11 to #20 is $1, all hours above 20 in that same month are free; for this reason, they make a very inexpensive backup solution. They provide a wide array of access numbers in NH, and have other plans that are more suitable to dialup-only users, such as an unlimited, "accelerated" (IOW, transparently proxied) account with 5 email addys for $9.95/month. One nice touch is that their POP server can be polled from outside their network; they also provide webmail access. The only glitch I've ever had with them is that on occasion their DHCP server would pass along to connecting clients two DNS server numbers (as it should), but the primary one would be down, leading to timeouts and thus slowing the perceived speed of the connection; I worked around this problem by hard-coding two of their working DNS server addresses into /etc/resolv.conf, and then disabling the auto-updating of that file by pppd by removing the line "usepeerdns" from /etc/ppp/options. -- Bill Mullen RLU# 270075 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Any dialup ISP's besides EarthLink support LINUX
One other small "problem" with access-4-free (etc.) is that they've got their mail server setup to bounce (sortof) mail that comes from sites that fail their mail-server's SPF test. I write "sortof" because the bounce contains instructions as to how to get the mail forwarded to the original sender. The bounce is a tiny bit cryptic but the instructions probably work. I can think of a few scenerios in which this scheme might not work so well, including: o the hiring manager who you had hoped would have responded to your resume doesn't understand the instructions, so he/she goes to the next person (NOT YOU) on his/her list... o this scheme doesn't work for some mailing lists, especially lists whose administrators have long since stopped paying attention to bounce messages. access-4-free lost some of my mail, but I caught this quickly and it turns out that you can turn off this "feature". Sure, SPF is a good idea but I'd rather be in control of what happens to my mail. --kevin -- GnuPG ID: B280F24E And the madness of the crowd alumni.unh.edu!kdc Is an epileptic fit -- Tom Waits ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Dang! [Or, that was fun!]
I have to say, having sixteen people (plus one recalcitrant but good-natured daughter) show up for a meeting on <24 hours' notice was pretty impressive. What was even more impressive, however, were all the ideas, and the general zeal that was brought to the table -- even by our newest members! First were the munchies, and general socializing, which was lots of fun; afterward, we meandered on upstairs, and had an ad-hoc meeting on meetings -- meeting metadata, if you will. All sorts of good ideas were put forward, that I'll distill and share in the not-too-distant future. [Have to transcribe my back-of-Shaws'-receipt notes, first.] HOWEVER: one item of interest regarding meetings that is of paramount importance is... when to have them. There was a general consensus of those who made it that Wednesdays aren't that hot, and that Thursdays would be preferable; currently looking at first or second Thursdays of the month. How does everyone feel about that? [Do we have any sort of mechanism in place for on-line voting? Or shall I keep a tally?] Anyway, again, it was awesome to see those who were able to show up, and I'm really looking forward to fun times ahead. As always, if some meeting-related idea or concern occurs to you, please let me know. Thanks! -Ken ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
a simple idea for lugging
For the next meeting I could bring a 2 port kvm switch for those who want an easier way to bring their pc by. It would help speed up troubleshooting when you have a reference computer to look through. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Dang! [Or, that was fun!]
On Feb 24, 2005, at 00:02, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: HOWEVER: one item of interest regarding meetings that is of paramount importance is... when to have them. There was a general consensus of those who made it that Wednesdays aren't that hot, and that Thursdays would be preferable; currently looking at first or second Thursdays of the month. How does everyone feel about that? [Do we have any sort of mechanism in place for on-line voting? Or shall I keep a tally?] Philosophically I'd like to see chapters avoid having their meetings on the same night so members can visit multiple chapter meetings. DLSLUG does 1st Thursday and MonadLUG does 2nd Thursday: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/OurChapters How about the third? Personally, I'm usually working in MA on Thursdays so I'd love to be able to stop by on the way home. -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Pager: 603.442.1833 AIM: wpmcgonigleSkype: bill_mcgonigle ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
