Re: [OT] Understatement
. > > > > Heh, imagine the DHCP config file for *that* network?! > > > 0 bytes. > ipV6 has no DHCP. IIRC from a UUG meeting, ipV6 has the ethernet MAC as > part of the address and that is used on the LAN section IPv6 has two ways to get an IPv6 address dynamically, stateless autoconfiguration (provided by routing advertisements, on Linux either quagga or radvd) and stateful autoconfiguration (DHCPv6). You mostly want DHCPv6 in an IPv6 environment because stateless autoconfig will only get you an address and a prefix, not things like DNS server, domain name, etc. These are both decent articles (by the author of Apress's Running IPv6) that intro IPv6: http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/IPv6.ars http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_9-3/ipv6_internals.html -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Power supply monitoring in Linux?
> > Is anyone aware of means to monitor power supplies under Linux? I > have systems which have dual-redundant power supplies and I'd like to > monitor them for possible failures so I can send an alert, set a trap, > etc. I'm not sure if there's a generic way to look for this. If the machine is one of the "big three", they all offer agent software (I believe all free) for monitoring/control of their systems (Dell OpenManage, IBM Director, HP Insight Manager). -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Computer dinosaurs
Along the same lines, I actually have met the guy that owns this site (and most if not all the computers on said site) http://trailingedge.com/ -Shawn On Nov 6, 2007 11:08 AM, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems we all love to discuss our fond memories of computers long > past, so here's a photo album I think many will enjoy: > > "Gallery: Ancient Marvels Abound at Vintage Computer Festival" > > http://www.wired.com/gadgets/pcs/multimedia/2007/11/gallery_vintage_computers > > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > ___ > 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/
New Buffalo wifi router ships with DD-WRT installed
Since we've had a number of talks at the different chapters on OpenWrt/DD-WRT, I thought folks might find this new interesting. http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/buffalos-whr-hp-g54dd-airstation-router-comes-loaded-with-dd-wr/ -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: problem buring iso to external usb dvd
I took a look at the man page for growisofs since that was a new tool (to me) and your syntax is correct per the page. My only suggestion would be to try cdrecord instead and see if it can do the job. cdrecord is also included in FC5 and can burn dvds. The syntax looks like: cdrecord -v speed=X dev=A,B,C cdimage.iso I think cdrecord can work with dev=/dev/dvd, but I find it's happier with a SCSI-type spec. You can have it scan for your drive to give you that A,B,C number combo with cdrecord -scanbus -Shawn On 29 Oct 2007 00:29:04 -0400, Kevin D. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for ideas as to what I might be doing wrong with burning > ISO images to DVD. I can burn data DVDs just fine in my setup but ISO > images don't work. > > Details: > > Linux 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 #1 Tue Mar 14 15:48:33 EST 2006 > Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux) > dvd+rw-tools-7.0-0.fc5.4 > LITE-ON USB 2.0 External DVD Burner Model SHW-160P6SU > Media: various Ridata and Maxell DVD-R and DVD+RW disks > > This writes a DVD successfully; I can read this on other machines: > > $ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd -R -J -pad some_directory > > This fails: > > $ growisofs -speed=1 -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=F-7-i386-DVD.iso > Executing 'builtin_dd if=F-7-i386-DVD.iso of=/dev/dvd obs=32k seek=0' > :-( write failed: Input/output error > > > Running as root doesn't help (non-sudo, BTW); I've tried specifying > various other devices in /dev and this doesn't help either > (/dev/dvdwriter, /dev/scd0, /dev/dvdrw-sr0). > > > Any hints as to what I am overlooking would be appreciated -- thanks! > > --kevin > > PS I'm not going to be able to get back to this system until later > tonight. > > -- > GnuPG ID: B280F24E God, I loved that Pontiac. > alumni.unh.edu!kdc -- Tom Waits > > > ___ > 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: Presentation/slideshow apps (was: ... DNS and BIND)
> > FWIW, I've heard good things OpenOffice.org Impress, and it > supposedly runs on MacOS X if you have X11 installed. Or run NeoOffice, which is OO.o with the Aqua (OS X) GUI http://www.neooffice.org/ -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Getting file sizes
On 10/22/07, Stephen Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 09:11 -0400, Kent Johnson wrote: > > Newbie question: > > > > How can I get the total size, in K, of all files in a directory that > > match a pattern? > > > > For example, I have a dir with ~5000 files, I would like to know the > > total size of the ~1000 files matching *.txt. > > > > du -c *.txt | tail -1 Since I know Kent has a Mac and this might be on his laptop, I'd like to add that this should really be: du -ck *.txt | tail -1 Although Linux (ie GNU) du defaults to outputting sizes in k, OS X does not. It counts blocks (512 byte blocks) and the -k option to du explicitly says "I want output in k" and GNU du honors this even though it's the default). For additional examples... Solaris 9 == 512 by default, FreeBSD 6 == 1024 by default, NetBSD 1.6.1 == 512 by default, but they all honor -k -Shawn > > (That's "-(one)", not "-(ell)", meaning, you only want the last line of > output from du.) > > du prints out the sizes of each of the matching files; '-c' means you > want a total, too; piping the output through tail -1 picks out just the > last line with the total. > > -- > Stephen Ryan > Dartware, LLC > > ___ > 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: 500 days uptime...
This is a pretty well known kernel bug. Sounds like you are still on a 2.4 kernel, because this was fixed in 2.5 (and later 2.4's). The kernel used to base uptime on an internal counter called the jiffies counter, which overflows at ~497 days uptime. http://dannyman.toldme.com/2006/08/16/linux-uptime-reset/ -Shawn On 10/15/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Or: "What's an order of magnitude between friends?" > > So, my desktop (which has no UPS, by the way) has been up for more > than 500 days. Evidently, the linux kernel doesn't like going more > than 500 days without being rebooted :) > > $ uptime > 09:44:41 up 5 days, 21:38, 50 users, load average: 1.10, 1.36, 1.03 > >Hmm, that's funny, my system's only been up for 5 days? I know >I've been logged in for longer than that: > >$ ps auxww |grep screen >pll4509 0.0 0.2 6324 1060 ?S 2009 0:55 xscreensaver > >Cool, not only has it only been up for 5 days, but I won't be starting >xscreensaver for another 2 years! > > I remember looking at uptime a few weeks ago, and it was around 475 > days. I was pretty psyched I could get to that level of uptime on a > desktop system :) > > For those that care, this is a Dell GX250, which is somewhere between > 5-7 years old, running a 2.4.27 based kernel. Prior to the last > reboot it was installed with some version of Debian woody, but has > apt-get run countless times to upgrade it to being a mostly, but not > quite entirely etch-based system. > > I *really* need to upgrade to X.org, but fear I can't do so without a > reboot, and based on the age of the hardware, I'm afraid to do so. It > really might never come back :( > > While uptimes like this are not uncommon to Linux, or UNIX in general, > it's usually a server with that kind of uptime. Not a desktop, and > certainly not without a UPS! > > What's the uptime record for desktops without a UPS? > (I wonder what the Windows uptime record is ? :) > -- > Seeya, > Paul > ___ > 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: Sony audio (MSV), and LAME is lame (was: Anyone...)
> > lame -r -s 22.05 --bitwidth 16 --signed -m mono > signed-16bit-1ch-22050hz.raw Curiosity had me googling arund a bit. This page from the lame docs: http://lame.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/lame/lame/doc/html/examples.html gives me the impression that to encode raw you need to cat the raw file piped into lame and then pipe the output to the mp3 file >From the above link: Streaming mono 22.05 kHz raw pcm, 24 kbps output: cat inputfile | lame -r -m m -b 24 -s 22.05 -- > output Maybe that'll work? -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: a simple question about grep
Will if you're going to go into 3-letter tools that start with 'a'
that can do the requested task, then I'm just going to have to tell
everyone how to do it with awk
awk '/^\*/ && !/^\*INDICATOR/ { print $0 }' file
awk takes a pattern and then a set of things to do with lines that
match that pattern. So my pattern says "line starts with '*' AND lines
does NOT start with '*INDICATOR'". Lines that match get processed by
the curly braces, which in this case prints out the entire line ($0 in
awk parlance)
-Shawn
On 9/7/07, Bill Ricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Or, if you only have an old grep, but do have Perl, the following should
> > work:
>
> The Andy and the "ack" project have built a better grep with perl.
> http://perladvent.pm.org/2006/5/
> search.cpan.org/~petdance/ack/ack
> petdance.com/ack/
>
> "ack is pure Perl, so consistent across all platforms. Command name is
> 25% shorter. :-) Heck, it's 50% shorter compared to grep -r. "
> use.perl.org/~petdance/journal/31763
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1ynTV_E-5s [Andy "petdance" giving
> "ack" Lighting talk at OSCON 2007, 9min]
> http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?ack
>
> Disclaimer - I have been known to contribute a patch to "ack" once in
> a blue moon.
>
> --
> Bill
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: Woot! OOXML nogo!
Here's another page from the ConsortiumInfo Blog. It explains how the vote works and what happens next. There's still some opportunity between now and the 100% end of the standards process from MS to influence the ultimate outcome. http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070831151800414 -Shawn On 9/4/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/4/07, Shawn K. O'Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm having trouble getting that page to load. However I've also been > > following the OOXML saga at the ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog. > > Here's the most recent post about the vote: > > http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070904053108577 > > Actually your link has more then mine did, but summarizes the exact > same thing :-) > > -- > -- Thomas > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Woot! OOXML nogo!
I'm having trouble getting that page to load. However I've also been following the OOXML saga at the ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog. Here's the most recent post about the vote: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070904053108577 -Shawn On 9/4/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Iso says 'NO' to OOXML, in case people hadn't read the /. article yet. > > http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-18553/iso-records-a-no-vote-on-ooxml > > -- > -- Thomas > ___ > 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: O'Reilly Ignite event in Boston, Thurs, Sept 6
Here's the agenda from the first Ignite Boston event back in the spring. It's basically a Barcamp-ish, social networking, geek hangout event. http://www.oreillynet.com/ignite/blog//2007/05/ignite_boston_agenda_1.html -Shawn On 8/20/07, Neil Joseph Schelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been saving this email trying to see if new information was posted about > it yet, but so far, there hasn't been much. Anyway, this event sounds great > except that I don't know what it is. ;-) > > Was anyone at the last event or know what's to be expected at the next event? > Does anyone know if they expect to publish a list of speakers, topics, etc? > Was ever such a list published for the first event? > -N > > On Monday 06 August 2007 14:24, Shawn K. O'Shea wrote: > > I missed the first event they did, in June I think it was, but > > basically it's a gettogether for tech geeks, where people give little > > five minute presentations on topics. This one is at Hurricane > > O'Reilly's in Boston. > > > > Read here for more details: > > http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/08/ignite_boston_2.html > > > > -Shawn > > ___ > > 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/
Program Data for MythTV initial details announced
Yesterday, SchedulesDirect (the group formed to solve the MythTV program data dilemna) announced initial details of their listing service. Basically it'll be 15$ for 3 months, non-recurring. Once they get an idea of a subscriber base, they're planning on creating more longterm subscription plans with the hopes of going 20$/yr. For those not in the know, Zap2It Labs, who was previously providing TV listing via a free subscription service announced that they would be discontinuing the service as of Sept 1. Folks from MythTV, xmltv and MacProgramGuide created SchedulesDirect and licensed the data from Tribune (who owns Zap2It and the actual data). More info available on their website: http://schedulesdirect.org/ They've also setup an announce list that you can subscribe to here: http://lists.schedulesdirect.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/schedulesdirect-announce -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
O'Reilly Ignite event in Boston, Thurs, Sept 6
I missed the first event they did, in June I think it was, but basically it's a gettogether for tech geeks, where people give little five minute presentations on topics. This one is at Hurricane O'Reilly's in Boston. Read here for more details: http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/08/ignite_boston_2.html -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: CentOS5 mediacheck failing
> > I've read the CentOS release notes and attempted to Google for clues. > There's nothing in the installation logs to indicate an error condition. > > Can anyone suggest what to look at next? This CentOS 4.3 bug reports the same kind of behavior. It states that booting with "linux ide=nodma" may help it be happier. http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1405 -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: CentOS5 mediacheck failing
> Does the centos install support network installations? When dealing > with computers that lack a DVD drive, I usually use the network install > and refer back to my laptop. Two useful hints: > use the IP address to reference the source computer > (http://192.168.0.10/fc7) > mount -o loop fc7-dvd.iso /var/www/html/fc7 Yes, HTTP, FTP and NFS. http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-steps-network-installs-x86.html > > If you only have CD.iso images, I assume you can mount them in a > directory, but might need some documentation to get the proper names to > identify the individual CD's, though the error messages might provide a > good clue. You're actually supposed to be able to install just by pointing at an ISO directory, but I've never tried that. The page I linked above says to mount them as disk1/, disk2, etc. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: BUoD/ID10T was: Re: Solaris/x86 rant
> > > > > BUoD ... > > > > "PICNIC" (Problem In Chair, Not In Computer). > > > "PEBCAK" (Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard). > and NBK = Nut Behind Keyboard My favorite is still to tell people that they have a DEU problem. (Defective End User) -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Solaris/x86 rant
On 6/21/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Tom Buskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> When was Solaris (2.)6 released? > > > > 1998ish? Certainly before 2000. > > I think it was late 98, early 99. I was at Bay Networks and left > there in March of 2000, which was the last time I really admin'ed a > Solaris shop, and we had a couple of 2.6 systems floating around. > > I'm sure if someone cares enough, google will tell us :) Poking around in Sun's docsappears 8/1997 was initial release with the last updated with patches release being 5/1998 -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
ZFS/FUSE
On 6/21/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/21/07, Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Right - but because FUSE lives in userland, my understanding is that the > >> performance is somewhere around 50% of what you'd see on Solaris. > > > > Actually, the FUSE overhead is extremely low. > > Performance almost always depends on implementation details. So > comparing a pass-through filesystem in FUSE to ZFS in FUSE probably > isn't apples to apples. There was an article about ZFS in FUSE which addressed the performance concerns on Monday on LinuxWorld http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/061807-zfs-on-linux.html -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Any advice on Solaris laptops?
On 6/21/07, Alex Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since Solaris 10 is now provided under an Open Source license, I thought > it might be appropriate to ask if anyone has any recommendations for > running X86 Solaris 10 on a laptop. > > -Alex > > P.S. I'm not planning on doing this myself but have a colleague who is > interested. Without going on my typical rant about Solaris/x86, here's Sun's HCL for Solaris 10 on laptops, http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sol/systems/views/all_laptops_all_results.page1.html -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Stupid server semantic argument (was: Non Linux but network tech question)
> Comcast does not want people providing content and services on their > feeds. They don't want to build their network to support it, they > don't want the tech support burden, and they don't want the legal > complications. Comcast wants people sucking down mass content like > good little drones. Preferably broadcast and pay-per-view (best > profit margin). It's that frelling simple. The direction of the TCP > SYN packets is irrelevant. I guess to take any ambiguity or semantics out of it, Comcast does not want you to do the following: run programs, equipment, or servers from the Premises that provide network content or any other services to anyone outside of your Premises LAN (Local Area Network), also commonly referred to as public services or servers. Examples of prohibited services and servers include, but are not limited to, e-mail, Web hosting, file sharing, and proxy services and servers; That's straight from the horse's mouth for anyone curious: http://www.comcast.net/terms/use.jsp -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Penguin Day in Lowell, MA
Just saw this article on O'Reilly's ONlamp, http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/06/lowell_massachusetts_greets_op.html, "Lowell, Massachusetts greets open source" Apparently as part of a Grassroots Use of Technology 2007 conference (http://organizerscollaborative.org/conference), the Organizers' Collaborative has made Friday, June 22nd a "Penguin Day" event. This wiki site is setup for information about the Penguin Day activities, http://penguinday.aspirationtech.org/index.php/Lowell:Penguin_Day_Agenda It's 60$ for the conference, and it's not clear to me whether that includes/is required for the Penguin Day activities (at least not from a cursory glance at the websites). Still I thought something fairly close to home like this might be interesting to some folks, so wanted to circulate the info. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Inexpensive Linux Laptop
> If you were looking for an new (not refurbished) inexpensive Linux laptop, > that would be used primarily to run Firefox, OpenOffice and a DVD player, > where would you get it? Dell offers an Inspiron, currently starting at 599$ that ships with Ubuntu preinstalled (http://www.dell.com/open). There also seem to be some Linux laptop/desktop vendors out there. I read somewhere some good reviews of System 76, who sell an entire lineup of Ubuntu laptops starting at 650$ (http://www.system76.com/). I'm actually not an Ubunutu user (well I've tinkered. I'm really a CentOS and Fedora user), but Ubuntu seems really popular in the laptop space. I was recently browsing through their list of supported laptops. They maintain some officially supported/tested systems and have a pretty good list of user reports. (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam) This is also a pretty good site of user reports for checking compatibility on a given model: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Package management
> To do it with RPM's I need to do about a dozen of them which means I have > to find out which ones I need, etc. negating any advantage to the package > management system. > > I could build it from source and either run the 2 versions of python > simultaneously, or replace the installed python, but again I lose my auto > update option. > > How does everyone else do this? python.org maintains a 3rd party repository for doing exactly this. I mentioned it at the February PySIG meeting (and thanks to Ted's notes, I found it again. Thanks Ted!). You can just add their repo and yum install the 2.4 distro and have both available. It's not perfect, but works pretty well despite that. http://www.python.org/pyvault/ -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: VMWare player under Linux
1. Can VMWare player under Linux run Windows XP as a guest. Yes 2. Conversely, can VMWare player under Windows XP run Linux as a guest. Yes 3. Can VMWare player under Linux run other Linux distros. Yes Basically, my impression is that its VMs must be created by Workstation (or GSX or ESX). Player is not designed to create VMs (although there are ways around this). It is designed to take virtual machines given to you (or virtual appliances you download) and run, or "play", them. You need the free (as in cost), VMware Server (formerly GSX) or the payware Workstation to create VMs normally. You can also use server or workstation to run in the scenarios you describe above. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: MS Services for Unix permission problems
On 4/27/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/27/07, Ric Werme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've run wireshark on the Linux side and see the ACCESS reply is 0x00 (deny all) > > What's wireshark? Wireshark is the new name for what used to be called "Ethereal". Ownership of the name "Ethereal" got lost somehow (there's a page with details somewhere, if you really want to know). Yes, yes there is :) From http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html#q1.2 Q 1.2: What's up with the name change? Is Wireshark a fork? A: In May of 2006, Gerald Combs (the original author of Ethereal(r)) went to work for CACE Technologies (best known for WinPcap). Unfortunately, he had to leave the Ethereal(r) trademarks behind. This left the project in an awkward position. The only reasonable way to ensure the continued success of the project was to change the name. This is how Wireshark was born. Wireshark is almost (but not quite) a fork. Normally a "fork" of an open source project results in two names, web sites, development teams, support infrastructures, etc. This is the case with Wireshark except for one notable exception -- every member of the core development team is now working on Wireshark. As far as anyone knows, there has been no active development on Ethereal since the name change. Several parts of the Ethereal web site (such as the mailing lists, source code repository, and build farm) have gone offline. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: The end of NTSC analog TV
On 3/25/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/25/07, Bill Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Of course, they'll eventually stop broadcasting >> NTSC format video at all, and then I'll be screwed. > > Eventually? Try February 2009 ... > ... nothing about this law actually requires that the cable companies stop > offering an analog tier on their systems ... I believe you are correct. I don't know what the cable companies plan on doing. Long term, I would expect it to die out, as it would be more equipment and cost. Short term, they can see them marketing it as a feature: "Cable still works with your old TV set." Some other interesting bits: Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I saw a blog post on Engadget today with what I thought were some additional interesting tidbits relating to this topic... Apparently, Congress has mandated that the FCC sell off part of the spectrum used for analog TV broadcast by January of 2008. Today they announced some information about the auction. Channels 52-69 in the 700MHz spectrum are planning to be sold off and the FCC believes that the government can make as much as $15 billion dollars on the auction. This alone might be enough motivation to not push back the Feb. 2009 shutoff :) Here's a bevy of links where I was reading more about this. The InformationWeek article that Engadget linked http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201823&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News An about.com article about the switchoff talking about options, and mentioning (as was discussed earlier) that cable and satellite providers apparently will have options for providing analog viewing. http://hometheater.about.com/od/televisions/qt/feb172009date.htm The FCC's official site for the switchover http://www.dtv.gov/index.html The Save Our Spectrum campaign, dedicated to trying to keep the spectrum neutral and not just get gobbled up by carriers http://www.freepress.net/spectrum/ And lastly two links from dailywireless.org with news about the auction info released by the FCC and roundups on some of the current proposals being proffered by various groups. http://www.dailywireless.org/2007/04/25/fcc-decides-on-700mhz-rules-today/ http://www.dailywireless.org/2007/04/25/fcc-decides-not-to-decide-on-700mhz/ -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise
I was wondering if anyone had heard anything about this? If the cpu really supports hyperthreading then I might want to invest in a new mobo for that box. This got me curiously googling around and I found this in an Intel doc on the Linux kernel: ""ht" in 'flags' field of /proc/cpuinfo indicate that the processor supports the Machine Specific Registers to report back HT or multi-core capability. Additional fields (listed down below) in the CPU records of /proc/cpuinfo will give more precise information about the CPU topology as seen by the operating system. " http://oss.intel.com/pdf/mclinux.pdf -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Cheap USB Analog Tuner
Saw this on today's woot!, and thought that anyone looking for a cheap device to play with MythTV might be interested. Pinnacle PCTV Pro USB 2.0 http://www.woot.com/Blog/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryId=2257 $29.99 If you're unfamiliar with woot!, this deal will run through today or while supplies last (with a new deal firing up at midnight). Looks like it is supported in V4L by the em2880 driver, http://mcentral.de/wiki/index.php/Em2880 I have no personal experience with this device though, so your mileage may vary. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Nashua Telegraph article on MythTV installfest
On 4/4/07, Marc Nozell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Today's Nashua Telegraph has an article on the front of the second section "Who needs TiVo when you've got a room full of geeks?" by Dave Brooks. You'll need to be a subscriber to get to the article: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070404/COLUMNISTS03/204040339 Just as FYI, Linux Today picked up the Telegraph story as well http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-04-05-009-26-RV-HW -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Ignoring threads in Thunderbird?
On 3/28/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've got Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 installed on an FC6 laptop as my primary mail client, this week. I'm trying to figure out if there is a feature for ignoring threads, and haven't had a lot of luck. Searching for "How do I ignore threads?" in the online Thunderbird help isn't helpful. On the View menu, under the Threads submenu, there's a checkbox for "Ignored" - I read that as a binary switch to display or hide threads flagged as ignored. However, I haven't found another clue anywhere in the UI on how to flag the threads as ignored or not. Anyone else figured this out? I was curious since I use Thunderbird. I did some quick googling. I found this blog post where someone was asking about it (http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2006/08/23/thunderbird_and_ignore_thread_option) and a commenter links to a plugin. Apparently from what they say (and from me trying to use the keyboard shortcuts unsuccessfully) that the Ignore Thread feature only works for news threads, not e-mail :( -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: a question about GREP
because my usage/understanding of --include option is wrong. grep -Hwli -r --include=out "zip" * > zip.txt grep -Hwli --include=out "zip" * > zip.txt It seems to be more of a glob pattern. I played around a little on one of my boxes and I believe something more like --include=*out* for the include option will work. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Portable audio player
* Inexpensive * Linux compatible * Inexpensive * mp3 playback (ogg would be nice, but not required) * Inexpensive * Has a standard 1/8" headphone jack (are there any that don't?) * Inexpensive A little over a year ago, I bought my best friend a SanDisk Sansa player from their e100 series (http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Catalog(1073)-SanDisk_Sansa_e100_Series_MP3_Players.aspx). MSRP on the 512MB is 60$ and the 1GB is 90$. It comes with an FM radio tuner and an SD card slot for expansion. She loves hers. I bought it at one of the office stores (Office Depot or the now defunct Office Max) and it even had a rebate on it at the time. I can't guarentee it will work with Linux, but under Windows, it just comes up as a USB mass storage device (and off course, you could always preload SD cards with a supported Linux reader). Some very quick google's show that there has been success at least with the e200 series with automounters sticking them on /media/ so it's likely that the e100 series is the same. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: remote control for MythTV
I bought the WinTV PVR-150-MCE. Basically it's the PVR-150 with the MS MCE remote as a bundle. The remote is decent and it was pretty much a no-brainer to get working with Myth. If you buy some other card, apparently you can get the remote from places like newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16880100851 -Shawn On 3/2/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 11:51 -0500, Rob Lembree wrote: > So I'm going to build this mythtv box this weekend, and am wondering > what the best > recommendation would be for a remote control. I haven't got IRDA or > anything like > that, but I do have a bunch of universal remotes. Any > recommendations (besides > buying a tuner that already has one!) > >From Jarod: > Yes, though it seems many of the better receivers hook up via USB. MS > MCE USB > IR receivers work quite well, as do ATI's RF remote wonder receivers. > > >From the CEO of Koolu: http://www.streamzap.com/products/ The Streamzap remote seems to work o.k. on our Tiny-PC with MythTV. I have ordered one, but do not know if it will arrive before tomorrow. I ordered it (of course) off Ebay. md ___ 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: The Debian Flamewar Strikes Back! (was: ARTICLE - ESR gives up on Fedora)
On 2/27/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Feb 27, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Tom Buskey wrote: > Most people seem to be doing just one distribution. Is anyone else > doing multiples? I've run a little bit of everything over the years, and enjoy tinkering with various things. Good for me, since at my current place of employment, I support various quantities of Fedora, Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise, CentOS, SuSE, Debian, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, NT4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, and a small handful of other wacky stuff. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Ahh, a "standard" cake
On 2/22/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just about lost it when I saw this: http://www.thisisbroken.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/cake.jpg This story came up on Engadget about a month ago. If anyone is curious on a few more details, take a look. http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/cake-text-printer-doesnt-speak-italian-pens-errors-instead/ -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Any luck with free SuperMicro boards, me == beep codes
Anyone have any luck with their SuperMicro boards? I finally got around to trying to bring mine up this past weekend without success. I had a spare P3-733 floating around and a 1U case with an old Intel (Celeron only) desktop board. I swapped the Intel board for the SuperMicro, swapped the PC100 RAM from the Intel board to the SM board, installed the 733 P3, powered on and got a beep code, 2 short followed by 1 long. Just 2 beeps and just 1 beep are documented in the manual, and 5 short by 1 long through 13+1 are documented. The just 2 or just 1 deals with corrupt BIOS, and alleged you can pop in a floppy with BIOS, which I did. I never see any floppy access at all however, so this doesn't appear to be the problem. I tried the Celeron 500 from the Intel board as well, but same results. Anyway, just wondering if anyone has had better luck than me. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Package dependency question (on SuSE-10.2)
On 2/19/07, Emon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone Here is my dilemma; I installed ekiga, which also installed about a dozen pkgs to resolve dependencies... But ekiga is not working... it tries to show a wizard but for some reason just hangs [1] Now I want to uninstall ekiga as well as the dozen pkgs it installed; is that possible??? if so... please tell me how. This won't tell you exactly what got installed as dependencies, but will help you along the way if no one else has an easier way: rpm -q --requires ekiga This will show you packages, files, and version dependencies for the package. It's not something you can script, but you can look at that output, and roughly figure out what else was installed so you can remove it. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Why are still not at 64 bits [was Can't figure out Firefox Plugin Requirement ]
Binary: My understanding is that a 32-bit binary can be run under a 64-bit kernel, but you need a 32-bit environment to do so. So any libraries the binary depends on also need to be built (for x86-32) and installed in parallel with their x86-64 counterparts. I could be wrong on this; I haven't verified the information's authenticity, and I certainly haven't tried it. This is correct. I've recently dealt with this at work. I've also seen a decent amount of traffic regarding this issue on the CentOS mailing list. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Linux hosting options, pros and cons
So, what are folks doing, and why? I don't have any experience with places that do VMs. As has already been stated, a shared webhosting is not likely to meet a number of your requirements. I have shared hosting with Dreamhost (and have for years). They also do dedicated. Shared: http://dreamhost.com/hosting.html Dedicated: http://dreamhost.com/hosting-dedicated.html (plug: during signup, there's a place to fill in referals, fill in my domain, eth0.net and I get a free month of service) :) For aninmeondvd.com, that I do some sysadmin work for, I worked with the site owner to migrate to local hoster Inet-Services. http://www.inet-svcs.com/ Their dedicated hosting is incredibly competitive. They run on Dell hardware. They're headquartered in Natick. They do their dedicated and colocation out of Boston Data Centers in Charlestown. I've visited BDC, and it's a quality data center facility. Presales questions to Inet Services were answered quickly and competently. Tech support questions to thru their webform/email are very promptly responded to. In fact, we had problems where our site was massively slow. They got on the phone with me, and pretty quickly figured out we were pegging our bandwidth. I got the ok from the site owner to add additional bandwidth to our bill, and the tech upped us while on the phone, and a minute or so later, problems cleared up. In fact, we've had more problems with Network Solutions DNS servers going down (we still have DNS hosted over there), than we have with any site/hardware/network problems at Inet Services. Their colo is very reasonably priced as well. Come springtime, I'm probably going to put a 1U box in with them (85$/mo + bandwidth for 1U). -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: The new 'Linux Foundation'
I'd be interested to see a talk like that and perhaps participate in discussion, but I can hardly lead a presentation. I'm not the BSD guru I may pretend to be, but I do use OpenBSD for firewall/router/VPN gateway infrastructure points though and find it very well suited to those needs. I don't think I have the notes anymore from the BSD talk I did many moons ago for the CT Free Unix Group. I just poked around archive.org and found that I talked about BSD vs System V type Unices and demoed a NetBSD install on my old Sparc IPC back on March 8th, 2001. I don't really have a concrete reason these days to choose BSD vs Linux. OpenBSD (and now crossported to Net & Free) is the *excellent* load-balancing/redundancy protocol, CARP. I used that and FreeBSD at my last job to have an active/passive RADIUS setup. I also was trying at one point to see how many different NetBSD platforms I could run in my house (right now, it stands at about 10 different NetBSD arches). I've run both Open and Free in production at various jobs as well. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Saving editable PDF forms?
Bill's point in rebuttal to your flame was that there was no misspelling. Try running a spell check of your own? Here's your snippet below for reference. > > "Greg Rundlett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> example, look at the contraindications brought to light regarding how Although I entirely agree with Paul's general point (make sure professional/business e-mail are spell-checked, grammar-checked and proofread), I believe the crux of his example revolves around the word "contraindications". Although "contraindicate" is indeed a verb, I believe the intended word here was "contradictions". Dictionary sources state that "contraindicate" is primarily used as a medical term to indicate when symptoms of a disease contradict the typical or usual treatment. I've cross referenced this definition with Dictionary.com, Merriam Webster, American Heritage and the Oxford English dictionary (see links below). Can we maybe put this one to bed now? -Shawn http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/contraindication http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50048756?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=contraindicate&first=1&max_to_show=10 http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/contraindicate http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/contraindicate ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Motherboard Recommendations, and a hello...
Just a comment on PC Depot. I picked up a motherboard/CPU/memory combo. The price was good for a decent MSI mb with Athlon & 1/2 GB. I'd buy from them again. -Shawn On 2/1/07, Jeffrey Creem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gary Kaufman wrote: > > I'm starting to plan a new system for myself, probably > based on Intel Core 2 Duo. I'm ready to attempt the > Linux-leap for myself as well. I was wondering what > folks might recommend for motherboards. I've had > great experiences with ASUS, but the reports I've seen > on the web for Ubuntu and the ASUS P5B Deluxe have > been mixed. On-board graphics would be fine as my > needs are very modest. > > Thanks for any thoughts! > > - Gary > > If you are willing to consider a full system you might want to consider an E6600 (Core 2 Duo) based machine from PCDepot in South Nashua http://www.pcdepot.com/table/buspc_piii.htm I got one in early January and it was a good price. I've had pretty good ASUS experiences before too but had been interested in trying an intel based motherboard. The E6600 machine at PCDepot is a an intel 975BXb2 which XP Pro is included in the price. I did not ask if they would drop the price if you left off XP Pro since I was going to use this to dual boot but it is probably worth asking. I've built the last few of my home machines because 1) I wanted to configure them in ways that is hard to do with off the shelf stuff and 2) If your home machine just works out of the box, what is the point :) But then the last two machines I put together (for a server and a zoneminder server) I had gone with Dells because I could not come close to beating the price bulding my own. The recent PCDepot experience went well, the price was good and the configuration was close enough to what I wanted in this case. ___ 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: *NIX on Itanium
On 1/30/07, mike shlitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I recently acquired (gratis) a Compaq ProLiant DL 590/64 Quad Itanium (Merced) server. It has a (4) SCSI drive capacity (hot swap). 7U form factor. 1 GB RAM (64 GB capable). I'm jealous :) I'm a hardware whore and love messing around with wacky architectures and have never gotten my grubby little hands on an Itanium :) Best choice for *NIX OS for this machine? I have CentOS running well on my old DEC Alpha. Ubuntu running smoothly on some iMac's, I see FreeBSD has a port for IA64, or maybe FC-6 (64bit)? The last time I heard someone say "Itanium" at a LUG meeting, it was followed by hoots of laughter. I like CentOS. Some quick googles show some posts from last summer timeframe on the CentOS forums showing people getting kernel panics booting the install CD on this system (however these seem to be from CentOS 4.3 so maybe it was fixed in 4.4). One of the posts mentions that they want to switch from Debian because Debian would install, but X wouldn't work. Maybe Debian with a PCI graphics card installed in the box? Anyway, here's the posts that I found: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=4062&forum=34 http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=thread&topic_id=4870&forum=27 -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Free system boards
I will have (1) case each of 2 different kinds of SuperMicro Socket 370 system boards to giveaway. Well one of the boards is the SuperMicro 370SED. For those that got this one, here's all the pertinent links you'll want. Spec page (no longer available on supermicro.com but the Wayback Machine has it) http://web.archive.org/web/20040203000531/http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/810/370SED.htm PDF Manual http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/motherboard/810/MNL-0618.pdf BIOS Update Page http://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/ Direct Link to last BIOS http://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/BIOS_ZIP/swa4142.zip And if necessary, an INF for the onboard AC97 audio http://www.supermicro.com/downloadables/audio_codec/smwdm.inf I'll hopefully have time this weekend to fire mine up. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Need help with new monitor
I turned off the DDC options for both the video card and display, hard-coded the timings (which I found online), and used 915resolution, which is necessary to get some common Intel cards to support resolutions other than your typical ones. Some combination of these tactics will likely work for you, but it's a bit of trial and error unfortunately (or at least always has been for me). A few quick googles yielded this forum thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-203905.html It goes into detail on setting up the X config and the steps for 915resolution (if appropriate for your video card). The last poster in the thread claims to have used the discussion to get working on the monitor model the OP initially asked about. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
"I'm a Mac" commercial spoof
I was telling Ben about this video at the MerriLUG meeting tonight. I think many folks here would appreciate it :) (profanity inside, you've been warned). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpn3L3bSJQ See their other spoofs on youtube or at their website, http://tv.truenuff.com/mac/ Enjoy! -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: [GNHLUG] MerriLUG Nashua, Thur 21 December, "I had a Secret!" - Swap-fest
Jim, I'll be there this Thursday. -Shawn On 12/14/06, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Who : All of us, including you What : Favorite utility, web sites, man pages, debugging techniques Where: Martha's Exchange Day : Thur 21 December **Next Week** Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion :: Overview Due to the holidays, no formal presentation is scheduled. Instead, we're planning on having semi-formal, mini-presentations by members. Spend 5 minutes talking about your favorite program, feature, web site, man page, system call, etc. Non-technical tips welcome too! How to choose a gift for your cat. Where the best local chocolate is found. Any secret of likely interest to geek or human will do. >>> RSVP to Jim Kuzdrall for dinner to assure adequate seating. <<< !!! New! If you are a "Regular Attendee", let me know and I will put you on said list. Then, just let me know if you are NOT coming. !!! Driving directions: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/PlaceMarthasExchange Thanks, Jim Kuzdrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-announce@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: Traveling with a big file
On 11/30/06, Tech Writer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone know if this is a problem with settings on the FIRELITE usb disk, or somewhere else? I'm using SLES-10, and a "cp" command. I'm also wondering if I might be better off just making the DVD, and re-converting it to an ISO file when I get there. USB hard drives are usually formatted with a FAT32 filesystem. FAT32 has a 4GB filesize limitation. I've needed to overcome this for personal windoze system backups in the past and reformatted with NTFS. I don't see why you shouldn't be able to do the same with your favorite Linux filesystem. If you want to keep it FAT32, as it shipped, consider using zip or rar to create a split archive file and just reassemble it on the target side. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Meeting Report - Thr 16 Nov - VMware by Shawn O'Shea
Shawn did a great job, as Ben indicated, and I got a lot out of the presentation. The best tip of the night for me was the pointer that VMWare can run a Vm from a previously-installed dual-boot configuration. He pointed out the procedure: I'm really glad people liked the talk. It had been a few years since I did a LUG talk, so I was actually a little nervous (well, that and I'm a chronic procrastinator, so my materials really came together at the last minute!). I had a lot of fun giving the talk (which probably stems from my original college career choice of teaching). Thanks to everyone who came to the talk and for the questions that I hopefully answered during it. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: CPUs with variable speed clocks ?
On 11/3/06, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Has anyone here encountered such a beast?I'd centure to say this is the cpuspeed/cpufreq facility. As far as I know, many distros have this already and load the appropriate modules is one is available for the CPU (well, ok, at least some of the Fedora Core distros do this). See http://www.carlthompson.net/Software/CPUSpeed for more.-Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
RFC: VMWare talk for MerriLUG Nov meeting
Greetings, I've agreed to do a talk about VMWare for the MerriLUG November meeting. I've got a decent amount of experience from using it at work for the last few months and it seems to be something people have interest in (or at least virtualization in general). The comments I'm requesting are for exactly what things people about VMWare and/or virtualization that people would like to here about so I can tailor the talk. My personal thoughts far are to touch on VMware Player and Virtual Appliances (vmware's free "virtual machine runner" and community submitted virtual machines), VMware Server (the free product for Linux/Windows that let's you create and run virtual machines) and probably demo the "I need to run some Windows app on my Linux box" type of install, and maybe show what VMware ESX Server looks like (their high end enterprise "run dozens of vm's on a beefy server box" product). Wowrunon sentence. Anyhow, does that sound interesting, too much, other particulars people want to hear about? Thanks for any input. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Co-lo in the Boston/Cambridge area?
On 10/4/06, James Colby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/4/06, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> Hi all,>> A friend was just asking me about co-lo's in the Boston/Cambridge> area. I probably ought to be asking on BLU, but then I'd have to sub > to another list :)I've toured Boston Datacenters in Charlestown and it's a nice facility. I'm also using a dedicated webhoster that has their gear in BDC.If you don't need "right in Boston", I've also had a good experience at my last job with Navisite in Andover. They're on Minuteman Road, just off the River Road exit of I-93. -Shawn
