Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu spy program
It may be possible to remove this with : # sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping Which worked for my ubuntu 12.10 box. What I will [vent] say, is that, I have just down graded a windows 8 box to windows 7 (after several months of irritation) and ubuntu 12.10 is shortly to be replaced with something else. I am growing tired of the minds that implement these new fangled desktop 'experiences' that, imho _DO_NOT_ improve productivity, instead, they seem to have quite the opposite effect, not only that but they eat up additional system resources in the process, not to mention the carbon footprint of development. Thank you for your time, Isaac Close. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Build woes
On Sat, 2012-10-06 at 17:20 +0100, Rob Malpass wrote: > Hi all > > Hi Rob, > > Question first – details later: If you have a PC with a graphics card > working fine, then remove the graphics card and connect your monitor > to the onboard VGA – shouldn’t this work straightaway? I’ve heard of > needing to disable onboard vga when fitting a new card but not having > to re-enable onboard when removing a graphics card. Any ideas? > > Sometimes, a mobo BIOS has a setting called something like 'primary display adapter', or similar. In most cases is has 2 options, they could be any two of onboard/pci/agp/pcix/pcie. Most mainboards should auto detect, some don't and this setting needs to be set manually. hope that helps, Isaac -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Dying HDDs
On 06/02/2012 18:09, Rob Malpass wrote: Hi all As you may remember from my post last week, my Ubuntu machine's HD died. Despite a brand new HDD I'm having intermittent problems ranging from install failing to complete with another HDD error to the BIOS not detecting the drive at all. I have literally just tried a new SATA data cable and all (so far touch wood!) seems well. The thing is - if the problem persists - what part should I look at replacing next? The PSU? The mobo? Could this be some sort of mains AC problem and would a new surge protector be more the order of the day? I should add I have several other boxes on the same ring main that appear to be working fine. Are these "new" (yada yada I know I'm not exactly Mr Current Affairs) SATA data cables any better or worse for bad connections than other types of BUS e.g. usb or even pata ide? These days, it is PSU's that seem to go bandy more frequently than anything else and it is usually intermittent. I use a PSU testing tool (a half decent one with an LCD display costs around 40 GBP), its proved a great investment. And, I have dealt with a few thousand machines in the past couple of years or so and my findings appear consistent. Hope that helps, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] ubuntu server 10.04 annoyance(s)
hi all, Not my cup of tea by any means but i'm tasked with setting up an ubuntu 10.04LTS server. Two major irritations : 1) user password has a maximum of 8 characters, i've tried to change this with passwd but it wont let me. (IMHO this is absolutely ridiculous and should NEVER EVER be allowed on a production server). 2) I don't like UFW and so i've disabled it. Instead, what works for me (usually) is to place a script in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d - now, i've got this to work as usual BUT : something seems to had several rules, namely opening port 53 and 67 and some other crap (I find this ultra annoying). I've disabled apparmor, one thing to note - this is a default 'full install'. I'm assuming the password issue may be something to do with PAM. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated as right now i'm hugely un-impressed indeed. Many thanks Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] can anyone recommend a domain registrar ?
thanks to everyone who posted in this thread, i've shortlisted a few mentioned. Your information was most useful ! have a happy easter n stuff :-) Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] can anyone recommend a domain registrar ?
Hello there, What with the financial 'downturn' it seems so many companies deploy new ways to rip people off. Anyway, i'm looking for a honest and reliable registrar so that I can move a handful of domains from my current registrar (that just ripped me off). I have a few .co.uk's and these are important to my business and one .com which i've not yet started to use but plan to soon. Any recommendations ? If they accept paypal that would be an advantage. many thanks, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] ubuntu updates
--- On Fri, 16/7/10, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > On 16 July 2010 14:16, Jan Henkins > > wrote: > > Hello Isaac, > > > > On Fri, July 16, 2010 12:46, Isaac Close wrote: > >> Hello there, > >> > >> Quick question follows, here are a number of > ubuntu 9.04 machines. They > >> all want updates. > >> > >> Instead of eating loads of internet bandwidth, can > the updates simply be > >> downloaded once from one machine and then > installed manually on the others > >> ? > > > > I would use apt-proxy for this. Some HOWTO material > here: > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptProxy > > > > Get apt-proxy to work before you update the machine > that runs apt-proxy. > > Once you have the software set up, ensure that the > apt-proxy host uses > > it's local apt-proxy. That way you can ensure that at > least the packages > > needed for that one upgrade would be available for > download by others > > machines pointing to the same proxy. > > > > I find "apt-cacher-ng" easier to configure. > Thanks folks, I went with apt-cacher-ng in the end, it seemingly works and was very simple to setup. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] ubuntu updates
Hello there, Quick question follows, here are a number of ubuntu 9.04 machines. They all want updates. Instead of eating loads of internet bandwidth, can the updates simply be downloaded once from one machine and then installed manually on the others ? thanks in advance, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] ubuntu updates
Hello there, Quick question follows, here are a number of ubuntu 9.04 machines. They all want updates. Instead of eating loads of internet bandwidth, can the updates simply be downloaded once from one machine and then installed manually on the others ? thanks in advance, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Graphing library for arbitrary number of datasources
--- On Sun, 13/6/10, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > I'm wanting to create historical graphs -- most likely > stacked area > graphs -- of some things in a database. Normally I use RRD > when I > want to graph things, but RRD files have a fixed number of > data > sources when they are created and adding data sources is a > bit of a > pain. This will have new values added over time, so I don't > think > RRD is suitable. What would others recommend? > > I can probably remember how to drive gnuplot if that is the > best > answer. > > I would prefer to write the bits that get the data out of > the > database in Perl, so something with a Perl interface would > be great. > > The database is only ever a snapshot of current values, so > I need to > record the values elsewhere for historical purposes (which > RRD is > nice for). > You'd probably get a better response asking the same question on perlmonks.org if you haven't already. Sorry, this isn't a particularly valueable response. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hmmm.....
--- On Fri, 23/4/10, Martin A. Brooks wrote: > Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > Sounds to me like you have a hardware problem. > > Check RAM or Hard Disk for problems. > > Sorry if this is talking out of place, but it doesn't sound > in any way at > all like the OP has hardware problems. > I disagree, it could very well be hardware issues. As for open office, it works fine at this end, perhaps a bit ugly but I care not. My company uses ubuntu (not my particular cup of tea, but I did choose it for several reasons), everything just works fine. I use open solaris too, open office runs very well (no suprise why) on this platform, apparently drivers can be an issue on intel hardware though I use SPARC and all is good. Anyone thinking of jumping back to the familiarity of windows should atleast try ubuntu (I still think its a stupid name). Its too good to miss. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] OpenDNS benefits
--- On Fri, 16/4/10, Vic wrote: > > > The main downside of OpenDNS (and many similar > services) is that > > nonexistent domains resolve to one of their ad > servers. > > You can turn that off - but IMO, you shouldn't have to. > I stopped using openDNS just over a year ago because they began throwing adds at me even for valid domains such as 'google' and 'ebay' etc. > But we're all Linux geeks here - why not just run your own > resolver? It's > dead easy, and is the single biggest improvement to web > browsing I've > made. Thats exactly what I did and I agree. tchau Isaac -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [hants] Linux works, Windows doesn't....
Hello, Sometimes I am confronted with a computer that refuses to install or run windows without crashing badly at every attempt, yet the machine will happily run linux without problems. Whilst I appreciate that some computers develop this personality, most customers do not share my enthusiasm. I am talking generally about computers that did once work with windows but for some mysterious reason they no longer do. What could cause this ? For example, I have a machine on the bench (ironically with a 'WinFast' mainboard), it just wont do windows. I am trying out iquisitor (live linux type distro with lots of testing tools) and so far it all seems well. My simple brain tells me its probably some sort of BIOS corruption ? But i just dont know. thank you very much Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Novell vs SCO - The Jury is in
--- On Tue, 30/3/10, Stephen Davies wrote: > For those who haven't been following > the case, after some SEVEN yes > SEVEN years, a jury has said that the Unix Copyrights > didn't transfer to > SCO > as part of the sale in 1995. > > This means that the scam that SCO dreamed up to charge > every Linux user > $695 per year licensing is a dead duck. > Jolly Good. Does anyone use SCO anymore ? (I know of one high st chain with a poor security record who use SCO servers). Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Whatever happened to programming?
--- On Sun, 7/3/10, john lewis wrote: > On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:45:29 + > Samuel Penn > wrote: > > > Many programmers are business people who know how to > write VB > > macros in Excel, who end up being told to turn their > spreadsheet > > into a business critical application. > > Done that with SuperCalc. > I'm a business person and I never use spreadsheets or VB :-) When I started programming for hard currency (only a few years ago), I really thought I wasn't quite skilled enough, what with being fairly thick and all. >From the very first project I was horrified at how poor the code I was >assigned to work some 'improvements' on. 30,000 lines of ASP (about 29,800 lines of cut + paste jscript cobbled together by someone who clearly was not really a programmer. This was for a major international hotel and the original budget was some 5 figure number that the author of said roflware no doubt enjoyed spending. Sadly, we live in a world where too many people's mental picture of installing software consists of a 'next' button and the need for more cpu cycles so that delay between 'next' is shorter, sort of. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] SMTP bounce
--- On Wed, 25/11/09, Hugo Mills wrote: > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 05:55:05AM > -0800, Isaac Close wrote: > > Personally, I always configure my email services to > reject unknown > > recipients, don't really need to elaborate why. > > > > Is it becoming common practice to sliently drop > messages instead of > > bouncing them (because of forged return-paths) ? > > Yes. If you send a bounce message for > unknown recipients, you get > used for backscatter attacks, where the spammer forges the > source > address, sends mail to a false destination address at your > site, and > the bounce ends up where they want it to go. > Thats what I had suspected. > If you send bounce messages arbitrarily, > without some fairly heavy > anti-spam checking, you're a part of the spam problem > (unwittingly or > not). > Aye. Don't spose anyone knows a quick and dirty method to 'switch off' bouncing in Postfix ? many thanks, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] SMTP bounce
Hello, Personally, I always configure my email services to reject unknown recipients, don't really need to elaborate why. Is it becoming common practice to sliently drop messages instead of bouncing them (because of forged return-paths) ? thanks, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] BBC iPlayer Broken With Karmic
--- On Tue, 27/10/09, Philip Stubbs wrote: > If Google does ever release its own Linux based Google OS, > surely then > we will see a better Linux Flash player? I would rather not > need to > use flash at all, but if we do need it, then please let us > have a > flash player that works as well in Linux as it does in > Windows. My > hope is that Google will provide the incentive that Adobe > needs to > pull its finger out on this one. > Yes, I think your correct. Meanwhile, Microsoft and Apple probably like the fact that flash doesn't work very well on Linux, they may even have some 'interest' in the matter. Money talks, sadly. I can only hope the alternatives to flash improve, which i'm sure they will. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [hants][OT] Vodafone usb broadband dongle problems.
hello there, I have 2 mobile broadband dongles, one is three and the other vodafone. Both are on Pay as You go. The three dongle usually operates with no problems, coverage can be low at times, but generally its good and its also cheap. The Vodafone option however has become problematic, I have not had the time to sit down and analyse this to any depth so far, but I wonder if anyone else has had similar problems or has any information that maybe useful. It looks like vodafone users all go through a proxy of some sort, but lately this has been causing me (and another) problems. For example, I get gateway error and timeout related http responses, yet using a 'normal' line, no such errors exist. Now, the worst problem and its happening again today, is that I keep getting forced to sign in to ebay arbitrarily, but when I submit, no errors or such return, just a standard sign in page re-appears and thus i am locked out (i run a business on ebay and this is started to work my nerve). This has occured on on several occasions, on two seperate laptops, two seperate (but identical) dongles, in two different areas, one machine running something called 'windows vista' and the other ubuntu 9.04. I've spoken to ebay (on the phone), and they assured me of no downtime on their system, but more importantly i've filed a report with them and asked them to log my failed login attempts. Perhaps vodafone is upto no good ? your comments are appreciated, Isaac Close. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Friday humour - a bit early
--- On Thu, 24/9/09, Sean Gibbins wrote: > Date: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 9:13 PM > Tim wrote: > > Ok its a bit ealry but this really has a cringe worthy > rating > > > > http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/23/microsoft_to_pitch_windows_7_via_home_parties.html > > Bizarre. > > I think I have post traumatic stress: I feel I need to > express my horror > at what I've just seen but the words just won't come... > > Still, I suppose it was relatively tasteful in comparison > to this: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jul/02/microsoft-advertising > I cannot believe what i've just seen. I'm looking forward to the release of windows 7 and i'm hoping its every bit as bad as vista, and I have every confidence it will be. Isaac. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Centos 5 / yum not expanding $releasever
> Date: Thursday, 23 July, 2009, 9:22 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Has anyone ever had yum on Centos (5) stop expanding > the $releasever > > variable in the repo config? > > > > I am being asked to fix one which has just started > doing this, > > supposedly without anyone having done anything to make > it so (no, I > > don't believe that). It's actually started > requesting URLs with > > "%24releasever" in them now, instead of "5". > > I have no idea, I don't use Yum or Centos. My answer is likely to be useless, since no doubt you would have already tried the following : As you know %24 is '$', and thus %24releasever is appearing in the URL. They keyboard codes, does the # key give you a \ ? Has someone accidentally put a slash in the wrong place when really they meant to press Enter ? resulting in the variable being escaped "\$releasever". Grep it. A shot in the dark. > > Googling produces some very old bug reports that don't > seem that > > relevant. That is all google ever seems to produce for me too ;-) cheers Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] disabling flash adverts
--- On Sun, 19/7/09, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/7/19 Isaac Close : > > Quick question that I hope won't start a flame war as > one can never be too careful on this list. > > > > What is perhaps the quickest and simplest way to > stop/block flash adverts without disabling flash all > together ? > > > > Flashblock firefox extension. It will cause all flash items > to appear > as a box with a 'f' Flash logo in it. If you want the flash > to > load/play you click it, or right click and always allow for > that site. > Within 1 minute of reading your answer I have installed Flashblock, it was very simple to do. Has it proved reliable for people so far, I wonder ? many thanks, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] disabling flash adverts
hi there, Quick question that I hope won't start a flame war as one can never be too careful on this list. What is perhaps the quickest and simplest way to stop/block flash adverts without disabling flash all together ? The question is asked with firefox in mind, largely on a windows platform. tia Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] debian lenny and an ubuntu question.
hello there, I installed debian lenny. Then i did it again on another machine. After that, another installation, another machine. Again another installation and suddenly i'm a debian user. I only chose to install it for the toolchain but stuck around because i was able to do all of my work with it. Who chose such a IMHO stupid name [ubuntu] for what could be the linux distro to dominate the universe as we know it ? thank you for your time, patience and brain space, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Code style
--- On Mon, 8/6/09, Hugo Mills wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 02:53:12PM +0100, Daniel Pope wrote: > > > > result = 1 if test() else -1 > > > > the idea being that the difference in syntax stresses > the success path > > as the default with the failure path as a fallback. > > Eww. That's *intensely* ugly. > I disagree. The above makes sense to me and fits on one line, whats so *intensely* ugly about it ? Isaac -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] A sad day...
--- On Mon, 1/6/09, Jim Kissel wrote: > >> Isaac Close wrote: > > The very next thing i'm going to do is install linux. > If Vodafone is messing with DNS to do the re-direct, > switching OS's will > not alter the result. Yes I know. I was thinking more along the lines of creating a tunnel to a remote location where access to my proxy and dns is availible. Thus all traffic will be encrypted going to and from a familiar location. Oh and i'll be monitoring several aspects of the connection, i expect it to be a fairly flakey service. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] A sad day...
--- On Mon, 1/6/09, Victor Churchill wrote: > From: Victor Churchill > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] A sad day... > To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" > Date: Monday, 1 June, 2009, 12:26 PM > > > 2009/6/1 Isaac Close > > > > --- On Mon, 1/6/09, Sean Gibbins > wrote: > > > > > Richard Danter wrote: > > > > And to think I bought my wife an Eee _because_ it > was > > > Linux... > > > > > > > >http://www.itsbetterwithwindows.com/ > > > > > > > > Everytime I try to open this link i am redirected to > a vodafone page. > > > > That is, on this windows xp machine with a PAYG vodafone > usb broadband thing. > > Does this happen only for the one page, while others are > retrieved correctly? If so that sounds v. odd. I found with > a dongle from 3 that it would do that kind of thing for all > web access if the config was not right, but then behaved OK > .. ish. > > I've only been using it a couple of days. It rejected one site the other day too. Vodafone could probably argue that the device is pay-as-you-go and thus no personal checks are carried out at the time of purchase, therefore they content-filter everything. They probably content filter everything anyway and spy on everything everyone does. No doubt they'll be running the latest spyware embedded into the 'drivers' software installation aswell. One other thing, this costs 15GBP per GB, i'm paying to download unwanted adverts etc. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] A sad day...
--- On Mon, 1/6/09, Sean Gibbins wrote: > Richard Danter wrote: > > And to think I bought my wife an Eee _because_ it was > Linux... > > > >http://www.itsbetterwithwindows.com/ > > Everytime I try to open this link i am redirected to a vodafone page. That is, on this windows xp machine with a PAYG vodafone usb broadband thing. I suppose vodafone knows much better than me and hijacks my connections to protect me from terrorists and useful information etc. The very next thing i'm going to do is install linux. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] kill -9 pid now working
--- On Tue, 12/5/09, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Hi, > > I have a system where "kill -9 pid" as root, is not > working. > As a result, even the reboot command also does nothing. Sounds like a possible rootkit says paranoia. Are you able to kill processes with signal 9 in 'top' ? Are any commands segfaulting ? * use '> output 2>&1' as STDERR may not be going to where expected. > > Does anyone know why this might happen? > strace is your friend. > renice seems to work, in that reading the new priority > shows that the > priority has changed. > > I can remotely connect to the system so it is functioning > quite well > up to a point. > "sync" also just hangs. You have enough disk space and have fsck'd ? i've seen errornous filesystems report 'no space left' incorrectly, this had a knock on effect to many programs producing un-expected results. > > "dmesg" shows nothing wrong with the system. I.e. no stack > traces, or > HD sector errors. > > Any ideas? Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] iplayer and BBC licence fees (again)
--- On Wed, 25/3/09, john lewis wrote: > > I have arrived at the simple solution - get old!! > I'm doing my very best :) A few years ago when i lived in a place called Basingstoke, I had threat letters almost every week. After some time, i phoned the license department and told them i didn't have a TV and that i was quite annoyed and that i felt harassed. I asked them if a license was needed to watch DVD's on my computer, they said as long as it had no way to receive a television signal. No more letters while at that address. In late 2005 I moved to London. Within 3 days a license 'enforcer' was on my doorstep. I explained that i didn't have a television, and that i'd called the license dept. from my previous address. He asked to enter my house to check, i said no and asked him to make a record that i declined, and that i was not happy. No more letters, even after moving house again. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Server Security
--- On Fri, 20/3/09, Roger Munford wrote: > I am helping a friend set up an > ubuntu server for his business. However > I am very concerned about security and am worried about > inadvertently > introducing security holes. > > Is there a good book or any recommended websites/tutorials > that I could > read. Something like "10 things you must always do" and "10 > of the > biggest mistakes to avoid" would be excellent. > Security is a _HUGE_ subject, it is very arbitrary and their exists no finite guide nor methods to ensure security. You can help yourself by asking the question : What services do I want to run ? Refine your search, if you look for 'security tips exim' or the like on google no doubt you'll get some good pointers. When you're all setup, if security is of great concern, it may be wise to pay an outside company to perform a remote audit. This doesn't have to be expensive and they may be able to tell you what you whats needed tighten things up. hth. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery
--- On Wed, 11/3/09, Tim wrote: > > I have a SATA hard disk from work which I would see if it > can be recovered. Can > anybody suggest any companies in the south that they would > recommend please (I > know it is not cheap but I have been asked to find out). > > For the record the disk did not show up on the PC, no > lights, no spin up > nothing, attached another sata hard disk to the PC and the > PC saw the disk and > was happy to use it. > A company i freelance to (the other side of the care park from my house) can do this (we get it a lot), they have some very expensive government forensic software that can get data back, and as is often the case send it to a clean room to remove the platter(s). I can get a discount since i cleared a rootkit off there firewall yesterday :-) To be honest tho, i'd first try to find a matching disk and swap the boards over as mentioned by someone else. You can contact me at isaac.cl...@infosecpartners.com if needs be. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] SECURE NFS ROOT ?
hello all, i'm trying to find information about some sort of 'secure' NFS-ROOT Filesystem setup. So far, i'm not having much luck. I have working NFS-ROOT machines, but as you may already know NFS is not encrypted, and i can quite easily intercept packets with code of my own. So, what to do ? Do you know something ? tia, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] compression
--- On Wed, 18/2/09, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: > On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 at 03:41:25PM +0000, Isaac Close wrote: > > hello all, > > > > I'm (trying) to find the 'best' > compression software/algorithm > > about. Best as-in best compression ratio most, cpu > time and > > memory footprint are not a problem. > > > I'm already well aware of 7zip, bzip2, rzip and > ofcourse gzip, > > but looking on google is not putting me beyond those. > > It denpends on the data but gzip is okay, bzip2 is usually > better > and lzma (of 7zip fame) tends to be best. lzma does have a > heavy > CPU penalty but as you don't care then you are okay. > I will check that out. > Sometime a specialised compression engine will work better > as it > has a better "dictionary". > > Given cheap high capacity hard disks why do you need to > squeeze > the last few bytes out of your files? If you don't mind > me asking? Its purely discussion with my peers at the moment, but it is sorta related to low bandwidth connections (a seperate can of worms). Isaac, -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Convert VMWare files into .ISO
> wrote: > > > I've been working on a highly customised > configuration > > based on Ubuntu. > > The eventual target is for it to be booted from a USB > stick > > but all the > > development has been done in a vmware image. > > > > Has anyone any guidelines about how to take the data > in the > > VMWare image > > files and turn it into something that I can eventually > burn > > into a > > bootable USB. > Not sure if this answers your question, but iirc there is some perl script someplace on that thing called the internet allowing one to mount vmware images onto a linux box. You could then 'mkisofs' :) Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Fw: Re: [hants] compression
> wrote: > > What is the nature of the material you are trying to > compress and what is the reason for wanting to > compress it > please? > Thats a good, but obvious question, unfortunately the answer is somewhat naive. Arbitrary (but small (maybe upto 1MB)) stuff, and that could mean already compressed data, we would like to know simply if its possible to better 7zip or bzip really. I have my doubts. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [hants] compression
hello all, I'm (trying) to find the 'best' compression software/algorithm about. Best as-in best compression ratio most, cpu time and memory footprint are not a problem. I'm already well aware of 7zip, bzip2, rzip and ofcourse gzip, but looking on google is not putting me beyond those. tar very much, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Anyone played with Aurora Linux?
--- On Wed, 18/2/09, Isaac Close wrote: > From: Isaac Close > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Anyone played with Aurora Linux? > To: l...@beer.org.uk > Date: Wednesday, 18 February, 2009, 2:49 PM > --- On Wed, 18/2/09, Vic wrote: > > > > > I think I might actually just get it running with the > > Solaris installation > > it came with. > > Hmmm, you could do but if its 8 or 9 you may end up being > sick everywhere. > Fwiw, i've just installed opensolaris nevada 104 on an > old ultra2 and it runs suprisingly well, although it has 2 > cpus/1gb ram, probably would be a tad slow on a lesser spec. > > NetBSD usually slips on very well and has a nice uplifting > feeling and from what i've heard openBSD now supports > SMP on sparcs with multiple hot bits. > > hth > > Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [hants] debian updates
--- On Wed, 4/2/09, Brad Rogers wrote: > Isaac Close wrote: > > Hello Isaac, > > > In the Release file on cd, it suggests a release date > of December 17th > > 2008. Does this mean in a nutshell, updates/patches > are included upto > > that date ? > > Allowing for time to create the image and upload it, yes. > thank you, that was a rapid response. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [hants] debian updates
hello there, I don't use debian :) But, i do have a debian question : I've downloaded what i think is the correct iso, its debian stable (4.0r6) etch. (cd 1 out of 20!). In the Release file on cd, it suggests a release date of December 17th 2008. Does this mean in a nutshell, updates/patches are included upto that date ? This is for the sparc arch. btw, i only want a working tool chain. thanks, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Stop! Unix time
--- On Wed, 4/2/09, Charlie de Courcy wrote: > I'm sure you're all aware, but just in case - at > 11:31:30pm UTC on Feb > 13, 2009, Unix time will reach 1,234,567,890!! > w00t! > No, I didn't know. But now thanks to your input, i do :) must plan party or something, for me and all my computers hehe. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [hants] nokia n800, zaurus slc3000 or what ?
--- On Mon, 2/2/09, AdamC wrote: > From: AdamC > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [hants] nokia n800, zaurus slc3000 or what ? > To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" > Date: Monday, 2 February, 2009, 3:27 PM > 2009/2/2 Isaac Close : > > Hello there, > > > > I seem to want to plug a usb broadband dongle into > something small that runs linux and stuff. > > > > Nice idea, might even be possible, from what i can > gather, both devices do have a 'host usb' bus (not > just a client), also the connector/cable is > 'buyable' from ebay it seems. > > > > Do you know about other such devices worthy of a look > ? before i click 'buy it now' is there something(s) > i should be aware of ? > > > > tia, > > > > Isaac. > > I'm not sure if you are referring to the mobile > broadband dongles, but > if you are there was a thread about this last September on > the list: > http://hantslug.org.uk/lurker/message/20080915.235519.f8ba8d1a.en.html > I know, i started the thread back then :) Having just read it again, i'm pretty sure to go for the e220 on vodafone, since 'three' reception round my way is not upto much. Just not sure if there is any serious 'gotcha' about the nokia or the sharp zaurus, or weather their maybe a better alternative. many thanks, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [hants] nokia n800, zaurus slc3000 or what ?
Hello there, I seem to want to plug a usb broadband dongle into something small that runs linux and stuff. Nice idea, might even be possible, from what i can gather, both devices do have a 'host usb' bus (not just a client), also the connector/cable is 'buyable' from ebay it seems. Do you know about other such devices worthy of a look ? before i click 'buy it now' is there something(s) i should be aware of ? tia, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [hants] XP SP3 javascript broken ?
--- On Tue, 27/1/09, Alan Pope wrote: > From: Alan Pope > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [hants] XP SP3 javascript broken ? > To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" > Date: Tuesday, 27 January, 2009, 1:59 PM > 2009/1/27 Isaac Close : > > I'm getting reports of webpages (with > javascript/css) failing, and its starting to look like M$ XP > SP3 is the culprit. > > > > You didn't mention which browser you're using. > > If IE, then consider using a somewhat less shit browser > such as > firefox or chrome.. > Its not browser specific, its seemingly SP3 specific as mentioned in the original post, but for the benefit of other readers : Complaints are that Firefox 2.x and MSIE 7 are _both_ failing, not yet sure about others. I've tested the same code on SP2 and Vista (without SP1) with MSIE 6,7 and Firefox 2.x and its all good. I will shortly test on Firefox 3.x and build a SP3 box and possibly a Vista SP1 box, at that point I will know more. At a guess, i'd say M$ has added certain activeX object methods to its "don't use by default" list in SP3, but I don't yet know, and it may be a problem with SP1 in Vista. I'm looking for pointers, chaps, helpful things that may assist me on solving this problem. thanks again, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [hants] XP SP3 javascript broken ?
hello all, Sorry about the windows question, but in this case there is no problem with Linux :-) I'm getting reports of webpages (with javascript/css) failing, and its starting to look like M$ XP SP3 is the culprit. Has anyone had problems with XP SP3 or Vista SP1 breaking websites ? I commence my investigation this afternoon (after bangers n mash with gravy), so anything to point me in good direction would be most appreciated. many thanks, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Steve Gibson (Was: Re: Data Recovery)
--- On Mon, 26/1/09, Andy Smith wrote: > From: Andy Smith > Subject: [Hampshire] Steve Gibson (Was: Re: Data Recovery) > To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Date: Monday, 26 January, 2009, 11:03 AM > Hi, > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 10:52:52AM +, Russell Gadd > wrote: > > I've had good experience with Steve Gibson's > Spinrite. There's a ton of > > testimonials here > > http://www.grc.com/sr/testimonials.htm > > > > This guy is one of the best, I would trust everything > he does. > Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Fw: Re: Perl modules, how do I know I have them??
--- On Tue, 13/1/09, Isaac Close wrote:
> From: Isaac Close
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Perl modules, how do I know I have them??
> To: l...@beer.org.uk
> Date: Tuesday, 13 January, 2009, 9:06 AM
> --- On Tue, 13/1/09, Vic wrote:
>
> > From: Vic
> > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Perl modules, how do I know I
> have them??
> > To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List"
>
> > Date: Tuesday, 13 January, 2009, 7:57 AM
> > > DBI and DBD::mysql
> > >
> > > How do I check that these are installed? I am
> running
> > Mepis 8 RC1 (which
> > > is based on Debian Lenny).
> >
> > The easiest way to see if they are on your system is
> just
> > to try to use them:
> >
> > perl -e "use DBI"
> > perl -e "use DBD::mysql"
> >
> > If you get "Can't locate ..." errors,
> you
> > haven't got them.
> >
>
> The following doesn't directly answer your question but
> worth noting :
>
> Sometimes, modules are installed in a path that Perl is not
> aware of (because they are not in @INC) and thus Perl will
> return an error if you try to 'use' them. (This is
> sometimes the case with non-standard installation).
>
> If you know where they reside but still Perl returns an
> error, do :
>
> use lib "/path/to/modules/";
>
> Or, if you want to append the path to @INC at the start of
> execution :
>
> BEGIN {
>push(@INC, '/path/to/modules/";
> }
>
> You may then 'use' those modules at will.
>
>
> Isaac.
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Re: [Hampshire] [Chat] Another brick in the wall
--- On Mon, 12/1/09, Jacqui Caren wrote: > From: Jacqui Caren > Isaac Close wrote: > > But then there is always the 'power users' who > demand 'the best' and 'latest' bug ridden > redmond detritus to slow down their > 'dual-quad-core-extreme' multi-terrabyte > 'man-hood' extensions. > > I know a few peeps who download such things for work. Their > employers (or customers) expect them to know what it is > and whether it will work for them before it is released. > Such people include mixed shop (or MS shop) sysadmins > and some small business support companies. > Indeedy, i was just running my virtual mouth :) I will (at some point soon) also be installing it for similar reasons. These days i use many different systems and they all have ups and downs, sometimes windows is the best tool for the job, depending on the environment. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [Chat] Another brick in the wall
--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Phillip Chandler wrote: > Maybe they love high unemployment and a high > cost of > living. It means we are all too busy working, trying to > make a living, > so therefore we are segregated and more controlable, and > not getting up > to organising another riot. > Nail head whacked squarely with above comment. > Plus can I start a new thread. Windows 7 Beta. Anyone here > as sad as me, > and downloaded the ISO, and currently trying it out ? (Just > thought you > might want a laugh on a sunday afternoon.) > Cor blimey, m$ are a bit eager aren't they ? Most windows users don't even want to go near vista yet. But then there is always the 'power users' who demand 'the best' and 'latest' bug ridden redmond detritus to slow down their 'dual-quad-core-extreme' multi-terrabyte 'man-hood' extensions. I have to be honest, i think m$ peaked some time ago, i can feel it in my water. Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [Chat] Another brick in the wall
--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Damian Brasher wrote: > From: Damian Brasher > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [Chat] Another brick in the wall > To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" > Date: Sunday, 11 January, 2009, 12:48 PM > Isaac Close wrote: > > > Who's watching the people who are watching the > people who are watching the > > people ? > > > > since childhood> > > Ten years down the road Facebook will be the preferred > method of social > control and as long as Brussels can extract Tax from it, if > they can get > control in time, then parliament buildings will be turned > into rented > waterside apartments? I just hope my Facebook brain plugin > is one of the > removable types, more expensive probably:-/ > > Sounds like you have some internetresting material there, best get writing :) Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [Chat] Another brick in the wall
> > The BBC are reporting that the law requiring all ISPs > to keep a copy of > > the headers of all emails passing through their email > servers is being : > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7819230.stm > > > Presumably the terrorists, paedophiles and organised > criminals won't > > know this and the huge effort and investment required > to implement it, > > along with the further erosion of our rights, will > all be worthwhile. > "Your free to do as we tell you". Who's watching the people who are watching the people who are watching the people ? Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [hants] LCD display question...
Hi all, Quick simple question, I've just purchased a nice lcd display for my machine. Only one issue, (and i've seen this lots of times in lots of places, yet never got round to learning what and why), why is the display sometimes 'stripey' ? For example, if I have a console window open, (usually the effect is more visible with green/white text on a black background), most lines are fine, but some are more faint than others and the font isn't as sharp on some lines as it is on a CRT display. My assumption is resolution, and that the lcd screen stretches/compresses the picture to fix the pixels. Is this the case ? If so, whats the best solution process ? Do I really have to find out the actual resolution for the screen and match my Xorg resolution with that ? many thanks for your time, Isaac. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Off-site backup (storage) services
--- On Thu, 16/10/08, Graham Bleach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Graham Bleach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Off-site backup (storage) services > To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" > Date: Thursday, 16 October, 2008, 10:39 PM > 2008/10/16 Tony Whitmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Alternatively, in the on-line backup arena, we > currently backup 3TB of data > > in a full backup run. It is practical to use an > on-line backup service for > > this quantity of data or is the expense signficantly > higher than the > > storage services mentioned above? > > 3TB is going to take over 66 hours to transfer over a > 100Mbit/s link > (not allowing for upstream congestion, IP overheads and > latency > effects). It only seems feasible if you have reliable > Gigabit link to > the online backup service. > I should say if you intend to backup 3 Terrabytes of data over a network, its going to cost a hell of a lot. But what is the increment of a days data changes ? if its less than say 10GByte then off-site online backup solutions could work. i have to administrate an online backup server tommorrow, and i think the average customer has about 30GBytes quota with a daily increment of 0.5 - 2.5 GByte. they pay about a grand a year or something like that for that space, but that includes a management fee. one good thing though, its reasonably easy to pull random files out of the 'web interface' from the online backup repository, just incase a user deleted some special document, by accident today that was there yesterday. isaac -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Why I like Perl
its about half-eight and i've been coding all the night since about half-eight lastnite. not in Perl though, in javascript. its been event handlers and debugging largely. the more i learn of this language the more i see some similarity with Perl. have to say though, javascript has its place and is most marvelous for what it can do, but Perl is still a swiss army chainsaw. i wish browsers had perl interpreters in them :) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
