Re: connecting to wrong remote desktop
Vmware has 3 ways of setting up the network for vms, which are you using? Kerry Mayes, Business Development Manager, Acclipse Limited. (Sent from small device so please excuse small errors!) On 28/07/2010, at 11:17 AM, Alister Niall alister_ni...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, How have you set up the virtual nics on the VMWare server? sounds like you might want to look there unless IPcop is messing with it. cheers Alister --- On Tue, 7/27/10, Roger Searle ro...@stepahead.org.nz wrote: From: Roger Searle ro...@stepahead.org.nz Subject: connecting to wrong remote desktop To: CLUG linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 10:25 AM Hi, I have a puzzling situation with connecting to a remote desktop on a local network. 3 (k)ubuntu boxes - mercury (lucid - a desktop machine), jupiter (8.04.4 LTS) and neptune (a virtual machine under VMWare Server 2 running on jupiter). Name resolution is via an IPCop box static lease and hosts entries. Boxes can be pinged by name, I can ssh to them and confirm it's hostname, and that mac address of the ethernet card and IP address match with what IPCop shows. Desktop sharing is turned on on both jupiter and neptune. Occasionally I need to view jupiter's desktop, from mercury all attempts to establish a vnc connection via either KRDC or Remote Desktop Viewer, by name or by IP address, give me neptune's desktop. My guess remains as it being some vmware weirdness, but I'm out of specific ideas and my googling hasn't found anything useful beyond ssh, hostnames etc as per the above, can anyone suggest steps to resolve this? Cheers, Roger
Re: Completely Offtopic: Any recommendations for computer technicians in Rangiora?
My brother in law has recently used two locals out there and I wouldn't recommend either of them. Both were quite pricey for incredibly simple things. ($200+ to remove Norton anti virus and install a replacement.) Sorry, don't know either's name. Kerry. 2010/1/13 Brett Davidson br...@net24.co.nz: On 13/01/2010 1:07 p.m., Christopher Sawtell wrote: 2010/1/13 Brett Davidson br...@net24.co.nz My Aunt lives out there and I'm a little too busy to fix her Windows machine at present. What appears to be wrong with it? -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell Sounds more hardware related than software - video card / monitor.
Re: Security, to much of it.
Whereas IPCop by default has minimal security: nothing in, anything out. Perfect for parents' network? I know, not helpful for your current issues! Kerry 2009/9/30 Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com: I'm currently building a firewall box for my parents but I have run into the issue that it's security is actually far to tight.
Re: RoR tutorials for *nix systems
Thought from the title you wanted a Rate of Return tutorial 2009/9/10 Kerry ke...@katipo.net.nz: Hi I'm keen on taking a look at Ruby on Rails and am after some linux specific Regards, Kerry Regards Kerry
Re: Can someone tell me why...
I'm using the development version of Exaile (via bzr) and the latest version has the ability to set the audio sink to: Automatic GNOME ALSA OSS PulseAudio JACK 2009/8/25 Rex Johnston g...@sclnz.com: Daniel Hill wrote: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Jack_(plugin) Ooh, i can has cheezburger? Thanks Daniel, i'll give it a whorl. Cheers, Rex
Re: Can someone tell me why...
2009/8/24 Rex Johnston g...@sclnz.com: My exacting standards are 2) Proper jack output (no new jack source at the end of each song). That's the one I'm unsure of, no idea how to set it's output. I assume it's using whatever gnome desktop has set up which, in my case, doesn't include jack. (ALSA, OSS and Pulse are the only ones listed). K
Re: Can someone tell me why...
As a gnome user, I just use exaile. Probably doesn't meet Rex' exacting demands but it plays all the formats I want and includes replaygain so that I'm not constantly adjusting the volume.
Re: Booting from flash thumb drive/stick
I set up two usb sticks to boot a 4Gb and a 1Gb. Both Dick Smith brand. The 1Gb worked perfect, the 4Gb wouldn't work at all. So my only suggestion is trial and error. 2009/7/26 Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com: So how do I tell whether my stick can support booting? It doesn't seem to be bloody working.
Re: Shared folder
No Steve, pure linux. I had thought that the sticky bit was my answer but all it does is make sure the files get the right group ownership. I have two logins for my laptop, one for when connected at work and one for home. However there are some files I work on in both places so I thought they could be put in a shared folder in the home directory. (Though I'll store that samba info away somewhere.) 2009/7/24 steve st...@greengecko.co.nz: You talking about samba shares Kerry? [projects] comment = projects force group = users path = /home/projects read only = no browseable = yes writeable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 0770 guest ok = yes Is a definition I use to ensure everyone cn access stuff. All files are put into the group users, and they are created read/write for user and group. Guaranteed (: hth, Steve On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 13:06 +1200, Kerry Mayes wrote: This is probably trivially obvious to you guys but I can't figure it out. I created a shared folder (/home/shared) that is owned by a group (shared). There are two members of this group. However, the default permissions when either saves a file is 644 - meaning the other can read the file but not write to it. Ideally I'd prefer the default to be 660 (though I'm not actually worried about the everybody bit). What is the usual way of setting this up? (The only thing I got with google was to have a cron job that regularly overwrote the permissions of all the files in the directory.) -- Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: st...@greengecko.co.nz GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0
Shared folder
This is probably trivially obvious to you guys but I can't figure it out. I created a shared folder (/home/shared) that is owned by a group (shared). There are two members of this group. However, the default permissions when either saves a file is 644 - meaning the other can read the file but not write to it. Ideally I'd prefer the default to be 660 (though I'm not actually worried about the everybody bit). What is the usual way of setting this up? (The only thing I got with google was to have a cron job that regularly overwrote the permissions of all the files in the directory.)
Re: Shared folder
Yes! I suppose I am using NFS. How do I make it work under that? Should I link the shared directory to be within each users' home directory? (Does that change the default permissions?) 2009/7/24 Craig Falconer cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz: Since you're using linux shares, what about NFS? At least then you get proper unix permissions and symlinks and all that. -- Craig Falconer
Re: Shared folder
Thanks all. umask is what I want - I knew it had to be simple!
Re: Shared folder
I think you are all assuming that this problem was harder than it actually was! I'm not sharing over a network, I'm sharing a directory between two users on the same box. My only issue with umask 002 is that this will now apply to every file that I create, not just the ones in that directory. I suppose that's okay given that generally the group will be the user only group.
Re: Shared folder
Yes, sorry s vs S confusion there. 2009/7/24 steve st...@greengecko.co.nz: That'll be the setgroupid bit on the directory which enforces BSD'esque group ownership behaviour... the sticky bit ensures that only the owner can delete it ( as in /tmp ) (: Steve
Re: Ubuntu 9.04 install - direct it to empty hard drive?
Probably a silly question, but are you using the alternate Ubuntu disc? This distribution has an expert mode that gives more options along the way. 2009/6/19 Bryce Stenberg br...@hrnz.co.nz: Hi, As part of keeping our options open I have been permitted to play with linux on Friday afternoons at work to become familiar with the OS. So for starters I chose to install Ubuntu 9.04 on my work pc, which has three disks and is running Windows XP. Disk1 has 2 ntfs partitons - one a 2 GB active partition for booting, the 2nd 198GB with windows install I don't want touched. Disk2 has 80GB - I want linux on this disk (currently formatted Ext4 and empty). Disk3 is 1TB - but is over half full with various virtual machines. When I run the ubuntu install from cd, no matter what I've tried, it seems to want to install itself to my second partition on disk1 - adding extra partitions and resizing. I don't want this partition touched. Can anyone please tell me how to get it installed to Disk2? Thanks, Bryce Stenberg. DISCLAIMER: If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by reply email, facsimile or collect telephone call to +64 3 9641200 and destroy the original. Please refer to full DISCLAIMER at http://www.hrnz.co.nz/eDisclaimer.htm
Re: Ubuntu 9.04 install - direct it to empty hard drive?
No, no, there's a different disc again for servers! 2009/6/19 Bryce Stenberg br...@hrnz.co.nz: -Original Message- And I'll look out for that alternate ubuntu for when we come to setting up servers. Thanks, Bryce Stenberg
Re: Stepper motors.
A source of potentially robust stepper motors is from cars with climate control air-conditioning - they are also used to pulling cables. (Not Alfa 164s though because their stepper motors are a weak point) 2009/6/2 Christopher Sawtell csawt...@gmail.com: I have a few loose and various stepper motors, also a couple of old printers which will have some in as components. Molten media have a nearly continuous supply out of scanners, printers, old disks, etc etc. If mine are no good, I'd suggest you try there. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch
Yeah, but you get to work with 50 metre lattice towers with MW dishes and GSM/UMTS antenas (?). I get to work with a desk and YADM (yet another dcf model). 2009/5/26 yuri yur...@gmail.com: There's a growing group of us that show up at the Twisted Hop on Fridays from 12:30 onwards to work due to the wifi access :) Nice for you desk jockeys. You can take your work to the pub. How to I park a 50 metre lattice tower on a table to rig it with MW dishes and GSM/UMTS antenas? Yuri
Re: OT: Cabling to a shed
That would be excellent - ke...@mayes.co.nz Thanks! 2009/5/20 S C O liasi...@xtra.co.nz: If you are interested, I can PDF those details and send them to you. Vick.
Re: Eva's useful guide to Ubuntu 9.04
Thanks for that, nice site. I now use kvm for virtualisation so don't need the virtualbox notes but there's lots of other stuff there that looks really helpful. 2009/5/20 Seriously Ubuntu seriouslyubu...@gmail.com: Just in passing, might be handy for some. Eva's useful guide to Ubuntu 9.04 Long 77 characters URL: http://www.johannes-eva.net/index.php?page=2009_04_useful_ubuntu_guide_jaunty#virtualbox Tiny 25 characters URL: http://tinyurl.com/cfdf75
OT: Cabling to a shed
I'm wanting to connect up my shed for power (3 phase), water and data (phone network). I have (with significant help) dug the trench to the shed and will be organising the connections in the next few weeks. However, if I run the network cables next to the power cables I'll have issues, yes? Is there any way around that? Can I get shielded ducting for underground use (at reasonable cost)? (I was initially just intending to run the cat5e cable through irrigation hose until I remembered the potential interference issues.) Kerry
Re: OT: Cabling to a shed
Thanks for all the help here, Just to clarify, the shed is to be multi-use, I intend to work on cars out there so will obviously need to have the workshop manuals up on the computer screen ... (3 phase is for my next compressor ...) Also, this is on a lifestyle block so set up is a little different to a suburban situation. The power and water are coming from the pump shed that has the water pump for the house supply and meter box (separate fuse box in the house). It is about 8-10 metres from the shed and a similar distance from the house. (I will still need another trench for the data connection to the house but that should be easier.) I'll check with the electrician but may try to go power, water, data. I had intended using 50mm irrigation tube for the data. I still have an account with a wholesale irrigation place. 5e was because I have some solid core already, but yeah, I don't want to dig this trench again! If I can't set up the duct to allow easy replacement then I'll get some cat 6 or 7. Can some one tell me the difference between STP vs UTP? Kerry
Re: OT: Cabling to a shed
I previously asked the sparky to change the house pump to a different phase to the house itself - I expected it to help with the power fluctuations caused by the pump motor starting up. However, it had no discernible effect. 2009/5/18 Volker Kuhlmann list0...@paradise.net.nz: As an aside, it's also possible to connect house and shed each to a single phase, but a different one for load balancing. That'll probably give you more noise between the buildings, as well as 380V, not 240V, between the wall outlets. Disclaimer: I'm an electrical engineer, not a sparky. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
Re: debugging gdm session errors
2009/5/6 Rex Johnston g...@sclnz.com: What's in ~/.xsession-errors ? Aah, this may be it: /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... /etc/profile: 29: [[: not found Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_NZ. Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default. /usr/bin/xmodmap: unable to open file '/usr/share/apps/kxkb/ubuntu.xmodmap' for reading /usr/bin/xmodmap: 1 error encountered, aborting. there is no file '/usr/share/apps/kxkb/ubuntu.xmodmap' in fact there is no directory '/usr/share/apps/kxkb/' I see in google it's something to do with kde - but this is gnome
Re: debugging gdm session errors
I think this is a clue not an answer. 2009/5/6 Kerry Mayes ke...@mayes.co.nz: there is no file '/usr/share/apps/kxkb/ubuntu.xmodmap' in fact there is no directory '/usr/share/apps/kxkb/' I see in google it's something to do with kde - but this is gnome After googling I found an example with this error that continued on before really falling over. So I think I need to find out what was supposed to happen next.
Re: debugging gdm session errors
Don't get me wrong, on the three machines that are working Jaunty is great. stepwise improvements on many small items. A good upgrade, in the main, I would have said. 2009/5/6 Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com: I have to say that everything I see about jaunty is unimpressive, mythbuntu seems to be failing a lot. I think I am going to migrate my myth system to linhes (formerly knoppmyth).
Re: debugging gdm session errors
Found the problem. gnome-session wasn't installed. There must have been a hiccup during the upgrade and some packages got lost. (So Rik's suggestion that more problems occur from the online upgrade was quite correct.) Now I'll just have to hope that nothing else critical is missing. (Perhaps it's time to sort out the partitioning so I can do a re-installation on this machine.) Thanks for all the help. Much appreciated. 2009/5/7 Rex Johnston g...@sclnz.com: You might also try logging in using failsafe and into a terminal, type gnome-session. Cheers, Rex
debugging gdm session errors
Hi all I've just upgraded to Ubuntu Jaunty on three machines but am having difficulty with one machine. The problem is that after logging in, I just get a black screen with the mouse pointer, which I can move around but get no other response. I've had no luck finding anything on this error via google, the reported bugs, or on the Ubuntu forum so I've been trying to do more diagnosis before reporting it as a bug. I can ctrl+alt+F1 to get a terminal screen and I can log in via ssh. I can log in to a failsafe gnome session but this just gives me a terminal window with no window manager (I can run one graphical programme but it has no window controls). So far I have found that the scripts in xsession.d all seem to be being executed: Synergy, which I have loading from a script in xsession.d, runs fine in any position I put it in in that directory - though I can't put it after 99x11-common_start How would I progress from here?
Re: debugging gdm session errors
Online upgrade (8.10 - 9.04). Worked well on two out of three desktop machines (and a server). I have a copy of the 9.04 alt disk, but would rather not re-install if I can help it, this old laptop is not as well partitioned for this as my more recent ones. I reconfigured X but that isn't the problem - all the graphical screens prior including login all work fine, it's somehow just not getting as far as the desktop.
Re: debugging gdm session errors
There are no errors in the log. (The only output from that command is the line that describes the EE, WW codes etc.) This is one of two machines using intel graphics. 2009/5/6 Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz: Can you publish the output from grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log so we can see the errors??
Re: jaunty and vmware server 2
I too have upgraded our virtual machine server. - from Intrepid to Jaunty. Vmware 2.01 worked flawlessly after running vmware-config.pl. However, note that on Intrepid I had had to patch vmware-config.pl to get vsock to work so this copy of vmware-config.pl isn't the download version. Kerry 2009/4/27 Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz: On Monday 27 April 2009 06:06:43 Roger Searle wrote: Hi there, just wondering if anyone who has moved to jaunty is successfully running vmware server 2? I've got a work machine I'd like to migrate that MUST have it running. Been caught out by this in the past . . .
Re: Where are apt-get (no)proxy settings?
Are you saying you found an apt-get proxy setting in a local .bashrc? I'm having similar problems with apt-get and proxys but I can't find any settings in .bashrc that would affect it. apt-get won't let me turn off having a proxy. I can change the proxy but not set it to no proxy. 2008/12/22 David Lowe da...@thistledown.co.nz: Dont panic - I found it... it seems each user has their own bashrc, and I found the setting in there. You learn something new every day ;-)
Re: installation needed for the seed exchange
What are the machine's specs? And can you remind me what the seed exchange needed to run on it? A recent Ubuntu might be a bit resource hungry. 2008/12/2 Matthew Whiting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Kia ora, So, a while back I put out a request for donation of a computer for the Southern Seed Exchange. We gratefully received a machine that's all ready waiting to be set up. Unfortunately I've run out of time to set up an operating system on it. I have a recent (a couple of months old) version of Ubuntu but there was an error when I tried to install. Sorry, I can't even recall what this was :-s Anyways, I'm heading away for a month in just over a week and really wanted to have the computer ready to go before then. Wondering if anyone happens to have time and is keen to support the seed exchange with this installation? I've had someone offer to setup XP or 2K on it, but I'm loath to go with this option!! Cheers Matt
Re: gnome file managers, workspaces and windows
Hey, cool, so it does! Thanks! (Found in Ubuntu 8.10) 2008/12/3 aaron mcewan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Roger Searle wrote: Nautilus 2.24.1 has tabs
Re: vmware server on intrepid
The solution is up! Ubuntu forums thread 6267637 (VMWare server 2 vsock warning) has a patch for the vmware-config.pl file. Works for me. Though I haven't tested to see if I get a performance improvement. (My two systems were working without vsock so they should just be faster now). 2008/11/26 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: An installation goes well until, in vmware-config.pl, the build of the vsock module as per the output from my machine below. The message about
Re: gnome panels
2008/11/21 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: That and vmware-server not working with the current kernel is a show stopper with intrepid for me. Cheers, Roger I have vmware server working under intrepid, both server and desktop. What issues are you having?
Re: gnome panels
2008/11/20 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: All panels seem non-grabbable for such resizing, regardless of the expand and other properties of that panel. Can move them around, change height, add items, etc. But they defy all efforts to resize horizontally with the mouse - puzzling . . . I think dual screen support in gnome differs across implementations. I know that every new release of Ubuntu over the last few years has changed how dual screens are managed. I think the latest versions use xrandr which I found quite powerful. I think the issue you are striking is a difference between the size of the virtual desktop and the screens you are using. (I now cheat and use two computers to drive the two screens (using Synergy to give them a common keyboard and mouse). This was partly because I found that my graphics card was limited in 3D mode to 2048x2048 so didn't cope with my two screens side by side.)
Re: Horse Re: OT Learning 'C' - any pointers?
I've found a patch for vmware server for the latest kernels: http://www.insecure.ws/warehouse/vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz Just proven that it works with Ubuntu Intrepid. (But I'm also downloading 2.0 to give it another go.) K 2008/10/29 Craig Falconer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Oh on that note I should probably add that horse is now back up and working. I messed about with vmware server 1.06 and 1.07 for a while but they didn't want to play nice with the latest kernels. So I had a look into xen which started off nicely. However that path came to a crashing halt when Xen required grub to boot (I've run lilo since forever) and then grub would not install with an XFS root filesystem. Grump! I then tried the new vmware server 2.0 I gave the 2.0 beta a go last year and discovered it was utter dreck then. Its much improved now, and actually works fine. So horse is up and trotting as usual. For those who have limited access, there's a http shell available at https://shell.clug.org.nz/ Its terrible but does work acceptably. Christopher Sawtell wrote: http://shell.clug.net.nz:8080/~chris/sawtell_C.shar It's a shell archive. Say:- sh sawtell_C.shar to open it. It's not complete, but about 3,500 people have thanked me for it, so it can't be too bad. -- Craig Falconer
Re: Horse Re: OT Learning 'C' - any pointers?
And, bizarrely, the patch isn't required with (and messes up) 1.06 under intrepid server. (?) 2008/10/31 Kerry Mayes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've found a patch for vmware server for the latest kernels: http://www.insecure.ws/warehouse/vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz Just proven that it works with Ubuntu Intrepid. (But I'm also downloading 2.0 to give it another go.) K
Re: crossover fully unlocked build available
Thanks Roger. Managed to download both, have installed pro and also now have Excel running on a Hardy desktop. The Lame Duck Challenge is pretty cool. 2008/10/29 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, for those not on the other linux lists that have a thread going on this, crossover linux pro and crossover games linux fully unlocked builds are available for download at the moment. http://down.codeweavers.com/ Lets you run Photoshop, Office, QuickBooks and more on your linux desktop which could have it's uses for some people. Whether or not you actually need a serial number I do not know, you can request one from this page anyway. It is not now necessary to obtain and register the serial number first before getting to the download page. I have not needed to use the serial I got yesterday to get Excel running on this Hardy desktop. Perhaps fully unlocked means exactly that? Perhaps of more interest are the games that can be run via crossover games, perhaps when I find some spare time (lost some years ago, if anyone sees it please let me know) I'll have a go. Be quick! Today only... Cheers, Roger
Re: crossover fully unlocked build available
If you search for news on Lame Duck Challenge you'll see that they are giving it away free (as in beer) today only. (Thanks to petrol prices!) 2008/10/29 chris [EMAIL PROTECTED]: PS I am also not sure how much money they want for the programme
Re: Overwritten fonts in Ubuntu
As far as I can tell, I would have to edit the font file itself to fix this. So I have deleted the font. 2008/10/10 Kerry Mayes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have installed some truetype fonts on my machine (dell d520 running Ubuntu Hardy Heron). These are geeky fonts for various stargate languages. Unfortunately one of them seems to have overwritten (in terms of use) Times New Roman. This wouldn't be so bad except that the font uses a different alphabet! Can't find anything on google for this, but that could be because I can't thing of the right search terms. Other than delete the font, does anyone know how I could go about fixing this? Kerry.
Re: OT: Re: mail readers
2008/10/23 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Theres also the good old Fix It All the Time or: Fix It Again, Tony. Personally I prefer my Always Looking For Anothers (And it's not even Friday.)
Re: vertual managers
Sometimes it works perfectly. Sometimes it leaves stuff behind. Sometimes, the stuff it leaves behind prevents another version of vmware from installing. 2008/10/20 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [note reply-to of original post is brokeden] what happens if you do: sudo vmware-uninstall.pl ? Cheers, Roger
Re: vertual managers
That's right, I used locate vmware and found two directories. Once these were deleted it re-installed fine. Actually, I think there were three directories - the third was the storage for the vms - you don't have to delete that one. Kerry. 2008/10/20 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: would it then just be a matter for him to locate and delete the relevant remaining directories? or is it likely to have caused a bigger mess? in your opinion / experience . . .
Re: VirtualBox emulation of Athlon on Intel x86?
3D under vms is still just on the horizon and not mainstream yet. That said, vmware workstation (the non free - in either sense version) has had experimental support for 3D and the new vmware fusion on macs has 3d support which appears to work well. In both cases, as Volker says, this is support for a vm to use the host's 3d hardware. So if the underlying hardware doesn't support 3d then the vm will not either. Kerry. 2008/10/11 Volker Kuhlmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat 11 Oct 2008 11:38:09 NZDT +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: I'm trying to install an instance of a recent olpc image into a VirtualBox running on my T41 ThinkPad. Said image tests for the existence of the 3Dnow instructions, which a standard VirtualBox doesn't provide.
Overwritten fonts in Ubuntu
I have installed some truetype fonts on my machine (dell d520 running Ubuntu Hardy Heron). These are geeky fonts for various stargate languages. Unfortunately one of them seems to have overwritten (in terms of use) Times New Roman. This wouldn't be so bad except that the font uses a different alphabet! Can't find anything on google for this, but that could be because I can't thing of the right search terms. Other than delete the font, does anyone know how I could go about fixing this? Kerry.
Re: Laptops? Sony Vaio?
Dell operate a list dedicated to linux on dell hardware.The people responsible for making linux work on Dell are on the list and I've received some pretty excellent help from them when I needed it (E.g. they have an apt-get-able site for the bios updates). Their support is pretty focussed on Ubuntu, so if you specifically want a different flavour then this may not be a big factor in your decision. Kerry. 2008/10/10 John Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Any counter recommendations?
Re: Run application pop-up
Have you suggested to the Gnome development team that they implement Bash command-line completion in the Alt-F2 box? (Is it about to be added to the next version???) 2008/9/18 Douglas Royds [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Under GNOME, Alt-F2 pops up a handy-dandy little box that lets you type a command name. It disappears when you're done. All well and good, but it ain't a Bash command-line, which means that I don't get Bash command-line completion.
Re: artifacts on kubuntu screen
I'd have to agree. The intel driver was something that updated in the last week on my Ubuntu 8.04 laptop - did you get any updates to the 7.10 come through? There have been some significant improvements to the drivers over the last few versions. 2008/9/16 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Why 7.10? Recent hardware often needs recent drivers. Try 8.04.
Re: Ubuntu on Vista machine
Yes, but you'd be better off with VMWare Server - it is also free but allows you to create new vms - i.e. you can create a vm and install ubuntu on it. I haven't done it on vista but have on xp. Ubuntu was a bit slow but worked okay. I now work the other way around - Ubuntu is the host and windows is the vm. Kerry. 2008/9/9 David Merrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can Vmware plaer be used to run ubuntu? -- David Merrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph 03 3590 343 Cell 027 3089 169
Re: Ubuntu on Vista machine
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was going to say free (as in beer) but thought it would be pretentious! 2008/9/10 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Kerry Mayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, but you'd be better off with VMWare Server - it is also free well it may be gratis, but its not free :-)
Re: OT: What will people end up doing for a job?Re: Vic Oliver on radiolive now.
Ever read Player Piano (can't remember the author)? Apparently, we sit around all day watching wall sized TVs or get involved in make work schemes. Another Kerry. 2008/9/3 Kerry [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 13:51 +1200, David Lowe wrote: On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do we all just end up being accountants and web designers? And whats so wrong with that? Some of us have done both ;-) I can see a big future in robotics engineering at least until the robots are able to self replicate :-) Kerry
Re: Thunderbird plug ins?
But to answer your first question, yes Thunderbird has plugins. Many, many, plugins. E.g. Lightning to add a calendar. 2008/9/3 Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED]: crap, someone just pointed out the feature I hadn't noticed Don Gould wrote: Does anyone know if tb has plug ins? I view messages in thread view. I'd like a plug in to mark messages in a given thread as read. Cheers Don
Re: network problem
I too have found issues with netmanager. I generally use it in roaming mode on my laptop and it is wonderful for 90% of what I do. At work I connect to a docking station and it connects nicely for me. At home I start up and it connects to my wireless network. The only issue is when I use openvpn at home to access work. After a couple of minutes I cannot refer to work machines by name, I have to use their ip addresses - but it won't use the home internet gateway it still tries to use the work gateway through openvpn (which is blocked of course). 2008/9/2 David Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I had similar problems with a laptop. I found after googling around that the Gnome netmanager thingee has some reported issues especially if you don't use it's 'roaming mode'. I installed wicd and everything is sweet. - D
Re: Problems posting to this list via GMail
I'm using a very non-standard gmail setup. The key was to subscribe exactly as I meant to post. (I was subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] but when I set up gmail to post from that address, I had to unsubscribe and resubscribe). Kerry. 2008/7/27 Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I believe that the email software that the Uni uses is a bit strict about all of the headers being all true and correct. If the From and the sender is not the same then things may go awry. My advice is to just use a very standard set-up for the CLUG subscription. We probably need to hassle them start using some decent list software.
Re: Help needed recovering a lost directory structure
If your disk is dying then you should replace it. It's only going to get worse. So I assume you're just trying to get some important data off it? If the physical problem with the disk is related to the mechanism rather than the surface of the disks, then you could try putting the disk in the freezer. Sounds bizarre I know. But I have successfully used this technique to recover important data off a stuffed hard disk. You need to put the drive in a plastic bag to limit the condensation then a few hours in the freezer and the previously locked up disk runs for quite some time. However, this is only useful for getting data off the disk - it doesn't repair the disk so it will die again sooner rather than later. YMMV Kerry 2008/7/17 David Merriman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi there, A few days ago, a message popped up on my screen, saying that the BIOS's S.M.A.R.T. program had decided that one of my hard disks was dying (I don't recall the exact wording), and sure enough, I could no longer access one of my partitions.
Re: VMware eth0 bridge
Sorry Zane, can't quite follow from the posts - are you using server or player? I'd really suggest server - it's much more reliable particularly on the networking side. I've not checked, is there a version in the repo yet? Back to the network issues: Do other applications have any issues with the network? It's not something silly like the windows firewall is it? Does the network have all three options set up? I'd suggest turning off the options you are not using. Is the machine you are trying to access the host? As an exception to the last, don't try to access the host via anything but the host only network, for some reason it's incredibly slow via bridged or nat - your application is likely to time out. Kerry. 2008/7/16 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Zane Gilmore wrote: I am trying to get a VMware virtual machine going on my Kubuntu box.
Re: Clug Meeting Talk Request
2008/7/16 Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.fisherfamily.orconhosting.net.nz/vmware.htm Pretty easy I reckon. Rob As with most things it's easy if all you want is the standard stuff. A couple of more complex issues I've had to resolve are: Why is networking btw host and vm so slow? How do you turn off vmware's dhcp on the host network? Answers to both of these are rather obscure. (If anyone wants the answers let me know.) So I don't think Don's request is irrelevant at all. (Not that I've managed to get to a meeting yet ...) Kerry.
Organisers that work well with linux
I'm going to be replacing my poor sad old Palm Tungsten T and I'd like something that will integrate nicely with the linux desktop (I'm using Ubuntu HH). What would people suggest? I use it mainly for contacts and calendar but also like to be able to do a quick document or spreadsheet that I can continue working with on the desktop (functionality I've lost since moving to a linux desktop). I also use it to read ebooks, so small form factor is quite important. Any experiences, good or bad, much appreciated. Kerry
Re: apt-get seg-faulting
If bootstrap installation like that doesn't work, before you resort to reinstallation, you might want to try checking apt-get's data and conf files. It might be the files on one particular server that is causing you grief. (why is it using a file from mirror.aarnet.edu.au rather than a NZ mirror?) 2008/6/18 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How about re-installing apt by downloading the package and installing it with dpkg?
Slow performance from Dell Laptop
I have Ubuntu Hardy Heron installed on a Dell Inspiron 1100, (2Ghz Celeron, 512Mb ram). The principle use for this machine is to use rdesktop to access one or more windows machines but I also have it running exaile to play music while I work and Synergy to work on other machines in my room. Unfortunately, running these programs seems too much for it since I upgraded to Hardy Heron from Gutsy Gibbon. I am getting load averages of 1.0 when I start everything, then rising to over 2 when I've been running for a while. (Currently 2.22 1.69 1.20). So I have two questions: 1. Is this reasonable? (Should this be too much for this machine?) 2. If not, wow would I diagnose what's wrong? Biggest users of the processor are exaile (30%%) pulseaudio (13%), htop (10%!), X (7%) Kerry
Re: Filtering list mail on gmail
I use Matches To:linux* 2008/5/12 Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 12 May 2008 09:13:45 +1200 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently subscribed my gmail account to the clug list and I can't seem to get gmail's filtering service working properly. the filter I am using is: Matches: Comments: University of Canterbury Linux Users Group Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label clug but it never seems to match list mail. Anyone know what I am doing wrong? Don't know anything about gmail, but I'd use the following match on procmail: Comments:.*University of Canterbury Linux Users Group as I'm not sure what, and how much white space may be between the : and the U. Steve -- Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Filtering list mail on gmail
In gmail you are just applying a label (linux in my case), not moving the email itself, so applying the label to messages cc'd to me are also likely to be linux related. 2008/5/12 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not usually good form as it also covers messages cc'd to your inbox as well as to: the list. On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Kerry Mayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use Matches To:linux*
Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS released (fwd)
I had a few issues which, compared to the last upgrade, is rather small - though tedious. 1. Apparently I have Plucker installed. This doesn't upgrade and you have to uninstall and reinstall (or in my case just uninstall). 2. vmware's vmware-config.pl fails to build the packages it need under HH. I still haven't resolved that one - hopefully a patch for it will come out soon. 3. The gnome-rdp database is corrupted or just incompatible with the latest version. 4. For some reason the performance of synergy has been affected. But the new applications are slicker, still gets my vote. Kerry. 2008/4/28 John Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The what's it like is the upgrade went exceptionally smoothly.
Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS released (fwd)
Found fixes for all these now: 2008/4/28 Kerry Mayes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2. vmware's vmware-config.pl fails to build the packages it need under HH. I still haven't resolved that one - hopefully a patch for it will come out soon. need the any to any patch version 116 4. For some reason the performance of synergy has been affected. A bug apparently, the workaround is to run synergyc as root (sudo)
Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron RC1
And, not to rely on the release date - I see they have replaced yesterday's 1 day to go with coming soon! 2008/4/23 John Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Kerry Mayes wrote: but why would you do this 1 day before the actual release? snip good reasons.
Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron RC1
but why would you do this 1 day before the actual release? 2008/4/23 John Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: They are slowly getting this release thing down pat. I now have upgrade two boxes from Gutsy Gibbon to Ubuntu Hardy heron 8.04 pre-release...
Help with shell scripting
I'm having difficulty with the following script: SYNHOST=caalt04 if echo `ping -c 1 $SYNHOST` | grep -q 1 received; then echo 'Synergy connected'; ssh -2 -f -N -L 24800:$SYNHOST:24800 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; synergyc localhost; else echo 'Synergy NOT connected'; fi I'm getting the error that then is not being found. This script was working before I pulled caalt04 out as a variable. But I tidied up things at the same time, so may have messed it up somewhere else. Background: I learn languages by pinching other people's code. This is based on some stuff I pinched from someone and I sometime leave options in that don't need to be there. Any help appreciated.
Re: Help with shell scripting
Thanks Rex, yes that's a much better way of doing it. Still having difficulty though - I think its either with quotes or semi-colons now... As I understand it, ; are required between statements that are in places where only one statement is expected. So, keeping it to it's simplest form: SYNHOST=caalt04 ping -c 1 $SYNHOST if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then echo Synergy connected else echo Synergy NOT connected fi Returns: PING caalt04.caa.local (192.168.0.183) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from caalt04.caa.local (192.168.0.183): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.172 ms --- caalt04.caa.local ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.172/0.172/0.172/0.000 ms Synergy connected : not founddefault: 11: else Synergy NOT connected So the ping command works but the if statement doesn't - the else isn't recognised so it's doing both commands.
Re: Help with shell scripting
Apparently, copying code snippets around the place is fraught with little gotchas. The problem with that last example was that the line breaks were stuffed up. I noticed that the example in the email had blank lines in it, gedit didn't show those. I deleted the line breaks, added new ones and it works fine. (I was also using /sh not /bash, but that just changed the error message.) Thanks everyone for your help. Kerry On 17/04/2008, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Always a good day when you learn something new. Yes indeed!
Re: Help with shell scripting
Aargh One final question. I was trying to add this scriptlet into an existing ubuntu script. The existing one uses /sh (which is why I was using that). Should I try to convert it to /sh (shudder), or should I call the /bash script from within the /sh script? Kerry.
Re: Help with shell scripting
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I now have a working scriptlet written in /bash that I want to include in a script written in /sh. (The /sh script is one that starts as X starts /etc/gdm/Init/Default - it's supposed to get synergy working before login so I can login with a real keyboard.) I am trying to execute the /bash scriptlet from within the /sh script with the line: /etc/gdm/Init/adds_for_Default It's not working quite as expected, but that could be a ssh authentication issue. On 17/04/2008, John Hyde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kerry, When you write a shell script you can specify which scripting language you want in the first line of the file.
Re: Tip for the Day: Keeping multiple cores busy...
Do you know of a command line program to watch the processor load on multiple cores? (I've been using top but it just gives a single figure. The other alternatives I've seen only give a point in time.) The machine I want to watch is a server and doesn't have a gui installed. It has twin dual core processors and is running a windows vm under vmware that is set to use two processors. I'd like to see whether it is using two of the notional processors or is just mimicing two processors. Cheers Kerry On 06/03/2008, John Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, if you have a dual core (like me) or higher processor... watch what happens to your CPU load with something like gkrellm. Only one core is doing all the work. The man page says... --max-procs=max-procs, -P max-procs Run up to max-procs processes at a time; the default is 1. If max-procs is 0, xargs will run as many processes as possible at a time. Well, lets make things happen twice as fast find ~/oldmail -type f | xargs -P 2 zgrep -i 'some keyphrase' Whoops... That didn't work. Still only keeping one core busy. Lets see what happen... find ~/oldmail -type f | xargs -P 2 echo -MARKER--- zgrep -i 'some keyphrase' -MARKER--- zgrep -i 'some keyphrase' file.1 file.2 file.3 ... Aha! xargs packed _all_ the files onto the command line of one zgrep instance, it didn't need to invoke a second. In fact, if only I had finished reading the man page... Use the -n option with -P; otherwise chances are that only one exec will be done. I would have known that! Let's try that again... find ~/oldmail -type f | xargs -P 2 -n 1 zgrep -i 'some keyphrase' Hmm. That's creating hundreds of setups and tear downs for zgrep. How about... find ~/oldmail -type f | xargs -P 2 -n 5 zgrep -i 'some keyphrase' Yip. Good balance. Both cores busy full time on useful work. John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait ElectronicsFax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 ChristchurchEmail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Zealand
Re: Tip for the Day: Keeping multiple cores busy...
On 07/03/2008, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: htop Thanks Steve, htop is exactly the ticket!
Re: Calling business users of linux
What would be a highly useful response to people investigating such a solution would be a list of the commercial entities who could supply / support such a thing. This may be a bit commercial for this list but I wouldn't recommend that a small business switch to linux servers without competent support. (Mind you, I wouldn't suggest someone implement a windows sbs based network without competent support either!) Have to be careful what I say in a public forum, but I'm currently seeking approval for replacement network implementation and one proposal is for an sbs based solution and another is a linux based solution. The suppliers of the linux solution are subscribed to this list (hi guys!). I don't need it, but others on this list may not be aware of the possibility of purchasing a linux based solution. Perhaps a page on the wiki that lists chch linux service providers?
Re: [OT] Advice on NZ International Freelancing/Taxation Systems?
If you need the name of a tax specialist, my brother is one in one of
the big four here in Chch. Email me off list if you'd like the name.
On 26/02/2008, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is not a legal/accounting forum. If the work is worth doing, its
worth going to see a good accountant.
IRD do not give tax advice as such.
Any of the big accounting firms will have experience in this area, but
smaller ones may have the expertise too.
On Tue, February 26, 2008 9:58 pm, Kent Fredric wrote:
Hi,
I've been stalking this ML for quite a while, but alas, my first post
needs
to be off topic.
I would go through the more 'official' channels, but for this subject..
well.. there are none, and the official parties seem to be lobotomised.
I'm trying to find information as to how I organise ( for contract
employment distantly )
* International funds payments to my New Zealand account on a regular
basis
from a foreign country ( Uk to be exact )
* Appropriate Taxation methods for this scenario
As yet, I have been unable to source any New Zealand specific information,
and the reply I got from IRD was basically a run-around potentially
indicating the mails handler being completely foreign to the concept of
'We
have this thing called the internet where I can do stuff in a different
country without leaving the house', to the extent they basically told me
they didn't have a generic example case for online-based-foreign works and
that I'd have to snail mail somebody the exact same question I asked them.
I know we have special taxation agreements with Uk so we dont get taxed
twice for work, but beyond that its as vague as an Ice sheet.
Any assistance would be much appreciated,
As would any tips as for 'things to watch for' in the realm of this job
type.
Many Thanks in advance.
Kent.
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Kent
ruby -e '[1, 2, 4, 7, 0, 9, 5, 8, 3, 10, 11, 6, 12, 13].each{|x|
print enNOSPicAMreil [EMAIL PROTECTED][(2*x)..(2*x+1)]}'
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Nick Rout
samba permissions
Hi all I'm having a problem with samba permissions from my linux machine. We have a file server running linux and sharing a disk under samba. When I create a directory from a windows machine all works well, when I look at the directory on the server I see: drwxrwxrwx 2 kerry kerry 4096 2007-12-07 09:14 temp2 But: I also have this directory mounted on my linux machine. When I create a directory under linux and look at it on the server I see: drwxr-xr-x 2 nobodynogroup 4096 2007-12-07 09:14 temp What this means is that, if I create the directory under linux, I can't then put anything in it! I'm not sure where to start on this one. Is this likely to be: 1. A samba setting on the server 2. Something to do with mounting it on my workstation 3. A general setting on my workstation Help? Kerry.
Re: samba permissions
I specifically selected cifs, didn't realise that it did things differently (would this be easier with smbfs?) I mount with this line in fstab: //192.168.0.215/Company /mnt/company cifs defaults,credentials=/home/netlogon/.smbpwdCAA 0 0 However, I have been wondering whether it would be better to set up something by way of a login script that could be taylored to specific users. That may be a bit of an aside. On 07/12/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first question to be asked is whether you are mounting using the cifs driver or the smbfs driver, as each handle file ownerships and permissions differently.
Re: firewall on vmware
I use an ipcop vm to manage my normal vms access to the physical network but that's quite different to the use I think you are suggesting. If the underlying box is bare as possible why aren't you running the firewall natively? (i.e. what would be the advantage of virtualisation for this application?) Kerry. On 06/12/2007, paul schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone here had experience in runnning a firewall in a vmware guest running on a bare as possible bones linux host? Interested in any security issues that may have been encountered etc. Cheers Paul.
Re: shell script error
These scripts are part of the netbeans + openoffice integration and they don't work -- they have a bug. At the least, there needs to be installation instructions that cover the editing of the scripts. My editing of the scripts is a therefore a work-around to get someone else's software working. On 27/11/2007, Jim Cheetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 27, 2007 8:31 PM, Kerry Mayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Netbeans is providing an environment with its own path $PATH = /usr/lib/openoffice/program which is causing the openoffice addin to fail. I've reported this as a bug to the openoffice addin writers. Why do you consider this to be a bug? Many people would classify this behaviour as a security setting: making the script author explicitly set PATH or specify the full path of external objects is good practice that helps to prevent accidental invocation of commands that may have too much access to the internal program state jim
shell script error
The following shell script is producing an error saying that basename is not found: -- #!/bin/sh # wrapper script for OOos SDK programs LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/openoffice/program /usr/lib/openoffice/sdk/linux/bin/`basename $0`.bin $@ - Now, I'm a real shell script noob, but `basename $0` is supposed to return the name of the file, right? Why would that fail? I'm about to edit each of these 20 files to specifically include the right name, but wondered if there was a better way to sort this issue.
Re: shell script error
Netbeans is running it as part of the openoffice sdk addin. I found basename (using which basename, thanks!) to be in /usr/bin [ I had no idea it was a program being called by the script! ] I altered the script from `basename $0` to `/usr/bin/basename $0` and it works fine now. I did a quick script to copy a new version over all the copies in the directory so have it all working (there are only 14 not 20, but still...) Thanks heaps! I'm going to try changing sh to bash and see if that fixes it too. That might be easier for the developers to change as the permanent fix. Kerry. On 27/11/2007, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You running it from cron? If so, there's no search path worth talking about. You can either configure an useable $PATH in the script, or use the full pathname of each command instead. Steve
Re: shell script error
Yes, Netbeans is providing an environment with its own path $PATH = /usr/lib/openoffice/program which is causing the openoffice addin to fail. I've reported this as a bug to the openoffice addin writers. And I've got my installation working. Now to learn how to program openoffice addins in Java! woo-hoo! Thanks again all. On 27/11/2007, Jim Cheetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then it probably deliberately has a restricted or even empty PATH. You can test that by adding a debug statement like echo $PATH /tmp/whatever
Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?
NO! don't try apt-get install vmware-server under gutsy! It's not in the repo yet. And the ONLY dependencies are build-essential and xinetd. Kerry. On 06/11/2007, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:43:33 +1300 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps I will follow the path of finding out why Automatix doesn't work and see if I have better luck... NO!!! Automatix looked like a really good idea, but it was written by microsofties by the look of it. Totally screws up shared libraries and dependencies down the line. install the c++ compiler first, and binutils if necessary, and then try again. You also need the kernel source/headers installed if it isn't already, although apt-get install vmware-server should do all of this for you. Steve
Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?
I don't think automatix updates things for the new kernels. I used it under Edgy and it broke under Feisty, if I remember correctly it didn't install everything needed to update for new kernels and you might as well wait until the gutsy partner repository gets a gutsy version of vmware-server as use automatix. I suggest you install 1.04 as downloaded from vmware. Once build-essential and xinetd is installed it just works. Kerry. On 06/11/2007, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I'm not sure the patch is needed, I was following this: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/howdoi/?p=152tag=nl.e101 and have installed build-essentials and xinetd. Most googling suggests the any-any patch is the answer to all problems. Last time I installed vmware-server on feisty it was via Automatix, however this currently won't run (starts to load the gui then crashes) and this is next on the list to resolve.
Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?
Interesting, I ended up re-installing to get gutsy working right and I only get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache search vmware xserver-xorg-video-vmware - X.Org X server -- VMware display driver mdetect - mouse device autodetection tool libview-dev - VMware's Incredibly Exciting Widgets libview2 - VMware's Incredibly Exciting Widgets libview2-dbg - VMware's Incredibly Exciting Widgets those are outdated kernel modules in your list though. What was the most recent Feisty kernel version? I've been following this on the ubuntu list and haven't seen anything about vmware-server getting to the repositories. Kerry. On 06/11/2007, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I upgraded from feisty, but my sources.list points only to gutsy targets. Maybe it's some thing to do with that, but... steve-desktop:~# apt-cache search vmware mdetect - mouse device autodetection tool xserver-xorg-video-vmware - X.Org X server -- VMware display driver libview-dev - VMware's Incredibly Exciting Widgets libview2 - VMware's Incredibly Exciting Widgets libview2-dbg - VMware's Incredibly Exciting Widgets vmware-server-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16 - vmware-server modules for Linux (kernel 2.6.20) vmware-server - Free virtual machine server from VMware vmware-server-kernel-modules - vmware-server kernel module dependency package
Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?
aaargh. Once it's partially installed it can be a pain. I would try uninstalling vmware-server (using the uninstall program if it's been installed) then re-installing. only problem is that it often doesn't uninstall everything. I'll see if I wrote down what folder I had to delete to completely uninstall. kerry. On 06/11/2007, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kerry Mayes wrote: NO! don't try apt-get install vmware-server under gutsy! It's not in the repo yet. And the ONLY dependencies are build-essential and xinetd. g the tech republic page had an error build essential - adept just told me build-essential was NOT installed. So now with vmware-config.pl I get this far: /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Please enter your 20-character serial number. Type X-X-X-X or 'Enter' to cancel: 93N8N-YH4F1-2F46Q-4KPA8 /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The serial number 93N8N-YH4F1-2F46Q-4KPA8 is invalid. The serial number is fresh from vmware. Trying to start vmware fails (the taskbar icon appears for a few seconds, eventually it fails to start). I already have: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/vmware-server-distrib# ldconfig -p | grep libX11.so.6 libX11.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) = /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 and MJG tells me You need to install the i386 versions of the missing libraries, How? (and I'll start googling) Steve says there is a 64 bit version of vmware-server - I can't see it on the vmware site - do you mean 64bit host support is part of the package or that there is a separate install file in a location I can't find yet? Cheers, Roger
Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?
found it. It was /etc/vmware On 06/11/2007, Kerry Mayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: aaargh. Once it's partially installed it can be a pain. I would try uninstalling vmware-server (using the uninstall program if it's been installed) then re-installing. only problem is that it often doesn't uninstall everything.
Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?
32 bit. (My centrino duo won't run ubuntu 64 unfortunately.) Installing vmware on 64 bit used to be a problem - you needed some 32 bit stuff as well, but I was recently conversing with a guy on the ubuntu forum who said he had installed it on a 64 bit with no problem. I'd try Nick's suggestion first but if there are issues with that search the ubuntu forum (with google search preferably) for vmware 64 bit. On 07/11/2007, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Kerry - are you running 32 or 64 bit Gutsy?
Re: vmware-server installation - missing libraries?
Are you sure you need the any to any patch? I've just installed vmware-server 1.04 on gutsy 32 bit. The patch was NOT required. All it required was build-essential and xinetd. I understand that 64 bit host used to be difficult, but latest reports seem to indicate it all works as for 32 bit. Kerry. On 06/11/2007, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A fresh install of Gutsy Gibbon on an AMD64 machine, I am trying to installed vmware-server (1.0.4-56528). Prior to running vmware-config.pl I have run vmware-any-any-update114 which leads to the following error: Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. VMware 2 or VMware Express detected, building for VMware 2, VMware Express and VMware Workstation 4.0.x. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/comport.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/hash.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module. For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please visit our Web site at http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html; and http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html;. Execution aborted. At this point via Adept I checked for gcc and installed v4.2. Then the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/vmware-any-any-update114# ./runme.pl Updating /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl ... already patched Updating /usr/bin/vmware ... No patch needed/available Updating /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available VMware modules in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source has been updated. Before running VMware for the first time after update, you need to configure it for your running kernel by invoking the following command: /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl. Do you want this script to invoke the command for you now? [yes] The correct version of one or more libraries needed to run VMware Server may be missing. This is the output of ldd /usr/bin/vmware: linux-gate.so.1 = (0xe000) libm.so.6 = /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7f84000) libdl.so.2 = /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf7f8) libpthread.so.0 = /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7f67000) libX11.so.6 = not found libXtst.so.6 = not found libXext.so.6 = not found libXt.so.6 = not found libICE.so.6 = not found libSM.so.6 = not found libXrender.so.1 = not found libz.so.1 = not found libc.so.6 = /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7e1c000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7fbc000) This program cannot tell for sure, but you may need to upgrade libc5 to glibc before you can run VMware Server. Actually, (the first to of) these files are present: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/vmware-server-distrib# locate libX11.so.6 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/vmware-server-distrib# locate libXtst.so.6 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6.1.0 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6 Anyone able to help me from this point? Cheers, Roger
Re: A possible heads-up for those using Linux on laptops ?
Hey, thanks for that. My count is over 170K - with a specified life of 600K it wasn't going to last very long! I've implemented the solution, even though I don't really understand how it works. On 31/10/2007, david merriman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/1742258 David -- A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Re: Virtulization question.
Hopefully this is a frank discussion on issues with the two systems not a vm distro war. I'm a heavy user of vmware server, but certainly agree that it is not without issues! On 17/10/2007, Vik Olliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, sorry Volker but I've had plenty. I'm using - or trying to use 4 per VM. The system startup messages say they're eth0-3, and by the time I get to a system prompt (this is on stock Debian etch, BTW) they're eth4-7 and don't work. Never had that sort of trouble, but there are some issues with vmware networks: - When using bridging to the host's network, I've had issues with connecting to a samba share on the host - it is extremely (unusably) slow. The only way to get good performance is to also have a host only network. - For some reason when starting up the vmware service seems to start auto start vms before setting up the networks. I have to manually reset the network on my virtual firewall every time I restart. - Disabling the vmware dhcp is a bit of a mission on a linux host (there's a nice gui for windows hosts.) i know there were some others that have caused me grief over time too.
Re: Virtulization question.
vmware server is also free and a better choice than player for most applications. I use it quite extensively for windows (all with valid licences!) on ubuntu hosts. It is now easy to install on ubuntu, don't know how it would be on Fedora. I've had variable success with usb. The implementation is a bit awkward. usb drives are pretty straightforward, usb bluetooth was particularly unsuccessful - I think in this case the (ubuntu) host kept trying to take back control of the bluetooth adapter. I've not used serial, but the option to set up that hardware is there. Kerry. On 15/10/2007, Jim Cheetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/10/2007, David Upex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to run Windows XP as a virtual guest using Fedora as the host. I hope you have a valid license :-) I need to have access to usb and serial coms. in the virtualised machine. I have heard of qemu and Xen what other applications are available to achieve this. vmware can do this -- it's not open source but the Player is free of charge, and the config files you need can be created by http://easyvmx.com qemu will probably be fine too :-) -jim
Re: OT DST rant (Was: What does it take ... daylight savings?)
Go live in Queensland! (Whiners!) On 01/10/2007, yuri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 01/10/2007, Christopher Sawtell wrote: rant Note that Daylight Savings Time is a heineous plot perpertrated by those who are infected with affluenza to kick a complaisant proletariat out of bed an hour earlier so that they could get an hour's extra work done. Whilst that _might_ have been justifiable during the period 1914 - 1918, it is, without any doubt whatsoever, no longer the case. /rant I hearing that! Let's start a petition. Yuri
Re: ADSL VPN Router combo?
The linksys ag241 says it does this, not sure of pricing though. However, I've had no success connecting to it from an ipcop box. On the other hand, I had a vpn between two vm ipcop boxes connect first attempt. I think it's only gurus with the appropriate incantations that can get vpns between different hardware to work! Kerry. On 25/09/2007, Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there such a beast as an ADSL VPN Router combo at a price suitable for a small business? I do not want something with VPN passthrough. I want to have a hardware solution at one location connecting to a software solution already working at the other end. Relevance to this list? - There are some wise and knowledgable people on the list. -- Regards, Robert
Re: Open Suse Gear
I could do with a dvd, I had just been trying to decide whether to download it. Where are you located? I'm in centre city during the day (West Melton at night) Kerry On 21/09/2007, Paul Swafford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been sent some Open SUSE DVD's (Linux Enterprise 10)and a few caps and soft toys (green lizardy things) Also some Mozilla stickers and Open Web wristbands So anyone interested contact me off list .. cheers Paul
Re: Open Suse Gear
and of course that was supposed to be off list! Sorry! On 21/09/2007, Kerry Mayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could do with a dvd, I had just been trying to decide whether to download it.
Folder synchronisation
I am wanting to periodically synchronise two folders containing documents and spreadsheets. Unfortunately the (remote) one is on a windows server. It is accessible via samba. Is this what rsync is usually for? Is there a way to get it to work for a windows machine (windows rsync daemon?). Am I going at this the wrong way? Kerry
Re: Folder synchronisation
Thanks Roy, Unison looks like exactly what I'm after. On 20/09/2007, Roy Britten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rsync is one-way. Unison http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ uses the rsync protocol for two-way syncing and in my limited experience works pretty well. Roy.
