Re: [PLUG] outdoor CAT5e
Graybar comes to mind, http://www.graybar.com/locations/or/portland. Seeing as they specialize in "high-quality electrical supplies, communications and data networking products", it's hard to imagine that you could find a better selection and/or price anywhere else in Portland. Although they might sell in larger quantities than you need... On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 8:48 PM, Jason Bergstrom wrote: > I would also look at Home Depot/Lowes. My recollection is that Home > Depot has it, and is cheaper than Fry's (which also has it). Both are > more expensive than Amazon (if there was no requirement to have it today). > > Jason, > ber...@bergie.net > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 03:01:50PM -0700, John Bartley K7AAY > j...@503bartley.com wrote: > > Try Platt Electric 800-25PLATT > > ___ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Samsung S5 and Ubuntu 12.04,
"https://github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs - also my first exposure to go, which is pretty darn neat!) that uses FUSE and still lets me mount the device and access its filesystem." Chris - I just became familiar with FUSE as it's used to mount the Synology backup hard drive to our Linux server. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:10 PM, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > > > On my 12.04 it is pretty fast. I wonder why they abandoned the USB > > block mode? > > > it's not about ubuntu version - it's about android (v4 i guess?). i too > loved the "hey it's a hard drive!" situation. I use something other than > gMTP (something else MTP-related - ah, there it is: > https://github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs - also my first exposure to go, which > is > pretty darn neat!) that uses FUSE and still lets me mount the device and > access its filesystem from the command line (or i suppose a file browser > like nautilus, though i never use those) after some convolutions. > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Laptop Recommendations
I don't know specifically what specs, tech support/warranty, price, etc in a new Linux laptop but I've been very happily running Debian/Ubuntu on used & refurbished Lenovo laptops for almost a decade. I've found the Lenovo hardware to very well supported. Nary a problem w. the exception of wireless nic drivers a few years ago in which I had to go hunting around for the correct driver. In the end I just learned more about Linux and installing drivers! =) I prefer to do my own install instead of paying a couple hundred extra $ to a Linux reseller for similarly spec'd laptop as ThinkWiki is a really great resource for installing Linux on Thinkpads! http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki Also, Canonical works closely with *Lenovo* to certify Ubuntu on a range of their hardware. http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/make/Lenovo/?category=Laptop And Linuxcertified (http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux-laptop-lctp.html) sells Lenovo laptops w. Linux pre-installed. Cheers! On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 12:04 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:54:02 -0700 > Mark Phillips dijo: > > >I think I will look some moremaybe alienware or asus. > > Don't forget System76, Emperor, and various other Linux laptop vendors. > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] DHCP, NetBios, and identifying machines by name
I think that nsswitch.conf, /etc/hosts and winbind is want you want to use. "The Name Service Switch (NSS) configuration file, */etc/nsswitch.conf*, is used by the GNU C Library to determine the sources from which to obtain name-service information in a range of categories" If one or a few computers need to get name resolution for few other computers then an /etc/hosts file on each computer makes sense if computer network addresses and network topology are gong to remain fairly static and updating the /etc/hosts file on a few computers isn't so bad and a DNServer isn't necessary. If you're using a DHCP server, you might be able to do DHCP reservation, if your network device (wifi router) supports it, which would provide static ip addresses for using /etc/hosts file for name resolution without configuring static ip addrs on every computer on the network. All a DNserver does is centralize updating of hostname/ip pairs and name resolution lookup. As this article will also state you don't need the SMB service to be running for Linux computers to do name lookups of Windows computers, but the Samba package inlcludes winbind which you can enable as a name lookup service in nsswitch.conf. However, if the ip addr of the windows box is not changing then winbind isn't necessary. https://www.zulius.com/how-to/resolve-windows-netbios-names-from-linux/ Hope that makes sense and is helpful! Cheers, Mike On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Dale Snell wrote: > On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:24:09 -0700 > t...@wescottdesign.com wrote: > > > Now I can see Servo from this computer, and I can get to its files > > using Samba, but all the "pure linux" apps can't identify it by name > > -- even though I can ping my wife's Windows machine by name!!! > > > > Does anyone know how to resolve this? We use the office machine as > > our svn server and I have my kid writing software for me this > > summer. If worse comes to absolute worst I'll just assign the thing > > an ethernet address off the router's DHCP table, but I'd rather not > > have to manage a bunch of fixed IP addresses if I can help it. > > > Check /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname. They should look something > like this: > > /etc/hosts: > > 127.0.0.1 servo servo.local localhost localhost.local localhost4 \ > localhost4.local4 > ::1 servo servo.local localhost localhost.local localhost6 \ > localhost6.local6 > > > /etc/hostname: > > servo.local > > > That should be sufficient. If not, I'm sure someone will let us > know. :-) > > Hope this helps. > > --Dale > > -- > Penn's aunts made great apple pies at low prices. No one else > in town could compete with the pie rates of Penn's aunts. > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Migrate Ubuntu Server / install to /home. /var, /opt, etc install?
Thanks all for the ideas and input! I think creating a test environment and ironing out all the details is very important and smart thing to do. Another idea, since there's no hot spare hard drives is to install a new hard drive partitioned they way I want it and move everything over to it. Repartition the old hard drive, clone/mirror the new drive to the old drive and keep it as a hot spare. On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Robert Citek wrote: > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Bill Barry wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Robert Citek > wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > >>> Boot to a live disk. > >>> Use resize2fs to shrink the current partition, > >> > >> resize2fs will only shrink the filesystem, not the partition. You'll > >> still have to use fdisk or gparted for making the partition a bit > >> larger than the filesystem. > >> > >>> create the new partitions, > >> > >> At this point you may want to consider LVM. > >> > >>> boot up, > >> > >> Is this reboot needed? > > > > I think you need to reboot or run partprobe at this point. You also > > need to create the filesystem after the partitioning. > > And if you move the boot partition you should update grub. > > Good points. The devils in the details. Would be nice to simulate the > process in a VM. > > Regards, > - Robert > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Migrate Ubuntu Server / install to /home. /var, /opt, etc install?
"Can you expand on the description of your environment? Do you have two servers (one with the single partition and another with multiple partitions)?" -- I wish it was only 1 server that was set up this way, but unfortunately it is two servers and they both only have 1 hard drive and 1 large / partition. "And, given that this is a server, you may want to consider using logical volumes instead of partitions." - On a new install, I would certainly use LVM as it has many advantages, however I don't know how to get there from here without the intermediary step of re-partitioning. If there is a way, I'd love to know about it. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Robert Citek wrote: > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 1:24 PM, MIke C. (Tech. Coord.) > wrote: > > Asking people who have direct experience with resolving this nightmare > what > > the best method is of migrating a production server install on a single / > > partition to a multi-partitioned install. > > Can you expand on the description of your environment? Do you have > two servers (one with the single partition and another with multiple > partitions)? Or do you have a single system with two disks (one with > the single partition and another with multiple partitions)? Or do you > have a single system with a single disk with the old single partition > and a bunch of new partitions? Or something else? > > And, given that this is a server, you may want to consider using > logical volumes instead of partitions. > > Regards, > - Robert > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Migrate Ubuntu Server / install to /home. /var, /opt, etc install?
One of the of the worst nightmares of a new incoming SysAdmin has to be having the server not be accessible because the previous SysAdmin thought it was good idea to only have a root partition and then some backup script fails and spools up on the local drive, or there's a bug, virus, etc and / fills up. Asking people who have direct experience with resolving this nightmare what the best method is of migrating a production server install on a single / partition to a multi-partitioned install. Cheers, Mike ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Network puzzle
"Could the auto-negotiate depend on the order in which things are turned on?" In a decade of working intensively with speeds of ethernet, I have never seen this to be the case. Auto-neg is a sold standard that has been very well tested and implemented. Any network device made in at least the past 15 years should default to auto-neg on. With that being said, if there is a cabling fault or a NIC is failing that could certainly cause two net devices to not auto-negotiate. It's really easy to check eth speed/dup/auto-neg on the linux box side with ethtool: ~$ ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: No *Supports auto-negotiation: Yes* Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric *Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes* Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric *Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes* Speed: 100Mb/s Duplex: Full On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > It could be as Neal suggests an auto-negotiate problem. This system was > working and then with no physical changes, stopped working. Could the > auto-negotiate depend on the order in which things are turned on? > > Bill > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:40 AM, Neal wrote: > > > Minor point -- the WRT54G is also not gigabit. :-) > > > > Major question -- do you have any of the switches or devices set to a > > specific speed or are they all auto-negotiate? > > > > NealS > > ___ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
