Re: [SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware.
Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 08:18:44PM +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: Just wondering if there are any ideas out there about where to buy good compatible with Linux hardware. Possibly building a custom machine. Or how about 3 years warranty on a name brand server? HP? IBM? The obvious are HP, IBM or maybe DELL. I can't say enough of the IBM xSeries. They start at very reasonable prices, are certified to work with Linux, are very well supported (a number of IBM redbooks available on tweaking RHEL to work nicely), and have quite a range of upgrades and build options. One note with all these server type 1u rack units like the sun 20z or hp dl360 is that they sound like a cessna taking off. So only suitable for a machine room. I work a lot with x306's and an x365, and the same applies to them. Server room only. Matt ps. I have no connection to sun. Lindsay (and I have no connection to IBM) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware.
Possibly out-of-scope for what you are doing, but I recently had a look at the IBM blade servers. They are very quiet compared with the 1u pizza boxes, mainly because the blower is bigger and doesn't have to run as fast as the little 1U fans have to achieve the same cooling effect. There is also a muffler available if you need to get it even quieter. Then again, if your computer room is too hot, everything will be noisy. Bring the temperature down to you-need-jacket level and it all quietens down remarkably. Cheers, Jill. -Original Message- From: Lindsay Holmwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 July 2005 4:10 PM To: Slug list Subject: Re: [SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware. Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 08:18:44PM +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: Just wondering if there are any ideas out there about where to buy good compatible with Linux hardware. Possibly building a custom machine. Or how about 3 years warranty on a name brand server? HP? IBM? The obvious are HP, IBM or maybe DELL. I can't say enough of the IBM xSeries. They start at very reasonable prices, are certified to work with Linux, are very well supported (a number of IBM redbooks available on tweaking RHEL to work nicely), and have quite a range of upgrades and build options. One note with all these server type 1u rack units like the sun 20z or hp dl360 is that they sound like a cessna taking off. So only suitable for a machine room. I work a lot with x306's and an x365, and the same applies to them. Server room only. Matt ps. I have no connection to sun. Lindsay (and I have no connection to IBM) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Qemu Questions
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 08:08 +1000, Peter Rundle wrote: James Gregory wrote: The user-net option will allow your guest system to make *outgoing* connections. You can't (without some tinkering) use it to run an externally accessible webserver for example. For my application that will suffice. Just need a little clarification about the network config, I understand that the guest gets an 10.0.2.x ip from qemu's virtual dhcp server and it's default gateway is set to 10.0.2.2 which is... (I'm guessing) qemu creating a virtual gateway, does Qemu then Nat the outbound packets from the guest to the Hosts ip address? I.E Qemu is a user level application running on the host which has access to the hosts networking services? That's more or less right. qemu makes userspace sockets to connect to whereever, just like any other application. It doesn't let you send raw ethernet frames out (or even raw packets); you'd need to be superuser for that. I don't understand; how can you tell that there's an hourglass there if everything is black? Can you point us to a screenshot? Just the cursor is black. The rest of the display is the normal colour. When you launch an application the busy/hourglass cursor appears but it is also black (windows nt4 guest). Not to worry but curious bug. If I launch the guest without the loadvm (i.e boot from scratch) the cursor colour is normal. Ahh. I misunderstood. I'm guessing it's a bug in the video bios for qemu's virtual video card. If it were linux as your host, setting SoftwareCursor would no doubt fix the problem, so I guess you can either: - Find the Windows NT equivalent of SoftwareCursor - Get another video bios (I think there's a few that work) - Get a video driver for Windows NT that plays nice with the vga bios you have. HTH, James. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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[SLUG] Linux IT hardware supplier
Hi slugger I am trying to sell a linux server solution, and trying to look for reliable hardware supplier that compatible with linux so is anyone can tell me a cheap, reliable and good hardware supplier many thanks in advance -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware.
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 05:00:20PM +1000, Rowling, Jill wrote: Then again, if your computer room is too hot, everything will be noisy. Bring the temperature down to you-need-jacket level and it all quietens down remarkably. Ah, yeah, but that's the issue for some (most?) machine / linux combos; linux doesn't necessarily have the power / fan management required. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] [0T] Contract for valuation of source code using cocomo / cocomo II
Dear list, Sorry to be so off-topic, I have a client who needs a valuation of some source code. They have written some code but have included some BSD/ MIT licensed code as well. I know it is bogus but the 'suits' need to Value the IP'. Of course, they can hire a whore du jour such as PwC but if I would rather some money goes to people who actually know something. If anyone is interested please email off-list. regards, Richard Hayes Nada Marketing PO Box 12 Gordon Australia 2072 Tel: +(61-2) 9412 4367 Fax: (61-2) 9412 4920 Mob: +(61) 0414 618 425 www.nada.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] OT: SCSI Question
All, I am having difficulty getting hold of a external scsi case (enclosure) to house scsi hard disk. Does anyone know of a reputeable dealer in the Syd CBD area who might be of help ? (Basically, we want to add extra hard disks to one of our solaris boxes without opening the case. The solaris box has 2 external scsi interface - one for a dirty big dlt and the other is unused currently) Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: how to edit the welcome screen of gui in redhat linux 8.0
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, manickam sudhakar wrote: Hi Help me how to edit the welcome screen of RedHat Linux 8. tell me the file name and its path where it is located. I assume you mean the login screen after it's been installed and all working. This will depend on whether you've chosen the default GNOME desktop or the KDE desktop or something else. If you've chosen the GNOME desktop you can login and go to the settings, login screen menu and select the theme you want. There's a number of other settings like remote access, default logins etc. If that's not flexible enough, edit the /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf (look at the [greeter] section maybe). -- ---GRiP--- Grant Parnell - SLUG President EverythingLinux services - the consultant's backup tech support. Web: http://www.elx.com.au/support.php We're also busybits.com.au and linuxhelp.com.au and everythinglinux.com.au. Phone 02 8756 3522 to book service or discuss your needs or email us at paidsupport at elx.com.au ELX or its employees participate in the following:- OSIA (Open Source Industry Australia) - http://www.osia.net.au AUUG (Australian Unix Users Group) - http://www.auug.org.au SLUG (Sydney Linux Users Group) - http://www.slug.org.au LA (Linux Australia) - http://www.linux.org.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] [0T] Contract for valuation of source code using cocomo / cocomo II
On Fri Jul 22, 2005 at 09:46:43 +1000, Richard Hayes wrote: Dear list, Sorry to be so off-topic, I have a client who needs a valuation of some source code. They have written some code but have included some BSD/ MIT licensed code as well. I know it is bogus but the 'suits' need to Value the IP'. Of course, they can hire a whore du jour such as PwC but if I would rather some money goes to people who actually know something. Have you tried using sloccount? http://www.dwheeler.com/sloccount/ Cheers, Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware.
If you are working on a budget I would very strongly recommend a couple of guys I found in Leichhardt. For about eight hundred dollars they put together a machine for me and gave me unlimited help setting up debian, Samba, Apache webserver and all the normal open office stuff. As a newbie I had a couple of one on one tutorials as an introduction to Linux and they couldn't have been more helpful with my flood of questions, even sitting with me as I struggled through some canon printer driver problems. Nice guys, and lots of help Rebo-Data Flood Lords Rd Leichhardt Ph 9572 8016 Good Luck Mark -Original Message- From: Lindsay Holmwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 July 2005 4:10 PM To: Slug list Subject: Re: [SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware. Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 08:18:44PM +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: Just wondering if there are any ideas out there about where to buy good compatible with Linux hardware. Possibly building a custom machine. Or how about 3 years warranty on a name brand server? HP? IBM? The obvious are HP, IBM or maybe DELL. I can't say enough of the IBM xSeries. They start at very reasonable prices, are certified to work with Linux, are very well supported (a number of IBM redbooks available on tweaking RHEL to work nicely), and have quite a range of upgrades and build options. One note with all these server type 1u rack units like the sun 20z or hp dl360 is that they sound like a cessna taking off. So only suitable for a machine room. I work a lot with x306's and an x365, and the same applies to them. Server room only. Matt ps. I have no connection to sun. Lindsay (and I have no connection to IBM) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware.
Well our home Athlon Debian system seems to know all about fan management (noisy bugger in summer!). Linux certainly has power and fan management, it's in the APM software suite. The only problems I have seen in APM is where the hardware manufacturer does not tell how to manage the fans. Start with the Red Hat hardware compatibility list: that, at least, will give you a list of hardware known to be working with Linux (aim for the fully qualified ones). The IBM bladeserver I was mentioning was running Linux (didn't check if it was Red Hat ES or SuSE), and certainly knows about cooling management. The Dell webpage is confusing if you look at their home/personal range as it's all Windows, but go to their corporate section and look under rack mount servers. They have Linux (Red Hat) as an option, and that will know about fan management. But the Dells are noisy. Cheers, Jill. -Original Message- From: Matthew Hannigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 22 July 2005 9:41 AM To: Rowling, Jill Cc: Slug list Subject: Re: [SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware. On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 05:00:20PM +1000, Rowling, Jill wrote: Then again, if your computer room is too hot, everything will be noisy. Bring the temperature down to you-need-jacket level and it all quietens down remarkably. Ah, yeah, but that's the issue for some (most?) machine / linux combos; linux doesn't necessarily have the power / fan management required. Matt -- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Increasing the number of Inodes?
How?
I've googled, man tunefs others, read the HOWTOs but I am none the
wiser as to how I can increase the umber of available inodes in a partition.
The partition is already full, 0 free inodes, but plenty of free blocks
ex2fs, debian sarge.
tune2fs -l /dev/hdb9 if helpful
-- damselfly:/spam-hold/spam-hold# tune2fs -l /dev/hdb9
tune2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
Filesystem volume name: none
Last mounted on: not available
Filesystem UUID: 1b0e7827-7c4c-4811-98bb-cd3c12f237aa
Filesystem magic number: 0xEF53
Filesystem revision #:1 (dynamic)
Filesystem features: filetype sparse_super
Filesystem state: not clean
Errors behavior: Continue
Filesystem OS type: Linux
Inode count: 626496
Block count: 1251054
Reserved block count: 62552
Free blocks: 260373
Free inodes: 0
First block: 0
Block size: 4096
Fragment size:4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Fragments per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 16064
Inode blocks per group: 502
Last mount time: Mon Jul 18 15:47:04 2005
Last write time: Fri Jul 22 02:18:38 2005
Mount count: 49
Maximum mount count: 38
Last checked: Tue Mar 2 21:23:26 2004
Check interval: 15552000 (6 months)
Next check after: Sun Aug 29 20:23:26 2004
Reserved blocks uid: 0 (user root)
Reserved blocks gid: 0 (group root)
First inode: 11
Inode size: 128
damselfly:/spam-hold/spam-hold#
TIA
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Re: [SLUG] Ideas for linux internet server hardware.
Rowling, Jill wrote:
Well our home Athlon Debian system seems to know all about fan management
(noisy bugger in summer!).
And don't forget to examine the sound path and sound deadening
opportunites along the way like curtains, canite, etc. sometimes more
productive.
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Re: [SLUG] Increasing the number of Inodes?
On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 10:49:11AM +1000, Terry Collins wrote: I've googled, man tunefs others, read the HOWTOs but I am none the wiser as to how I can increase the umber of available inodes in a partition. You can't. From mke2fs -i bytes-per-inode Specify the bytes/inode ratio. mke2fs creates an inode for every bytes-per-inode bytes of space on the disk. The larger the bytes-per-inode ratio, the fewer inodes will be created. This value generally shouldn't be smaller than the block- size of the filesystem, since then too many inodes will be made. Be warned that is not possible to expand the number of inodes on a filesystem after it is created, so be careful deciding the correct value for this parameter. So you need to move the data somewhere and re-format. -i [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Google Earth on Linux ?
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Re: [SLUG] Google Earth on Linux ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is it possible to run Google Earth on Linux ? Well, there's no linux version available from their web site, if that's the question. However, looking at the 38 dlls it uses, I really can't tell you why. For example, the user interface, is using Qt. To fetch data from the web, they're using libcurl. To parse xml, they're using libexpat. They support both directx and opengl rendering. So yeah, gotta wonder, with a lot of work you'd expect WINE to be able to run it. You shouldn't even need Cedega thanks to the opengl support. Seems they could release a linux version, maybe you could just ask them nicely? :) Trent -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
