[SLUG] Re: Fedora8 bigpond cable broadband solution howto request
On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 12:00 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've used bpa compiling and running on SuSE and apt-get'ing on ubuntu for a mate for some 3-4 years. The biggest problem was them changing the name servers (utterly trivial - BTW anyone? TheSystem learns all via DHCP from bigpond. The local network learns from TheSystem DHCP. How to automatically update my DHCP server to learn name servers assigned to TheSystem by BigPuddle You could use awk/perl/favlang on dhcpd.conf send the DHCP server a sighup... Sonia thanks :-) Why invent a wheel when you don't need to ... but clearly wheels-need-to-be-invented James -- 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: THANKS - Widescreen advice reqd please
Hi Peter Thanks for the reply. I was running Mint 2.2. Afer installing Mint 4 ( gnome Live CD version), installing restricted nvidia driver ( mx440 card) and adjusting monitors controls all is almost well ( desktop just a fraction too far right) and I get 1680x1050 at60hz . Thanks again Bill I have an LG widescreen monitor, which until now I have not been able to have display its native resolution properly - ie 1680x1050 at 60hz. Bill, -- 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: THANKS - Widescreen advice reqd please
Hi Jeff Thanks for the reply. I have an nvidia card (mx440) in this PC. Tried comparing xorg.conf between Fedora 8 and Kubuntu/LinuxMint but it appears that Fedora 8 has a different method of using xorg. As a result of email from Rev Rumble I eventually installed LinuxMint 4 ( gnome Livecd) - I had Mint 2.2 installed - and installed restricted nvidia drivers and after using monitor controls all is almost well ( desktop just a fraction too far right) and I get 1680x1050 at60hz . Thanks again Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] linux filesystem
Hi I am going to be working on some large files (~5G) and I was in the process of making some room with lvm, did the formatting as ext3 and thought maybe there is a better fs for the job. These are video file that I will be working on. Just wondering what other people used for large size file partitions, should I just stick to ext3 ? Alex 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
Re: [SLUG] linux filesystem
if you are using large files, you will see better performance on any file system by increasing the allocation unit size. for 5gig, just push it to the maximum available. just be sure to archive up any small files prior to storing them. i believe reiser4 has tail packing, which helps overcome this comming. Dean Alex Samad wrote: Hi I am going to be working on some large files (~5G) and I was in the process of making some room with lvm, did the formatting as ext3 and thought maybe there is a better fs for the job. These are video file that I will be working on. Just wondering what other people used for large size file partitions, should I just stick to ext3 ? Alex -- 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] linux filesystem
On Jan 2, 2008 2:35 PM, Alex Samad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am going to be working on some large files (~5G) and I was in the process of making some room with lvm, did the formatting as ext3 and thought maybe there is a better fs for the job. These are video file that I will be working on. Just wondering what other people used for large size file partitions, should I just stick to ext3 ? I've been reading a little about XFS lately. I haven't used it yet, but it certainly seems to have some quite nice features and is geared for large files and filesystems. Sam -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Yum / RPM Update Problem
Greetings I have just noticed that one of our servers is reporting an error from the nightly yum update. Not being a perl affecionado, I thought that someone here might be able to shed a little light on what I should do? I presume I need to do an rpm -e --nodeps but I'm not sure what to do it against. Loading installonlyn plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Could not find update match for yum No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion Loading installonlyn plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies -- Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. --- Package perl.i386 4:5.8.8-12 set to be updated --- Package perl-IO-Zlib.noarch 0:1.08-1.fc6.rf set to be updated --- Package kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.22.14-72.fc6 set to be updated --- Package perl-MIME-tools.noarch 0:5.425-1.fc6.rf set to be updated --- Package system-config-securitylevel.i386 0:1.6.27-3 set to be updated --- Package paps.i386 0:0.6.8-1.fc6 set to be updated --- Package nss_ldap.i386 0:257-4.fc6 set to be updated --- Package samba.i386 0:3.0.24-11.fc6 set to be updated --- Package samba-common.i386 0:3.0.24-11.fc6 set to be updated --- Package kernel.i586 0:2.6.22.14-72.fc6 set to be installed --- Package perl-MailTools.noarch 0:2.02-1.fc6.rf set to be updated --- Package system-config-securitylevel-tui.i386 0:1.6.27-3 set to be updated --- Package selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:2.4.6-108.fc6 set to be updated --- Package selinux-policy.noarch 0:2.4.6-108.fc6 set to be updated --- Package perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch 0:1.12-1.fc6.rf set to be updated --- Package xorg-x11-xfs.i386 1:1.0.5-1.fc6 set to be updated -- Running transaction check -- Processing Dependency: libpaps.so.0 for package: paps -- Processing Dependency: perl(File::Temp) = 0.17 for package: perl-MIME-tools -- Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. -- Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. --- Package perl-File-Temp.noarch 0:0.19-1.fc6.rf set to be updated --- Package paps-libs.i386 0:0.6.8-1.fc6 set to be updated -- Running transaction check -- Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. --- Package kernel.i586 0:2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 set to be erased -- Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved = Package Arch Version Repository Size = Installing: kernel i586 2.6.22.14-72.fc6 updates16 M perli386 4:5.8.8-12 updates12 M replacing perl-MIME-Base64.i386 3.07-1 Updating: kernel-headers i386 2.6.22.14-72.fc6 updates 646 k nss_ldapi386 257-4.fc6updates 243 k papsi386 0.6.8-1.fc6 updates31 k perl-IO-Socket-SSL noarch 1.12-1.fc6.rf dries 46 k perl-IO-Zlibnoarch 1.08-1.fc6.rf dries 17 k perl-MIME-tools noarch 5.425-1.fc6.rf dries 250 k perl-MailTools noarch 2.02-1.fc6.rf dries 98 k samba i386 3.0.24-11.fc6 updates16 M samba-commoni386 3.0.24-11.fc6updates 8.6 M selinux-policy noarch 2.4.6-108.fc6updates 347 k selinux-policy-targeted noarch 2.4.6-108.fc6 updates 845 k system-config-securitylevel i386 1.6.27-3 updates 650 k system-config-securitylevel-tui i386 1.6.27-3 updates 615 k xorg-x11-xfsi386 1:1.0.5-1.fc6 updates69 k Removing: kernel i586 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 installed 43 M Installing for dependencies: paps-libs i386 0.6.8-1.fc6 updates22 k perl-File-Temp noarch 0.19-1.fc6.rf dries 45 k Transaction Summary = Install 4 Package(s) Update 14 Package(s) Remove 1 Package(s) Total download size: 55 M Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Check Error: file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Math/BigFloat.pm from install of perl-5.8.8-12 conflicts with file from package perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1 file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Math/BigInt.pm from install of perl-5.8.8-12 conflicts with file from package perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1 file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm from install of perl-5.8.8-12 conflicts with file from package perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1 file
Re: [SLUG] linux filesystem
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 02:51:08PM +1100, Sam Gentle wrote: On Jan 2, 2008 2:35 PM, Alex Samad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am going to be working on some large files (~5G) and I was in the process of making some room with lvm, did the formatting as ext3 and thought maybe there is a better fs for the job. These are video file that I will be working on. Just wondering what other people used for large size file partitions, should I just stick to ext3 ? I've been reading a little about XFS lately. I haven't used it yet, but it certainly seems to have some quite nice features and is geared for large files and filesystems. I've been using xfs for years and it works well. You probably want to use a UPS though because if a process is writing a file and power is lost the file will be converted to nulls. It's a fine filesystem though. rgh Sam -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- You're worried criminals will continue to penetrate into cyberspace, and I'm worried complexity, poor design and mismanagement will be there to meet them - Marcus Ranum -- 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] linux filesystem
What Sam said. XFS is very nice indeed. On Jan 2, 2008 2:51 PM, Sam Gentle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 2, 2008 2:35 PM, Alex Samad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am going to be working on some large files (~5G) and I was in the process of making some room with lvm, did the formatting as ext3 and thought maybe there is a better fs for the job. These are video file that I will be working on. Just wondering what other people used for large size file partitions, should I just stick to ext3 ? I've been reading a little about XFS lately. I haven't used it yet, but it certainly seems to have some quite nice features and is geared for large files and filesystems. Sam -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- When one burns ones bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. ╔═╗ ║╔╗ ╔╦╗║║╔╗ ══║║╔╗╠╗║╔╗ ║ ║╠ ╔╗╔╗══║═╠╣╠╝ ══╠╣║║║╔╣╠╝ ║ ║║ ╚╝║═══║═║║╚═ ══║║╚╝║╚╝╚═ ║ ╚═╝ -- 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] linux filesystem
sounds like xfs it is then On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 03:10:41PM +1100, Richard Heycock wrote: On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 02:51:08PM +1100, Sam Gentle wrote: On Jan 2, 2008 2:35 PM, Alex Samad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am going to be working on some large files (~5G) and I was in the process of making some room with lvm, did the formatting as ext3 and thought maybe there is a better fs for the job. These are video file that I will be working on. Just wondering what other people used for large size file partitions, should I just stick to ext3 ? I've been reading a little about XFS lately. I haven't used it yet, but it certainly seems to have some quite nice features and is geared for large files and filesystems. I've been using xfs for years and it works well. You probably want to use a UPS though because if a process is writing a file and power is lost the file will be converted to nulls. It's a fine filesystem though. rgh Sam -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- You're worried criminals will continue to penetrate into cyberspace, and I'm worried complexity, poor design and mismanagement will be there to meet them - Marcus Ranum -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html 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] File server
Hi, I need to set up a simple file server in office. The main requirements are: 1. windows share access (samba) 2. ftp access 3. scp access 4. http read only access There will be a number of directories with different access permissions for different users and groups. I'd like to know whether there are any existing solutions that would allow this out-of-the-box? We can pretty much configure 1-3 ourselves and with some help probably get 4 (http) going with just a linux box. However, if there's already solution - why reinvent the wheel. I've been advised to look into DMSs, however that's slightly more than what I need for relatively simple file sharing. So, any ideas? Regards, -- Andre Kolodochka http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrek https://www.xing.com/profile/Andre_Kolodochka F: +61-2-9475-4774 | M: +61-408-282-138 Skype: kolodochka MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] File server
Most linux distributions can easily achieve all those goals, as they all include samba, an ftp server, an sshd, and apache. Try CentOS or OpenSUSE and the GUI tools should be straight forward for most users. Dean Andre Kolodochka wrote: Hi, I need to set up a simple file server in office. The main requirements are: 1. windows share access (samba) 2. ftp access 3. scp access 4. http read only access There will be a number of directories with different access permissions for different users and groups. I'd like to know whether there are any existing solutions that would allow this out-of-the-box? We can pretty much configure 1-3 ourselves and with some help probably get 4 (http) going with just a linux box. However, if there's already solution - why reinvent the wheel. I've been advised to look into DMSs, however that's slightly more than what I need for relatively simple file sharing. So, any ideas? Regards, -- 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] linux filesystem
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008, Alex Samad wrote: sounds like xfs it is then .. of course, you could benchmark how it performs, you could try a few things, like pull the power out whilst you're working on stuff and see how jfs, xfs and ext3 hold up. (Personal experience: xfs was nicer to use, ext3 is pretty nice nowdays compared to the rest and seems to handle bad power on consumer disks w/ no battery backed up RAID much better than the others. But this was all from my own personal experimenting from about 5 years ago; I'm not sure if things have changed substantially since then.) Adrian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
