Re: [SLUG] run two separate (process isolated) firefox processes/ instances

[Billy Kwong]

Yes, by running different profiles within Firefox.

firefox -ProfileManager.

Regards,
Bill

On 18/08/07, Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can one run two or more firefox instances such that each instance is in
> an entirely separate address space?
>
> Eg, can I copy a firefox executable?
>
> I shouldn't have to set up a separate browser (eg. galeon) unless I
> actually want that browser, but occasionally I've been in a situation
> where I want to test a new Java installation, and I don't want my
> existing firefox instance (with a bunch of tabs I'm reading) to freeze
> on me (yes, this has happened).
>
> TIA
> Zen
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[SLUG] Re: [activities] BarCamp Sydney 2007, Saturday August 25 @ UTS

[Billy Kwong]

You might want to register at this URL instead:
http://barcamp.org/BarCampSydney2

On 13/08/07, Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> BarCamp Sydney 2007[1] is on in just under two weeks, Saturday August 25.
> Although it is not a SLUG or FOSS event, there will definitely be a strong
> contingent of FOSS people present. Anybody can contribute with a
> presentation, so this is our opportunity to show off what FOSS has to
> offer
> to a wider crowd.
>
> While not compulsory, intending visitors are encouraged to register[2].
> http://barcamp.org/BarCampSydney2
>
> [1] http://barcamp.org/BarCampSydney
> [2] http://barcamp.org/BarCampSydney2007Signup
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Re: [SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 19, Issue 18

[Billy Kwong]

H, sounds like a computer of 7-8 years young.

Hardware components back in those days are vulnerable to the "capacitor
plague"[0]. Simply put, inferior electrolytic capacitors may be in use for
motherboards, as well as other cards. You can have a look at the
electrolytic capacitors on the boards to see if they are bulging or leaking.
It might also be a good idea to have a look inside the power supply as well,
since they too are vulnerable to this problem (of course, turn off, unplug
and discharge the PSU before doing this, and open the PSU yourself at your
own risk).

Bill

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

On 12/08/07, Edwin Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi David.
>
> Not sure about the issues, it seems to be a physical issue rather
> than a software issue. Saying that, somehow the bios may have been
> corrupted...
>
> Anyway, a good computer store in the inner west is on the corner of
> Salisbury rd and Bridge St in Stanmore. Friendly guys who generally
> know quite a bit (at least from my experience). can't remember the
> name sorry. Hope this helps.
>
> Edwin
>
>
>
> On 12/08/2007, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >1. Old PC Booting Issues (Hardware) (D.V.Rogers)
> >
> > From: D.V.Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: 11 August 2007 11:35:54 PM
> > To: slug@slug.org.au
> > Subject: [SLUG] Old PC Booting Issues (Hardware)
> >
> >
> > I have an old AMD K6400 running Red Hat 6.2.
> >
> > It is an I/O control box which was set up years ago for switching
> > 24dvc relays for an art installation. Just recently I have wanted to
> > get it working again to test out a few things. Unfortunately will NOT
> > send a video signal out.
> >
> > Hardrive appears to be running fine (I can hear it). Reseated all
> > connections throughout but still NO signal to a monitor. Could be the
> > video card? Could be the motherboard? I have noticed that the CPU fan
> > is not running.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated..
> >
> > Its been a while since I have used a computer shop. Can anyone
> > recommend somewhere in the Inner West or Newtown for hardware support?
> > Maybe someone might have and old cpu and motherboard with ISA bus
> > slots they would be willing part for a few dollars?
> >
> > With Much Thanks
> >
> > David
> >
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> > D.V.Rogers
> >
> > PO Box 882
> > Strawberry Hills
> > NSW, 2012
> > Sydney, Australia
> >
> > +61 (0)413008898
> >
> > http://allshookup.org/parkfield
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Re: [SLUG] postgresql versions 7 and 8 together.

[Billy Kwong]

As long as the installed files and DBs are in different locations, and both
postmasters  of different versions are listening on different ports, then
yes you can do that.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Ubuntu and Debian already supports
having multiple versions running if you use their PostgreSQL packages.

On 01/08/07, david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is it possible to run both versions on the one host, and if so can
> someone point me at a tutorial?
>
> Is it just a case of creating a different username for postgres? If so,
> how does postmaster know which version it is working for? Are these
> ignorant questions? (as I suspect they may be).
>
> I think I'm not asking google the right questions :(
>
> thanks...
>
> David.
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Re: [SLUG] Possible BIOS problem

[Billy Kwong]

From my experience it's either two things, memory or your power supply.


For memory, try running memtest (www.memtest.org), which can also be found
on a Ubuntu live CD.

For PSU, well, you've gotta have a spare PSU around.

Bill

On 02/07/07, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I have a machine on the bench that has been stalling at various times
during the day after having loaded the OS.

Now it is consistently stalling at the end of the POST process when it
has displayed the AMIBIOS data table and the locations of the SDRAM, and
when it should next be starting to look on the drives for an OS.  It has
identified the IDE drives correctly so that tells me that the IDE bus is
functioning correctly, but it appears to be unable to seek for an OS on
the drives that it has just found, HDD or CDROM.

Am I right in suspecting that this is a BIOS problem, and basically I am
looking at a new mobo/CPU/RAM - it is about 7 years old anyway judging
by the stated AMIBIOS date.

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Re: [SLUG] deb caching software for use on LANs that doesn't suck?

[Billy Kwong]

No, I'd rather not having to download the entire repository if I can help
it, hence apt-cacher and apt-proxy.

I might give approx (http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/approx) a
spin, however (Thanks Jeremy Visser)

Regards,
Bill

On 09/05/07, John Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:49:52 +1000, Billy Kwong wrote:

> So, has anyone come across something like apt-proxy or apt-cacher, but
it
> doesn't suck? (Yes I know it sounds like a big ask) :)

Have you had a look at apt-mirror?  It differs from apt-proxy or
apt-cacher in that you create a mirror of a remote repository all
at once rather than caching packages you download, so it can take
a while to get setup, but then it's simple to keep up to date -
just run it from cron once or twice a day.  dapper + edgy + feisty,
main + retricted + universe + multiverse, including updates,
backports and security is 51GB in total.

If you want a quick way to fill your mirror, I have a full mirror
of the three latest Ubuntu distros.  Bring a hard drive to either
St Leonards (work, but not this week) or Lindfield (home) and
I'll copy it over for you if you'd like.


Cheers,

John
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[SLUG] deb caching software for use on LANs that doesn't suck?

[Billy Kwong]

Good morning all,

For quite some time I've tried apt-cacher and settled on apt-proxy for a few
years, for caching deb packages on a LAN to reduce internet bandwidth usage
and to speed up apt-get processes.

Since apt-proxy has moved to using the twisted framework, I've found that
apt-proxy's suckiness ranges from "oh I'm going to take 6 hours to complete
your apt-get dist-upgrade because I'm busy doing something in the
background" to "I don't know what to do so I'll throw you a random HTTP
error", which annoys me to no end.

apt-cacher is no better, as it munges each debs it downloads with some HTTP
headers.

So, has anyone come across something like apt-proxy or apt-cacher, but it
doesn't suck? (Yes I know it sounds like a big ask) :)

Regards,
Bill
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Re: [SLUG] 64 bit Ubuntu

[Billy Kwong]

Not quite. the amd64 architecture does have 32-bit code compatibility. Libc
however is the problem. i.e. 32-bit dynamic binaries would require a 32-bit
libc, amongst other 32-bit libraries that it linked to.

The best way to run 32-bit binaries on a 64-bit Linux installation is via a
32-bit chroot. i.e. a "virtual" installation of a 32-bit Linux installation
inside your 64-bit instruction. There are plenty of instructions on how to
do that out there on the internet, and I suggest you google for "32-bit
chroot in Linux".

Regards,
Bill

On 29/10/06, Andreas Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hi ashley,
When you change the kernel to a 64bit, or any architecture, your changing
how the core of the OS works, and how it communicates with the software,
so
basically this means all the 32bit software you have installed won't work
if
you simply replace the kernel and then reboot your system.  Fortunately,
due
the flexability of Open source software, the vast majority of software
your
likely to have, will probobly have a 64bit version available, with the
exception of CPU specific programs (emulators, etc) and proprietary
software
binaries (such as the Flash plugin).

So basically to answer your question, no.  If you want to move to a 64bit
kernel, you need to move everything to 64bit.

Hope this helps

- Andreas

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> to replace my old Athalon 2400+ with a 64bit system.
> Everything seems to work with fine so far, but I was wondering about
> switching to the 64bit kernel. Will all the 32 bit apps still work? Can
> I just do the kernel/module etc changes and expect all else to work? Is
> it worth the effort?
>
> TIA
> Ashley
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Re: [SLUG] Sudo broken in Ubuntu

[Billy Kwong]

Muz,

Have you tried booting Ubuntu up in single user mode and see if you can
login?

Worst case scenario, boot the PC using any Linux live CD, then chroot to the
installed root partition on your HDD, and give the remaining user sudo
priviledges.

Regards,
Bill


On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 02:03:55PM +1000, Murray Waldron wrote:
> G'day all,
> 
> Late last night, with a foggy head, I deleted two user accounts from my 
> machine, one having full admin privilages, using the GUI tools. Know, 
> sudo doesn't accept my password in my only remaining account, so I'm 
> very lost as to how to fix this.
> 
> Any assistance and advice on fixing this will be greatly appreciated?
> 
> Thanks,
> Muz.
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Re: Greylisting (was: Re: [SLUG] mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] slow)

[Billy Kwong]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:14:42AM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
> * On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 11:48:06AM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > SAV is different to VRFY, and the combination of SAV and greylisting is
> > really broken. I suggested to Chris that he turn SAV off, because it ends up
> > being more problematic than it's worth.
> 
> Well, still not sure if it's VRFY or SAV causing the problem. A couple
> of questions:
> * I've got verify disabled in postfix, as an anti spammer measure
> (disable_vrfy_command = yes) - should I have it turned on? Would this
> solve this VRFY problem?

No. It's essentially the greylisting from SLUG's mail server in effect. Your
Postfix should hold your mail in the queue and retry the delivery after a
specified time, as per the RFCs. Once the delivery is successful (yes, the
SLUG mail server would accept your delivery after a specified time also),
then your mail server IP (I think) should be cached in a whitelist, thus you
shouldn't get that sort of delay again.

> *  would SAV problem be fixed by setting up Sender Policy Framework
> (SPF) on my server? Or is this an unrelated fix?

Not sure if the SLUG mail servers supports SPF. SLUG mail server admins?

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Re: [SLUG] Re: Recommendations for a Document Management System?

[Billy Kwong]

Did anyone mention KnowledgeTree? (http://www.ktdms.com/)

(Ok, it's in PHP, kick me.)

On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 04:03:26PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 03:42:08PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
> > Does anyone have any experience with, and can recommend, document management
> > systems?
> 
> I've heard lots of people raving (ranting?) about Alfresco.  From memory, it
> has a similar development model to SugarCRM.  Dave My Lord And Master knows
> all about it.
> 
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Greylisting (was: Re: [SLUG] mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] slow)

[Billy Kwong]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 10:44:51AM +1000, Alexander Samad wrote:
> doesn't it mean that the slug smtp server has tried to verify
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a valid email adderss, by making a connect to the
> smtp server for snowfrog.net (dig snowfrog.net mx) and trying a vrfy
> command ?

That depends on the implementation of the MTA or greylisting. The point of
greylisting is to slow down the spammers as to how quickly (which is what
they rely on) they could spew out spam. 

Most MTAs nowadays has disabled the VRFY command to prevent the leakages of
email accounts or (even worse) actual accounts.
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Re: [SLUG] mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] slow - 'unverified address'

[Billy Kwong]

Hi Sonia,

Notice that it's a 4xx return code, meaning its a transient error.

My take is that the SLUG mail servers have greylisting enabled. Any new SMTP
sessions would be placed on hold for a specified amount of time (normally 20
minutes?)

The whole purpose of the exercise is to slow spammers down.

Regards,
Bill


On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 05:09:54PM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
> I noticed that email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is slow to be received by the
> list; looking thru my mail logs I came across this:
> 
> Jun 13 11:57:06 localhost postfix/smtp[14117]: 9153D2E05: host
> rusty.slug.org.au[202.177.212.193] said: 450 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Sender address rejected: unverified address: Address verification in
> progress (in reply to RCPT TO command)
> 
> This 'unverified address' problem - how do I resolve it? What's causing
> it to be unverified?
> 
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Re: [SLUG] Is there a truly upgradable Linux distro?

[Billy Kwong]

 
> So, a question for the Debian, Gentoo etc. users: have any of you have
> had a problem when you tried to get the system to upgrade itself from an
> older release (e.g. Debian 3.0 to 3.1)?  Or does it always work
> perfectly smoothly?


With Debian, it depends on the packages you have installed. Often times
there will be old packages that would prevent a smmooth dist-upgrade, but
they can be resolved quite easily (remove the old offending package first).
Normally apt or dpkg would tell you how to resolve such problem if it
exists.

At the end of an upgrade, yes, Debian/Ubuntu is very usable, unlike some
other distros.

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Re: FW: [SLUG] hylafax

[Billy Kwong]

Hi Phil,

I used to setup HylaFAX with WHFC, eons ago.
http://www.uli-eckhardt.de/whfc/

As I recall, WHFC just worked straight out of the box, as long as you tell WHFC where HylaFAX lives.

Looks like WHFC is still being maintained.

BillOn 12/03/06, Phill O'Flynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am having trouble sending a fax from a windows client (winprint hylafax)and I can't figure out whyI can send a fax from the linux box ok. I can also telnet the server andport and connect successfully
On the windows machine the client does everything it's supposed to until thedocument hits the print spooler which is where everything seems to stop.Is there a log file to check to see if the linux box is blocking the
transmission?I have tried by disabling the windows firewall but I still get the sameresponseRegards,Phill O'Flynn-Original Message-From: David Kempe [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Sunday, 12 March 2006 10:29 PMTo: Phill O'FlynnCc: slug@slug.org.auSubject: Re: [SLUG] hylafaxPhill O'Flynn wrote:> Has anyone had experience with configuring hylafax with a windows client.
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Re: [SLUG] upgrade to ubuntu dapper - destroyed system

[Billy Kwong]

Have you reinstalled grub from the installation? (I normally boot the
computer with a live CD, then chroot to the installation partition to
do it)

Then while still at the chroot jail, I run update-grub to regenerate the menu.lst based on the installed kernels.

HTH,
BillOn 23/02/06, Ken Foskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here is my problem,  my boot loader is corrupted and I burnt the CDrecovered the boot loader grub and reinstalled the kernel 2.6.15 ondapper for but when it boots it does not like /dev/hda7Since rescue uses /dev/discs/disc0/part7, I tried that and reinstalled
the kernel (I don't know grub... probably a shortcut)  It did not likethatcp menu.lst menu.lst.kensed s@/dev/hda7@/dev/discs/disc0/part7@ < menu.lst.ken > menu.lstapt-get install --reinstall 
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Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: USB memory stick]

[Billy Kwong]

Have you tried running fsck on the filesystems on you USB drive?On 18/02/06, Ken Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:On my lapstop when I insert a USB memory stick the memory stick is
unable to be recognised. Previously this worked and both memory stickswork on my desktop. Both Ubuntu 5.10 updated in last week.Memory stick is vfat.What do I need to edit to fix?thanksKen[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:~$ dmesg | tail from the desktop after plugging in the usbstick[4977890.278000] sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00[4977890.278000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through[4977890.278000]  /dev/scsi/host9/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
[4977890.281000] Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi9, channel 0,id 0, lun 0[4977890.286000] usb-storage: device scan complete[4977896.544000] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FATfilesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
[4977907.938000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code0xaa on isa0060/serio0).[4977907.938000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e02a ' to make it known.[4977908.03] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code
0xaa on isa0060/serio0).[4977908.03] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e02a ' to make it known.[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ dmesg | tail from the laptop after plugging in usbmemory stick[4302418.058000
] sda: Write Protect is off[4302418.058000] sda: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00[4302418.058000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through[4302418.137000] SCSI device sda: 512000 512-byte hdwr sectors (262 MB)[4302418.142000
] sda: Write Protect is off[4302418.142000] sda: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00[4302418.142000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through[4302418.142000]  /dev/scsi/host7/bus0/target0/lun0: p1[4302418.196000] Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi7, channel 0,
id 0, lun 0[4302418.28] usb-storage: device scan completethen after attempting to mount via GUI right click[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ dmesg | tail[4302461.984000] NTFS-fs error (device sda): read_ntfs_boot_sector():
Primary boot sector is invalid.[4302461.984000] NTFS-fs error (device sda): read_ntfs_boot_sector():Mount option errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to recover.[4302461.985000] NTFS-fs error (device sda): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an
NTFS volume.[4302462.075000] HFS+-fs: unable to find HFS+ superblock[4302462.162000] VFS: Can't find a HFS filesystem on dev sda.[4302462.236000] VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sda.[4302462.318000
] VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sda.[4302462.408000] ReiserFS: sda: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super:can not find reiserfs on sda[4302462.488000] XFS: bad magic number[4302462.488000] XFS: SB validate failed
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Re: [SLUG] Dual Boot (Windows/FC)

[Billy Kwong]

http://lwn.net/Articles/86835/

On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 16:15 +1000, Edwin Humphries wrote:
> I remember reading an excellent document some months ago on how to 
> install FC2 onto a Windows box without trashing the boot sector so that 
> Windows wouldn't boot. It talked about interrogating the boot sector to 
> get some configuration infomration, then feeding that into anaconda 
> during the FC2 install. It was quite long, but with its help, I was 
> successful.
> 
> But I've lost the document. Does anyone know it, and have a URL?
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Re: [SLUG] Nomination: Billy Kwong

[Billy Kwong]

Yes, I accept the nominated position. :)

Regards,
Bill

On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 19:28 +1100, Chris Deigan wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I'd like to nominate Billy Kwong as an ordinary committee member.
> 
> Billy has been an active member throughout SLUG installfests, codefests
> and DebSIG and would, in my opinion, make a good member.
> 
> -Chris
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Re: [SLUG] usb flash drives

[Billy Kwong]

If your flash drive is unused and you haven't repartitioned it, I recommend
you to repartition/format it under Linux.

Or else try upgrading your kernel.


On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:54:19 +1000
Shaun Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> problem is, when I do that, mount hangs and I have to ungracefully kill 
> it.
> 
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Re: [SLUG] usb flash drives

[Billy Kwong]

1 2 3 and 4 are the corresponding paritition number on the USB (block) device.

So it's normally 1 to mount, unless you have partitioned your USB flash
drive...

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:40:01 +1000
Shaun Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> hi,
> I've just bought an emation usb flash drive
> 256 mb
> when one plugs it into the system, where is it usually mounted?
> or rather where abouts would I expect to mount it,
> I have it listed at /dev/sda but I ain't sure if it's 1 2 3 or 4
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: [SLUG] virus puzzle

[Billy Kwong]

Xun,

What process writes those entries to syslog? Mind pasting the actual syslog
entries to the list?

Bill

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:21:48 +1100 (EST)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Dear all:
> Yesterday, the IT support people at my work place informed me that my
> local workstation (which is running debian testing/unstable) was
> broadcasting windows Randbot worm throughout the internal network and
> several win2k workstations got infected. How could that be?  I checked
> my logs, there are quite alot of error message "xx.xx.xx.xx sent an
> invalid ICMP type 11, code 0 error to a broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx on
> eth0". I've checked info regarding to this particular worm on the Net,
> nothing in relation with Linux turned up. Anyway, I was forced to take
> my box off the network. Can anyone give me some clues of what is
> happening.
> Have I got broken into?? FYI, I have been lazy not setting up a proper
> firewall on my machine (which I am very much regretting now), since I
> thought company firewall should take care of that. I have only the
> essential services running on the machine ie. ssh, samba and nfs. I
> did run a quick chkrootkit and nothing turned up.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Xun.
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Re: [SLUG] Debian Woody X configuration/setup tools

[Billy Kwong]

> What I would like to know is;
> 1) Where under debian are Xconfigurator, XF86setup, etc - those
> wonderful x configuration/setup tools that I enjoyed (yes) under Redhat?

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
 
> 2) What is the app that allows you to choose from the installed
> xservers? . Yes, I know all it does it make a symbolic link, but  

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 :)
 
> 3) Is there a similar package that swaps the framebuffer from the kernel
> to hardware?

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 does that too, IIRC. :)

> 4) how to install a .deb package that I have downloaded?

dpkg -i $PACKAGE_FILE


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Re: [SLUG] Adding Netowrking To Debian Woody

[Billy Kwong]

What does /sbin/lspci|grep -i ethernet says?

On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 15:45:07 +1000
Terry Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Terry Collins wrote:
> > 
> > Brain fusion here and can not find any doco to work out what to do next.
> 
> Real brain fusion. Sorry. I've just remembered what I did to this box
> now.
> 
> I ran a kernel upgrade (in, out and in really)  and it dumped the
> information on the interface modules, so I have no idea what eth0
> actually is. Nothing in Dmesg, etc
> 
> Is there a test package/app that I could run to determine which ethernet
> driver I need? The rest of the networking is still there. (eer no, I
> really don't want to strip everything out of the boxen to locate the
> chip on the mobo if I can avoid it).
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
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Re: [SLUG] Adding Netowrking To Debian Woody

[Billy Kwong]

man interfaces :)

On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 14:12:43 +1000
Terry Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Brain fusion here and can not find any doco to work out what to do next.
> 
> I have a Debian Woody base installation.
> 
> How do I add the networking?
> 
> Just can not find a HOWTO on the base install.
> 
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Re: [SLUG] hard disk copy

[Billy Kwong]

parted will do it for you.

http://www.gnu.org/manual/parted-1.6.1/html_mono/parted.html#SEC25

Bill

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:02:32 +0800
Chris Deigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> It is said that Chris Barnes wrote:
> >stretch that partition to be 60gigs? The partition is formatted as vfat.
> 
> There are commercial apps like Partition Magic that can do that, and I
> know there are also some free apps. (One I remember is DiskDrake, part
> of Mandrake, but I beleive that's just a front end -- possibly something
> on a Knoppix CD might do it?)
> 
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Re: [SLUG] Virtual server is down...

[Billy Kwong]

Check the logs in /var/log/apache/error.log and see what error messages Apache
has came up with.



On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:25:26 -0700
"Jared Pritchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> - I apoligse for sending this twice, but the first one was being looked at
> by a moderator because of a suspiciouse header or something, and this is
> urgent...  hopefully this will get through straight away...
> --
> 
> Please help!! very urgent as the boss is trying to make a presentation ATM
> in Brisbane on this very website!!!
> 
> We have about 3-4 sites running off the one machine (virtual servers) 
> One is called the Waterexchange   (www.waterexchange.com.au) - AND IT IS
> DOWN!!  :(
> All the others are working perfectly fine.
> 
> I have tried to restart apache
> (apachectl restart)  but it tells me that httpd has not started, then
> 'trying to start httpd' which it then says is successful,
> but if I run the same command, it says exactly the same thing!!!
> 
> if I do
> apachectl stop
> it says something about not being able to find httpd.pid -  ??
> 
> if I try
> apachectl start
> it says it has started.
> 
> But nothing I do (none of the above) will allow the waterexchange to be
> viewed!  (I can view it, but only because I'm on the local network)
> 
> I have tried a warm boot -  nothing. exactly the same.
> 
> I just tried a cold boot - same.
> 
> PLEASE HELP!!!  :'(
> very desperate!
> 
> Very very very very very very very appreciative of any guidance here ..!
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