[SLUG] Yuk
Please, someone tell us that there is something happening about these distasteful spam posts. Jonathan Kelly. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] PPP connect to my ISP
Hi there, I thought I'd make this offering to the God-of-all-technical-knowledge that is Slug, because it's very annoying that the windows solution just works (dammit). I'm trying to set up a dialup ppp connection to my ISP (Inspired) while my ADSL connection is transfered to my new address. Of course, they can't tell me what protocols are used, or any useful information about what I need to do as I'm not running RH, and they only know how to run the RH setup, which apparently works. There's a whole other story there about the evil-ness of Linux-for-dummies approach of RH hiding the need to understand how things work ... but I won't go there. I have the dialing and connection working, but the ISP goes straight into some protocol (I'm guessing PAP) without asking for username/password, like every other ISP I've ever used. here are my ppp options, in /etc/ppp/options ... # General configuration options for PPPD: lock defaultroute noipdefault modem /dev/ttyS0 115200 crtscts passive asyncmap a usepeerdns noauth my /etc/pap-secrets and /etc/chap-secrets the same with ... # client server secret my-user-name * my-password I'm guessing this is the problem somehow ... but those are the only two bits of information required by Win2K to get the connection working. All the PAP and CHAP stuff is voodoo mumbo jumbo to me, I mean, what's wrong with usernames and passwords! Sigh. and the log of the connection from /var/log/pppd/current ... [pppd] Serial connection established. [pppd] using channel 1 [pppd] Using interface ppp0 [pppd] Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS0 [pppd] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0xa magic 0x9592 e62b pcomp accomp] [pppd] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xa7 asyncmap 0xa auth pap magic0x282e09fa pcomp accomp mrru 1524 endpoint [local:53.59.44.2d.50.4f.50]] [pppd] sent [LCP ConfRej id=0xa7 auth pap mrru1524] [pppd] rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 asyncmap 0xa magic 0x9592e62b pcomp accomp] [pppd] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xa8 asyncmap 0xa auth chap MD5 magic 0x282e09fa pcomp accomp endpoint[local:53.59.44.2d.50.4f.50]] [pppd] sent [LCP ConfRej id=0xa8 auth chap MD5] [pppd] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xa9 asyncmap 0xa auth pap magic0x282e09fa pcomp accomp endpoint[local:53.59.44.2d.50.4f.50]] [pppd] sent [LCP ConfRej id=0xa9 auth pap] [pppd] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xaa asyncmap 0xa auth chap MD5 magic 0x282e09fa pcomp accomp endpoint[local:53.59.44.2d.50.4f.50]] [pppd] sent [LCP ConfRej id=0xaa auth chap MD5] [pppd] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xab asyncmap 0xa auth pap magic0x282e09fa pcomp accomp endpoint[local:53.59.44.2d.50.4f.50]] [pppd] sent [LCP ConfRej id=0xab auth pap] [pppd] rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0xac] [pppd] sent [LCP TermAck id=0xac] [pppd] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0xa magic 0x9592e62b pcomp accomp] [pppd] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0xa magic 0x9592e62b pcomp accomp] [pppd] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0xa magic 0x9592e62b pcomp accomp] [pppd] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0xa magic 0x9592e62b pcomp accomp] [pppd] Hangup (SIGHUP) Strange ... despite the noauth option pppd sends a ConfReq, and rejects all ConfReq from the Server. Any ideas? Cheers, Jonathan. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] X Window Manager config question
Hi, does anyone know if of a minimalist X WM that allows configuration of WM functions like windows resize? I have an app that uses ALT-right-mouse-button for a key function, and my windows manager (icewm) uses that for windows resize, though I think it's a pretty standard WM function binding. Or a way of changing the binding, or cancelling it. cheers. Jonathan. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] RedHad versions ...
Hi all, I want to run some software that is only certified for RedHat, but would prefer not to use that, so need to find out what RedHat 7.3 (or 8) actually is, like what versions is it using eg. kernel, xfree, glibc ... and what what it's compiled with (gcc-2.95 or gcc-3.?) Cann't find anything on redhat. Anyone know where I can find this info, or someone who knows? Cheers. Jonathan. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Mixing Memory Brands
Hi, does anyone have any knowledge/experience of there being problems mixing *brands* of memory. The memory is PC2100 (266MHz) Reg Ecc. I currenty have one 512M stick of Crucial installed, and need another, but there seems to be upto about 25% difference in price depending on brand (and of course Crucial seems the most expensive). Also, any recomendations for good people to buy from? Cheers. Jonathan Kelly. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Trouble getting SCSI to work
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:29:17 +1100, you wrote: I'm trying to get the redhat kernel source to work with Debian Woody. The kernel compiles fine, but I'm getting the following error when booting: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8 and then the system fails with an unable to find root filesystem error (root filesystem is on a SCSI disk) Well, there is really no point compiling the scsi stuff as a module if you're running a scsi root disk just compile it into the kernel ... it needs to know about scsi disks so it can read the scsi disk to boot. Cheers. Jonathan. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Video editing software
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:30:44 +1000 Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Came across an unusual request today. My daughter is studying Digital Imaging at Uni. One of her lecturers wants to start teaching the students to use The GIMP as a replacement for (or complement to) Photoshop for image manipulation. However, he also needs to teach video editing etc. He was wondering if there was an open source program similar to Adobe Pinacle (sp?) which will allow video manipulation, splicing and editing including the transition effects etc. Does anyone know if such a program exists? Hmm, is it just me, or does that seem like a strange sort of question for a *University* Lecturer in Digital Imaging to be asking? sigh What is the world coming to? Flabbergasted-ly yours, Jonathan Kelly. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] aarnet mirror
Hey, does anyone know what's happened to the aarnet mirror (mirror.aarnet.edu.au)? It's been uncontactable for weeks. Cheers. Jonathan Kelly. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] aarnet mirror
Hi, I guess it could be blocked, but why would my ISP (tpg) do that??? My firewall has no site specific stuff, and I can ftp from other sites, so it's not a generic ftp/firewall issue ... but I can't even ping aarnet? See .. -- # ping -c 3 ftp.au.debian.org PING www.planetmirror.com (203.16.234.20): 56 octets data 64 octets from 203.16.234.20: icmp_seq=0 ttl=236 time=512.9 ms 64 octets from 203.16.234.20: icmp_seq=1 ttl=236 time=495.5 ms 64 octets from 203.16.234.20: icmp_seq=2 ttl=236 time=515.1 ms --- www.planetmirror.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 495.5/510.5/515.1 ms # ping -c 5 mirror.aarnet.edu.au PING mirror.aarnet.edu.au (192.42.62.2): 56 octets data --- mirror.aarnet.edu.au ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss -- I'm stumped ... I guess I could ring my ISP, but they officially don't support linux (despite running linux on their servers??) so they're likely to be absolutely clueless, at least the people answering the phones. sigh While I'm at it, how do I get iptables to log what it's doing ... I can't seems to see anything in my logs. I'm running a bog-standard IPMASQ firewall script that's in the IPMASQ howto. Cheers. Jonathan Kelly. On 30 Jul 2002 11:03:40 +1000 Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello People I was downloading gcc 3.2 (mdk rpm) on aarnet.edu.au last Sunday and it was working fine, could be your ISP is blocking it or your firewall is blocking it ?? Regards Richard Neal On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 17:34, Jonathan Kelly wrote: Hey, does anyone know what's happened to the aarnet mirror (mirror.aarnet.edu.au)? It's been uncontactable for weeks. Cheers. Jonathan Kelly. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] aarnet mirror
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:46:00 +1000 Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:32:30 +1000 Jonathan Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I guess it could be blocked, but why would my ISP (tpg) do that??? I belive that mirror.aarnet.edu.au actually blocks abusers of their system (ie more than 1 download at a time) for short periods. Have you been a bad boy? ;-). Weelll, maybe ... but how do they know it's me trying to ping them??? And anyway, they should love me, because I went to the trouble of installing squid to save multiple downloads ... which is why I want to get back to aarnet because my cache is full of woody packages from aarnet and I'd like to save the bandwidth, not that I care anymore because I'm on unlimited download plan, and of course they were a more reliable mirror than planetmirror. Cheers. Jonathan. Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +---+ Microsoft owns Hotmail. Hotmail runs Sun Solaris on their servers, not Windows NT. Does NT have problems? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] aarnet mirror
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:28:32 +1000 Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:16:24 +1000 Jonathan Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Weelll, maybe ... but how do they know it's me trying to ping them??? That depends on how they implement the blocking. It may be that they block by adding to their firewall rules. That may also block pings. However, the traceroute that someone else posted seemed to indicate that arrnet may consider TPG a foreign host and block it for that reason instead. And anyway, they should love me, because I went to the trouble of installing squid to save multiple downloads ... How much is squid actually caching? Squid has a number of rules for not caching files larger than a certain size. Is it possible that your squid cache is full and not caching as much as you think it is? You may want to look into apt-proxy instead. Hmm, well, I just checked and the cache is ... EMPTY! Go figure ... squid must clear the caches or something because it was definitely cacheing stuff when I was loading debian onto a batch of alpha boxen a few weeks ago. I guess I should RTFM and find how how it works. BTW, I did configure it to accept large files. Cheers. Jonathan Kelly. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] X WM discrepancy weirdness ...
... it probably won't be weirdness when someone explains it, but right now, it is! I'm looking at switching to blackbox WM and was trying out Acrobat4 reader but I get the following error messages ... X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 88 (X_FreeColors) Serial number of failed request: 346 Current serial number in output stream: 347 I was invoking it from the xterm using the path /usr/share/Acrobat4/bin/acroread which is some shell script that does setup stuff, I guess. When I run Gnome, invoking it the same way, it works. Cheers. Jonathan Kelly. Sydney. Australia. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Keeping up with Kernel releases?
Hi All, I was wondering what others do in regards to keeping up-to-date with kernel releases. Doesn't anyone know a good site that gives an overview of what's happening in the kernel? It's getting harder to know these days what to go with. I had some bad experiences with going with the latest and greatest recently, and decided to go down the Alan Cox branch (2.4.13-ac8), as that seemed a bit more conservative (and stable). That seems to be a bit behind the times now as their upto 2.4.17 pre releases. Cheers, Jonathan Kelly. Sydney. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] sed quiz
Hi all you sed-heads, I was sure it was possible to get sed to match a line containing a re and the next n lines by doing something like /find text/,+3s/old text/new string/ ... or was I dreaming it ... Cheers, Jonathan Kelly. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Replacing Windows!
Ta-Dah! It worked ... finally. I had to add FEATURE(masquerade_header) MASQUERADE_AS(mail.sunink.com) in the sendmail.mc source thingy and run m4 on it, move the output to sendmail.cf in /etc/mail/, restart sendmail and Voila! I love Linux. Now I just have to find out what's blasting every terminal with mail receipt notifications in a *very* annoying manner, and I'll be a happy little vegemite! Cheers. Jonathan Kelly. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
