Re: [SLUG] Spellchecking
On 20 Feb 2015, at 1:33 pm, Michael Chesterton wrote: I have started using “enchant” for the claws-mail OSX port I am working on. I had to hunt for the en_AU dictionary for it which is sourced from aspell. I think enchant is just a refreshed version of aspell, but I know ispell is a bit ancient now and not as reliable. rachel > On 16/02/15 17:15, William Bennett wrote: >> Up to now, I've always felt that ispell was pretty good. >> >> But I thought I'd enquire. >> >> Has anybody experience with any others? >> >> William Bennett. > > I use ispell in irssi, and it's not that good at unravelling the noodliness > of my mind and guessing what I meant to spell. > > If one character is wrong, it will make the right suggestion, but if > two characters are wrong, forget about it. If ispell can't make a > suggestion, I then I google it, and google always knows what I meant > to spell. Pretty scary. > > here's a weird example: > > dribl > > ispell says > > & dribl 5 0: drib, dribs, drib l, drib-l, drill > > aspell says > > & dribl 19 0: dribble, drably, tribal, drill, dribbler, drivel, drub, > durable, durably, dbl, driblet, droll, drool, drab, treble, drawl, > trial, tribe, trill > > I have heard in the past aspell is better, and I would concur. — Rachel Polanskis Kingswood, Greater Western Sydney, Australia gr...@exemail.com.au IT consulting, security, programming The more an answer costs, the more respect it carries. -- 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] debian 6 running on vmware esx slow network throughput
On 31 Oct 2014, at 9:31 am, Mark Anthony Delfin wrote: > Hi List, > > I have a Debian 6 VM on a vmware esx running as a NFS (nfs-kernel) server. > I noticed that network throughput is just around 10mbps and it has some RX > errors. Other VMs on the same ESX don't have the same issue. > > The Debian server originally has interface type Flexible. I then tried > setting to E1000 but still has the same issue. After changing to E1000, RX > errors was gone but throughput is still below 10mbps. > > Any suggestions to fix the network throughput. > > Thanks in advance. Hi Mark, did you try the VMXNET3 option in ESX? It works with Debian and is recommended. rachel — Rachel Polanskis Kingswood, Greater Western Sydney, Australia gr...@exemail.com.au IT consulting, security, programming The more an answer costs, the more respect it carries. -- 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] Email line length
On 3 Sep 2014, at 1:52 pm, pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au wrote: >>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Visser writes: > > Martin> On 11 July 2014 08:04, Peter Chubb > Martin> wrote: >>> >>> At the moment it's only a few senders, plus many spammers (which I >>> ignore anyay, after reporting them) >>> >>> Peter C >>> >>> > Martin> it was a bit of an effort with Gmail on Chrome (on Windows), > Martin> but I refrained from top posting (but left the HTML) ;-) I use a plugin for may mac mail.app that helps reformat to stop top-posting. I also have an inbuilt muscle memory that stops me typing beyond 80 chars per line. no matter what editor I use. Perhaps there is a plugin that will do the wrapping as you want? It helps that I used PINE now for nearly 20 years and still do when it suits. rachel — Rachel Polanskis Kingswood, Greater Western Sydney, Australia gr...@exemail.com.au IT consulting, security, programming The more an answer costs, the more respect it carries. -- 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] v-slow raid resync
On 18 Mar 2014, at 6:46 pm, Jeff Allison wrote: That's installed unfortunately didn't fix my problem. How badly configured does a disk need to be to only run at 4mb Sorry for the suck eggs question, but you did enable all the features in the BIOS e.g. turning on SATA II 3gbps support, write cache disable etc? In the URL link to the forum below they discuss all the optimum settings. I am using WD RED NAS drives (2x2tb) and Seagate 3Tb drives (latest model) in my system so similar to yours…. rachel On 18/03/2014 3:43 PM, "Rachel Polanskis" wrote: On 18 Mar 2014, at 3:14 pm, Jeff Allison wrote: Is it the O41072911.ROM? Did you use flashrom of the dos disk thingo. On 18 March 2014 14:06, gr0ve wrote: > Seriously, you should flash the BIOS! I get 80mbps reads on ZFS > and depending, 30-40mbps on writes. Without the BIOS mod, you > are getting only IDE speeds there. The original BIOS holds this machine > back and it is perfectly safe. The BIOS ensures AHCI support is operational > as well as the 3gbps SATA II bus. Once you see the improvement, you > can choose to also select write cache enabled|disabled although > this is best with a UPS ;) > > > rachel Hi, The HP BIOS version is the O41072911.ROM as you suggest. You need this to install the “theBay” ROM as well. The process is shown online, but in short you copy the HP BIOS using a DOS/windows installer to a USB stick then copy the “theBay” rom image over the top. You could try to “dd” the image but it does some weird trickery to make the stick bootable for installing the BIOS. You can look for TheBay_Microserver_Bios_041.rar online. The source information is: http://www.avforums.com/threads/hp-n36l-n40l-n54l-microserver-updated-ahci-bios-support.1521657/ And it has all the guff on getting the BIOS onto your N54L and also tips on how to configure it. I have all the files if you need them…. Once again, these are terrific little servers. It has an internal USB port so I just loaded FreeNAS onto an 8Gb USB stick and boot from there. All the internal SATA disks are in ZFS disk pools which do my bidding. As I use ZFS, I went with 8gb ECC memory. I also added an additional Gigabit Ethernet adaptor as the built in broadcom is general networking and I run the second Gig-E port with Jumbo Frames using a gigabit crossover (there is such a thing) to a Mac Mini with the thunderbolt port running Gig-E and doing iSCSI! The Mac Mini runs esxi 5.5 and all the data stores (running various species of Linux) hosted off the HP-N54L. It is like a little tiny SAN, small but perfectly formed…. rachel — Rachel Polanskis Kingswood, Greater Western Sydney, Australia gr...@exemail.com.au IT consulting, security, programming The more an answer costs, the more respect it carries. — Rachel Polanskis Kingswood, Greater Western Sydney, Australia gr...@exemail.com.au IT consulting, security, programming The more an answer costs, the more respect it carries. -- 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] v-slow raid resync
On 18 Mar 2014, at 3:14 pm, Jeff Allison wrote: Is it the O41072911.ROM? Did you use flashrom of the dos disk thingo. On 18 March 2014 14:06, gr0ve wrote: > Seriously, you should flash the BIOS! I get 80mbps reads on ZFS > and depending, 30-40mbps on writes. Without the BIOS mod, you > are getting only IDE speeds there. The original BIOS holds this machine > back and it is perfectly safe. The BIOS ensures AHCI support is operational > as well as the 3gbps SATA II bus. Once you see the improvement, you > can choose to also select write cache enabled|disabled although > this is best with a UPS ;) > > > rachel Hi, The HP BIOS version is the O41072911.ROM as you suggest. You need this to install the “theBay” ROM as well. The process is shown online, but in short you copy the HP BIOS using a DOS/windows installer to a USB stick then copy the “theBay” rom image over the top. You could try to “dd” the image but it does some weird trickery to make the stick bootable for installing the BIOS. You can look for TheBay_Microserver_Bios_041.rar online. The source information is: http://www.avforums.com/threads/hp-n36l-n40l-n54l-microserver-updated-ahci-bios-support.1521657/ And it has all the guff on getting the BIOS onto your N54L and also tips on how to configure it. I have all the files if you need them…. Once again, these are terrific little servers. It has an internal USB port so I just loaded FreeNAS onto an 8Gb USB stick and boot from there. All the internal SATA disks are in ZFS disk pools which do my bidding. As I use ZFS, I went with 8gb ECC memory. I also added an additional Gigabit Ethernet adaptor as the built in broadcom is general networking and I run the second Gig-E port with Jumbo Frames using a gigabit crossover (there is such a thing) to a Mac Mini with the thunderbolt port running Gig-E and doing iSCSI! The Mac Mini runs esxi 5.5 and all the data stores (running various species of Linux) hosted off the HP-N54L. It is like a little tiny SAN, small but perfectly formed…. rachel — Rachel Polanskis Kingswood, Greater Western Sydney, Australia gr...@exemail.com.au IT consulting, security, programming The more an answer costs, the more respect it carries. -- 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] x-Fnord
On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Doug Stalker wrote: > > So this x-fnord thingie is designed to cause mischief, > > a bit like a virus really. > > To find out all about fnords, read the Illuminatus! trilogy by Robert Shea > and Robert Anton Wilson. > And have a look at the church of the sub-genius on the net while you're at it. Fnord, Fnord, fnord ;) rachel -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] NZ proposes GST on downloaded software.[ Here next ?]
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Adam F. Bogacki wrote: > Yep, but it's a foot in the door ... > I have no objection if Mr. William Gates' XP downloads are taxed. How will this affect subscription based software? I presume there will be a GST based impost everytime you need an update.... rachel -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PCMCIA 10/100 card tuning?
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Dean Hamstead wrote: > append options to the kernel or to the module ;) > > > Look in the kernel source ;) Thanks everyone for your help. I had no idea what kernel options to pass to this PC card since it doesn't have a real unique identifier but I used the "pcnet_cs" value I found. I tried all sorts of things to stop the card from auto-negotiation but it still comes up 100TX FD. I think I have one of those cards that cannot be changed by the current Linux. I would've gone through the source but I don't have room for it on the HDD. One of the things I tried was in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts and adding IF_PORT=10base2 to the config. It complained about an invalid ioctl. Further searching on the net indicated that this meant the card couldn't change the port speed. Surely there must be a way to change the port speed?! It's a 10/100 card, meaning there are 2 choices! I think the issue is that the driver in Linux doesn't know how to turn off auto-negotiation for this particular brand :( rachel -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PCMCIA 10/100 card tuning?
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Dean Hamstead wrote: > Check your duplex setting, seeing as you have a dumb hub > you might need to force 10mbps/half-duplex > > Your symptoms sound like your at full duplex. Yes - that's what I suspect too, but I do not know where the change is made! -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Hardware - Antiques
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Steve Kowalik wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 11:22:53PM +1000, Jon Biddell uttered: > > Q. What is the oldest / wierdest / most cantankerous piece of hardware that > > you've ever had Linux running on ? > > > An extremly flaky 386DX/33. Ohhh, that was fun. Not. I'm sure everyone else > can beat me though. :-) A Commodore (that's right!) 386-SX16 with 8MB. It took 10 minutes to boot and I used it as a dialup box for 3 months until I got my first 486 ;) rachel -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] OT - Job advertisement
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Jon Biddell wrote: > What I plan to do is to have my Linux posters up, my "Windows Free Zone" > crime-scene tape on the workstation, and the work PC booting off a SuSE Live > CD (so I don't have to screw up even more an already knackered and feeble > Windows 2000 workstation). > > Should be good for a few laughs...:-) > > Any other suggestions ? When they ask to look at what software you have around the place, replace the CDROMS in the windoze packaging with Linux CDs ;) BTW, I actually don't think they're legally entitled to enter your premises at all - they're not the police and they do not have a search warrant. Where does it stipulate in their contract with your company that they may legally enter your premises for a software audit? You can legally refuse entry to any person you desire AFAIK, although IANAL ;) rachel -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Stuff you miss from Windows...
On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, John Ferlito wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 11:21:52PM +1000, David wrote: > > set to trigger Monday apparently. It is a file called SULFNBK.EXE - 44k in > > > > ... but I heard on a radio interview that it is in fact a hoax, and that > > SULFNBK.EXE is a system file. Putting aside jokes about the entire Windows > > system being one giant hoax/virus, can anyone shed any light? > > > > www.mcafee.com it's on the front page. It's a hoax. This is one of the risks with Windoze. It is so virus prone that it is even prone to non-viruses because of expectations being so high that it will by default contain one. Through a small amount of social engineering one can convince a windoze user their system has a virus even if it doesn't, causing a DOS attack! rachel -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Perl problem fixed!
Hi all, Thanks for your advice on this. I finally solved the problem - it was silly me not passing the correct file handle to the read() function. Because UNIX is intelligent and knows how to deal with paths, it didn't complain about the stripping of the path info in the filehandle I gave it to read. Windoze however requires this information or it cannot stat the filedata correctly. By creating a second filehandle that had the path info included and reading from that, both UNIX and DOS are happy and life goes on. Thanks for your help... rachel -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Perl cgi.pm upload question
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Rick Welykochy wrote: > Rachel Polanskis wrote: > > > Please excuse the perl question but Iam at my wits end. > > > > I have written a CGI file_upload script that works fine with a > > UNIX web browser. > > What is the web server running on? Solaris 5.8/SPARC with Apache 1.3.19 and perl 5.6. The Ob-Linux is that it could well be going onto a Linux box... > Perhaps you should stat the file handle returned by the CGI, > find out the file length and debug dump it. Ok. I will try this. > Also, ensure > > 1. $file is a CGI variable from a field of the form > Done this - I'm using CGI.pm > 2. your form's content encoding is "multipart/form-data" >and not "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" > > I mention (2) since perhaps that is difference between the Unix > and the 'Doze browsers. Perhaps if you get it wrong in Unix > (and are using "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") the > browser fixes it up and sends in the multi-part data anyway?!?! Hmmm... this one is likely. I will investigate further! thanks... -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Perl cgi.pm upload question
hi Sluggers,
Please excuse the perl question but Iam at my wits end.
I have written a CGI file_upload script that works fine with a
UNIX web browser.
When I go to use a Gates-based browser like netscape or IE,
it uploads the file OK, but it's Zero-Length.
I have done all the path clearing stuff to make sure just the
correct name of the file is uploaded.
In my upload code I make sure I do a binmode() on the filehandle
for the windoze stuff to work properly.
My code snippet looks like
open (SAVE, ">/path/to/save_dir/$file");
binmode (SAVE);
while (read ($file,$data,1024)){
print SAVE $data;
}
close SAVE;
chmod (/path/to/save_dir/$file, 0644);
Now all this works fine when I use a UNIX browser but
fails to work with a Windoze one. The file gets uploaded but is
empty!
I can see the data being written to /var/tmp/CGItemp12334
and then the temp file is removed.
Has anyone else seen this problem with upload CGI scripts
based on CGI.pm?
Can anyone help me with a solution?
I di see this once about 2 years ago but I do not recall
how the problem was resolved.
If anyone can help me, I'd be very grateful!
rachel
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Re: [SLUG] FC: Australian government wants to ban Net-gambling (fwd)
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Umar Goldeli wrote: > Sure this does not necessarily directly relate to Linux - but as geeks, > this should concern you. I am in 2 minds about this legislation. > > Your Government is fucking both the economy, and the IT industry. No argument there. > If there is anything else that can be done to fuck a country, I'd be quite > impressed if it isn't already being done here in the "clever country". Absolutely. Even if you do not feel the opposition is up to the task (and it is no secret that I am a "true believer") just do anything you can to vote these fascists space monkeys out. > As a certified geek, I can safely say that Australia smells for me, my > industry and most probably my kind. Anyway, to let out another secret about myself, I am an ex-gambler. At one stage I used to put all my earnings, after paying my rent and food bills &c. through the Poker machines. I reformed myself and managed to wean myself off them. I personally think gambling is Evil Incarnate. I think there are some personalities (such as myself) that find it very hard to resist the addictive attraction that gambling offers. Also marketing is driven in such a way that a person with such an addictive personality cannot have a pleasant evening out in a pub or club without being drawn inexorably towards the Evil Ones. I am in 2 minds about the legislation because I agree that gambling is out of control in this country. It is avaricious, evil and soul destroying and very few people who have a gambling compulsion can avoid it. Take it from me, I know. Therefore in spirit I appreciate what Little Fascist Johnny is trying to do. However, his approach is misplaced - firstly because it is a diversion against his current self inflicted political woes. He is just stirring up smoke to make Labour take some sort of imaginary high moral stance. Secondly, he doesn't have the right to determine what mature adults should be able to do for entertainment or how they spend their money. Thirdly as a technically adept person, we all know how difficult it would be to enforce this law in much the same way as the moronic porn laws. Also there is the question of innovation and production of new net technologies where there is revenue to be drawn. Like all things, in moderation, gambling can be fun but there needs to be some sort of regulation to allow those who wish to participate to do so in some sort of structured environment so they are not ripped off or end up losing their house/car/pets &c. The labour viewpoint of regulating net gambling is probably the best balanced approach and the lesser of two evils as people will gamble no matter what the law says and regulation at least stops those who cannot help their compulsion from having their life savings syphoned off by the mafia or yakuza or triads or whatever. As for me, I am glad I was able to get into computers as they cured me of the gambling addiction - video games have got to be good for something?! rachel -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [OT] but most people will probably follow it
On 1 Mar 2001, Craige McWhirter wrote: > http://www.userfriendly.org/static/ Not you (them) too? Someone set us up the bomb? rachel -- Rachel PolanskisOptus/Excite@Home UNIX Administrator 100 Harris Street IT Operations Pyrmont, Sydney NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED]Ph: (+61 2) 900 51144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] You can tell it is Friday when .....
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Terry Collins wrote: > you spend 15 minutes wondering why root is seeing a different /usr/bin > than your user sees. I can hardy keep my eyes open.. You are trying to work out why you can't connect to the test LDAP server then you remember it's running on a different port to the production one! BTW, any iPlanet/Netscape gurus out there? This shrinkwrap stuff is giving me a migraine. rachel Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Problem with cat command
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Jill Rowling wrote: > Hi there, > > You need to be running a kernel with largefile support, and all the file > handlers need to be compiled for LARGEFILE. > I thought kernels 2.3 and over should be able to handle it... > What version Linux are you running? So, linux has LARGEFILEs? I guess you would also need to recompile "cat" with the option as well? I think this can be done for gzip, but I am unsure of other GNU apps. Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Problem with cat command
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, GRAY Dennis wrote: > I have noticed cat does not seem to be able to handle an output file greater > than 2 gb. We are trying to cat 21 files together that were created using > split. The resulting output would be greater the 2 gb. Can anyone come up > with a workaround? This sounds like you have hit the 32bit limit with both cat and the filesystem. One solution is to run a 64bit OS ;) I guess that doesn't help you much The only real workaround I can suggest is to cat the files so they are less than 2Gb. You won't really be able to do much more (AFAIK - I may be mistaken) as this is really a limitation of the OS, filesystem and the application (cat). We have similar problems with certain Oracle software that also balks when it hits the 2GB limit. My suggestion is to upgrade to Oracle 8i on Solaris 7 or 8, but of course this is Linux. Does Linux have a 64bit implementation on the appropriate CPUS? rachel Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] What would a geek want?
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Rodos wrote: > Okay slightly OT but hopefully Linux related. I am designing a new > business card and the process lets you print something on the back. People > usually print crap like calanders etc. > > So what would your average geek find handy to have on the back of a card? Email addresses and URLs of various useful info like sourceforge, slashdot, freshmeat, sunsolve, slug list &c... You could have a brief 1 or 2 word description that describes eg: Software: http://freshmeat.net/ Discussion: http:slashdot.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (subscription info here) > I thought of a summary of vi commands or command summary but thats > probably going to ailinate as many people as those who like it. > > Best thought so far is a list of handy RFC numbers, I know I always hunt > for a while to find the core ones. RFC numbers would be even more alienating than vi commands! No one I know around here even knows what an RFC is (apart from 1 or 2) It's a nice idea though rachel Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [OT] Re: Feedback Re: [SLUG] Music Editor/Notator
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Rodos wrote: > I wonder how many Linux gurus play instruments? Electronic music was what got me into systems adminstration. I have been an electronic/computer musician since 1980. My first "IT" job was demonstating the "AlphaSyntauri" at a computer shop. I moved on to some Fairlight programming (briefly) before moving to live in the outback. > At my old age I realise that one must have a life and that not everything > in the world revolves around computers. In my case, the computer came because my music rig was getting to be unusable without one. rachel Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Sun opportunities {OT]
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > > Last Slug meeting some one mentioned that there are opportunities for work @ > SUN. > Could that person please contact me off the list as I may be on the lookout. > > I was going to ask on Friday and something has come up. I may also be interested in such information! Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Wierd host in network traffic
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, George Vieira wrote: > Have you tried tcpdump and watch everything as you said there should be > practically nothing going in out out. Nearly all UNIX boxes with the multicast functions in the TCP/IP stack or kernel will show this routing entry. It's the multicast network route for things like MBONE, NTP and rwho and ruptime and so on. Don't worry about it too much. If it really niggles you, you can kill it off (not sure how this done on Linux) but then some mcast programs (as above and more) may fail to operate. rachel Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] perl substitution of metacharacter
Guys, I have a little problem that I don't seem to be able to nut out. I have a file that's being processed by Perl that has a bunch of "^@" symbols in it. This is the "Control-at" character. I want to expunge the file of all the "^@" symbols. I know I can use the ^V function in vi to print these but it just doesn't work for this particular character - I can't get vi to print this character in my script! I would use "chr()" if I thought I knew what the literal string for a ^@ was but I don't and there's no info on the net I can find either. Can someone please enlighten me as to what I need to do to to rid myself of these ^@ symbols? rachel Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] hrmm.. go Telstra
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Rodos wrote: > ROFL! > > Rachel you do work at a univerity don't you. Are you sure you are not the > BOFH! Did you have to admin an NT machine today? I sense some frustration. To answer your questions: Yes No No Yes, I am frustrated, The awful truth is that our workplace is going through major restructure. The way each UWS Member does things is quite different. Some members let the users do anything they want with the network, others hold a tighter reign. The biggest problems seem to be recurring where the users have been allowed to determine the direction of IT. I have recently seen some of the most uninformed and idiotic decisions being made that the uni now has to accomodate. These decisions impact on IT in a big way and especially the Corporate image of the uni itself as prescense on the Internet. Suffice to say that the user group involved made this decision and actively ensured that anyone with any technical experience was excluded. Suffice to say that the user group went with the $250,000 NT solution (that doesn't work) over the $25000 UNIX solution that has been proven in a production role for almost 2 years. When querying the user group about the choice, they could not put their finger on why but the overwhelming feeling one gets is that they liked the graphics better on the NT "solution" based on the anecdotal evidence. QED Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] hrmm.. go Telstra
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, John Wiltshire wrote:
> This is where you have to ask if you are putting your own views ahead of
> user requirements. If a user (not an admin) sees Exchange and likes it then
> trying to tell them that they are wrong because you know better than they do
> is pure intellectual arrogance. Users ask for things. Programmers and
> admins should cater to their needs - after all that is what we are here for.
The problem with this argument is that users often ask for things that
are not appropriate or they ask for things that while not impossible to
accomplish may end up occupying a lot more resources than available.
Quite the opposite!
Programmers and admins *should not* cater for the needs of users.
Instead they should be advising the users on what
the appropriate technologies are and then directing them towards the
required outcome. Otherwise you will end up with users wasting the
time of the IT staff and also probably having unreal expectations of the
IT staff's own capabilities. You will also find the admins having to
deal with software and technologies that they are either unprepared for
or cause them pull hair out or pass comment like "Did they really pay $1
for this ?".
Users often expect their needs to be dealt with in advance of that
of the enterprise as well - security is one issue here. When it comes down
to making things "simpler" for the poor little cherubs security is one of the
first things that gets diluted. This is sub-optimal in any IT dept these
days. When I see/hear of an IT dept that lets their users get away with
security loopholes ("because it makes it easier"), it's only a step away
from a lawsuit or a cracker attack. It is generally a good indicator
that there will be other systemic problems elsewhere in the IT infrastructure.
Users will often
ask for features or improvements that make their own jobs easier at the
expense of the IT staff responsible for making these changes.
The thing about products like Exchange (and most other MS products) is that
they are absolutely designed with the user experience in mind, not that
of the admin who has to clean up afterwards. While the experience a user
has with Exchange may be a good one, the work that goes on within the
admin area to provide these services may well be 2x the load for just a
few feature improvements that users really don't need and can live without.
When you start letting users drive the outcomes of your IT strategy, you
will end up with no admins who want to work there as the support load
requirements increase and you end up with a dogs breakfast of conflicting
protocols and systems that require increasing workarounds to improve on.
In an IT environment where the user community is determing the direction
of technology or the overall IT strategy, you may likely find a high
turnover of admin staff or they will have decreasingly poor morale.
I know we don't have jobs if there's no users but I think letting them drive
the strategy or your business plan is a bad idea. A well planned IT strategy
would put some proposals to the users that were predefined and then let the
users pick the one that suited their needs best. Otherwise you end up, like
in so many IT depts having to deal with clueless managers who make decisions
on products or systems based on how good the .gifs look in their
browser instead of focusing on the content.
rachel
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[SLUG] wget example??
Sluggers, Can someone please put me out of my misery? I had wget working but I seem to have lost the plot. I just want to get the contents of a directory, but I always just seem to get nothing. It did work once and then I lost the command line I had. All I want to be able to do is mirror some files from an ftp server to a local directory. Can someone please help - I don't want anything fancy, just the files. I think I must've blown a brain fuse over this one - I just can't get it to work! Here's what I have so far The options I've used are the last ones that actually worked, now nothing. Everything works but nothing is downloaded: /usr/local/bin/wget --cache=off -l 1 -m ftp://ftp.some.com/pub/files/version4/ --16:56:49-- ftp://ftp.some.com/pub//files/version4/ => `.listing' Connecting to ftp.some.com:21... connected! Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD pub/files/version4 ... done. ==> PORT ... done.==> LIST ... done. 0K -> . 16:56:53 (902.34 KB/s) - `.listing' saved [1848] --16:56:53-- ftp://ftp.some.com/pub/files/version4/ => `index.html' ==> CWD not required. ==> PORT ... done.==> RETR ... No such file `'. FINISHED --16:56:54-- Downloaded: 0 bytes in 0 files thanks!!! rachel Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Re: Linux Certification
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Stephen Mills wrote: > >The people sending .doc files were definately at a disadvantage, however > >the format of their CV was not the determining factor in choosing who > >got the job. > > Last week I sent my resume to an agency for a position in .txt form, and > they didn't know how to open it. I had to resend in .doc. If anyone ever asks you for a .doc file, just create your usual text file, give it a .doc extension (and MIME attribute if you have to) and just send it like that. Works for me. rachel (didn't we have this thread about 3 months ago?) Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Powerbook 540c
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Filosofem wrote: > > Hey, I just stumbled on your thread about getting Linux (or netbsd) > working on the 540c, have you had any luck with it? I was just reading up > on trying to get linux working on it as well and was wondering if you > could tell me if you had any luck.. Thanx > The 540c has no FPU. Linux and BSD will not run on it. To make it work you need either an FPU upgrade (a full 68040 chip) or a PPC upgrade board. Both are extremely rare and almost impossible to source especially here in Australia. My little Mac is now a MIDI workstation for my music studio I do have the Mac 68k version of MI/X Xserver and it works fine. Now I need an NFS or Samba client and it will be close enough to UNIX for me.... rachel Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] The Penguinilla Manifesto
Why "Penguinillas"? I would've thought "Penguinistas" sounds much cooler (and is better Spanish!) Penguinilla sounds like some kind of Icelandic cigar rather than a flightless bird with attitude. rachel Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] To learn, to troll, to participate?
I've seen John's posts on various newsgroups. He even flamed me once for my anti MS stance ;) I probably deserved it as I was trolling just a tiny little bit ;) Anyway, I don't think he should leave the list - I only have 2 Linux machines and am more a Solaris fiend than a Linux lover. Most of the questions I ask are not Linux related but more general UNIX stuff. The reason I come to Slug for my answers though is that the quality of participation is usually very high. While I won't use MS products (except under duress, and for just this one very particulr game I like to play), I am interested in cross platform interoperbility so I am all for diversity Anyway, if you haven't noticed, I've stopped bagging MS lately - there's too many other things going on at the moment! rachel. Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] M$ Crud ??
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Aussie wrote: > The french only adds a part to the windows start menu, so the same thing will > happen time and time again. This is an attempt at yet another Windows exploit. I thought I saw some attempts to delete files in there as well? rachel Rachel Polanskis University of Western Sydney, Nepean Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747 Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Rack of 17 netcomm M34F modems?
Hi,
I have just acquired a rack of Netcomm ProRack M34F modems.
These are all in a rack of course, with Power Supply and AFAIK all
working. The only drawback is that they are 33.6 modems.
Al lthey need is a annex server and a phone bill.
I was now wondering what I could do with them:
1) start an ISP.
2) swap 'em for something more useful.
3) Send 'em to East Timor where they may come in useful at a comms centre.
switch (Options)
{
case 1:
Out of the question - I already have a full time job.
break;
case 2:
Does anyone have anything they want to swap - pending my interest of course!
break;
case 3:
Do they need these in East Timor?
break;
default:
Any suggestions?
break;
}
rachel
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Senior UNIX AdminPO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747
Systems && OperationsInformation Technology Services, Kingswood
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