[SLUG] Line Filter more ...
All, Thanks a lot to all for their input in assisting me in finding a linux friendly ISP. I have selected internode. Amongst other things they have various distros mirrorred and download of these is not metered. My present issue is with Line Filter -- i know its purpose. I just don't know what lines they should go in. I have 2 sockets (outlets) on the wall (one physical line from the road is split into 2 somewhere beneath the house). On socket_1, i've plugged in my adsl modem. And on socket_2 my everyday Telstra touch phone. Now where should I place the Line filter ? a) between socket_1 and adsl modem, or b) between socket_2 and touchphone or c) all of the above, d) none of the above. Your suggestions/recommendation, as always, will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] ADSL Query
All, Finally, I am jumping onto the broad-band-wagon. I am currently with TPG dialup and am generally satisfied with their service quality. After looking at the broadbandchoice website for some weeks now, I've figured that I'd ask the sluggers. What are your suggestions for a modest $50/month commitment, minimum 512Kbps plan from an ISP that does not shy away from Linux (slackware, fedora) ? My typical useage will be: remote desktop to work (will use windoze for this), general webbrowsing (news, wikipedia, cricket). I also intend to download linux distros (for experimentation - in the early days at least), some internet radio etc etc ... with bandwidth to burn ... who know what more I might end up doing. (Any ISP that mirrors the distros and don't count them in ones download limits ?) And one other question: to avoid having long wires running across the length of the house (phone's in one corner, my computer's in another), I was considering a wireless router (?). What are the draw backs of this ? And also is it likely to interfere with a baby monitor ? As always, any suggestions/recommendation/thoughts will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] great code to learn from - request
Benno wrote: So I think in the tradiation of anti-partterns, it is best to ask, which code sucks and why, and then try to avoid doing that. I recall reading something similar in a M$ publication a long time ago. One has to go through many iterations bad code/design before one recognises one that is good (great ?). I guess that means learning from others' and your own mistakes experiences. Hasn't made me a better developer yet, though. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] OT: SCSI Question
For future ref: I've found that Volante (http://www.volante.com.au/) has been patient motivated enough to get me the quotes on external scsi enclosures. Paul Kontogiannis is sales consultant you want to deal with when getting hard-to-find hardware. Rajnish wrote: All, I am having difficulty getting hold of a external scsi case (enclosure) to house scsi hard disk. Does anyone know of a reputeable dealer in the Syd CBD area who might be of help ? (Basically, we want to add extra hard disks to one of our solaris boxes without opening the case. The solaris box has 2 external scsi interface - one for a dirty big dlt and the other is unused currently) Thanks in advance. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Network Attached Storage (NAS)
All, I would like to get your esteemed opinion on a number of queries concerning NAS. But first a background - our LAN accomodates a number of diff OSes, including Solaris, Linux, Win2K and WinXP. We would like to attach NAS device(s) on the LAN, and be able to access storage space from all the above OSes. In particular, it is important that NAS devices support NFS - to enable Un*x boxes to mount the space. The space is to be used both as permanent storage as well as overflow workspaces for our developers. Questions: 1) Is NAS a suitable solution for such an environment ? If a case is to be made for/against it, what are the ups and downs ? 2) More importantly, what are your experiences with dealing with these devices ? Do they support NFS ? 3) Your experiences with speed and reliability ? We have particularly large files (200MB-2GB) to deal with and compiles includes a large number of files. Any tips, suggestions, references will be appreciated. Thanking you all in anticipation. Please reply to NG for future reference. -- Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Alpha SRM Question
Crossfire wrote: Rajnish was once rumoured to have said: Now, turn your machine on, and give the HALT switch (the little button on the front that was once a reset switch) a good tapping whilst the machine is booting up. You should eventually get a SRM prompt. That worked !! I've got the SRM console prompt . I did notice something peculiar (there always is, isn't it) -- the jumber (J6) was wired for HALT- but pressing the reset button caused the system to reboot - everytime. So I jumpered it to RESET to get it to halt (had to push reset many times).(Initially, I thought I was reading the diagram/jumpers wrongly - but I am pretty certain now I was reading/jumpering it correctly). For the record, Control-C doesn't get the SRM console prompt - but this could be because I am connected via the serial port and win95:terminal.exe swallows it. Thanks all so far. I am sure I'll have more questions when I get to the next step. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Alpha SRM Question
All, I've come in possession of an Alphastation 500/400 which has OpenVMS. I would like to install Debian on it however after hours of googling, I've discovered that I need to know much more about this beast (read: *fun*) than I know about my AMD-PC. So this beast (out of respect, I won't call it a 'box') doesn't have a monitor nor a graphic card. Thus, I use the serial port hooked to an old hp-laptop. I can see the bootup process starting, followed immediatly by OpenVMS and then the login: prompt. No telltale sign of an SRM console (). My question(s) are: how to I get to the SRM console ? Is there a special key I have to press ? (I am connected via serial port using Terminal.exe on win95!!) If I am to disable OpenVMS to automagically bootup, I've learnt that I have to disable some env 'auto_action' ? Can this be done without SRM ? I haven't tried it - but is the beast capable of booting off a CDROM without instructing it via SRM ? (If yes, then I'll just wack in a bootable debian install cd, right ?) Please reply to the NG. Thanking you all in anticipation. -- Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] OT: SCSI Question
All, I am having difficulty getting hold of a external scsi case (enclosure) to house scsi hard disk. Does anyone know of a reputeable dealer in the Syd CBD area who might be of help ? (Basically, we want to add extra hard disks to one of our solaris boxes without opening the case. The solaris box has 2 external scsi interface - one for a dirty big dlt and the other is unused currently) Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Solaris 10 and RH EL 3.0 Dual Boot
All, I've got to setup solaris 10 and RH Enterprise in a dual boot configuration on x86 platform. My dual/triple boot is limited to linuxes, and M$-windoze platforms. As I am totally in the dark on solaris boot setup/process, I am interested in beginner level to intermediate level information - so any links (from your firefox bookmarks), and other pointers (whatever level of relevance) for me to read will be most appreciated. Please reply to slug, if possible. Thanking you in anticipation. -- Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] GCC question
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[SLUG] importing m$-windoze fonts
All, Months ago I read somewhere (mag, I think) about importing m$-windoze fonts into linux. I don't recall any tool etc. Has anyone done that ? How can it be done ? Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] fedora
All, I've been playing with Fedora Core 3 and ubuntu - all on separate partitions on /dev/hdb while win2k sits on /dev/hda. Grub is installed on MBR. Interestingly, while both Ubuntu and fedora had no difficulty finding windows - fedora did not find ubuntu (and ubuntu did not find rh8 (which preceded fedora)). It could be something to do with /boot (/dev/hda1) getting formatted on install. :-) I have a few questions on Ubuntu and fedora - I want to change to a less memory intensive window manager. I've heard of a few .. but how do I swap to them ? Secondly, the startup of both Ubuntu and Fedora take considerable time - I mean minutes. On a standalone system, used for dialup internet, what are some services that can be stopped ? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu is in
Terry Collins wrote: FYI. Live install CDs. Sorry for ignorance folks - but what is the diff between live and install CDs ? Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Mouse, Grub and Slackware
All, After using RH for just over a year, I am heading back to my pref distro - slackware v10. From the moment the computer booted off the install cd, it was familiar territory and I was in control. (Prior to RH, I was on slack 7) Getting to the point: after a 1st go successful install, I fired up X using 'startx'. It came up nicely - including the mouse pointer. Upon moving the mouse, the pointer took a rapid exit (to top right of screen) ... never to be seen again !!! I am not too worried about it right now - but any suggestions will be welcome ?? (It is a 2 button el-cheapo mouse connecting to first serial port (com1 in dos terminology)). The PC has win2K and RH8. Boots into grub from where I select which one of these to use. (There is separate /boot partition from which RH8 boots from). For the fear of trashing the system, I didn't install lilo therefore slack boots from floppy. Can I use grub to boot into slackware ? If so, how to do that ? Thanking you all in anticipation. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Serial to TCP/IP convertor
All, I am looking for a serial port to tcp/ip convertor to run on solaris and linux. Can you point me to a simple process for listening on a serial port and converting data received in it and sending it to clients connecting on its listening port ? Programming guides or any other useful pointers are all welcome. Thanking you in anticipation. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] [OT] C pointer allocation
Hi All,
In C, I have the following declaration:
int foo()
{
char* bar;
};
If unitialised, what the the value of variable bar ?
Will it get initialised to 0 or be a random value ?
Is the value allocated at runtime or compile time ?
Am using gcc on both linux and solaris.
Any thoughts, suggestions, weblinks etc will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Raj
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[SLUG] Pleasant looking font
Hi All, On my favourite editor, NEdit, I have my font set to 'courier'. (Aside: I use vi/vim too - often for quickly editing small files) As I look at the editor everyday, I wonder if there is a more 'pleasant' looking fixed width font on both linux solaris ? (I aim to keep my NEdit preferences similar). Personally, 'courier' is a good font - but it is kind of boring. BTW: Is there a tool on RH that allows me to see what a font actually looks like ? Thanks. Regards, Raj -- 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] Pleasant looking font
:: Yup. Nautilus, the file manager. Amazing - i learnt 2 thing at once. Just yesterday I was trying to figure what the process called 'Nautilus' was !! (Didn't bother finding it out at that time). Thanks a lot. :-) Raj -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] OT: Justice of the Peace in Sydney CBD (Wynard/Circular Quay)
Hi All, It appears that finding hens teeth might be easier than a JP in sydney cbd. The banks say call the Postoffice, and post office direct you to the banks !! And the reception of a high profile law firm has no idea - typical lawyers ? Anyone know of a JP in sydney cbd (prefer Wynyard/Circular Quay but any where along train line will do) ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Raj PS: Is there a JP amongst fellow sluggers ? :-) -- 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] Disabling colours in xterm
Hi All, Thanks all. Got a .dir_colors in ~ and customised it. I think I can live with colours in man pages but not in output from 'ls'. Regards, Raj -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Disabling colours in xterm
hi All, How do I disable the coloured fonts that display in my xterm (rh 9.x) ? It was cool once .. but now it is getting annoying. Or alternatively, is there a way to select my own colours for different file types ? (less preferred option) Thanking all in anticipation. Regards, Raj -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Redhat EL Kernel
Hi Sluggers I wonder if the kernel shipped in Redhat Enterprise Linux (EL) will be differently built to that normal downloadable Redhat (workstation?) packages ? I guess SMP is the only reason to make it different. Is the EL version smp enabled ? And is the workstation version smp disabled ? Any other features that may be in EL kernel but not in WS ? Your thoughts will be greatly appreciated. Regards, Raj PS: That vi/vim short poem was pretty good !! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Remote X Question
Hi All, So I have a win2K machine running an x-server. Upon startup (of x-server) I get a list of unix hosts I can connect to (uses xdmcp broadcast). All solaris boxes show up except for the linux host running Redhat 9.x. I guess it is something to do with the Redhat config/service. Perhaps someone can tell me what I service/config to enable. (Is there something like a xdmcp server ? Excuse me, if this is a dump question !!) Thanks in advance. Regards, Raj -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] OT: Computer hardware stores in Syd CBD
Hi All, Can you give me names of computer hardware stores in Sydney CBD (around Martin place) that may stock netgear hubs/switches ? Need to get one really quickly. Thanking you in anticipation. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] delete crashes ...
hi All, I have a multithreaded c/c++ app containing a simple (self-developed) queue. 3 operations -'insert(..)', 'retrieve()' 'length()'. As part of 'retrieve' a call to 'delete' is made to remove the head of the queue. Only 2 threads ever use this queue - strictly one for inserting and another for retrieving ( and yes access is mutex protected on all 3 operations ). Although very _infrequent_, the problem is that the call to delete in retrieve causes segmentation violation. It is a real nuisance as one may run the app many times without fail but on some occassions it fails. Has anyone encountered/resolved simliar problems in anyother app ? Could this issue be the result of word alignment ? I suspect a memory corruption - but I cannot seem to figure out when/where/how it could happen. One characteristic of the app is that this queue is hammered quite intensively - both inserts and retrieves. Any hints much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] OT: [C/C++/CPP] Is it possible to do ...
Hi All,
I am stuck trying to decide on 2 courses of action - one
of which involves changes to loads of files (I wish to avoid
doing this if possible).
Currently, I have this C-function:
int DEBUG(char* xstr, int somelevel)
{
// pseudo-pseudo-code follows
if ( somelevel 10 )
print xstr;
return 0;
}
char* fs(const char* fmt, ...);
And they are used as follows (as an example):
DEBUG( fs(%s%s, -, =), 25 );
I aim to deprecate the use of fs() - as you will see the call to
fs() is wasted its output isn't being printed. I aim to shove down
that responsibility to DEBUG itself.
My Question:
Is it possible to do use C-processor macros to define fs() to
_become_ nothing, and call my new DEBUG with the follow prototype:
int NEW_DEBUG(int somelevel, const char* fmt, ...); ??
That is:
#define fs(msg,...) ?? // leaves me with just msg,...
#define DEBUG(const char*, ... , level) NEW_DEBUG(level, const
char*, )
(Please note: I have used incorrect CPP syntax as I am trying
to get an idea across only [and also 'cos I don't know howto])
Is the above idea possible - or I should go ahead and do the
hundreds
of lines of changes ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Rajnish
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RE: [SLUG] OT: [C/C++/CPP] Is it possible to do ...
::And they are used as follows (as an example): ::DEBUG( fs(%s%s, -, =), 25 ); :: ::Doesn't that leak? oh yes, _big_ time !! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] OT: [C/C++/CPP] Is it possible to do ...
Hi All,
The example from Robert is quite good indeed. Learnt quite
a bit about macros.
I used the ideas from it and made a quickdirty solution
only to come up with a bug in the Sun CC compiler handling of
macros with __VA_ARGS__ and the operator -. (It drops the
when the macro is expanded.) No suchproblems with gcc.
Thanks a lot to everyone.
Regards,
Rajnish
ps: For those interested, can try it out on the following code(tte):
/*
* use either: gcc -E filename
* or: CC -E filename
* to see the difference.
*/
#include stdio.h
#define myprintf(str,...) printf(str,__VA_ARGS__);
struct foo {
int bar;
};
int main() {
foo* a = new foo;
foo-bar = 10;
myprintf(foo-bar=%d\n, foo-bar);
return 0;
}
::-Original Message-
::#define debugs(SECTION, LEVEL, CONTENT) \
:: do { \
::if ((Debug::level = (LEVEL)) = Debug::Levels[SECTION]) { \
::Debug::getDebugOut() CONTENT; \
::Debug::finishDebug(); \
::} \
:: } while (/*CONSTCOND*/ 0)
::
::
::
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[SLUG] Inbuilt macros/defines in gcc
Hi All, How can I quickly find out what internal #defines are set by gcc during compile ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] [ot]CD-R Media from Japan
Hi All, Is there a blank media shop in sydney CBD with lots of different brands of CD-R/RW media ? In particular, I am interested in non-Taiwan made CDR/RW media eg Japan, Singapore etc. Thanks. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Linux Partition Resize
Fellow Sluggers, I have redhat 9.0 on a laptop and need to place more installations on separate partitions. The current install has one big partition and boots from MBR (from memory). Is it possible to resize a ext2 partition ? What tools are available on Redhat 9.0 that may allow me to do this ? The intention is to leave intact the current installation. Uh.. one of the new partitions will house Rh8.0 and another will be win2k. Please do suggest things I must be on the lookout for (particularly with win2k around - eg grub conflicts etc). As I have never installed OSes in that order (linux first and then windows 2nd or 3rd), I will appreciate your thoughts and esteemed experience in this issue. Thanking you all in anticipation. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Random System Freezes -- NOT SOLVED (grrrr)
It may be another wild goose chase - as I am sorry to say that I haven't followed your thread - if you disable say your primary IDE controller and swap disks over to the secondary and then observe the systems behaviour. I am thinking of IDE controller problems. Just a thought. Regards, Raj ::not increase count. I look down at the case, the hard disk ::activity light ::is permanently on. Oh no, the freezes are back. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] mv ---.dat foo.dat
% mv ./---.dat foo.dat Worth a try, i guess. Raj ::-Original Message- ::From: Michael Kraus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Sent: Friday, 1 August 2003 10:38 AM ::To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Subject: [SLUG] mv ---.dat foo.dat :: :: ::G'day all... :: ::If I was wanting to move a file called ---.dat to another name (say ::foo.dat) - how would I go about it? :: ::mv interprets the - in the filename as a parameter switch ::(and as the ::shell expands wildcards, they are futile) - how do I tell mv that its ::the file to operate upon? :: :: ::Thanks. :: ::Mike :: :: ::-- ::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] constant hard disk access
Far fetched idea but one wonders if there is surface scan of hard disk going on in the background ? Maybe part of some system tool ? Just guessing. Regards, Raj -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Video Studio
Hi All, Am wondering if there are any home-user grade of video studio applications available on Linux? I am thinking of Ulead Video studio or Photo2VCD type applications. I would like to convert a lot of photos into VCD format. Anyother suggestions will be most appreciated. Thanks. Regards, Raj -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
FOLLOWUP: [SLUG] Redhat 8.0 Develops CD-RW problem.
Hi All, FYI - It appears that kudzu needs to be running if a CD is to be mounted. I had stopped kudzu thinking that once my boxen is all setup, I wouldn't be needing 'new hardware detection' anymore. Guess I was wrong. Regards, Raj :: :: Last night, all attempts to mounting any CD failed. The :: error message was too many mounts etc etc.. !! ::/var/logs/messages :: shows errors about 'bad superblock'. :: :: It is a CD-RW and it has been working until last weekend - I :: used it to install lots of packages after the initial install :: including the linux src, development stuff etc. :: :: The CD-RW and all CD's tested under Win2K are readable. :: :: Any suggestions what might be the problem ? It is ::unusual to have :: something work fine and suddenly refuse to work at all. :: -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Redhat 8.0 Develops CD-RW problem.
Hi All, Having installed RH8.0 without a single problem at home, I have been using it for almost 3 weeks now. Last night, all attempts to mounting any CD failed. The error message was too many mounts etc etc.. !! /var/logs/messages shows errors about 'bad superblock'. It is a CD-RW and it has been working until last weekend - I used it to install lots of packages after the initial install including the linux src, development stuff etc. The CD-RW and all CD's tested under Win2K are readable. Any suggestions what might be the problem ? It is unusual to have something work fine and suddenly refuse to work at all. Thanks in advance. Regards, Raj -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] (no subject)
Hi All, Is there a place where i can find out about what distribution releases use which version of the linux kernel ? As a quicky, could someone fill me on which kernel versions are on Redhat 7.X 8 ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Raj -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] hard drive choices
My unhappiness with seagate's australian distributor's support isn't a case to brag about (on a few occassion) - so I decided to stay away from Seagate altogether. No problems so far with WD Maxtor. Did someone say 1 yr warranty on HD ?? I must have been in wilderness way too long !! ::-Original Message- ::From: Tom [mailto:hyperbola;optusnet.com.au] ::Sent: Monday, 28 October 2002 1:59 PM ::To: Paul L Daniels ::Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Subject: Re: [SLUG] hard drive choices :: :: ::im seeing a lot of physical failures. ::many broken heads, particularly on the seagate drives i have used. ::i rang up seagate personally and they denied they had a ::problem with the ::drives and it must have been the circumstances i was using ::the drive in. :: ::Tom :: ::Either you think, or else others have to think for you and ::take power from ::you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize ::and sterilize ::you. ::-F. Scott Fitzgerald- :: :: ::- Original Message - ::From: Paul L Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::To: Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 1:43 PM ::Subject: Re: [SLUG] hard drive choices :: :: :: We basically seem to all come down to the same thing... ::there's a high ::level of 'unreliability' involved in modern hard drives. ::The next logical ::question is to ask, what is the form of the failures? :: :: Anyone give some opinions? Are we seeing an increase in ::IDE controller ::failures ( on HDD ) or physical defect failures (ie, broken ::heads, stiff ::armatures ? :: :: :: Regards. :: :: :: -- :: Paul L Danielshttp://www.pldaniels.com :: Linux/Unix systemsInternet Development :: ICQ#103642862,AOL:cinflex,IRC:inflex :: A.B.N. 19 500 721 806 :: -- :: 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 :: -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Is my IRIX box i386 ? Can I put Linux on it ?
::With a lot of effort, yes. It is definitely not x86. Keep ::your eyes on our It may be MIPS cpu. (but then .. it might not). Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] network problem
Hi, My 2 bobs worth - but a long time ago I encountered a similar problem on a HP-UX box. The problem turned out that the system was trying to do a hard mount at bootup rather than a soft mount. (The correct terminology escapes me - 'twas a long time ago). If hard mount is specified at bootup, and the remote host cannot be contacted for whatever reason, then bootup sequence will take a very long time as each 'mount' attempt in fstab file has to fail with timeout. With a soft mount, the actual mount happens when the specified mount point is first attempted to be read. Check to see that the hosts in question can be reached from each other, hostnames resolved etc. I am not too certain if there is similar concept in Linux, although I have setup my slackware boxes for nfs mounts. Good luck. Regards, Rajnish ::-Original Message- ::From: mick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ::Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2002 7:14 PM ::To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Subject: [SLUG] network problem :: :: ::Hi everyone, :: ::As briefly as possible. I have smbfs mount directives in my ::/etc/fstab ::directory and they do work. The mount points are under the ::/mnt directory. :: ::The problem is that there is a LOOONNNGGG pause during ::the boot process, ::so long infact that I keep finding myself punching the ::[edit] key to 'help' ::it along. :: ::it then says, mount success = 0 and then mounts two of the ::three points I have ::defined, as far as I can tell it varies in success with each mount... :: ::Here's the added lines of my fstab ... editted. :: ::/server/micellanous /mnt/micellanous smbfs defaults 0 0 ::/server/music /mnt/music smbfs defualts 0 0 ::/server/programs /mnt/programs smbfs defaults 0 0 :: ::okay ... is there anyway to make this run in the background ::during the boot ::process so I can get rid od the Loonngg wait? Is there ::anyway to get it ::mount all points all the time. :: ::My server is an esmith 5.0 box with shared ibays. Works ::well with windows ::hence the samba mounts. I will try NFS mounts, but I don't ::know if that will ::work as there is no /etc/import/export entries on the server. :: :: ::thanks :: ::Mick :: :: :: ::-- ::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: Creative data deletion (Re: [SLUG] Why did this happen?)
::I remember having to write a little perl proggie to remove ::the -R file, as ::rm just wasn't going to have a bar of it. :: ::-Colin :: One could try this: rm ./-R A thought. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Generic vs Brand Name RAM [Non-Linux?]
Hi All, Am thinking of adding a bit of ram to my linux box, and am wondering between the merits of generic brands or a known brand ? Is a known brand worth paying that much extra ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Scanner On Linux
Hi Folks, What is a good (but relatively inexpensive) scanner to use at home ? With a Linux box ? And also, what is the quality of 35mm film scans of some low end scanners that can do them ? Is it a feature worth getting ? Thanks to all. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] ISDN Connection Between 2 office sites
Yep, the ISDN is closed to the internet. ::-Original Message- ::From: Kevin Saenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ::Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2002 6:06 AM ::To: Tiwari, Rajnish ::Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' ::Subject: Re: [SLUG] ISDN Connection Between 2 office sites :: :: ::First your ISDN connection is that going to be closed from internet ::traffic? or is it open to all traffic? ::The thing is you would have a security problem with the latter. ::Then I would suggest that you use IPSec between the 2 sites. ::Ideally IPSec would be a good solution between the 2 sites ::reguardless. :: Hi All, :: ::I am completely ignorant about ISDN and I have been ::assigned the job to investigate the feasibility of ::setting up an ISDN connection (64kps) to between our ::sydney singapore office. [Is this the norm: complete ::idiots like yours truly always gets tasks like this?] ;-) :: ::So good folks, after studying the telstra offerings ::on their website and confusing the hell out of me - ::I have turned to you. :: ::How does ISDN work between 2 offices ? How is it ::setup and what is required on either end ? (Is it just ::like a smart external modem ?) :: ::Please ignore my complete ignorance. And thanking ::you in anticipation. Thanks. :-) :: :: Regards, :: Rajnish :: -- :: SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - 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
[SLUG] ISDN Connection Between 2 office sites
Hi All, I am completely ignorant about ISDN and I have been assigned the job to investigate the feasibility of setting up an ISDN connection (64kps) to between our sydney singapore office. [Is this the norm: complete idiots like yours truly always gets tasks like this?] ;-) So good folks, after studying the telstra offerings on their website and confusing the hell out of me - I have turned to you. How does ISDN work between 2 offices ? How is it setup and what is required on either end ? (Is it just like a smart external modem ?) Please ignore my complete ignorance. And thanking you in anticipation. Thanks. :-) Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] CDROM mounting Question.
Hi All, Upon investigation (as suggested by Tony Green below), I discovered the following message appears in /var/log/messages file: .../sr_mod.o: insmod major-block-11 failed (or was it 'block-major' ... sorry folks, I am quoting from memory. I have left my notes at home :-( ) Any ideas good folks ? (This is a fresh but custom install with whatever RH7.2 decides to put in. No kernel rebuilds). Thanks. Regards, Rajnish ::-Original Message- ::From: Tony Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ::Sent: Tuesday, 16 April 2002 10:04 AM ::To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' ::Subject: Re: [SLUG] CDROM mounting Question. :: :: ::On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 09:33, Tiwari, Rajnish wrote: :: Hi All, :: ::Mount fails for any data CD on my rh7.2 box. ::I have a ricoh CD-(Re)writer - on hdc. The /etc/lilo.conf ::contains [append=hdc=ide-scsi]. And dmesg shows the ::ricoh CDRW being detected. (This was the same drive ::that was used to install rh7.2 onto this box). :: ::Make sure you have the scsi cdrom modules loaded (sr_mod) ::and try mount ::/dev/sr0 /cdrom :: ::Greeno ::-- ::Tony Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Tel : +61-(0)2-9500-9996 ::Mobile: +61-(0)4-2521-9996 ::GnuPG Key : 1024D/B5657C8B ::Key fingerprint = 9ED8 59CC C161 B857 462E 51E6 7DFB 465B B565 7C8B :: ::-- ::SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ ::More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug :: -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] CDROM mounting Question.
::works and then ::load extras one by one. This is exactly the stage I am at !!! (I've already installed it 3 times :-( Thanks. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] ask a common question
:: ::I use shift-pageup to scroll back up in the xterm or console. :: I think 'xterm*saveLines: 500' in .Xdefaults will increase the xterm screen buffer size. (I stand corrected on this). Also: % (make) tmp.log Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] CDROM mounting Question.
Hi All, Mount fails for any data CD on my rh7.2 box. I have a ricoh CD-(Re)writer - on hdc. The /etc/lilo.conf contains [append=hdc=ide-scsi]. And dmesg shows the ricoh CDRW being detected. (This was the same drive that was used to install rh7.2 onto this box). So when I slot in a data CD (eg rh7.2 install cd 1/2), and try to get it mount, it doesn't mount. (using either /dev/scd0 or /dev/hdc). With /dev/hdc the error message is no such device. And with /dev/scd0, the error is somewhat long but about too may mounts Whereas, tail of /var/log/messages shows something about invalid command in request queue ? Any ideas what may be the problem ? Is it more likely just a plain old config problem or user (yours truly) ignorance ? Either way, please englighten !! Thanks in advance. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Failing Hardware - HDA: Lost Interrupt?
Hi Scott,
A few months ago a seagate disk on my home pc
gave a similar 'status error' and it also had this
strange grating sounds. It would recover after
a few seconds of retryinbg but this length grew longer
and longer ... until one day ...
It is possible that the disk is developing bad sectors
where the fs info is kept. It may be a good idea
checking for bad sectors.
Good luck.
Regards,
Rajnish
::Apr 10 19:10:44 fsbris kernel: hda: lost interrupt
::Apr 10 19:10:44 fsbris kernel: hda: status error:
::status=0x58 { DriveReady
::SeekComplete DataRequest }
::Apr 10 19:10:44 fsbris kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
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[SLUG] What files/directories to backup in RH ?
Hi All,
Having installed RH recently, I am thinking of a strategy
to backup important files onto another drive and/or CD ('cos
it is a good thing to and also 'cos it is a case of _twice
bitten, forever shy of seagate disk drives).
I would like to know what are the important files in RH and
where they are kept (/etc/.., ??). As all user data goes into
/users/, so that is easily backed up. What other directories,
config files that I should backup ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Rajnish
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RE: [SLUG] Login Problems - Redhat 7.2 [Longish]
Hi All, Finally figured out why I was experiencing the login problem - it was missing 'pam_unix.so' in the /lib/security/ directory. Install.log showed that some 'pam*' rpm had md5 checksum (??) error ... Solution: Wiped off even the tiniest spec of dust off the install CD (there was fingerprints on it !! mine) and tried installing again. It worked !! (Another valuable lession learnt - handle CD's so as not to dirty the recorded surface). Thanks all. Regards, Rajnish PS: Mrs was very impressed by KDE. She hasn't quite grasped the concept of window managers, but she liked the colours. ::I also had that problem after forcing the install of a whole set of ::corrupted rpm files. That caused one of the NIS libraries to make ::programs like login dump core. In fact, that was what led me to ::install 7.2 - I'd just trashed my 7.1 system. (I lost no ::user or /etc ::files though, since /home was on a separate partition, as was ::/usr/local, and I copied off /etc before doing the install.) :: ::luke :: ::-- ::SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ ::More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug :: -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] vim tags file [Novice]
::-Original Message- ::But it looks like there's now also a set option like this: :: :::tags tagfile1 tagfile2 ... :: Thanks will give that a try soon. :-) ::if I read the man page correctly. ::You create the tags file with the ctags command. I've had problems I am using the 'ctags' that was intalled with the 'etags' package on our solaris box at work. Tag files created with '--format=1' option works perfectly with Nedit. Thanks. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Login Problems - Redhat 7.2 [Longish]
Hi All, Having been a slackware user since my first linux distribution, over the weekend I took the plunge and installed RH 7.2. Probably due to the peculiarities of my cheap hardware setup, I got it to install on the 3rd attempt - in text mode. Nevertheless, even the custom installation was quite easy. I am impressed. I haven't yet installed X. Will do that only after I login. And that is where my problem lies. I cannot seem to login - neither as root nor as a normal user. At the login: prompt on the console, when I type in root, I get another login: prompt back !! No prompt for password nor a error message (nor a successful login). Yes, there is a root user account, and a password. (Checked it by booting of CDROM, chosing 'linux rescue' at the prompt and checking the installation under /mnt/sysimage/...). I suspect it is to do with shadow passwords. Can I easily disable it - by modifying some rc file or the likes ? Any suggestions and recommendations on how I can login successfully will be greatly appreciated. And thanks in advance. Regards, Rajnish PS: I don't think I am in a good position to judge an entire distribution or OS based on installation (what a number of glossy win mags do) - but Redhat install has had a profound effect on me - in more than one way. So the next time I pick up some mainstream mag that has a shallow linux coverage, I might actually care to read their verdict on the installation process. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Optus Dial-Up Internet
Hi Folks, Thanks to all who replied to my earlier query regarding Linux friendly ISP's. Has anyone has had any experience with using Optus's dial-up networking with Linux ? Are there any issues with using their service and linux ? I presume they too don't say they support linux but is there enough information to get oneself setup ? (The reason, I ask about optus is that currently their sales guys are roaming our streets offering phone, internet tv packages. I thought I investigate my options ... :-) Thanking you in anticipation. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Optus Dial-Up Internet
Hi, ::However, if they are selling phone/net/tv packages, wouldn't that net ::connection be via their cable service? :: Actually, I did ask something similar to the salesperson ... who said that a single cable comes into the house that gets split up into the phone line and the tv. Didn't ask further .. as my aim was to determine whether or not I would have to re-wire the telephone line thoughout the house. (Didn't want to have to replace all phone wiring when there is a perfectly good telstra lines to various rooms) Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Linux Friendly ISP in Sydney
Hi Folks, With dingo blue shutting its doors soon, I am, once again, looking for a Linux friendly ISP servicing Sydney. (dial-up networking, 56k modem) Suggestions are most welcome. So is information on quality of service, pricing plans etc etc. Thanks in advance. Regards, Rajnish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Just Another ISP Question
Thanks to all for the piece of mind. I just hope they don't bite the dust just the way my other ISP did - one.net. The tech support person told me that they don't support linux and don't have any plans to do so in the near future. I was beginning to worry Thanks once again folks. Regards, Rajnish :: Works fine, although I doubt they'll give you phone :: support. They do have :: some docs however. :: :: http://k9.dingoblue.com.au/linux.html :: -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
FW: [SLUG] Just Another ISP Question (Resent)
Sorry ... that should read peace of mind and not piece !!! Apologies. Regards, Rajnish - Thanks to all for the piece of mind. I just hope they don't bite the dust just the way my other ISP did - one.net. The tech support person told me that they don't support linux and don't have any plans to do so in the near future. I was beginning to worry Thanks once again folks. Regards, Rajnish :: Works fine, although I doubt they'll give you phone :: support. They do have :: some docs however. :: :: http://k9.dingoblue.com.au/linux.html :: -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
