[SLUG] Parallella publicly available
See http://www.parallella.org/ After several months selling only to USA residents, there are 34 desktop models in stock at http://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/semiconductors/semiconductor-development-kits/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/?searchTerm=parallellah=s also 62 embedded systems (a bit fancier) I don't know whether they are they newer model which does not require active cooling. Jim Donovan 0428-609-208 -- Sent from Mutt on a 512MB Raspberry Pi -- 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] Getting the correct time on Raspberry-Pi
I sorted it out in the end, the command needed was dpkg-reconfigure tzdata and that did something internally that made it work. Maybe, or you could just copy /etc/localtime across from just about any other machine. Jim Donovan 0428-609-208 -- Sent from Mutt on a 512MB Raspberry Pi -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] PHP exploit, if you're interested ...
My server has had lots of attempts this week to make it run http://m1.pexit.cu.cc:35489/n.pl - download it and check it out. The attempts assume that php is installed in /cgi-bin; unfortunately for the perpetrators it's not. Jim Donovan 0428-609-208 -- This email was composed using Mutt on a 512MB Raspberry Pi -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] old router needs a home
Netopia R5100AU Serial router - Aust sync/async frame relay RSVP - can collect at Nth Syd. Jim Donovan 8923-5208bh -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] free historical book
All, Does anyone want a copy of Programming the Z80 (Zaks) 3e? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] home wanted for Mac Quadra 610
Includes mouse, keyboard, monitor Works Can include 300dpi laserwriter if you want it (note that the laserwriter expects TIFFs etc from the computer rather than itself interpreting a page description language; I think I have the software). To be collected from Lindfield Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] home wanted for POwerPC server
AST Manhattan S series 6 scsi drives, one of which is thought not to work, apparently hot-pluggable 200MHz (I think) Free collected from me at Lindfield Used to boot a minute or two after power-up. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] good home wanted for satellite dish
Diameter 900mm or 36 inches Includes hardware for mounting on flat roof or possibly wall Has lost its radome but might work. To be collected from Lindfield before next council clean-up (6 April). Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] weird CGI problem
Hi, I've been working on cgi-bin/A.pl at a website. A particular form in A.pl used to activate B.pl but had to be changed to A.pl Mysteriously, as soon as this change was made (with nothing else being changed), the resulting invocation of A.pl by itself results in A.pl being downloaded rather than executed. What on earth is going on, please? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] VOIP like skype (apologies if this is a re-send)
Hi, Does anyone know of a Linux VoIP client compatible with Skype etc, please? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] replication (whole box, not just a database)
Hi, How do you keep a few servers identical for the purposes of backup and reliability? I don't mean RAID, which is within single servers, but between servers not necessarily at the same site. I had a look on Google and could only find a few references to Sybase. There seems to be a PostgreSQL toolkit, but that doesn't cover stuff outside the database. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] work apparently available yet no-one seems interested
Hi, I refer to the job set out below, which I found on JobNet. It has appeared repeatedly over the last few weeks and I am surprised the advertisers haven't been killed in the rush. Does anyone know why the job is still there? - Jim Donovan JOBNET - The Career Centre for IT Professionals. JOB REF: JN/NH1001- (PLEASE quote this reference number.) POSITION: Systems Engineer JOB TYPE: Contract SKILLS: Our Client is looking for an enthusiastic Linux support engineer fluent with Versions 7,8 and 9 to become a member of a efficient and dedicated team. A successful candidate will able to Build, Configure and maintain Linux servers and provide solutions to a high standard. All applicants must be able to perform the following :- Managing Users Managing Groups Configuring disks and file systems Disk partitioning and physical device nomenclature Mounting file systems File system labels Networking: Key Utilities and Files Interfaces configuration and monitoring Network Routing Monitoring live network connections Any certification would be a major advantage. All applicants will be contacted if deemed suitable. Please forward your resume to Nathan Holt :- [EMAIL PROTECTED] references will be required to process your application - this is essential. All resume's sent to Nathan Holt for this position will be read and considered of other positions if unsuccessful. LOCATION: Sydney CBD DURATION: 3 months Rolling RATE: Excellent AGENCY: GAP Consulting Group WWW: http://www.gapcg.com.au CONTACT: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PHONE: FAX: OPEN TO: Australia/NZ Residents Working Holiday Visa Applicants SUBMITTED: 13-NOV-03 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] reading ancient floppies ...
Hi, I've been given some floppies which are apparently Amiga/Commodore. According to one www reference I found, it's easy to read them. You just dd if=/dev/fd0a of=myfile.adf and get 880k bytes of ADF. However, I don't have /dev/fd0a. Have you seen one? - what are its major and minor numbers, please, and what kernel are you running? Another web site reckes I should try fdutils. I did, but the results suggest that I need non-PC hardware. Can anyone advise, please? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] pentium 200 and motherboard need a home
Hi, I've got a working P200 and motherboard to get rid of. (If you'd also like the numberplate MMX-200, it parks outside a school near my place and you should be able to find the owner easily). The motherboard has two problems: (a) the battery is flat and it's built into the clock chip and I've been told it can't be replaced (b) one of the hooks on the first DIMM slot has detached. Problem (b) can be overcome by using 72-pin SIMMs but they cost $2/megabyte. I can supply some if you need them. I don't know who made the board but it's marked 9650-8. It has 3.5 PCI and 2.5 ISA sockets. If you can't pick it up, I can bring it to the next SLUG meeting. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] old Mac needs a home
Hi, It's a LCiii with 8MB ram and 250KB scsi hdd, 256-colour monitor, mouse, keyboard. Works (works well, according to original owner). Loaded with MSWord 5 and some other stuff but clearly would prefer linux. If you call me tonight, I may be able toleave it at your place tomorrow if not too far from Gordon - StLeonards - North Sydney - Kings X. Jim Donovan 0428-609208. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] weird Mac scanner file format
Hi, What format is this, please? gimp doesn't know it nor does file $ od -c barbara/Lindsay1 | head 000 F S P A 003 \0 \0 \0 037 004 \0 \0 211 003 \0 \0 020 030 \0 \0 \0 h 030 \a \0 h 030 \a \0 001 \0 \0 \0 040 \0 \0 \0 \0 Ð î + \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 060 0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 ` \0 \0 \0 006 \0 \0 \0 100 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 d \0 \0 \0 x \0 \0 \0 120 036 À + \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 140 \n \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 B a c k g r o u 160 n d \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 020 \0 \0 \0 001 \0 \0 \0 200 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 B M 226 ¿ + \0 \0 \0 220 \0 \0 6 \0 \0 \0 ( \0 \0 \0 037 004 \0 \0 211 003 and how do you read it? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] GeForce 256 video card
Hi, I've been offered a 2nd hand card ($100) which is supposed to be 32MB nVidia FeForce 256. Well, nVidia make chips but apparently not cards. The card looks generally like the LeadTek card shown at http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/00q1/000107/ except that (a) it hasn't got the 2nd video output (b) it hasn't got all the jumpers (c) the 4 fat chips sitting next to the CPU are 8 skinny chips on mine, with another 8 on the back (d) there's no white WinFast sticker on mine (e) there are other minor absences on mine In particular, there's no LeadTek logo on my card (but nor is there in the picture). Does anyone know, please, what my card is? What kernel version(s) are drivers available for, please? Regards, JIm Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] problem with striping
Hi, I tried to install RH7.2 on a new box with an Intel motherboard and an Adaptec AIC-7899 scsi card. It is configured as follows: hda: CD-ROM hdb: hdc: hdd: hde, hdf and hdg: striped on 3 drives plugged into the scsi card. For some reason, RH put /boot on hdg1. It works fine once booted but you can only boot it by floppy and even then you must i. Tell it to ignore one of the stripes being off-line ii. Tell it to ignore the booting order each time you boot. So I must have damaged a boot sector somewhere. Has anyone met this before, please? What did you do. Regards, Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] lucky draw closing
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[SLUG] lucky draw closes
All, Suggest you enter SMH draw for free $10,000 PC incl 1700MHz P4 and 22 monitor. Go to http://www.emag.com.au and click whick seems merely to send and email that presumably wants your name, phone and smail. Closes today Sunday. Probably not much point in multiple entries, as they'd have a filter. Regards, Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] yet another ppp question ....
Hi, I've been asked to get diald working, as mentioned last week. It needs to dial an ISP who starts ppp spontaneously about 2 seconds after your password goes in (please don't debate that point, as I've gone in with minicom and that's what happens). I've been able to get in with wvdial, which has kindly set up the password in both /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and chap-secrets. However, I can't seem to get diald up. What happens is that it dials and handshakes and dies leaving the message: Peer is not authorised to use remote address 198.142.213.254 which is presumably the P-t-P address that ppp0 was going to get. What's wrong, please? How do I fix it? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] RAID diagnostics
Hi, Where can I find RAID error codes? It's making 5 audible beeps repeatedly. It's a dual PPro, hence made about 10 years ago. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] squashed faxes
Hi, I have been experimenting with efax (driven by fax) to send PS files as faxes. The command fax make converts PS to a G3 (TIFF) file quite acceptably. However, on the receiving machine, the top few lines were squashed to a fraction of their proper height. Is this a physical problem with the tractors in the receiving machine? Or is it a due to fax adding a bit of header stuff to the page and taking liberties with my PS because it needed that space for its header? Regards, Jim Donovan postscript (no pun intended) I didn't use sendfax because it alleged my modem wasn't class 2, whatever that is. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] installing on a SCSI system
Hi, I need to install RH6.2 on a system with RAID and a SCSI CDROM drive but no IDE. Are there any precautions needed to prevent me locking myself out of the machine, please? Cheers, Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] decrypting MSWord8 files
Hi, I've been sent a file which the owner wants me to be able to read. Why he mightn't want me to write on my own copy is not clear. However, when I try to open it, Word asks me for a password. Presumably it is encrypted - at any rate strings(1) returns garbage. I understand that software exists to decrypt these things quickly. Can anyone point me at some, please? Any other suggestions, please? Star Office? Cheers, Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] porting serially
Hi, If you need to get a small file from one RH6.2 machine to another, and can't use networking, floppy, Zip etc but have a null modem, how do you pipe data into/out of ttyS1? I tried it with cat; the results were recognisable but damaged owing to lack of stop/start control. Cheers, Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] ppp not writing utmp
Hi, How do you get ppp (on redhat 6.3) to maintain /run/utmp correctly? The supplied ppp and kernel don't write ppp logons to that file. Regards, Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] squid cache problem
Hi, I'm getting lots of errors like this one on /var/log/messages: Aug 6 04:02:17 octagonal kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide1(22,1)): ext2_new_block: Free blocks count corrupted for block group 57 Aug 6 04:02:17 octagonal (squid): Write failure -- check your disk space and cache.log Aug 6 04:02:17 octagonal squid[19617]: Squid Parent: child process 25128 exited with status 1 Aug 6 04:03:00 octagonal squid[19617]: Squid Parent: child process 25189 started Aug 6 04:03:02 octagonal kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide1(22,1)): ext2_readdir: bad entry in directory #456705: rec_len % 4 != 0 - offset=0, inode=4294967295, rec_len=39285, name_len=12 Aug 6 04:03:30 octagonal kernel: EXT2-fs warning (device ide1(22,1)): ext2_free_blocks: bit already cleared for block 1239236 Aug 6 04:03:30 octagonal last message repeated 8 times Aug 10 07:53:07 octagonal kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide1(22,1)): ext2_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 2822727091, count = 1 Aug 10 07:53:07 octagonal kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide1(22,1)): ext2_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 2908146525, count = 1 And the cache log has lots of stuff like: 2000/08/06 00:00:00| Not currently OK to rewrite swap log. 2000/08/06 00:00:00| storeDirWriteCleanLogs: Operation aborted. 2000/08/06 00:00:00| accessLogRotate: Rotating 2000/08/06 00:00:02| TCP connection to proxy.one.net.au/3128 failed 2000/08/06 00:00:05| diskHandleWrite: FD 4: disk write error: (28) No space left on device FATAL: Write failure -- check your disk space and cache.log Squid Cache (Version 2.3.STABLE2): Terminated abnormally. CPU Usage: 25.820 seconds = 16.450 user + 9.370 sys Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB Page faults with physical i/o: 292 Memory usage for squid via mallinfo(): total space in arena: 48272 KB Ordinary blocks:48258 KB 9 blks Small blocks: 0 KB 0 blks Holding blocks: 436 KB 2 blks Free Small blocks: 0 KB Free Ordinary blocks: 13 KB Total in use: 48694 KB 101% Total free:13 KB 0% What's going on? There's plenty of room. Regards, Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
