Re: Compaq is pissing me off

2008-06-15 Thread Sarunas
actually is just a system rescue partition ) and 'MS Windows XP etc.' But yes, unless you need Windows specifically for USB/Audio or some devices not supported in Linux, the virtualization e.g. Virtualbox may make more sense, than maintaining a dual boot setup. Sarunas Burdulis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Computer repair shop

2008-05-04 Thread Sarunas
/ stuff), and so I got a Ubuntu CD and tried to install that: no joy in Mudville during Mud Season, natch. You did use the alternate Ubuntu install CD, didn't you? Sarunas Burdulis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: Computer repair shop

2008-05-04 Thread Sarunas
/ stuff), and so I got a Ubuntu CD and tried to install that: no joy in Mudville during Mud Season, natch. You did use the alternate Ubuntu install CD, didn't you? Sarunas Burdulis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: Fix for vmsplice exploit...

2008-02-13 Thread Sarunas
of Red Hat systems we have subscriptions for, too. Nice to see such quick response time! This is quick? Debian had updated kernels on Monday, mid-day. Sarunas Burdulis Sysadmin at DartMath -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: VMWare alternative.

2008-01-23 Thread Sarunas
cross-browser testing of web applications. It also can boot and run VMWare-created virtual systems. No conversion needed. Sarunas Burdulis Systems Administrator Dept. of Mathematics, Dartmouth College -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG

Disk IO benchmarking

2008-01-17 Thread Sarunas
filesystem. Until now I was using bonnie++, dbench and hdparm... Would there be any suggestions for other benchmarking tools? Other tests? Thanks, Sarunas Burdulis Systems Administrator Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment

Re: Disk IO benchmarking

2008-01-17 Thread Sarunas
, also theoretically. As far as the usual workload on a system and CPU loads from sw RAID, perhaps running a kernel compile or a super-smack on MySQL server might give a more realistic situation as opposed to the benchmark-only. Sarunas Burdulis Systems Administrator Department of Mathematics

Re: GOTCHA in Ubuntu - broken shell

2007-09-28 Thread Sarunas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bill Sconce wrote: Hi, all - You may know this: Ubuntu's default shell isn't bash. Only partially true. Installer/dpkg asks you whether you want dash (i.e./bin/sh - /bin/dash symlink). Sarunas Burdulis Dartmouth -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Dell Latitude D620 - any experiences?

2007-03-27 Thread Sarunas
620s for some users here. I'm not using them myself. Everything worked, except for the usual suspend/hibernate issues. It was with Ubuntu 6.06 though(http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas/D620F6.html), which of course is ancient by now :) Things may look even better today. Sarunas [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Trying to try Kubunto...

2007-02-27 Thread Sarunas
. What I always do is use Ubuntu CD and then 'apt-get install kubuntu-desktop' to get KDE and friends. Sarunas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Apt dependency hell

2006-11-29 Thread Sarunas
? Thanks. -- Roger What about this?: $ sudo apt-get --reinstall install mysql-server-4.1 As far as I can tell, there is no such package mysql-common-4.1 in Dapper repositories. Even if it was there, all it would contain would most likely be a sample my.cnf and README. Sarunas -BEGIN PGP

Re: Apt dependency hell

2006-11-29 Thread Sarunas
your custom libraries too. I think you may be a bit beyond any cleaner solutions than these. -N Both mysql-server-4.1 and mysql-server (v5) are in standard Dapper universe. If v5 broke the system, v4.1 can be reinstalled, until v5 is tested on a clone/test/dev/whatever system... Sarunas

Re: Apt dependency hell

2006-11-29 Thread Sarunas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Joseph Schelly wrote: On Wednesday 29 November 2006 02:02 pm, Sarunas wrote: Both mysql-server-4.1 and mysql-server (v5) are in standard Dapper universe. If v5 broke the system, v4.1 can be reinstalled, until v5 is tested on a clone/test/dev

Re: Password compromise in Ubuntu

2006-03-28 Thread Sarunas
for Dapper.) You may want to adopt yet another approach. But for sure anyone running Ubuntu should know about the vulnerability. As far as my experience tells, this only applies if non-expert install mode was used. -- Sarunas Burdulis Systems Administrator Department of Mathematics 313 Bradley

Re: Now THIS is cool (for Ubuntu users, anyway):

2006-02-07 Thread Sarunas
recommending to someone else here. Just running `gksu ./easyubuntu.py` throws me back into some pre-yum redhat-like dependency hell. Python itself is installed and working. I use Breezy/KDE (ubuntu + kubuntu-desktop package). Thanks, Sarunas Burdulis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: 32bit compatibility mode with 64bit distros

2006-02-07 Thread Sarunas
management software itself. They use whatever 32-bit libraries come with the default Sarge amd64 install. Sarunas Burdulis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD6MW5VVkpJ1MUn

Re: Verizon (FiOS) (Off Topic?)

2006-01-18 Thread Sarunas
, there still is no broadband alternative at our home and Adelphia starts to look expensive... Sarunas Burdulis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDzlYsVVkpJ1MUn+YRAgrSAJ0VVsm+stznyZH

Re: Okay, I'm kinda annoyed.

2006-01-05 Thread Sarunas
and add 'startkde' line there. HTH, Sarunas Burdulis Sysadmin Math, Dartmouth College -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDvS2EVVkpJ1MUn+YRAoXcAJ0cfmYJ21dcu71gYg+NlDtcWZBuFgCeJ0Iq

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
is championing KDE at the moment? I'm not quite sure on what you mean by championing, but Ubuntu it in a good shape, IMHO. You don't even have to use Kubuntu, just 'apt-get install kubuntu-desktop' on Ubuntu proper. Sarunas - -- Sarunas Burdulis Systems Administrator Department of Mathematics 313 Bradley

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Joseph Schelly wrote: On Wednesday 21 December 2005 09:55 am, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: I'm not quite sure on what you mean by championing, but Ubuntu it in a good shape, IMHO. You don't even have to use Kubuntu, just 'apt-get install kubuntu

Re: Wikipedia.

2005-10-13 Thread Sarunas
it. And MediaWiki uses MySQL as a backend (to store all the textual content too). It looks like you should install MediaWiki and the import the data from their MySQL dump.. Just a guess, I haven't done this, but I run an instance of MediWiki at my work. Sarunas Burdulis Sysadmin at Math, Dartmouth