Re: [Hampshire] Replacing home server with a Linux NAS device?

web interface. The model I have can take four 2 TB drives which can be configured in various RAIDs. I'd give it a thumbs up, but with some caution advised as I've not used many of the features (and hence few of the bugs!). -- Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Big IMAP accounts

#x27;t think IMAP is the solution. Something like Dropbox should be able to offer a better solution. Or even Google Docs - 1GB free then $5 for an additional 20GB. -- Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Hampshire] Badge Generator

On 25 August 2011 23:37, Philip Stubbs wrote: > On 25 August 2011 16:51, Graeme Hilton > wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering if the Badge Generator [1] on the hantslug website was > GPL > > licensed? If so, could I have a copy of the source code? I'm looking &g

[Hampshire] Badge Generator

Thanks for any responses. [1] http://www.hantslug.org.uk/wiki/BadgeGenerator -- Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] confused ssh newbie

On 22 June 2011 09:12, Peter Andrijeczko wrote: > There's other things you can do that help - I can't remember the application > names because I don't use them but there are daemon applications that > monitor for brute force attempts and if, say, more than 10 come from a > particular IP address wi

Re: [Hampshire] Number (plate) recognition

On 8 February 2011 20:33, Chris Dennis wrote: > Does anyone know of Linux-based / open-source software that could > automatically read the number from a runner's vest, such as the ones on this > page: > > http://www.edstaggphotography.com/thumbnails.php?album=291&page=2 > Have you tried JavaANP

Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro

On 7 November 2010 21:18, Vic wrote: > > > So this is still fedora but with LXDE window manager included > > instead of KDE or gnome? > > > > I can only find brief information which seems to indicate it is > > the latest fedora with the latest LXDE WM and no further > > optimisations. > > Fedora

Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro

On 6 November 2010 16:59, trotter wrote: Surprisingly a on-line Linux questionnaire recommended SuSE or fedora but i > thought they were heavy distros. > Fedora have an LXDE based spin: http://spins.fedoraproject.org/lxde/ I run this on my EeePC 701. Grae

Re: [Hampshire] Stuck F1 key?

On 17 October 2010 18:19, Victor Churchill wrote: > My laptop seems to have got its F1 key permanently stuck. Or rather, > it seems to be continuously generating a stream of key press events > that look to the system as if F1 is being repeatedly hit. > > This seems to be a bit sporadic, not happen

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] after a cheap screen and power cable

I'm going to claim a pedant point here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_connector#C15_and_C16_connectors PC's normally use C13/C14 combination leads/inlets. Kettles would use a C15/C16 which is rated to use at 120°C vs the 70°C of other IEC leads/inlets and has a mating feature to preclude the u

Re: [Hampshire] [Hardware] Interesting Acer Wobble

lease the flea power" I thought he'd been smoking something strong, but it worked! -- Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] greetings card makers

it.ly/ [3] http://bit.ly/cnQsal bit.ly also offer the facility to track the number of clicks on the link that you've shortened, as well as providing a file-sharing facility and direct access to twitter from the bit.ly homepage. Hope this helps. Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@

Re: [Hampshire] Keysigning (Was Re: [ADMIN] December Meeting)

2009/12/11 Lisi : > On Friday 11 December 2009 19:18:37 Andy Smith wrote: >> My train arrives at Fleet at 10.37 then I'll walk from there to >> Nokia.  Not sure how long that will take. > > Could you post the answer, please, Andy?  Also some indication of how fast a > walker you are - people vary a

Re: [Hampshire] Xorg is hungry today...

:-) A great idea. Depending on when the next meeting is I'll volunteer a Fedora box to undergo the rigours of apt vs yum, .rpm vs .deb and rpm vs dpkg. -- Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Kernel compilation

e care of disciplining the local clock to the GPS timestamp and the PPS signal. Unfortunately the PPS driver in the kernel isn't quite working for me at the moment and I'm having discussions with the LinuxPPS developers about that. Thanks for the help, -- Graeme Hilton -- Please

Re: [Hampshire] Kernel compilation

On 18/09/09 14:51, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: > I would strongly recommend using the latest SRPMs from Fedora > Development (aka Rawhide). > > Alternatively, there is a make rpm target in the pristine kernel.org sources. > > Thanks all for your advice. I think I'll take a look at the Fedora

Re: [Hampshire] Kernel compilation

kernel, but nothing's leaping out at me. -- Graeme Hilton On Sep 17, 2009 7:07 PM, "Tim Brocklehurst" wrote: On Thursday 17 September 2009 16:51:59 Graeme Hilton wrote: > 2009/9/17 Vic : > >> ... This may be pointing out the obvious, but how did you compile the kernal? Have

Re: [Hampshire] Kernel compilation

bit of a mystery to me. I assume that the "make install" part of a kernel build will run the correct commands to create the right initrd. How can I go about checking what's in there? -- Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Kernel compilation

e's a further hint in there. I notice the "Trying to resume" line and it can't find that partition either. -- Graeme Hilton [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/31252...@n08/3929197742/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Kernel compilation

2009/9/17 Andy Smith : > Hi Graham, > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 03:16:00PM +0100, Graeme Hilton wrote: >> Attached is the boot sequence captured on the serial port from kernel >> 2.6.27.  It doesn't include the text that only appears on the screen >> that refers to

[Hampshire] Kernel compilation

ernel 2.6.27. It doesn't include the text that only appears on the screen that refers to the kernel being unable to find a root filesystem. Any hints on how to get more information out of the kernel or on what I should be looking for are more than welcome. -- Graeme Hilton (who will make

Re: [Hampshire] Genealogy

r option for her. Hopefully we'll reach the stage where she doesn't realise she's not using Windows! -- Graeme Hilton Fedora user -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Sheeva PlugComputer anyone?

instance Fedora have an ARM port that should go on easily. My plan is to use it to replace my main server. I only use it for file-sharing (NFS and samba) and as a print server. -- Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/ma

Re: [Hampshire] Microsoft beats Google to be named UK's best brand

ent by "leveraging" it. > > Their products are, on the other hand, quite shocking in my view. I think Paul's hit the nail on the head. Microsoft have a reliable, quality *brand*. That doesn't mean they're the market leader in quality; it means they've got a grea

Re: [Hampshire] xubuntu su <>sudo question

with the accounts as well that I would do a complete reinstall. On the reinstall you should create the first user as yourself and then after the install completes create an account for your son. Only the first account gets the automatic admin rights (I think). -- Graeme Hilton -- Please

Re: [Hampshire] Keeping My Hard Drives Safe

more accessible RSShttp://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projnews.php?group_id=258272 HTH -- Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Re-enter local bash session from remote

> On Tue Dec 23, 2008 at 14:38:08 -0000, Graeme Hilton wrote: > >> Good suggestion, but will it connect to a virtual console - not an X >> session? > > Ahh, no. But you can get that via "conspy". That sounds promising. In any case, the copy has finished, a

Re: [Hampshire] Re-enter local bash session from remote

ew your desktop. Somehting like > > ssh -X u...@home > -> apt-get install x11vnc > -> x11vnc -many > >Then connect again with port forwarding to localhost to > view your whole desktop via vnc. Good suggestion, but will it connect to a virtual console

Re: [Hampshire] Re-enter local bash session from remote

> 2008/12/23 Graeme Hilton : >> Still got about 10GiB to go out of 20... >> > > Could you not kill it and restart using rsync (in a screen) which > would then effectively carry on from where it left off. Then you > really could watch the progress. I could, but when I k

Re: [Hampshire] Re-enter local bash session from remote

the progress using "watch -d df". As long as the numbers keep changing on the /usbdisk mount point then things are still copying - but oh so slow! Still got about 10GiB to go out of 20... -- Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https:/

Re: [Hampshire] Re-enter local bash session from remote

er: very useful in exactly the circumstances you describe. The problem is remembering to use screen..... ;-) -- Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Re-enter local bash session from remote

already running virtual console remotely? Thanks Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Bash script interruptions

> Damian Brasher wrote: >> Graeme Hilton wrote: >> >>> If I do a Ctrl-C the zacquire_maxlines gets a SIGKILL, rather than a >>> SIGINT? >>> >>> Is this a feature of bash, or of the way the ssh command interprets the >>> SIGINT request? &g

[Hampshire] Bash script interruptions

the SIGINT request? Thanks, Graeme Hilton -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --