Re: [Hampshire] Is root mounted twice

2020-04-05 Thread Mike Burrows via Hampshire
On 4/4/20 4:17 PM, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: Some potential things to check here too https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=71520 Thanks John & Gareth. Sorry, I should have said that I had tried this advice in this post and actually freed up some space. However, when I

[Hampshire] Is root mounted twice

2020-04-04 Thread Mike Burrows via Hampshire
Hello Folks. Its been many years since I have posted to this list. (i wonder if Hugo is still around). I do however still subscribe and follow the threads with interest from far off Alabama. Keep up the good work and stay safe. I have a quick question. My rpi is giving me root is full errors

[Hampshire] Jessie upgrade question.

2015-12-18 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello Folks. I have just down what I think was a successful upgrade to jessie but lsb_release -a is still reporting a squeeze system. What might I be missing please? TIA Mike -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Jessie upgrade question.

2015-12-18 Thread Mike Burrows
On 12/18/15 3:30 PM, Lisi wrote: On Friday 18 December 2015 20:13:44 Mike Burrows wrote: Hello Folks. I have just down what I think was a successful upgrade to jessie but lsb_release -a is still reporting a squeeze system. What might I be missing please? Did you go straight from Squeeze

[Hampshire] raspberry pi ssh port change.

2015-09-09 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi Folks. I have uncommeted and changed the port line in ssh_config to port =, ie changed from 22. Or so i thought. However, when i try and remote in using ssh -p pi@ the connection is refused but when i leave out the -p it works. what am i missing please? btw, if any of the

Re: [Hampshire] raspberry pi ssh port change.

2015-09-09 Thread Mike Burrows
On 9/9/15 11:02 AM, Steve Miller wrote: > port line in ssh_config That's the config file for ssh, the client. If you want to change the port that the server is running on you need to make the change in sshd_config. Cheers, Steve --- Original Message I knew that, not! Thanks

[Hampshire] Cant ping.

2014-11-12 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello Folks. Not sure how i did it but instead of upgrading a Debian package i managed to remove virtually every package that was installed and now am back to shell and x wont start. Anyhow before I tackle that, I need networking and though i have statically configured eth0 all i can ping is

[Hampshire] [OT] W7 wired client cant map to XP Pro share, wireless clients can

2014-01-24 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello Folks. I am managing a network which is setup with several wireless W7 clients connecting via a Netgear R6300 to an XP Pro hosted share as well as one W7 wired client. The wireless clients can see the XP Pro machine in their network window and can map to a shared folder and work just

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] W7 wired client cant map to XP Pro share, wireless clients can

2014-01-24 Thread Mike Burrows
I am managing a network which is setup with several wireless W7 clients connecting via a Netgear R6300 to an XP Pro hosted share as well as one W7 wired client. The wireless clients can see the XP Pro machine in their network window and can map to a shared folder and work

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop and TV

2013-10-27 Thread Mike Burrows
On 10/26/13, 7:07 PM, Leo wrote: Perhaps I should also have added this problem occurs before X starts. I.e. the first time I connected the TV I could see the boot process messages on it. However, now even those don't show up. Certainly not wishing to insult your intelligence but have you

[Hampshire] flashplayer install

2013-10-26 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello Folks. Putting together a Squeeze box and trying to configure iplayer. I have it apparently streaming in that embedded content is loading but the 'loading...' message isnt clearing and no sound is coming out. The flash-player download is producing a file association problem with

Re: [Hampshire] flashplayer install

2013-10-26 Thread Mike Burrows
On 10/26/2013 10:18 AM, Chris Liddell wrote: Possibly pointing out the obvious, but did you restart the browser after flash installed? I always seem to forget that myself! Chris :) Yep ( actually rebooted the box :$ ) Mike -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] flashplayer install

2013-10-26 Thread Mike Burrows
Some stuff here might be useful: https://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer Possibly see if you can force a reinstall with the update-flashplugin-nonfree utility? Maybe without the browser running Chris Thanks Chris. Could you please post the command line code for aptitude please? I couldn't find

Re: [Hampshire] flashplayer install

2013-10-26 Thread Mike Burrows
I just did (as root): apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree That did it :) Thanks for all the help Mike -- 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] [OT] Timeshifted streaming video playback

2013-07-24 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello Folks. Does anybody know of a solution to recording say a webinar and then playing it back time-delayed while the broadcast is still running? Much like we do with regular TV using our DVR's. TIA Mike -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

[Hampshire] vlc audio and video streaming.

2012-10-20 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello Folks. I have a satisfactory video stream running on a somewhat under powered squeeze box, with v4l taking its input from the installed Hauppauge card. However, I cannot get the audio to stream. Does anybody know where VLC gets its audio from when streaming video please? In other words,

Re: [Hampshire] Multiple gateways, multiple interfaces...

2012-10-19 Thread Mike Burrows
On 10/19/12 9:48 AM, Vic wrote: Hi All. I've got a network problem I don't know how to solve. Hopefully, one of the gurus here knows the answer... I've got two network interfaces (one is actually virtual, but I don't think that matters). I want to have two IP addresses (one on each i/f), and

[Hampshire] crippled system - is there any hope.

2012-04-07 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi Folks. Went ahead a did an upgrade on my lenny box ignoring the dire warning about udev and an incompatible kernel. Needless to say the system will now not boot past udevadm. Is there anything i can do to roll back to my earlier version please? Done a spot of googling but cant really

Re: [Hampshire] crippled system - is there any hope.

2012-04-07 Thread Mike Burrows
[snip] Make sure you understand what you are doing next time, and do not blindly follow instructions you find on Google. Is there anything i can do to roll back to my earlier version please? Done a spot of googling but cant really find a way to go back to my previous udev.

Re: [Hampshire] crippled system - is there any hope.

2012-04-07 Thread Mike Burrows
Is there anything i can do to roll back to my earlier version please? Restore from the backup you made before upgrading? [:-)] Hi Keith I didn't backup the system because I was only using the box as a file server and I have the files duplicated elsewhere. Correct me if I am wrong, I do

Re: [Hampshire] vsftpd confusion

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Burrows
yes. Please post your configuration file here, plus the output of... id ftp ps -ef | grep [v]sftpd ls -la /home/ftp Without that information we are just guessing. Anonymous users should be chrooted into the home directory of the 'ftp' user. for more information you can also set these

Re: [Hampshire] vsftpd confusion

2011-09-13 Thread Mike Burrows
The owner or group ID of vsftp must be writeable to that folder, doesn't have to be 666/777, but say vsftp user is vsftp and group is vsftp, just make the folder writeable to that group, chown :vsftp /home/ftp; chmod g+w /home/ftp Either UID or GID writable will work, but if the folder is

Re: [Hampshire] vsftpd confusion

2011-09-09 Thread Mike Burrows
As an addition the anonymous user cant download files, regardless of the /home/ftp folder permissions. :( The owner or group ID of vsftp must be writeable to that folder, doesn't have to be 666/777, but say vsftp user is vsftp and group is vsftp, just make the folder writeable to that group,

Re: [Hampshire] vsftpd confusion

2011-09-09 Thread Mike Burrows
The owner or group ID of vsftp must be writeable to that folder, doesn't have to be 666/777, but say vsftp user is vsftp and group is vsftp, just make the folder writeable to that group, chown :vsftp /home/ftp; chmod g+w /home/ftp Either UID or GID writable will work, but if the folder is

[Hampshire] vsftpd confusion

2011-09-08 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi Folks. I am messing with the above on my home Ubuntu Hardy Server. When I first set up the ftp server I could login anonymously but could not upload. Makes sense as the permissions on the default /home/ftp directory have to be changed. So per the advice chmodded them to 777. But then when

[Hampshire] [OT] Strange Shell Prompt.

2011-07-05 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello folks. I am connecting to the LAN at work from my macbook. When I open a terminal i get this message: Last login: Tue Jul 5 09:19:23 on ttys000 johnrs-ipad:~ testermike$ We do have a John R at work and he does have an ipad. However I can't understand why its reporting my macbook as

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Strange Shell Prompt.

2011-07-05 Thread Mike Burrows
. Benjie. On 5 July 2011 15:28, Mike Burrows testerm...@knology.net mailto:testerm...@knology.net wrote: Hello folks. I am connecting to the LAN at work from my macbook. When I open a terminal i get this message: Last login: Tue Jul 5 09:19:23 on ttys000 johnrs-ipad

Re: [Hampshire] confused ssh newbie

2011-06-28 Thread Mike Burrows
after all that, I think the problem was I embarrassingly forgot to restart the daemon :) Thanks again to all. Mike -- 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

2011-06-25 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi Mike, you've got some useful stuff to try from others in the thread. When you're changing sshd_config you're restarting sshd afterwards? From an Internet-based Linux host, does nc some.dyndns.org http://some.dyndns.org produce an openssh banner? My next steps would be ssh -v on

Re: [Hampshire] confused ssh newbie

2011-06-22 Thread Mike Burrows
However, when i change the port to (changing the router of course) and repeat using ssh -p testerm...@some.dyndns.org I get an error that the connection was reset by peer and I cannot ssh in. What am I not doing please? If you haven't solved it yet, try running the ssh client with

[Hampshire] confused ssh newbie

2011-06-21 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi folks. I can ssh into my debian machine on port 22 (with that port forwarded on my router) using ssh testerm...@some.dyndns.org However, when i change the port to (changing the router of course) and repeat using ssh -p testerm...@some.dyndns.org I get an error that the

Re: [Hampshire] [OT} weird web behaviour

2011-06-17 Thread Mike Burrows
On 6/17/11 2:04 AM, Vic wrote: what am i missing about static v's DHCP? There's really only one way to find that out - you have to capture some packets... Vic. actually what i meant was, I thought that DHCP just gave out the IP addresses for its client computers. I guess I hadn't thought

Re: [Hampshire] [OT} weird web behaviour

2011-06-16 Thread Mike Burrows
I've seen something similar in the past. Some routers simply don't NAT packets for addresses they haven't handed out via DHCP. I guess it's some sort of half-arsed attempt at security by the router manufacturer, but I've yet to see such behaviour fix more problems than it creates... I suppose

[Hampshire] [OT} weird web behaviour

2011-06-15 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi Folks. Connecting a Mac Book to my home wireless network. The IPs of all the clients are static and the ISP DNS Servers are configured in all the right places. However... a select few websites will not load unless DHCP is enabled (for the LAN) on the router just downstream of the cable

Re: [Hampshire] Wireless Repeaters

2011-06-14 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello Rob. I have a Linksys wrt 54 and wap54 acting in the mode i think you are trying However, and I believe this may be crucial, I have not found anywhere how to set this up on its own. For example, with it configured, I would guess I need to unplug it, relocate it such it's equidistant

[Hampshire] Video not supported by Ubuntu Server 11.04

2011-06-11 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi Folks. I have Installed the subject software on a Dell Power Edge the fell off the back... I have set it up as a RAID 1. However, Grub cant support the older video card (at least I think thats the issue) and despite trying to get into grub on boot and change some settings (per some google

Re: [Hampshire] External Drive Permissions.

2011-03-25 Thread Mike Burrows
I think the mount options are typically user,noauto so it doesn't auto mount until requested but when it is requested the user who mounts it owns it and can mount/umount it in the first place. On a modern Debian system with a full-fat desktop I think this is automatically taken care for you.

Re: [Hampshire] External Drive Permissions.

2011-03-24 Thread Mike Burrows
On 3/23/2011 10:04 AM, bryan hunt wrote: On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 09:46 -0500, Mike Burrows wrote: Hi Folks. I have a western digital hard drive attached to a usb port on my deb box. It mounts automagically on boot and I can access the file structure and read/write files from a windows samba

[Hampshire] External Drive Permissions.

2011-03-23 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi Folks. I have a western digital hard drive attached to a usb port on my deb box. It mounts automagically on boot and I can access the file structure and read/write files from a windows samba client. However, when working on the Deb box I found the non-root users only had read permissions.

Re: [Hampshire] OT: Space station and shuttle visible this evening

2011-03-07 Thread Mike Burrows
Whoa!! That was absolutely fantastic to see!! I was expecting one light (I just assumed they'd be docked)... not two chasing each other across the sky :-) -- there was one time last year I think when the shuttle undocked just ahead of the ATV I think it was, coming up for its first docking or

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Blatant Self-publicising :)

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Burrows
On 3/3/2011 11:50 AM, Jim Kissel wrote: Mike Burrows wrote: Hello Folks. If I may hi-jack the list for a personal cause. I am between opportunities here in sunny Alabama and would just like advertise my availability to any of the companies that are represented by list members, that have

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Blatant Self-publicising :)

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Burrows
On 3/3/2011 1:14 PM, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 19:13, Jim Kisselj...@osml.eu wrote: Whatever you do, don't wear a loud shirt in a built-up area. I did once, but I think I got away. loud-speakers in a shirt, now there's a good idea! *wanders off listening to loud music

[Hampshire] Icecast Streaming

2011-01-12 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello Folks. Had some success with live streaming and thanks for the posts last year. However, have hit a problem with VLC and icecast2. I currently have icecast2 installed and running on an ubuntu server with a VLC client running on a Lenny box on the same network. I can play an mp3 on the

[Hampshire] shout module.

2010-12-28 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi folks. I am messing with icecast2 and vlc and it would seem the shout module is not installed. Can anybody provide any help on how to install this module. So far the only reference i can find about this is at http://en.flossmanuals.net/VLC/print and all it says is: The important part of

[Hampshire] Test.

2010-12-27 Thread Mike Burrows
Sorry for the random pot - haven't seen much for a day or two and wanted to check I haven't messed up my account Happy New Year all. Mike -- 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] Live Streaming

2010-12-27 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi Folks. Switched e-mail accounts so resending this one. Thanks for all the posts so far on live streaming. I currently have icecast2 installed and running on an ubuntu server with a VLC client running on a Lenny box on the same network. I can play an mp3 on the lenny box using VLC but as

Re: [Hampshire] Network Attached Server/Domain Controller.

2010-09-24 Thread Mike Burrows
On 9/22/10 6:10 AM, Vic wrote: keeping off the raid plan atm. I would recommend you return to it once you initial problems are resolved. Have a more basic problem.although I can ping the server I cannot log onto the share. it is on the same subnet as the aforementioned home file server and

Re: [Hampshire] Slight Plea For Help

2010-08-06 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi Ben. I live overseas so can't help physically but I remember my early days with Debian (ask Hugo :) Keep plugging away its worth it in then end. You have my moral support anyway. Great help Huh? Kind regards Mike Hi, If anyone is willing then I could do with some help. Our version of

Re: [Hampshire] Slight Plea For Help

2010-08-06 Thread Mike Burrows
oops sorry about the top post :( -- 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] Rehab-ing my m key

2009-09-10 Thread 'Mike Burrows'
Hi folks, long time no post. I was fiddling around last night and some how managed to reassign sound mute to the m key. Don't know how I did it and have tried some of the Google solutions which don't work. Running kde on a sarge box. Any thoughts please on how to toggle off mute? TIA Mike --

Re: [Hampshire] camaserv issue [long post sorry]

2009-04-06 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi folks. still fussing with camserv. still can't get the app to start: testerm...@marvin:~$ /etc/init.d/camserv start Starting camserv: camserv. testerm...@marvin:~$ start-stop-daemon: Unable to set gid to 44 (Operation not permitted) testerm...@marvin:~$ I have changed the ownership of

Re: [Hampshire] camaserv issue [long post sorry]

2009-03-31 Thread Mike Burrows
Try running /etc/init.d/camserv to see if it offers up any startup options or falls over with a meaningful error. Failing that, try setting debug options in the camserv.cfg file, if they are available, re-run it and check the logs. Note the executable in /usr/bin too - worth firing that

Re: [Hampshire] camaserv issue [long post sorry]

2009-03-31 Thread Mike Burrows
If that's a long post, I'd hate to see a short one! Was going to include the whole of my camserv.cfg file but didn't :) Might have to tho'. Still can't get it to work. Cheers Mike -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

[Hampshire] camaserv issue [long post sorry]

2009-03-30 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi there all. I am following the instructions on the wiki page concerning this app. I have run camserv /etc/camserv/camserv.cfg as root but dont see it showing as a process. I may have a couple of issues but my first question is: Should it appear after typing ps -aux? needless to say

Re: [Hampshire] insmod problem

2009-03-24 Thread Mike Burrows
testerm...@marvin:/dev$ xawtv This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.18-4-486) can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or

Re: [Hampshire] insmod problem

2009-03-23 Thread Mike Burrows
However, trying to view the output with xawtv gave an error. Googling turned up this gem; # xawtv -nodga -device /dev/video0 This may all be total twaddle and useless to you - but it may just help you piece something together. If you have something already working (the BT878) then you

Re: [Hampshire] insmod problem

2009-03-22 Thread Mike Burrows
Building modules outside the kernel can be fraught with problems though... Adrian Think the required module went in ok: testerm...@marvin:/$ lsmod Module Size Used by quickcam_messenger 12420 0 usbvideo 24324 1 quickcam_messenger bt878

[Hampshire] insmod problem

2009-03-21 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello folks, Trying to install the quickcam.ko module on a etch system: marvin:/home/testermike# insmod /usr/local/src/qc-usb-0.6.5/quickcam.ko insmod: error inserting '/usr/local/src/qc-usb-0.6.5/quickcam.ko': -1 Invalid module format marvin:/home/testermike# want to use a quick cam express

[Hampshire] [OT Doze networking]

2008-12-20 Thread Mike Burrows
Hello Folks. Before I waste a bunch more time can I ask...is it possible to repair DHCP, DNS and maybe other bits of XP home without reinstalling the whole OS? I have 2 laptops connected to the same wireless secured Linksys network. Both have their TCP/IP settings identical yet one can ping the

Re: [Hampshire] [OT Doze networking]

2008-12-20 Thread Mike Burrows
I should add the working one will happily grab an IP from the router whereas the non-working one wont. Mike _ From: hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Mike Burrows Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:48 AM To: Hampshire LUG

Re: [Hampshire] [OT Doze networking]

2008-12-20 Thread Mike Burrows
Mike Burrows wrote: Hello Folks. Before I waste a bunch more time can I ask...is it possible to repair DHCP, DNS and maybe other bits of XP home without reinstalling the whole OS? I have 2 laptops connected to the same wireless secured Linksys network. Both have their TCP/IP settings