Re: [plug] Weird network problem

Whoops, my bad. I think I got carried away when I configured one remote site, and added an unnecessary (and problematic) line in /etc/sysconfig/static-routes. fooler mail wrote: >> 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 UG0 00 eth0 >> > > the route entry above means

Re: [plug] Weird network problem

r such loss of power. The reason I forced fsck was to eliminate file system errors from the list of possible culprits, because I AM sure I didn't add that route. The server was working fine before the power interruption (abrupt power cut-off). fooler mail wrote: > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:11

[plug] Weird network problem

Our server's acting weird, guys. Please help. The power went out and our generator bogged down. By the time I decided to power down the server, its UPS ran out of juice. When power was back up, the server booted successfully, except that there this error (2nd line) in the logs:

Re: [plug] grubinstall inquiry

Yup, I was pleasantly surprised when Ubuntu 8.10 offered to import my User files from my existing Vista installation partition. Kewl! Ramil Galib wrote: > So you want to install linux later, why not install grub when its the > time you want to install linux. Most distros will autosetup your > mul

Re: [plug] Aggressive underclocking

fooler mail wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thinkpads rock! My X61 can last 8 hours unplugged on Maximum Battery >> Life mode. >> > yup thinkpad rocks! it is really durable.. i have X61s duo core,

Re: [plug] Aggressive underclocking

Roger Filomeno wrote: > My T41 Thinkpad underclocks whenever its not plug, not just reduced > CPU -- also reduced fan speed, cdrom speed, lcd intensity, and > harddrive speed. If i set it not to underclock, the battery last only > around 20-40 mins. By underclocking it last 2-3hours while surfing o

Re: [plug] Linux Swap

CD-R King has a 4GB SSD "external USB Hard drive" for Php700.00 only... I think it's better than flash drives for this kind of usage. Mark David Dumlao wrote: > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:41 AM, greek ordono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Thanks for all your suggestion, I'll just

Re: [plug] SIMILAR Function

I would guess not, remember My Dear Aunt Sally (tm)... Alec Joseph L. Rivera wrote: > Does the subtraction happens first? > > Thanks :-) > > On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:44 +0800, Orlando Andico wrote: > >> Let L = levenshtein distance >> >> Similarity = LEN(Str1) - L / LEN(Str1) >> >> This gives

Re: [plug] transferring telco's (DSL)

Yep, found that. I also found www.everydns.net... Thanks. On Jan 4, 2008 6:10 PM, Gari Melecio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been using zoneedit (www.zoneedit.com) for years and it's great > (free up to 5 domains). > _ Philippine Linux Users

Re: [plug] transferring telco's (DSL)

Thanks, Ian. I was hoping there was some other way. Silly me... On Jan 3, 2008 1:44 PM, Ian Dexter R. Marquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 3, 2008 1:33 PM, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Modwest requires that I submit two (2) authoritative name server

Re: [plug] transferring telco's (DSL)

outers, 1 from your previous subscriber the other 1 to ur new > subscriber. Have the ports http, smtp, dns etc forward to the assigned > servers. After that make the necessary changes on modwest.com. > > Jarris > > On 8/3/07, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > >

Re: [plug] Fast broadband connection (Fort Bonifacio Area)

Hi, Gerald. On Dec 14, 2007 9:16 AM, Gerald Timothy Quimpo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 07:45 +0800, Danny Ching wrote: > > That's what i keep telling our general services. They say kasi > > commercial daw ang line kaya 4k for a stinking 500kbps. is this true? > > anyone fro

Re: [plug] Fast broadband connection (Fort Bonifacio Area)

Baka katulad yan ng landline rates nila, mas mahal talaga kapag commercial ang gamit. Sabi ko nga dati, dapat residential ko na lang pinalabas yung landline ko dati sa computer shop. Hehe. On Dec 14, 2007 7:45 AM, Danny Ching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's what i keep telling our general s

Re: [plug] Webcam Recommendations for Linux

Is this (A4Tech webcam usb model #) information classified? ;-) I kinda hoped you'd have posted it here to help others out, just in case. :-) On Dec 6, 2007 7:09 AM, ricardo gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kindly email me direct, so I can give you the exact > model if interested. > ___

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

ack, I was also subscribed to FLOSS Weekly, but I didn't find anything useful, so I quit that one. On Nov 27, 2007 11:58 AM, Gideon Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/27/07, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I heard it from Leo Laporte who said &q

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

Yep, but only if you use the drives in your office/home/someplace... I wouldn't want to carry around my external drives all the time, as they're prone to shock... I'd only get an EEE PC if I want more convenient portability than with a notebook PC... :-) YMWV. :-) On Nov 27, 2007 10:18 AM, Daniel

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

I heard it from Leo Laporte who said "this (4G) is what people are buying. When the 8G comes out I'm gonna feel really bad." He sounded sure... On Nov 26, 2007 8:25 PM, Dax Solomon Umaming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 26 November 2007 9:24:56 am Jun Martin wr

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

I heard they'll be making a larger-screen (10") version with double the amount of storage space (8GB?). On Nov 23, 2007 9:35 AM, Gabriel H. Mercado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > or ill just do the smart thing and wait for next years model which would > hopefully work out any bugs and maybe even ch

Re: [plug] [OT] Bad Debian Names

Fillers: Fsking Firefox Immutable Impala Jocular Jabiru Kicking Kangaroo (pretty lame?) Mundane Mongoose Neutered Narwhal Ocellated Ocelot Palpitating Platypus Recalcitrant Racoon On 10/10/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What with Debian coming up with release names based on an

Re: [plug] embedded dragonball pads

Kewl! I'd like to have a couple, if I may. I have a hobbyist friend here who might be able to do something useful with them. On 10/5/07, Rogelio Serrano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/5/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Those could actually be very useful for embedded appli

Re: [plug] embedded dragonball pads

what's a dragonball textpad? Google doesn't know. On 10/5/07, Rogelio Serrano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anybody need a donation of dragonball textpads? We have more than 200 > or so coming in from hong kong and we have no need for it anymore. > ___

Re: [plug] .configs for the kernel

Jeez, Areez, will you just name it already?!?! This is after all a tech mailing list, not a guessing game mailing list. Hehehehe... On 9/28/07, Ariz Jacinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the one that i'm referring to doesn't even use FOSS on their > infrastructure. > > > > On 9/26/07, Ian Dexte

Re: [plug] VPN between Endian Firewall and a Fortigate appliance

Thanks, Jan & Reynald. I've considered just buying a mini-PC beefed-up with lots of RAM (well, at least 1GB) and enough processing power for our needs, to act as a complete "anti-BAD-INTERNET-THINGS (TM)". On 9/17/07, Reynald I. Ngo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A Fortigate can track all HTTP re

Re: [plug] VPN between Endian Firewall and a Fortigate appliance

s, Reynald! On 9/10/07, Reynald I. Ngo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fortigate does not have a proxy service, you can forward your web traffic > to a proxy server though. HTH. > > On 9/5/07, Jun Martin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, all. > > > &

[plug] VPN between Endian Firewall and a Fortigate appliance

Hi, all. Comclark has installed a Fortigate 100A (demo unit) in our main office and installed a pfSense gateway/firewall PC in our remote office and the IPSEC-based VPN is working fine. I would like to replace the pfSense-based firewall with an Endian (EFW) appliance or PC. I've already installe

Re: [plug] Linux in the classroom

Hear, hear! Pablo Manalastas wrote: > Unconsciously, I gave a programming assignment that > promoted the use of Linux, and extolled the virtues of > Linux, without making the advertisement so obvious. > _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Ma

Re: [plug] database access from remote office

Follow-up to this... I found a guide! I wonder if anyone else here has tried setting up something similar... http://www8.pair.com/dmurdoch/mysql.html On 8/5/07, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, Jan. > > We use mysql as our database server. We use a VB-developed

Re: [plug] database access from remote office

ommand line, just have them login via ssh using > putty for windows. > > On 8/5/07, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What hardware & software setup would you recommend for allowing a remote > > office to access the main office's mysql server, using a win

Re: [plug] transferring telco's (DSL)

Hi, Jan! On 8/4/07, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was bracing myself for that "violent" reaction against > > considering PLDT, actually. > > > haha, actually you can request them for a demo of their dsl service and > then you can compare it with your current isp to see which one is

[plug] database access from remote office

Hi, everyone. What hardware & software setup would you recommend for allowing a remote office to access the main office's mysql server, using a windows-based application? Currently, we have a local server on the remote office which the users in that office connect to. We want them to be able to

Re: [plug] transferring telco's (DSL)

Thanks to you and Jarris... I was bracing myself for that "violent" reaction against considering PLDT, actually. jan gestre wrote: > considering pldt? good luck! hehe, kidding aside you need not maintain > two isp's just have the transition done on a weekend or on off-peak > hours, dns propagati

[plug] transferring telco's (DSL)

Hi, all. We are getting fed up by the speed we're getting from our current DSL provider, so we're considering subscribing to PLDT's MyDSL BIZ instead. Problem is, how do we transfer smoothly if we have a DNS (bind), a web server and email server on a domain (.com) registered via modwest.com? We'

Re: [plug] Weird Sort

Don't you mean "LEADING" whitespace? Not nitpicking, but this is a technical discussion group so we must be accurate. I insist because before I read the man page for sort, I experimented on TRAILING whitespace and got correct results. Then when I've already composed my initial draft of this mess

Re: [plug] Recommended Pinoy Linux Parts, July 2007

Orlando Andico wrote: > gmail is tossing a lot of PLUG mail in the spam these days... > So I noticed. I've already pressed DELETE ALL messages from SPAM Folder when I noticed that there were a few mails on the first page that shouldn't be in the spam folder! Fortunately, I stopped it in time.

Re: [plug] Recommended Pinoy Linux Parts, July 2007

A bit of a late reply, because Orly's message was tossed into gmail's spam folder. (Bad gmail!) I think we need to qualify these statements a bit. Orlando Andico wrote: > Even if your P/S is very high power, it won't draw much power if your > parts are not sucking that power. I posted a similar

Re: [plug] Recommended Pinoy Linux Parts, July 2007

Hindi ba kaya ionizers yun? Gabriel H. Mercado wrote: > On 7/22/07, *eric rosel* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > --- "Gabriel H. Mercado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > I have an observation you might find helpful. At >

Re: [plug] GLIBC Libraries Upgrade: Is it advisable

Ambrosio Berdijo wrote: > Lastly, some reasons why people still run old Linux/BSD/Unix systems. > > 1. Why change when everything is running well. Why risk upgrading to > the latest/greatest kernel when firewall/router/dns/email system is > already secured and running well. It may even be riskier m

Re: [plug] linux on ultra sparc

Alvin Delagon wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong is DB-25 Cable same as the Parallel Port > cable? I kinda remember buying one in Alexan to interface with > Parallel port. That depends on the connector (plug). if it's MALE, it's a Parallel Port cable. if FEMALE, it's for the Serial Port. __

Re: [plug] FOSS based Bundy Clock?

I've worked mostly with Symbol-brand scanners, and they send the characters INDIVIDUALLY, but very quickly. I know because my program processes individual "keystrokes". J R wrote: > as far as i know and with barcode scanners i have worked with, it acts > as a keyboard. can either be plug thru PS/

Re: [plug] FOSS based Bundy Clock?

I don't know if it's the rule, but all the barcode scanners I've seen just hijack the PS/2 keyboard cable and so they send the codes as if you've typed them on the keyboard, albeit a lot faster. This thread has also got me thinking I should just use this approach instead of biometric (is that the

Re: [plug] GSM Modem problem

Hi, Roger. Rogelio Serrano wrote: > On 3/31/07, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Please help. I'm trying to set up an SMS gateway using Kannel, PlaySMS, >> and an iTegno WM-1080+ GSM modem. Everything looks fine except that >> Kannel seems to have tr

[plug] GSM Modem problem

Hi, all. Please help. I'm trying to set up an SMS gateway using Kannel, PlaySMS, and an iTegno WM-1080+ GSM modem. Everything looks fine except that Kannel seems to have trouble communicating with the gsm modem. dmesg says: - usbserial.c: USB Serial support registere

[plug] Thunderbird secure authentication

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Why is there a separate checkbox for "Use Secure Authentication" in Thunderbird account settings (Server Settings -> Security Settings -> Use Secure Connection)? Does that mean that the authentication part is not secure even when using SSL/TLS? -

Re: [plug] Re: mysql migration

Ariz Jacinto wrote: ->Almost 100% InnoDB. ~100%? even if some of the tables are not really being used for transactions? (just a mere lookup table). i hope you don't mind me asking but kindly review the storage engines of all the tables that the application is using . Hmmm... sounds like it's a

Re: mysql migration (was Re: [plug] Communism and the GPL)

Hi, Tiger. On 12/22/06, Tiger Quimpo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 16:49 +0800, Jun Martin wrote: > Now can you tell me why selecting data from a few tables in a mysql > database (being used daily by tellers posting payments and new bills > getting posted b

Re: mysql migration (was Re: [plug] Communism and the GPL)

Johann Tagle wrote: Alternative to mysqldump, (since it is actually slow since an insert statement is formed for every row on a table), take a look at the SELECT INTO and LOAD DATA syntax of MySQL. For big tables, I use mysqldump just to get the SQL to create the tables and indexes then execu

Re: mysql migration (was Re: [plug] Communism and the GPL)

Thanks, Michael. Now can you tell me why selecting data from a few tables in a mysql database (being used daily by tellers posting payments and new bills getting posted by the thousands daily) usually takes 20 minutes but takes only 4 minutes when the mysql service has been restarted less than

Re: [plug] Communism and the GPL

Hello, everyone. I believe this topic should be transferred to plug-misc already... Oh, to be on topic, may I ask for suggestions on how BEST (fastest and safest) to migrate mysql data from version 4.0 to 5.0? Thank you. _ Philippine Linux User

Re: [plug] MySQL DOUBLE Data type

Miguel A Paraz wrote: On 12/18/06, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This does mean that it will take up 8 bytes no matter how I define the DOUBLE field (within limits), right? Yes, floating point numbers (in any db or programming language) occupy a constant number of bytes. Thanks,

[plug] MySQL DOUBLE Data type

Hi, folks. In MYSQL, will a field defined as "double(11,2)" take up as much disk space as one declared "double(23,2)"? I can't seem to find explicit documentation on this query, I see only that DOUBLE takes up 8 BYTES. This does mean that it will take up 8 bytes no matter how I define the DOU

Re: [plug] RFC: Web-Based Forum for PLUG Community

I have the same feedback as Mike T. here... (I prefer the mailing list) Michael Tinsay wrote: I would prefer PLUG remain as a mailing list rather than a Bulletin Board. E-mail is more convenient for, as I use my yahoo mailbox as an "aggregator" of all mailing lists I'm subscribed to -- this

Re: [plug] Re: Send Email from SMS

AFAIK, Globe allows up to 100KB for MMS. Hence, the 11-second limit on built-in video recorders in the early cellphone models. I wonder if Globe uses Linux/FOSS? Daniel Escasa wrote: For one, there are still phones out there with only the basic SMS. For another -- and I have to do some arithm

Re: [plug] VPN design from a newbie's point of view

Hi, Dido. Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla wrote: Can anyone help me design a simple vpn solution, say I'm connecting a certain office from MLA to HK, using open source? or any ideas? Depends. If both ends are GNU/Linux based, the simplest way would be to use OpenVPN [1]. However, IPsec is still t

Re: [plug] apache/php GET prevention

lient On 8/3/06, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Oh, well, maybe my eyes were too tired already. Hehe. Now that I checked again, it does show only the output.  Tsk.  I need a vacation.  Now I gotta recall where I saved that double-dolphin stress checker image... Jun Martin Regis

Re: [plug] apache/php GET prevention

reter. Jun Martin Registered Linux User # 328475 http://counter.li.org _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Arch

Re: [plug] apache/php GET prevention

HI, Roger. At 04:47 PM 8-2-2006, you wrote: On 8/2/06, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  How do I prevent others from being able to download my *.php files from my web server (apache 1.x) thru telnet or other means? Close the telnet server. Uhm, it *is* closed, but "telnet 80&q

[plug] apache/php GET prevention

Hello, all. How do I prevent others from being able to download my *.php files from my web server (apache 1.x) thru telnet or other means? Jun Martin Registered Linux User # 328475 http://counter.li.org _ Philippine Linux Users' Group

Re: [plug] reminder when replying to digests

st to submit a request to the list admin. Jun Martin Registered Linux User # 328475 http://counter.li.org _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org

Re: [plug] MySQL

. No experience with mssql though.   I believe the OpenSource version is as stable as the commercial version.  Vulnerability to SQL injection should be prevented on the application.  After all, the DB server will only do what you ask it to. HTH, Jun Martin Registered Linux User # 328475 http

Re: [plug] Re: The "linux-advanced" list suggestion

t the first time they replied! The other posters here are right, newbies don't know any better, and they know *ONLY* of plug.  They have no idea, usually, that there exists a plug-newbies list, so they post in the plug list first.  I know, coz the same thing happened to me, too, 2 years ago.

[plug] CentOS 4.2 slow with built-in video on ECS board

maybe even other distros) on the same kind (or series -- GASP!) of mobo. Jun Martin Registered Linux User # 328475 http://counter.li.org _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net

Re: [plug] good partitioning practice

ith mount options partition with: /  (don't put this in a volume if you don't want to use a rescue CD) swap (no rule to follow just size em up according to your workset) /tmp (own mount partition or tmpfs or /tmp -> /dev/shm ) /var /usr /home /anythingelseyouwant /

[plug] help on MySQL

and APPEND new records. Your insights will be much appreciated.  Thanks very much. Jun Martin Registered Linux User # 328475 http://counter.li.org _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.n