Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread drew wymore
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Larry Brigman > wrote: > >> >> If you are seeing the list of negotiation rates drop in failed mode >> then to be able to >> check this while the system is up will require the network to be down >> an

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Larry Brigman wrote: > > If you are seeing the list of negotiation rates drop in failed mode > then to be able to > check this while the system is up will require the network to be down > and at least the associated > network driver for the card to be rmmod to

Re: [PLUG] Do I need more RAM?y

2010-01-20 Thread Tim
> I don't think you can tell much from this output because of the usage > of the disk cache. You would need to run a command like "ps fauxw" and > examine the memory usage of individual processes. I concur. Look at what is actually using memory on your system, try to figure out why it needs so m

Re: [PLUG] Do I need more RAM?y

2010-01-20 Thread Mike Connors
Carlos Konstanski wrote: > I don't think you can tell much from this output because of the usage > of the disk cache. You would need to run a command like "ps fauxw" and > examine the memory usage of individual processes. > > Carlos Carlos is spot on! The other question you should ask yourself is

Re: [PLUG] Do I need more RAM?

2010-01-20 Thread Tim Wescott
Mark Phillips wrote: > I have a Zope/Plone 2.5 web site running on Debian on a Linode virtual host. > It has grown over the last few years, and now I need to add some more disk > space. The site is for a school newspaper, so from August - June, students > add news articles and photos. > > I was als

Re: [PLUG] Do I need more RAM?y

2010-01-20 Thread Carlos Konstanski
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, Mark Phillips wrote: > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:37:57 -0700 > From: Mark Phillips > Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;civil and on-topic" > > To: Phoenix Linux Users , > Portland Linux Users Group > Subject: [PLUG] Do I need more RAM? > > I hav

[PLUG] Do I need more RAM?

2010-01-20 Thread Mark Phillips
I have a Zope/Plone 2.5 web site running on Debian on a Linode virtual host. It has grown over the last few years, and now I need to add some more disk space. The site is for a school newspaper, so from August - June, students add news articles and photos. I was also looking at the output of top,

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Larry Brigman
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Mike Connors wrote: >> drew wymore wrote: >>> I think route -n is what I was thinking of. So disregard what I wrote. >>> Ok .. so next thing I'm thinking of is that the PK5000 according to >>> the docs I pu

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Mike Connors wrote: > drew wymore wrote: >> I think route -n is what I was thinking of. So disregard what I wrote. >> Ok .. so next thing I'm thinking of is that the PK5000 according to >> the docs I pulled up is 10/100BaseT and since you have a Gigabit NIC, >> I'm

Re: [PLUG] Virus Software

2010-01-20 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:52:18 -0800 "Scott Howard" dijo: >I remember using an opensource linux based program burned to a CD to >search an virus infected windows hard drive. The program identified >and isolated the viruses. Anybody know the program? There are several listed here that claim to fi

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Larry Brigman
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:32 PM, drew wymore wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Denis Heidtmann > wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:43 PM, jen montserrat >> wrote: >>> Have you tried using another patch cable, just to rule out the possibility >>> of it being the network cable?  If this

Re: [PLUG] PLUG AT Tonight at 7PM! HA Failover

2010-01-20 Thread Larry Brigman
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Michael Dexter wrote: > > Hello all, > > I don't know if Alan got a formal announcement out but... Is someone going to record this and post it as a podcast? I cannot be there tonight but I am very interested in the topic. > > Plug Advanced Topics is scheduled f

Re: [PLUG] Virus Software

2010-01-20 Thread Mike Connors
Scott Howard wrote: > I remember using an opensource linux based program burned to a CD to > search an virus infected windows hard drive. The program identified and > isolated the viruses. Anybody know the program? Sounds like 'ClamWin' to me, maybe...? http://humanlinux.blogspot.com/2009/04/ope

Re: [PLUG] Virus Software

2010-01-20 Thread jen montserrat
avira rescue disc? http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Scott Howard wrote: > I remember using an opensource linux based program burned to a CD to > search an virus infected windows hard drive. The program identified and > isola

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Mike Connors
drew wymore wrote: > I think route -n is what I was thinking of. So disregard what I wrote. > Ok .. so next thing I'm thinking of is that the PK5000 according to > the docs I pulled up is 10/100BaseT and since you have a Gigabit NIC, > I'm starting to lean towards a negotiation error of some sort o

Re: [PLUG] Virus Software

2010-01-20 Thread Jim Beckett
Scott Howard wrote: > I remember using an opensource linux based program burned to a CD to > search an virus infected windows hard drive. The program identified and > isolated the viruses. Anybody know the program? > > Scott Howard > ___ > PLUG mailing

Re: [PLUG] Virus Software

2010-01-20 Thread drew wymore
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Scott Howard wrote: > I remember using an opensource linux based program burned to a CD to > search an virus infected windows hard drive.  The program identified and > isolated the viruses.  Anybody know the program? > > Scott Howard > _

[PLUG] Virus Software

2010-01-20 Thread Scott Howard
I remember using an opensource linux based program burned to a CD to search an virus infected windows hard drive. The program identified and isolated the viruses. Anybody know the program? Scott Howard ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread drew wymore
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:32 PM, drew wymore wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Denis Heidtmann >> wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:43 PM, jen montserrat >>> wrote: Have you tried using another patch cable, just to rule

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:32 PM, drew wymore wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Denis Heidtmann > wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:43 PM, jen montserrat >> wrote: >>> Have you tried using another patch cable, just to rule out the possibility >>> of it being the network cable?  If this

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread drew wymore
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:43 PM, jen montserrat > wrote: >> Have you tried using another patch cable, just to rule out the possibility >> of it being the network cable?  If this is a wireless interface, please >> ignore this post > > I hav

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:43 PM, jen montserrat wrote: > Have you tried using another patch cable, just to rule out the possibility > of it being the network cable?  If this is a wireless interface, please > ignore this post I have tried two different cables. I intend to try a third when the fai

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread jen montserrat
Have you tried using another patch cable, just to rule out the possibility of it being the network cable? If this is a wireless interface, please ignore this post On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Mike Connors wrote: > > drew wymore wro

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Mike Connors wrote: > drew wymore wrote: >> Would love to try what you suggest, except I do not understand.  Is >> this something that I can do when the network is in the failed state? > Okay, so let me see if I got this straight? Networking only fails upon > bootu

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:22 AM, drew wymore wrote: > I'm not home right now to check. But Google mii-tool. Try it when the > network barfs > Nice idea, but: sudo mii-tool -v SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported no MII interfaces found According to the man page I think this me

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Mike Connors
drew wymore wrote: > Would love to try what you suggest, except I do not understand. Is > this something that I can do when the network is in the failed state? Okay, so let me see if I got this straight? Networking only fails upon bootup and when it doesn't work you can't ping the router and you

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread drew wymore
I'm not home right now to check. But Google mii-tool. Try it when the network barfs On Jan 20, 2010 10:15 AM, "Denis Heidtmann" wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:02 AM, drew wymore wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 ... Would love to try what you suggest, except I do not understand. Is this somethi

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Larry Williams wrote: > Denis Heidtmann wrote: >> The only observation I can report is >> that when the network is up ethtool eth0 has an entry "1000baseT/Full" >> under "Advertised link modes" that is absent when the network is down. >> > Have you tried a differe

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:02 AM, drew wymore wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Denis Heidtmann > wrote: >>  My network problem continues. Here is as concise a description as I can >> muster: >> >> 1) New PK5000 Quest DSL router cabled to my desktop, my only computer. >> 2) Typically I p

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Larry Williams
Denis Heidtmann wrote: > The only observation I can report is > that when the network is up ethtool eth0 has an entry "1000baseT/Full" > under "Advertised link modes" that is absent when the network is down. > Have you tried a different computer, or at least a different NIC?

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread drew wymore
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: >  My network problem continues. Here is as concise a description as I can > muster: > > 1) New PK5000 Quest DSL router cabled to my desktop, my only computer. > 2) Typically I power both the router and the desktop down and up a few > times

[PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-20 Thread Denis Heidtmann
My network problem continues. Here is as concise a description as I can muster: 1) New PK5000 Quest DSL router cabled to my desktop, my only computer. 2) Typically I power both the router and the desktop down and up a few times a day. 3) Failure means that pings to the router at 192.168.0.1 go un

Re: [PLUG] Recommended wifi router for OpenWRT?

2010-01-20 Thread drew wymore
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "Daniel" == Daniel Pape writes: > > Scott> I'd like to pick up a wifi router that I can run the latest > Scott> release of OpenWRT on, which has plenty of flash space for > Scott> experimentation. Can someone suggest a specific model a

Re: [PLUG] Recommended wifi router for OpenWRT?

2010-01-20 Thread Russell Senior
> "Mike" == Mike Connors writes: Russell> [3] http://meraki.com/ (they have interesting technology, but Russell> their business model morphed into something I no longer Russell> like... I don't recommend them) Mike> Wow! It seems like you were espousing the benefits of the Meraki Mike> produ

[PLUG] PLUG AT Tonight at 7PM! HA Failover

2010-01-20 Thread Michael Dexter
Hello all, I don't know if Alan got a formal announcement out but... Plug Advanced Topics is scheduled for Tonight, Wednesday the 20th at Roots Organic Brewery at 1520 SE 7th, a block from SE Hawthorn. Dwight Hubbard of Effective Automation Solutions will give a presentation entitled: Automate