[PLUG] Xlib and displaying same image twice.

2017-09-19 Thread Michael Robinson
I have a simple Xlib program that displays a PNG file without a border or title bar on the X display. I need to display the image dead center on the screen and about 50-100 pixels to the right. How do I display the image twice and how do I control the location of the two images? This is a

[PLUG] Xlib.

2017-09-15 Thread Michael Robinson
Hello pluggers, I need to take a demo program that displays a PNG file via Xlib and modify the output. It is a C program, not C# or C++. Has xlib been replaced by xcb? I'm developing this for an HDMI projector hooked to a Raspberry Pi 3 model B. Preferably, I don't want to pull out cairo or

[PLUG] Raspberry Pi 2

2017-08-06 Thread Michael Robinson
Do I need a physical Raspberry Pi 2 to test software developed for it that doesn't compile on the Raspberry Pi 3 or is there a way on my AMD based 64 bit Fedora 26 system to emulate a Raspberry Pi 2? Of course the proprietary software in question which I will not describe in any detail, don't

[PLUG] CentOS 7 iso too big to burn...

2017-03-31 Thread Michael Robinson
The CentOS 7 iso is 7.8 gigs. My DVD-R media tops out at about half that. The server I'm trying to upgrade would have to use an external DVD drive in order to upgrade from a DVD. I am trying to upgrade from CentOS 6.8 to CentOS 7.3. I want to install CentOS 7.3 on a newly installed and unused

[PLUG] Linux replace PS/2???

2016-11-08 Thread Michael Robinson
I have a Play station II that isn't modified. It's the fat variety, not a slim one. I've found via Newegg a USB adapter that supports the stock PS/2 controllers. Wonderful, but how do I get PCSX2 installed on Fedora 24 and how do I get my saved games from PS/2 memory cards to USB thumb

[PLUG] Lotus 123 gone...

2016-09-24 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm migrating my father from Windows 98SE to Windows 7 32 bit edition. To prepare for this, I've copied all of his Jazz disks as best I could to an SSD and to a slackware based file server. I also copied all of his zip disks to the same fileserver and SSD. If the Iomega drives have to

Re: [PLUG] Net Responsibility.

2016-08-19 Thread Michael Robinson
I can't register. The email it says it will send to me never gets sent. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] New error in X...

2010-03-20 Thread Michael Robinson
X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error) Major opcode of failed request: 65 (X_PolyLine) Serial number of failed request: 11 Current serial number in output stream: 12 I get this any time I try to run dirkdashing, RickRocket,

[PLUG] Kernel trouble...

2010-03-18 Thread Michael Robinson
I am trying to compile an NFS root kernel and tag it with mkelf-linux. The kernel version is 2.6.30.2. I am getting an error trying to PXE boot that the kernel image checksum does not match another checksum. My mkelf-linux invocation is: mkelf-linux --output=linux-2.6.30.2-nfsroot.gz --ip=dhcp

[PLUG] Trouble with siliconhd homerun network tuner...

2010-03-16 Thread Michael Robinson
I can get it to work with a 2.4 Ghz P4 and 512 megs of ram on a CentOS system no problem. On my Windows XP 3.06 Ghz P4, 1.5 gigs of ram, I can only get television streaming to work in an administrator account. I used tweakxp.exe and then uninstalled it because it is only free for 30 days. The

[PLUG] Network boot link died...

2010-03-09 Thread Michael Robinson
I have 100 feet of Cat 5e UTP cable wired from my server running into an attic area. After that, a crossover coupler and 90 feet of Cat5e STP cable follows. The client computer has a 100 mbps Netgear Fa311, but the server is limited to 10 mbps because I historically could not get a stable link

Re: [PLUG] Network boot link died...

2010-03-09 Thread Michael Robinson
On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 19:33 -0800, Neal wrote: Um, er, when we discussed this back in December it was pointed out that the total cabling limit for 100BASE-CX and 1000BASE-CX (STP) is 82 feet. Since you're also running an additional 100' of UTP in that segment you're pushing your luck even

[PLUG] Linux from scratch...

2010-02-28 Thread Michael Robinson
I finished getting a Linux from scratch system working. A few things missing, there is no netstat command, no ifconfig command, and no dns/dhcp commands. Pulled out my bash book and played a bit with the shell prompt. I don't know how to set the hostname, so the host name comes up as (none). I

[PLUG] C question...

2010-02-26 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm trying to write a simple C program to open a text file with temperature data in it, extract the highest, the lowest, and the last temperature, and write that information to another text file. How in C do I verify that the files I'm working with are text files? Specifically since I don't allow

[PLUG] GCC community and ReactOS community...

2010-02-24 Thread Michael Robinson
Is it true that the ReactOS community has made a number of requests for functionality additions to GCC that only make sense in a Windows environment? Is it true that the GCC developers say no a lot to the ReactOS developers? Considering that talking about using an open source compiler and open

[PLUG] ReactOS forum posting priviledges suspended

2010-02-24 Thread Michael Robinson
http://web.robinson-west.com/reactos.php Apparently, asking that ReactOS be built using open source compilers and open source tools is unacceptable behavior. I don't buy the ReactOS community argument that GCC is a Linux only compiler. A first for me, I got accused of being against the poor

[PLUG] Streaming audio with ices and icecast2...

2010-02-21 Thread Michael Robinson
My ices-alsa.xml file that is supposed to configure capture of audio from line in on my SB AWE 64 ISA sound card is attached. One thing I'm confused about are the authentication directives. Another area of trouble is that I'm trying to run ices and icecast via a non root user. This works for

Re: [PLUG] Streaming audio with ices and icecast2...

2010-02-21 Thread Michael Robinson
Darn attachment stripping plug list... I'm pasting the xml file contents into the body of this reply. Unfortunately, the lines are breaking in funny places. ?xml version=1.0? ices !-- run in background -- background1/background !-- where logs go. -- logpath/var/log/ices/logpath

Re: [PLUG] GCC verses Visual Studio...

2010-02-19 Thread Michael Robinson
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 15:59 -0800, Robert Miesen wrote: Based on my understanding of the Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition EULA http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Visual%20Studio_2008%20Standard%20Edition_English_4c240268-8ee9-4cf3-96cf-3bd5ef02a81f.pdf, there shouldn't be

[PLUG] ATI Radeon HD 3450 Linux...

2010-02-18 Thread Michael Robinson
Anyone have direct experience with one of these in CentOS or Slackware? I'm trying to download something called the catalyst driver from AMD. I've noticed that X is too slow since I've switch from my old Radeon without HDMI port to this one. Is it normal to plug in both the HDMI port and the

[PLUG] GCC verses Visual Studio...

2010-02-17 Thread Michael Robinson
Is it true that Mozilla Firefox for Windows is commonly compiled using Microsoft's Visual Studio? If that is the case, I suspect a legal problem. The ReactOS project insists on supporting Microsoft Visual C compilation over mingw(GCC) compilation! Two things get thrown in your face if you

[PLUG] Need to make a graph in OO Calc...

2010-02-14 Thread Michael Robinson
I have temperature values in Kelvin corresponding to vapor pressure values in kPa's. I need to graph natural_log(vapor pressure) as Y and (1/temperature) for the X axis. How do I do this in Openoffice Calc???I should end up with a straight line, but I probably won't. A problem is that my

[PLUG] HDhomerun and P4s...

2010-02-12 Thread Michael Robinson
Has anyone on here successfully streamed from a Silicondust HDhomerun network based tuner to a Pentium 4 system? I'm wondering if upgrading from a 512 meg 2.4 Ghz P4 to a 512 meg 3.06 Ghz P4 will make a big difference or if I'm going to need a multi core machine? I got the network tuner thinking

[PLUG] How about this video card...

2010-02-12 Thread Michael Robinson
ATI Radeon HD 3450 512MB DDR2 AGP 8X/4X DVI+HDTV+VGA Video Graphics Card for HDTV playback on my Pentium IV system? Does this card have the MPEG processing capability that I need? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] HDhomerun and P4s...

2010-02-12 Thread Michael Robinson
First, a RAM upgrade from 512MB to 1GB or more would more than likely be of more benefit than a slight CPU upgrade within the same CPU class (as in staying with P4 instead of upgrading to newer generation). Second, you don't mention what kind of video hardware you have, a beefier GPU may

Re: [PLUG] Want to build a Linux based PVR...

2010-02-05 Thread Michael Robinson
On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 12:31 -0800, Bryan Green wrote: Here's another option. A friend of mine used a prior model of this card for his home theater PC. It's likely one I will use in the future. http://www.pchdtv.com I'm hoping to get a USB based tuner, but it looks like these are more than

[PLUG] How about this for a tuner?

2010-02-05 Thread Michael Robinson
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16815327005 The beauty of this product is that it appears to be everything compatible and it can add digital television to an entire computer network. The downsides are the high cost and apparently it doesn't do hardware based MPEG translation.

Re: [PLUG] Want to build a Linux based PVR...

2010-02-05 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm trying option 4, use a network based tuner that is compatible with Linux and Windows and Mac OSX. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Want to build a Linux based PVR...

2010-02-05 Thread Michael Robinson
On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 14:25 -0800, Jim Beckett wrote: Michael Robinson wrote: I'm trying option 4, use a network based tuner that is compatible with Linux and Windows and Mac OSX. Michael, I see in the other message thread, I see that you are looking at this device: http

Re: [PLUG] Want to build a Linux based PVR...

2010-02-05 Thread Michael Robinson
Stupid question, why do you need a gigahertz or better computer to run a tuner card that simply allows you to display the play station II's analog low definition output on your screen? The play station II, if I'm not mistaken, is only a 300 mhz computer. I can possibly upgrade my 450 mhz PIII to

[PLUG] Want to build a Linux based PVR...

2010-02-03 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm having a hard time figuring out what the market is like right now. I'm looking for a PCI card or I suppose a USB based tuner will also work. Of course, I want a card that works with Linux. I have a Play Station II that I want to hook up to the computer. I guess the alternative is finding a

Re: [PLUG] Pine

2010-01-26 Thread Michael Robinson
On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 14:56 -0800, Joe Pruett wrote: the option you want to change is the rsh-open-timeout. set it to 0 and it should stop trying rsh. Yes, that seems to fix the problem. I also went ahead and set ssh something to 0. As far as the alpine suggestion, I am not using pine for

[PLUG] Fedora Core 1 mail problems...

2010-01-18 Thread Michael Robinson
It appears to be pre dovecot and it uses a package called imapd. Unfortunately, I have no idea where the home directory for imap mail folders is set. Pine has no problem, it doesn't seem to try and access imap folders other than the inbox. Evolution on the other hand lists every file in the

[PLUG] Pine and imap...

2010-01-17 Thread Michael Robinson
I have a private lan where I set 2 hosts up as postfix relays with local transport disabled. I'm trying to set pine up to use imap to access messages routed to dodo for this network from these hosts. In pine, I pressed 'S' followed by 'C' and entered the following

[PLUG] Visopsys...

2010-01-17 Thread Michael Robinson
I just found out about this alternative operating system where the major advantage appears to be an excellent partition magic like partitioning tool. It is primarily a one man project and it looks like he intends to keep it that way. Visopsys stands for visual operating system. It looks like

[PLUG] Getting around junk sound card...

2010-01-02 Thread Michael Robinson
I have a motherboard from an old Monorail system with a built in Monorail 3D Audio sound card. It is an ISA card supposedly. I can't use it under Linux, I turn the card on in the bios and the next thing I know I'm getting an OOPS message when I try to load Slackware. I don't have a dos driver

Re: [PLUG] Getting around junk sound card...

2010-01-02 Thread Michael Robinson
On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 19:48 -0800, wes wrote: I've looked closely at the mobo thinking I can slip in a compatible sound card to get around this issue. No dice. The board only has 2 PCI slots, 1 AGP slot, and 1 ISA slot. Short of converting this SCSI based system to an IDE based one

Re: [PLUG] Linux and driver blues...

2009-12-31 Thread Michael Robinson
, 2009-12-31 at 00:33 -0800, Mike Connors wrote: Michael Robinson wrote: On the ReactOS forums, it has been suggested that Linux lacks a coherent driver model so that every driver has to be ported every time a new kernel comes out. Is this true? It has been suggested that Linux doesn't do

[PLUG] Linux and driver blues...

2009-12-30 Thread Michael Robinson
I have qc-usb-0.6.6 source code from Sourceforge for my cheap web cam and it works with the 2.6.10 kernel, but I don't think it works with any later 2.6.x kernel. On the ReactOS forums, it has been suggested that Linux lacks a coherent driver model so that every driver has to be ported every time

[PLUG] Alsa problems...

2009-12-29 Thread Michael Robinson
I can't select my sound card in alsaconf because alsaconf doesn't list it even though I know I have a module for it. I have a DR sound ISA sound card or I guess an OPTi931 sound card. ad...@condor:~$ ls alsa/ alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/ alsa-lib-1.0.9rc4.tar.bz2 alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a.tar.bz2

Re: [PLUG] Troubleshooting DHCP...

2009-12-28 Thread Michael Robinson
On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 01:12 -0800, Mike Connors wrote: Michael Robinson wrote: I wonder if being a switch it was blocking the dhcp replies? Switches don't block broadcast protocols like DHCP. Routers do and if DHCP traffic has to traverse a different network than a DHCP proxy must

Re: [PLUG] Troubleshooting DHCP...

2009-12-28 Thread Michael Robinson
On a hunch after verifying that it still works when I use a 10Mbit hub, I replaced the hub with a crossover coupler. That is, I used something that is almost equivalent to a 100Mbit hub with 2 ports. It isn't working where I'm seeing the same symptoms. What could be making this work at 10Mbit

Re: [PLUG] Troubleshooting DHCP...

2009-12-28 Thread Michael Robinson
On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 15:28 -0800, Mike Connors wrote: Michael Robinson wrote: I'm wondering if the Cat5 STP cable is having problems. If I were working on this problem, the 1st thing I'd do is use the ethtool command to look at the physical Ethernet statistics on both sides. If there's

[PLUG] NFSROOT problems...

2009-12-28 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm trying to create a new kernel to boot from. The old kernel has ACPI support and it is locking up on boot. I'm trying to compile a 2.6.27.39 kernel and the bzImage file is too big. I need it to be 1.4 megs or smaller where I'm 200k too big. Is there any way around this limitation that

[PLUG] FVX538 and IP assignments...

2009-12-27 Thread Michael Robinson
The FVX538 has a DHCP server and it works okay, but the addressing scheme is a random one. Uge! Is there any way to fix the IP addresses and still assign them from the FVX 538? Can the FVX 538 support dynamic DNS updating so I can name the darn addresses regardless of what they happen to be

Re: [PLUG] Troubleshooting DHCP...

2009-12-27 Thread Michael Robinson
On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 21:13 -0800, Daniel Johnson wrote: The other diskless machine on another nic off of the same server, dodo, boots just fine by the way. Is something obviously wrong in my dhcp config file or am I looking at a problem with the switch? DHCP worked when I was using a

[PLUG] Logitech MK700 Linux...

2009-12-26 Thread Michael Robinson
I got a wireless desktop keyboard and mouse for Christmas. I'm wondering if it is at all possible to map the special keys under Linux? The scroll lock doesn't seem to work. The keyboard is designed for Windows XP and later, typical. Logitech really should consider Linux support.

[PLUG] Double NAT...

2009-12-24 Thread Michael Robinson
First off, Merry Christmas everyone. I am looking at the double nat howto and admittedly I am having trouble following it. Any help would be appreciated. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Double NAT...

2009-12-24 Thread Michael Robinson
On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 17:31 -0800, Mike Connors wrote: Michael Robinson wrote: First off, Merry Christmas everyone. I am looking at the double nat howto and admittedly I am having trouble following it. Any help would be appreciated. Wheee, the joys of double NAT! Which how-to are you

Re: [PLUG] Routing problem...?SOLVED?

2009-12-23 Thread Michael Robinson
If I do: ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 and even if I do: ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth2 via 192.168.4.2 metric 2 this seems to get things working. Even the marking of packets seems to be working. One would assume you don't need a route in the main table, but I

Re: [PLUG] Routing problem...

2009-12-22 Thread Michael Robinson
what DOES happen when the destination is 192.168.1.0/24? Can you provide a traceroute? I don't know what table 3 means, but I'm pretty sure that if it doesn't show up in ip route list it's not going to be effective. From the ip(8) man page: ... Route tables: Linux-2.x can pack routes

[PLUG] HELP ;-) Can't get routing table to work...

2009-12-22 Thread Michael Robinson
I am missing something. I have been googling for hours to no avail. [r...@dodo firewall]# ip route list 192.168.4.16/28 via 192.168.4.2 dev eth2 192.168.4.0/28 dev eth2 scope link 192.168.5.0/28 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.5.2 192.168.3.0/28 dev eth0 proto kernel scope

[PLUG] Routing problem...

2009-12-21 Thread Michael Robinson
[r...@dodo firewall]# ip route list 192.168.4.16/28 via 192.168.4.2 dev eth2 192.168.4.0/28 dev eth2 scope link 192.168.5.0/28 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.5.2 192.168.3.0/28 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.3.1 192.168.4.48/28 via 192.168.4.2 dev eth2

Re: [PLUG] Comments on double NAT...

2009-12-20 Thread Michael Robinson
On Sat, 2009-12-19 at 18:47 -0800, Mike Connors wrote: Michael Robinson wrote: Web, Goose, and Xerxes are gateway, mail server/proxy, gateway respectively. This is the original network's means of accessing the Net. I think this piece is complicating matters. It seems you've got multiple

[PLUG] Comments on double NAT...

2009-12-19 Thread Michael Robinson
http://www.iptables.org/documentation/HOWTO/netfilter-double-nat-HOWTO.html#toc6 I have a similar situation. One network via a VPN is on the 192.168.1.0/24 network and my locally wired network is on the 192.168.1.0/24 network as well. Let me try and draw a crude diagram of what is going on...

Re: [PLUG] Comments on double NAT...

2009-12-19 Thread Michael Robinson
I don't understand your network nor the logic behind it. It seems to me that either you don't understand networking very well or just love to design overly complicated networks for SGs. NAT was originally a hack to solve a very specific problem with the scarcity of IPv4 address space. There

Re: [PLUG] Comments on double NAT...

2009-12-19 Thread Michael Robinson
Okay, a couple of points: 1) The FVX 538 is implementing a parallel and independent way to access the Internet through a shared DSL modem on a bridged subnet. 2) Web, Goose, and Xerxes are gateway, mail server/proxy, gateway respectively. This is the original network's means of

Re: [PLUG] Nano 2 back ordered...

2009-12-14 Thread Michael Robinson
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 13:02 -0800, Russell Senior wrote: M I tried to order two of them thinking I can link them together M between the two buildings with WEP turned on. Well, turns out that M invictuswireless.com can't fill my order. I asked how long the M delay might be and if the shipping

[PLUG] Nano 2 back ordered...

2009-12-13 Thread Michael Robinson
I tried to order two of them thinking I can link them together between the two buildings with WEP turned on. Well, turns out that invictuswireless.com can't fill my order. I asked how long the delay might be and if the shipping charges can be reduced since it will take longer to get it to

[PLUG] What is POE?

2009-12-11 Thread Michael Robinson
Power over Ethernet and how is it implemented? I'm tempted to grab 2 Invictus wireless outdoor WAPS, but I'm concerned about what POE is since they use it. http://www.invictuswireless.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=NS2 ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Temperature and routers...

2009-12-09 Thread Michael Robinson
Some more info: 1: It is roughly 71 feet from the sidewalk pad in front of the pump house to the cantenna hanging on the side of the next building. 2: It is about 10' from the edge of the pad to where the linksys router is at. Figure 15' to be safe. 3: The straight line from AP

Re: [PLUG] Boot slackware 13 using loadlin...

2009-12-05 Thread Michael Robinson
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 22:36 -0800, drew wymore wrote: On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.comwrote: Has anyone gotten this to work? I have a serial ATA drive I wasn't using, so I decided to install freedos 1.0 in the first 500 megs and use the rest

[PLUG] Boot slackware 13 using loadlin...

2009-12-04 Thread Michael Robinson
Has anyone gotten this to work? I have a serial ATA drive I wasn't using, so I decided to install freedos 1.0 in the first 500 megs and use the rest of the drive to install Slackware 13. I was lazy, I told setup to install everything. Obviously, I didn't set lilo up because I intend to use

[PLUG] Linux Unified Kernel...

2009-12-03 Thread Michael Robinson
What do people know about this project? Apparently, the goal is to extend the Linux kernel so that it is possible to run some Windows programs natively. I found out about it checking on the ReactOS forums to see if anything positive had been posted. One of the complaints about Linux is that it

[PLUG] Need help with NET-SNMP

2009-12-03 Thread Michael Robinson
http://www.net-snmp.org I want to use it to catch and log snmp messages from my Linksys WAP11 version 2.6 wireless access point. I'm finding the instructions very hard to understand and there are some things I need to know that I don't know how to find. What version of snmp does my AP use? Is

Re: [PLUG] Transparent Proxying...

2009-12-02 Thread Michael Robinson
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:37 -0800, Aaron Burt wrote: On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:50:09PM -0800, Michael Robinson wrote: The redirect method: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -s $local -d ! $local --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080 doesn't seem to be the accepted way to proxy anymore

Re: [PLUG] Transparent Proxying... Resolved...

2009-12-02 Thread Michael Robinson
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 17:14 -0800, Aaron Burt wrote: On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 02:44:37PM -0800, Michael Robinson wrote: snip Yes I did search the web and quite frankly most HOWTOs I hit are old or they are for the 2.4 kernel. I think Mike got you the right answer, but iptables's basic

[PLUG] Trouble with 2.6.27.39 kernel...

2009-12-01 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm trying to replace a 2.6.10 kernel on a Slackware 10.1 system with a 2.6.27.39 kernel. Well, I think I have a usable initrd.gz and kernel now, but I haven't been able to boot successfully. In the old days, you used to say root=/dev/sda6 for example if that is the partition on your scsi disk

Re: [PLUG] Trouble with 2.6.27.39 kernel...

2009-12-01 Thread Michael Robinson
Grub and Lilo handle booting differently. These are the lines I have. I don't need an initrd so that line is omitted. image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/sda2 label = Linux read-only Did you run lilo -v after you compiled the new kernel and initrd? I believe make install when

[PLUG] kernel problem mystery...

2009-12-01 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm still having trouble getting 2.6.27.39 to work with SLackware 10.1. My initrd is created with this invocation: mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.27.39 -m scsi_transport_api:aic7:jbd:ext3 I tried unzipping and mounting the initrd image, the modules are there. Looking in modules.dep I don't notice any

[PLUG] RTL8180L Card...

2009-11-30 Thread Michael Robinson
Doing a cat /proc/pci my Zonet PCI wireless card comes up as a RealTek 8180L card. Note the L, I think it means that this card is quite different from some other 8180 series cards. I have a free driver from sourceforge that works on 2.6 kernels, but I'm noticing that it isn't perfect.

[PLUG] Transparent Proxying...

2009-11-30 Thread Michael Robinson
seems to be done differently in the 2.6 kernel world. The redirect method: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -s $local -d ! $local --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080 doesn't seem to be the accepted way to proxy anymore and it doesn't seem to work either. So what level of the 2.6 kernel does one

[PLUG] Linksys WAP11 and SNMP...

2009-11-29 Thread Michael Robinson
Looking at the bottom of my router, it is version 2.6. I downloaded, compiled, and installed net-snmp-5.5 from sourceforge. I haven't a clue what the answers are when I do snmpconfig. I haven't a clue if I'll be able to run snmptrapd and actually capture information from the Linksys. For some

[PLUG] Upgrading kernel on nfs root system...

2009-11-23 Thread Michael Robinson
I am running Slackware 10.1 and a 2.6.10 kernel. I'm trying to compile the source for 2.6.27, though I wonder if this kernel will work on this version of Slackware??? I think I left out transparent proxy support on the existing kernel. Is there a way to check? For some reason, it looks like

[PLUG] Upgrade nfs root system...

2009-11-23 Thread Michael Robinson
Is there a slick way to install a newer version of slackware to my nfs root system? I don't really want to go to the trouble of temporarily dropping in a hard drive, taking it out, transferring the file system to the server, etcetera... It would be nice if the old version of slackware could

[PLUG] Cloning BattleTech I for Linux...

2009-11-20 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm working on a clone of Battletech I the Crescent Hawk's Inception put out by Infocom in the 80's. The clone is intended for Linux. So far, I'm starting very simple. I've created a text file where I am creating the dialogues for the training missions, etcetera. I want to add a few things of

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds...

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Robinson
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 14:09 -0800, Tim wrote: You never had any respect for me or anyone else who believes in something, so what is your point? Believing in something != belief in an imaginary omnipotent being Only you say God is imaginary Tim, but I know better. Linux probably would

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds Richard Stallman for Nobel Peace Prize

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Robinson
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 14:42 -0800, glen e. p. ropella wrote: I've (hopefully) planted the seed in a friend of mine who happens to be a professor of political science. And I'll try to do the same with a few other friends. I strongly believe that both of them should be nominated. Thanks for

Re: [PLUG] Why are PSU network services...

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Robinson
On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 10:04 -0800, Rob Saul wrote: m0gely wrote: Michael Robinson wrote: lots of stuff The bottom line here is you're unqualified to to make these statements. You don't know what you're talking about. At all. Not to mention the proper venue for this sort

Re: [PLUG] Response to Mogerly's threats...

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Robinson
On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 13:42 -0800, m0gely wrote: Michael Robinson wrote: lots more stuff Just stop already. This is sad. Every single person here understands this but you. You're welcome to post stuff that's related to Linux and Unix here. Not gripe about why /you/ don't understand why

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds...

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Robinson
On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 20:20 -0800, Bill Ensley wrote: has contributed nothing to world peace. He does not deserve a nobel peace prize. World peace comes from God where Linus if I am not mistaken is an atheist. He is incapable of experiencing world peace. As far as Linux producing

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds...

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Robinson
On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 20:52 -0800, Mark Turner wrote: On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: has contributed nothing to world peace. He does not deserve a nobel peace prize. SNIP If anything, Linus may have created a boost for atheism which

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds...

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Robinson
Go Linus! and if he wins, seriously, will he deserve it any less that Obama? (Not a flame war, I actually like him. He has a very hard job to do) -Bill Ensley www.bearprinting.com ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Robinson
As the main Linux user group associated with Linus' current residence, I think it's appropriate for the effort to start here. Thanks, Mike Linux is not a major invention, it is simply a free version of an existing one called Unix which had many flavors in the early 90s. I don't think Linus

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Robinson
On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 21:52 -0800, Dr. Terry L. Bonner wrote: I further suggest that we take this to other Linux groups in the United States and elsewhere, in an effort to get their support - and in the hope that they too will push for Linus' nomination. It's a good cause. And it

[PLUG] Mandriva verses what I use...

2009-11-10 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm a heavy CentOS user. The reality is, enterprise distributions of Linux like Slackware and CentOS tend be rock solid stable, but they aren't cutting edge. I wonder for example if a newer version of Crossover Linux Standard will support the mathematical fonts I need in Microsoft Word 2003

Re: [PLUG] Hulu and squid...

2009-11-10 Thread Michael Robinson
On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 07:44 -0800, Patrick J. Timlick wrote: Just in the interest of science, I just ran a Hulu SNL clip and monitored my PIII firewall with the program top. The processor was always above 98% idle; top often showed 100% idle. If memory serves, a PIII firewall can handle a

Re: [PLUG] Limiting Internet Access in Linux...

2009-11-08 Thread Michael Robinson
Wouldn't it be easier to put a transparent squid proxy upstream of the connection, rather than mucking with ugly iptables rules per user, etc? No, squid unfortunately doesn't always work. Try watching a movie on Hulu through a squid proxy. Another thing, I'm not sure how to configure squid to

[PLUG] Anti Linux attitude in ReactOS community...

2009-11-07 Thread Michael Robinson
Anyone know why there is such a strong anti Linux mentality in the ReactOS community? I simply asked that people not bad mouth Linux on the forums and got flamed intensely. I'll admit that my version of wine doesn't 100% support Microsoft Office 2003, though I wonder if a newer release of wine

Re: [PLUG] Laptop as Server?

2009-10-27 Thread Michael Robinson
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 00:05 -0700, Donkyhotay wrote: I had a friend that used a laptop as an Email server for quite a few years until it eventually broke down (it lasted about 3-4 years). He liked it because it didn't use as much electicity as a desktop so he could afford to leave it

[PLUG] Firefox safe mode...

2009-10-25 Thread Michael Robinson
How can one restrict who can use firefox in safe mode? Extensions like Procon::Latte are pointless if everyone can switch to safe mode and uninstall it. Has anyone restricted firefox by creating a wrapper for it and hiding the actual firefox executable? Is there any way to fix firefox safe mode

Re: [PLUG] Firefox safe mode...

2009-10-25 Thread Michael Robinson
. I moved /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox-actual. The only problem I see is that someone can do firefox-actual --safe-mode. On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 12:21 -0700, Michael Robinson wrote: How can one restrict who can use firefox in safe mode? Extensions like Procon::Latte are pointless

Re: [PLUG] Firefox safe mode...

2009-10-25 Thread Michael Robinson
You could always recompile Firefox to remove the ability to enter safe mode if you have an application that warrants it. I'm not sure if removing safe mode is a compile-time option, but if not you could patch the source to remove the check for the safe mode command line option. Keep in

Re: [PLUG] Firefox safe mode...

2009-10-25 Thread Michael Robinson
On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 16:42 -0700, Scott Garman wrote: Michael Robinson wrote: I want safe mode to be closed to the average person. If one must enter a password to get into safe mode, that will work. Changing the source code of firefox is an extreme option that will make it harder

[PLUG] Dansguardian and downloading...

2009-10-25 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm wondering if anyone has set up the 2.8.0 version so that they can download files? The default doesn't allow this. I'm wondering if another filter tool would work better for implementing basic filtering where the user is warned about potentially inappropriate material but not stopped. I

[PLUG] Totem can't play anything...

2009-10-22 Thread Michael Robinson
If anyone knows how to get the plugins necessary for totem to play anything including DVDs for any Redhat style environment, I'd love to hear it. I use vlc instead of totem, but it's a pain to have to manually redirect all the time. ___ PLUG mailing

[PLUG] Freedos and Linux tftp servers...

2009-10-16 Thread Michael Robinson
I have a Linux based tftp server and I've been creating bootable freedos disk images. Unfortunately, I'm limited to a 2.88 meg image. Is there any simple way to break that limit? Some programs I'd like to run via network boot such as Battle Tech II demand an actual hard drive, groan.

[PLUG] Minitab and Linux...

2009-10-05 Thread Michael Robinson
Has anyone successfully run Minitab on Linux without using vmware, virtualbox, etcetera? I don't know yet if I can use something else, I'm still waiting for the first assignment. I emailed professor Tableman, but she hasn't gotten back to me at all. I'm beginning to wonder if PSU has a

[PLUG] Alpha memory bummer...

2009-09-21 Thread Michael Robinson
Don't know if the simms I got aren't parity or what the problem is, but my Alpha PC164 won't start when I plug them in. They must be EDO simms. Counting the chips on them there are 18 which seems to suggest that they are parity, but that's no guarantee. At least I only paid $20 for them. They

Re: [PLUG] SRM console and Alpha update...

2009-09-16 Thread Michael Robinson
On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 06:26 -0700, wes wrote: It is at least possible to find the RAM you mentioned: http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.asp?rid=fd_10itemid=1438949855 sale price 165.23... have fun with that. At the risk of opening Pandora's box. why are you spending so much

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