[Scottish] Re: Large Linux environments

2008-04-13 Thread Craig Perry
Hi Rob, how companies manage large numbers of Linux servers (500-700 machines). Badly?! :-) Just jesting! What distros do data-centers use There was a time when it was unequivocally redhat. These days i don't think it'd be fair to say that; the playing field has opened up slightly (for

Re: [Scottish] An American In Glasgow

2006-09-26 Thread Bell, Craig
. Not aware of many companies in the Glasgow area, but if you fancy the travel you could try Silicon Group (www.silicon-group.co.uk), I tend to use their Alloa shop, prices are reasonable and the guys know what they are talking about hardware wise (at least at the Alloa shop anyway). Cheers, Craig

Re: [Scottish] sounds blues

2006-08-17 Thread Bell, Craig
of an expansion panel that should have come with your motherboard). I wouldn't say that AC'97 is crappy, but it is pretty much widely used. Craig ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

Re: [Scottish] sounds blues

2006-08-17 Thread Bell, Craig
Sorry, I forgot to add that I had similar problems with KDE on fedora, which I only solved after much trial and error, and unfortunately I don't quite remember how, too many options. Craig Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help with my current problems. My main box is currently running

RE: [Scottish] Dapper gets thumbs up in the Daily Record.

2006-06-03 Thread Craig
of 10.0 (/10.1? I can never remember). Praise for coverage that not many tabloids have taken up on! Cheers Craig Hi Ubuntu 6.06 gets a positive write-up in today's Daily Record: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sexandhealth/features/tm_objectid=17164816%26method=full%26siteid=66633-name_page.html does

RE: [Scottish] Network notwork

2006-01-31 Thread Craig Perry
Hey, I saw something similar a while back, it was caused by loss of packets through a router at the far end of an LFN. Basically losing like 2% of packets, equated to a drop of 50%-60% in throughput which i thought was rather insane but hey... It was reasonably similar symptoms in that there

RE: [Scottish] USB memory sticks and SuSE 9.3

2006-01-13 Thread Craig Perry
Hi Rob, Could you do the following: 1. Insert the USB pen drive, then remove it after 5 seconds or so. 2. As root, type siga without the quotes at a command prompt. 3. Email me a copy of the siga.html file that is created in /tmp (i.e. /tmp/siga.html) Cheers, Craig P.s. The siga command

RE: [Scottish] (is there anyone who can) HELP ? ! !

2005-01-13 Thread Craig Perry
your skills transfer. Craig NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER: This email (including attachments) is confidential. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system without copying or disseminating it or placing any reliance upon its

[Scottish] WiFi Card

2005-01-13 Thread Craig Perry
- incidentally it was SuSE 9.1 as above with no problems. Cheers Guys Craig Perry Technical, Data, and Multimedia Support =T===Mobile e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER: This email (including attachments) is confidential. If you have received this email in error please

RE: [Scottish] Linux training, Chateau projects

2004-11-27 Thread Craig Perry
Hi, I'd be willing to help out with something like this. Could also offer help with FreeBSD for people looking to try that but running into problems. Regards, Craig Perry TDMS Agent Technical, Data, and Multimedia Support =T===Mobile e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

RE: [Scottish] November Meeting

2004-11-25 Thread Craig Perry
Do they provide the PPC variant for macs? Craig Perry TDMS Agent Technical, Data, and Multimedia Support =T===Mobile e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Kyle Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 November 2004 16:33 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re

[Scottish] SPAM SPAM SPAM - Clear out

2004-11-17 Thread Craig Perry
Hi all, *This is blatant spam* Having a wee clear out of some stuff, if anyone wants any of the below, mail me off list, all free to uplift (well up to the end of free stuff bit!), otherwise going to the charity shop. I've got a boxed set here of suse linux 9.1 I've got a *huge* back catalogue

Re: [Scottish] 2 way pagers

2004-11-15 Thread Craig Perry
the same way as the p900 above. File transfers work fine. With wireless networking built in there are a few other options are well so you wont be stuck. Damn that was a bit long. Hope it helps though! Craig Kyle Gordon wrote: On Monday 15 November 2004 12:16, Daragh Mc Grath wrote: Hi Guys, A pal

RE: [Scottish] Problem resolving local network PC names to IP add resses

2004-11-13 Thread Craig Perry
to the config file (/etc/dhclient.conf on my box, may change depending on distro) along the lines of host-name linuxcomputer; refer to the documentation though as that was from memory. HTH! Craig Perry TDMS Agent Technical, Data, and Multimedia Support =T===Mobile e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Scottish] New Breed Of Spam - And I Quite Like It!

2004-10-26 Thread Craig Perry
Is this a new breed of spam? I don't mind this type nearly as bad! This is better than the medication, russian brides and $9 i'm regularly offered. Craig ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

[Scottish] Re: Dual Head Graphics Card

2004-10-21 Thread Craig Perry
anyone know of a PCI dual head card with reasonable performance then? Do they even still sell these? I can't really phone up and complain either lest they demand i return my freebie! Craig -Original Message- From: Craig Perry Sent: 19 October 2004 18:26 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject

[Scottish] Dual Head Graphics Card

2004-10-21 Thread Craig Perry
the £80-100 mark. Cheers! Craig Perry Technical, Data, and Multimedia Support =T===Mobile e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER: This email (including attachments) is confidential. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately

Re: [Scottish] Ubuntu resolvconf

2004-10-12 Thread Craig Perry
updated! My resolution for that was to set the interface to manual in yast, then install 'ifplugd' which sorted it out. Any ideas how to get just the standard suse stuff to do it? Configured through yast. Cheers, Craig 'the list spammer' -Original Message- From: Kyle Gordon [EMAIL

Re: [Scottish] Ubuntu resolvconf

2004-10-11 Thread Craig Perry
perfectionists just switch distros lol Regards, Craig -Original Message- From: Kyle Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:48:49 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Scottish] Ubuntu resolvconf On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 08:26 +, Craig Perry wrote: Hi guys, After some recent list

[Scottish] Ubuntu resolvconf

2004-09-30 Thread Craig Perry
. Was this the right thing to do? Was there an easier way to sort it? Also is there a neat way to edit the startup scripts, more specifically controlling which ones startup when and in which runlevel or do I need to mess about with the symlinks by hand? Cheers, Craig

[Scottish] Usb + blackberry update

2004-09-18 Thread Craig Perry
? Thanks again :o) Craig P.s. I know this is probably severely off topic for this list but it seems to have generated some traffic and I know there are many highly knowledgeable lurkers on the list who may just have the answer :o) ___ Scottish mailing list

Re: [Scottish] Usb proxy + list traffic

2004-09-16 Thread Craig Perry
manager runs in that. But it would require I run outlook as well, and I'm currently very happy with evolution. But really I want to trap the comms between a windows box running desktop manager and the blackberry. Craig -Original Message- From: Calum Matheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu

Re: [Scottish] Usb proxy + list traffic

2004-09-16 Thread Craig Perry
Craig -Original Message- From: Andy McKay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:30:38 To:SLUG-list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Scottish] Usb proxy + list traffic I would be interested to know if you get the blackberry to sync without wine, as i have been trying this for some time

[Scottish] Usb proxy + list traffic

2004-09-15 Thread Craig Perry
just passes everything it sees on one port to the other, thus being transparent to the windows box and the usb device, so the windows box/usb device interact as normal, but the connection is going via the linux box. TIA, craig ___ Scottish mailing list

Re: [Scottish] [OT] For Sale

2004-05-11 Thread Craig Perry
Hey, I have the same atlas laptop, great for linux! Everything is supported, even the bloody win modem! Reasonable performer, getting on a bit today but i still use it as my main machine. Def a great recomendation for linux. Cheers Craig Paxton, Darren wrote: Hi All, Looking to get rid

Re: [Scottish] Free LPI Exams

2004-03-19 Thread Craig Perry
Count me in , craig graeme wrote: I'd also be interested in 101 as well. Regards Graeme On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 14:38, Peter George wrote: Hello Glasgow, LPI are over in the UK for the Linuxuser conference next month, and have offered to come up to Edinburgh and setup an LPI exam center

Re: [Scottish] new web site brain storming

2004-01-15 Thread Craig Perry
... Still would be cool to finally have debian running well for me! Regards Craig Huard, Elise - D CW Consultant wrote: Lo, had a look at Kenny's proposal for a new website last night : looks nice (especially like the Tux with a scottish flag plastered/tatooed over its belly :-) ). So since some

Re: [Scottish] Buying new Hardware - Advice

2003-06-28 Thread Craig Perry
craig. p.s. google for the board and theres a link somewhere to a forum dedicated to it and problems/solutions etc. very comprehensive ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish

Re: [Scottish] Buying new Hardware - Advice

2003-06-25 Thread Craig Perry
Hi, I just bought the same MoBo from ebuyer and it no-va! tryin to RMA it but believe me, these guys are useless! Just a personal experience with the board/supplier! Regards Craig - Original Message - From: Phil Deane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ScotLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23

[Scottish] Software RAID LVM

2003-06-16 Thread Craig Perry
of disks and so i had already decided to go down the 2 disks, 2 purposes route. I like the idea of splitting the disks into 10Gb chunks, hadn't thought of that one! Thanks again! Regards Craig. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[Scottish] Software RAID LVM

2003-06-15 Thread Craig Perry
i can mount on /usr/share then share this over NFS/SAMBA. Any general comments/suggestions? Regards Craig. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish