I'm still around too, and was hoping to help on this transition; I was even doing maintanance on the old phantom before it was taken offline :) Anyway if you guys need help getting your box hosted somewhere, I can make arrangements to do it for free through my company.
-mtm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew J. Probst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 11:33 AM > Subject: Re: [uug] [Fwd: Re: Phantom: long term considerations] > > > > Pruned the "older" breed from the UUG?? I'm still arround and no, I'm > > still not happy with the CS department for kicking us out 6 years ago for > > political reasons. If you can convice them to let you host there, though, > > more power to you. We've always been friends with the CSRs there... the > > problem is in the department management.... they don't want the liability > > of some "rogue" entity running their own system on the cs networks. > > > > I wish you luck though perhaps they will have warmed up to students > > exercising initiative. > > > > Your hardware problems sound possibly like a processor overheating issue. > > What does the console say after the kernel panics? > > > > -matt > > > > On 27 Jan 2003, David Smith wrote: > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > > > > > > From: Art Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: Phantom: long term considerations > > > > Date: 27 Jan 2003 08:58:36 -0800 > > > > > > > > whats the uptime over the weekend? > > > > > > > > Yeah we need to have an officers meeting here to > > > > figure out all this stuff, and I still want to puch > > > > the install fest off one week. (Personal Reasons) > > > > > > > > Art > > > > > > > > --- David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Art/Byron: > > > > > > > > > > This new phantom box has some problems. Last time it > > > > > crashed there was > > > > > nothing in the logs to indicate why. That leads me > > > > > to believe that it was > > > > > a hardware problem. Anything else and we would have > > > > > seen some hints > > > > > leading up to it. This is a problem. Here are some > > > > > solutions: > > > > > > > > > > Very Short term: > > > > > > > > > > The first time it crashed, Phantom had been up for > > > > > just over 1 day. This > > > > > time it crashed after 1.5 days. Perhaps we should > > > > > setup a 12-hour cron job > > > > > to reboot the thing regularly. > > > > > > > > > > Short term: > > > > > > > > > > Find a new home for the box where we can have > > > > > quicker/easier access to it > > > > > for rebooting/diagnosing the problem. I've talked to > > > > > Andrew Jorgensen and > > > > > he thinks that he might (a big might) be able to get > > > > > us space in Jake's > > > > > old office (above the pendulum) if we provide a > > > > > switch. Additionally, he > > > > > might (a bigger might) be able to get us a key to > > > > > the room. Also, we have > > > > > contact in the Chemistry dept with Michael Torrie. I > > > > > think now that we > > > > > have "pruned" the older breed of UUG, we might be > > > > > able to approach the CS > > > > > department about it, which I think would be superior > > > > > to the other two > > > > > routes. Also, Dan Johnson has just been promoted and > > > > > replaced by a newer > > > > > fellow from Sun. This new guy might be a good point > > > > > of contact (he's my > > > > > boss's boss). Chew on those ideas and let me know > > > > > what you think. > > > > > > > > > > Long term: > > > > > > > > > > We've got to find the offending hardware (if it is > > > > > indeed a hardware > > > > > problem) and replace it. I'm thinking of the usual > > > > > suspects: power supply > > > > > or RAM. Could we get our hands on some diagnostics > > > > > tools and check those > > > > > things out? > > > > > > > > > > Sorry to bug you guys on a Saturday night. Man, this > > > > > week has been quite > > > > > buggy. :) > > > > > > > > > > --Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > > > > > > -matt > > > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
