Re: [PLUG] Asterisk 1.8 and dahdi...

2011-08-10 Thread Sean Whitney
I believe I used the dahdi tools to configure the ports. It seemed to work. dahdi_cfg dahdi_maint dahdi_speed dahdi_diag dahdi_monitor dahdi_test dahdi_genconf dahdi_registration dahdi_tool dahdi_hardware dahdi_scan So if you have a specific file

[PLUG] ifconfig

2011-01-28 Thread Sean Whitney
I've been working with some virtualization technologies and I keep seeing commands like ifconfig eth0 0 I'm wondering what the 0 does? Google isn't very helpful, nor is the man page. Thanks, Sean ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

[PLUG] XFS Corruption

2010-09-25 Thread Sean Whitney
I've been having lots of issues with a XFS partition I use to host my mythtv files. I've done the umount,mount,xfs_check, xfs_repair -L routine, several times over the last couple of days Yesterday I lost most of the media files on that partition. I've finally capture an error message of

Re: [PLUG] User Install of .deb Files in Xubuntu

2010-07-28 Thread Sean Whitney
On the CLI the command would be sudo dpkg -i file.deb If you are downloading the package using a browser, the gdebi program will usually take care of it for you. Sean On 07/28/2010 06:44 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: As you all well know I know little about the debian and the ubuntus. I learn

[PLUG] Munin, comcast, bits, bytes oh bother.....

2010-07-02 Thread Sean Whitney
I'm writing a plugin for munin to monitor my monthly bandwidth usage. Comcast has a 250GB cap in place, that I've blown through 4 out of the last 5 months. June was 346GB according to Comcast. The second day of July and I've already used 4% of my cap. The plugin looks at my outside facing

Re: [PLUG] Munin, comcast, bits, bytes oh bother.....

2010-07-02 Thread Sean Whitney
The kids discovered netflix streaming, and hulu. ESPN3 of the world cup last month didn't help either. Mythnet TV also adds in the mix. Sean What's the main cause for your overage? Not that you have to defend it to me, but I'm always looking for better answers to give people than 5

[PLUG] Erasing tapes

2010-02-22 Thread Sean Whitney
I have a bunch of DLT tapes I want to erase and give to freegeek. I don't have a degausser, nor do I really want to invest in one. I wrote this script in an attempt to do a fairly decent job of erasing the tapes. I realize that with enough forensic work there is data that's recoverable,

[PLUG] Email issues

2010-01-15 Thread Sean Whitney
An elderly couple I know is having problems with email. Their address is a msn.com (or hotmail) account and they are sending to a receipent who's email address is a hosted domain by Google. Both parties can send and receive email to others. Matter of fact, she can send email to my email

[PLUG] Excessive LAN traffic

2010-01-12 Thread Sean Whitney
I recently replaced my NFS server with a new Intel dual processor machine. The moment I turned it on, I noticed that between it an my workstation there is a constant 25Mb/s of NFS read traffic, regardless of my activity. My wife's workstation doesn't have this issue. The main difference

Re: [PLUG] I bought an iBook

2010-01-11 Thread Sean Whitney
Try virtualbox instead of Parallels. Sean Mel Andres wrote: Still on a bit of a learning curve. Have any of you also partaken of the forbidden fruit? I have a trial version of Parallels. I was able to install XP in a virtual machine, but like what's the point? Using my Debian Lenny

[PLUG] MFC Inkjet Recommendations

2010-01-11 Thread Sean Whitney
I need to update my MFC inkject printer to one that includes a ethernet port. I'm looking for feedback on the following topics 1) Cartridge costs - Is there a manufacturer with consistently better and/or cheaper cartridges 2) Working with Linux - I want one that faxes, scans, and fully prints

[PLUG] MFC Printer

2010-01-10 Thread Sean Whitney
I seem to be in the market for a new inkjet MFC printer. One with a Ethernet port. It will be a supplemental printer to my trusty HP LaserJet 4000N. If anyone has any recent knowledge about the state of inkjets and Linux I'm all ears. 1. What is the difference between an inkjet and a

[PLUG] LVM resize issue

2009-06-23 Thread Sean Whitney
Yesterday I deleted a LVM partition in order to extend my home directory. That when fine. planck:~# lvdisplay /dev/mapper/planck-home --- Logical volume --- LV Name/dev/planck/home VG Nameplanck LV UUID