Re: Slightly OT: Got a weird one regarding EMail logs and ISPs.

2009-06-23 Thread Eric Shubert
LOL! Bob Elzer wrote: > To show how email can be forged, you friend should create an email from the > bad guy, confessing to the forged email, and saying he's sorry. > > > > -Original Message- > From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.pl

Re: OT: ICANN and NRO

2009-06-24 Thread Eric Shubert
If anyone is really interested in or would like to ponder some meaningful information regarding global warming, please see http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html Of course, people believe what they choose to believe. keith smith wrote: > > I have not. No need to I do not beleive him. >

Re: OT: ICANN and NRO

2009-06-24 Thread Eric Shubert
Chris Gehlker wrote: > On Jun 24, 2009, at 9:00 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: > >> If anyone is really interested in or would like to ponder some >> meaningful information regarding global warming, please see >> http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html >> Of co

Re: Canceled: [Invitation] Installfest @ Monthly at 10am on the last Saturday (plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us)

2009-06-26 Thread Eric Shubert
der.hans wrote: > Am 26. Jun, 2009 schwätzte Lisa Kachold so: > > moin moin Lisa, > >> Yea, it's Independence Day, when people can actually be there, because >> they aren't a slave to Corporate America! > > I'm not really certain what you're saying here. Are you saying that > tomorrow is Indepen

Re: Installfest is a go

2009-06-26 Thread Eric Shubert
How/where do people register for help at the IF? der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > tomorrow's Installfest will happen. Sorry about the incorrect post this > morning indicating a cancellation. This month's Installfest has NOT been > cancelled. This month's Installfest will be taking place tomorrow.

Clustering

2009-06-29 Thread Eric Shubert
Has anyone here implemented any clusters? Is any particular distro better or worse at clustering? Any pointers regarding clustering you'd like to share? -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subsc

Re: Clustering

2009-06-29 Thread Eric Shubert
Matt Graham wrote: > From: Eric Shubert >> Has anyone here implemented any clusters? > > I've only set one up, but I maintain the ones that my predecessors > set up. It's not rocket science. > >> Is any particular distro better or worse at clusterin

Re: USB Live Ubuntu Persistence

2009-06-29 Thread Eric Shubert
Dazed_75 wrote: > Saturday I was helping Matthew create a Live Ubuntu USB stick. We > succeeded but for some reason persistence was not working and I could > not figure out why. I did the same thing here at home and persistence > works fine. In fact, I think I know the answer now. Mathew was

Re: USB Live Ubuntu Persistence

2009-06-29 Thread Eric Shubert
Eric Shubert wrote: > Dazed_75 wrote: >> Saturday I was helping Matthew create a Live Ubuntu USB stick. We >> succeeded but for some reason persistence was not working and I could >> not figure out why. I did the same thing here at home and persistence >> works fin

Re: Clustering

2009-06-29 Thread Eric Shubert
yeah, what apps are you talking about utilizing it? > > -mb > > > On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 13:47 -0700, Matt Graham wrote: >> From: Eric Shubert >>> Has anyone here implemented any clusters? >> I've only set one up, but I maintain the ones that my predeces

Re: USB Live Ubuntu Persistence

2009-06-29 Thread Eric Shubert
Dazed_75 wrote: > > That sounds like a possibility all right. TTBOMK though, FAT32 > has a 2G > > file size limit. :( > > > > Now that I think of it though, are we confusing partition vs file sizes? > The 'overlay' partition would be what's over 2G, not a file. From what

Re: USB Live Ubuntu Persistence

2009-06-30 Thread Eric Shubert
Joseph Sinclair wrote: > Eric Shubert wrote: >> Eric Shubert wrote: >>> Dazed_75 wrote: >>>> Saturday I was helping Matthew create a Live Ubuntu USB stick. We >>>> succeeded but for some reason persistence was not working and I could >>>>

Re: Clustering

2009-07-02 Thread Eric Shubert
Eric Shubert wrote: > Has anyone here implemented any clusters? > Is any particular distro better or worse at clustering? > Any pointers regarding clustering you'd like to share? Thanks for everyone's input. -- -Eric 'shubes' ---

Re: ot look at what I found today

2009-07-02 Thread Eric Shubert
I don't get it. Linux = Freedom != Communism Lisa Kachold wrote: > I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! > > http://www.obnosis.com/motivatebytruth/linux-communism.jpg > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:39 PM, mike havens > wrote: > > http://news.yahoo.com/comics/bloomcounty;_ylt=AsjVz5m

Re: Ham list

2009-07-02 Thread Eric Shubert
Trent Shipley wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a friend, a belly dancer, who has an opt-in ham list with roughly > 1000 addresses. (Of course, with 1000 subscribers a lot of people will > consider the mailing spam, but won't ask to be removed from the > list...

Re: Must have app list, desktop edition?

2009-07-03 Thread Eric Shubert
Stephen wrote: > So what is your list of apps that you install, every time on a new > machine, the handful of things that you "must" have and find yoruself > apt-getting yum installing or emergeing? > vim/gvim ;) -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discus

Re: Ummm...need a little bit of router config help...

2009-07-03 Thread Eric Shubert
I know of 3 qwest dsl customers who have no blocking on port 80 or 25. I haven't heard of qwest blocking any ports before this post. I know that they do have restrictions on using their outbound mail servers (mail must come from their email accounts, which is reasonable I suppose). Bob Elzer

Re: Ummm...need a little bit of router config help...

2009-07-03 Thread Eric Shubert
I second dyndns. I've used them for years. Their customer service is terrific, and their site pages are clean and simple. Their accounting is a little squirrelly, but livable. Bob Elzer wrote: > Do you have a firewall running on the server ? > > Try just serving a regular web page (Hello World

Re: Ummm...need a little bit of router config help...

2009-07-04 Thread Eric Shubert
a site uses one of the > blacklists, you can't send mail to it. > > > -Original Message- > From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Eric > Shubert > Sent: Fri

Re: Ummm...need a little bit of router config help...

2009-07-04 Thread Eric Shubert
would find objectionable. "There's no free lunch". Lisa Kachold wrote: > Gmail ssmtp works too. It's free! > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Eric Shubert <mailto:e...@shubes.net>> wrote: > > Right. I use dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org>'s

Re: Tracking file storage space use

2009-07-06 Thread Eric Shubert
Alan Dayley wrote: > I have a server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. It's running very > well but lately we have been running out of disk space on occasion. > The truth is we need more storage and that solution is coming. In the > mean time, I need to figure out where all the space is being c

Re: Laptop (cell phone) in my pocket?

2009-07-07 Thread Eric Shubert
Alan Dayley wrote: > > At least I'm not old enough to have suffered with punch cards or paper > tape or front panel toggle switches. FWIW, I did all of these (glad to have started in Jr High). Learned to type on a card punch machine. Any missed key, and you got a blank card, duped up to your mi

Re: OT: (sort of) Village in is now THE editor!

2009-07-07 Thread Eric Shubert
Alan Dayley wrote: > According to the following photo, Village Inn restaurant is evidently > re-branding themselves as a well known text editor. Some say, the > only true text editor. > > http://twitpic.com/9mndv > > In lower-case, even! We should have a Stammtisch there sometime. > > Alan LO

Re: OT: (sort of) Village in is now THE editor!

2009-07-07 Thread Eric Shubert
Excellent, Bob! Bob Elzer wrote: > and he rested on vii > > > -Original Message- > From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Ryan Rix > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:27 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list >

Re: IPCop Network Cards

2009-07-07 Thread Eric Shubert
Eric Cope wrote: > 2) I have a VPN server behind the firewall. Is it better to put it in > the green zone and port forward the single port, or have an orange zone? > Do I have to have a third network card for an orange zone? > I would ditch the separate VPN server and let IPCop handle it. Stock

Re: Laptop (cell phone) in my pocket?

2009-07-08 Thread Eric Shubert
Stephen wrote: > Technically First was a Custom Made S100 that my dad had created for > working from home from spare parts at work, it has a modem that was > manually adjusted from 400-9800 baud modem and some weird collection > of cards doing things 2 terminals via serial and a pair of 8in floppy

Re: PHP Script timing out and MySql using almost all the CPU and RAM questions

2009-07-08 Thread Eric Shubert
tship...@deru.com wrote: > In generic terms the database 101 class would say analyze your query to see > if you can finagle the efficiency. A lot of reports link queries at the > report/sub-report level, so look at the algorithm there. > > It is EASY to have a critical report that brings a syst

Re: HackFest Series: Adding BackTrack Repositories to Ubuntu

2009-07-08 Thread Eric Shubert
Will you please explain (in 50 or so words or less) the difference between backtrack and backport repositories? Lisa Kachold wrote: > Adding BackTrack Repositories to Ubuntu > > > GNOME: > > Goto System > Administration > Software Sources > Click on the Third-Party Software tab and then on Add

Re: IPCop Network Cards

2009-07-09 Thread Eric Shubert
current. Eric Cope wrote: > The current version of IPCop is 1.4.20, but the latest version of the > OpenVPN addon only supports up to 1.4.18. Any ideas other than the > obvious of running the older version? > Eric > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Eric Shubert <mailto:e..

Re: cheese failing silently

2009-07-09 Thread Eric Shubert
Ted Gould wrote: > On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 19:04 -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: >> Jul 8 17:42:03 damselfish dbus-daemon: Rejected send message, 1 >> matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.34" (uid=1000 pid=3831 >> comm="/usr/lib/indicator-applet/indicator-applet --oaf-a") >> interface="org.freedeskt

Re: IPCop Network Cards

2009-07-09 Thread Eric Shubert
1.4.18. If you are running it well, I > can edit the script... > > Eric > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Eric Shubert <mailto:e...@shubes.net>> wrote: > > I'm guessing that wherever you read that was simply out of date. I've > been running

Re: OK, I want a "bare bones" motherboard. Does it exist?

2009-07-09 Thread Eric Shubert
I could use the old supermicro if ET doesn't take it. Stephen wrote: > I actually have 2 > > 1 is a old supermicro X5-DPA-TGM with a 2.4ghz Xeon and 2gb of ddr-266 > ECC reg memory in it (this ill give you) and the gigabyte is a > GA-3PXSL-RH with opteron 1212 wich id like to trade for or sell (a

Re: west side tonight

2009-07-09 Thread Eric Shubert
der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/131 > > Presentations This Month > # The Mozilla Suite: Firefox > # ASUS EeePC with several different distros > > When: 19:00 > Where: Sequoia Charter School in Mesa, 1460 S. Horne, Mesa AZ > > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1460+S.

Re: Colleges that support Free Software?

2009-07-13 Thread Eric Shubert
Ryan Rix wrote: > Hi guys, > > I am going to be a senior in high school next year so it is time for me to > start looking at which colleges I would be interested in attending. > Basically I am looking to take up a degree in CS, simple and easy. > > One of the factors I'd like to look into in reg

Re: IPCop Network Cards

2009-07-14 Thread Eric Shubert
Not me. I'd try the IPCop list. If nothing there, then maybe the IPCop developers. Eric Cope wrote: > Does anyone have any experience running a tor relay within IPCop? Behind > IPCop. > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Eric Shubert <mailto:e...@shubes.net>> wrote

Re: IPCop Network Cards

2009-07-14 Thread Eric Shubert
I've used free and paid accounts for several years with nary a problem. Do you have the "Minimize Updates" box checked in the Dynamic DNS Settings section? If not, check it. If it's checked, perhaps your IPCop isn't detecting it's public IP address properly? Is your IPCop red interface on a pu

Re: IPCop Network Cards

2009-07-14 Thread Eric Shubert
I checked hte minimize > updates box. > Eric > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Eric Shubert <mailto:e...@shubes.net>> wrote: > > I've used free and paid accounts for several years with nary a problem. > > Do you have the "Minimize Updates&qu

Re: IPCop Network Cards

2009-07-14 Thread Eric Shubert
M > *To:* Main PLUG discussion list > *Subject:* Re: IPCop Network Cards > > The red interface has a public IP address. Yes, I checked hte > minimize updates box. > Eric > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Eric Shubert <mailto:e...@shubes.n

Fedora rpmbuild direcories

2009-07-15 Thread Eric Shubert
Can anyone on the list help fill me in on exactly which FC version changed the rpmbuild directory from /usr/src/redhat/ to $HOME/rpmbuild/ ? I know that FC10 has $HOME/rpmbuild/, but am wondering about FC9, FC8, FC7, FC6. If you're running a toaster on any of these versions, have you ever run q

Re: Fedora rpmbuild direcories

2009-07-15 Thread Eric Shubert
Lisa Kachold wrote: > Hey Eric, > > On 7/15/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Can anyone on the list help fill me in on exactly which FC version >> changed the rpmbuild directory from /usr/src/redhat/ to $HOME/rpmbuild/ >> ? > > I believe that FC4 changed /usr/fedora

Re: Fedora rpmbuild direcories

2009-07-15 Thread Eric Shubert
fine site. I personally would just do a locate rpmbuild on > each version? > > But this is good left hand promotion for a fine product. > > On 7/15/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Lisa Kachold wrote: >>> Hey Eric, >>> >>> On 7/15/09, Eric Shubert wrote:

Re: need help troubleshooting software raid failures

2009-07-16 Thread Eric Shubert
I'd look into the controller. The Promise PCI SATA cards are known to be problematic with linux. I don't know the details, but have seen 2 of them have problems with software raid at least. The problem can be very sporadic, so it seems to fit your symptoms. Google for the details. Please let me

Re: need help troubleshooting software raid failures

2009-07-16 Thread Eric Shubert
Alex Dean wrote: > > On Jul 16, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: > >> I'd look into the controller. The Promise PCI SATA cards are known to be >> problematic with linux. I don't know the details, but have seen 2 of >> them have problems with software r

Re: need help troubleshooting software raid failures

2009-07-16 Thread Eric Shubert
Alex Dean wrote: > > On Jul 16, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: > >> Alex Dean wrote: >>> >>> On Jul 16, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>> >>>> I'd look into the controller. The Promise PCI SATA cards are known >&

Re: I need help with IPCop.

2009-08-02 Thread Eric Shubert
Matthew A Coulliette wrote: > Okay, > > I now have the red, green, and blue zones working properly. > > To get the blue zone working, I enabled the blue DHCP server, then added > a static IP address for the WAP and the laptop. Next, I added the laptop > to the blue access menu. I also had to co-o

Re: Kmail or Evolution?

2009-08-02 Thread Eric Shubert
mike Enriquez wrote: > Which of these email clients do you like (Kmail or Evolution); and why? > Please reply so I can see which one of these is the most used. I will > gladly foward the results to the group. > Thanks > Mike Enriquez > Interesting perspectives thus far. Personally, I just use TB

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-02 Thread Eric Shubert
Lisa Kachold wrote: > On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Quoting: >> sudo apt-get install pico<< >> If I'm reading this right, the editor in question resides on the box >> he's diddling with, NOT the Ubuntu box. So unless the router he's >> configuring is running a Debian

Re: OT: (partially) Where to submit Macbook questions?

2009-08-02 Thread Eric Shubert
Josef Lowder wrote: > Macbook has many very nice features, but I am shocked by the number of > things that it does not have (or allow) ... or at least I have not yet > been able to find solutions. > > So, what is the best forum to submit questions on how to do things on > a macbook? > > Macs are

Re: Scripting help

2009-08-02 Thread Eric Shubert
Shawn Badger wrote: > I have bee playing with this script for a while and I can't seem to find > the magic to make it work right. The script basically takes all the avi > files in in a folder and converts them to flash. > Here is the simple script: > > #!/bin/sh > ls *.avi|cut -d. -f1 | while re

Re: Scripting help

2009-08-02 Thread Eric Shubert
Eric Shubert wrote: > Shawn Badger wrote: >> I have bee playing with this script for a while and I can't seem to find >> the magic to make it work right. The script basically takes all the avi >> files in in a folder and converts them to flash. >> Here is the simp

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-02 Thread Eric Shubert
Lisa Kachold wrote: > On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Lisa Kachold wrote: >>> On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Quoting: >>>> >>>>>> sudo apt-get install pico<< >>>> If I'm readi

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-03 Thread Eric Shubert
Lisa Kachold wrote: > Eric Please! > > On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Lisa Kachold wrote: >>> On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >>>> Lisa Kachold wrote: >>>>> On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-03 Thread Eric Shubert
Lisa Kachold wrote: > On 8/3/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >> >> My "agenda" (if you need to call it that) is simply to understand how >> IPCop and debian might be related, which was triggered by your statement: > > Well there's a Freelance project relate

Re: Handling Politics the plug-discuss way?

2009-08-03 Thread Eric Shubert
Bob Elzer wrote: > Is gmane subscribed to our list ? Or does it get it some other way ? > Yes, gmane is subscribed. I use gmane for list access. I quit getting the emails once I started using gmane. -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing lis

Re: I need help with IPCop.

2009-08-04 Thread Eric Shubert
I think your problem was that you weren't using DHCP, so the green hosts didn't know to look to IPCop for name resolution. You could also add IPCop's green address to the /etc/resolv.conf file of each green host, but that sorta defeats the purpose of using DHCP, which will h

Re: I need help with IPCop.

2009-08-04 Thread Eric Shubert
Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 08:10 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Once you have a caching nameserver set up on an orange host, any >> additional servers on the orange subnet can use that resolver as >> well. >> You might need to tweak the config a lit

Re: I need help with IPCop.

2009-08-04 Thread Eric Shubert
Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 09:26 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Craig White wrote: >>> On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 08:10 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: >>>> Once you have a caching nameserver set up on an orange host, any >>>> additional servers on

Re: Restoring defaults in Ubuntu Gnome

2009-08-05 Thread Eric Shubert
FWIW, I'm patiently sticking with the LTS track (Heron at this point). The only problem I'm having with it (that I know of) is getting the update to Pidgin for yahoo backported. Michael Butash wrote: > Contemplate long and hard upgrading, I've had a host of quirky issues > since updating ibex to

Re: Restoring defaults in Ubuntu Gnome

2009-08-05 Thread Eric Shubert
Thanks Michael. It was in that repo, so now I'm back on yahoo, and happily plugging along with Heron. :) Michael Butash wrote: > I'm too impatient to stick with hardy, invariably I need fixes/features > in the new ones no one feels like backporting. > > There is/was a workaround for it by using

Re: Problem with Internet speed in laptop in Linux Mint

2009-08-06 Thread Eric Shubert
Bob Elzer wrote: > No he is correct that the ipv6 is causing the problem, I had the same thing > in Redhat at one time, with a wired connection. > > The answer is to disable the ipv6. I think during install there is an option > to turn it off, which I always do now. > > I know it can be turned of

Sugar on a Stick - Sugar Labs

2009-08-07 Thread Eric Shubert
I stumbled across this just now: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick "The Sugar on a Stick project gives children access to /their/ Sugar on any computer in their environment with just a USB memory stick. Taking advantage of the Fedora LiveUSB, it's possible to store everything you nee

Re: Sugar on a Stick - Sugar Labs

2009-08-07 Thread Eric Shubert
albox and other files on the USB in place. > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: >> I stumbled across this just now: >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick >> "The Sugar on a Stick project gives children access to /their/ Sugar on >> a

Re: Sugar on a Stick - Sugar Labs

2009-08-07 Thread Eric Shubert
ir opensource support? dell hp ibm ect... > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Stephen wrote: >> And honestly they are one of the most persistant companies supporting >> opensource locally. kinda of a fit.. >> >> maybe contact system76? >> >> On Fri, Aug 7

Re: Sugar on a Stick - Sugar Labs

2009-08-07 Thread Eric Shubert
-0700, Stephen wrote: >>> even further out on a limb maybe contact any of the big companies >>> wanting to tout their opensource support? dell hp ibm ect... >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Stephen wrote: >>>> And honestly they are one of th

Re: Sugar on a Stick - Sugar Labs

2009-08-07 Thread Eric Shubert
Dazed_75 wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Eric Shubert <mailto:e...@shubes.net>> wrote: > > liveusb-creator is pretty cool all right. I'm putting CentOS on a thumb > drive presently though. > > I'm running Ubuntu Heron (LT

Re: Sugar on a Stick - Sugar Labs (usb live creator)

2009-08-07 Thread Eric Shubert
there seems to be many these days. > > -mb > > > On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 13:49 -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: >> liveusb-creator is pretty cool all right. I'm putting CentOS >> on a thum

Re: Sugar on a Stick - Sugar Labs

2009-08-08 Thread Eric Shubert
Dazed_75 wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Eric Shubert <mailto:e...@shubes.net>> wrote: > > Dazed_75 wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Eric Shubert <mailto:e...@shubes.net> > > &l

Re: An Ext4 question...

2009-08-09 Thread Eric Shubert
Jim March wrote: > Folks, > > Does anybody know what happens when you stash a huge number of tiny > files in Ext4? Does it store them efficiently the way ReiserFS does? > > I ask because I'm running into limitations on mailbox sized with > Thunderbird and MBox, and was considering jumping to som

Re: An Ext4 question...

2009-08-09 Thread Eric Shubert
w. > > I still stick with reiser mostly, it's a killer filesystem. Hehehe. > > -mb > > > On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 07:09 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Jim March wrote: >>> Folks, >>> >>> Does anybody know what happens when you stash a hu

Re: An Ext4 question...

2009-08-09 Thread Eric Shubert
Matt Graham wrote: > From: Eric Shubert >> IIRC, ext3 has a limit of 32k or so files in a folder. > > Not quite. There is a hard upper limit of 32768 subdirectories in a > directory. If you're using a hashed dir index (which has been the > default for a long time

Re: HP LaserJet

2009-08-12 Thread Eric Shubert
Trent Shipley wrote: > GK wrote: >> Hey. >> >> HP's usually need the hplip and hpijs ppds. Throwing ing cups-pdf, >> gutenprint won't hurt either. >> >> V >> >> --- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe,

Re: HP LaserJet

2009-08-13 Thread Eric Shubert
Joseph Sinclair wrote: > Trent Shipley wrote: >> Eric Shubert wrote: >>> Trent Shipley wrote: >>>> GK wrote: >>>>> Hey. >>>>> >>>>> HP's usually need the hplip and hpijs ppds. Throwing ing cups-pdf, >>>>&

Re: dual boot

2009-08-15 Thread Eric Shubert
Michael Butash wrote: > Ubuntu will actually use /boot/grub/menu.lst for the os lists and order > preferences. When done reordering, just do "sudo update-grub" and > reboot. No need to update grub after modifying menu.lst. Lilo requires that, but not grub. > I agree with the others, try legacy b

Re: dual boot

2009-08-15 Thread Eric Shubert
Eric Shubert wrote: > Michael Butash wrote: >> Ubuntu will actually use /boot/grub/menu.lst for the os lists and order >> preferences. When done reordering, just do "sudo update-grub" and >> reboot. > > No need to update grub after modifying menu.lst. > L

Re: OT: Best place to recycle electronic parts?

2009-08-15 Thread Eric Shubert
Vaughn Treude wrote: > Hello all, > Here's a post that's at least semi-relevant, since Linux must run on > hardware. I have boxes of old PC boards, drives, keyboards, power > supplies, mice, etc., I want to get rid of. I know places such as > AZStrut will take obsolete computers, but I only have

samba rename bug

2009-08-17 Thread Eric Shubert
Back in March I created this bug report: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6173 That was on samba-3.0.33, which is the current version on CentOS5. I was notified today that 3.0 is no longer under maintenance. As it turns out, 3.2.x (the version in FC10) is also out of maintenance. The

Re: samba rename bug

2009-08-18 Thread Eric Shubert
Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 18:29 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Back in March I created this bug report: >> https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6173 >> >> That was on samba-3.0.33, which is the current version on CentOS5. I was >> notified

Re: samba rename bug

2009-08-18 Thread Eric Shubert
Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 08:39 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Craig White wrote: >>> On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 18:29 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: >>>> Back in March I created this bug report: >>>> https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6173

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

2009-08-20 Thread Eric Shubert
I was wondering how long it'd be before someone asked this. I might know of an interested party (not myself mind you). Eric Cope wrote: > how much are you selling your macbook for? Which one is it? > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Bob Elzer > wrote: > > How m

Re: MySQL DBA

2009-08-20 Thread Eric Shubert
I agree Trent. I'd be interested in hashing it over. Trent Shipley wrote: > I just finished the Master of Science in Information Management at ASU. > I guess there's nothing wrong with hiring a junior level JOAT to run > LAMP, and there's certainly nothing wrong with doing this early in your > ca

ucspi-tcp-toaster updated rpm

2009-08-23 Thread Eric Shubert
Jake, I'll try to keep this fairly short. I've tested the new fuse-unionfs successfully with FC10/11 and COS5. This message with COS4 drove me a little nuts: qtp-build-rpms - rpmbuild failed for ucspi-tcp-toaster-0.88-1.3.8 qtp-build-rpms - here are the last 10 messages from the log: + '[' -d /u

Re: ucspi-tcp-toaster updated rpm

2009-08-23 Thread Eric Shubert
Wrong recipient. Sorry group. (I forgot the attachment as well!) Eric Shubert wrote: > Jake, > I'll try to keep this fairly short. > > I've tested the new fuse-unionfs successfully with FC10/11 and COS5. > This message with COS4 drove me a little nuts: > > qtp-b

Re: LVM extension into new space and partition edits

2009-08-24 Thread Eric Shubert
Alan Dayley wrote: > I have lost the web page with the steps to do an extension of an LVM > into unused disk space. Let me explain my situation and ask my > question. > > I have a server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. It had two 250GB > hard drives in a hardware RAID 1 mirror. Working fine.

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Shubert
Steven A. DuChene wrote: > I have a few systems here in my home that are either fedora or opensuse > installs. > I was setting up ganglia last night to add some monitoring to my home setup > and discovered I had some issues with clock skew. When I got to looking I > noticed > that the timezones w

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Shubert
Here's what I get on a test server of mine: [r...@dellefield ~]# ntpdate -v -d dewey.lib.ci.phoenix.az.us ntp.drydog.com 25 Aug 12:28:28 ntpdate[6149]: ntpdate 4.2@1.1570-o Tue May 19 13:58:06 UTC 2009 (1) Looking for host dewey.lib.ci.phoenix.az.us and service ntp host found : dewey.lib.ci.ph

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Shubert
Sounding to me like there might be a problem in your ntp.conf file. Can we have a look at it? Steven A. DuChene wrote: > And after each of those lines shown below is a line that says: > > addto_syslog: configuration of 148.167.132.200 failed > addto_syslog: configuration of 66.27.60.10 failed >

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Shubert
lib.ci.phoenix.az.us mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery restrict ntp.drydog.com mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery > > -Original Message- >> From: Eric Shubert >> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 5:03 PM >> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Shubert
d I have the problem with ntpdate too? It does not use the > ntp.conf file as far as I can tell. I think it is some sort of network > problem but here is the ntp.conf file anyway. > > > > -Original Message- >> From: Eric Shubert >> Sent: Aug 25, 200

Re: Automount in Gnome

2009-08-26 Thread Eric Shubert
Have you seen this? http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=77716 Steve Holmes wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > I have a question and a problem here with the automounting of drives > and media in Gnome. Let me try and sort out what I know here. On my > normal

Re: MySQL DBA

2009-08-27 Thread Eric Shubert
those. Plus, you may find those >>>> "diamonds in the rough" of people that may be able to enlighten you on >>>> the actual need in the market for such a venture. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 19:40 -0700, Eric Shubert wro

Re: How to overcome a boot-up endless loop?

2009-08-27 Thread Eric Shubert
Josef Lowder wrote: > Recently, I found a way to put my IBM Thinkpad T40 running PCLinuxOS > to sleep rather than turning it off by using: apm -s > > This has worked well for a couple of months with instant restarts > whenever I opened the lid ... until yesterday. Something went amiss, > and whe

Re: How to overcome a boot-up endless loop?

2009-08-28 Thread Eric Shubert
Josef Lowder wrote: > A few days ago, I posted an inquiry on the subject issue, and the > problem is still unresolved. Following is the error message that I see > rapidly repeated on the screen non-stop until I totally power-off the > computer: > > /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: line 1333: /bin/usleep: Inp

Re: How to overcome a boot-up endless loop?

2009-08-28 Thread Eric Shubert
Josef Lowder wrote: > Tried changing usleep from 10 to 1 > and that had no effect. Still this continuously on the screen > until I have to pull the power to stop it. > > /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: line 1333: /bin/usleep: Input Output error > /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: line 1333: /bin/usleep: Input Outp

O'Reilly discount code?

2009-08-28 Thread Eric Shubert
I seem to remember us having a discount code for O'Reilly books. Does anyone have or remember this? -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: How to overcome a boot-up endless loop?

2009-08-29 Thread Eric Shubert
Josef Lowder wrote: > Tried both 'sleep 1' and booting with acpi=off. > Neither worked. Still have the same endless error displayed. What stage of booting does this happen in? If it's during the initrd stage (before the main system is started), you'll need to build a new initrd in order for the

Re: O'Reilly discount code?

2009-08-29 Thread Eric Shubert
Alan Dayley wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: >> I seem to remember us having a discount code for O'Reilly books. Does >> anyone have or remember this? >> -- >> -Eric 'shubes' > > Shubes, > > Here you go, straight

Re: Politics/Ethics: Operation PinWale - Obama Administration Seeks Emergency Control of the Internet

2009-08-31 Thread Eric Shubert
I've always wondered about people who complain about email privacy, yet use a gmail address. For starters, what if the technically competent were to set up and use email servers that were configured to use TLS whenever it's available. Some servers are already configured for this. Wouldn't that

Re: Politics/Ethics: Operation PinWale - Obama Administration Seeks Emergency Control of the Internet

2009-08-31 Thread Eric Shubert
The government is not empowered to do anything they're not > specifically forbidden from doing, they're only empowered to do what we > have decided we'd like to allow them to do, and with a whole host of > safeguards in place. > > Obviously deficit spending isn'

Re: configure a test SSL

2009-08-31 Thread Eric Shubert
You can do it the hard way with openssl commands. Or you can simply: # cd /etc/pki/tls/certs # make mycert.pem See the Makefile there for details. Then point your apache configuration to use the cert you created. keith smith wrote: > Yes a self-signed certificate. > > Thank you! > > ---

Re: configure a test SSL

2009-08-31 Thread Eric Shubert
Alex Dean wrote: > > On Aug 31, 2009, at 7:08 PM, keith smith wrote: > >> openssl s_client -showcerts >> >> returns >> >> connect: Connection refused >> connect:errno=29 >> > > no idea on that one. > >> >> and when I try to access the site with https I get >> >> >> Secure Connection Failed >> >

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