[SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Simon Wong
Hi all! Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape under Windows but want the data and DB shared via Samba. TIAs -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008, Simon Wong wrote: Hi all! Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape under Windows but want the data and DB shared via Samba. .. why do you think this

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7 Micro Laptop

2008-02-28 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Martin Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Martin Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to fill. I'd be pretty confident that they other main vendors will be quickly

Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools

2008-02-28 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Marghanita da Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While Wikis and Mailing lists seem to be the tools that power open source software development - has anyone come across more purpose specific tools? Not all Wikis are built alike :) We've been delving more into Xwiki as of late.

[SLUG] ADSL modem recommendations (with bridging)

2008-02-28 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Hi all, I've been banging my head against my adsl modem and I wondering if it might not just be easier/cheaper to replace it with something better. Can anybody recommend an ADSL modem that does up to an including ADSL2+, is Linux friendly and easy to set up in bridging or half bridging mode? It

Re: [SLUG] ADSL modem recommendations (with bridging)

2008-02-28 Thread Tony Lissner
On 28/02/2008, Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been banging my head against my adsl modem and I wondering if it might not just be easier/cheaper to replace it with something better. Can anybody recommend an ADSL modem that does up to an including ADSL2+, is Linux friendly

Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools

2008-02-28 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Marghanita da Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While Wikis and Mailing lists seem to be the tools that power open source software development - has anyone come across more purpose specific tools? Not all Wikis are built alike :) We've been delving

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7 Micro Laptop

2008-02-28 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
snip If it hasn't been mentioned yet, the General Talk at tomorrow's SLUG meeting will be all about these kinds of devices :) http://www.slug.org.au/node/90 Has anyone has experience with the video conferencing on the EEEPC? There is someone (with a EEEPC) who would like to attend

Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools

2008-02-28 Thread David Peterson
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 08:44 +1100, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: My wish list was a graphical representation of requirements, tracking, prioritisation and scheduling, costing and a web accessible (not requiring an additional app to view)and slides for presentations. Hi Marghanita, It's

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Simon Wong
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:04 +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote: Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape under Windows but want the data and DB shared via Samba. .. why do you

Re: [SLUG] ADSL modem recommendations (with bridging)

2008-02-28 Thread Peter Hardy
Hey hey. On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 23:11 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Can anybody recommend an ADSL modem that does up to an including ADSL2+, is Linux friendly and easy to set up in bridging or half bridging mode? It would also be nice if the adminstrative functions were still accessible

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Joel Heenan
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:04 +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote: Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Jeremy Portzer
Joel Heenan wrote: Network filesystems are not normally used for database files. I work for an ASP that has all of its Oracle databases (hundreds of them) mounted via NFS. It works just fine. The database servers are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, and the NFS mount points are

Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools

2008-02-28 Thread Zhasper
If we're going to plug This suggestion completely contradicts what you said you were looking for, but... solutions, SLUG's hosts Atlassian have some products that seem to fit the bill - Jira (http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/) probably being the best match. It's written in a real language,

Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools

2008-02-28 Thread David Peterson
Zhasper - I think your criticism is a bit harsh! I was just trying to provide a bit of help to someone looking to solve a problem. Seriously, the list can verge on the antisocial at times. I wonder why there are so many lurkers and so few contributors ... hmm. I am familiar with JIRA, it's a

[SLUG] Debian on AMD64

2008-02-28 Thread Heracles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have the 64 bit version of Debian etch running on an AMD system. All was well until recently when it stopped doing updates with the error: cannot connect to host 4001: 127.0.0.1 connection refused (error 111 ...) (Note that this as close as I can

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008, Simon Wong wrote: .. why do you think this would be a good idea? because the instance of Windows will be running under VMware server (or Workstation) and I like to keep the data outside the VM where it can also be shared with other instances of the app. What are

Re: [SLUG] Debian on AMD64

2008-02-28 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the 64 bit version of Debian etch running on an AMD system. All was well until recently when it stopped doing updates with the error: cannot connect to host 4001: 127.0.0.1 connection refused (error 111 ...) (Note

[SLUG] Using Gtkmorph to morph (rather than warp) images

2008-02-28 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi all, I've had a look at the man pages and the site AND the help section, as well as a general google'ing and am having trouble with finding useful help on creating a morph image using Gtkmorph. Has anyone on the list any experience with this app and, if so, can you help with an 'idiots'

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Amos Shapira
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:04 +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote: Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape

Re: [SLUG] Debian on AMD64

2008-02-28 Thread Martin Visser
It sounds like you have a broken anon-proxy installation (nothing to do with AMD64) http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-182018.html refers to the same issue. On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have the

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Simon Wong
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 11:18 +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote: That I'd be asking Oracle and your application vendor whether your proposed setup is fully supported. I don't think it is well supported! Backending databases onto random network attached storage is a very bad idea I agree but this is

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Simon Wong
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 10:38 +1100, Joel Heenan wrote: Why don't you run the database on a big fat database server then have all the applications connect to it via oracle listeners through TCP/IP. That would be the standard solution to this problem. hmmm, the more I look into this application

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Simon Wong
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 14:40 +1100, Amos Shapira wrote: Do you plan to have access to that database in parallel to having that VMware WIndows running? There will be multiple VMs running on the same machine. Because if so then Joel Heenan's solution is the right one - run Orcale 9i on the host

Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba

2008-02-28 Thread Adrian Chadd
I think I phrase the question incorrectly to start with. If I just want one instance of the Oracle DB (the Design File Server) can I run it installed in a VM and have it's DB files stored on Samba shared to it from the host OS? Again, why are you asking here versus the two vendors in