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([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 17:21:29 +0800 > From: eric pareja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [plug] Brainbench testing > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi all, > > Brainbench.com offers a FREE test on Linux Administration (General) and > other certification tests. > > You can take the test online and get results immediately. > You can also see how you fared in relation to other test takers. > > Although a few of the test items are probably no longer relevant, most > of it is appropriate in testing a system admin's grasp of the field. > > eric > -- > ___ _____________________________ eric pareja (xenos AT maharlika.upm.edu.ph) > \e/ [ Philippine Linux Users' Group plug.linux.org.ph ] [Python Power!] > _v_ [ Linux User #8159 http://counter.li.org ] [Debian Rocks!] [ /. #2834 ] > #27 [Ubiquitous Computing] [http://www.bookcrossing.com/referral/pusakat] > Join us on IRC: #plug irc.free.net.ph:6667 | http://www.upm.edu.ph/~xenos > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 07:00:02 -0700 (PDT) > From: Carlos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [plug] certified redhat engineer question.... > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > are there any certified redhat engineer courses > available > here in davao?? i've been playing/tweaking with linux > for 3++ years now... and i want a certification to > back it up... thanks > > carlos > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 16:32:37 +0200 > From: Beng Asuncion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [plug] SysRq is disabled but SysRq keys are still working > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Hi List, > > We are using RH 8 2.4.20-28.8 kernel for our machines. The following > messages suddenly showed on our consoles: > > Mem-info: > Free pages: 27020kB ( 4352kB HighMem) > Zone:DMA freepages: 4492kB min: 4224kB low: 4352kB high: 4480kB > Zone:Normal freepages: 18176kB min: 5116kB low: 18176kB high: 25216kB > Zone:HighMem freepages: 4352kB min: 1020kB low: 48376kB high: 72564kB > Free pages: 27020kB ( 4352kB HighMem) > ( Active: 308021/8, inactive_laundry: 618721, inactive_clean: 22842, > free: 6755 ) > 35*4kB 0*8kB 10*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB > 2*2048kB = 4492kB) > 614*4kB 457*8kB 180*16kB 4*32kB 1*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB > 0*1024kB 2*2048kB = 18176kB) > 436*4kB 58*8kB 4*16kB 1*32kB 10*64kB 5*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB > 0*2048kB = 4352kB) > Swap cache: add 4622, delete 4617, find 1725/3153, race 0+0 > Free swap: 526284kB > 1003514 pages of RAM > 774138 pages of HIGHMEM > 14619 reserved pages > 235380 pages shared > 5 pages swap cached > > We found out that pressing Ctrl-Scroll lock on the keyboard dumps the > memory information to dmesg and the syslogs. We thought its only the > magic SysRq key that could have caused this as the effect is like > pressing Alt-SysReq M. So we checked the status of the sysrq and found > that it is disabled: > > # cat /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq > 0 > > Can anyone give us a hint what else could cause the memory dumps ? Is > there a linux command that can show the same output? > > Would appreciate any clue :-) > > cheers, > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 16:33:49 +0200 > From: Verna Anna Liza Asuncion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [plug] SysRq is disabled but SysRq keys are still working > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Hi List, > > We are using RH 8 2.4.20-28.8 kernel for our machines. The following > messages suddenly showed on our consoles: > > Mem-info: > Free pages: 27020kB ( 4352kB HighMem) > Zone:DMA freepages: 4492kB min: 4224kB low: 4352kB high: 4480kB > Zone:Normal freepages: 18176kB min: 5116kB low: 18176kB high: 25216kB > Zone:HighMem freepages: 4352kB min: 1020kB low: 48376kB high: 72564kB > Free pages: 27020kB ( 4352kB HighMem) > ( Active: 308021/8, inactive_laundry: 618721, inactive_clean: 22842, > free: 6755 ) > 35*4kB 0*8kB 10*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB > 2*2048kB = 4492kB) > 614*4kB 457*8kB 180*16kB 4*32kB 1*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB > 0*1024kB 2*2048kB = 18176kB) > 436*4kB 58*8kB 4*16kB 1*32kB 10*64kB 5*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB > 0*2048kB = 4352kB) > Swap cache: add 4622, delete 4617, find 1725/3153, race 0+0 > Free swap: 526284kB > 1003514 pages of RAM > 774138 pages of HIGHMEM > 14619 reserved pages > 235380 pages shared > 5 pages swap cached > > We found out that pressing Ctrl-Scroll lock on the keyboard dumps the > memory information to dmesg and the syslogs. We thought its only the > magic SysRq key that could have caused this as the effect is like > pressing Alt-SysReq M. So we checked the status of the sysrq and found > that it is disabled: > > # cat /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq > 0 > > Can anyone give us a hint what else could cause the memory dumps ? Is > there a linux command that can show the same output? > > Would appreciate any clue :-) > > cheers, > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 23:34:33 +0800 > From: proc psaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] SysRq is disabled but SysRq keys are still working > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Verna Anna Liza Asuncion wrote: > > Hi List, > > > > We are using RH 8 2.4.20-28.8 kernel for our machines. The following > > messages suddenly showed on our consoles: > > > > Mem-info: > > Free pages: 27020kB ( 4352kB HighMem) > > Zone:DMA freepages: 4492kB min: 4224kB low: 4352kB high: 4480kB > > Zone:Normal freepages: 18176kB min: 5116kB low: 18176kB high: 25216kB > > Zone:HighMem freepages: 4352kB min: 1020kB low: 48376kB high: 72564kB > > Free pages: 27020kB ( 4352kB HighMem) > > ( Active: 308021/8, inactive_laundry: 618721, inactive_clean: 22842, > > free: 6755 ) > > 35*4kB 0*8kB 10*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB > > 2*2048kB = 4492kB) > > 614*4kB 457*8kB 180*16kB 4*32kB 1*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB > > 0*1024kB 2*2048kB = 18176kB) > > 436*4kB 58*8kB 4*16kB 1*32kB 10*64kB 5*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB > > 0*2048kB = 4352kB) > > Swap cache: add 4622, delete 4617, find 1725/3153, race 0+0 > > Free swap: 526284kB > > 1003514 pages of RAM > > 774138 pages of HIGHMEM > > 14619 reserved pages > > 235380 pages shared > > 5 pages swap cached > > > > We found out that pressing Ctrl-Scroll lock on the keyboard dumps the > > memory information to dmesg and the syslogs. We thought its only the > > magic SysRq key that could have caused this as the effect is like > > pressing Alt-SysReq M. So we checked the status of the sysrq and found > > that it is disabled: > > > > # cat /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq > > 0 > > > > Can anyone give us a hint what else could cause the memory dumps ? Is > > there a linux command that can show the same output? > > > > Would appreciate any clue :-) > > > > cheers, > > > > > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > > . > > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > . > > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > > > You must've inavertently pressed virtual console key sequences. > Here are they: > > > - Task Info: Ctrl-Scroll Lock > - Memory Info: Shift-Scroll Lock > > I'm not sure if you can pipe it into syslog, but you sure can disable it. > > ``dumpkeys >securekey.map'' > > --snip-- > > keycode 70 = Scroll_Lock Show_Memory Show_Registers Show_State > alt keycode 70 = Scroll_Lock > > --snip-- > > Change the Show_* entries to "nul". > After that do a ``loadkeys securekey.map'' to reload your keymap. > > man for loadkeys and it's friends might help. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 15:52:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [plug] Slackware 10.0.... > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi, > > I just upgraded to Slackware 10.0 and I am > experiencing some problems like KDE only having > English language support even with kde > internationalization support, ALSA not working with > the 2.4.27 kernel (the modules that came with the > distro at least), and the occasional corruption of the > MBR (I thought it was just coincidence but thesame > thing happend on another computer a week or so later > )...... > > Has anyone experienced the same or similar problems? > > Thanks for reading > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 18:21:26 -0700 (PDT) > From: Ambrosio Berdijo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Slackware 10.0.... > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Could you tell me the hardware you are running on > (on the current machine and the other machine). > And did you install on a machine which has an active > Windows partition? > > Ambo > > > --- bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I just upgraded to Slackware 10.0 and I am > > experiencing some problems like KDE only having > > English language support even with kde > > internationalization support, ALSA not working with > > the 2.4.27 kernel (the modules that came with the > > distro at least), and the occasional corruption of > > the > > MBR (I thought it was just coincidence but thesame > > thing happend on another computer a week or so later > > )...... > > > > Has anyone experienced the same or similar problems? > > > > Thanks for reading > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > > . > > To leave, go to > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > . > > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go > > to > > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 18:59:32 -0700 (PDT) > From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Slackware 10.0.... > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > okay, > > by the way There is a correction, kernel 2.4.26 not > 2.4.27... > > +ECS Desknote 530 600MHz 256 MB RAM (no active windows > partition, NFS & SAMBA server) > > +P4 1.7 MHz 256 MB RAM, Asus MB SIS chipsets (North > bridge & South bridge, 2 HDs 2 CDROMs (3 active > windows partition ---2 vfat/win95/win98 & 1 NTFS) > > Slackware 9.1 worked fine..... > > Thanks > --- Ambrosio Berdijo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Could you tell me the hardware you are running on > > (on the current machine and the other machine). > > And did you install on a machine which has an active > > Windows partition? > > > > Ambo > > > > > > --- bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I just upgraded to Slackware 10.0 and I am > > > experiencing some problems like KDE only having > > > English language support even with kde > > > internationalization support, ALSA not working > > with > > > the 2.4.27 kernel (the modules that came with the > > > distro at least), and the occasional corruption of > > > the > > > MBR (I thought it was just coincidence but thesame > > > thing happend on another computer a week or so > > later > > > )...... > > > > > > Has anyone experienced the same or similar > > problems? > > > > > > Thanks for reading > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > New and Improved Yahoo! 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We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 09:46:43 +0800 (PHT) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] Slackware 10.0.... > To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi, > > >> > > >> > I just upgraded to Slackware 10.0 and I am > >> > experiencing some problems like KDE only having > >> > English language support even with kde > > Actually, same here...My KDE (kmail) can't display Japanese font, but i am > using thunderbird anyway so that's no big deal for me eventhough its > working on earlier slackware and kde versions. > > >> > internationalization support, ALSA not working > >> with > >> > the 2.4.27 kernel (the modules that came with the > >> > distro at least), > > Not with me, I have no problems with sound on slackware even when it was > using the OSS modules, until now with the ALSA modules. hotplug seems to > detect most of the the soundcards that i am using. What do you mean ALSA > is not working anyway? are the modules loaded? or the modules are loaded > but you dont have any sounds? In Slackware, it is muted by default, so you > have to unmute it using alsamixer (hit the 'M' key) and run alsactl store > to save the volume setting on the next reboot. > > >> > and the occasional corruption of > >> > the > >> > MBR (I thought it was just coincidence but thesame > >> > thing happend on another computer a week or so > >> later > > corruption of MBR? it looks like your windows is taking over the bootloader, > are you sure you havent reinstalled your windows OS? (dual-boot) > I havent experienced corrupted yet. > > >> > )...... > >> > > >> > Has anyone experienced the same or similar > >> problems? > >> > > >> > Thanks for reading > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > __________________________________ > >> > Do you Yahoo!? > >> > New and Improved Yahoo! 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Mail has the best spam > >> protection around > >> http://mail.yahoo.com > >> -- > >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > >> Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > >> Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > >> . > >> To leave, go to > >> http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> . > >> Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go > >> to > >> > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > >> > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > > . > > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > . > > Are you a Linux newbie? 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