[Scottish] Old PC's for charity etc
Hello all, I have a number of old PC's, probably low end PII's, and some monitors (15") that a client has just got rid of. She's happy for them to go to a charitable project. The hard disks will be completely blank. Please email me off list if you know of a suitable recipient. Cheers, Mark mcr at reason dash technology dot com ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] email server testing
Hello slug, Can anyone recommend simple benchmarking software for mail servers? I've just set up amavisd-new with the Sophie interface to Sophos and I want to be able to throw large volumes of messages, some viral some clean, to see how much better it is. No that's not a challenge guys :-) Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] AOL via Linux server
Hello S.L.U.G, Does anyone know if it's possible to use AOL 8 on a PC connecting via a linux server running broadband with NAT instead of a direct dialup? Cheers, Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] Network testing tools?
Hello Paul, Thursday, 04 December 2003, you wrote: PM> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Mark Robinson wrote: >> I'm having trouble proving to Demon that there are problems with an >> ADSL connection. It's _really_ slow at times, comes to a halt, then >> everything seems to load. We've had pings with 19% packet loss to one >> of Demon's own name servers! PM> Sounds like a dodgy ADSL link: 19% packet loss is enough to seriously PM> upset TCP. It got worse and worse. 56% loss for 1500 packets... PM> Try MTR PM> http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ PM> Really, its nothing more that an automated traceroute + ping, but its PM> still useful. Very useful, and the guy I got on Demon's support line not only knew about it, but was actually going to get me to install it! We have been moving people away from Demon for a while, but I have to say that this time they were very good. The guy was very helpful, and while the fault process is extremely long and drawn out it all went through fine. It turned out to be the ethernet side of the router (the last mtr I ran with 500 packets only returned 13 packets!), and they got BT out to replace it before lunch the following day... Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Network testing tools?
Hello S.L.U.G, I'm having trouble proving to Demon that there are problems with an ADSL connection. It's _really_ slow at times, comes to a halt, then everything seems to load. We've had pings with 19% packet loss to one of Demon's own name servers! Does anyone have any recommendations for network testing tools to try and pin down the problem? I tried doing a traceroute and then running pings to all hops along the route, but there's nothing consistent. *sound of hair being removed by the handful* Cheers, Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] Sending display to another machine
Hello Allan, >> It seems that you are connecting to a running KDE session. That session AB> will >> locally be required to grant permission for access. The first X session >> will be 0 which is the default for TightVNC if you do not specify a AB> session >> number. Just a sideways thought, do you really want KDE? Could you try a lighter window manager? I used to use icewm for VNC as it's a lot quicker then KDE... Just my 2pence worth! Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] OT (Very!)
Hello S.L.U.G, *duck* I know this is nohing to do with Linux, but as you're all such nice, generous helpful people, ok I'll shut up now. Does anyone know of an easy way/cheap tool to migrate a bunch of users (<100) and their files, with permissions, from an NT domain to a windows 2000 active directory domain? And before you ask I tried my damndest to get Linux/Samba in there, and they said absolutely not, we don't know what that is, we want MS. Didn't even help when I reminded them that their Lotus Domino/DNS/Web server is Linux! Damn, I feel dirty, just off for a shower now! TIA Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Weirdness
Hello S.L.U.G, I have a debian fileserver that was playing silly buggers at me earlier! It was complaining badly cos it's root filesystem was full, which is not a bad complaint in itself, except that it's a 1.4G partition and only has a couple of hundred meg on it! The available disk space seemed to be dimishing over time, 32M disappeared this afternoon with no files being added [EMAIL PROTECTED]"! I just rebooted it and I've magically got 1.1G free. It's running 2.2.18, with an ext2 filesystem. It had been running fine for over 100 days, nothing in usual log files... I tried running du earlier and nothing would admit to using the space. I'm very confused, any ideas? Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] SAR110
Hello nigel, Friday, 08 August 2003, you wrote: nbtc> Hello nbtc> Sorry to bother you, but I seem to be retracing your steps... nbtc> I have a Solwise router that I need in a no-nat setup. The no-nat tutorial from the isp (plusnet) appears to be one-to-one nat. nbtc> You mentioned requiring additional addresses? You need a block of 8 IP addresses to run no-nat. Use the contact us facility on their web portal to ask for an 8 IP block and they'll send you the form you need to fill in. They'll normally allocate the addresses really quickly... Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] PHP/mySQL
Hello S.L.U.G, I may have some PHP/mySQL work coming up next month. I am therefore looking for someone who has experience in this and Linux admin to set up a development server and design/code the site. If you are interested please mail me off list. Thanks in advance, Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Couple of things
Hello S.L.U.G, Firstly does anyone know what RAID 00, RAID 1E, RAID 1E0, RAID 5E are, as defined by IBM on the ServeRAID-4LX? I think I can guess that 00 is a stripe over two stripe sets, but the others? And don't even mention the amount of disks needed for RAID 50! Secondly I might have some old kit up for grabs (first come first served to mcr at reason-technology.com). I need to see if there's demand for it before my client is willing to donate it to a good cause... 1) 2 x 24 port rackmount D-Link 10mbps only hub (possibly another one of these hanging around here too) 2) 1 x 12 port version of above 3) 1 x 8 port rackmount D-Link switching hub. Not sure what speed... 4) 1 (very old) Instant Internet ISDN (I think) router. May add 10% to your electric bill! May even be able to find admin software for it. Does IPX-TCP/IP too I think. No, I don't know if you can run Linux on it :-) Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] Hub/switch...
Hello Mike, Thursday, 26 June 2003, you wrote: MQ> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 02:02:29PM +0100 or thereabouts, Miah Gregory wrote: >> If I remember correctly, some USB hubs (including those built in) won't >> provide power until a device has properly connected, ie. talked it's way >> through the handshakes etc. >> I could be completely wrong though, it's been a while. MQ> I can't claim to know much about this, but if that were the case MQ> wouldn't it render devices with no external power supply useless - MQ> they wouldn't be able to gnerate a handshake without USB power. Sounds likely! It's the ethernet hub I was after. Thanks Mike. They look just like the thing. Just need to find a UK supplier now. Cheers, Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Hub/switch...
Hello S.L.U.G, Does anyone know of a small (4 port ish) 10:100 hub or switch that can be powered from a USB port? In fact, can a USB port even supply enough power to make this feasible? TIA, Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] PCI ADSL card?
Hello S.L.U.G, Has anyone had any experience with internal ADSL cards? If so, what works and what doesn't? TIA Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] Spec for server
Hello Ben, Tuesday, 10 June 2003, you wrote: BT> Depend what else you want to run too.. Nothing. This will be it's sole purpose... BT> Shouldn't be a problem though - I've run SuSE 7.2 on a 2Gb drive, with BT> Apache, on a PII 300, 128Mb RAM, although I didn't use it as a full time BT> webserver, it was my main desktop. It's the tomcat bit I'm not sure about. Is it processor/memory hungry? Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Spec for server
Hello S.L.U.G, Can anyone give me an idea if a PII 400 with 384Mb RAM + 8G HDD will be enough to run apache/tomcat, probably using SuSE 8.1 Pro... Cheers, Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] ISDN adaptors
Hello ray, Thursday, 06 February 2003, you wrote: r> You should not need an adaptor. The Highway box has an integral USB TA. I r> have SuSE 8.1 and can connect via a USB cable; although my default route is r> via ethernet and a switch/router box. r> The USB TA uses: r> /lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/kernel/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_st5481.o r> I also look after other machines that is use AVM FRitz pci cards supplied by r> BT. They were autodetected by (I think it was) SuSE 7.0 and work fine. They changed to AVM Felix cards (no longer hisax), which don't work in kernels < 2.4.19 (IIRC, end last time I looked that driver was marked experimental... I use any winbond 6992 based card just fine, eg Sitecom - although the card now listed on their site looks different to the ones I've bought in the past! Don't use an external TA, the ISDN subsytem is great, and I think the throughput will be slightly better with a PCI card. Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] Certification Centres
Hello Ben, Thursday, 06 February 2003, you wrote: BT> OK, without getting into a big discussion on the merits of getting Linux BT> certification, I was wondering if anyone knew of a (preferably BT> central-belt) training centre where I could take the Linux Professional BT> Institute exams, without have to take (and pay through the nose for) a big BT> training course. I just want to pay for and sit the exams. I check into that late last year, and there is a testing centre in Dunfermline, VUE I think it was... I just called the enquiries number on their website. Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] Good ISP for ADSL business and hosting?
Hello Tam, Thursday, 30 January 2003, you wrote: [snip] TM> I use force9.net for my home account without any problems and they offer so TM> much for a reasonable cost: [snip] TM> If anyone can recommend another ISP that can provide the same functionality TM> at a reasonable cost then I would be grateful. Force9.net may be good for TM> home use but not for business. I disagree, I use Plus Net for business, and have moved over a dozen of my clients to it (mostly isdn, but one ADSL). The smtp is good, although their mail servers do get quite slow occasionally, and the php/mysql/cgi is fine - I'm working on a php/mysql site for a client right now... What's wrong with them for business? Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] MoBo
Hello S.L.U.G, Has anyone seen/used an ARock G-Pro motherboard with Linux? Is there anywhere I can look up info on Linux compatible MoBo's? Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Network speed testing
Hello S.L.U.G, Thanks for the pointers for the Mandrake docs. I have another interesting problem that's kind of Linux related. One of my clients has a wireless link between two of their buildings. They have no idea what speed it runs at, and they're no longer in touch with the company that put it in. What (linux based) software is there for testing throughput over ethernet? I can isolate both ends of the link for a short while, with a linux box directly connected to each end. TIA Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Mandrake book
Hello S.L.U.G, Can anyone recommend a good book on Mandrake 8.2. I've got to deliver a training course on it next month, and I've never even seen it running! Are ISO's of 8.2 available for download anywhere? Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] OT: Weird domain stuff
Hello William, Monday, 13 January 2003, you wrote: WA> Your domain was registered with Network Solutions, not BulkRegister - WA> someone is illegally trying to grab your domain before (or when) it expires WA> on the 10th of February. WA> I suggest you contact your ISP Force9 (aka PlusNet), who registered the WA> domain on your behalf, as soon as possible, forwarding them the email and as WA> much detail as you can. I did what you suggested, and they told me that it was them that has initiated the transfer as they are leaving Network Solutions! Nice of them to tell us in advance eh? Cheers Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] OT: Weird domain stuff
Hello S.L.U.G, I received the email quoted below this morning. I haven't done anything with the domain, and know of no reason anything should be happening to it. Does anyone know what is going on? Are they trying to take it off me? Is this some kind of scam, or is it a legitimate change? HELP please! Mark == A request has been made to transfer domain name(s) for which you are the administrative contact to the registrar BulkRegister.com. In order to approve or disapprove the transfer, please click on the following "Link" and use the "Login Information" provided below within 5 calendar days of this email: Link: http://bulkregister.com/admin.html Login Information - Batch ID : Admin Handle : Pin #: Each domain you submitted for transfer in this batch is listed below: reason-technology.com NOTE: If you have received more than one email, please use the link or login information provided in each email. You may be listed as the administrative contact at your current registrar for more than one handle. Some email programs may require that you copy and paste the link into the "address" or "location" window of your browser. If you experience technical difficulties accessing the above link please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] By approving the transfer(s), you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the BulkRegister.com Registration Agreement(RA) and ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy(UDRP) found below. If you experience technical difficulities accessing the above link please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] BulkRegister.com Registration Agreement(RA) http://bulkregister.com/agreement.phtml ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy(UDRP) http://bulkregister.com/disputepolicy.phtml Thank you, BulkRegister Transfer Operations ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Game server
Hello S.L.U.G, Earlier this year some kind soul gave a talk on game servers on Linux. Can someone remind me who it was, or can he email me please. I might have a small job for him... Thanks in advance Mark mailto:mcr@;reason-technology.com ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] PCMCIA NIC?
Hello S.L.U.G, Any recommendations for a PCMCIA network card WITH INTEGRATED CONNECTOR (*calm* as he bends daft little connector back into shape for the LAST time:) that works well under Win2k and Linux? Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Debian install question
Hello S.L.U.G, I've been using SuSE for a number of years now, but I've been thinking about using more Debian lately... The only thing I'm not too sure about is: is it possible to set up software raid/lvm during installation like you can with SuSE? Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Programming/Linux Admin work available
Hi all, Hope no-one minds if I post a job advert... Hungry geeks required, must be willing to work for pizza. Only joking! I'm looking for someone with quite a bit of MS Access experience, and possibly Linux admin skills too. Initially I need someone on a daily basis for an Access database project, but with the possibility of a 6 month/permanent position in future... If you are interested please email me on the address below. Cheers, Mark mailto:mcr@;reason-technology.com ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] Debian
Hello Colin, Friday, 04 October 2002, you wrote: CM> Mark Robinson wrote: >>Talking of debian, there are a number of things that I'm not sure >>about/haven't had time to investigate... >> >> CM> Don't know about Debian, but >>1) What firewall packages are people using >> CM> Firestarter - simple enough for me to understand and seeems reasonably CM> secure. Thanks, I'll look it up >>2) Does isdn work ok? >> CM> with Linux? Yes. With a demand dial setup, the dial-up is immediate and CM> you're instantly on-line. I don't know how well channel bonding works CM> though - I've got a box with a Fritz (BT Hgihway) card providing access CM> at a remote site on a single channel. You might want to put something CM> like diald in front of the interface as a lot of programs generate CM> unnecessary DNS lookups (e.g. even if you setup sendmail to defer all CM> internet Email, it still tries to resolve hostnames on receipt of CM> messages). I'm using ISDN on Linux, in fact good ISDN support was the reason I chose SuSE. >>3) Is a stable amavis/sendmail available? I can only see it in testing not >>stable >> >> CM> When I had such a beast (Amavis 0.2) it was very stable, although a CM> little sluggish. Again I'm using it on lots of SuSE servers, but I was having trouble finding info about it on Debian :-( Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Debian
Hello S.L.U.G, Following up my own posts now. sheesh Talking of debian, there are a number of things that I'm not sure about/haven't had time to investigate... 1) What firewall packages are people using 2) Does isdn work ok? 3) Is a stable amavis/sendmail available? I can only see it in testing not stable What are people's thoughts on Debian as a "small business server"? I.e providing file/print, dial on demand internet access via a proxy etc... Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] SuSE online update
Hello S.L.U.G, Is anyone else having problems with yast2 online update? Over the last few months performance/reliability seemed to have all but disappeared. I've been trying all morning to do the security updates for a newly installed system. Many problems: ftp servers not playing, yast hanging, files missing from ftp sites (glibc :-)... Where's those debian disks? Mark mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[4]: [Scottish] OT (very)
Hello Cameron, Wednesday, 02 October 2002, you wrote: CL> Mark, >> Yeah, I know, but FAST are very busy these days... CL> I'm just glad for open source software. :) CL> Not necessarily for this installation, but have you tried Hylafax on Linux ? CL> Combined with smbfax, it's pretty good. I've heard that, but in this case I don't think it will work. The fax package need to hook directly in to Sage to allow the users to generate batches of statements that will be faxed individually to their clients. It's hard trying to find a Windoze based package to do this, never mind a Linux based one :-( Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] OT (very)
Hello Cameron, Wednesday, 02 October 2002, you wrote: CL> It's a scandal! CL> Imagine using 'Windows NT4 server' and 'legal copy' in the same CL> sentence. :D Yeah, I know, but FAST are very busy these days... CL> I'm sorry that I can't help you with this. CL> What's the software anyway ? It's a fax server that hooks directly in to Sage Accounts to do batch faxing etc... The client has already seen it and likes it... Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] OT (very)
Hello S.L.U.G, *don bulletproof vest* Does anyone have a legal copy of Windows NT4 server that they are willing to sell? I have been screwed by a sales driod who told me that their software ran fine on Linux. I then told my client... Turns out they have never had a Linux version in their life :-( So I may now need to supply an NT4 server... TIA Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] SLUG Meeting Thursday 26th September 2002
GM> On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 19:16, Tony Dyer wrote: >> Tony Dyer is standing down GM> Hmmm. First past the post or PR voting? Why not use the lecturer's method of awarding grades? Chuck all nominations down the stairs/out the window and see which one lands first... :-) GM> Seriously, though, a vote of thanks is in order for all Tony's done for GM> SLUG. I second that. Organising us geeks must be like herding cats! Thanks again Tony... Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] SLUG Meeting Thursday 26th September 2002
GM> On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 19:16, Tony Dyer wrote: >> Tony Dyer is standing down GM> Hmmm. First past the post or PR voting? Why not use the lecturer's method of awarding grades? Chuck all nominations down the stairs/out the window and see which one lands first... :-) GM> Seriously, though, a vote of thanks is in order for all Tony's done for GM> SLUG. I second that. Organising us geeks must be like herding cats! Thanks again Tony... Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] SCO Open server?
Hello S.L.U.G, Do any of you support SCO Open server? I have a contact who's looking to link up with someone who does. The box is 3-4 years old, and lives in Ayrshire... Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
