Re: Theo's Birthday, have you done anything?
On 05/19/2011 12:41 PM, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: Hey, it's Theo's birthday today, have you done anything? Yeah, you could wish him, but, how about a small gift? How about donating US$10 to the project today? Done, happy birthday!
Re: Samsung HD License Issue
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 11:46:51AM +0200, David Vasek wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 2009, Jochem Kossen wrote: > >> It appeared more people were confused by the text, and both Microsoft >> and Samsung have explained that the terms mean, that if you use a >> different operating system than Windows with this drive, you need to >> get the appropriate license to use said different operating system. > > Possibly, but you need to get the mentioned license _from Microsoft_, as > is written in the license: "...may require an additional license from > Microsoft." No, the response from EC explicitly mentions that if you don't use an operating system from Microsoft, you don't need a license from Microsoft.
Re: Samsung HD License Issue
Hi David, A friend of mine bought such a 'hybrid' drive a while ago, and wondered about the rediculous licencing terms as well. He sent a letter to the European Commission antitrust department to question about this. It appeared more people were confused by the text, and both Microsoft and Samsung have explained that the terms mean, that if you use a different operating system than Windows with this drive, you need to get the appropriate license to use said different operating system. If you want to use an operating system owned by Microsoft with it, you have to get a license from them; if the operating system is not owned by Microsoft, you don't need to get a license from Microsoft. Still, the text is highly confusing though. Regards, Jochem On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:43:43AM +0800, David Schulz wrote: > Hello there, > > today i bought a Samsung Laptop Drive, 160GB, Model Number is HM160HC. > It came in a anti-static plastic bag together with a little leaflet. > Usually i don't read those, but today i did, and came across the > following paragraph: > > "Hybrid Disk Drive products are licensed for use only on devices that > deploy the Windows VISTA Operating System as their principal operating > System. If you or any other party install(s) an operating system on the > computing device that is not Windows Vista, the use of this Hybrid Disk > Drive may require an additional license from Microsoft. > For further information, please contact Microsoft." > > Hybrid Disk Drives contain an Area of Flash Memory that help Windows to > boot faster. They are mentioned here: > > http://thefutureofthings.com/articles.php?itemId=30/59/ > http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsungs-hybrid-hard-drive-hhd-released-to-oems/ > http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=264209 > > Now, i checked everywhere, and it seems that my HM160HC Drive is not a > Hybrid Disk Drive, but i am not quite sure. Maybe they throw in the same > little leaflet into all their Drives Packagings. > > Should it not say on the outside Packaging if i am only allowed to > install certain pieces of Software on it, and no others? I would never > buy such a Product if i knew. Its not clear whether this Drive is or is > not affected by that license paragraph after looking on their Website. > > Before, when i went to buy a new Laptop, i would simply check whether > there was enough Support for my favorite OS, but now it seems, i also > must check that the license of certain Components do not bind me to a > certain Operating System. I think they need a Sticker with 'Windows > only' or so, so Consumers see what they buy. > > Anyhow, i thought its interesting, and maybe others should be careful > what they buy in the future, or at least read the little leaflets > carefully and ask the *possibly clueless* shop assistant about the > Products inside the Laptop. Could be that you buy the 'wolf in sheep's > clothing'. > > rgds, > David
Re: soekris 5501, ral(4) and 4.5-current
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 12:20:52PM +0100, Tom wrote: > On 2009-04-26. Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2009-04-25, Tom wrote: > >>I have a ral(4) acting as a hostap. The problems began since > >> ugrading from Feb 28th snapshot to April 10th (and higher). I have a > >> Soekris 5501. I bought 2 different ral(4) PCI cards, one is a RT2661 > >> and the other is a RT2860 (Planex GW-DS3300N). The RT2661 actually > >> lasts longer than the RT2860. When I have the RT2860 in the box, it > >> doesn't matter whether I use no encryption, WEP, WPA1 or WPA2. The box > >> locks up without any kind of drop into ddb. When the RT2661 is in the > >> machine, it will stay up a day, maybe two tops before it locks solid. > > >try a different psu, especially if you have the lower-power of the ones > >that soekris sell. > > Hi, > > I got the higher psu of the ones soekris sell. It's 12V, 3A. That > should be enough > for the 2.5" laptop disk plus the PCI card I run, right? I've got the 2.08A version, according to kd85 it should work for 'even for a loaded 5501 (this means 2 PCI boards + a harddisk).'.
Re: soekris 5501, ral(4) and 4.5-current
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 10:02:06PM +0100, Tom wrote: > Hi, > >I have a ral(4) acting as a hostap. The problems began since > ugrading from Feb 28th snapshot to April 10th (and higher). I have a > Soekris 5501. I bought 2 different ral(4) PCI cards, one is a RT2661 > and the other is a RT2860 (Planex GW-DS3300N). The RT2661 actually > lasts longer than the RT2860. When I have the RT2860 in the box, it > doesn't matter whether I use no encryption, WEP, WPA1 or WPA2. The box > locks up without any kind of drop into ddb. When the RT2661 is in the > machine, it will stay up a day, maybe two tops before it locks solid. Interesting, I've got exactly the same problem with an rt2860. I thought it was just bad hardware (suspecting the rt2860), or temperature issues, and pulled out the card. The machine's been rock-solid since (d'oh).
Re: AP Encryption
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 01:14:15PM -0700, Spruell, Darren-Perot wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WEP is pretty much out, WPA isn't supported, IPSec is probably too > > complicated for the general public to get going, and that's about > > it. If I can't do it in OpenBSD, I may have to use a > > separate access > > point, but I'd rather keep it all in one box. > > > > Any suggestions here? > > OpenVPN is a fairly good choice for this. Strong crypto options, very > minimalistic configurations can be used on both the client and server side > of things, support for address pools, X.509 certificate authentication or > static keys, works with NAT, and clients avaiable for popular platforms. Just another vote for OpenVPN, i use it here at home, and it works fine (well, except for the occasional iwi fatal firmware errors). It's pretty easy to set up, there are a few articles to be found in google on setting it up especially for this case (with and without authpf). Another option would be the newly added VPN features of OpenSSH. Of course that would require a version of OpenSSH with VPN support on your clients as well as your gateway. Regards, Jochem Kossen
Re: getmail question
On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 01:15:39PM -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: > I have installed getmail in my quest for a console-based pop3 mail client. > When I use getmail to retrieve email, getmail reports that the directory > named > "Maildir" is not a maildir. What makes a maildir different from a standard > directory and how is it created? > > Should I try a different pop3 mail client? http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html In other words, a typical Maildir directory consists of a cur, new and tmp directory. Regards, -- Jochem Kossen - jkossen.nl
Re: NFS Protocol not supported when mounting from a Linux machine.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 10:50:09PM -0500, Rene Rivera wrote: > jared r r spiegel wrote: > > this probably doesn't matter, but what if you just change the > > options to be a simple (rw) or (ro)? perhaps those options > > only apply on the server side and are therefore not communicated > > over to the 192.168.0.3 client, but .. ? > > Tried it, doesn't help :-( > > > any chance of making the linux allow nfs v3 and trying that, > > if only to see if you get the same error? > > I don't know how. There's nothing in the man pages that mentions the nfs > version, so my guess would be v2 is all it can do. > > Of course the most frustrating aspect of all this is that neither side > is very informative as to what is going on. have you tried mounting it without the -2 argument?
