[SLUG] custom redhat boot disk
I need to modify the install boot disk for Redhat 7.3 . I havn't used Redhat for a number of years Is there a package that contains the tools for building the standard install boot disk? -Colin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] SLUG meeting :Lycoris CD
Since the ISO image is available for download I guess there would be no problem bringing along a couple of burnt copies for interested parties to re-distribute. Paul At 09:23 AM 28/08/2002, Holroyd Engineering Services wrote: Is it possible to get a copy of lycoris at the meeting this friday? Ta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PPP authentication via Samba to Windoze?
I don't know what a RAS server does, Sorry just a damn TLA, Remote Access Server. Thanks for the answer, I figured it was something like such. Cool. Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] download speeds
Hi Alan, Just to add my 0.02 worth, Remember that a PSDN modem doesn't send and receive at the same time, All that download traffic has to have reply packets going back up the line saying send the next packet. So you will never get 56Kbit download speeds with tcp. 5.5Kbyte * 8 = 44Kbit, I'd be pretty happy with that. Also IIRC, 56K is one direction only, the packets going back are 33K. Which is why 64K ISDN is much better even though it only looks a tad faster. (though ISDN's old hat now) HTH Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] upgrading mandrake
Actually, run /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs status xfs status returned: usage: xfs [-config config_file] [-port tcp_port] [-droppriv] [-daemon] [-nodaemon] [-user user_name] xfs dead but subsys locked so xfs seems to exist, though status is not an option? but running same command in directory returned ./xfs status xfs dead but subsys locked and xfs restart returned.. ./xfs restart Reloading X Font Server config:[FAILED] If you're having problems with this I really recommend using linuxconf. excellent suggestion!, connected and was able to urpmi.update when urpmi --auto-select kdebase XFree86 libqt2 or urpmi --auto-select --force perl curl couldn't get files of server, and returned: installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/setup-2.2.0-26.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/glibc-devel-2.2.4-25.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpng3-1.2.4-3.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libext2fs2-1.27-1.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libimlib1-1.9.13-2.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/openssl-0.9.6c-2.3mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/ldconfig-2.2.4-25.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-1.1.7-98.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libopenssl0-0.9.6c-2.3mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/glibc-2.2.4-25.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-newt-1.1.7-98.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/fileutils-4.1.5-4.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/mount-2.11n-4.3mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/e2fsprogs-1.27-1.1mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/win_e/software/linux/rpm-system/urpmi-3.9-8mdk.noarch.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/imlib-1.9.13-2.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/util-linux-2.11n-4.3mdk.i586.rpm Installation failed, some files are missing. You may want to update your urpmi database --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Free Antivirus http://www.grisoft.com/ Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 21/08/02
Re: [SLUG] download speeds
All that download traffic has to have reply packets going back up the line saying send the next packet. So you will never get 56Kbit download speeds with tcp. 5.5Kbyte * 8 = 44Kbit, I'd be pretty happy with that. * 10 - 1 start and 1 stop bit, this is assuming no parity... Also IIRC, 56K is one direction only, the packets going back are 33K. Correct - Your PC talks to the 'net at 33.6k max, and the 'net talks back to you at up to 56k (although on an allegedly perfect line I've never seen more that 48k, and Telstra claim that their PSTN lines are rated at 2400 baud only !!!) Which is why 64K ISDN is much better even though it only looks a tad faster. (though ISDN's old hat now) You can still get it if you can't get ADSL, but at $1k/month plus data charges for 64k !!! Jon -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] custom redhat boot disk
On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Colin Humphreys wrote: I need to modify the install boot disk for Redhat 7.3 . I havn't used Redhat for a number of years Is there a package that contains the tools for building the standard install boot disk? anaconda-runtime maybe? wim -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Odd crashes appear to be netscape-related
On 27 Aug, Ken Foskey wrote: If you machine locked up with memtest then you have a hardware failure. Start unplugging things and see if you can remove the error. Hardware errors are ugly when they are intermittent so good luck. Yep. I'm arranging a UPS that's bigger than the existing 20 year old power filter - it's not *quite* up to the load, I suspect. (*) But it's been 3 days with no crashes since we stopped using Netscape. So, I think there are a couple of different problems. luke (*) It was only writing while writing this, that I calculated how old the power filter is. My god. I'm becoming a living fossil! Where did my youth go? I'm not *that* old! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] upgrading mandrake
On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 18:55, Russell Davie wrote: Actually, run /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs status xfs status returned: usage: xfs [-config config_file] [-port tcp_port] [-droppriv] [-daemon] [-nodaemon] [-user user_name] xfs dead but subsys locked so xfs seems to exist, though status is not an option? Odd. I guess you must have old initscripts... Or perhaps old xfs... The locked subsys thing it's talking about is a file /var/lock/subsys/xfs. Perhaps stop it, delete the file and restart. but running same command in directory returned ./xfs status xfs dead but subsys locked and xfs restart returned.. ./xfs restart Reloading X Font Server config:[FAILED] what about: ./xfs stop ./xfs start seeing as it doesn't support status... If you're having problems with this I really recommend using linuxconf. excellent suggestion!, connected and was able to urpmi.update good. Glad to see we're making some progress. when urpmi --auto-select kdebase XFree86 libqt2 or urpmi --auto-select --force perl curl couldn't get files of server, and returned: [...] run urpmi with urpmi --wget -v --auto-select kdebase XFree86 libqt2 and give me all of its output (might wanna send that off list), there's got to be an error message I'm not seeing that happens before that. Are there any proxies or anything that could be standing between it and the internet? I also don't like that /mnt/win_e file. See what happens when you remove your source for that file with urpmi.removemedia. are you able to use curl to download any other urls? if not, can wget? are either of them setup? If so there's the --wget or --curl options to urpmi. However, you say you were able to run urpmi.update... Did it actually download stuff or just tell you it was already up-to-date? We're slowly running out of things that can break. :) James. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Australian comments
On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 00:19, Ken Foskey wrote: I was very disappointed with the responses to the two articles. Take a look at how we sell our message... *Yawn* Another story about how Linux is/isn't the next big thing, I think the media trundles these out about 3 months apart alternating between it is and it isn't. I'm all for Linux advocacy, I just wish I had more time to pursue it. I notice free gets a good bashing in these articles. The air I breath is free and it is most certainly worth far more then I payed for it... Dismissing any free software because of the price seems rather small minded. Every piece of free software has had at least one person spend some of their time creating it. Chances are that person spent their time designing, coding, testing, re-coding, documenting and then finding a method of distribution so that others could benefit from their effort. Of course for the larger projects those actively involved at one point or another stretches to the thousands. To belittle free software is to ignore the efforts of so many donated for free. I'm sure nearly all the people who have been aided by the State Emergency Service, or the Bush Fire Brigade, or the Volunteer Surf Life Savers (Do they still exist?) will tell anyone that asks them that these volunteers are priceless. So dollar for dollar, Linux RD can't compete, developer hour for developer hour (and the tester hours and documenter hours and translation hours and ...) I don't think the case for the commercials is so clear cut. If the media every comes to the realization that libraries are not bookstores (among other things), perhaps we will see more enlightened coverage regarding the futures of commercial and free software. In the mean time I won't be holding my breath (I'll be breathing my free air) and I'll certainly be spending more time advocating Linux then reading tired old rehashed news. Cheers, Malcolm V. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PCI Real Modem
John Ferlito said: I've asked this before but I'm hoping someone has seen something since. Has anyone come across a PCI card with a real modem on it. ie not a winmodem. Something that is just recognised by standard linux serial drivers. I think those banksia Intra4 cards have real modems on them and the are PCI. Only problem is you get 4 for the price of 5! The below mentioned Intra2 card might be good but at $495 rrp its also 2 modems for the price of 3 or 4 :) http://www.netcomm.com.au/one/dcp_011.asp?product_id=55category_id=1 dave Why get 2 or 4 modems when you only want one :-) What you are after is the Netcomm IN5710 an internal hardware PCI modem. Not sure about the internals etc other than to say it's a REAL hardware modem not even sure where to pick them up (or even if you can retail) but that's what your after. If you have any trouble finding them let me know. Dan. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PCI Real Modem
Not sure about the internals etc other than to say it's a REAL hardware modem not even sure where to pick them up (or even if you can retail) but that's what your after. harris have them for $118 dave www.ht.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] download speeds
Thanks Peter and to all who helped enlighten me. Would love to have a faster connection, but $$$ and Telstra silliness currently keep me at 56K. Hi Alan, Just to add my 0.02 worth, Remember that a PSDN modem doesn't send and receive at the same time, All that download traffic has to have reply packets going back up the line saying send the next packet. So you will never get 56Kbit download speeds with tcp. 5.5Kbyte * 8 = 44Kbit, I'd be pretty happy with that. Also IIRC, 56K is one direction only, the packets going back are 33K. Which is why 64K ISDN is much better even though it only looks a tad faster. (though ISDN's old hat now) HTH Pete -- -- Alan L Tyree[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/~alant Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 419 638 170 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] download speeds
Quoting Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks Peter and to all who helped enlighten me. Would love to have a faster connection, but $$$ and Telstra silliness currently keep me at 56K. Nothing wrong with 56k modem, I will be going back to my bigpond direct 56k permanent modem, just as soon as I organise it and pay the setup charge. If I have to use a modem, then I want my permanent service again. Cheers Michael -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] download speeds
Jon Biddell wrote: [...] and Telstra claim that their PSTN lines are rated at 2400 baud only !!!) 'baud' and 'bits per second' aren't the same thing. 'baud' means 'number of line state changes per second', but modems faster than 2400 baud use multiple states, each one representing different combinations of bits. For example , if we have 4 states: 00, 01, 10 and 11, at 2400 baud we will get 4800 bits/second. Telstra's lines are rated at 2400 baud, but that doesn't mean we can't get 33600 bps out of them :) Matthew -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] download speeds
At 29/08/2002 09:38, Matthew Dalton wrote: Jon Biddell wrote: [...] and Telstra claim that their PSTN lines are rated at 2400 baud only !!!) 'baud' and 'bits per second' aren't the same thing. snip I was oversymplifying, but yes you are completely correct I guess the upshot of all this is Telstra are useless, but then we already knew that... -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PCI Real Modem
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 07:32:09AM +1000, David Kempe wrote: Not sure about the internals etc other than to say it's a REAL hardware modem not even sure where to pick them up (or even if you can retail) but that's what your after. harris have them for $118 I like the description on the harris web site in a clear bag in the back. no software Thanks guys -- John http://www.inodes.org/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] download speeds
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:12:08PM +1000, Jon Biddell wrote: Which is why 64K ISDN is much better even though it only looks a tad faster. (though ISDN's old hat now) yes I was somewhat surprised, I get 7KB/sec and the symmetrical (and synch) is good for ssh. You can still get it if you can't get ADSL, but at $1k/month plus data charges for 64k !!! not for ISDN DoV! mine is effectively $21pm + approx 60c pm for calls, plus data (I redial automatically on sunday nights to reset my download quota). Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] download speeds
Quoting David Fitch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:12:08PM +1000, Jon Biddell wrote: Which is why 64K ISDN is much better even though it only looks a tad faster. (though ISDN's old hat now) yes I was somewhat surprised, I get 7KB/sec and the symmetrical (and synch) is good for ssh. You can still get it if you can't get ADSL, but at $1k/month plus data charges for 64k !!! not for ISDN DoV! mine is effectively $21pm + approx 60c pm for calls, plus data (I redial automatically on sunday nights to reset my download quota). I'd love to go DoV isdn, if only I could find a ISP in my area that would support it, and not try and charge you double the standard ISP charges for the use of it. grumbles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re[2]: [SLUG] download speeds
Hello Michael, http://www.traverse.com.au/general/isps.asp list of DoV capable ISP's -- Best regards, evilbunnymailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.SydneyWireless.com - Exercise your communications freedom to make it do what you never thought possible... Thursday, August 29, 2002, 11:25:11 AM, you wrote: MF Quoting David Fitch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:12:08PM +1000, Jon Biddell wrote: Which is why 64K ISDN is much better even though it only looks a tad faster. (though ISDN's old hat now) yes I was somewhat surprised, I get 7KB/sec and the symmetrical (and synch) is good for ssh. You can still get it if you can't get ADSL, but at $1k/month plus data charges for 64k !!! not for ISDN DoV! mine is effectively $21pm + approx 60c pm for calls, plus data (I redial automatically on sunday nights to reset my download quota). MF I'd love to go DoV isdn, if only I could find a ISP in my area that would MF support it, and not try and charge you double the standard ISP charges for the MF use of it. MF grumbles smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: Re[2]: [SLUG] download speeds
Quoting evilbunny [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Michael, http://www.traverse.com.au/general/isps.asp list of DoV capable ISP's -- Best regards, evilbunny mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, But I have been over this list a number of times in the last 12-18 months... as I stated problem, is most places want to charge a packet... which means its not worth it. Oh well I wait longer.. I would of joined apana by now, but umm having a little issues talking with the fellow I am going to peer with, since he is so busy. At this stage either services would be good :P -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] download speeds
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 11:25:11AM +1000, Michael Fox wrote: I'd love to go DoV isdn, if only I could find a ISP in my area that would support it, and not try and charge you double the standard ISP charges for the use of it. most charge the same as 56k modem access. I don't know what your area is but check the list at http://www.traverse.com.au/general/isps.asp Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] download speeds
Quoting David Fitch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 11:25:11AM +1000, Michael Fox wrote: I'd love to go DoV isdn, if only I could find a ISP in my area that would support it, and not try and charge you double the standard ISP charges for the use of it. most charge the same as 56k modem access. I don't know what your area is but check the list at http://www.traverse.com.au/general/isps.asp Campbelltown, and only one isp springs out of the list, and personally, I wouldn't use them. But then again the pricing, is pretty bad too. Thanks for all the info ;P -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Help with Pine config
In Pine you can use the display-filters setting to decrypt PGP encoded emails on the fly There appears to be two triggers: _LEADING(BEGIN PGP)_ _BEGINNING(-BEGIN PGP)_ The first will only work if the message body starts with the trigger phrase whereas the second will decrypt PGP code anywhere in the message body. The problem is that the second trigger _only_ returns the decrypted portion of the email. What I want is for that decrypted portion to be returned in the context of the entire email message body. Any assistance out there? -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com Flatter government, not fatter government. - me Get rid of the Australian states. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
