[SLUG] SMH -- FTA not Free Trade :-)
For your enjoyment. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/18/1090089035863.html?from=storyrhs -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] usb flash drives
hi, I've just bought an emation usb flash drive 256 mb when one plugs it into the system, where is it usually mounted? or rather where abouts would I expect to mount it, I have it listed at /dev/sda but I ain't sure if it's 1 2 3 or 4 any help would be greatly appreciated. -- A continuing flow of paper is sufficient to continue the flow of paper. -- Dyer Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] version control for web application
Hi all Does anyone know of a Version control application for web sites? Thanks Kevin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] usb flash drives
1 2 3 and 4 are the corresponding paritition number on the USB (block) device. So it's normally 1 to mount, unless you have partitioned your USB flash drive... On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:40:01 +1000 Shaun Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, I've just bought an emation usb flash drive 256 mb when one plugs it into the system, where is it usually mounted? or rather where abouts would I expect to mount it, I have it listed at /dev/sda but I ain't sure if it's 1 2 3 or 4 any help would be greatly appreciated. -- A continuing flow of paper is sufficient to continue the flow of paper. -- Dyer Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Hi, I'm the system administrator. If you see me running, *SAVE YOUR WORK*. - anonymous, slashdot.org -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] USB flash drive again.
here's the output of dmesg relating to my new toy. hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x718/0x63) is not claimed by any active driver. Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Vendor: Imation Model: USB Flash Drive Rev: 2.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 SCSI device sda: 512000 512-byte hdwr sectors (262 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 2 USB Mass Storage support registered. -- I don't have any solution but I certainly admire the problem. -- Ashleigh Brilliant Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] usb flash drives
problem is, when I do that, mount hangs and I have to ungracefully kill it. -- While you don't greatly need the outside world, it's still very reassuring to know that it's still there. Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] usb flash drives
If your flash drive is unused and you haven't repartitioned it, I recommend you to repartition/format it under Linux. Or else try upgrading your kernel. On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:54:19 +1000 Shaun Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: problem is, when I do that, mount hangs and I have to ungracefully kill it. -- While you don't greatly need the outside world, it's still very reassuring to know that it's still there. Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Hi, I'm the system administrator. If you see me running, *SAVE YOUR WORK*. - anonymous, slashdot.org -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] USB flash drive again.
Shaun Oliver wrote: here's the output of dmesg relating to my new toy. hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x718/0x63) is not claimed by any active driver. Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Vendor: Imation Model: USB Flash Drive Rev: 2.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 SCSI device sda: 512000 512-byte hdwr sectors (262 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 2 USB Mass Storage support registered. Have you tried mounting /dev/sda? I know this has worked for some USB keys that I've used in the past. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] usb flash drives
I actually had some fun with this a while back and asked the list (not many ppl play with these so it seems). I found that some devices actually mounted as /dev/sda rather than choosing an actual partition. Give that a try and see how things go. (that said, I have others that work when you choose a partition number such as /dev/sda1, just depends on the way its made). Cheers, Paul Shaun Oliver wrote: problem is, when I do that, mount hangs and I have to ungracefully kill it. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] usb flash drives
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Shaun Oliver wrote: hi, I've just bought an emation usb flash drive 256 mb when one plugs it into the system, where is it usually mounted? or rather where abouts would I expect to mount it, I have it listed at /dev/sda but I ain't sure if it's 1 2 3 or 4 any help would be greatly appreciated. Hi Shaun, Each one is different... but most are /dev/sda or /dev/sda1. We have that problem at CSE trying to let students plug in their (much varying) USB flash drives. So, here's roughly the steps that are done to find the right place to mount (assuming you know its /dev/sda[1]): 1) Check /proc/partitions If size of sda is smaller than sda1, etc, then you probably want /dev/sda, otherwise probably /dev/sda1, BUT 2) some devices have an extended partition there, so if the size of /dev/sda1 is 1, then thats probably an extended one and you want /dev/sda5. That's actually the easy bit - its trickier to figure out that it is in fact /dev/sda (i.e. generically, where there could be many devices plugged in/out). So since I found it hard to find info on this, here is some on that too (kudos actually to Neil Brown for this stuff): - Check /proc/scsi/usb-storage-*/* to see which devices are attached, and which scsi host they are on. - Go through /proc/scsi/scsi to find that host and any channel/id/lun info for it. - For all /dev/sd? devices, find any that are on that scsi host - Some devices (particularly multi-format card readers) provide each card reader on a different scsi LUN, so for these to automatically work, you may need CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y in the kernel config. - if there are multiple LUNs for the same host, get the user to tell us which one they want. - When scanning for scsi host, also check for same scsi lun - Then apply earlier details to figure out which partition you want, if any. So, how do you know which /dev/sd? matches which scsi device (referenced with host/bus/channel/lun (4 numbers). We only look at the host and lun, there are 2 ioctl's that will give us these = 0x5386 for the host, and 0x5382 for the lun. In shell+perl: for dev in /dev/sd?; do scsihost=$(perl -e '$a=; open( F, '$dev') ioctl( F, 0x5386, $a) print unpack(L,$a).\n' ) scsilun=$(perl -e '$a=; open( F, '$dev') ioctl( F, 0x5382, $a) (@l = unpack(CC,$a) ) print @l[1] . \n') # check if host and lun are the ones you are looking for ... done Cheers, - Simon [1] If devfs, it's more like: scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc or part[1-4] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] version control for web application
Kevin Saenz wrote: Does anyone know of a Version control application for web sites? Im using CVS for a Web site. You could use any version control system such as CVS, Subversion, Arch etc as HTML web sites are just collections of files. If you want to version images then look for a versioning system that can handle binaries as well as text files. Mike -- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. -- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] usb flash drives
my bad I didn't paste the error. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/hd usb-storage: host_reset() requested but not implemented /dev/sda1: Input/output error mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# -- A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. -- Winston Churchill Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] File system barf (ext3), having fsck problems - fixed
In case anyone was wondering, I figured it out ... debugfs -w ... to remove/clear tricky files/directories/inodes from lost+found (especially that troublesome inode) Other useful commands were ... dumpe2fs ... to find out block info, see where things lived (also mke2fs -n for similar info) e2fsck -b ... to use a back up superblock tune2fs -j ... to rebuild the ext3 journal - Rog -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Barnes Sent: Tuesday, 20 July 2004 10:14 AM To: UnknownMailList-SLUG Subject: [SLUG] File system barf (ext3), having fsck problems Hi all, My /home partition is having a hard time at the moment. 8 snip 8 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] usb flash drives
it looks like this. major minor #blocks name 8 0 256000 sda 8 1 272218546 sda1 8 2 269488144 sda2 8 3 699181456 sda3 8 4 10668 sda4 22 0 12717114 hdc 22 16361708 hdc1 22 26353707 hdc2 3 0 12717114 hda 3 1 96358 hda1 3 25172930 hda2 3 3 498015 hda3 3 46948112 hda4 -- I don't care for the Sugar Smacks commercial. I don't like the idea of a frog jumping on my Breakfast. -- Lowell, Chicago Reader 10/15/82 Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] flash drives
when I pull the key I get this from /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 8 0 256000 sda 8 1 272218546 sda1 8 2 269488144 sda2 8 3 699181456 sda3 8 4 10668 sda4 22 0 12717114 hdc 22 16361708 hdc1 22 26353707 hdc2 3 0 12717114 hda 3 1 96358 hda1 3 25172930 hda2 3 3 498015 hda3 3 46948112 hda4 -- The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex. I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile. -- Ogden Nash Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] version control for web application
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 04:48:49PM +1000, Kevin Saenz wrote: Does anyone know of a Version control application for web sites? As has been mentioned, CVS, Arch, Subversion, or any other general version control system will do the job. However, if what you're looking for is more of a website management system with version control, have a look at Diogenes or MySource. I've used both, and they both have versioning built-in. MySource has more glitz, but Diogenes has a simpler interface. Both have a similar quantity of features (although the feature set is different). - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] usb flash drives
Hi Shaun, You should be mounting /dev/sda. Notice the sizes - you have a 256M stick, /dev/sda is 256M, the others are all ridiculously large (which would upset it). Cheers, - Simon On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Shaun Oliver wrote: it looks like this. major minor #blocks name 8 0 256000 sda 8 1 272218546 sda1 8 2 269488144 sda2 8 3 699181456 sda3 8 4 10668 sda4 22 0 12717114 hdc 22 16361708 hdc1 22 26353707 hdc2 3 0 12717114 hda 3 1 96358 hda1 3 25172930 hda2 3 3 498015 hda3 3 46948112 hda4 -- I don't care for the Sugar Smacks commercial. I don't like the idea of a frog jumping on my Breakfast. -- Lowell, Chicago Reader 10/15/82 Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] usb flash drives
I think I've found part of the problem. when I pull my usb key, my hotplug subsystem doesn't recognise that the key has been pulled. and therefore bitches about it all. -- A formal parsing algorithm should not always be used. -- D. Gries Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] usb flash drives
Hi Shaun, It's usually left as a registered scsi device. If you cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/0 (numbers might be different), then you should see something that says whether it is attached or not. If it does think it's still attached, then you're right that something is messed up. If a second, different, usb stick is plugged in, it'll come up as /dev/sdb instead. This is why we had that nasty bunch of steps I mentioned before to find which device it is. Cheers, - Simon On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Shaun Oliver wrote: I think I've found part of the problem. when I pull my usb key, my hotplug subsystem doesn't recognise that the key has been pulled. and therefore bitches about it all. -- A formal parsing algorithm should not always be used. -- D. Gries Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] usb flash drives
hi simon, that did the trick. I've managed to mount it on /dev/sda and I see everything there. thanks for all your help. -- USER, n.: The word computer professionals use when they mean idiot. -- Dave Barry, Claw Your Way to the Top Shaun Oliver http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] HP memo outlining MS attack on FOSS
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[SLUG] mailman and exim (well mysql as well but its ok)
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im trying to get mailman to play nice with exim
versions are both latest
exim is working fine (its using mysql,exiscan+spammassassion+clamav)
delivering email happily to pop3 and qpopper is just loving life as well
now mailman works just fine on the www side of things
but i cannot post to lists!!
heres exim -d -bd -q30m output
~ 4635 argv[1] = post
~ 4635 argv[2] = bong
~ 4635 Writing message to pipe
31141 set_process_info: 31141 reading output from
|/usr/local/lib/mailman/mail/mailman '${if def:local_part_suffix
{${sg{$local_part_suffix}{-(\\w+)(\\+.*)?}{\$1}}} {post}}' $local_part
~ 4635 writing data block fd=8 size=47 timeout=3600
~ 4635 writing data block fd=8 size=2100 timeout=3600
~ 4635 writing data block fd=8 size=1 timeout=3600
~ 4635 writing error 32: Broken pipe
~ 4635 transport error EPIPE ignored
~ 4635 mailman_transport transport yielded 2
~ 4635 search_tidyup called
14672 mailman_transport transport returned FAIL for [EMAIL PROTECTED]
14672 post-process [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2)
14672 LOG: MAIN
14672 ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=mailman_router T=mailman_transport:
Child process of mailman_transport transport returned 2 from command:
/usr/local/lib/mailman/mail/mailman
14672 deliveries are done
exim knows it needs to send it to mailman,
heres the configure file details
~ mailman_transport:
~driver = pipe
~command = MM_WRAP \
~ '${if def:local_part_suffix \
~{${sg{$local_part_suffix}{-(\\w+)(\\+.*)?}{\$1}}} \
~{post}}' \
~ $local_part
~current_directory = MM_HOME
~home_directory = MM_HOME
~user = MM_UID
~group = MM_GID
straight from the howto
any ideas?
dean
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[SLUG] Something really weird with PHP
I am trying to test the status of a value passed to a PHP program as a
POST parameter, specifically a SUMBIT button, thus:
if (empty($_POST['button'])) {
Now, I know that the parameter is not empty because if I put a debug
print line before it then it will print out the value of the parameter
and the conditional test comes up as false, which it should, thus:
print $_POST['button'].'br';
if (empty($_POST['button'])) {
but if I don't have the preceding print statement (which is only in
there as a debug) then the conditional test comes up as true and the
logic branches off in the wrong direction.
BTW, it's PHP 4.2.2 called by Apache 2.0 on a 2.4.20 kernel.
As I say, really weird, and even weirder is that I have another program
with identical logic in this same way that behaves fine.
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[SLUG] Re: Helix install from *bin files
I think I may have a corrupted download. Tux:/home# chmod a+x hxplay* Tux:/home# ./hxplay* bash: ./hxplay-0.4.0.187-linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586.bin: cannot execute binary file I'll try downloading again in the near future - does anyone have any better ideas ? Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ryan Gammon wrote: Hi Adam, You probably have to make that file executable first, eg: chmod a+x realplay-0.4.0.186-linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586.bin Adam Bogacki wrote: Hi, I've just downloaded hxplay-0.4.0.187-linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586.bin and realplay-0.4.0.186-linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586.bin but I find this happening ... Tux:/home# ./realplay* bash: ./realplay-0.4.0.186-linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586.bin: Permission denied Tux:/home# ./hxplay* bash: ./hxplay-0.4.0.187-linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586.bin: Permission denied Tux:/home# I'm in my root account here. What am I missing ? [It's probably obvious but I've had a long day.] Sorry for bothering you guys. Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Commpriv-admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.helixcommunity.org/mailman/listinfo/commpriv-admin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Something really weird with PHP
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 03:15:51AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I am trying to test the status of a value passed to a PHP program as a
POST parameter, specifically a SUMBIT button, thus:
if (empty($_POST['button'])) {
Now, I know that the parameter is not empty because if I put a debug
print line before it then it will print out the value of the parameter
and the conditional test comes up as false, which it should, thus:
print $_POST['button'].'br';
if (empty($_POST['button'])) {
but if I don't have the preceding print statement (which is only in
there as a debug) then the conditional test comes up as true and the
logic branches off in the wrong direction.
BTW, it's PHP 4.2.2 called by Apache 2.0 on a 2.4.20 kernel.
As I say, really weird, and even weirder is that I have another program
with identical logic in this same way that behaves fine.
I'll bet pounds to peanuts you've typo'd the index name on the empty() call.
Is the code above a direct cut-n-paste from your code, or a retype?
- Matt
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[SLUG] Invitation to Hawaii (USA) and Amalfi (Italy) vip/ka
Dear Dr. Slug, This is an invitation for you to attend two IPSI BgD multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary conferences, one in Hawaii, and one in Amalfi, as follows: IPSI-2005 HAWAII Big Island Hawaii (arrival: 06.01.2005. departure: 09.01.2005.) Deadlines: 1 October 2004 (abstract) + 30 October 2004 (full paper) IPSI-2005 AMALFI Amalfi, Italy (arrival: 17.02.2005. departure: 20.02.2005.) Deadlines: 17 October 2004 (abstract) + 7 December 2004 (full papers) If you like to obtain more information on both conferences, please reply to this email. All IPSI BgD conferences are non-profit! They bring together the elite of the world science (so far, 7 times a Nobel Laureate was talking at the opening ceremony), and they take place in the leading hotels of the world. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Internet, Computer Science and Engineering, Management and Business Administration, Education, e-Medicine, Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering, Environment Protection, and e-Economy. These conferences are in line with the newest recommendations of NSF and EU to stress multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research, and truly support this type of scientific interraction. Sincerely Yours, Prof. V. Milutinovic, Chairman PS - If you plan to submit an abstract/paper, let us know immediately. If you are not able to attend now, but you like to be informed about the future IPSI BgD conferences, please let us know. If you do not like to receive future invitations, let us know, as well! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Something really weird with PHP
On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 09:27, Matthew Palmer wrote:
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 03:15:51AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I am trying to test the status of a value passed to a PHP program as a
POST parameter, specifically a SUMBIT button, thus:
if (empty($_POST['button'])) {
Now, I know that the parameter is not empty because if I put a debug
print line before it then it will print out the value of the parameter
and the conditional test comes up as false, which it should, thus:
print $_POST['button'].'br';
if (empty($_POST['button'])) {
but if I don't have the preceding print statement (which is only in
there as a debug) then the conditional test comes up as true and the
logic branches off in the wrong direction.
BTW, it's PHP 4.2.2 called by Apache 2.0 on a 2.4.20 kernel.
As I say, really weird, and even weirder is that I have another program
with identical logic in this same way that behaves fine.
I'll bet pounds to peanuts you've typo'd the index name on the empty() call.
Is the code above a direct cut-n-paste from your code, or a retype?
That's what I thought at first, but the editor has no problem regex'g
the index name throughout the entire code, and this pgm has been run
every week for the past 2 months, yet suddenly it breaks this week
without being touched - I can be certain of that as I am the only one
who has access to the code.
Besides which, it has two modes that it can run in depending upon a
second passed parameter. In one mode it breaks and in the other it
works, but the second parameter has nothing to do with this particular
segment of code.
It's as if there is a problem in the way in which the parameters are
being passed and accessed by the code. If I print _anything_ (not just
the index name) just before the conditional then the conditional works
fine, but that is not an acceptable kludge as it then breaks a header()
call shortly afterwards.
- Matt
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Re: [SLUG] How to get dhcpclient to ask for another IP addr
Hi all, Thanks David. I installed a deb of that macchanger and tested it this morning. I connected this morning and got the same IP address as yesterday and couldnt get out. I bought down the eth0 interface, used macchanger to fake a new mac addr, bought up eth0 and was able to browse external web pages again. I could see also that I had been given a new IP addr. Hence prob solved and I am still waiting for someone in IT to respond to my logged help request :-) (u do I mention that I am using a faked mac addr ??) Michael Lake wrote: Today the UTS is blocking web access from my laptop with a web page saying my system can access the web again after I have had the virus removed. I have put a IT request in but I'd like to work out some things myself. I thought that as I get an IP address at boot time I might have got an IP address that was last used by a Windows machine with a virus and that IP has been blocked Im using dhcpclient on a Debian machine. Reading the dhcpclient man pages don't suggest that I can ask for a new address. If I just bring down eth0 and bring it up again I get the same address. Can I force somehow a different address or is that beyond a clients power ? David Gillies wrote: Probably not the best way to go about it, but changing the MAC address of your nic should make the DHCP server issue you a new IP address. I guess a program like this could help: http://www.alobbs.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=maccfile=index Thanks, I can't miss my slashdot :-) Mike -- Michael Lake Chemistry, Materials Forensic Science, UTS Ph: 9514 1725 Fx: 9514 1460 -- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Looking for a hosting service provider
Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 09:36:56PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jobst Schmalenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 07:05:57PM +1000, Luke Yelavich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 06:22:08PM EST, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: I heard about a company called Web Central, are they any good? AFAIK, WebCentral are a Windows-based hosting company. I guess you are after a Linux-based host? I saw them providun RedHat 9 based servers .. so I assumed they are mixed. And yes it must be *unix based. Think they run their Linux servers under Microsoft's virtual server... Well, that's one way to guarantee poor uptime on your Linux boxes. Actually, it looks like I might have been wrong on this: they run 'virtual dedicated servers', which runs under a product called 'virtuozzo'. So they don't run under M$, which is a relief :) Campbell - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
