[SLUG] For those who were at the slug meeting last night
Afternoon all, Just a quick message to those who had questions I wasn't able to answer during the iBurst presentation. If you would like to email them to my work address paul [at] syntonic dot com dot au I'll do my best to get answers for you. Cheers, Paul Robinson -- 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] Logout problem
Alan L Tyree wrote: This is still driving me crazy and I would be grateful for any help. System: dead standard Debian woody with 2.4.18-bf2.4 + security updates + Login.app + sylpheed 0.9.12 backport. Alan, I'm still very new to linux, so I could be way off track. Look at power management, it sounds very much like power management kicking in , failing and logging you out. Try *xset -dpms* In /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 comment out Option DPMS Its not supported in woody 2.4... this will stop the system trying to suspend to disk. Also make sure you dont have any ACPI stuff running, woody only supports APM which is now old and they dont work together. Also turn off any power management in the BIOS. If things come right, you know its power management that was causing the problem. I think the best solution is to upgrade the kernel to 2.6, turn off APM and enable ACPI. Or rebuild your kernel and remove APM. If you do go the kernel upgrade route then you get kewl stuff like thermal monitoring as well, I kinda like having the processor temp on the desk top. On my laptop I also got battery monitoring working. The easiest way is to just move to SID on debian. Also get kewl sound system like ALSA, it all seems to work just fine, however if you a KDE fan, dont. I dont like KDE so its not a problem, and it seems in debian SID, KDE is very slow in getting upgraded. It seems the linux guys arent in a hurry to help a proprietry organization like KDE. I dont recommend woody at all, it may be super stable, and good for running a postgres system but other than that its not nice. For example when you move from woody to sarge the interface is going to change. Woody likes MC, sarge onwards uses Nautilus. I suggest SARGE on desktops, and SID on laptops. You can now see the reason, laptops have to have good power management. Problem: running X I get logged out after about 20 of inactivity. It happens no matter what window manager I am using. It does not happen from a text console, so I presume it is not the kernel or bash. I note that there is a process running: /usr/bin/ssh-agent x-window-manager Is it possible that there is something in ssh that is timing me out? If so, where would I fix it? I have googled all over the place and find some references to similar problems, but no solutions. Any other ideas gratefully received. I understand it is a security safeguard, but it isn't one that I want. Cheers, Alan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Which flavour of Linux
I have been playing around with linux for a little while now and want to setup a web server that incorporates webdav and jsp largely for uni I currently use mandrake 10 because of the simplicity to setup. What is the general feeling about mandrake amongst SLUG and is there a better flavour to use. Bearing in mind that I have definite time constraints so it must be quick easy to install and maintain plus cope with multimedia. How does mandrake compare with fedora and debian? Phill -- 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] Which flavour of Linux
Phil, I have been using Mandrake for a while and have found that it is a feature rich distro for desktops. But when it comes to web, and mail servers I have a tendency to swing to Debian or Redhat. I have been playing around with linux for a little while now and want to setup a web server that incorporates webdav and jsp largely for uni I currently use mandrake 10 because of the simplicity to setup. What is the general feeling about mandrake amongst SLUG and is there a better flavour to use. Bearing in mind that I have definite time constraints so it must be quick easy to install and maintain plus cope with multimedia. How does mandrake compare with fedora and debian? Phill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Can anyone recommend a gigabit NIC?
Hi all, I'm thinking of purchasing a new network card and was wondering about getting a mid/lower-end gigabit one. Can anyone recommend one with good Linux support? Thanks for any help! -- Mike -- 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] Can anyone recommend a gigabit NIC?
Michael Knight wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking of purchasing a new network card and was wondering about getting a mid/lower-end gigabit one. Can anyone recommend one with good Linux support? Buffalo LGY-PCI32-GT using 'tg3' driver. 00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Altima (nee Broadcom) AC9100 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 15) Subsystem: Melco Inc: Unknown device 0320 I've been using them for a while. I thought they may have been discontinue/replaced with a newer model, but expansys is still listing them on their site (AU$66.45) Anything based on NS's DP83820 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83820 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller I have a couple from a kuroutoshikou. They do run hot, but work well with older motherboards. --Keith -- 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] For those who were at the slug meeting last night
Also, For anyone interested in the alternative distros that I talked about, i've got a list of links to their websites: http://www.archlinux.org/ http://www.rubyx.org/--- for those looking for a bit of fun/torture http://www.gobolinux.org/ http://dban.sourceforge.net/ http://www.sysresccd.org/ and the customary link to distro watch: http://www.distrowatch.com Lindsay On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:11:43 +1000 Paul Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Afternoon all, Just a quick message to those who had questions I wasn't able to answer during the iBurst presentation. If you would like to email them to my work address paul [at] syntonic dot com dot au I'll do my best to get answers for you. Cheers, Paul Robinson -- Lindsay Holmwood asymmetrics.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asymmetrics.net/~auxesis/ -- 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] Can anyone recommend a gigabit NIC?
On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 14:04:44 +1000 Keith Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anything based on NS's DP83820 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83820 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller At work we've had some trouble with these not working and being flakely in some machines (all recent 2+Gig P4s). Not sure it if was a hardware or a driver issue, but saw it on both the 2.4 and the 2.6 kernels. We ended up switching to Intel (not sure of the chip number). Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +---+ Fundamentalist : Someone who is colour blind and yet wants everyone else to see the world with the same lack of colour. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
