Re: [SLUG] Has anyone any insight as to why RedHat Enterprise Level 5 is broken as far as PXE booting is concerned.
Hi Roger, On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:32:55PM +1000, RgSalisbury wrote: Has anyone any insight as to why RedHat Enterprise Level 5 is broken as far as PXE booting is concerned. Is there a Protocol communication problem It seems: the PXE CLIENT when booting cannot access files in the pxelinux.cfg dir RHEL4 works just fine !! But RHEL5 seems to be broken. is the TFTP SERVER broken (tftp-server-0.42-3.1.i386.rpm) Client very SLOWLY displays thus: Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC1000FD Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC1000F Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC1000 Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC100 Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC10 Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC1 Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AC Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/A Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/default Not sure if you sorted this out Roger, but I just ran into it myself. I bet you've got the rpmforge repository enabled, right? Apparently there's a change in way the latest versions of syslinux (3.50, 3.51 - which are on rpmforge, not in base) query for images. I haven't yet figured out how to fix it, but if you revert to syslinux 3.35 or earlier it will magically start working again. I've seen the problem with both vanilla tftp-server and dnsmasq's tftp. Cheers, Gavin -- 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] MythTV - almost there
If this setup works like a local mythtv system it may be because something else is using /dev/dsp. Check it with fuser /dev/dsp and if a process id is printed, stop that process. Howard Lowndes wrote: I now have it recording and doing live TV. It's a little jerky (approx .5 sec pause every 3-4 secs) but is workable. That might be because it's wifi from the backend to the WAP and wifi from the WAP to the frontend, so I might put the backend on Cat5 and see if that improves things. However, I've got no sound, and this might be about the dumbest question to ask, but do I have to connect the sound output on the capture card to the sound on the mobo somewhere (it has integrated sound). The capture card is a plain analogue card (Phillips saa7134). I was expecting the sound to be picked up over the PCI bus. -- Mark Pearson BSc (Computing) Technical Support, Dept Nuclear Medicine Concord Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia Phone:+61-2-97676339 or +61-297677450; FAX:+61-2-97677451 -- 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] Re: DNS app
If you want an alternative to Bind, then there is djbdns: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html Easier configuration and management, though there isn't as much documentation as bind. Regards, Mark. -- Forwarded message -- From: Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: slug@slug.org.au Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:20:21 +1000 Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re: DNS app quote who=Max Wright Hi Jeff; You're partly right about the theory, though my problem is a messed up named.conf which doesn't allow reverse lookups to work. I am building a new config from scratch (with the book you mentioned) and will get back to a working config that way. Yes, Bind is the gold standard, but it is also the mahogany sideboard of dns. There doesn't seem to be a better way than to work directly on the .conf file. I generally try not to be the cantankerous sysadmin traditionalist, but in many cases, deep understanding of the config files is hugely advantageous to your efficiency and effectiveness as a sysadmin. If you're shaving yaks [1] doing sysadmin stuff when you have more interesting goals in mind, then they can be infuriatingly stupid! I do like a bit of DNS-in-LDAP myself. :-) - Jeff [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yak_shaving -- linux.conf.au http://linux.conf.au/ 2008: Melbourne, Australia http://lca2008.linux.org.au/ When you're running, you want to run as far as you can, and you can't run further than Australia. - Jacek Koman -- 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] Re: DNS app
Mark Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you want an alternative to Bind, then there is djbdns: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html Easier configuration and management, though there isn't as much documentation as bind. Now that's a controversial recommendation. ;) http://www.maradns.org/advocacy.html#djbdns I think since the author has abandoned it, and doesn't permit other people to fix it, it's not a good choice. bind is handy to learn, anyway. If you ever have to work on another systems dns server, there is a good chance it's running bind. It also has the biggest support community. I would suggest if the OP is fed up with doing on his own, he asks for help with error messages, etc. -- Michael Chestertonhttp://chesterton.id.au/blog -- 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] Re: DNS app
True. I will not contest that there may be better alternatives than this alternative, it just happened to be one which I had played with for a few years - and it just happened to be a good idea at the time! Now don't get me started griping about qmail... Regards, Mark. On 6/19/07, Michael Chesterton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you want an alternative to Bind, then there is djbdns: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html Easier configuration and management, though there isn't as much documentation as bind. Now that's a controversial recommendation. ;) http://www.maradns.org/advocacy.html#djbdns I think since the author has abandoned it, and doesn't permit other people to fix it, it's not a good choice. bind is handy to learn, anyway. If you ever have to work on another systems dns server, there is a good chance it's running bind. It also has the biggest support community. I would suggest if the OP is fed up with doing on his own, he asks for help with error messages, etc. -- Michael Chestertonhttp://chesterton.id.au/blog -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Qmail [Was: DNS app]
quote who=Mark Gibson True. I will not contest that there may be better alternatives than this alternative, it just happened to be one which I had played with for a few years - and it just happened to be a good idea at the time! Now don't get me started griping about qmail... No, go right ahead, we haven't had a good five minute hate about Qmail for ages now. :-) - Jeff -- GUADEC 2007 in Beautiful Birmingham http://www.guadec.org/ You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run. - Kenny Rogers, The Gambler -- 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] Joining and a Question - again
Hi David, I remembered an article about a PDF-Editor for linux in the linux-magazine. It was issue 77, http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/77 sadly it is not yet free to look at. the program described in the article was cabaret stage, it is a tool written in Java and you can find it at http://www.cabaret-solutions.com/en/downloads/Linux hope this helps sebastian David Bowskill wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixedDear Slug, I am resending this request as I feel I did not make my first request clear enough I am a retired TAFE teacher (and Electronics Engineer) living at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains. As I am no longer employed, would the annual subscription for me be $15 ? A question - does there exist an open source pdf editor/writer for Linux - which can open and edit existing pdf files ? I am presently using Xandros for my every day activities and such a editor/writer would be useful. Searches of various sites have yielded no joy in this regard. Thanks again David Bowskill /div -- 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] MySQL transfer from one host to another over SSH (pull)
Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So I now have it working using a combination of SSH keys (I have a problem with it not working in .ssh/config but works if you specify the keyname on the command line with the -i option?!) and setting up the MySQL username/password in ~/.my.cnf as recommended by Michael Chesterton. I think bash launches ssh and | mysql at the same time, so you could put the password in the local ~/.my.cnf and not put it in the remote (I got that back to front in my first post). Or use ssh keys and not put the password in any ~/.my.cnf They recommend disabling ssh passwords and using keys, anyway. That way to log in you need to have something and know something (the key and the passphrase). Also, if you're using ssh passwords and the remote host you're ssh-ing to is compromised, they can sniff the password and potentially use that to log in to other hosts. If you have a passphrase-less key, they also recommend locking it down to a specific command in authorized_keys. Or if you love entering passwords, you could have a passphrase on the key, ssh-add the key, run the command, then remove the key from the ssh-agent. -- Michael Chestertonhttp://chesterton.id.au/blog -- 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] MythTV - almost there
On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 17:35 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: However, I've got no sound, and this might be about the dumbest question to ask, but do I have to connect the sound output on the capture card to the sound on the mobo somewhere (it has integrated sound). The capture card is a plain analogue card (Phillips saa7134). I was expecting the sound to be picked up over the PCI bus. I've never used the Philips card before, but every analogue card I've come across came with a short patch cable to link the audio out from the card to the line in on your sound card. I'm fairly sure the answer you're looking for is yes, but if your card does indeed deliver sound direct, then the driver would have set up new devices. Might be worth checking syslog and/or dmesg to see what the driver is doing before getting hold of a cable. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Newcastle LUG - LOGIN
Howdy, This is a reminder for any Newcastle/Hunter region based subscribers to slug that LOGIN (the Newcastle LUG) meets at 7:30pm on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Wallsend Enterprise Centre. Our next meeting will be on the 16th July and will be about gaming on linux. Please give me a yell if you'd like any more info, or check out http://login.linux.org.au Thanks...Steve -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Hidden Stuff in ubuntu
Hi in the hope that someone like Jeff can answer ... Is there any doco on ubuntu's startup, initramfs/scripts etc EG where is varrun and varlock mounted? Not in the initramfs, not in the initscripts (/etc/init.d) not in the initramfs init script. I'm trying to build an embedded video recording system based on transcode. Ubuntu is very suitable from the application point of view, but hell-on-earth trying to unravel the clever-as-can-be startup James -- 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] Hidden Stuff in ubuntu
This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any doco on ubuntu's startup, initramfs/scripts etc https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InitNG https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InitScriptHumanDescriptions -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ The only intuitive interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned. - attributed to Bruce Edigar -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
