Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-15 Thread edwardp
Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:55 AM, wrote: > >> This happens with both Linux and Windows, so it cannot be system >> software if two operating systems are involved. >> > To be fair, both systems could have something wrong with them. Given > that the more straightforw

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread F Ozbek
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > Jack Coats wrote: > > Even though it is a laptop, open it up...and clean it out. > > I do that about once a year and did so in January when I upgraded the RAM. > > The crash frequency has perhaps increased in frequency some since the > RAM upgr

Re: donate your old notebook to chispa!

2011-02-15 Thread F Ozbek
For those of you planning to donate your old notebook to project chispa, our next meeting is on March/5th, Saturday in Harvard Medical School. Minimum RAM of 256MB required. Thanks Fevzi On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 6:19 PM, F. O. Ozbek wrote: > Hello all, > > If you have any old laptops/notebooks/ne

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-15 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:55 AM, wrote: > This happens with both Linux and Windows, so it cannot be system > software if two operating systems are involved. To be fair, both systems could have something wrong with them. Given that the more straightforward causes are being eliminated more atyp

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 01:22:43AM -0500, Tom Metro wrote: > Hmmm...maybe a "blue screen of death" isn't such a bad design. I don't think anyone ever lamented the design... just how often it presented itself. :( -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=-

Re: (OFF TOPIC)Re: state department starts to get it?

2011-02-15 Thread Jack Coats
Thanks for clarifying the initial intent. Could we please get back to technical topics. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Boston Linux Meeting reminder Wednesday, February 16, 2011 Net Neutrality and the FCC

2011-02-15 Thread Jerry Feldman
When: February 16, 2011 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A) Topic: Net Neutrality and the FCC Moderator: Caroline Hunter Location: MIT Building E51, Room 395 Caroline will moderate and lead a discussion on the recent FCC Net Neutrality rulings. The following is a short extract of topics Caroline and guests plan

Re: (OFF TOPIC)Re: state department starts to get it?

2011-02-15 Thread Hunter Heinlen
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 10:39, Jim Gasek wrote: >How ironic! Kosher Kommisar Klinton tries to convince >us, sincerely, that she cares about "freedom" around the >globe, and meanwhile wipes her fat ass with the >Constitution, here at home. It is things like this that prevents me from

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Feb 15, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > Tom Metro wrote: >> If this is a practical option, I'll dig deeper and see if I can turn up >> a guide for using it with an Ubuntu kernel. > > Installing kexec-tools did generate this warning: > > update-rc.d: warning: kdump start runlevel argument

Re: Linux for non-CMOV processors

2011-02-15 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > Actually I am guessing someone will keep a 'non-CMOV' kernel going for > themselves and share it with the rest of us that do run old 'junk', > partly just because it is old. Sounds like a candidate for an almost trivial Fedora spin... http://s

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Tom Metro
Tom Metro wrote: > If this is a practical option, I'll dig deeper and see if I can turn up > a guide for using it with an Ubuntu kernel. Installing kexec-tools did generate this warning: update-rc.d: warning: kdump start runlevel arguments (2) do not match LSB Default-Start values (0 1 2 3 4 5) u

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Tom Metro
Jack Coats wrote: > Even though it is a laptop, open it up...and clean it out. I do that about once a year and did so in January when I upgraded the RAM. The crash frequency has perhaps increased in frequency some since the RAM upgrade, but the problem was definitely there prior to the RAM upgrad

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Tom Metro
Jarod Wilson wrote: > Tom Metro wrote: >> My recollection is that the only way to >> capture the output of a kernel panic is to capture the output of the >> serial console. Is that still true? > > No. There have been other ways for quite some time. Ah, good. > The most common upstream-supported

Re: Jeopardy / Watson Lecture at MIT

2011-02-15 Thread Kurt Keville
Here is Denison's spin on it... http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2011/02/15/computer_holds_its_own_in_1st_jeopardy_contest/ considering the Bieber / Wikipedia tainting affair happened a mere 24 hours before the Jeopardy episode, I have to wonder if people will start a knowledg

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-15 Thread edwardp
This happens with both Linux and Windows, so it cannot be system software if two operating systems are involved. When I pinged both the router and modem during these episodes, both respond to pings without any packet loss from either. I will try a new NIC as the spare I have, is not compatible

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-15 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:22 AM, wrote: > I have not as yet tried a traceroute when this occurs, but will do so the > next time.   I have not experienced this same issue on my laptop using a > wireless connection. > > But even when this occurs, /if/ the problem is further downstream, past the

Re: (OFF TOPIC)Re: state department starts to get it?

2011-02-15 Thread Stephen Adler
Sorry, I didn't mean to start this kind of dialog. I was wondering more about technical information about how one can setup free networks or ones which can evade the over reaching "shut down the internet switch". On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 07:39 -0800, Jim Gasek wrote: > How ironic! Kosher Kommisar K

Re: (OFF TOPIC)Re: state department starts to get it?

2011-02-15 Thread Ben Eisenbraun
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 07:39:06AM -0800, Jim Gasek wrote: > >How ironic! Kosher Kommisar Klinton tries to convince There are plenty of forums on the Internet for people to shout their political ideologies at each other. This is not one of them. -ben -- a woman is like a tea bag; she neve

(OFF TOPIC)Re: state department starts to get it?

2011-02-15 Thread Jim Gasek
How ironic! Kosher Kommisar Klinton tries to convince us, sincerely, that she cares about "freedom" around the globe, and meanwhile wipes her fat ass with the Constitution, here at home. I really like the way she talks at us like we're 3rd graders. Each...word...very...slowly.

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Jack Coats
I have seen such things be thermal related. Even though it is a laptop, open it up or have a tech do it and clean it out. Dust, lint, etc build up and can cause thermal overload. It is very dusty were we live, and I have this as an issue in desktops here. My son had a laptop at college and foun

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Feb 15, 2011, at 1:22 AM, Tom Metro wrote: > My laptop is crashing pretty regularly with a kernel panic after 24 to > 48 hours of uptime. Rolling back to the last two kernel versions hasn't > helped. > > My attempts to leave the computer idle showing a virtual console also > hasn't been too su

Re: Drumming Up More Internet Addresses

2011-02-15 Thread Jerry Feldman
It was NAT that extended the life of IPV4. In any case, it will be an interesting next couple of years in IP space. On 02/14/2011 04:50 PM, Rob Hasselbaum wrote: > I did a senior project on IPv6 as an undergrad. That was 1997. I > remember noting in my presentation that IPv6 adoption was just arou

Re: Diagnosing connection issue

2011-02-15 Thread edwardp
I have not as yet tried a traceroute when this occurs, but will do so the next time. I have not experienced this same issue on my laptop using a wireless connection. But even when this occurs, /if/ the problem is further downstream, past the cable modem, at least the modem and router status p