Oracle Linux 'Unbreakable' Event

2002-06-04 Thread Richard Soule
http://www.oracle.com/ebusinessnetwork/ For those with good network connections there will be a live streaming presentation tomorrow at 10:30 a.m PDT/17:30 GMT. Larry Ellison (Chairman and CEO of Oracle), Russ Holt (VP of Dell) and Matthew Szulik (CEO of Red Hat) will all 'be there'. Three thin

Re: Completely OT

2002-06-04 Thread Bob Kenney
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I need to buy a digital camera. I want a good one, that's easily > usable with Linux (USB conn. is fine if it works :) > > I've been thinking about: > > the Nikon CoolPix 995 > the Canon G2 > the Olympus E20 > > I've heard that the coolpix w

Re: High-speed connectivity in NH (was http://www.whizwireless.com/ )

2002-06-04 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 05:12 PM 6/4/2002 -0400, Brian Chabot wrote: uesd? why did he switch? ~kurth >On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Ken Ambrose wrote: > > > NH (Dublin, to be precise) > > > Alas, I've been unable to find any reasonably-priced high-speed solutions > > for Dublin. VITTS had offered service out there, but nob

Re: High-speed connectivity in NH (was http://www.whizwireless.com/)

2002-06-04 Thread Rich Payne
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Brian Chabot wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Ken Ambrose wrote: > > > NH (Dublin, to be precise) > > > Alas, I've been unable to find any reasonably-priced high-speed solutions > > for Dublin. VITTS had offered service out there, but nobody is, now, that > > I can tell. So, s

Re: High-speed connectivity in NH (was http://www.whizwireless.com/)

2002-06-04 Thread Brian Chabot
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Ken Ambrose wrote: > NH (Dublin, to be precise) > Alas, I've been unable to find any reasonably-priced high-speed solutions > for Dublin. VITTS had offered service out there, but nobody is, now, that > I can tell. So, suggestions? Satellite? DSL providers with which I'm >

Re: High-speed connectivity in NH (was http://www.whizwireless.com/)

2002-06-04 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 15:56, Ken Ambrose wrote: > Hi, all. Time to revisit a fairly common topic on here. A friend of mine > is moving back to NH (Dublin, to be precise) after a six-year absence. > Six years ago, dialup was Where It's At. This is less true, now... > especially as she hopes to t

Apache and scalability

2002-06-04 Thread Mark . Porter
Title: Apache and scalability Hi Everyone, I have a question about Apache and scalability. We're running Apache 1.3.23/mod_ssl/mod_gzip on a pair of Solaris machines at the moment. The tie to Linux is that we have a pilot program that runs the same Apache config on a pair of Red Hat machines

High-speed connectivity in NH (was http://www.whizwireless.com/ )

2002-06-04 Thread Ken Ambrose
Hi, all. Time to revisit a fairly common topic on here. A friend of mine is moving back to NH (Dublin, to be precise) after a six-year absence. Six years ago, dialup was Where It's At. This is less true, now... especially as she hopes to telecommute to Motorola in Austin. Alas, I've been unabl

Re: NFS issues

2002-06-04 Thread plussier
>Any ideas? Yeah you blooming idiot, change /etc/nsswitch.conf to read: netgroup: nis to: netgroup: files I really wish people would check the obvious before posting stupid questions to this list ;) -- Seeya, Paul

Re: RPMs and Slackware

2002-06-04 Thread Michael O'Donnell
>Alien (http://www.kitenet.net/programs/alien/) should do the >trick. It claims to convert from RPM to Slackware .tgz, but >I've never actually done it. I _have_ successfully converted >from .deb to RPM using alien, so it at least occasionally works. FYI, the layout of a .deb file is fairly

NFS issues

2002-06-04 Thread pll
Hi all, I think I'm suffering from brain cramps again today :) I have a Debian system with nfs-common/nfs-kernel packages installed. I have another system with nfs-client installed. On the server, the /etc/exports file has the following entry: /usr/foo@netgroup(ro) /etc/netgr

Re: RPMs and Slackware

2002-06-04 Thread Matthew J. Brodeur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Bill Freeman wrote: > Is there an easy answer to installing from an RPM file on a > Slackware box? (I have a friend...) Alien (http://www.kitenet.net/programs/alien/) should do the trick. It claims to convert from RPM

Re: http://www.whizwireless.com/

2002-06-04 Thread Ben Boulanger
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wow! For those prices I may as well go that way! The upfront costs > of satellite are about $600-700. For $800 installation charge and > $250/mo, it's almost worth it (though that's still $200/mo more than > I pay for my lousy dial-up, which would

Re: http://www.whizwireless.com/

2002-06-04 Thread pll
In a message dated: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 13:40:37 EDT Ben Boulanger said: >My condolences. For those interested, a guy here at work is getting a t1 >installed for under $800 and $250/mo + bandwidth (billed fractionally) Wow! For those prices I may as well go that way! The upfront costs of satel

Re: RPMs and Slackware

2002-06-04 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 12:59pm, Bill Freeman wrote: > Is there an easy answer to installing from an RPM file on a Slackware box? Slackware is a big believer in the "build from source" approach. That is probably your best bet. Should that prove infeasible, you can try converting the RPM to a

Re: http://www.whizwireless.com/

2002-06-04 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 01:43 PM 6/4/2002 -0400, Benjamin Scott wrote: I'm pretty sure that I can get you a T-1 for around 1300 a month, no additional loop charges . :-) ~kurth >On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 1:27pm, Ben Boulanger wrote: > > T1 equiv- 595/mo > > + what looks like about $2500 worth of install fees.

Re: http://www.whizwireless.com/

2002-06-04 Thread Ben Boulanger
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Benjamin Scott wrote: > Hah! Where we are (Salisbury, MA), the best price we could get for a > dedicated data T1 and Internet feed was more than $1500/month, and twice > that for the install. My condolences. For those interested, a guy here at work is getting a t1 insta

Re: http://www.whizwireless.com/

2002-06-04 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 1:27pm, Ben Boulanger wrote: > T1 equiv- 595/mo > + what looks like about $2500 worth of install fees. > > Is this normal a normal price for this kind of service? Seems like it > would be cheaper to get a T1 loop & service. Hah! Where we are (Salisbury, MA), the

Re: http://www.whizwireless.com/

2002-06-04 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 01:27 PM 6/4/2002 -0400, Ben Boulanger wrote: we currently sell 3 megs (CIR 144) for 150 with a 800 install. Haven't been able to keep radios in stock. :-) ~kurth >On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > > http://www.whizwireless.com/ > >This seems awfully pricey to me: > 14

Re: http://www.whizwireless.com/

2002-06-04 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 1:12pm, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > ... anybody know anything about them? We have had no direct contact with them, but one of our customers has, and they were not happy at all. It is unclear whether this was due to the core wireless Internet feed being dissatisfactory, or

Re: http://www.whizwireless.com/

2002-06-04 Thread Ben Boulanger
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > http://www.whizwireless.com/ This seems awfully pricey to me: 144Kbps - $142/mo 272 - 210/mo 384 - 270/mo 512 - 370/mo T1 equiv- 595/mo + what looks like about $2500 worth of install fees. Is

Re: GNHLUG mailer barf

2002-06-04 Thread Michael O'Donnell
Once again (!@#$!!!) I wrote: >Your message has encountered delivery problems >to the following recipient(s): . . . . Sorry about these botches, folks. Maybe it was all that funny-smelling smoke I inhaled while wandering around in Amsterdam l

GNHLUG mailer barf

2002-06-04 Thread Michael O'Donnell
>Your message has encountered delivery problems >to the following recipient(s): > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >(Was addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Delivery failed >554 Mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] rejected for policy reasons. > > >Sent:MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=1694 >Received:554 Mail from

http://www.whizwireless.com/

2002-06-04 Thread Michael O'Donnell
...is the site run by an ISP in the Lawrence/Lowell area who offers direct wireless subscriptions if you have line-of-sight visibility to their tower(s). I haven't checked them out very thoroughly yet but it sounds kinda cool - anybody know anything about them? http://www.whizwireless.com/ **

RPMs and Slackware

2002-06-04 Thread Bill Freeman
Is there an easy answer to installing from an RPM file on a Slackware box? (I have a friend...) * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body.

Re: GNHLUG mailer barf

2002-06-04 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 11:55am, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > I suspect Mark would be amused to see you wagging your finger at me about > this, because I've sent him dozens (if not hundreds) of those barf > messages over the years. Apologies for my fat-finger mistake - I'm just > back from vacation

Re: GNHLUG mailer barf

2002-06-04 Thread Michael O'Donnell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Please do not forward these bounce messages to the list. Send them, > along with a nice note, to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, and the > GNHLUG listmaster (which has to be one of the most thankless jobs > in the world) will take care of the problem. I suspect Mark would be am

Re: Message Boards

2002-06-04 Thread Michael O'Donnell
> Really, the big difference between NNTP and message boards is that > NNTP is for those who understand that ascii text is the best way > to communicate and message boards are for those who think eye-candy > matters :) -- I wish that were true, but unfortunately (provided the server hasn't bee

Re: Message Boards

2002-06-04 Thread Michael O'Donnell
>> Wouldn't pretty much any of the available NNTP servers >> satisfy those requirements? And FYI some of the >> specified features (and misfeatures) are normally >> managed by the client rather than the server. > >Source: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-237194.html?legacy=cnet > > "Newsgroups are

Re: Message Boards

2002-06-04 Thread pll
In a message dated: 04 Jun 2002 11:15:45 EDT "Kenneth E. Lussier" said: >On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 09:52, Michael O'Donnell wrote: >> >> Wouldn't pretty much any of the available NNTP servers >> satisfy those requirements? And FYI some of the >> specified features (and misfeatures) are normally >>

Re: Message Boards

2002-06-04 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 09:52, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > > Wouldn't pretty much any of the available NNTP servers > satisfy those requirements? And FYI some of the > specified features (and misfeatures) are normally > managed by the client rather than the server. The intent of the two is pretty

Re: GNHLUG mailer barf

2002-06-04 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 9:58am, Michael O'Donnell wrote: >> This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Please do not forward these bounce messages to the list. Send them, along with a nice note, to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, and the GNHLUG listmaster (which has to be one of the

Re: Message Boards

2002-06-04 Thread Kevin D. Clark
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael O'Donnell) writes: > Wouldn't pretty much any of the available NNTP servers > satisfy those requirements? And FYI some of the > specified features (and misfeatures) are normally > managed by the client rather than the server. Source: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-237

Re: Message Boards

2002-06-04 Thread pll
In a message dated: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:27:59 EDT Bill Sconce said: >(Is a message board at all like a wiki?) You know, this whole wiki thing is one of those areas that I just don't get. Bruce has shown us Twiki at a MELBA meeting, I've poked around on our wiki that Bruce has set up, and a f

Re: fetchmail with pop3s?

2002-06-04 Thread Bill Mullen
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is anyone else using fetchmail to access an ssl-enabled POP3 account? Yes. > If so, could you tell me what your fetchmail command line looks like? I could, but it won't help you, because ... > Also, and this probably makes a huge difference, the s

GNHLUG mailer barf

2002-06-04 Thread Michael O'Donnell
>This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. > >Delivery to the following recipients failed. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >--9B095B5ADSN=_01C20A4448CDF0251F9Centerprise.dwc.e >Content-Type: message/delivery-status > >Reporting-MTA: dns;enterprise.dwc.edu >Received

Re: Message Boards

2002-06-04 Thread Michael O'Donnell
> Does anyone out there have any experience with building/running > message boards? I was asked to find something that was "Like the > Message Boards on AOL". This, of course, is difficult for me, > since I don't use AOL. However, the basic things that I think > I need are 1) Multiple views (t

Re: Message Boards

2002-06-04 Thread Bill Sconce
On 03 Jun 2002 10:13:34 -0400 "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone out there have any experience with building/running message > boards? I was asked to find something that was "Like the Message Boards > on AOL". This, of course, is difficult for me, since I d

Re: Message Boards

2002-06-04 Thread Cole Tuininga
On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 07:52, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: > I've looked at a few of the different things that people suggested, and > so far, phpBB is certainly the best. It has all of the features that I > was looking for, plus a bunch of add-ons. I've heard of one called "EvolutionBB". This is n

Re: Message Boards

2002-06-04 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
I've looked at a few of the different things that people suggested, and so far, phpBB is certainly the best. It has all of the features that I was looking for, plus a bunch of add-ons. As for the cross-site issues, I'm really not worried about it. For the most part, this is an internal service,