This isn't exactly a Linux-specific question, but hopefully someone here can
help...
On Saturday, I grabbed an old laptop that I thought I'd take down to the Boston
Linux InstallFest, so that I could get Ubuntu and the wireless card working on
it. This is a decent HP laptop that stopped being
On Nov 13, 2007 9:25 AM, Tech Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I actually tried to remove the Print Screen key, but that didn't help.
I would suggest booting some MS-DOS-based diagnostic software, and
seeing if the system is getting keyboard scan codes for the key.
... because XP SP2 kept
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 09:33 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
On Nov 13, 2007 9:25 AM, Tech Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I actually tried to remove the Print Screen key, but that didn't help.
I would suggest booting some MS-DOS-based diagnostic software, and
seeing if the system is getting
Ben and Alex, thanks for the quick replies!
Just to clarify... This machine hasn't run Windows for a couple of years.
It was still under the HP warranty when XP SP2 came out and all those disk
errors began. So HP replaced the disk, ran diagnostics, etc. After they
claimed the hardware was
The latest semi-annual Top 500 Supercomputer list is out.
They only rank things by CPU power (Linpack benchmark), so other
important aspects of supercomputers like I/O capacity are missing,
but it's still a fascinating list. Systems from several local
vendors have been on the list. I'm not sure
On Nov 13, 2007 10:15 AM, Tech Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there some on-line location I get the MS-DOS diagnostics to put onto a
disk and see if there's something else I'm not seeing?
Oh. Sorry, I forgot not everybody is going to have a bunch of
floppies full of old software. :-)
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 10:34 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
On Nov 13, 2007 10:15 AM, Tech Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there some on-line location I get the MS-DOS diagnostics to put onto a
disk and see if there's something else I'm not seeing?
Oh. Sorry, I forgot not everybody is going
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oh. Sorry, I forgot not everybody is going to have a bunch of
floppies full of old software. :-)
What? So, what do people keep at the back of all their closets? What
do you do with all that room if you don't keep copies of every piece
of software
Ric Werme [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The latest semi-annual Top 500 Supercomputer list is out.
They only rank things by CPU power (Linpack benchmark), so other
important aspects of supercomputers like I/O capacity are missing,
but it's still a fascinating list. Systems from several local
On Tuesday 13 November 2007 10:49, Paul Lussier wrote:
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oh. Sorry, I forgot not everybody is going to have a bunch of
floppies full of old software. :-)
What? So, what do people keep at the back of all their closets? What
do you do with all that
Subject: Re: Laptop Key Problem
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oh. Sorry, I forgot not everybody is going to have a bunch of
floppies full of old software. :-)
What? So, what do people keep at the back of all their closets? What
do you do with all that room if you don't keep
On Nov 13, 2007 11:04 AM, Derek Atkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
426 system run Linux(!), 32 run Unix, 2 run MacOS. IBM's AIX has 24
of the Unixes, it looks like HP-UX is on none.
And how many run Windows? ;)
Ahh, looks like 6.
That's because you need a supercomputer to get decent
On Nov 10, 2007 11:00 PM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay, so I installed Fedora 8 today.
As is my custom, I turned off the various and sundry magic daemons
that Fedora's been shipping for years and years. These are daemons
which do various magic things, like detect my hardware,
On Nov 13, 2007 12:14 AM, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Nov 11, 2007, at 11:45, Dan Jenkins wrote:
That should be enough for decades to come. :-)
And it'll still be hell to get somebody to announce BGP for your ASN
because routing
On Nov 13, 2007 11:27 AM, Tech Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Subject: Re: Laptop Key Problem
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oh. Sorry, I forgot not everybody is going to have a bunch of
floppies full of old software. :-)
What? So, what do people keep at the back of all
.
Heh, imagine the DHCP config file for *that* network?!
0 bytes.
ipV6 has no DHCP. IIRC from a UUG meeting, ipV6 has the ethernet MAC as
part of the address and that is used on the LAN section
IPv6 has two ways to get an IPv6 address dynamically, stateless
autoconfiguration (provided
Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
0 bytes.
ipV6 has no DHCP. IIRC from a UUG meeting, ipV6 has the ethernet MAC as
part of the address and that is used on the LAN section
Not yet, but it's coming. I'm at LISA this week, and just last night
attended the ISC DHCP BoF. DHCPv6 is on the
listid:(gos-users.thinkgos.com)
Latest version has a 'filter messages like this'. I just subscribed to
the gOS list and used that feature. Interestingly enough it had this
for the filter option pre-filled in the Keywords:
listid:(gos-users.thinkgos.com)
Is listid new, or was it something I
On Nov 13, 2007, at 11:37, Tom Buskey wrote:
Is there a list of what each daemon does?
From the you don't really know how to use a tool until you know
three ways to abuse it department:
run:
'/usr/sbin/ntsysv'
cursor-over the service and hit F1.
There may be a better way, but that's
On Nov 12, 2007, at 18:51, Ben Scott wrote:
Yah. SPECULATION I suspect they're mostly concerned about their
jobs, and I don't blame them. Verizon is a nice company to work
*for*, by most accounts. They can afford to do that, since they don't
have to care much about being competitive. I
On Nov 13, 2007 11:37 AM, Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a list of what each daemon does?
I usually read the initscript source. Failing that, I'll try man
or whatis on the program the initscript starts. Failing that, I'll
try rpm -qlf /etc/rc.d/rc.init/foo | grep doc and look
On Nov 12, 2007 7:41 PM, Jim Eden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am an IBEW employed tech in NH.
By the way, Sir, I wanted to thank you for taking the time, and
having the courage, to voice your opinion and POV on this, in what was
likely to be a somewhat hostile forum. If you have anything more
Bill McGonigle wrote:
run:
'/usr/sbin/ntsysv'
cursor-over the service and hit F1.
There may be a better way, but that's the one I've found and is
sufficient.
I like the entry for isdn: Start and stop ISDN services.
Thanks for that.
And what's ISDN? I Still Don't No.
--
Ted
On Nov 13, 2007 2:09 PM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 13, 2007 11:37 AM, Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a list of what each daemon does?
I usually read the initscript source. Failing that, I'll try man
or whatis on the program the initscript starts. Failing
On Nov 13, 2007 5:07 PM, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And what's ISDN? I Still Don't No.
It Still Does Nothing and/or I Smell Dollars Now are my personal
favorites.
Hmmm, what could FiOS stand for? Fictional Introduction Of
Service? From Incumbent Oligopolist Swindle?
Comcast is
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:17:59 -0500
From: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Comcast is harder. More letters. Can Only Moan, Complain And
Snivel Today? Constantly Obtains My Cash; Actual Service Terrible?
Ohh, how about: COMmonly CAStrates Torrents?
Any more? Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
Okay, so it sounded better with the Bob Seger riff playing in the back
of my head...
Anyway: Lately, I realized that I was nothing short of bored with the
two major-player options for the desktop interface. Sure, the
convienience of everything just working and gobs of very shiny
information
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