Re: [Hampshire] Permissions query

Thanks. Editing /etc/sudoers is exactly what I needed (and I can think of another script it will be useful for too). Unfortunately my idea didn't, so back to the drawing board... Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Hampshire] Switch on after power loss

in a similar manner, but googling hasn't got me anywhere so far. I've found /proc/acpi/wakeup but can't discover if any of the options it provides would do what I want. Does that clarify things...? Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Hampshire] Local mail

The server is Debian and the Desktop is Ubuntu, so I'll check for Exim and Postfix. Thanks, Leo Andy Random wrote: On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Leo wrote: The second is: is it possible to get my server on my home network to send its local mail to my desktop. Again, so I don't have to remember

Re: [Hampshire] Local mail

mail. I took the other approach and added myself to the mail group (sudo usermod -a -G mail username) as I thought this was more secure (is it?). Leo Leo wrote: I've a couple of queries about local mail on Linux (the mail that things like cron jobs send) that I'm hoping someone can point me

Re: [Hampshire] Shell help - copying files

a recharge. Leo [1] http://www.batterymill.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Email query

Thank you both. That clarifies things. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Local mail

the MTA on my home server to cope with my desktop not being on when it tries to forward the email. Thanks, Leo Andy Random wrote: On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Leo wrote: The second is: is it possible to get my server on my home network to send its local mail to my desktop. Again, so I don't have

Re: [Hampshire] Local mail

Sean Gibbins wrote: If reading admin emails generated by your home server is the end goal, then it sounds over complicated to me Leo. I think you just need to configure your server for local mail and connect to it from your desktop machine's email client to pull the mail in. If I

[Hampshire] Ubuntu install issue

the system at the end of the install. Ubuntu 9.04 wouldn't boot and neither would Windows XP. If I select either HDD in the BIOS it just gets to a screen with a flashing cursor and goes no further. Any ideas how I can get XP and 9.04 working again? TIA Leo PS Also why was it writing to my XP disk

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu install issue

to and therefore re-wrote its MBR. As to why it didn't work, I don't know - I've clearly got a far too complicated hdd arrangement :) Now I've just got to work out why grub won't boot windows, but that's fairly minor in comparison to nothing booting! Thank you, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] de-dupe

Could you use some source control software, e.g. subversion? You could initially create the file and branch it to the 10 different directories. and then edit them all individually. Leo James Courtier-Dutton wrote: Hi, Is there any file system that does de-dupe? I.e. I want to have the same

[Hampshire] Mouse issues

Logitech USB Receiver (II) Logitech USB Receiver: Close (II) UnloadModule: evdev Does anyone know what the problem might be or how I might find out? Google hasn't got me very far on this one. Thanks, Leo PS Oh yeah, and it's a Logitech Wireless USB mouse on Ubuntu 9.04. I had the same problem

[Hampshire] Running shell scripts

Does anyone know how to run shell scripts on the desktop/nautilus in ubuntu 9.10. In previous versions you just clicked on it and it asked if you wanted to edit it or run it. Now it just edits it. TIA Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Running shell scripts

Alan Pope wrote: Right click the script and choose properties. From there make sure the permissions tab allows you to execute the script. Cheers, Al. Yep it does, it's set as -rwxr-xr-x Leo PS Sorry Alan I've been replying directly to you and wondering why the message hasn't turned

Re: [Hampshire] Periodic filesystem checks

On a not entirely unrelated note, when the a file system check starts during a boot up, is it possible to skip it? I've tried Ctrl-C but that doesn't work. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

[Hampshire] Pipe issues

with loads of lines with remaining on the end of them. I've tried loads of things to attempt to debug it, but to no avail. Can anyone help? Thank you, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] Pipe issues

*$' However it still doesn't work when run from anacron :( (Sorry for the confusion) Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Pipe issues

a try tomorrow as the computer it runs on is down now. Thank you, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Pipe issues

Andy Smith wrote: Hi Leo, On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 09:05:42PM +0100, Leo wrote: Still don't understand why anacron requires my script to have it though, when the script works fine when called directly from the command line. I'd love to know why this ever worked. Things like that bother

[Hampshire] Printers

I'm thinking of getting a printer and was just wondering if anyone could recommend a make that works easily and well with Linux (Ubuntu). Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] Printers

Thank you for the quick come back. It appears as though the Canon I was looking at is probably not the best choice so now I'm thinking a HP Deskjet 6940 (although it appears to have been around a while!). Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

[Hampshire] Tag editors

Can anyone recommend a GUI flac tag editor? I've tried a few and haven't found one I like yet. Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Tag editors

Unfortunately I've tried both exfalso and easytag and neither of them is really good enough for me. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Tag editors

Sean Gibbins wrote: Hi Leo Please could you give examples of them? I think you may be missing something with regard to all of them, but without a specific example to work through it's difficult to be sure. With the first one I have not experienced issues with 'various artists

[Hampshire] [OT] Webcams

in the garden, away from the access point. Many thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Webcams

, I hadn't thought about pan-tilt and fixed. I reckon a fixed would be OK, but it depends on how much more the pan-tilt option would cost. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Intercepting shutdown

not to shutdown. Failing that is there a way I can do this with run-levels? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Intercepting shutdown

/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm. I found out how to use it from [1]. Thanks, Leo [1] http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/ACPI_Wakeup#Using_.2Fsys.2Fclass.2Frtc.2Frtc0.2Fwakealarm -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Webcams

Philip Stubbs wrote: Why not? I have had Ethernet running down my garden to my shed for years. Works fine. I suppose I was thinking that it would get in the way of the lawn mower and things, although I guess it could be buried. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Webcams

expected it would be expensive, but hadn't had much luck finding something, so thank you for the link. I will go and do some reading now I have somewhere to start. Thank you, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Webcams

but hadn't had much luck finding something appropriate. It's actually for watching for wildlife rather than security, but, yes, it still needs to be reasonable quality. I will see what I can find about Axis. Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Intercepting shutdown

is call shutdown -h now. HTH, Peter I've just tested those scripts and it seems none of them get called when shutting down using the gnome menu :( Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] Intercepting shutdown

the shutdown? Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Webcams

Jacqui Caren wrote: Aldi were doing a CCTV camera in a bird box jobbie - no idea of quality but it was supposed to have IR lit night vision. problem is that it is TV based and we no longer have a TV or TV card! Jacqui :) and I only have a digital TV card. -- Please post to:

[Hampshire] Hard disks and LVM

them easier. What I was wondering is: is it possible to get LVM to not split individual files across physical volumes. I'm thinking (incorrectly?) that this would make recovery easier if I lost a disk. Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Hard disks and LVM

... So I need a better backup strategy :) As another option, if I used a RAID 1 device (e.g. md0) as a physical volume for LVM, and one of the disks in md0 went down, would LVM carry on regardless while I replace the disk? Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

Re: [Hampshire] Hard disks and LVM

: /home/ and /boot/ are different disks so I don't want them copied, but I don't know if e.g. /dev/ must copied?) Google suggests a few different ways of doing it (copy, rsync,...) and I was wondering which is best? Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Hard disks and LVM

! Thank you, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Slow computer

The Holy ettlz wrote: See kernel bug 12309: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12309 James That sounds like the problem, well it did until it got a bit too technical for me. As far as I understand there's no confirmed fix yet :( Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Periodic filesystem checks

. A lot of Ctrl-C does the trick but then no disks get mounted so I end up spending just as long mounting them manually as the computer takes checking them! Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

[Hampshire] Ubuntu grub issue

Does anyone know how Ubuntu decides to create grub's menu.lst when updates force it to, as it gets mine wrong every time. It chooses the wrong disks to boot from so I have to boot from a CD to go and manually edit it. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu grub issue

Oh yeah, there they are! Thank you. I'll see if my changes work next time it updates. Leo Keith Edmunds wrote: On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:04:51 +, li...@fractal.me.uk said: Does anyone know how Ubuntu decides to create grub's menu.lst when updates force it to, as it gets mine wrong every

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu grub issue

Andy Smith wrote: Hi Leo, On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 05:09:17PM +, Leo wrote: Oh yeah, there they are! Thank you. I'll see if my changes work next time it updates. A machine that can't boot by itself is a bit of a liability. I would advise you to take a copy of a working menu.lst

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu grub issue

lists wrote: On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 15:04 +, Leo wrote: Does anyone know how Ubuntu decides to create grub's menu.lst when updates force it to, as it gets mine wrong every time. It chooses the wrong disks to boot from so I have to boot from a CD to go and manually edit it. Leo Which

[Hampshire] Ubuntu 9.10, dvb and dual boot

changed between 9.04 and 9.10 in terms of dvb firmware, drivers and dvbstream between the two version of Ubuntu, so that I could try and figure out what's broken. Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu 9.10, dvb and dual boot

, so I'll do some googling and see if I can stop windows loading any firmware onto it. Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] [OT] Hardware query/search

Does anyone know of a way to distinguish a dead motherboard from a dead processor? Failing that does anyone have either a socket A processor or motherboard they no longer want? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

[Hampshire] SSH

Is having whole disk encryption good enough not to have to worry about having an ssh passphrase? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hardware query/search

On 07/03/10 21:14, Sean Gibbins wrote: Leo wrote: Does anyone know of a way to distinguish a dead motherboard from a dead processor? Failing that does anyone have either a socket A processor or motherboard they no longer want? Hi Leo, Are we discussing something that was working until

Re: [Hampshire] SSH

On 07/03/10 21:32, Tim Brocklehurst wrote: On Sunday 07 March 2010 21:21:10 Leo wrote: Is having whole disk encryption good enough not to have to worry about having an ssh passphrase? Thanks, Leo Disk encryption works well against physical theft. Passphrases are dependant on your

Re: [Hampshire] SSH

On 08/03/10 22:30, Andy Smith wrote: Hi Leo, On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 10:14:43PM +, Leo wrote: My understanding was that a client could have a private key. Its public key could then be put on the server it wanted to ssh into. I thought the passphrase was to encrypt the private key

[Hampshire] Nomachine/freeNX + ssh

Having recently switched to using keys rather than passwords for ssh I can no longer get NX to work. Google isn't helping either. So does anyone know how to get freeNX/nomachine working when ssh passwords are disabled? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

[Hampshire] apt/dpkg question

However synaptic shows that there is no 7.1 available, only a 7. So I was wondering: 1. Why does the dpkg log say I upgraded from 7.1 and 2. is there an apt/dpkg command for listing the available versions of a package Thanks Leo PS Oh, and if anyone else lost media playback with that update

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Freeview

On 23/05/10 00:22, trotter wrote: At 11:18 22/05/2010, you wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:09:13PM +0100, Leo wrote: Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer. Essentially I've lost about half the channels. Although they don't seem to be frequency specific: so I

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Freeview

On 22/05/10 12:18, Hugo Mills wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:09:13PM +0100, Leo wrote: Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer. Essentially I've lost about half the channels. Although they don't seem to be frequency specific: so I can still get BBC3

[Hampshire] Conky

in the log files. Can anyone suggest a way for me to debug this, or an alternative way of running it at logon? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Lenovo laptops

I'm thinking of getting a Lenovo ThinkPad SL510. General googling indicates linux should work ok with it. However; I was wondering if anyone had any good or bad experience with Lenovo laptops and linux? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Lenovo laptops

Thanks all. Unfortunately it's gone from ~100 units to out-of-stock in 24 hours :( So now I'm looking at an Acer Aspire 5732Z instead. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

I've just got a new laptop and in the bios there is an option to select what OS is installed with three options: Other WinXP Vista / Win7 Does anyone know what difference this makes, and is Other the best to choose for Linux? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] DVD authoring

I use this: http://dvdwizard.wershofen.net/ Although occasionally I've had to use mplex -f 8 to remux video streams to DVD format, but it doesn't re-encode. Leo On 08/09/10 14:46, Peter Bond wrote: Possibly a strange question, given what I do - but this is at a level I don't play at at work

[Hampshire] Ubuntu startup

Does anybody know how to get ubuntu to show useful info when booting? The reason I ask is that it keeps hanging when mounting disks every few boots, but for all I know it could just be fscking them. Or failing, that is it possible to get it to keep old /var/log/boot files? Thanks, Leo

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu startup

On 13/09/10 22:40, Jan Henkins wrote: Hello Leo, On Mon, September 13, 2010 22:35, Leo wrote: Does anybody know how to get ubuntu to show useful info when booting? By pressing the Esc key when you see the first splash screen, it should take you to the text-based bootup area where you can see

Re: [Hampshire] Home fileserving architecture

connected to it. If anyone wants to switch it on any other time, they just use Wake-on-LAN. Leo On 17/09/10 02:22, Anthony wrote: At home I've a fileserver PC and Ubuntu clients including one that's ended up needing to be left on 24/7. I'm thinking of moving the server's 2 disks to the always

[Hampshire] Restricted accounts for jukeboxes

a custom Xsession. Can anyone offer any experience/advice on this? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Restricted accounts for jukeboxes

On 22/12/10 15:31, Chris Dennis wrote: On 22/12/10 11:16, Leo wrote: Just wondering if anyone has ever set up a restricted account on Linux that basically only allows the user to run audio playing software? I'd originally thought of using a live distro, but I think most of those give root

[Hampshire] Gconf-editor

Does anyone know how to run gconf-editor as a different (non-root) user? None of the handful of options I've found on the web work. Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

[Hampshire] Timestamps on photos

of hours? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Kmail

and I presume one of the subscriptions represents that. I just don't know which, and what the other is for. Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Timestamps on photos

Thank you both for your responses. I'll have to have another look around in digikam, as I didn't see functionality that would do this last time I looked. Either that or I'll go for the scripting approach. Perhaps time to dabble in Python or Perl. Leo On 06/05/11 12:07, Joe Wrigley wrote

Re: [Hampshire] Kmail

Hmmm, OK. I've never managed to get this to work, hence why I was asking about the subscriptions. Leo On 04/05/11 07:33, David Webb (NOC) wrote: Does anyone use Kmail? If so can you explain to me what Servside subscription and Local subscription are on an IMAP account? Despite much googling I

Re: [Hampshire] Kmail

could find on this. Leo On 02/05/11 22:32, Samuel Penn wrote: Leoli...@fractal.me.uk wrote: Does anyone use Kmail? If so can you explain to me what Servside subscription and Local subscription are on an IMAP account? Despite much googling I still haven't found a decent explanation. I know

Re: [Hampshire] Timestamps on photos

And it's in the ubuntu repositories - how did I manage to miss that!? I'll give that a go then thank you before I resort to scripting. Leo On 09/05/11 19:53, Samuel Penn wrote: Leoli...@fractal.me.uk wrote: Thank you both for your responses. I'll have to have another look around in digikam

[Hampshire] [OT] Network Query

MB/s. Can anyone shed any light on this? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Network Query

Yep, definitely switches. On 11/07/11 22:06, Simon Reap wrote: On 11/07/2011 21:36, Leo wrote: On my network when I copy data from one computer to another slowly, it seems to slow down other connections, anyone know why this might be? The details are: Computer A is connected to switch 1

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Network Query

it the right params? I think the network is the bottleneck because if I plug B into switch 1 directly (i.e. without powerline), everything's fine. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Network Query

No multiplugs involved, but I'll definitely go googling for firmware updates. Leo On 12/07/11 11:13, Peter Andrijeczko wrote: Just my two cents worth... I bought a couple of Belkin powerline adapters about 18 months ago to replace some older ones, they started off being slower than the ones

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Network Query

Thanks! Yep, both computers say connected at 100 at full duplex. Leo On 19/07/11 08:28, Keir Whitlock wrote: ethtool eth0 On 18 July 2011 20:56, Leo li...@fractal.me.uk mailto:li...@fractal.me.uk wrote: On 12/07/11 06:01, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:36:54 +0100

[Hampshire] Kmail sending problem

ideas on solutions or even just what else I can do to debug this. Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Kmail sending problem

succeeds and telnet fails from the laptop with Connection refused.. That gives me something to go on, so thank you. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Kmail sending problem

On 10/09/11 15:53, Leo wrote: On 10/09/11 14:11, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:00:58 +0100, li...@fractal.me.uk said: Any ideas on solutions or even just what else I can do to debug this. What port are you sending to? Typically it will be 25, 465 or 587. Can you establish

Re: [Hampshire] natty - 2 weird things

. Apologies if you've tried this, but did you disconnect and then reconnect the network after you'd made your changes? I've found that just doing Edit and then Apply does nothing. I always then have to disconnect and reconnect for any changes to take effect. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire

[Hampshire] [OT] NASs

with and that would be on all the time to the job. I've so far seen the Netgear Stora, Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive and the Lacie Network Space. However they all have mixed reviews. So I was wondering if anyone had any experience with them, or could offer an alternative. Thanks, Leo -- Please

[Hampshire] lost+found

for next time: no more RAID, use rsnapshot instead!) Thanks, Leo PS The disks all report themselves as OK now so I don't know what hdparm did. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Shutdown -h sometimes restarts

My server (Debian stable) has developed a habit of sometimes restarting rather than shutting down when I run shutdown -h now Has anyone else seen this, as Googling and looking at logs has got me nothing so far. Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

[Hampshire] debian unstable vs ubuntu server

I'm likely to encounter with it. Has anyone much experience with it? Is it a hassle to maintain? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] debian unstable vs ubuntu server

to go, although I'm really going off the major updates - they haven't successfully for me since about 9.10. Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] apt problem

hasn't been much help. Thanks Leo PS this is on xubuntu 11.10 -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] apt problem

apt-get or aptitude doesn't help :( Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Quick question

On 07/03/12 23:27, Andy Smith wrote: On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 11:15:50PM +, Leo wrote: Can anyone with an ubuntu install tell me the owner and group of: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key $ sudo stat /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key File: `/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert

[Hampshire] Server log viewer

this? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Server log viewer

Thanks, I'll take a look. On 01/04/12 21:10, Dominic Rodriguez wrote: Leo I use Logwatch which fulfills my needs. I set it up as a cronjob and read it when I get up at last. Works a charm. Cheers Dominic On Apr 1, 2012 5:52 PM, Leo li...@fractal.me.uk mailto:li...@fractal.me.uk wrote

[Hampshire] Remote Controls

Can anyone recommend a USB remote control (i.e. a remote with a receiver that plugs into a USB port) that works with Linux? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Remote Controls

On 12/04/12 11:25, Paul Stimpson wrote: Leoli...@fractal.me.uk wrote: Can anyone recommend a USB remote control (i.e. a remote with a receiver that plugs into a USB port) that works with Linux? Hi Leo, Do you mean a presentation remote that a speaker would use to advance a display

[Hampshire] rsyslog query

contain $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf) Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] rsyslog query

On 25/04/12 08:05, Simon Reap wrote: SOn 24/04/2012 20:21, Leo wrote: (rsyslog.conf does contain $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf) Have your tried this instead? #includedir /etc/rsyslog.d Simon -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] rsyslog query

On 26/04/12 10:00, Simon Reap wrote: On Wed, 2012-04-25 at 22:21 +0100, Leo wrote: On 25/04/12 08:05, Simon Reap wrote: SOn 24/04/2012 20:21, Leo wrote: (rsyslog.conf does contain $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf) Have your tried this instead? #includedir /etc/rsyslog.d Just given

Re: [Hampshire] rsyslog query

On 28/04/12 10:38, Simon Reap wrote: On 27/04/2012 23:33, Leo wrote: However the dhcpd one still isn't being working, it is: :msg, contains, dhcpd: /var/log/dhcpd.log ~ Chris, I tried your suggestion and that indicates that it's definitely reading the file, but it's still writing all

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendation please - Big NAS

I'm pleased with my Netgear Stora, but only as a result of OpenStora: http://www.openstora.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Leo On 31/05/12 15:37, Rob Malpass wrote: Hi all Thanks for your replies. I think I'm going down the DIY route. On a related note, one thing I want to do is have

[Hampshire] Partition resizing

it is offline (it refuses to shrink it while online on a loop device) because it doesn't appear as though resize2fs can take a file or an offset. Can anyone suggest how I might do this? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Hampshire] Partition resizing

/enable either of these options using tune2fs; does anyone know how to do it? Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

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