Building wireless client and wireless accesspoint

2012-01-20 Thread James Dugger
I have an interesting project request to build/configure a linux server as a wireless router/dhcp server for a wireless LAN but which is mobile itself and can negotiate for with other wireless access points (wifi hot spots). This is for a small mobile office in a trailer. The client wants a linux

Re: What is the simplest date reminder method?

2012-01-20 Thread Matt Graham
From: "Matt Graham" > This works in KDE 3.5; the syntax is different in KDE 4 > shell:~$ xhost +local: > (only have to do that once) > shell:~$ at 10am Jul 31 > at> export DISPLAY=0:0 > at> dcop --user YOUR_USERNAME --all-sessions knotes KNotesIface newNote > Remember "Remember this here text" >

Re: can I fix windows with linux

2012-01-20 Thread James Crawford
I will second Trinity, I keep a live cd, at work, Used it to clean up several User Errors on our Win systems. it will scan with several different av scanners. Do look through its documentation as there are various scripts already setup to do various things. James C. >Look at Trinity Resource Ki

Re: Red Hat Certified Engineer Training

2012-01-20 Thread mike enriquez
Check with the Red Hat Academy at Estrella Community College. Monday will be the first day for the review class for the Red Hat exam. The instructor for the class is Randy Larson. With Randy teaching it, it will be a great class to attend for a review. And it will not cost more than the typical C

Re: can I fix windows with linux

2012-01-20 Thread Michael Havens
thanks kevin~! On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Stephen wrote: > oo that's a nice tidbit. will have to investigate myself. > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Kevin Fries > wrote: > > Look at Trinity Resource Kit (trinityhome.org)... We used it here at > > work during a major virus outbreak.

Re: What is the simplest date reminder method?

2012-01-20 Thread joe
Matt wrote: >> J: > (1) First, what would the PLUG brain rust >> I *like* that typo. Woops. Sorry all. Obviously, I meant brain Trust ;) Glad you found it funny Matt. Kevin wrote: Is this what you are looking for? http://linuxlibrary.org/command-line/note/ Thanks. Looks promising. ---

Re: What is the simplest date reminder method?

2012-01-20 Thread Stephen
i know back int he day one of the admins on a solaris farm i dealt with spent so much time on hsi servers he created a chron job that used wall to splash his "admin" server based on an events calendar he created as a flat file... was some neat shell scripting about 90% was over my head at the time.

Re: Red Hat Certified Engineer Training

2012-01-20 Thread tho...@redhat.com
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/17/2012 04:35 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Where is the best Red Hat Certified Engineer Training here in > town? > > Prices? Schedule? Test dates? http://www.redhat.com/certification/rhce/ You should also probably read through the certification

Re: can I fix windows with linux

2012-01-20 Thread Stephen
oo that's a nice tidbit. will have to investigate myself. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Kevin Fries wrote: > Look at Trinity Resource Kit (trinityhome.org)... We used it here at > work during a major virus outbreak.  All our heavy lifting back end is > Linux, but all our front end web and doc

Re: What is the simplest date reminder method?

2012-01-20 Thread Kevin Fries
Tomboy is another package, that has both a GUI and CLI interface (tomboycli) Look at the reminder plugin also. Kevin On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:02 -0700, Matt Graham wrote: > From: j...@actionline.com > > (1) First, what would the PLUG brain rust > > I *like* that typo. > > > ideally, I think

Re: What is the simplest date reminder method?

2012-01-20 Thread Kevin Fries
Is this what you are looking for? http://linuxlibrary.org/command-line/note/ Kevin On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:02 -0700, Matt Graham wrote: > From: j...@actionline.com > > (1) First, what would the PLUG brain rust > > I *like* that typo. > > > ideally, I think I would like to have a command li

Re: can I fix windows with linux

2012-01-20 Thread Kevin Fries
Look at Trinity Resource Kit (trinityhome.org)... We used it here at work during a major virus outbreak. All our heavy lifting back end is Linux, but all our front end web and document processing (parsing windows documents) are windows. Last May, one of our customers slipped us a virus, and we di

Re: What is the simplest date reminder method?

2012-01-20 Thread Matt Graham
From: j...@actionline.com > (1) First, what would the PLUG brain rust I *like* that typo. > ideally, I think I would like to have a command line > shell script where on the command line, I could just type: > $ remember "Dr. appointment Jan 25 at 12 pm" > And 24-hours before that date/time, a sma

Re: can I fix windows with linux

2012-01-20 Thread Michael Havens
Thanks for letting me know I'll look into it! On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:16 AM, Stephen wrote: > A Linux install with clamAV can hunt for virii. And you can probably > Chechen some configuration files or replace broken files with known good > ones. But usually I use Linux for data recovery. >

What is the simplest date reminder method?

2012-01-20 Thread joe
Actually two questions here: (1) First, what would the PLUG brain rust suggest as the simplest date and/or appointment reminder method? i.e. ideally, I think I would like to have a command line shell script where on the command line, I could just type: $ remember "Dr. appointment Jan 25 at 12 pm

Re: dell inspiron e1505

2012-01-20 Thread Eric Cope
If its in EPROM, the Hair-Brained idea is to drill a small hole in the plastic, and expose the EPROM to intense UV light for a long period of time. You might get it to erase the contents... I'd personally try Lisa's method first, but for the adventurous... Eric On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:03 AM, L

Re: dell inspiron e1505

2012-01-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
Someone has set a BIOS boot password. 1) Try the backdoor password *Dell *2) Don't bother trying to open the case and pop out the little quarter sized bios battery and pop back in, which will reset SOME bios settings. The bios password is stored in EPROM chip on this model. On Inspiron e1505 you

Re: dell inspiron e1505

2012-01-20 Thread Stephen
Have you Google's 1505 boot password reset? Sell is good about documenting this kind of stuff. On Jan 19, 2012 7:37 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > the stupid thig won't pop off. I have all the screws outbut where the ps/2 > port and monitor ports are it won't let go. > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5

Re: can I fix windows with linux

2012-01-20 Thread Stephen
A Linux install with clamAV can hunt for virii. And you can probably Chechen some configuration files or replace broken files with known good ones. But usually I use Linux for data recovery. To clean out windows I would suggest malware bytes and avast AV. But I would also create a new admin user s

Re: tablet for SCaLE trip?

2012-01-20 Thread Michael Butash
Found this bit looking around for who pays this tax myself: "Free Android is still available from Sony, Motorola, ASUS, Dell, Acer, Cisco, Archos, Toshiba, Sharp, and many more." Good to know Asus is still free - I rather like their hardware. Happens to be refurbs for the original transforme