[SLUG] Technical Help Required

2005-09-07 Thread Bill Greville
Hi there, I need, very urgently, to solve a problem plaguing one of my customers Sydney sites. The problem occurs when trying to copy files greater than 80Mb from a Windows XP client to a Samba share on the file-server, running SUSE Linux. The problem manifests itself as a Network

RE: [SLUG] Technical Help Required

2005-09-07 Thread Visser, Martin
Bill, Googling for your symptoms doesn't show up anything obvious, nor on http://portal.suse.com/PM/page/search.pm. Have you looked at the samba log file? (I haven't got a SuSe box in front of me - but it probably is in /var/log/samba/*). This might show at least where samba is having problems.

Re: [SLUG] Technical Help Required

2005-09-07 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 01:46:39PM +1000, Bill Greville ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi there, I need, very urgently, to solve a problem plaguing one of my customer's Sydney sites. The problem occurs when trying to copy files greater than 80Mb from a Windows XP client to a Samba

[SLUG] Documentation (management) System

2005-09-07 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
Hi. We need to document our core processes from an IT point view, i.e. how IT interacts with the rest of the company, the services IT provides, what technical structure is there, the software that is availalble etc. 1. What do people use to do this? (document system??) 2. Are there any

Re: [SLUG] Documentation (management) System

2005-09-07 Thread Del
Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: Hi. We need to document our core processes from an IT point view, i.e. how IT interacts with the rest of the company, the services IT provides, what technical structure is there, the software that is availalble etc. 1. What do people use to do this? (document

[SLUG] DHCP Client not working with unwired

2005-09-07 Thread prundle
Sluggers, I have a Compulab ARM processor device (a data-logger) running Linux (2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-armcore) which I'm trying to connect to the Internet using unWired, however the device fails to negotiate an IP address from unWired's modem. dhcp client version is 1.3.19. If I connect the ARM linux

RE: [SLUG] Documentation (management) System

2005-09-07 Thread Visser, Martin
Jobst, I think this basically falls under the framework known as ITIL/ITSM. Googling will give you links to the standards bodies, as well as service providers and practitioners. Pretty well all IT service providers (HP included ;-) ) offer services that allow organisations to align their IT

RE: [SLUG] DHCP Client not working with unwired

2005-09-07 Thread Visser, Martin
Pete, Is your datalogger ethernet got fixed speed (10M?) or duplex and is it possible that the Unwired modem is 100M only? Mii-diag or mii-tool will tell you what your datalogger is set to. Use ifconfig and look for packet counts (or tcpdump if iy have it on the logger) to see if it is actually

[SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Howard Lowndes
I am probably going to buy a lappy in the next few weeks and it will inevitably come with that toy OS on it. Having paid good money for it I am disinclined to blow it away totally so I want to be able to cram it into a corner of the disk and give the rest over to a real OS. What are ppls

Re: [SLUG] Technical Help Required

2005-09-07 Thread David Kempe
Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: Samba does not allow (from memory) larger transfer greater than some size. When you mount a windows share to a linux box you must specify something like this: /bin/mount -t smbfs -o lfs,username=USER //MACHINE/SHARE /mnt/somedisk The lfs stands for LaRGE FILE

Re: [SLUG] DHCP Client not working with unwired

2005-09-07 Thread David Kempe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if the unwired modem is a router or a bridge? I'm assuming it's a bridge and that the default gateway and the dhcp server is on the other end of the unWired connection. Its a bridge I think for all purposes. It probably can do some routing, but for

[SLUG] Re: Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 07:26:09PM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: I am probably going to buy a lappy in the next few weeks and it will inevitably come with that toy OS on it. Having paid good money for it I am disinclined to blow it away totally so I want to be able to cram it into a corner

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Ken Caldwell
On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 19:26 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: I am probably going to buy a lappy in the next few weeks and it will inevitably come with that toy OS on it. Having paid good money for it I am disinclined to blow it away totally so I want to be able to cram it into a corner of the

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Richard
Probably one of the nicest_to_use partitioning tools is the Mandrake Partitioning application, you can run it either via the Mandrake Move or PCLinuxOS Live CD's. Very easy to use and as you can see very graphical. http://www.pclinuxonline.com/wiki/ParTioning Also most of the better

Re: [SLUG] Documentation (management) System

2005-09-07 Thread Ken Foskey
On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 17:45 +1000, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: Hi. We need to document our core processes from an IT point view, i.e. how IT interacts with the rest of the company, the services IT provides, what technical structure is there, the software that is availalble etc. 1. What

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Gary Bennett
On 9/7/05, Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am probably going to buy a lappy in the next few weeks and it willinevitably come with that toy OS on it.Having paid good money for it I am disinclined to blow it away totallyso I want to be able to cram it into a corner of the disk and give the

Re: [SLUG] Documentation (management) System

2005-09-07 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 11:25:40PM +1000, Ken Foskey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 17:45 +1000, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: Hi. We need to document our core processes from an IT point view, i.e. how IT interacts with the rest of the company, the services IT provides,

[SLUG] Using a WRT54 for data capture

2005-09-07 Thread Richard Hayes
Dear list, I am thinking about using a Linksys WRT54 running OpenWRT to capture data from a serial device and then I would like to passer to another server in as a structured message ie XML (Dublin Core / HL7 etc) Is there a very small XML passer? Could you use a small web such as AppWeb?

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread james
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 08:12 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am probably going to buy a lappy in the next few weeks and it will inevitably come with that toy OS on it. Having paid good money for it I am disinclined to blow it away totally

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Howard Lowndes
Gary Bennett wrote: On 9/7/05, *Howard Lowndes* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am probably going to buy a lappy in the next few weeks and it will inevitably come with that toy OS on it. Having paid good money for it I am disinclined to blow it away

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Howard Lowndes
james wrote: On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 08:12 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am probably going to buy a lappy in the next few weeks and it will inevitably come with that toy OS on it. Having paid good money for it I am disinclined to blow it away

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Phil Scarratt
Howard Lowndes wrote: I have yet to see any lappies advertised with Linux installed outside of the US. I just checked a couple of AU Linux sites and they don't have anything. I know my own wholesaler only supplies with Winders installed. Dell - nothing but XP on lappies. IBM - they no

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Peter Chubb
Howard == Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Howard Gary Bennett wrote: Howard I have yet to see any lappies advertised with Linux installed Howard outside of the US. I just checked a couple of AU Linux sites Howard and they don't have anything. I know my own wholesaler only Howard

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Mark Chandler
Great tip! Thanks! I've been looking for a way to get an unencumbered laptop for a while. Thanks also to Peter C for the same tip. Phil Scarratt wrote: Howard Lowndes wrote: I have yet to see any lappies advertised with Linux installed outside of the US. I just checked a couple of AU

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Howard Lowndes
I agree. I did a buildup as a test and the price is still reasonable. Mark Chandler wrote: Great tip! Thanks! I've been looking for a way to get an unencumbered laptop for a while. Thanks also to Peter C for the same tip. Phil Scarratt wrote: Howard Lowndes wrote: I have yet to see

[SLUG] Lappies with preinstalled Linux (was Partitioning software)

2005-09-07 Thread Bill
Pioneer computers have somelaptops with optionj of Linspire pre-installed - see advert inside back cover of PC World Oct issue (Aust edition). Anybody had experience with these? Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Kevin Saenz
I have yet to see any lappies advertised with Linux installed outside of the US.I just checked a couple of AU Linux sites and they don't have anything.I know my own wholesaler only supplies with Winders installed. Dell - nothing but XP on lappies. IBM - they no longer sell lappies, since they

Re: [SLUG] Lappies with preinstalled Linux (was Partitioning software)

2005-09-07 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Kevin Saenz wrote: The only thing I like with Linspire is that it comes with legal codecs like the ability to play DVDs legally. Unlike the other distros. I don't really care so much about that, what I like is that this makes it possible to buy a laptop without paying he microsoft tax and

[SLUG] Re: Using a WRT54 for data capture

2005-09-07 Thread Matt Palmer
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 10:14:32AM +1000, Richard Hayes wrote: I am thinking about using a Linksys WRT54 running OpenWRT to capture data from a serial device and then I would like to passer to another server in as a structured message ie XML (Dublin Core / HL7 etc) Is there a very

Re: [SLUG] Lappies with preinstalled Linux (was Partitioning software)

2005-09-07 Thread Dean Hamstead
just buy an ibook. http://www.yellowdoglinux.com Dean Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Kevin Saenz wrote: The only thing I like with Linspire is that it comes with legal codecs like the ability to play DVDs legally. Unlike the other distros. I don't really care so much about that, what I like

Re: [SLUG] Re: Using a WRT54 for data capture

2005-09-07 Thread Glen Turner
Matt Palmer wrote: That appears to be a HTTP daemon. OpenWRT comes with some other one. I'm not sure why you need a web server on the WRT if it's just pushing messages off at another server. A bit of script and something like neon or curl should suffice for pushing XML fragments to some

Re: [SLUG] DHCP Client not working with unwired

2005-09-07 Thread Peter Rundle
Thanks Martin and Dave for your help. I've still not got it working but I've got some more information, maybe you can make sense of it. I've edited the ifup script on the logger and echo'd out the return code from the dhcpcd. It's 0 on success and 14 when it fails. I've searched the dhcpcd

Re: [SLUG] Lappies with preinstalled Linux (was Partitioning software)

2005-09-07 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Dean Hamstead wrote: just buy an ibook. Sorry, IMO that is not good advice. I have had an iBook for three years and until recently it worked very well. However, about 6 weeks ago I installed patches under OSX and since then the machine has refused to wake up after sleep under Linux. I have

[SLUG] Partitioning software

2005-09-07 Thread Leslie Katz
I recently shrank the NTFS partition which occupied the whole of my (then sole) hard drive, preparatory to installing Linux on the released space. I used FIPS, which worked very well. Things I read made a big deal of using scandisk and defrag before shrinking any Windows partition, so I did

Re: [SLUG] Dell issues? (was Partitioning)

2005-09-07 Thread David
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 08:28:28AM +0800, james wrote: If you get a dell, and there are lots of nice things about dell plus a few uuugh price ease of setup compatibility heat generation (the centrino's are better) then 1) you buy it 2) return winders for munnie ($80 as I recall)

Re: [SLUG] Dell issues? (was Partitioning)

2005-09-07 Thread Mark Chandler
From what I remember, this is a system that instead of having separate VideoRAM on a graphics controller, the graphics chipset uses system memory for video processing. This means two things: 1. you have less system memory for the OS and apps 2. you're using slower memory for graphics than

Re: [SLUG] Lappies with preinstalled Linux (was Partitioning software)

2005-09-07 Thread Dean Hamstead
oh well just thought i would reply on my ibook running only debian linux connected via aiport card. *shrug* Dean Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Dean Hamstead wrote: just buy an ibook. Sorry, IMO that is not good advice. I have had an iBook for three years and until recently it worked very