[SLUG] Technical Help Required
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 connection no longer available error message on the Windows XP client. I would be happy for you to contact me directly or via e-mail for more information or clarification. Many thanks and kind regards, Bill Greville Regional Franchisor Northern Sydney Region Jim's Computer Services Mobile: 0404 312 258 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.jimscomputerservices.net -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Technical Help Required
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. Also have look at the XP event viewer logs. You might also want to check out the physical stats of the network interface on both boxes (ifconfig eth0 on the SuSe box), and probably your switch as well, while you are doing your file transfer. If your machines are fast (and can saturate the network) and if your physical network is flaky, you might be dropping some session/keep-alive traffic that could be causing you grief. (SMB is a bit sensitive to poor network connectivity). You can always use a tool like iperf to help load up the network and verify how much goodput you are getting between XP and SuSe. Martin Martin Visser, CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 410 Concord Road Rhodes NSW 2138 Australia Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com This email (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify HP immediately by return email and then delete the email, destroy any printed copy and do not disclose or use the information in it. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Greville Sent: Monday, 5 September 2005 1:47 PM To: slug@slug.org.au Subject: [SLUG] Technical Help Required Importance: High 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 share on the file-server, running SUSE Linux. The problem manifests itself as a Network connection no longer available error message on the Windows XP client. I would be happy for you to contact me directly or via e-mail for more information or clarification. Many thanks and kind regards, Bill Greville Regional Franchisor - Northern Sydney Region Jim's Computer Services Mobile: 0404 312 258 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:www.jimscomputerservices.net http://www.jimscomputerservices.net/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Technical Help Required
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 share on the file-server, running SUSE Linux. The problem manifests itself as a Network connection no longer available error message on the Windows XP client. 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 SYSTEM. Maybe you have to do something the other way around jobst -- If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? __, Jobst Schmalenbach, Technical Director _ _.--'-n_/ Barrett Consulting Group P/L The Meditation Room P/L -(_)--(_)= +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Documentation (management) System
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 books about this? 3. Are there any (commerical) utils available? thanks Jobst -- When you lose, don't lose the lesson. __, Jobst Schmalenbach, Technical Director _ _.--'-n_/ Barrett Consulting Group P/L The Meditation Room P/L -(_)--(_)= +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Documentation (management) System
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 system??) A wiki. In some cases mediawiki, in some cases YaWiki. 3. Are there any (commerical) utils available? Pay me money and I'll install it for you, and then give you the source code under the GPL. Can't ask for a better deal than that. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] DHCP Client not working with unwired
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 data logger to our local Lan it is able to get an IP address from the LAN dhcp server (running on Linux 2.4.7-10 dhcp v3.0). If I take my desktop running FC2 and set it to Dhcp and cable it to the unWired modem it is able to receive an IP address from the modem/network and browse the net. So; Linux Desktop -- Linux Dhcp server, Good Linux Desktop -- unWired modem, Good Linux Data logger -- Linux Dhcp server, Good Linux Data Logger -- unWired modem, Bad Any cluesticks out there? I tried grabbing the IP that was given to the desktop and forcing it into the data logger, cableing it to the modem and seeing what happened but it didn't work. I could see the packets hitting the modems ethernet port but no reply. I assume the unWired dhcp server keeps a record of hardware address vs ip and didn't like the mis-match. I put the unWired modem back on the desktop and it was pinging again. 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. TIA's Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Documentation (management) System
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 organisations around these methodologies. There is a lot of material out there!!! Martin Martin Visser, CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 410 Concord Road Rhodes NSW 2138 Australia Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com This email (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify HP immediately by return email and then delete the email, destroy any printed copy and do not disclose or use the information in it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jobst Schmalenbach Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 5:46 PM To: slug@slug.org.au Subject: [SLUG] Documentation (management) System 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 books about this? 3. Are there any (commerical) utils available? thanks Jobst -- When you lose, don't lose the lesson. __, Jobst Schmalenbach, Technical Director _ _.--'-n_/ Barrett Consulting Group P/L The Meditation Room P/L -(_)--(_)= +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] DHCP Client not working with unwired
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 receiving anything back from the modem. Of course your datalogger linux may not have all these utils built-in ;-) (Alternatively if you have a spare switch try putting that inbetween the modem and the datalogger and if that makes a difference then you have a physical issue) Regards, Martin Martin Visser, CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 410 Concord Road Rhodes NSW 2138 Australia Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com This email (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify HP immediately by return email and then delete the email, destroy any printed copy and do not disclose or use the information in it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 6:35 PM To: slug@slug.org.au Subject: [SLUG] DHCP Client not working with unwired 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 data logger to our local Lan it is able to get an IP address from the LAN dhcp server (running on Linux 2.4.7-10 dhcp v3.0). If I take my desktop running FC2 and set it to Dhcp and cable it to the unWired modem it is able to receive an IP address from the modem/network and browse the net. So; Linux Desktop -- Linux Dhcp server, Good Linux Desktop -- unWired modem, Good Linux Data logger -- Linux Dhcp server, Good Linux Data Logger -- unWired modem, Bad Any cluesticks out there? I tried grabbing the IP that was given to the desktop and forcing it into the data logger, cableing it to the modem and seeing what happened but it didn't work. I could see the packets hitting the modems ethernet port but no reply. I assume the unWired dhcp server keeps a record of hardware address vs ip and didn't like the mis-match. I put the unWired modem back on the desktop and it was pinging again. 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. TIA's Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Partitioning software
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 recommendations for partitioning software - preferably FOSS that will handle XP with either NTFS or VFAT? -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://lannet.com.au -- When you just want a system that works, you choose Linux; When you want a system that just works, you choose Microsoft. -- Flatter government, not fatter government; Get rid of the Australian states. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Technical Help Required
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 SYSTEM. Maybe you have to do something the other way around I doubt thats the problem. a large file would be greater than 2GB in size for a start. and this limitation is a limitation of smbfs, not samba. and it was removed with version 3 or greater. nevertheless, LFS support in samba itself has been around for ages. 2gb files tho. dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] DHCP Client not working with unwired
[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 your purposes, its a bridge. Therefore, ensure it has good reception if you are moving it around. Very directional those modems. Martin Visser makes good suggestions, tho I would recommend tethereal over tcpdump these days. I find it easier to read I spose. dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: Partitioning software
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 of the disk and give the rest over to a real OS. What are ppls recommendations for partitioning software - preferably FOSS that will handle XP with either NTFS or VFAT? I just used the Debian installer in Ubuntu Hoary, and was able to say resize this partition down to this size, and the NTFS partition on which resided my (as yet unactivated) XP Pro install was suddenly a lot less greedy. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 disk and give the rest over to a real OS. What are ppls recommendations for partitioning software - preferably FOSS that will handle XP with either NTFS or VFAT I've used QtParted found on the SystemRescueCD. It claims to be able to handle NTFS although I have only used it with VFAT. cheers, Ken -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 distributions of Linux have a partitioning application that is part of the installation, in some cases ie Mandrake, it will resize and do all the partitioning setup either manually via a GUI or 100% automatically, yep even NTFS. On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 19:26 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: What are ppls recommendations for partitioning software - preferably FOSS that will handle XP with either NTFS or VFAT? Regards Richard Neal Childlessness is hereditary, if your parents don't have children neither will you. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Documentation (management) System
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 do people use to do this? (document system??) 2. Are there any books about this? 3. Are there any (commerical) utils available? There was a book reveiw on slashdot.org about technical documentation. Might be worth a look review was pretty good. -- Ken Foskey OpenOffice.org developer -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 rest over to a real OS. Howard, is it inevitable that the machine will come with a preloaded OS? Perhaps you could ask them to save the OS and you can save some cash, or shop around for someone who will. Regards, Gary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Documentation (management) System
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, 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 books about this? 3. Are there any (commerical) utils available? There was a book reveiw on slashdot.org about technical documentation. Might be worth a look review was pretty good. do you know the title? jobst -- #include signature.h __, Jobst Schmalenbach, Technical Director _ _.--'-n_/ Barrett Consulting Group P/L The Meditation Room P/L -(_)--(_)= +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Using a WRT54 for data capture
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? Or am I totally off the planet? Any comments / suggestions are welcome -- Richard Hayes Nada Marketing PO Box 12 Gordon Australia 2072 Tel: +(61-2) 9412 4367 Fax: +(61-2) 9412 4920 Mob: +(61) 0414 618 425 www.nada.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 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 recommendations for partitioning software - preferably FOSS that will handle XP with either NTFS or VFAT? -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://lannet.com.au 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) Call Dell -- james [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 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. Howard, is it inevitable that the machine will come with a preloaded OS? Perhaps you could ask them to save the OS and you can save some cash, or shop around for someone who will. 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 sold that arm to Lenevo Novell - don't sell lappies A few years back someone did get the price reduced in AU by getting the supplier to cancel the Winders install, but it was a battle. I think he got $15 off, IIRC. Regards, Gary -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://lannet.com.au -- When you just want a system that works, you choose Linux; When you want a system that just works, you choose Microsoft. -- Flatter government, not fatter government; Get rid of the Australian states. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 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 recommendations for partitioning software - preferably FOSS that will handle XP with either NTFS or VFAT? -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://lannet.com.au 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) No mench of that on their web site :( Call Dell -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://lannet.com.au -- When you just want a system that works, you choose Linux; When you want a system that just works, you choose Microsoft. -- Flatter government, not fatter government; Get rid of the Australian states. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 longer sell lappies, since they sold that arm to Lenevo Novell - don't sell lappies A few years back someone did get the price reduced in AU by getting the supplier to cancel the Winders install, but it was a battle. I think he got $15 off, IIRC. Pioneer Computers sell their own branded laptops with linux installedor they used to. www.pioneercomputers.com.au No idea quality or otherwise, having never used their laptops. Fil -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 supplies with Winders installed. http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au They sell rebadged Clevos, and can supply with no OS, with Lindows, or with Windows (at an increased price) Peter C -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 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 sold that arm to Lenevo Novell - don't sell lappies A few years back someone did get the price reduced in AU by getting the supplier to cancel the Winders install, but it was a battle. I think he got $15 off, IIRC. Pioneer Computers sell their own branded laptops with linux installedor they used to. www.pioneercomputers.com.au No idea quality or otherwise, having never used their laptops. Fil -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 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 sold that arm to Lenevo Novell - don't sell lappies A few years back someone did get the price reduced in AU by getting the supplier to cancel the Winders install, but it was a battle. I think he got $15 off, IIRC. Pioneer Computers sell their own branded laptops with linux installedor they used to. www.pioneercomputers.com.au No idea quality or otherwise, having never used their laptops. Fil -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://lannet.com.au -- When you just want a system that works, you choose Linux; When you want a system that just works, you choose Microsoft. -- Flatter government, not fatter government; Get rid of the Australian states. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Lappies with preinstalled Linux (was Partitioning software)
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: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Partitioning software
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 sold that arm to Lenevo Novell - don't sell lappies That reminds me that one of the larger PC makers in 99 had to hide the Microsoft tax from their invoices to stop people from asking for a refund because they didn't want windows on their desktop when their PCs came with the Installable OS on harddrive. Because it's a hidden price on the price of the unit. You will still be paying for microsoft but not getting the product. If you don't like windows then give it to some one you dislike. A few years back someone did get the price reduced in AU by getting the supplier to cancel the Winders install, but it was a battle.I think he got $15 off, IIRC. That would have happened around 98-99. When you bought your computer with and itemised invoice. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Lappies with preinstalled Linux (was Partitioning software)
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 knowing that linux has a damn good chance of running all the hardware. Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lopo +---+ C++ : An octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: Using a WRT54 for data capture
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 small XML passer? I can find libace5.4 in Ubuntu hoary. There are other small XML parser libraries as well. Could you use a small web such as AppWeb? 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 other server. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Lappies with preinstalled Linux (was Partitioning software)
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 is that this makes it possible to buy a laptop without paying he microsoft tax and knowing that linux has a damn good chance of running all the hardware. Erik -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: Using a WRT54 for data capture
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 other server. If people are just pushing XML then there's also no need for a XML parser on the WRT. printf xml ...\n works fine. -- Glen Turner Tel: (08) 8303 3936 or +61 8 8303 3936 Australia's Academic Research Network www.aarnet.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] DHCP Client not working with unwired
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 source from off the net but can't find an error code 14 anywhere (maybe in a system include file?). I've connected a linux box with a bridged network between various combinations of the linux data logger, the unWired modem, the linux dhcp server and my linux desktop. Captured packets as follows; Link Data Logger -- unWired modem (Failure) 13:23:05 IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:01:c0:00:f9:8e, length: 548 13:23:06 IP 220.101.10.1.bootps 220.101.12.219.bootpc: BOOTP/DHCP, Reply, length: 300 -- Link Data Logger -- Linux DHCP server (Success) 13:43:55 IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:01:c0:00:f9:8e, length: 548 13:43:55 IP 192.168.45.14.bootps 192.168.45.216.bootpc: BOOTP/DHCP, Reply, length: 300 -- Linux desktop -- unWired modem (Success) 13:31:57 IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:01:c0:00:f9:e7, length: 300 13:31:58 IP 220.101.10.1.bootps 220.101.12.86.bootpc: BOOTP/DHCP, Reply, length: 300 -- Linux desktop -- Linux DHCP server (Success) 13:31:57 IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:01:c0:00:f9:e7, length: 300 13:31:58 IP 192.168.45.14.bootps 192.168.45.214.bootpc: BOOTP/DHCP, Reply, length: 300 The only obvious difference I can see is that the data logger request is 548 in length vs 300 for the Linux desktop, but it still works with the Linux DHCP server but not the unwired one. The unwired device still responded with a BOOTP/DHCP Reply. Why the logger didn't take it I don't know. Otherwise I'm pretty much out of options :-( Thanks for any help / ideas. Pete. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Lappies with preinstalled Linux (was Partitioning software)
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 tried about a dozen different kernel versions, about 5 different versions of pbbuttondsd and associated tools, booted into t openfirmware and did a firmware reset and the machine still doesn't work the way it should. Under OSX things are still OK, but I find OSX a PITA. I also have had fiends buy current model powerbooks intending to run Linux on them and then have to wait 6 months for the Linux drivers to be stable enough to run Linux on it. Finally, I think all current Apple laptops have wireless using the broadcom chip for which no driver exists under Linux. I won't be buying an iBook or a powerbook any time in the near future. Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lopo +---+ I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you. -- Vance Petree -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Partitioning software
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 that. I don't suppose it could hurt to do it, even on a hard drive that hasn't been used by you after you buy it, since who knows how the preloaded things were installed? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Dell issues? (was Partitioning)
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) Call Dell Dell are offering very cheap prices right now.. but they talk about ram shared with graphics ??? Does anyone have any comment about that? Does it matter? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Dell issues? (was Partitioning)
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 systems with dedicated VideoRAM. However, these days systems have a lot of RAM to throw around, so losing 64MiB is not that big a deal. Also, RAM is a lot faster now so using it for graphics is not a big deal either. Obviously, if you're buying your laptop to play the latest and greatest Windows games, then this is not going to give you the kind of frame rates that'll make the local kids green with envy. But for most business applications, it's ok. Glad to be corrected, if I've got this wrong. David wrote: 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) Call Dell Dell are offering very cheap prices right now.. but they talk about ram shared with graphics ??? Does anyone have any comment about that? Does it matter? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Lappies with preinstalled Linux (was Partitioning software)
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 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 tried about a dozen different kernel versions, about 5 different versions of pbbuttondsd and associated tools, booted into t openfirmware and did a firmware reset and the machine still doesn't work the way it should. Under OSX things are still OK, but I find OSX a PITA. I also have had fiends buy current model powerbooks intending to run Linux on them and then have to wait 6 months for the Linux drivers to be stable enough to run Linux on it. Finally, I think all current Apple laptops have wireless using the broadcom chip for which no driver exists under Linux. I won't be buying an iBook or a powerbook any time in the near future. Erik -- WWW: http://dean.bong.com.au LAN: http://www.bong.com.au EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 16867613 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
