Re: [SLUG] Disabling HDMI sound

2015-12-03 Thread Ben Donohue
As a first step, Does it work using something like Knoppix? If so then this will prove not a hardware fault. Also check its not turned off in the BIOS Ben On 15/11/15 22:28, Patrick Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi All, My new machine has an ASUS motherboard: H170M-E D3 and an AMD Radeon R7 360

Re: [SLUG] Weird behaviour of Intel Nuc's

2014-11-13 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Dazza, I've had some weird problems with rolling out many boxes in the past. I would have first set all the bios to factory default so that they are all the same. (After checking firmware versions are the same etc...) I've had in the past two really weird things happen. First was a

Re: [SLUG] Weird nslookup problem - Apologies

2014-10-30 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks Ken and David. Firewalled client IP at the hosting provider was indeed the problem. Something kicked off the intrusion prevention. I've made them whitelist the IP. Also didn't know about the google groups either so thanks Michael. Do we still post to SLUG or just go to google groups now?

[SLUG] programmer wanted

2014-10-30 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, anyone in Sydney that can do some web/db programming. Also an app on iphone/android would be required. Does not have to be done in a screaming hurry... I'm in the inner west near Ashfield. Thanks, Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription

[SLUG] Programmer with obsessive security practice wanted

2014-05-29 Thread Ben Donohue
together. You will have to sign an NDA. I'm in Sydney so you will need to be in Sydney also. Please get back to me off list if interested. Thanks, Ben Donohue 0417 018 600 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Light Linux Permissions help for constantly running processes and Samba Share access

2014-05-27 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi David, if you have a share set up on another machine, then from your linux box you would do the following... First create a folder called... /foldersomewhere/Share Then put into fstab (probably /etc/fstab) //IPaddress/Share /foldersomewhere/Share cifs

Re: [SLUG] WiFi problem.

2014-05-22 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Will, +1 again on below. Just what I was going to say. However it may not just be a hard switch. I've had switches that are not a button as such. They detect your finger swiping over them. Such that is there somewhere on your laptop that has lights that you run your finger over and it will

Re: [SLUG] Weird missing files.

2014-02-10 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Jeff, yes I've seen it too. Hitting F5 multiple times made the files reappear for me... Only thing I noticed was that the missing files were all files that I had just used/opened. Don't know why. Ben On 10/02/14 13:45, Jeff Allison wrote: Content preview: Hi all I've got a strange

Re: [SLUG] Issues with Ubuntu 12.04 LTR

2014-02-07 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Johannes, Try booting with a CD only distro like Knoppix. This will soon tell you whether it is software or hardware. If you still get problems then it is definitely a hardware problem. If not then something wrong with your current software install. A place to start at least. Knoppix has

Re: [SLUG] messed up yum update

2013-12-14 Thread Ben Donohue
I always first run... yum update yum Just in case there are fixes to yum that are needed. Otherwise I would completely uninstall and possibly reboot. (years of windows training... ;-) Ben On 15/12/13 09:49, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: Content preview: I have a centos system, getting

Re: [SLUG] ownCloud alternatives

2013-12-10 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, been watching this thread with interest. I have a client that needs something exactly like this. What does it run on? Linux I suppose? Anyone have experience with backing up/restoring this in the event of a hardware meltdown? I would put it in if there is a bullet proof way of

Re: [SLUG] assessing vps performance issues

2013-11-01 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi, I would like to recommend Micron21 in Melbourne as a great hosting provider. I am one of their clients. Ben On 01/11/13 21:56, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: Content preview: Thanks for the link, thanks for all the tips and advice, it's what kept me going through: 'we can ping it, why do

Re: [SLUG] A couple of electronics projects

2013-09-15 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, Thanks to all those that responded, I'm just getting a few things together and I'll respond off list. Thanks, Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] A couple of electronics projects

2013-09-12 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, I've got some ideas on a couple of projects but I need the help of someone who knows how to design electronics circuits. Also could involve an Arduino or Raspberry Pi as the brains behind it... don't know as yet... early stages. Anyway, anybody out there in Sydney able to help /

Re: [SLUG] python in linux mint

2013-05-30 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks one and all... looks like I have somewhere to start. Right now they are using scratch via a browser... and I did thing of the raspberry pi... I'll start getting some stuff together and give some feedback when I can. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

[SLUG] python in linux mint

2013-05-29 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, I'm trying to get my kids into programming... (I'm not a programmer by the way)... anyway Linux Mint has Python installed. If I type python at the shell prompt I get a python However I'd like something that they can type the program in and another window opens and displays their

Re: [SLUG] Auskey from ATO help anyone?

2013-05-21 Thread Ben Donohue
, Ben On 21/05/13 16:11, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: Content preview: Was there any suggestion that it would work on Linux? Ben Donohue wrote: Hi all, just installed Auskey on Linux Mint 14. followed installation instructions but no go. Upon clicking Login for the ATO I get

[SLUG] Auskey from ATO help anyone?

2013-05-20 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, just installed Auskey on Linux Mint 14. followed installation instructions but no go. Upon clicking Login for the ATO I get An error has occurred wiht a result code of 4000. Code source security was null. Anyone had this before? Thanks, Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface

2013-02-18 Thread Ben Donohue
as well as audio). I think this is discontinued now - I imagine the newer version have probably gained support in Linux as well. (Google is your friend) Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com mailto:martinvisse...@gmail.com On 8 February 2013 21:12, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au

[SLUG] Linux midi interface

2013-02-08 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, I'm after a USB to MIDI interface that works with Linux. I'd prefer Linux Mint as I'm getting used to this distro but in any case I'm after buying one that works with Linux... as in has drivers etc. End goal is to have the keyboard connected to a laptop running a flavour of Linux

Re: [SLUG] Linux midi interface

2013-02-08 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks Rachel, and all for your help. I'm looking to get something from an overseas website as I went to various electronics places today and no one had anything or not in stock. Now I know what to look for. I think I'll try for a four way as I suppose these things tend to grow once you

Re: [SLUG] Restore laptop screen after use in Google Sydney seminar room?

2012-12-08 Thread Ben Donohue
I had the same on an old laptop... I closed the lid, pressed a few times on the lid, gently but firmly, then opened the lid again. Sometimes this worked and I got a screen up. Otherwise I plugged in an external screen and used it that way. I needed it going a little more before I put it out

Re: [SLUG] Restore laptop screen after use in Google Sydney seminarroom?

2012-12-06 Thread Ben Donohue
There is also a possibility that somehow the screen resolution has been set to something that is way outside of its capabilities. If you can get any picture on any monitor, then set everything back to 640x480 256 colours. Then work your way up from there. I've also had a faulty laptop screen.

Re: [SLUG] Restore laptop screen after use in Google Sydney seminar room?

2012-12-05 Thread Ben Donohue
This is not a problem with the laptop. It is a normal function. There is a function key and one of the F keys on the keyboard. You press the function and the F key (like F1 or F2 etc) and it cycles around. First cycle = laptop only Second cycle = external monitor only Third cycle = both

Re: [SLUG] dns issues

2012-08-23 Thread Ben Donohue
Have you checked basic things like... the firewall on the mailserver is allowing port 53 tcp/udp the time on the mailserver is correct Ben On 08/10/2012 11:25 PM, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: have a mail server on netregistry network using ns1/ns2/ns3.netregistry,net nameservers, all's well,

[SLUG] nouveau Nvidia woes

2012-08-18 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, Running Fedora 17 and it's been going well for the past few months... with Inno3D GF GTX 570 video card. after updates... getting the following error... [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon. [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Failed to idle channel 1. [drm]

Re: [SLUG] Cannot receive email

2012-08-15 Thread Ben Donohue
What with all these options of Thunderbird or any email setup, I would recommend taking a screenshot into a document of each screen in a logical and step by step manner. Then in a year or two from now when you have to rebuild or fix your computer, you can redo thunderbird with the correct

Re: [SLUG] Freedom loving Motherboard

2012-07-17 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Tuxta, Recently bought the following but with an Intel chip rather than AMD. ASUS P9X79 Deluxe mothboard. Intel Six-Core i7-3930K, OC up to 4.4GHz, X79 Chipset, 32GB DDR3 RAM, NVidia GTX560Ti SLI 2 x Samsung monitors Tried Centos 6.2 to start with and it ran well but now running Fedora 17

[SLUG] Linux apps and mapped network drives

2012-06-21 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, Just loaded Fedora 17. In the file manager Dolphin, I have mapped a SMB share (to a NAS box) and it works correctly. When saving a file in LibreOffice or saving an attachment in Thunderbird, or some other app, they don't list the network share that has been mapped in Dolphin. Even

[SLUG] Android phones

2012-05-28 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, I'm thinking of getting a few Android devices... Two phones and two tablets. (I'm looking at getting a samsung galaxy II and samsung Note. Also two samsung tablets (for the kids) I would like to be able to sync contacts with the Linux desktop rather than the cloud. Googling

Re: [SLUG] updated kernel causing problems

2012-05-21 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Thanks all. Much appreciated. For future reference in the archives I did the following... rpm -qa | grep kernel yum erase kernel-2.6.XX then rebooted. All clean and nice. People always ask me why do I run Linux instead of Windows as there is no support. I always say there huge support

Re: [SLUG] Inverting network interfaces

2012-05-21 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Edwin, 1. try a different PCI card like an Intel card. 2. Possibly the motherboard nic is turning off or faulty for some reason and the PCI card assuming eth0. Try turning off the Via motherboard nic and install two PCI cards... like two Intel cards. Ben On 05/22/2012 10:03 AM, Edwin

[SLUG] updated kernel causing problems

2012-05-20 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, Running centos 6.x After an update and reboot, the system hangs during startup mid way loading services... If I reboot again and get to grub I can select the previous kernel and then it all boots correctly. What do I edit to make the previous kernel the default kernel upon bootup?

Re: [SLUG] Thunderbird saving attachment to NAS

2012-03-20 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks all, working now. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Thunderbird saving attachment to NAS

2012-03-19 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, I have a NAS box and it is visible in Gnome file browser. I can save files to it fine. When I open Thunderbird and have an attachment to save, I'm only able to save to local folders, rather than the NAS drive. In thunderbird it has Documents, Music, Videos, etc but no network

Re: [SLUG] Thunderbird saving attachment to NAS

2012-03-19 Thread Ben Donohue
for your help so far... Ben Original Message Subject:Re: [SLUG] Thunderbird saving attachment to NAS Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:53:10 +1100 From: David Lyon david.lyon.preissh...@gmail.com To: Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au Well, it depends how it is mounted

Re: [SLUG] Linux drivers for Inno3D GF GTX 570

2012-03-13 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, working now and looks terrific! The screens are two Samsung monitors with dual link DVI-D connectors. A small howto below for anyone who may search the archives in future... To get an Inno3D GF GTX 570 working in Centos 6.2 64 Bit with two monitors... switch to runlevel 3 login as

[SLUG] Linux drivers for Inno3D GF GTX 570

2012-03-12 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, got a new computer with a Inno3D GF GTX 570 VaporFreeze... It comes with windows drivers but I am currently loading CentOS on the box... or any Linux distro that could work with it. (I also want it to be able to do virtualisation of other OS's... so it has 32GB RAM which is nice.)

Re: [SLUG] Linux drivers for Inno3D GF GTX 570

2012-03-12 Thread Ben Donohue
on it. Thanks. Ben On 12/03/2012 9:53 PM, Dion wrote: On 12/03/12 6:42 PM, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi all, got a new computer with a Inno3D GF GTX 570 VaporFreeze... I'm envious. It comes with windows drivers but I am currently loading CentOS on the box... or any Linux distro that could work

Re: [SLUG] Help with a weird problem, please

2012-02-17 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, This may be very obvious but you need to set the bios to boot off the cd or usb. Also some hard disks have to be set in the bios to compatible mode or whatever... been a while now. Just have a look for options in the BIOS for HDDs. Also pull the drive out and put it back in again.

Re: [SLUG] That time of the year

2011-12-23 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks, and to you too. Thanks, Ben Donohue On 24/12/2011 12:43 PM, Gerald wrote: A very Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all Sluggers Gerald -- 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] Cheap Linux/Windows wireless home networking options ?

2011-10-13 Thread Ben Donohue
then please post it back to the list. you could try www.minibox.com.au (think that's right). Not sure what they have now... Thanks, Ben Donohue On 13/10/2011 11:55 PM, Rod Butcher wrote: What I found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessAccessPoint and http://www.su-root.eu

Re: [SLUG] Reputable notebook repairer?

2011-10-12 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Meryl, If you suspect the problem, they why not load something like Knoppix and see if that connects? If it does then you know it is software, if not then it's a hardware fault. May save you $$$ if you find it is just a software fix. Thanks, Ben Donohue On 12/10/2011 1:56 PM, meryl wrote

Re: [SLUG] PC won't recognise boot disk

2011-06-09 Thread Ben Donohue
and on, and I don't mean soft reboot, Power down. Then on again and see if it boots to the HDD. If ok here then add one device at a time. If on the same cable as the HDD then make sure that the second device on the cable is set to SLAVE. See how you go. Thanks, Ben Donohue On 8/06/2011 9:54 PM, Kyle

Re: [SLUG] webhost needed with ssh access

2011-06-09 Thread Ben Donohue
Micron21.com aussie site in Melbourne Thanks, Ben Donohue On 10/06/2011 7:28 AM, Jim Donovan wrote: Can someone recommend a host that allows ssh access (and perl and email), please? It's for a small website. I've been using Smartyhost but their ssh server is being retired and not replaced

Re: [SLUG] PC won't recognise boot disk

2011-06-08 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Kyle, The primary or boot partition is not set to active. Use a tool like a boot disk or anything that can set the boot partition to active partition. Thanks, Ben Donohue On 8/06/2011 9:54 PM, Kyle wrote: 2 or 3 yr old pc running SiS-661 chipset, celeron and 1GB. So your average every

Re: [SLUG] PC won't recognise boot disk

2011-06-08 Thread Ben Donohue
(living inside of one of the primary partitions) etc. So you have a sda1 and possibly a sda4 with nothing else in it except sda5 and sda6. So you only see sda1 (primary) and sda5 and sda5 as (extended) partitions. Thanks, Ben Donohue On 8/06/2011 9:54 PM, Kyle wrote: 2 or 3 yr old pc running SiS

Re: [SLUG] Compaq Proliant fails to boot with agpgart error

2011-06-07 Thread Ben Donohue
for an AGP card that is not there any more... (is it that old?) can you boot with the compaq eisa disk and reset it... I'm actually sure I've got one of those 51/4 inch (or 31/2 inch) floppies around here somewhere... if eisa card, pull it out and put it back in again. Thanks, Ben Donohue On 7/06

Re: [SLUG] New Laptop Problems

2011-06-02 Thread Ben Donohue
they are sometimes not lit up. You have to know they are there. Thanks, Ben Donohue On 2/06/2011 11:59 AM, gonzo01 wrote: 3 weeks ago I bought an MSI Cx640 laptop - 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge cpu, USB 3 etc. I'm running LinuxMint 11 (latest) Problems:- 1) cant turn off touchpad - when using mouse

Re: [SLUG] Marvell PHY plus forcedeth: no gigabit?

2011-02-28 Thread Ben Donohue
dont know... not being rude, whats the part number? Its not a fast ethernet is it? also BIOS on the computer set to 100mbs? yes clutching at straws I know... Thanks, Ben Donohue On 28/02/2011 7:05 PM, pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au wrote: Ben == Ben Donohuedonoh...@icafe.com.au writes: Ben Try

Re: [SLUG] Marvell PHY plus forcedeth: no gigabit?

2011-02-28 Thread Ben Donohue
got any others of the same model? do they work? do they have a switch on them or software configurable? Thanks, Ben Donohue On 28/02/2011 7:05 PM, pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au wrote: Ben == Ben Donohuedonoh...@icafe.com.au writes: Ben Try not auto neg. Try manual assignment. also check switch

Re: [SLUG] Marvell PHY plus forcedeth: no gigabit?

2011-02-27 Thread Ben Donohue
Try not auto neg. Try manual assignment. also check switch port has not been set to 100mbs by accident. Try another cable? Thanks, Ben Donohue On 28/02/2011 5:23 PM, pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au wrote: Hi folks, I have a GigaByte GA-M51GM-S2G motherboard with an MCP51 gigabit NIC

Re: [SLUG] DHCP - DDNS not updating

2011-02-17 Thread Ben Donohue
into your internal webserver. I never had any issues with dns key files or dnssec or whatever as I never needed to use it/them. I would recommend removing all these until the basics are working solidly. Have you tried using webmin to setup dns on your internal dns server? Thanks, Ben Donohue

Re: [SLUG] Reading TCP Dump

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Donohue
that? Thanks, Ben Donohue On 17/02/2011 1:07 PM, Kyle wrote: Hi Slug, I'd be grateful if someone could show me how to interpret this tcp dump pls. It is a sample from an attempt to renew a dhcp lease and update the dns journals. But the dns jounrals are not being updated, apparently due

Re: [SLUG] Reading TCP Dump

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Donohue
or internode DNS services (I'm presuming they have these services) If not, are you pointing your internal server to your modem IP as the forwarder for DNS queries? Thanks, Ben Donohue On 17/02/2011 1:30 PM, Kyle wrote: Ben, std internode ADSL2+ I get about 15.8MB (or Mb ??) down. Why

Re: [SLUG] Reading TCP Dump

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Donohue
upstream DNS server in the chain if you know what I mean to get external DNS resolution. Also have port 53 TCP and UDP on your modem (coming in) to port forward to your internal DNS server. Thanks, Ben Donohue On 17/02/2011 1:44 PM, Kyle wrote: Ben, answers inline

Re: [SLUG] DHCP - DDNS not updating

2011-02-14 Thread Ben Donohue
of the modem and see if it is getting dns correctly... go to websites etc if working then place it on the other side of the svr1 and test from there... Thanks, Ben Donohue On 15/02/2011 11:59 AM, Kyle wrote: Hi SLUG, I have an issue that is becoming more annoying the more I try to track

[SLUG] wlanconfig for debian lenny

2011-02-11 Thread Ben Donohue
module-assistant I thought wlanconfig came with madwifi-ng... Anyway a bit lost here... Any explicit instructions on how to get and install wlanconfig? -- Thanks, Ben Donohue -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] wlanconfig for debian lenny

2011-02-11 Thread Ben Donohue
Ok now worked it out. Thanks, Ben Donohue On 12/02/2011 12:51 PM, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi all, I'm new to debian so please be patient with me. I'm trying to install wlanconfig so I can get a wireless card to work in Master mode. I can't seem to figure out how to get it installed. I've

[SLUG] Getting Atheros drivers into Debian Lenny (untangle 8 box)

2011-01-31 Thread Ben Donohue
I get the current drivers into Debian? -- Thanks, Ben Donohue -- 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] Upgrading OS RAID

2011-01-09 Thread Ben Donohue
from the 500GB raid set to the 1TB disks delete the 500 GB raid set. A bit longer and involved however you can use your data while rebuilding the raid set Thanks, Ben Donohue On 10/01/2011 9:21 AM, Kyle wrote: Hi Folks, it appears one of the disks in my s'ware RAID is failing. So I've come

Re: [SLUG] HP MSA20 and CentOS Issues

2010-12-14 Thread Ben Donohue
worked properly until the firmware on all the drives was upgraded. Also the controller cards, main board, etc. Thanks, Ben Donohue On 15/12/2010 1:45 PM, Nigel Allen wrote: Hi Does anyone here speak HP fluently? We have an HP MSA20 with 8 x 160GB SATA drives attached to a DL360G4 which

[SLUG] virtualbox

2010-12-02 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, just a scratch my head question on Virtualbox and GPL. Virtualbox.org states that virtualbox is free under gpl licence. However when you load it, the licence blurb from Oracle says that it can only be used for testing for a couple of weeks and only for personal use. I don't

Re: [SLUG] virtualbox

2010-12-02 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks guys, didn't notice this. Ben. On 3/12/2010 11:53 AM, Steve Lindsay wrote: On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Ben Donohuedonoh...@icafe.com.au wrote: Virtualbox.org states that virtualbox is free under gpl licence. However when you load it, the licence blurb from Oracle says that it

Re: [SLUG] detecting hard drive failure ?

2010-11-13 Thread Ben Donohue
of the data, have you tried to just take out the disks and put them back in the same NAS box in different places? Perhaps the connector is faulty. See whether the problem follows the disk or the problem follows the slot where the disk is. Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au On 14/11/2010 12

Re: [SLUG] detecting hard drive failure ?

2010-11-10 Thread Ben Donohue
... Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au On 11/11/2010 8:21 AM, Voytek Eymont wrote: I have a brand new QNAP NAS with 4 SATA HD as 'Striping Disk Volume: Drive 1 2 3 4', installed couple of month ago when 1st installed, using QNAP web i/f, I've run SMART tests, all were 100%, etc yesterday

Re: [SLUG] Fax to Email server

2010-11-02 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Kev, Another option would be to just subscribe to a fax to email (and email to fax) service. Save on the PSTN line rental, calls, and another box to administer. There are many of these services. Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au On 3/11/2010 10:47 AM, Kevin Fitzgerald wrote: Hi

Re: [SLUG] On buying a laptop.

2010-10-13 Thread Ben Donohue
Are you sure it's not a L500? What's the exact part number. Anyway Toshiba has a good name in laptops but they are horrible to return if there is a problem. It can take ages. Also watch out for the bad screen pixels clauses in the return policies (of any brand) Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh

Re: [SLUG] Re: Banning non Australian IP's from Aussie ecommerce site

2010-10-12 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks all, really appreciated. I'll have a shot at the suggestions and see how I go. Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.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

[SLUG] Banning non Australian IP's from Aussie ecommerce site

2010-10-10 Thread Ben Donohue
it at the ISP or iptables? (would need a hand with IP tables) I've found geoip, still looking into it. -- Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@goodlets.com Goodlets PTY Limited www.goodlets.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] Banning non Australian IP's from Aussie ecommerce site

2010-10-10 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks all, I'm seeing mostly brute force password attacks on ssh. I've also found configserver firewall... Anyway still looking at what is around. Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au On 11/10/2010 2:41 PM, Michael Chesterton wrote: On 11/10/2010, at 1:29 PM, Ben Donohue wrote

Re: [SLUG] www krap

2010-09-20 Thread Ben Donohue
with them other than being a customer. http://www.micron21.com Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au On 21/09/2010 12:24 PM, james wrote: Guys can anybody suggest a www host service that works. I tested and signed up with http://crazydomains.com.au Their sys-admin then decided to limit

Re: [SLUG] Accounting and business software

2010-09-19 Thread Ben Donohue
in google? Same thing happens in google chrome. Is there a bug bounty for this? (I saw it first!) Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au On 20/09/2010 10:17 AM, david wrote: Jon Jermey wrote: Hi Patrick, For general accounting I use WXBanker. I've also used KMyMoney and Grisbi, which

Re: [SLUG] Accounting and business software

2010-09-19 Thread Ben Donohue
Blast! That would be right. Now I have to re-install the internet! Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au On 20/09/2010 2:01 PM, Nick Andrew wrote: On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:31:35AM +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: -- strange --- I type it in google and I keep getting did you mean LAMB

Re: [SLUG] flashing motherboard with no floppy drive

2010-08-30 Thread Ben Donohue
realised I typed the motherboard code wrong, its actually: GA-7VT600 1394 cheers Jon Just checking, its not the CMOS battery gone flat causing your problems is it? It sounds similar in symptoms. -- Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] flashing motherboard with no floppy drive

2010-08-27 Thread Ben Donohue
work. I've trued pluging in other floppy drives all to no avail. Does anyone know how to resolve this? Currently using version F4 f the bios. Thanks Jon -- Thanks, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] beginners home networking question

2010-08-26 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi, if you set it to ping continuously, does the connection drop anyway? Ben On 20/08/2010 1:06 PM, mark adrian bell wrote: Hello everyone, I'm having a problem with the wired Ethernet connection that I've set up between my laptop and my desktop. I like to ssh into my desktop from my old

Re: [SLUG] Backups

2010-08-22 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi James, In my experience, the most often restore of a file from backup is from yesterday's tape. Then it reduces from there. It is also a simple question of what the business wants. Some places I've worked for wanted a backup of everything and were prepared to pay for it. Others were

[SLUG] mysql restore

2010-08-18 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, I'm doing a mysql restore to a new server that has a mysql database on it. As in just installed mysql. show databases shows two databases mysql and information_schema. My backups from a previous server has many db's including two called mysql and information_schema. Do I have to

Re: [SLUG] mysql restore

2010-08-18 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks Rick, did exactly that and working well now. Thanks for you help. Ben On 19/08/2010 6:06 AM, Rick Phillips wrote: Hi Ben, I'm doing a mysql restore to a new server that has a mysql database on it. As in just installed mysql. show databases shows two databases mysql and

Re: [SLUG] mysql restore

2010-08-18 Thread Ben Donohue
I replaced all except those two and it seemed to work ok. Not sure that they are needed or connected to the other db's. I was going to restore them if needed but it looks like they are not. Thanks for your reply. On 19/08/2010 12:16 AM, Voytek Eymont wrote: On Wed, August 18, 2010 4:54 pm, Ben

Re: [SLUG] how to find an alternative superblock

2010-08-12 Thread Ben Donohue
wrote: Can you give a hint which method did you use? On 12/08/2010 10:10 AM, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au mailto:donoh...@icafe.com.au wrote: Ok, cancel that... found how to find an alternative superblock... running a fix now. On 12/08/2010 9:57 AM, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi all, I'm

Re: [SLUG] how to find an alternative superblock

2010-08-12 Thread Ben Donohue
and started e2fsck to repair the filesystem. Still waiting for it to finish... Ben On 13/08/2010 10:38 AM, Jake Anderson wrote: On 13/08/10 09:43, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Amos, Actually I was typing the command incorrectly... I'll admit it... So I didn't need to find an alternate superblock

Re: [SLUG] how to find an alternative superblock

2010-08-12 Thread Ben Donohue
Removed using the VMware Infracture Client GUI front end. Using ESXi but this should be no difference. No didn't just delete snapshot files. Haven't had a problem removing snapshots before using the GUI frontend. However probably only removed one at a time before. Don't see what the

Re: [SLUG] how to find an alternative superblock

2010-08-12 Thread Ben Donohue
with ESXi you can get to the command line. on the ESXi server you can get to a command window by a key sequence and edit a config file and turn on ssh. Then use putty to get a command line remotely. Everyone does it. Just can't find my notes on where to do it... I'll keep searching...

Re: [SLUG] how to find an alternative superblock

2010-08-12 Thread Ben Donohue
of the SSH line # reboot your ESXi server (or kill the inetd process and start it again) Ben On 13/08/2010 12:35 PM, Ben Donohue wrote: with ESXi you can get to the command line. on the ESXi server you can get to a command window by a key sequence and edit a config file and turn on ssh

Re: [SLUG] [OT] vmware snapshots WAS: how to find an alternative superblock

2010-08-12 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Chris, Ahh, yes ok you are correct there. I thought you were talking about the ESXi command line in general. Looks like I have to use the GUI for snapshot deletion after all. Thanks, Ben On 13/08/2010 12:45 PM, Chris Donovan wrote: On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Ben

[SLUG] how to find an alternative superblock

2010-08-11 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, I'm running a virtual machine on vmware esx. vm = Centos 5.x (redhat) I'm running ext2 with no LVM. After removing some vmware snapshots the system rebooted into a readonly file system. Another reboot and errors and kernel panic etc. I've rebooted with linux rescue via the cdrom

Re: [SLUG] how to find an alternative superblock

2010-08-11 Thread Ben Donohue
Ok, cancel that... found how to find an alternative superblock... running a fix now. On 12/08/2010 9:57 AM, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi all, I'm running a virtual machine on vmware esx. vm = Centos 5.x (redhat) I'm running ext2 with no LVM. After removing some vmware snapshots the system

Re: [SLUG] making ip adress stick rather than DHCP

2010-07-29 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Voytek, edit /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 Get it to look something like the following... # Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none BROADCAST=10.1.2.255 IPADDR=10.1.2.250 IPV6INIT=yes IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=10.1.2.0 ONBOOT=yes

[SLUG] Multiple server roles on one box

2010-07-27 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, just a question... I'm looking at the possibility of consolidating some servers for a client. If an internal box with DNS and squid were combined, would this be a security risk... as in risky way above normal? How about a DNS, squid and web server with multiple name based virtual

Re: [SLUG] Multiple server roles on one box

2010-07-27 Thread Ben Donohue
Sorry should also have said that they are seen by the outside world. On 27/07/2010 4:04 PM, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi all, just a question... I'm looking at the possibility of consolidating some servers for a client. If an internal box with DNS and squid were combined, would

Re: [SLUG] Accessing the web with Ubuntu

2010-07-25 Thread Ben Donohue
check your network card is turned on or activated. Sometimes on install it is disabled. Make it enabled. Get the settings that you should have from Telstra of anything that you have to configure on your computer. Usually it will be DHCP from the modem and you should not have to worry. You

Re: [SLUG] Adaptec RAID problems

2010-07-13 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Robert, I don't know about that the HBA driver loads the firmware onto the drives? I've updated HP drives firmware and fixed strange problems. Didn't know they were Hitachi drives. I've tried the harddrive vendor (Hitachi), but they don't release firmware updates. I reduced the

Re: [SLUG] Adaptec RAID problems

2010-07-12 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi, is it able to make a small array across all disks? Like a 10GB array? Then progressively make larger arrays? What about making a small array using only three disks? Then add some disks? It might help in diagnosing the problem. Ben On 13/07/2010 1:18 PM, Robert Barnett wrote: Hi, I

Re: [SLUG] Adaptec RAID problems

2010-07-12 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi again, another thought... I've problems in the past with disks that had various firmware versions in an array. You can update disk firmware also. Are all disks updated to the latest firmware release? Ben On 13/07/2010 1:18 PM, Robert Barnett wrote: Hi, I am attempting to run Fedora 13

Re: [SLUG] linked folders show different files

2010-07-01 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks Daniel, I'm embarassed to say that I don't know whether the files/folders are hard or soft linked! How to tell? I'm using a bit of software that does all that structure setup for me and I have not delved in to see how it sets these folders up. I'm remote desktop (VNC) to the linux box

[SLUG] linked folders show different files

2010-06-30 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi all, I really don't understand what is going on here... I have a folder structure that is replicated several times by linking the base folder Some folders down within the master folder I have two files called 1.jpg (a picture of a computer mouse), and 2.jpg (a picture of a computer)

Re: [SLUG] Hardware recommendations

2010-06-29 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi Erik, I'm a computer dealer and a reseller for Altech and various other suppliers. I can get most anything. Have a look at kits at the address below... http://www.altech.com.au/kit.aspx Ignore the windows components as I can get everything without the windows tax. You can also mix and

Re: [SLUG] Hardware recommendations

2010-06-29 Thread Ben Donohue
Oops sorry, I really did mean to keep it off list... Ben On 30/06/2010 11:25 AM, Ben Donohue wrote: Hi Erik, I'm a computer dealer and a reseller for Altech and various other suppliers. I can get most anything. Have a look at kits at the address below... http://www.altech.com.au/kit.aspx

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