If any of you are going for the LPIC certification, I can't recommend
anything better than this book that was just released:
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0789731274
I was one of the technical editors on the project, and was impressed at
the depth of information in the book. The author's writing style was
also easy to follow, and had the occasional laugh to keep you going.
Not sure if it's hit the shelves of Winnipeg, or what the Canadian price
is. Amazon.com and Amazon.ca seem to …
[View More]disagree on the US list price.
Sean
--
Sean A. Walberg <sean(a)ertw.com> http://www.ertw.com
[View Less]
I remember hearing that the Wildfire x100p FXO card was open source, and
that clones have been made. Is this correct, and does anyone know where
to find the schematics?
Thanks,
Sean
--
Sean A. Walberg <sean(a)ertw.com> http://www.ertw.com
Hear ye, hear ye!
This is the FINAL CALL for nominees to participate in the election for
the MUUG board. Those elected will serve from October 2004 until October
2005. The deadline to nominate yourself, or someone else, is September 28,
2004. Instructions follow.
The MUUG board is charged with coordinating the meetings and other
…
[View More]events by the group. It's fun, and you get a role in guiding the
group. All are encouraged to apply.
-----------------------
MUUG Board Elections - Call for Nominations
Every October the Manitoba Unix User Group holds its Annual Meeting, the
main goals of which are to elect a new Board of Directors and to pass
any special resolutions. (Aside from that, it is a regular meeting)
Any member in good standing can be nominated to run for a position.
As of this writing, the following members of the current Board have let
their names stand for re-election:
Gilbert Detillieux Systems Analyst University of Manitoba
Kevin McGregor Systems Specialist City of Winnipeg
Doug Shewfelt Systems Specialist City of Winnipeg
Adam Thompson Consultant athompso.net
Shawn Walbridge System Administrator Frantic Films
Of course, this list is just a starting point. Any member in good
standing of the group can be nominated simply by getting the support of
one other member. If you feel you would like to contribute to the group
by running for a board position, please don't hesitate to do so. (In
fact, we'd like to see the number of board members increase.)
If you want to be nominated, or to nominate someone else, send a letter
to the group's postal box or deliver it in person to a current board
member. The letter must contain the name, title, and employer of the
nominee, along with a short (100 word or so) biography, and must contain
the signatures of the nominee and one other member. The letter must be
received no later than September 28, 2004, which is 14 days prior to the
October 12 meeting.
Although the by-laws require that the nominations be done in writing,
with signatures, you can speed up the process by sending us e-mail
to <election(a)muug.mb.ca>, with the above information, and sending the
signed paper copy later. In this case, please include the e-mail
address of both the nominee and the supporter on the CC: list of the
message, so that all parties concerned have a record of the communication.
Nominees should familiarize themselves with the MUUG bylaws, found here:
http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/bylaws/
If you have any questions about the election or the nomination process,
please contact Gilbert Detillieux, either by phone (474-8161) during
business hours, or by e-mail to <election(a)muug.mb.ca> anytime.
Gilbert Detillieux
Election Committee Chair
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/
PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161
Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609
[View Less]
Hi MUUG Roundtable;
I have a physically remote system that is accessed using ssh. On a fairly
regular basis the session drops (I suspect due to network issues). Once
the session has dropped though, I can't login again using that same userid.
I can get logged in as root, and have tried killing all the processes from
that user (which are now owned by init "1"), but can't get rid of them all.
There doesn't appear to be any associated sshd or getty processes.
Anyone have an idea how to resolve …
[View More]this without at "windows style" reboot?
In case it matters, this is RedHat Enterprise License 3.0. I'm using a
terminal emulator called "putty" from my end, though I'm not sure the
problem is related to the emulator... guess it's possible, but that fact
that I can account for all the sshd processes kinda means to me that the
tcp/ip connection is down and the kernel is trying to clean up.
Any ideas are welcome.
Thanks
Steve Moffat
IBM Global Services
sjm(a)ca.ibm.com
(204)934-2767
[View Less]
During my presentation at the MUUG meeting I mentioned that I got much
better performance for RAID under the 2.6 kernel.
I just thought some of you might be interested so this is a draft of a
How-To that I was working on. At the very bottom of the document you can
see the graph of benchmarks.
http://www.langefamily.ca/howto/SlackwareRaidHowTo.html
Originally I was trying to see what impact the "chunk-size" parameter
had on performance. To that end, the graph compares 3 different machines
in …
[View More]a few different configurations. Read the notes just about the graph
for a better explanation.
The 3 machines used were interesting in that they compared ATA100 vs.
SATA, vs. SCSI.
--
John Lange
[View Less]
I forgot how the Fedora Core 1 RPMs problem was
solved. Could someone remind me?
I took a look at redhat.fedora.com but there's
nothing mentioned.
I have to use Core 1 because Agnula's version
for Red Hat ( rehmudi 2.0 ) asks for Core 1. Agnula
is a European project for music recording ( Adore,
Audacity, Ecasound, that sort of thing ).
I'm winning Windows XP and I use Quicken (last years version).
I'd like to use VMware so I don't have to reboot the PC when I want to use
Quicken and reboot again to run FC Core 2.
I went to VMware.com and clicked on "installing help". I was asked to select
help on one of the following;
VMware ESX Server 2.x
GSX 3.2
Workstation 4.x
I don't know what I should be installing or for that matter if VMware is
overkill.
Any and all suggestions, Tips, Tricks, or Tracks …
[View More]will be appreciated.
=====
If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
And if I am only for myself, what am I?
And if not now, when?
by: Hillel 100 BCE
[View Less]
Not that anyone is likely to make the trip to Ottawa but some people on
the list might find this interesting.
-----Forwarded Message-----
> From: Russell McOrmond <russell(a)flora.ca>
> To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss(a)digital-copyright.ca>
> Cc: Forum on Patenting of Life <fpl-fbv(a)lists.riseup.net>, Universal Access Canada <cpi-ua(a)vancouvercommunity.net>, CANadian OPENsource Education and Research <discuss(a)canopener.ca>
> Subject: […
[View More]discuss] iCommons Canada Launch Party: September 30, 2004
> Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:27:06 -0400
>
> (Please circulate!)
>
> http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/view/461
> (Will try to keep this URL updated with any new notes. Please hit reply
> on that message if you will be attending).
>
> iCommons Canada Launch Party.
>
> Please join us on the evening of Thursday September 30, 2004 for the
> official launch of the Canadian version of the Creative Commons
> (cc-ca) licences for digital artworks. The licence was ported for use
> in Canada by the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
> (CIPPIC) in collaboration with the Law & Technology Program at the
> University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law.
>
> Professor Lawrence Lessig, Chair of Creative Commons, will be the
> guest of honour. Other guests include 'The Internet and Law: A Global
> Conversation' conference attendees, educators and students from across
> the country, and friends from the arts, business and computer
> community.
>
> The party will feature live music from acclaimed Canadian electronic
> music artist DJ Nonsense, who is creating a special educational
> compilation of the history of sampling in the music industry - to be
> freely-distributed to partygoers. The evening will also include an
> exhibition of digital artwork made available under cc and/or cc-ca
> licences.
>
> 19h30 at The Collection/Bar 56 Byward Market, Ottawa.
> Dress code is free as in freedom. Admission is free as in beer.
> Bagels to be served while supplies last.
> http://creativecommons.ca
--
John Lange
BigHostBox.com
(204) 885 0872
[View Less]