September 2004 - Roundtable

Plug: LPIC Book released
by Sean A. Walberg 29 Sep '04

29 Sep '04

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 disagree on the US list price. Sean -- Sean A. Walberg <sean(a)ertw.com> http://www.ertw.com

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Asterisk x100p clone?
by Sean A. Walberg 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

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

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MUUG Board Elections - FINAL CALL for Nominations
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

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 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

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Fw: user unable to login after session drop in RedHat
by Steve Moffat 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

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 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

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Heard's Instant software has everything on sale with this e-coupon
by Norah Champagne 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

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Raid 5 benchmarks under 2.6.x
by John Lange 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

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 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

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Label Printing for Linux
by John Lange 13 Sep '04

13 Sep '04

Does anyone have any suggestions for software that can easily create CD and DVD labels in Linux? -- John Lange

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Fedora Core 1 RPM problem
by millward 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

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 ).

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VMware
by Mel Seder 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

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 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

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[Fwd: [discuss] iCommons Canada Launch Party: September 30, 2004]
by John Lange 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

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: [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

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