March 2005 - Roundtable

Re: [RndTbl] faulty motherboard capacitors
by Ian 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

That's outstanding Trevor. Thanks. Ian Trevor Cordes wrote: > I just wanted to follow up on the brief discussion at the March meeting > regarding faulty motherboard capacitors and the related system > instabilities. > > I have an info page set up on my site at > http://www.tecnopolis.ca/tecnopolis/leakycaps.html > where I detail the symptoms, the cause, and the repair service I provide. > Anyone who's good with a soldering gun should be able to pull off the > repair themselves. > > This may help out anyone who has a board (and brand) from 2001-2002 that > is doing weird things and provide a possible solution without requiring a > whole new board/CPU/RAM purchase and consequent OS reinstall. > > -- Trevor Cordes > -- Tecnopolis Enterprises > _______________________________________________ > Roundtable mailing list > Roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca > http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

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faulty motherboard capacitors
by Trevor Cordes 28 Mar '05

28 Mar '05

I just wanted to follow up on the brief discussion at the March meeting regarding faulty motherboard capacitors and the related system instabilities. I have an info page set up on my site at http://www.tecnopolis.ca/tecnopolis/leakycaps.html where I detail the symptoms, the cause, and the repair service I provide. Anyone who's good with a soldering gun should be able to pull off the repair themselves. This may help out anyone who has a board (and brand) from 2001-2002 that is doing weird things and provide a possible solution without requiring a whole new board/CPU/RAM purchase and consequent OS reinstall. -- Trevor Cordes -- Tecnopolis Enterprises

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[LinuxWorld] Countdown to LinuxWorld Canada & NetworkWorld (fwd)
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

For those of you who might be interested, and able to get to Toronto in late April... -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:39:54 -0500 From: "Jai Cole"<ems(a)thindataworks.com> Subject: [Board] [LinuxWorld] Countdown to LinuxWorld Canada & NetworkWorld Expo 2005 You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in receiving updates about LinuxWorld Canada & Network World. _____________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------- LinuxWorld Canada & Network World April 18-20, 2005, Toronto Ontario Convention Centre, North Building www.plumcom.ca/linux_network.html www.linuxworldcanada.com www.networkworldexpo.com _____________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------- Dear LUG, Only 4 weeks left until LinuxWorld Canada and NetworkWorld Expo 2005. Two Events, One Admission. Both events run concurrently at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre - North Building, April 18-20th making this the largest IT Event in Canada. *LIMITED TIME OFFER* ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 15% Discount off the Advanced Rates MUST USE CODE: V15 http://tdw.thindataworks.com/a/l.x?token=pkfgflagajeimdpjdokobiioepfoonikdh… TRADE SHOW ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ The trade show is Free though April 17th when you register online at www.exporeg.com/lwnw. Tour through leading vendors in the Information Technology arena and learn all you need to know about Linux/Open Source and Networking. Your registration is for both events: Two Shows, One Admission! CONFERENCE ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Over 80 sessions to choose from in focusing on technology hot spots, including VoIP, Wireless, Storage, Security, IP-Telephony, Desktop, Application Development, Clustering/HPC and many more! Your registration is for both Conferences: Two Conference, One Admission! Remember to use code V15 for your 15% discount. A Total Technology Event! REGISTER TODAY http://tdw.thindataworks.com/a/l.x?token=pkfgflagajeimdpjdokobiioepfoonikdh… ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ MORE HIGHLIGHTS: -> Keynote Presentations are included with your Trade Show & Conference registration -> Visionary Presentations are included with Conference Registration -> Networking Reception: April 19- 5:00pm for all visitors -> First 150 people to register for a Flexi or Super Pass receive a free WiFi Internet Finder! Limited quantity remaining. -> Free Shuttle Bus ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Amazing BONUS! The first 150 people to register for a Super Pass or Flexi Pass Win a Free Kensington Wi-Fi Internet finder! ** Limited Amount Remaining - Register Today ** http://tdw.thindataworks.com/a/l.x?token=pkfgflagajeimdpjdokobiioepfoonikdh… ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ For more information about both shows visit: http://tdw.thindataworks.com/a/l.x?token=pkfgflagajeimdpjdokobiioepfoonikdh… QUESTIONS? ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Contact: Stephanie Cole (905) 695-0123 x211 (888) 823-7586 x211 steph(a)plumcom.ca www.linuxworldcanada.com www.networkworldexpo.com Thank You to our Event Sponsors ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Platinum - IBM Platinum - NOVELL Platinum - HP Platinum - CISCO Gold - RED HAT Silver - SUN MICROSYSTEMS Silver - DELL Bronze - KENSINGTON Bronze - RADWARE Bronze - USERFUL Bronze - XPM SOFTWARE Bronze - MRV Premier Media - COMPUTERWORLD MAG Premier Media - NETWORKWORLD MAG Premier Media - GLOBE AND MAIL Platinum Association - CATAALLIANCE Conference - IDC CANADA Conference - DESKTOP LINUX CONSORTIUM Conference - CIO MAGAZINE _____________________________________________________ © 2005 Plum Communications Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks contained are the property of their respective owners. Plum Communications Inc. | 1054 Centre Street #122 | Thornhill, ON | L4J 8E5 Subscription Information: >> Update your Profile http://tdw.thindataworks.com/a/l.x?token=pkfgflagajeimdpjdokobiioepfoonikdh… >> Click here to unsubscribe http://tdw.thindataworks.com/a/l.x?token=pkfgflagajeimdpjdokobiioepfoonikdh…

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Call for Papers LISA'05 (fwd)
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

I'm forwarding this, in case any of you are interested in the Usenix LISA conference... -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:24:36 -0800 (PST) From: Danielle Young <danielle(a)usenix.org> Message-Id: <200503232124.j2NLOa0S016413(a)voyager.usenix.org> Subject: Call for Papers LISA'05 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Call For Papers LISA '05: 19th Large Installation System Administration Conference December 4-9, 2005, San Diego, CA, USA http://www.usenix.org/lisa05/cfpa Submissions Deadline: May 10, 2005 Sponsored by USENIX and SAGE -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleague The LISA '05 organizers invite you to contribute proposals for refereed papers, invited talks, and workshops, plus any ideas you have Guru Is In sessions, Work-in-Progress reports, and training sessions. The Call for Participation with submission guidelines and sample topics can be found on the USENIX Web site at http://www.usenix.org/lisa05/cfpa The annual LISA conference is the meeting place of choice for system, network, security, and other computing administrators. Administrators of all specialties and levels of expertise meet at LISA to exchange ideas, sharpen skills, learn new techniques, debate current issues, and meet colleagues and friends. People representing every work assignment from the full-time position at a large site to the part-time one at a small shop come to LISA from over 30 countries, bringing divergent backgrounds and experience levels to the conference dedicated to them. System and network administrators from environments as diverse as academia, large corporations and small businesses, government organizations, and research sites find LISA to be The Place to go for training, education, networking, and interacting with their peers. The conference's diverse group of participants is matched by an equally broad spectrum of activities: * Training sessions for both beginners and experienced attendees cover many administrative topics ranging from basic administrative procedures to using cutting-edge technologies. * Technical sessions present the latest developments and ideas related to system and network administration. * Invited talks and panels discuss important and timely topics and often spark lively debates and conversation. * Work-in-progress reports (WiPs) provide brief peeks at next year's innovations. GET INVOLVED! * Submit a draft paper or extended abstract proposal for a refereed paper. * Suggest an invited talk speaker or a panel discussion topic. * Share your experience by leading a Guru Is In session. * Propose a training session topic. * Organize or suggest a Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) session. * Email an idea to the chair: lisa05chair(a)usenix.org ------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES Submissions due: May 10, 2005 Notification to authors: June 2005 Final papers due: September 27, 2005 Submission guidelines and more information can be found at http://www.usenix.org/lisa05/cfpa Sponsored by USENIX and SAGE ------------------------------------------------------------- We look forward to hearing from you! On behalf of the LISA '05 Program Committee, David N. Blank-Edelman, Northeastern University CCIS lisa05chair(a)usenix.org

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Provincial NDP endorses Free and Open Source Software
by Sydney Weidman 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Manitoba NDP first major political party in North America to officially endorse Free and Open Source Software: http://plug.ca/article.php?story=20050321233431578 Regards, Syd Weidman Prairie Linux User Group

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Solaris 10 DTrace and how it achieves zero probe effect
by Stuart Williams 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

Some of us at yesterday's presentation by Bryan Cantrill on Solaris 10 were wondering how DTrace can instrument kernel code with no extra speed overhead, or as he claimed, with zero probe effect, which is a much stronger claim than just no time penalty. The detailed answer is in their paper "Dynamic Instrumentation of Production Systems" available here: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/dtrace/dtrace_usenix.pdf Here's the most relevant paragraph which explains how they do it for Function Boundary Tracing on SPARC (x86 is not as clean, surprise, surprise): On SPARC, FBT [Function Boundary Tracing] works by replacing an instruction with an unconditional annulled branch-always (ba,a) instruction. The branch redirects control flow into an FBT-controlled trampoline, which prepares arguments and transfers control into DTrace. Upon return from DTrace, the replaced instruction is executed in the trampoline before transferring control back to the instrumented code path. This is a similar mechanism to that used by Kerninst[13] -- but it is at once less general (it instruments only function entry and return) and completely safe (it will never erroneously instrument code executed at TL>0). How they did it for Statically-defined Tracing (section 4.2 in the paper) is also interesting, and as they admit, not quite zero probe effect because of potential register pressure on the compiler. The paper is a good read, especially after the presentation. Stuart Williams.

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[LinuxWorld] Early Bird Ends This Week for LinuxWorld & NetworkWorld (fwd)
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

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Pioneer DVD burner
by Mike Pfaiffer 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

I'm the guy who asked about the Pioneer 109 tonight. I did a little checking on their site. Looks as though the firmware is up to date (the revision number is the same as reported by cdrecord). Although the date of the update is the day I bought the drive... Checking the FAQ it seems I may need an 80 pin cable (blue connectors) and I only have 40 pin cables (black connectors) in my machine. I tried 24X and K3B said either the drive or media couldn't handle that speed so it dropped back to 4X. The drive is rated for 40X and the media is rated for 48X. The next attempt is going to be 16X (which is what I was getting from the previous DVD burner). The read/verify is lightning quick though. cdrecord reports things the way they should be. I checked some configuration files and they confirmed what the DVD drive was. I haven't tried playing anything from it yet... Any thing I might have missed? I'll probably try the update in a day or so. Later Mike -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Digital Civilization magazine: http://www.digitalcivilization.ca | |Call-A.P.P.L.E. and the Digital Civilization http://www.callapple.org | | http://members.shaw.ca/pfaiffer = Mike Pfaiffer (B.A., B.Sc.) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ----- BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK ----- Version: 3.12 GCS/G/IT/PA/SS d s+:- a? C++ UL L++ W++ N++ o+ K- w(---) O+@ M++@ V PS+ PE !PGP t+ 5+ X R tv b+ DI+++ D++ G e++* h! r-- !y-- UF++ ------ END GEEK CODE BLOCK ------

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[Fwd: Job Oportunity]
by John Lange 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

If you are interested, please send your resume directly to the address listed below (not to me). -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Paulo Teves <pteves(a)realenetsolutions.com> > Also, do you have any contacts with good software developers, > experienced in open source technologies? Individuals that may be > looking for some new employment opportunities? The reason why I ask > is that we placed a career ad in the Free Press a few weeks ago, but I > have been disappointed with the small number of good candidates. In > the past I have interviewed many developers with experience in > Microsoft technologies, and the number of qualified candidates was > usually quite high. -- John Lange OpenIT ltd. (204) 885 0872

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MUUG Meeting, Mar 8, 7:30pm -- MythTV
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

[Posted to man.unix.general and other news groups] ------ Forwarded Article <d028cr$ne6$1(a)canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> ------ From gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca (Gilbert E. Detillieux) The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 8. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: MythTV Shawn Wallbridge will be presenting on MythTV. MythTV turns your PC running Linux into a personal video recorder, like a Tivo, with some neat features. * Basic 'live-TV' functionality. Pause/Fast Forward/Rewind "live" TV. * Support for multiple tuner cards and multiple simultaneous recordings. * Distributed architecture allowing multiple recording machines and multiple playback machines on the same network, completely transparent to the user. * Compresses video in software using rtjpeg (from Nuppelvideo) or mpeg4 (from libavcodec). Full support for Hardware MPEG-2 encoder cards (Hauppauge PVR-250 / PVR-350). Preliminary support for DVB cards and the new pcHDTV tuner card. * Support for the (very nice looking) hardware MPEG-2 decoder and TV out present on the Hauppauge PVR-350. * Completely automatic commercial detection/skipping. * Grabs program information using xmltv. * A fully themeable menu to tie it all together. Shawn will show how to get it all set up with the least amount of effort using KnoppMyth, a Knoppix based MythTV installer. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30 PM on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15 PM, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30 PM. Don't be late, or you may not get in. Limited parking is available for free on the street, or in a lot across Ellice from IBM, for $1.00 for the evening. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $2.00 for the evening. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Also note that MUUG maintains two mailing lists, called "muug-announce" and "roundtable". If you're not already on these lists, we encourage you to subscribe now: http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/ The "muug-announce" list is used for monthly meeting announcements (such as this one) as well as other important announcements of interest to MUUG members. The "rountable" list is meant to be a forum for follow-ups to topics discussed at the meetings, or for round-table-style discussion on other topics that come up between meetings. Of course, for this to be effective, we need to reach a certain critical mass. So, please subscribe, and stay involved! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ P.O. Box 130, St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609 ------ End of Forwarded Article

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