June 2005 - Roundtable

Re: [RndTbl] re: hyperthreading
by Dan Keizer 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

What does "uname -a" produce?? is there an smp after the FC%? If not, it's not smpenabled .. maybe your grub/lilo is pointing to the wrong boot image? Dan. On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 18:16 -0500, John Lange wrote: > I used the exact same .config from 2.6.9 and it does have SMP support > including support for hyperthreading. > > It may be that last option which is new meaning the kernel now > recognizes it as only one CPU? > > I've googled but can't find anything meaningful. >

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re: hyperthreading
by Dan Keizer 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

It could be that you have a version of the kernel compiled with no SMP support? Dan. > Does anyone know if the newest stable kernel (2.6.12) has changed the > way it displays CPUs with hyperthreading? > Previously my system was running 2.6.9 and showed two CPUs even though > it had a single P4 with hyperthreading. Now it shows only 1.

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Hyperthreading in newest kernel?
by John Lange 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Does anyone know if the newest stable kernel (2.6.12) has changed the way it displays CPUs with hyperthreading? Previously my system was running 2.6.9 and showed two CPUs even though it had a single P4 with hyperthreading. Now it shows only 1. -- John Lange President OpenIT ltd. www.Open-IT.ca (204) 885 0872 VoIP, Web services, Linux Consulting, Server Co-Location

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CIRA elections
by Bill Reid 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

For those who were not at the Tues meeting. I am a candidate for the CIRA board. If you have .ca domain name you are allowed to vote. Voting ends Wed, Jun 22. http://www.cira.ca/en/election_2005/vote-2005.html Thanks, Bill

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CIRA Board of Directors - Vote for Bill!
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

Those of you who are the administrative contacts for a registered domain under the .ca top-level domain will have no doubt received an e-mail such as the one below (which you may have already deleted without giving it much thought). Those of you who weren't at Tuesday's MUUG meeting might be interested to know that Bill Reid (a long-time MUUG member, and the presenter at our Tuesday meeting) is one of the candidates for the CIRA board of directors election. I've known Bill for a long time, and can't think of anyone in Manitoba who would be more qualified as a CIRA board member. His knowledge of networks, and his dedication to whatever tasks he takes on, would make him a great asset to CIRA, and to all network users in Manitoba. I strongly encourage you to vote for Bill! Thank you. (This has not been a paid political announcement... :) -- 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, 16 Jun 2005 18:15:28 -0400 Reply-To: members(a)cira.ca Subject: CIRA Board of Directors Election Polls Open Today From: "CIRA-ACEI" <members(a)cira.ca> Please join CIRA Members in casting votes online or by fax ballot starting at noon (12:00) Eastern time June 16, 2005 until 8:00 pm (20:00) Eastern time June 22, 2005. You can cast your vote in one of three ways: 1. By following https://elections.cira.ca/election_vote?t=DELETEDDELETEDDELETE , which will bring you directly to the voting interface. 2. By visiting http://www.cira.ca/en/election_2005/vote-2005.html, clicking on the VOTE link, and logging into the voting interface with your CIRA User Account Number and Password. 3. By calling 1-877-860-1411 (8:00 to 20:00 Eastern time) to request a fax ballot and vote by fax (directions are provided on the fax ballot). A total of 14 Candidates are listed on the ballot. Candidates' names and election statements are available through http://www.cira.ca/en/election_2005/election-2005.html (click on Final Candidates). Voting will close at 8:00 pm (20:00) Eastern time on June 22, 2005. The three Candidates garnering the most votes will hold terms of three years and the fourth Candidate will hold a Vacant Director seat for one year. You will need your CIRA User Account Number and Password to vote or obtain a fax ballot. If you have misplaced your CIRA User Account Number and/or Password, please contact your Registrar as soon as possible to obtain a replacement. If you do not know who your Registrar is, look up your domain name registration information in the CIRA WHOIS directory at www.cira.ca/en/re_whois.html. CIRA will, using reasonable commercial efforts, post the election results on CIRAs website before June 29, 2005. Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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further to the WRT54G info
by DAN KEIZER 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Further to Bill's presentation at last night's MUUG meeting. I picked up a WRT54GS model a couple of weeks ago. Here are the pertinent stats on it. It is interesting to note that the serial interface is active, yet has no headers to connect to. I believe there are mods you can make to your board (if you are so inclined and are good with a soldering iron) ... anyways, here's the stats on mine... Dan. # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.4.20 (root(a)linuxdev.sveasoft.com) (gcc version 3.2.3 with Broadcom modifications) #2 Thu Apr 21 19:40:17 CEST 2005 # cat /proc/cpuinfo system type : Broadcom BCM947XX processor : 0 cpu model : BCM3302 V0.7 BogoMIPS : 199.47 wait instruction : no microsecond timers : yes tlb_entries : 32 extra interrupt vector : no hardware watchpoint : no VCED exceptions : not available VCEI exceptions : not available unaligned_instructions : 11252 dcache hits : 4278189690 dcache misses : 1624961153 icache hits : 4047464064 icache misses : 4215251484 instructions : 0 # cat /proc/meminfo total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 30990336 14032896 16957440 0 1900544 6356992 Swap: 0 0 0 MemTotal: 30264 kB MemFree: 16560 kB MemShared: 0 kB Buffers: 1856 kB Cached: 6208 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 4920 kB Inactive: 5272 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 30264 kB LowFree: 16560 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB # cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 3: 1192 MIPS serial 4: 388452 MIPS eth1 5: 23706 MIPS eth0 7: 3959546 MIPS timer ERR: 0 # cat /proc/tty/driver/serial serinfo:1.0 driver:5.05c revision:2001-07-08 0: uart:16550A port:B8000300 irq:3 baud:115740 tx:13740 rx:0 RTS|DTR 1: uart:16550A port:B8000400 irq:0 tx:0 rx:0 CTS|DSR|CD #

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Accounting Software for Linux
by John Lange 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Further to a question asked at the meeting last night I stumbled upon this software: "[myBooks] is a double-entry, fully audited accounting system that conforms to the standards of GAAP and is modifiable, scalable, and portable." http://www.appgen.com/aptus/my_books_professional_linux2.htm# -- John Lange President OpenIT ltd. www.Open-IT.ca (204) 885 0872 VoIP, Web services, Linux Consulting, Server Co-Location

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Voxilla Canada Store
by John Lange 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Some people at the meeting were interested in the Canadian store where you can order VoIP devices including the very good and reasonably priced Sipura 841 phone that Bill demoed at the meeting. http://store.voxilla.ca/home.php -- John Lange President OpenIT ltd. www.Open-IT.ca (204) 885 0872 VoIP, Web services, Linux Consulting, Server Co-Location

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Creating devices, slowly
by Glen Ditchfield 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

I have SuSE 9.2, kernel 2.6.8, on an elderly laptop. During boot-up, it prints "Creating devices", and then pauses for over a minute before printing a message about loading the Reiserfs module. Is there some way I can find out what it is doing and why it is taking so long?

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MUUG Meeting, June 14, 7:30pm -- Open Source on the Linksys WRT54G
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

[Posted to man.unix.general and other news groups] ------ Forwarded Article <d89scv$2af$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, June 14. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Open Source on the Linksys WRT54G Bill Reid will demo the WRT54G wireless router running Open Source firmware. Linksys used Linux to create their firmware and released the source. Many versions of the firmware are available. Bill will demo the firmware version from Sweasoft. Hopefully he will also be able to demo the OpenWRT Linux distro for the WRT54G, and possibly also Asterisk running on OpenWRT. Bill will also demo a couple of IP phones: the wireless WiSIP and the Sipura 841. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm 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 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) 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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