March 2002 - main

Re: [Alug] Intro
by Ricardo Campos 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

> Basically I'm a bit of a Linux newbie, running a P133 at home that > I built from bits that have been scrounged from various sources or > rescued from a skip (not exactly flush with cash you see). Welcome to the list! Actually, one of my friends has asked me to install 'linux' (of some description/distro, I'll let him decide) on his home computer, so hopefully we'll have yet another! eek! Those damn penguins keep multiplying! ;) Ricardo (I voted for Cthulhu, but the Greater Evil won!) -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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RE: [Alug] backup puzzle
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Ted Harding wrote: >You may, therefore, get a clue by have a look at what's >inside. >Try, in the first place, > tar tzvf trx-090302.tgz > tar tzvf trx-100302.tgz >and compare it with what it should be. Ted: It seems to start off then stop with "unexpected EOF" message thusly: tar: Unexpected EOF in archive tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now I just can't see anything unusual in the place it stops each time, midway in a directory. Thanks, Jenny.

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debian pismo?
by david casal 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Hi list, My uea department lent me a powerbook G3 pismo, and I'm thinking of running debian on it. Looking around on the net, it seems a fine thing to do. Before I get downloading ISO's and repartitioning, anyone have any comments/suggestions/experiences? Cheers, DC david casal --0+ --- d.casal(a)uea.ac.uk --9+ --- www.ariada.uea.ac.uk/~dcasal --)+

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Intro
by mtm＠sys.uea.ac.uk 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Hi! I just subscribed to the list here..... Basically I'm a bit of a Linux newbie, running a P133 at home that I built from bits that have been scrounged from various sources or rescued from a skip (not exactly flush with cash you see). I've been runnning Corel 1.1 for a while but haven't played with it much as I'm really only using the box for playing MP3's and learning perl. Anyway, I'm hoping to pick up some tips from the more advanced local penguin worshipers on the list. :-) -- >==============================================================< Michael Morton | Cthulhu loves me, this I know. School of Information | In my dreams he tells me so, Systems, University | And when the stars are finally right, of East Anglia, Norwich | He will give you such a fright. >==============================================================<

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backup puzzle
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Hello, all! I have a backup script that is puzzling me. When I run it manually from the command line (as root) it quite happily goes off and makes a nice tarball of specified directories and plops it as a dated file of some 50Meg into a samba-mounted directory on the main ntserver, so it can be grabbed by the backup tape running from there. However, when i set it as a cron task (for root) it only makes a tiny little file, every single time. I thought it may be a samba share problem so i set it to back up to a linux directory and then copy it over, but it still only makes this tiny file. Contents of the back-up file: the weekend ones were the ones scheduled to run by cron, and the big one one where I ran it a moment ago from the command line. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14211 Mar 9 22:00 trx-090302.tgz -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14211 Mar 10 22:00 trx-100302.tgz -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 49334571 Mar 11 11:29 trx-110302.tgz And here is my backup script (please don't laugh at it though!): #!/bin/bash OF=/backup/trx-$(date +%d%m%y).tgz tar -cvzf $OF /var/www/ /home/cvs And finally what i have set crontab for root for: 0 22 * * * /root/trxbackup Can anyone see anything daft I've done? Thanks, Jenny.

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Re: Commercial content // was Re: [Alug] March Meeting (Was: The Online Directory of Linux Commands)
by Ricardo Campos 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

>> PS - Where is everyone else from the list? I've never known it so quiet. My linux box is working fine!!! Hurrah! So, no posts! (I'm waiting for the Epic Journey of Ricardo Adding (well, NOT adding as the case might be) a USB CD Writer for AFTER my holiday) >To everyone else: what level of commercial content >is acceptable on the web site? Could we have some sort of poll for this on a case by case basis? I suspect there won't be a HUGE demand for advertising etc on our site. I, for one, would NOT like to see banners on the site, but needs must when the devil drives... >Do you care where people work and if they tell you? I do, I find it interesting sometimes. Especially if they're applying linux to the commercial world. I'm currently trying to get out of using Win NT/2K, so to see that it can be done in the real world with linux is encouraging for me. I guess I'd be annoyed if people said "I work for www.microsoft.com" . But there ya go... Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: Commercial content // was Re: [Alug] March Meeting (Was: The Online Directory of Linux Commands)
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

MJRay wrote: >I'm working hard and being quiet on lists after getting a bout of the blues >following being flamed many times by multiple authors at the start of the >weekend. Pshaw, don't let the wrangle with clug get to you....I've never known such a fuss build up about a simple inoffensive remark, why - even *I* don't get all puffed up and irate about nothing like that..... Don't be quiet. Please. We demand your verbosity. >I won't be able to do the 24th either, but don't let that stop the rest of >you. As 100 per cent of the repliers so far can't make 24th, shall we confirm Sunday 14th April at Elmswell for the next meeting? Being a triple virgo, I feel the need to be writing the next meeting in my diary in ink. >To everyone else: what level of commercial content is acceptable on the web >site? Do you care where people work and if they tell you? If people give >us stuff, can they appear on the web site in return? Personally, I really don't mind. As long as they don't have banners that flash. Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] March Meeting (Was: The Online Directory of Linux Commands)
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Robert Tillyard wrote: > If 24th is OK with everybody I can do Elmswell that > Sunday, otherwise 14th April onwards. What do you all > think? I don't think I can make a meeting on 24th, alas....but where is Elmswell? I might be able to fiddle it. I've been committed to spending the weekend in Hunstanton, yeurgh. PS - Where is everyone else from the list? I've never known it so quiet.

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The Online Directory of Linux Commands
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Hi All: For anyone who hasn't got a copy of the O'Reilly book. BTW: Have we got a meeting this month? Jen >Free online at onlamp.com... >The Directory of Linux Commands offers the >description and options for 379 commands for >Linux users, programmers, and administrators. >All commands are extracted from O'Reilly's >best-selling book, Linux in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition. >It's pretty cool; find the command you need, click on it to >to get a description and list of available options. http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server uk.openprojects.net" or "/server eu.openprojects.net" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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