May 2004 - main - earth.li

Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 17 May '04

17 May '04

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.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" 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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by douglas.roberts＠lineone.net 16 May '04

16 May '04

Hi Everyone, I've just had NTL broadband installed and I'm racking my brains trying figure out how to get dhcpcd working (and there's been much rolling of eyes and nashing of teeth). I think the command is something like #dhclient or #dhcpcd -D -H eth0 Any advice greatly appreciated I'm running Slack 9.1 dmesg dhcpcd[1318]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response # ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 10Mb/s Duplex: Half Port: MII PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Current message level: 0x00000001 (1) Link detected: yes #lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8375 [KM266/KL266] Host Bridge Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8 Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff Memory behind bridge: dfe00000-dfefffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d7b00000-dfcfffff Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:08.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at dfffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 00:08.1 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 Memory at dfffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 00:08.2 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at dfffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 00:08.3 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 2.0 Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ALi Corporation USB 2.0 Controller Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12 Memory at dfffff00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [58] #0a [2090] 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 86) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0105 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 I/O ports at ec00 [size=256] Memory at dffffe00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000 Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 255 I/O ports at fc00 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 I/O ports at d800 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 I/O ports at dc00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 I/O ports at e000 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 30) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 4161 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5 I/O ports at e400 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Intel 537 [AC97 Modem] (rev 70) Subsystem: SILICON Laboratories: Unknown device 4c21 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5 I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 70) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine II] Embeded Ethernet Controller on VT8235 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12 I/O ports at d400 [size=256] Memory at dffffd00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: STMicroelectronics STG4000 [3D Prophet Kyro Series] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Hercules: Unknown device c028 Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12 Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Memory at dfc80000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K] I/O ports at c800 [size=256] Expansion ROM at dfee0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [40] AGP version 2.0 Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Cheers Doug www.humorix.org -- Linux was made by foreign terrorists to steal money from true AMERICAN companies like Microsoft who invented computing as we know it, and are being punished for their success.

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meeting report - 13th May 2004
by Syd Hancock 16 May '04

16 May '04

Seven of us gathered at the City Gate this month. Brett, Bryce, Eli, Graham, MJR, noodles, Syd. Chat covered the usual diverse range of topics includingthe Debian development and distribution model, qualifying as a school teacher, video editing, the price of beer... etc. Next ALUG meeting: Syleham 30th May. Next Norwich meetings: thursday 10th June (evening) and sunday 27th June (afternoon). Sunday afternoon meeting in the Reindeer: whenever anyone wants to call one! Syd

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Norwich tomorrow night
by Syd Hancock 14 May '04

14 May '04

Don't forget, tomorrow evening in the City Gate, hopefully with penguins this time :-) From 8pm - full details on the ALUG website http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2004/all-NorThu.html Syd

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Console switching stopped working - update (No replies anyway :-(
by bjsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 13 May '04

13 May '04

Original message =============================================================================== I have just upgraded my Debian Sarge/Testing system which included a number of X related packages and console switching (Ctrl-Alt-Fn) has stopped working when running X. Even Ctrl-Alt-Backspace won't drop me back to the command line even though X was started using '/etc/init.d/kdm start' from the command line on console 1 which is what I have always done. It just restarts X/kdm. ============================================================================== I have traced this to the /etc/X11/xkb/rules files. Reverting to the old one has cured the problem. I have tried comparing both files but they appear to be so different as to make this impossible for me! Could someone, with appropriate knowledge, have a look at the new file and see if they can point to the bit that stops console switching from working? My XF86Config-4 keyboard section is: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" Option "XkbVariant" "" EndSection Changing pc105 to pc104 doesn't make any difference. Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain /etc/X11/xkb/rules: =============================================================================== // $Xorg: xfree86,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:42 cpqbld Exp $ // // Rules for resolving XKB components for use with XFree86 // Copyright 1996 by Joseph Moss // // 2002 Modifier: Ivan Pascal The XFree86 Project // $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/rules/xfree86,v 3.61 2003/02/20 04:36:09 dawes Exp $ // // Layouts that still need be composed by old rules ! $oldlayouts = az bs ca ca_enhanced de_CH fr_CH hu hu_qwerty lt_std mn vn // If you want non-latin layouts implicitly include the en_US layout // uncomment lines below //! $nonlatin = am ar ben bg by dev el ge_la ge_ru guj gur il il_phonetic\ // ir iu kan lo mk mm ml ori ru sr syr syr_phonetic tel th\ // tj tml ua ! $pcmodels = pc101 pc102 pc104 pc105 ! $mac = macintosh macintosh_old ! model = keycodes macintosh_old = macintosh powerpcps2 = powerpcps2 pc98 = xfree98(pc98) abnt2 = xfree86(abnt2) * = xfree86 ! $azerty = be fr fr-latin9 ! $qwertz = al cz de hr pl2 si sk ! layout[1] = keycodes $azerty = +aliases(azerty) $qwertz = +aliases(qwertz) * = +aliases(qwerty) ! layout = keycodes $azerty = +aliases(azerty) $qwertz = +aliases(qwertz) * = +aliases(qwerty) ! model = geometry microsoft = microsoft(natural) microsoftpro = microsoft(natural) microsoftprose = microsoft(natural) dell101 = dell(dell101) flexpro = keytronic(FlexPro) omnikey101 = northgate(omnikey101) $pcmodels = pc(%m) jp106 = pc(jp106) everex = everex(STEPnote) winbook = winbook(XP5) pc98 = nec(pc98) abnt2 = pc macintosh = macintosh(macintosh) macintosh_old = macintosh(macintosh) * = pc(pc104) ! model variant layout = symbols macintosh nodeadkeys * = macintosh/us(extended)+macintosh/%l%(v) $pcmodels nodeadkeys $oldlayouts = en_US(%m%_v)+%l%(v) * nodeadkeys $oldlayouts = en_US(pc105%_v)+%l%(v) ! model layout = symbols pc98 nec/jp = nec/jp(pc98) abnt2 br = us(pc101)+br $pcmodels us_intl = us(%m)+us_intl $mac us = macintosh/us(extended) $mac en_US = macintosh/us(extended) $mac * = macintosh/us(extended)+macintosh/%l%(v) $pcmodels intl = us(%mcompose) * intl = us(pc104compose) * jp = jp $pcmodels $oldlayouts = en_US(%m)+%l%(v) $pcmodels $nonlatin = pc/pc(%m)+pc/us+pc/%l%(v):2 $pcmodels * = pc/pc(%m)+pc/%l%(v) * $oldlayouts = en_US(pc105)+%l%(v) * $nonlatin = pc/pc(pc105)+pc/us+pc/%l%(v):2 * * = pc/pc(pc105)+pc/%l%(v) ! model layout[1] = symbols $pcmodels * = pc/pc(%m)+pc/%l[1]%(v[1]) * * = pc/pc(pc105)+pc/%l[1]%(v[1]) ! layout[2] = symbols * = +pc/%l[2]%(v[2]):2 ! layout[3] = symbols * = +pc/%l[3]%(v[3]):3 ! layout[4] = symbols * = +pc/%l[4]%(v[4]):4 ! $inetkbds = airkey acpi scorpius \ brother \ btc5113rf btc5126t btc9000 btc9000a \ cherryblue cherrybluea \ chicony chicony9885 \ compaqeak8 compaqik7 compaqik13 compaqik18 armada presario ipaq \ dell inspiron \ dexxa diamond genius \ ennyah_dkb1008 \ hpi6 hp2501 hp2505 hp5181 hpxe3gc hpxe3gf hpxe4xxx hpzt11xx \ hp500fa hp5xx \ honeywell_euroboard \ rapidaccess rapidaccess2 rapidaccess2a \ ltcd logicdit logicdp logicdpa logicdpa2 logicdo logicfn \ logicdn logidak logiik itouch logiitc logiik logiink itouchin \ mx1998 mx2500 mx2750 \ microsoftinet microsoftpro microsoftprose microsoftoffice \ oretec \ propeller \ qtronix \ samsung4500 samsung4510 \ sk1300 sk2500 sk6200 sk7100 \ sven symplon toshiba_s3000 trust trustda yahoo ! model = symbols $inetkbds = +inet(%m) ! model layout = compat pc98 nec/jp = pc98(basic) * * = complete ! model layout[1] = compat * * = complete ! model = types * = complete ! option = symbols grp:switch = +group(switch) grp:lswitch = +group(lswitch) grp:win_switch = +group(win_switch) grp:lwin_switch = +group(lwin_switch) grp:rwin_switch = +group(rwin_switch) grp:toggle = +group(toggle) grp:shift_toggle = +group(shift_toggle) grp:ctrls_toggle = +group(ctrls_toggle) grp:alts_toggle = +group(alts_toggle) grp:ctrl_shift_toggle = +group(ctrl_shift_toggle) grp:caps_toggle = +group(caps_toggle) grp:ctrl_alt_toggle = +group(ctrl_alt_toggle) grp:alt_shift_toggle = +group(alt_shift_toggle) grp:menu_toggle = +group(menu_toggle) grp:lwin_toggle = +group(lwin_toggle) grp:rwin_toggle = +group(rwin_toggle) grp:sclk_toggle = +group(sclk_toggle) grp:lshift_toggle = +group(lshift_toggle) grp:rshift_toggle = +group(rshift_toggle) grp:lctrl_toggle = +group(lctrl_toggle) grp:rctrl_toggle = +group(rctrl_toggle) grp:lalt_toggle = +group(lalt_toggle) lv3:switch = +level3(switch) lv3:menu_switch = +level3(menu_switch) lv3:win_switch = +level3(win_switch) lv3:lwin_switch = +level3(lwin_switch) lv3:rwin_switch = +level3(rwin_switch) ctrl:nocaps = +ctrl(nocaps) ctrl:swapcaps = +ctrl(swapcaps) ctrl:ctrl_ac = +ctrl(ctrl_ac) ctrl:ctrl_aa = +ctrl(ctrl_aa) altwin:menu = +altwin(menu) altwin:meta_alt = +altwin(meta_alt) altwin:meta_win = +altwin(meta_win) altwin:left_meta_win = +altwin(left_meta_win) altwin:super_win = +altwin(super_win) altwin:hyper_win = +altwin(hyper_win) compose:ralt = +compose(ralt) compose:rwin = +compose(rwin) compose:menu = +compose(menu) ! option = compat grp_led:num = +leds(num) grp_led:caps = +leds(caps) grp_led:scroll = +leds(scroll) ! option = types caps:internal = +caps(internal) caps:internal_nocancel = +caps(internal_nocancel) caps:shift = +caps(shift) caps:shift_nocancel = +caps(shift_nocancel)

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[Alug Announce]AFFSAC schedule published
by MJ Ray 13 May '04

13 May '04

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- Thanks to Kevin Donnelly, the programme for the conference is now available on http://www.affs.org.uk/affsac.html as far as possible. If you register before noon on Friday, it helps us to make sure that there is enough lunch for everyone (TANSTAAFL). You need to be an AFFS member or apply to join on the day. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ for creative copyleft computing ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Dumpster Diving for hardware
by Ricky Bruce 13 May '04

13 May '04

One of my favorite pastimes when i was living in the US was stopping at piles of junk by the side of the road and picking up other peoples cast off equipment for free. Many a systems has been picked up dusted off, given a new life by tux and sold on at a profit. Since i moved backto the Yarmouth though the pickings have been decidely slim. Anyone know anywhere in the region where equipment is reguarly dumped? Any stories of great finds? Let us know Rick _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

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Pissup In A Brewery
by Daniel Silverstone 12 May '04

12 May '04

Hi, At the end of last year I organised a Pissup in the Milton Brewery. Popular as it was, I have agreed to organise one for the summer. We have a booking for the 18th June of this year, If you're interested, mail me. http://wiki.digital-scurf.org/PissupInABrewery If you add yourself, mail me too. D. -- Daniel Silverstone http://www.digital-scurf.org/ PGP mail accepted and encouraged. Key Id: 2BC8 4016 2068 7895

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Console switching stopped working
by bjsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 12 May '04

12 May '04

I have just upgraded my Debian Sarge/Testing system which included a number of X related packages and console switching (Ctrl-Alt-Fn) has stopped working. Even Ctrl-Alt-Backspace won't drop me back to the command line even though X was started using '/etc/init.d/kdm start' from the command line on console 1 which is what I have always done. It just restarts X/kdm. My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file has not been changed (Does not have today's date) and neither have any of the files in /etc/X11/xkb also all old dates. Any ideas please? Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain

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Benchmarking Filesystems
by Craig 12 May '04

12 May '04

Spotted this via slashdot.org: http://linuxgazette.net/102/piszcz.html Thought I give this a mention. C

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