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Journalling Filesystems
by Keith Watson 04 Feb '03

04 Feb '03

when I installed Debian Woody I set up my root partition as ext3. I've been running with it for several months now and it seems to work well. 1) does anyone else use ext3 and, if so, what do you think of it? 2) are there any caveats regarding the use of ext3? (apart from making sure that ext3 support is in the kernel) 3) I'm thinking of converting my existing ext2 partitions to ext3, are there any circumstances where is isn't worth doing this? 4) what about other journalling fs's (ReiserFS or XFS for example), are they any better? and how hard is it to convert from ext2 to one of them? Regards, Keith ____________ "allugThey couldn't hit an elephant at this dista..." - General John Sedgwick (American Civil War)

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Wheel Mices
by Keith Watson 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

My old faithful wheel mouse gave out last weekend so I had to get a new one. The old one cost me all of GBP 1.50 at a local computer fair 3 years ago so it didn't owe me anything. I decided to be a bit less of a cheapskate this time and bought a 'more reputable' brand (wonder how long this one will last :o) ). Main problem is this one is so sensitive to the slightest movement compared to my old one. I've found out how to adjust this with the Gnome Control Centre but there doesn't seem to be anything relating to the sensitivity of the wheel. So instead of scrolling one or two lines my displays jump half a page or so at the slightest movement. Anyone know of any generic way to adjust this or do I have to review the key bindings for each app? Keith

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kernel compile via rescue disk?
by Ricardo Santos Campos 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

At the moment I have a Debian installation on a disk that is going to be moved onto a new motherboard, which has an entirely new chipset. This chipset is supported in 2.4.20, but not in 2.4.18 which is what I am running currently. The 2.4.20 sources are in /usr/src, but the need to be unpacked and recompiled. Sadly, the pc (for whatever reason) won't stay working for long enough for a compile and make-kpkg. Would it be possible for me to use a rescue disk, chroot into the existing installation (by mounting the / , /usr and /home partitions, /swap is on a different hd which I am also moving to the new mobo), run the compile from there, use dpkg to install, reset LILO, then exit? I have a feeling it *should* be possible, but I have sneaky suspicions there will be odd problems... I expect to do the following (partition names aren't exact, but you get the idea- & commans cribbed from gentoo install docs): # Mounting swap swapon /dev/hdb5 # Make directories to mount existing partitions onto mkdir /mnt/debian mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/debian mkdir /mnt/debian/usr mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/debian/usr mkdir /mnt/debian/home mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/debian/home cd /mnt/debian # Not sure why I should do this.... mount -o bind /proc /mnt/debian/proc #Actually chroot into it.... chroot /mnt/debian /bin/bash The problem I can see is whether I will be able to find the paths to gcc, dpkg, make-kpkg etc... Can anyone suggest anything I may have missed? TIA

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Announce digest, Vol 2 #2 - 1 msg
by announce-request＠lists.alug.org.uk 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

Send Announce mailing list submissions to announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to announce-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk You can reach the person managing the list at announce-admin(a)lists.alug.org.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Announce digest..." --------------.--------------------------------------------.------------ alug-announce | Newsletter of the Anglian Linux User Group | Weekly(ish) --------------'--------------------------------------------'------------ ** Please send articles for this letter to announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk ** *** Please send replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk, not announce... *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: Re: [Alug] Meeting Sunday (2-Feb) UEA - Nelson Court or Union House? (MJ Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 11:31:27 +0000 Subject: [Alug Announce] Fwd: Re: [Alug] Meeting Sunday (2-Feb) UEA - Nelson Court or Union House? Subject: Re: [Alug] Meeting Sunday (2-Feb) UEA - Nelson Court or Union House? Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 20:04:49 GMT The following is the current plan. Meet in the downstairs bar at UEA at 2pm on 2nd Feb and wait for a while, have a drink, etc, then we can move upstairs (rooms 1.35 and 1.33 are most likely) if anyone needs help fixing machines, etc. Snow permitting, I'll bring a penguin for the bar table, although I suspect tsw have their own toys they could use. This meeting will include an Open Forum, discussing some future talks for ALUG and probably other things too. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce End of Announce Digest

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

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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(no subject)
by Govind Chandra 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

Hi, I have just upgraded to Broadband on Freeserve. I use Mandrake 8.2 and would like to know if someone is using the Alcatel SpeedTouch USB modem with Mandrake 8.2 or even Mandrake 9.0 (as I would like to upgrade to 9.0 soon). A brief guide about setting it up will be greatly appreciated. Govind

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cross-over cable -thanks everyone
by Glen Tyler 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

once more top advice from the ALUG:-) As I write this the crossover cable that I bought is performing and I'm installing slackware from one machine to the other. Thanks - I would have bought a cable before but the post is so erratic where I live that I couldn't wait, will look at switches etc in near future - expect more dumb questions...... cheers everyone, Glen

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Draft: Call For Talks
by MJ Ray 02 Feb '03

02 Feb '03

Hi all, I'm going to publish this just as soon as we have the remaining dates, unless someone objects. Improvements are welcome. Note that the first Norwich discussion meeting has been pencilled in for next Sunday -- who's going to be there? Many thanks to the venue organisers (Rob, John, James) for agreeing to dates so far ahead... hopefully we can get them into all the magazines, local papers, etc and won't have to vary them too much. The extra advance warning should help with promotion and attendances, too. In other news, Peterborough LUG's meeting is this Thursday evening. They're having an "open forum" session, much like most of last year's ALUG meetings. Anyone from A47 or A17ish wanting a lift there and back, email me. --- Begin draft: The Anglian Linux User Group needs speakers and presentations! We're interested to hear from anyone who wants to speak about a project they're involved in, or some other aspect of GNU and Linux that is of interest to the rest of ALUG. It's hoped that we can have two types of talk at each venue: the first sort is an introductory type of talk, covering such things as what a piece of software or a project is, what it does, how to install it and get started using it, and so on; the second is a more "in-depth" technical talk aimed at "veteran" users who are interested in how things work and how to improve them. If there is interest, displays may also be offered for the time between talks, when practical help will also be available. The venues have different facilities, including projection equipment, microphones and stages, so please wait for your talk's venue to be decided before preparing that multimedia extravaganza. It is expected that most talks will happen at the Syleham and Elmswell meetings, while the Norwich meetings will be more social discussions. The group is also always interested to hear from people with venues available for ALUG, especially in North Norfolk or Cambridgeshire. Provisional Dates 2003: * Syleham: 23 Feb, 18 May, 17 Aug (BBQ?), 23 Nov * Elmswell: 27 Apr + more (all TBC) * Norwich (all UEA unless stated): 2 Feb, 16 Mar, 4 May, 7 Jun, 20 Jul (not UEA), 24 Aug (not UEA), 5 Oct, 16 Nov, 11 Jan 2004 * YOUR VENUE HERE... email the list and propose it -- MJR http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ IM: slef(a)jabber.at This is my home web site. This for Jabber Messaging. How's my writing? Let me know via any of my contact details.

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Checking the integrity of a CD
by Ian Douglas 01 Feb '03

01 Feb '03

Hi, I have recently obtained a set of CDs from a friend and would like to check their integrity against the md5 ISO checksum I have obtained from the original supplier in order to reassure myself that no errors were introduced during the burning process. Is it possible to directly check the md5 checksum of a ready made CD or do I need to use CD burner software to create an ISO image of it first and then checksum that? Ian.

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Meeting Sunday 2nd Feb 2003
by Alistair Macgregor 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

As a new member to the group and a new Linux user I would have loved to go to the meeting, unfortunatly my boss has other ideas. Would it be possible to have a list of date for future meetings. Many thanks Alistair

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