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Re: [Alug] tty puzzle
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

Jonathon McDowell wrote: >> If I leave my debian box on, I come in in the morning to find the >> screen displaying erratic debugging messages to do with pg_indexes and >> suchlike, with letters omitted, where I had left the login prompt. >At a guess you have postgres installed and PGDEBUG is not set to zero >and POSTGRES_LOG isn't set in /etc/postgresql/postmaster.init Thanks, Jonathon, this could well be it. It seems to have made the box go crazy, - all the consoles look like miniature galaxies and half the keyboard letters won't respond, meaning i can't log in, or shutdown cleanly. Will I have to crash out here? Bum. Jenny.

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[Alasdair Kergon <agk@arachsys.com>] [lugmaster] FW: Linux Expo Birmingham re-scheduled from 12th-13th september 2001 to 29th 30 th May 2002.
by MJ Ray 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:56:46 +0100 From: Alasdair Kergon <agk(a)arachsys.com> To: UK Linux User Groups <lugmaster(a)lists.lug.org.uk> Subject: [lugmaster] FW: Linux Expo Birmingham re-scheduled from 12th-13th september 2001 to 29th 30 th May 2002. Clashes with SANE (Maastricht). Alasdair ----- Forwarded message from Sacha Dunas <sacha.dunas(a)sky-events.com> ----- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:36:19 +0200 From: "Sacha Dunas" <sacha.dunas(a)sky-events.com> Subject: Linux Expo Birmingham re-scheduled from 12th-13th september 2001 to 29th 30 th May 2002. Dear Visitor, Thank you for registering for LINUX EXPO BIRMINGHAM. Please note that the show has been RE-SCHEDULED from 12th-13th September 2001 to 29TH-30TH MAY 2002. The show will still take place at the NEC and will have exactly the same focus, dedicated to GNU/Linux and Open Source Solutions. There is no need to register again - we will re-register you automatically for the 29TH-30TH MAY 2002. Apologies for any inconvenience caused by re-scheduling the show. We look forward to seeing you in May for a high-quality show! Yours Sacha Dunas CEO Sky Events / Linux Expo T?l : 0143456600 Fax : 0143459244 Portable : 0672802604 Email : sacha.dunas(a)sky-events.com Linux Expo 2002 Amsterdam - 19 - 20 February Paris - 30 - 31 & 1 February Madrid - 3 - 4 April Sao Paulo - 15 - 16 May Birmingham - 29 - 30 May Milan - June Sky Events 12 avenue de Corbera 75012 Paris ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- End forwarded message -----

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Alug web site - back to Apache
by Martyn Drake 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

Hi, This is a general announcement to say that there will be a brief outage to the Alug web site (and for that matter - any other web site currently hosted with myself) while I convert from Zeus to Apache. The principle reason for this is that it's not going to be cost effective for me to run the Zeus server anymore - particularly now that Zeus have moved over to an annual support contract for the most part. If anybody is looking to use the Zeus server in their organisation and would like a cheap license - then contact me ;) Therefore, it's back to good old Apache, hopefully as from tomorrow evening. I'll be running version 1.3.19 with all the trimmings, including PHP 4.0.6 for anybody that needs it, and mysql support (which may infuriate a few). With regards to the Postgres database that has been suggested - I will definately install this within the next couple of weeks when I get a chance to sit down and play it with properly. I'll then open it up for anybody that wants a fiddle with it. As stated before - if any members want web space/email - just shout. I'll try to set everything up within 24 hours depending on what's going on (I've my wedding to plan (invites still going out, need to book marquee, etc, etc.) amongst many, many other things). Heck, maybe even create a small form on the main Alug web site that'll email me the details of requested web hosting and it'll email me the details for processing. What do people think? Regards, Martyn

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Re: [Alug] Website
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

mjray writes: >xsprite(a)bigfoot.com writes: >> more? >scheme, http://www.cs.rice.edu/~dorai/t-y-scheme/t-y-scheme.html >ruby, http://www.rubycentral.com/ I'll volunteer to take all URLs sent and update the booklist/sitelist I did, if no-one else is...? Let me know if anyone else is doing this, so we don't duplicate work, otherwise send them on over. Jen.

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tty puzzle
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

All If I leave my debian box on, I come in in the morning to find the screen displaying erratic debugging messages to do with pg_indexes and suchlike, with letters omitted, where I had left the login prompt. Logging into another console and typing "who" shows only the new console, tty2. Then I discover that the output display on tty2 has also become distorted, "halt" appears as "h lt" but works ok, e.g. What is this bizarre phenomenon; can I prevent it? Ta, jenny.

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Re: [Alug] Website
by MJ Ray 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

David Freeman <david_freeman(a)alug.org.uk> writes: > <fx action="light blue touch paper and retire to safe distance"> > Why not add which editor, browser, window manager, shell, mail client > etc... :o) David fails to understand "incremental" (or write XML for that matter)?

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Re: [Alug] Website
by MJ Ray 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

xsprite(a)bigfoot.com writes: > more? scheme, http://www.cs.rice.edu/~dorai/t-y-scheme/t-y-scheme.html ruby, http://www.rubycentral.com/

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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by David Freeman 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:50:05 +0100 Neill Newman wrote: > Laurie Brown wrote: > > > > > > That's one reason I'm still with SuSE after all this time. They > haven't messed me about at all, > > and if beta software is in the distro, they ensure one is aware of > it. IMO, for a newbie, SuSE > > can't be beaten. Every time I've been near RH, OTOH... > > > this isn't aimed at one person, or one distro, just a general blow of > steam.. ignore if wanted.... I like these rants great fun and good thread starters. any wwy here goes. > <rant> > > I recommend Suse to all my friends who are home users, but in commercial > environments I use redhat. This is for various reasons; I've been using > it long enough to know what goes where, I can setup/automate large scale > systems very easily, it runs with very little management when I have set > it up, and finally there are some non-technical issues like the managers > and bean counters not having heard of suse or debian. There is more of a > chance that they have heard of redhat... WHAT! SUSE is a complete nightmare, never did get ppp to work on it, and as for yast, well yast is the practical alternative to real unix > Maybe I'm just a weirdo, but for the last few years I have never had any > problems with Rh.. pre 6.2 was a different story though, but that's 3 > years old now ;) yes you are weird but so are most here so we don't hold that against you :o) > I was in a heated discussion with friend recently saying how unstable M$ > stuff is and he said that win2k is very stable, and that I was using the > same reasoning and logic from win95 to judge win2k.. I have to admit > that he was right... No he's wrong! uptill windows 9X they where very crap, win NT is still crashable and I managed on many occasions when at college to wipe it out. Win2K is getting so bloated its un believable, It requires so many resources it is unbelievable. Also WinNT took me 2 weeks to install on two Compaq servers, both failed, Peanut linux went on in under 5 minutes! > Now I'm not saying that we should all switch to winblows, but I am > saying that just because things didn't work in teh past, the past > shouldn't be used to judge the present... the first version of Suse I > used was a compete nightmare (version 5.1), and I hated it with a > passion. But now I am seriously considering giving 7.2 a try... I want > encrypted file system out of the box, and it provides the features I > want, so I'll make the switch... SUSE is horrible. > At the end of the day, the best technical solution is not necessarly the > best solution, M$ is a shining exmaple of how to do things that are > technically wrong, but how to provide a good solution to people's > problems </me hides under rock for the second time today> Oi, make room under this rock, some others need to hide here as well. MS is an example of good marketting and skilful FUD! > I believe that what we alternative OS types should be doing is promoting > the use of alternative systems. I want people to realise that they do > have a choice in linux/BSD/other, and that the community can support > them when they need help. I don't want people thinking that the > community is arguing amoungst itself as to which OS/distro is > technically superiour. Use what is a good solution for the job, and if > that is slackware, mandrake, *bsd, suse, debian then so be it.. Don;t > forget that somebody has to look after these machines, if a newbie is > given a slackware CD then I would consider that an incorrect move, even > if it is better than the rest... Ok, If I had to list what I would use for each task it goes like this Web server of anything outside of a firewall == OpenBSD Desktop boxen == Debian, I have yet to find such an easy ppp setup file server == Novell, hands down this is what it does best! Idiot friendly for newbie's to computers == Apple kit simple as that! Windows IMHO is good at nothing and bad at most things. > Oh well, back to the land of reality ;) Why, reality is shite, trust me on this :o) Thanks D > </rant> > > Sz > > -- > Open Source Specialists http://www.entora.co.uk/ > Tel: +44 (0)701 0723686 Fax: +44 (0)870 3214368 > > > _______________________________________________ > alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list > Send list replies to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug > See the website for instructions on digest or unsub! -- "Your house sounds like a fire hazard" Peter Clarke

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Website
by Alexis Lee 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

Hiya, I'm going to be webmonking for ALUG soon, so as a first step could I have nominations for people who do stuff for ALUG. Currently I have Mark and I as web editors, Freeman as bookmonkey and Adam as FAQ maintainer. If the venue organisers would like their names to go on the jobs list as well as on the individual venue pages, drop me a mail. Also I would like to compile a list of definitive web references for various things. I have a few programming language ones (Java, C, PHP, ASP) and a few web ones (HTML, CSS, neither perfect). Does this sound a good idea? It probably isn't a good idea to start linking to compile instructions, since we'd end up having a link to every cool project on the web. Speaking of which, one of my .sig quotes is a list of a few cool things I've found. Would this make a good page (with a broken links disclaimer at the top, and lots of contributions)? Focus on utilities that open up new areas (IE expect, cron/at) rather than apps which merely do their job well (IE mozilla, IMHO). Heck, maybe an article discussing the perceived merits of each distro? If we could get an advocate from each distro, an article would come together quickly. Note I wish to focus purely on why one ought to use distro X, rather than not use distro Y. Alexis -- "All programmers are optimists" - Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Failure- When your best just isn't good enough. "Don't anthropomorphize computers. They hate that"

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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by MJ Ray 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

Neill Newman <neill(a)entora.co.uk> writes: > At the end of the day, the best technical solution is not necessarly the > best solution [...] No, marketing has far too much influence. Why do you think we're heading up the creek at a rate of knots? > I don't want people thinking that the community is arguing amoungst > itself as to which OS/distro is technically superiour. But we *are* arguing about what is technically superior and it encourages innovation. If we try to deny that it happens, people will be repulsed when they discover these arguments going on. We need to set the agenda, not just try to answer others' points. > Use what is a good solution for the job, and if that is slackware, > mandrake, *bsd, suse, debian then so be it.. Bah, pragmatist. Does your freedom and the benefits it brings mean nothing to you? (Notice that you include two freedom-impaired systems in your list...)

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