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Re: [Alug] Weekly IRC reminder
by Andrew.Chandler＠ftid.com 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

How about changing the from address too? A> markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk@stu.uea.ac.uk on 20/08/2001 10:13:38 Sent by: alug-admin(a)stu.uea.ac.uk To: Neill Newman <neill(a)entora.co.uk> cc: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk Subject: Re: [Alug] Weekly IRC reminder Yay, more editing! Can the following changes be made, please, if everyone agrees? On 20 Aug, Neill Newman wrote: > > This is the automated ALUG irc meeting reminder sent to remind you that > there is an irc meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. IRC not irc (well, at least be consistent). > 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. Perhaps add the following: Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server eu.openprojects.net" and "/join #alug". > Popular irc clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and ircII on Unix, and > Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. I don't think ircII has been popular for a long time. I'd recommend EPIC in place of it and BitchX, personally. Is kIRC still around? > > Unix > > http://www.bitchx.com Drop this one. It's nasty in the default settings, IMO. > http://www.xchat.org > http://freshmeat.net Add trailing /s. > http://www.epicsol.org/ (for Brett!) Drop the ()s. EPIC is a pretty good client, even if Brett does say so... _______________________________________________ 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!

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

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. Popular irc clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and ircII on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.bitchx.com http://www.xchat.org http://freshmeat.net http://www.epicsol.org/ (for Brett!) Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Re: [Alug] The web site
by MJ Ray 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

Neill Newman <neill(a)entora.co.uk> writes: > > Don't exaggerate: there were four errors. > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anglian.lug.org.uk%2F&do… > 17 at my count.. some might be recursive though... DOCTYPE is not inline because sablotron does not support that, as far as I can tell (although I'll try bludgeoning it later). Please adjust your validator setting accordingly.

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Re: [Fwd: [Alug] ARM and a leg]
by jo＠yee-ha.demon.co.uk 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

Straight from the horse's mouth... Jo -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fwd: [Alug] ARM and a leg] Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 09:28:22 +0100 From: Alan.Hunter(a)arm.com To: jo(a)yee-ha.demon.co.uk Well anything with an MMU should work so ARM720T ARM920T ARM922T ARM926EJS Intel StrongARM Intel XScale Alan. On 20/08/2001 09:01:45 jo wrote: >Care to comment? > > Jo > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: [Alug] ARM and a leg >Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 0:07:33 GMT >From: David Freeman <david_freeman(a)alug.org.uk> >Reply-To: David Freeman <david_freeman(a)alug.org.uk> >Organization: Anglian Linux Users Group >To: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > >I know we have a couple of people who know a bit about all things >embedded, can any advise on what chips successfully run the ARM linux? >is >it something that runs only on the Strong arm processor such as the >intel >SA1100 (used in the IPaq) or will the ARM Thumb processors run it as >well? > >Also how many people do we have on the list who are experienced in >Electrical engineering? > >Thanks > >D > >-- >"Your house sounds like a > fire hazard" Peter Clarke > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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!

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Any way to "Kick" a TCP connection back into life?
by Steve Fosdick 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

Today I had a problem when I lost network connectivity with an open TCP connecting (doing an FTP transfer). When network connectivity was restored, the TCP connection remained connected, but no data was being transmitted or received. Openning a new connection (using FTP reget) caused data transfer to recommence so there was clearly no problem talking to the remote machine. I have also had similar experience when fetching a page or image with HTTP will stall, but aborting the transfer and reloading works quickly. What I suspect is happenning here is that as a bunch or re-transmissions fail, TCP backs off for longer and longer before re-tranmitting and gets to the point that the time being waited is ridiculously long. What I would like to be able to go, both to test this theory and hopefully solve the problem of it happening, is to reset the backoff timer so it goes back to re-transmitting quickly. Does anyone now if there is way to do this on Linux? Steve.

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I've got a really old laptop
by Steve Kuo 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

I've got a really old laptop that I'm would like to find a verison of Linux (with X-windows preferably) for. Specs: 486DX33 4MB RAM B&W Screen 120Mb HDD It doesn't have to fit on disks, I can connect the 486 to an external zipdrive. ===== --------------- Steve Kuo "Windows Multitasking - Crash several programs at once, no waiting" ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

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Re: [Alug] I've got a really old laptop
by MJ Ray 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

Steve Kuo <drakioned(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes: > 486DX33 4MB RAM B&W Screen 120Mb HDD You may be able to get X on to it, but it will swap like crazy if you try to do much with it. At the very least, you will need to be *very* light on the memory usage. Emacs and VIM under X are out of the question ;-)

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Re: [Alug] The web site
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Neill Newman <neill(a)entora.co.uk> writes: > Mark et al, I know that there is a lot to do, and I dont have time to do > any right now, but can I make a suggestion.. > Can the website be tested with the w3 vaildator (validator.w3.org) This > makes sure it is proper html, at the moment there are a dozen or so > errors ;(.. Don't exaggerate: there were four errors. It seems that sablotron is somewhat more primitive than luminas's tools and produces HTML 4.01 (*yuk!*) instead. One correction later, there are now no errors, at least in transitional. It shouldn't be too much work to make it pass strict if it's really needed, but that can wait a bit.

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Is this a FAQ? (Books)
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

David, why don't you write a page about the various book things, ie the library system and the discount deals? This could then be linked into the FAQ "What does ALUG do?"... Also, the meetings part of that answer should link to the meetings page and the mailing lists/IRC bit to the "Join us" page. But I'll graciously let someone else add them ;-) Thanks!

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Re: [Alug] SSH/SCP No Password
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Steve Fosdick <fozzy(a)pelvoux.demon.co.uk> writes: > If it doesn't work when you set it up, try the -d option on the server > end to get a debug log from it which will tell what types of > authenciation it is trying and why they fail. [...] Any reason why that's better than doing -v on the client end? Is it really worth annoying all the users on the server? ;-)

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