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Reminder: ALUG-IRC at 8...
by MJ Ray 29 Jan '01

29 Jan '01

As ever, ALUG-IRC will be on eu.openprojects.net 8001 #alug at 2000 UK time today (ie 40 minutes). Full instructions on how to connect are still not written, so try irc.themes.org, irchelp.org or the poor paragraph on the ALUG site. Sorry about the lateness of this reminder -- anyone want to cron one? -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] RH Kernel Upgrade problems...
by Simon Parkes 29 Jan '01

29 Jan '01

Ok Bill, thanks for that, but.... I'm getting the memory error message when running lilo -v, so can I assume that it checks to see how much memory is/will be used by the new kernel.. Also I installed via and RPM if that makes any difference.. I am considering just going straight for the 2.4 kernel, maybe that would be a bit less painful? Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: wbh <W.B.Hill(a)uea.ac.uk> To: Simon Parkes <simon.parkes(a)ukonline.co.uk> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [Alug] RH Kernel Upgrade problems... > OK, my guesses. When an x86 PC boots, the BIOS doesn't leave it in > protected mode (in order for DOS to work, don'tcha love it!) So only the > first Meg of memory is available. The linux kernel's gotta fit into this, > before it can switch from real mode. So, the kernel image is too big. > > >Added linux > Boot image: /boot/vmlinux-2.2.16-3 > > Kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.2.16-3 is too big <----- what have I done wrong > > > > ##### Here's my lilo.conf ###### > > <SNIP> > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0 > > This is a compressed image, so seems to have worked. > > > label=linux > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img > > read-only > > root=/dev/sda7 > > > > image=/boot/vmlinux-2.2.16-3 > > This isn't, and is apparently too big. > > > label=linux16 > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16-3.img > > read-only > > root=/dev/sda7 > > So, recompile that kernel image with less in/more as modules/ using "make > bzImage" to get better compression. > > TTFN, > Bill > >

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RH Kernel Upgrade problems...
by Simon Parkes 29 Jan '01

29 Jan '01

Hi everyone... Hoping that somone can shed a bit of light on a problem I'm having.. I have installed all the necessary rpm's (I think), yet after editing the lilo.conf and running lilo -v I'm getting a strange error message telling me that it's too big !!! (See below) The output from free is ... total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 257676 47808 209868 11668 5412 26944 -/+ buffers/cache: 15452 242224 Swap: 207984 0 207984 If it at all helps, the hardware is an IBM Netfinity 4500, Single Proc, 256MB RAM, Hardware RAID5 using the IBM Servraid 4L adapter. ##### Output from "lilo -v" ###### LILO version 21, Copyright 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Reading boot sector from /dev/sda Merging with /boot/boot.b Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0 Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img Added linux Boot image: /boot/vmlinux-2.2.16-3 Kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.2.16-3 is too big <----- what have I done wrong ##### Here's my lilo.conf ###### boot=/dev/sda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 linear default=linux16 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0 label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img read-only root=/dev/sda7 image=/boot/vmlinux-2.2.16-3 label=linux16 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16-3.img read-only root=/dev/sda7 TIA Simon P.S. I'll be bringing this machine along to the next ALUG meet.. An organization is like a tree full of monkeys, all on different limbs at different levels, some climbing up, some fooling around and some simply just idling.... The monkeys on top looks down and see a tree full of smiling faces.... The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes...

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Something hiding on my system - anyone have any ideas
by MJ Ray 26 Jan '01

26 Jan '01

Wrong address used. alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk is the list address. Message-ID: <01C0877D.F7100D60.earl.brannigan(a)lindenhouse.co.uk> From: Earl Brannigan <earl.brannigan(a)lindenhouse.co.uk> To: "'alug-admin(a)stu.uea.ac.uk'" <alug-admin(a)stu.uea.ac.uk> Subject: Something hiding on my system - anyone have any ideas Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:54:24 -0000 Hi all, New around here, been following the posts for a few weeks - Hoping to make it to Syleham and do the intros there. Anyways - anybody come across this before : Last night I tried to log on to my box and no joy - wouldn't accept any passwords!] OK so I did a quick re-boot and fix with the installation disk (I'm running Red-hat 6.2)- log in and get the message "You have mail". So I open the mail to find a send failure, redirected to root@localhost. Then I scan the message to find the contents of my /etc/shadow file nicely included in the body of the mail! - together with some TCP info (ip address etc) OK So it seems I got Trojaned. OK OK So I should have tripwire or AIDE installed.... I haven't cleaned the box yet - gonna be a major prob to do that. Is anyone aware of any known trojans with this behaviour. The key - I think - is the sendto address on the mail : mmteam(a)techemail.criticalpath.net Ring any bells?? (BTW please feel free to pass this mail on to any buds who may be interested). I haven't checked the email address yet, I was thinking of rewriting the encrypted password entries to render tham useless then sending the mail, or just sending a blank email to see if it bounces (ie. they've moved on) or if not then the only reason I know about this is the fact that my sendmail is not set up at all. Just goes to show - I have been a naughty boy recently and downloaded tons of stuff from FTP Sites all over the place but I think I could narrow the suspect packages down to about 5 or 6 if pushed. Cheers Hope to see you all at Syleham. Cheers Earl "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Alva Edison -- MJR

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Linux Weekly, free subscription
by laurie.brown＠idl-bt.com 26 Jan '01

26 Jan '01

Folks, I received this today, took a look, and subscribed. Posted here in case anyone else wants a look-see. Cheers, Laurie. ---- cut here ---- *** LIMITED TIME OFFER FOR A FREE SUBSCRIPTION OFFER TO LINUX WEEKLY *** http://www.sys-con.com/linux/subscribe.cfm *** Referred to you by: xxx(a)xxx.co.uk Dear Xxxx, Be one of the first IT professionals to receive a FREE subscription to Linux Weekly, the newest title produced by SYS-CON Media. Published twice a month - more than any other Linux publication - LW will provide you with the most up to date information from the Linux community. With Linux Weekly you'll find out about the latest news and developments in L-technology. Read about the latest applications and the newest products on the market. With its in-depth mix of industry news, technical solutions, insight and analysis, written by both fresh new voices and seasoned gurus of the Linux world, LW will give you the edge you need to stay on top in the IT world. And you'll read it here first! No other Linux publication can offer you all this information - twice a month - and FREE OF CHARGE! This free subscription offer expires January 31, 2001 or when we fill our quota for complimentary subscriptions. After that, it will be available for $52 for one year. So sign up today since the number of FREE subscriptions we are giving away is very, very limited! Linux Weekly is published by SYS-CON Media, the leading i-technology publisher in the magazine world, publishers of Java Developer's Journal and XML Journal and Wireless Business & Technology. P.S. - All of our readers in the United States will receive both print and online copies of WBT. All of our international readers will receive our digital edition.

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[Various] Digested Articles
by MJ Ray 26 Jan '01

26 Jan '01

Today's spam for you. It's also been said that I should encourage you all to register with the Linux Counter at http://counter.li.org/ if you haven't already. Topics: [OPN-Content]List is open. Press release, first annoucerment. Discussion may beginn. Thank you. MontaVista Software opening engineering department in UK. Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:13:13 +0100 From: Darian Lanx <bio(a)gmx.net> To: content(a)lists.openprojects.net Subject: [OPN-Content]List is open. Press release, first annoucerment. Discussion may beginn. Thank you. - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Vienna 24th January 2001. On behalf of Rob Levin, OPN owner, and Darian Lanx, OPN #content project leader, the following announcement is released for public discussion. Please note, that you can review the rules for posting to this list following this link: http://lists.openprojects.net/pipermail/content/2001-January/000010.html All times given on this list should default to UTC+/-0. Please make sure you have looked up how your time zone is relative to UTC. If there are pending meetings, they will be announced in UTC. Any other given times, which carry no suffix are assumed to be UTC. For those who cannot access Mail at all times, this mailing list is mirrored on our news server. Please point your news reader to leguin.org.uk and subscribe to the list op.discussion. Every message sent to the mailing list will be shon in that group. In a few days we will release the technical specifications for this project. Until then, please discuss the points stated below, and encourage your friends to join in. - - -------------------------------------------------------------- The content site will provide features and news on open source projects and the people who work on them. Project successes and needs will be highlighted, new and promising projects will be covered, and we'll interview participants to find out the problems they've had and the lessons they've learned in running their projects. We'll be interested in solicited technical articles from project participants, or helping them put together such articles, as a way to highlight the efforts of their projects. We'll cover such topics as project advocacy, recruiting, collaborative and project management skills and how they affect project efficiency. Topics will include the integration of conventional CS and industry thought and technique, with the informal style of the community: what works, what doesn't, and how we can all improve our open source project skills. Topics will include education and research, techniques, snags and approaches, as well as the need for inter-project coordination. On the philosophical side, we'll highlight questions such as: Why do people do open source? How do they make it work? What significance does it have for them? Plans for the site do not currently include user forums; many sites such as Kuro5hin and Slashdot already link original content on the web to user discussion areas. There will be an "email to the editor" section but it will contain selected emails of editorial interest. The emphasis of the site will be on news, features and editorial comment. The site will embody a set of editorial viewpoints for which Open Projects is well known: (1) The community profits from expansion. But new participants need to be integrated well into the community. Community participants who help recruit new participants and help integrate them into the community should be recognized. Methods for doing so will be a topic of editorial discussion from time to time. (2) The community profits from improved communication and collaboration skills. Community participants whose skills in these areas are exemplary should be recognized for their efforts. (3) Open and free communication make free software development possible. Groups and organizations which defend the ability of developers to work in a public setting without falling prey to legal attack should be recognized for their efforts. Efforts to obstruct projects by legal means should be covered as important community news. (4) Decentralized, parallel structures are robust. Centralized functionality tends to produce bottlenecks when individual projects or structures with no backup fail to function properly. The community takes advantage of parallelization in the form of projects with overlapping functionality, as well as with the ability to fork existing projects. Multiple web servers, multiple ftp clients, multiple shells and editors, multiple desktop managers all contribute to the stability and robustness of community efforts as a whole. So, basically, duplication of effort can be a safety feature for the community. Projects with similar or overlapping goals will be compared and contrasted in such a way that their differences are clear. We will not take the editorial position that having fewer overlapping projects is automatically better. (5) Project politics reduces the effectiveness of project participants. Community members who rise above political concerns and who build bridges between projects should be recognized for their efforts. For example, we'll promote developers who are willing to port KDE applications to Gnome, and vice-versa. We'll recognize the efforts of community members who work to include rival projects in standards discussions. (6) The free software model has useful implications for society at large and may have applicability to projects involving technology or information transfer. We will attempt from time to time to highlight those implications and applications of similar models outside the free software community. 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Hi, I was pointed at this address by some guys in the Hampshire LUG, so I hope this e-mail is appropriate to this list. I am with MontaVista Software, the makers of HardHat Linux for embedded systems, and we are in the process of opening our international engineering department (non-US) based in Bracknell, Berkshire. I am looking for experienced Linux developers to join the engineering team in a variety of roles, including technical support and professional services. I don't want to post detailed job specs here but typically this will involve kernel and device driver work in C, as well as other embedded specific work, such as Micro Windows, FLTK Toolkit, etc, in C and C++. There is probably the opportunity for travel throughout Europe and to the Sates and maybe to Japan. There will be some customer facing aspects to some of the roles. The markets that MontaVista targets include things like consumer electronics, telecomms, set top boxes and internet TV. In short, embedded devices with limited resources that can benefit from Linux. If you would like more information, please e-mail or phone me :- Telephone : 07787114306 E-mail : IGraham(a)Schedule.Demon.co.uk Ian Graham Director, International Engineering MontaVista Software (www.MVista.com) P.S. You'll notice that I haven't even got my e-mail running through MVista servers yet. This really is getting in at the beginning. I want to set up an open evening and will do so in early February, depending on the response to this e-mail. -- MJR

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Linux Music
by David Freeman 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

For the person who was looking for a music typesetting program http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/ Thanks D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] What happens at meetings?
by MJ Ray 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com writes: > I'm sorry to be a pest, but I am completely in the dark as to what actually > happens at an ALUG meeting - from what i can gather we all turn up with as > many bits as possible and join them together and get them > working/networked/whatever whilst drinking copious amounts of hot liquids. > Or cold, if there is a pub at the end of the road. That seems fairly accurate so far! :-) Well, they've usually just been fixing and networking, but sometimes there have been particular demonstrations or topics to the meeting. I think it's agreed that we'd like another side to the meeting with presentations etc, but people have been fairly slow in coming forward. There were a few (good, as I recall) ideas, so is anyone wanting to commit to talking at Syleham? Subject to John's agreement (as organiser), part of the Syleham meeting will be a round-table so we can tell you what we know about LinuxDay and get help in organising it. [Can't remember if we agreed that last night. I'll just check the log. Yep, looks like it.] And if someone wants to do a talk/presentation too (just one fairly short one this time, please), then speak out now. > Are there many at meetings, do you know each other, are there any others > like myself who are struggling with the basics still, is it worth coming > even if you don't bring your linux box, etc? Numbers have varied up to about two dozen in the past, but list membership has grown by 50% or so since the last meeting, so perhaps we should look for at least that now. The ones who have been around from day one know each other and there are groups from the two unis, but some new faces arrive each time and are welcomed into the fold. And it's still worthwhile without a box, but not as fun because it does mean that you're more of a spectator than a participant. If we can get some talks off the ground, it would make it even more worthwhile, but there's a strong chatting side to it too. > Do send me a pointer to any info up on LUG sites if I've missed it. http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/meetings/ (needs completing: volunteers?) and http://www.lug.org.uk/ perhaps. -- MJR

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Cups and Distiller
by Chris Glover 24 Jan '01

24 Jan '01

Hi, I have just installed Cups on my Linux box. I have installed the Epson Stylus Photo 750 driver, and the Adobe Distiller driver. The Epson works perfectly, but every time I send a job to the distiller, it just seems to produce a postscript file instead of a PDF. I'm using the Adobe Distiller PPD that came with Mandrake 7.2 Any ideas would be much appreciated, in the mean time I shall have to generate Post script files and pass them though windows distiller Many Thanks Chris Chris *************************************************************************** E Mail Chris(a)glovercc.clara.co.uk WWW http://www.glovercc.clara.co.uk ICQ 18054759 Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject. -Anon

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Archive
by David Freeman 24 Jan '01

24 Jan '01

Are all messages on this list archived a tall? Thanks D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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