March 2005 - KCLUG

RE: Dune Parody skit. Was RE: whitewigs
by Leonard, Phil 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

>If this is the case you can solve the problem by using "fdisk" to change the >type of the partition with "that other OS" to type 82 (linux swap). That's funny!!

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RE: NTP Advice and Time Fun (Re: Dune Parody skit. Was RE: whitewigs)
by Leonard, Phil 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

You also might check that the hardware clock is reasonably close to the system time. If you reboot and the hardware clock is way off then ntp will not be able to bring it back and give up. I've had that happen. So do a hwclock --systohc once in a while to update the hardware clock.

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Re: Sacrificial Linux boxes
by Jack 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Sorry, not being clear again. By a sacrificial box, I mean a box that if the kernel or a driver explodes and crashes the box nothing important is lost. Also, since the kernel may crash while testing, hardware that is somewhat resilient to destruction due to system crashes that require cold reboots would be desirable. I run the 2.6 kernel also and find it to be plenty stable. I only meant that since the book I'm reading is specific to 2.6 driver develpoment I want to build a box on which to develop and want to build one that can I can sacrifice the files on and can take the punishment of frequent crashing, hence "sacrificial". Brian D. --- Tom Bruno <crweb(a)vwords.com> wrote: > I personally don't find running kernel 2.6 to be > "sacrificial". I find > it quite a bit nicer than 2.4. Especially on > multi-cpu machines. > > Jack wrote: > > >It's awfully quiet out there. Is the list still up? > >Am I still subscribed? > > > >Well, let's find out. Is anyone running a > sacrificial > >Linux box for testing such things as kernel > patches, > >contributions or drivers? I'm going to set one up > for > >a 2.6 debian box, so I can follow along with this > book > >on Linux device drivers. So I'm looking for some > ideas > >for what to load into this box on a hardware level > and > >ask anyone if they have a particular device that > needs > >to be written for or improved on. My budget is > limited > >as I am still doing the Mr. Mom bit. > > > > > >Brian D. > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ > >Kclug mailing list > >Kclug(a)kclug.org > >http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug(a)kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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On-Call Tech needed
by Jonathan Hutchins 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

I need to have the services of an on-call technician available for about six weeks in April and May. This person should be familiar with Windows XP, Linux Samba servers/firewalls, Hylafax, and Cyrus, and preferably have experience with Gentoo. Should have good experience with hardware troubleshooting and repair, able to scratch-build a system quickly if necessary. You will need to be available on-site in the Westport area with reasonable notice (~1hr.) from approximately 8-5, Monday-Friday to provide services like emergency hardware resets and repair, recovery from kernel panics or driver errors, occasional PEBKAC, etc. You may occasionally be called on Weekends if there is a server outage. Weekend coverage is at your convenience, but you will be expected to make reasonable efforts to have the system on-line by Monday morning. You will not be expected to be available 24x7. The systems are reasonably reliable and stable; this position is a fall-back to cover the remote monitoring and management of the site. You may not be called at all, and it will be unlikely that we will require more than two hours per week of on-site service.

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[OT] related to the whitewig discussion
by Brian Kelsay 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Re:Kwisatz what? (Score:5, Funny) by Guysdrinkingbeer (207045) Alter Relationship on Wednesday March 16, @04:48PM (#11958945) No dought that you have taken your first steps toward being the Kwisatz Haderach by choosing correctly before you actually knew why you were choosing correctly. Your instincts guide you well. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Kwisatz what? (Score:5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 17, @12:02AM (# 11962512) No dought... Hey you left the "n" and the "u" out of doughnut, but I think I understand what you were trying to say anyway. It's like when you stop by Krispy Creme to pick up a couple dozen for the guys at work but you don't know what kind they like so you go ahead and just get the ones that you think are good and it turns out to be a excellent choice because then later everybody says 'Hey Michelin tire man, good job on the doughnuts this morning. Those were good. Now get me a cup of coffee.' So thats when you know you used the force and then you start remembering these buried memories about your mom and dad and you think, Damn, this is just like that guy in that Dune book I read back in high school... The kwaanza halibut or something like that. So anyway, even though you spelled doughnut wrong I still got the gist of what you were saying. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Kwisatz what? (Score:3, Funny) by yelvington (8169) Alter Relationship on Thursday March 17, @07:12AM (#11964024) (http://www.yelvington.com/) Kwaanza halibut? I thought those were sandtrout. Hello, I would like to buy a fish license, please. A what? A license for my pet fish, Eric. How did you know my name was Eric? No no no, my fish's name is Eric, Eric the fish. He's an halibut. What? He is...an...halibut. You've got a pet halibut? Yes. I chose him out of thousands. I didn't like the others, they were all too flat. Brian Kelsay

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DBA Job openings
by Brian Kelsay 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Any DBAs out there looking for work? One of the contract manager PHBs left a vague message on VM that he is looking for people. Email me direct and I'll give you his number/email. Later, Brian Kelsay

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Sacrificial Linux boxes
by Jack 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

It's awfully quiet out there. Is the list still up? Am I still subscribed? Well, let's find out. Is anyone running a sacrificial Linux box for testing such things as kernel patches, contributions or drivers? I'm going to set one up for a 2.6 debian box, so I can follow along with this book on Linux device drivers. So I'm looking for some ideas for what to load into this box on a hardware level and ask anyone if they have a particular device that needs to be written for or improved on. My budget is limited as I am still doing the Mr. Mom bit. Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Basement cleanout
by David Brain 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

OK, I'm having a basement clearout. I have a fair bunch of stuff to get rid of - it should (or at least did) all work. One of the P100 systems ran very nicely as a firewall for a couple of years until I upgraded it (to a P200 (!)). I'd rather someone came and took all of it rather than try to get rid of it piecemeal - also that way you have a fair quantity of spare parts for anything that doesn't work, there should be at least a couple working systems that could be cobbled together here (note that all the P100s use the same mobo). I am under no illusion as to the monetary (lack of) value of this stuff, however if you were to want to swap it for something much smaller (like say a USB thumb drive - hint hint..) that would be great. Systems: Case/PSU: Tower/AT (Gateway) Processor: Pentium 100 Memory: 16MB HardDrive: 850MB CDROM: Yes SoundCard: Yes NIC: Yes Case/PSU: Tower/AT (Whitebox) Processor: Pentium 100 Memory 32MB HardDrive: 540MB CDROM: No SoundCard: No NIC:No (Has no IDE cables) Case/PSU: Tower/ATX (Gateway) Processor: Pentium Pro 200 Memory: 64MB HardDrive: 3GB CDROM: Yes SoundCard: Yes USB Ports (via PCI card): 2 NIC: Yes Monitor: 15'' Gateway Crystalscan (working but old) Motherboard: Pulled from Gateway P100 (same as above P100 systems) + CPU Motherboard: Old nasty P60 + CPU Keyboard: Cheap and nasty Contact me off list if you are interested.

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[OT]Yet Another Perl Conference, North America, 2005 Registration now open
by glim＠mycybernet.net 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

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RE: Dune Parody skit. Was RE: whitewigs
by Charles, Joshua Micah (UMKC-Student) 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

> Q- what REALLY killed Frank Herbert? >A- Seeing the David Lynching of Dune. Word is that David's writing Dune 7 based on his fathers notes. I've not read any of his books (I'm on book 5 of dune), so I don't know what to make of this. At least the sci-fi miniseries' were good.

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