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Microsoft and Unisys at it again?...
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 17 Apr '02

17 Apr '02

A friend forwarded a copy of one of yesterday's Top5 "Little Fivers" to me, which pokes fun at a new anti-Unix campaign by Microsoft and Unisys... http://topica.com/lists/Top5Internet/read/message.html?mid=1606707057&sort=… The list is amusing, but I found the included link to this c|net news article even more interesting and also rather amusing... http://news.com.com/2100-1001-870805.html I remeber a time when Unisys was actually a big proponent of Unix, but they haven't done much lately to endear themselves to the open source community! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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used HIPAD Plus 9018E digitizing tablet available
by Gilles Detillieux 10 Apr '02

10 Apr '02

Hi. Would any of you happen to know of anyone who might be interested in a slighly used HIPAD Plus 9018E digitizing tablet? It's a 12 x 18 inch tablet that comes with stylus, 4-button puck cursor, AC adapter, serial cable, menu overlays and documentation. It can emulate the following tablets: - Houston Instrument HIPAD (serial format) - Houston Instrument HIPAD Plus - Houston Instrument TRUE GRID TG-1000 - Summagraphics SummaSketch/MM 1201 (default) - Summagraphics Bit Pad Plus - Summagraphics Bit Pad 1 - Summagraphics Bit Pad 2 - Calcomp Drawing Board 2300 - Calcomp 2000 - Kurta Series One - Kurta IS/ONE - Hitachi Tiger Tablet (partial emulation, no remote commands) - GTCO Digi-Pad Type 5 (partial emulation, no remote commands) If you're interested, make us an offer. If you know of anyone who is, please pass this on to them. It was originally in the thousand dollar ballpark if I recall, but that was almost 13 years ago. It was only used lightly for the first 4 years, on a Masscomp UNIX system we no longer have, but I'm sure it would be easy to get it to work on Linux or any other OS. (I don't have any drivers for it, though.) I don't really know what we can expect to get at this point - I'm open to just about any reasonable offers, especially if someone's willing to come and pick it up. -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <grdetil(a)scrc.umanitoba.ca> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930

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Linux 2.4 kernel swapping problem
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 10 Apr '02

10 Apr '02

Further to the discussion at last night's meeting, regarding swapping problems under the Linux 2.4 kernels, I found the following bug report at Red Hat's bugzilla site... http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60079 There's also a new, open bug report that seems to describe the same thing... http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61007 ... but that one hasn't been dealt with by Red Hat support staff yet. The solution for now seems to be to upgrade to the 2.4.18 kernel, which has a newer and more aggressive page reclamation algorithm. For now, this means either compiling your own, or using the kernel*-2.4.18-0.13 RPM's from the "skipjack" beta, or the kernel*-2.4.18-0.18 RPM's from rawhide. To use the RPM's, you'll also likely need to upgrade a few other support packages (initscripts, dev, and iptables, for example) from the same distribution. As of today, there aren't any packages available for supported versions yet. So, you can either go for an unsupported upgrade (beta or otherwise), or wait for the next official Red Hat release. -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, Apr 9, 7:30PM -- LTSP: Linux Terminal Server Project
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '02

[Posted to man.unix.general and other news groups] ------ Forwarded Article <a8ddr3$njt$1(a)canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> ------ From gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca (Gilbert E. Detillieux) The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 9. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project The Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) is a set of packages that allows you to turn older Intel-based hardware into thin-client X Window stations, with support for local devices. LTSP supports most Unix or Linux based servers, and hardware for the terminals ranging from 486-level boxes with 8 Megs of RAM on up. Scott Balneaves, who's been working with the LTSP for a while, will describe and demonstrate an LTSP setup in action. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30 PM on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our new meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15 PM, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30 PM. Don't be late, or you may not get in. Limited parking is available for free on the street, or in a lot across Ellice from IBM, for $1.00 for the evening. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $2.00 for the evening. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Also note that MUUG maintains two mailing lists, called "muug-announce" and "roundtable". If you're not already on these lists, we encourage you to subscribe now: http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/ The "muug-announce" list is used for monthly meeting announcements (such as this one) as well as other important announcements of interest to MUUG members. The "rountable" list is meant to be a forum for follow-ups to topics discussed at the meetings, or for round-table-style discussion on other topics that come up between meetings. Of course, for this to be effective, we need to reach a certain critical mass. So, please subscribe, and stay involved! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ P.O. Box 130, St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609 ------ End of Forwarded Article

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Kernel patches
by author 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

I've never messed around with kernel patches before, so I'd like to know, is there anything to watch out for when applying a patch to a kernel ? For example, will I have to install other programs as well? Or is all of this taken care of by the patch? I've noticed that the 2.4 kernel has lots of patches. Will it make much difference if I apply them all, one at a time, or should I download a new kernel instead?

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Server UPS
by Brock Wolfe 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

Sigh, another power bump. It's time to look for another UPS. I've used APC UPS's. They are OK, but had one fail completely. Looking for another UPS around 1400VA (like a APC Back-UPS Pro 1400VA). Any thoughts recommendations, testimonials on APC or other UPS's. Of course having Linux drivers/apps is required. 8-^) Brock

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FTP behind router question
by Raymond J. Henry 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

I'm running Mandrake 8.1 with ProFTP, and I'm connected to DSL via an OvisLink SR-801E router. Router is set to point port 21 to the right internal IP, but when you try to log in from outside the local network, you get "500 P@SW NOT UNDERSTOOD ERROR OPENING DATA SOCKET". I'm guessing that his is due to the IP the user is logging into, and the actual internal IP of the FTP server box. Can anyone point me towards the resolution? Thanks.......

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Re: [RndTbl] ide controller card
by Ian Timshel 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Thanks Raymond.. you put that question about the power to bed nicely... Cheers! Ian. On March 25, 2002 04:57 pm, you wrote: > I can't say anything about IDE controllers, haven't used them since the day > when you needed an I/O card. > > As for burners sucking power, I'm not so sure of that. For 8 months I ran a > Duron 800 with 512 MEGs RAM, 82 GIG & 10 GIG IDE drives, Initio SCSI > controller, two 2.1 GIG SCSI drives, SCSI Zip drive, SCSI Yamaha CDR, Umax > SCSI scanner, 56x IDE CD-ROM, 18x Toshiba DVD drive, 1.44 floppy, ATi Rage > Fury Pro 32 MEG with TV in and out, 2 10/100 PCI NIC's all off of a 250 > WATT no name power supply in a mid-tower case. Drives slung everywhere I > could. My case upgrade was due to heating problems, not poor power. There > simply was no circulation in the mid-tower with all that stuff in > there..... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Timshel" <itschaotic(a)yahoo.ca> > To: <roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca> > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:49 PM > Subject: [RndTbl] ide controller card > > > Hi all. > > I have run out of ide sockets on my main board. I'm looking for > > recommendations... please, for an ide controller card for an elder P2 266 > > running Red Hat 7.2 > > > > I'm also wondering if it's time to upgrade the power supply from 250W to > > 300 > > > or better. I have a CDRW to put in. I have no experience with burners > > but I > > > understand they are heavy consumers of power. > > > > Any suggestions would be welcome. > > Thanks in advance. Ian. > > _______________________________________________ > > Roundtable mailing list > > Roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca > > http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable

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ide controller card
by Ian Timshel 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Hi all. I have run out of ide sockets on my main board. I'm looking for recommendations... please, for an ide controller card for an elder P2 266 running Red Hat 7.2 I'm also wondering if it's time to upgrade the power supply from 250W to 300 or better. I have a CDRW to put in. I have no experience with burners but I understand they are heavy consumers of power. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks in advance. Ian.

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ide cards
by Ian Timshel 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Hi all. Does anyone have any recommendations for ide controller cards? I have a P2 266 with 384 ram running Red Hat 7.2. Any ideas would be appreciated. Ian. "Me? A skeptic? Can you prove it?"

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