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Fwd: Invitation to attend "Innovation Alley" Premiere
by Bill Reid 03 Jan '15

03 Jan '15

Hi Friends! I’d like to personally invite you to attend the world premiere of “Innovation Alley”. It’s a documentary about the work myself and others have been doing to create a new kind of facility enabling anyone to transform their ideas into new and successful businesses in our city. Our project has been incredibly successful over the past three years; the documentary shows how we got it done and how it could change our city’s future. We’ve organized a very special premiere of the documentary for 6PM Friday, January 16th at the Burton Cummings theatre - and I’d like you to attend, if you can. There’s no charge; all you need to do is register here: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/innovation-alley-documentary-premiere-tickets-14… Please come! Pass this invitation around to anyone you feel would be interested - Everyone is welcome to attend. Kerry Stevenson Director, StartUp Winnipeg, AssentWorks

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Merry Christmas
by Bill Reid 25 Dec '14

25 Dec '14

Not seen this before. Cute traceroute xmas.futile.net

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fire alarms
by Trevor Cordes 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

OK, completely 100% off-topic, not even remotely unix related. But where else can I get the ear of a bunch of Winnipeggers? Where the @#%^@ do I recycle fire alarms? E-waste won't take it because it contains hazardous material. Nothing on the City of Winnipeg site mentions fire alarms, even in their search function. Google doesn't know. The normal liquid-hazardous-waste place doesn't list them as acceptable. So what does one do with these things that contain radioactive material? Next step: garbage, as I'm sure 99.9% of Winnipeggers do.

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Help with pv?
by Kevin McGregor 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

I have two identical Unix servers (Oracle T5-2, Solaris 11.2) and I want to do some testing of the network redundancy/failover I've configured (which I hope I've done right). Each server has four network ports. Two ports on server 1 and two ports on server 2 are connected to switch 1. Two ports on server 1 and two ports on server 2 are connected to switch 2. I want to do something like this: root@srv1:~# pv </dev/zero | ssh root@srv2 'cat >/dev/null' and get a running throughput rate while I unplug and replug cables, BUT I'd like to have four simultaneous streams and four running totals. I don't know how to do this. I'd rather not have four separate sessions open to see this. I just want to have one session that looks like 448MB 0:00:09 [ 112MB/s] [ <=> ] 448MB 0:00:09 [ 112MB/s] [ <=> ] 448MB 0:00:09 [ 112MB/s] [ <=> ] 448MB 0:00:09 [ 112MB/s] [ <=> ] Or similar. Any suggestions?

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Another Solaris configuration issue - xterm
by Kevin McGregor 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

I'm using Solaris 11.2 on a T5-2 SPARC server, and when I log in on the console (via ILOM, using PuTTY), the terminal type gets set to "sun", which is really annoying. I've tried svccfg -s system/console-login setprop ttymon/terminal_type=xterm (followed by a reboot) and editing the /etc/profile line from TERM=sun to TERM=xterm and still the TERM variable is "sun" when I log in. What else can I try?

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tock.umanitoba.ca NTP over IPv6 broken?
by Theodore Baschak 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

Hi Guys: Wondering if tock.umanitoba.ca works for anyone via IPv6? I'm able to ping the system, but NTP gets stuck in INIT state. (3rd line, they don't have revdns setup either for IPv6 I guess) theodore@dev:~$ ntpq -p; ping -c4 tock.umanitoba.ca; ping6 -c4 tock.umanitoba.ca remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== *time1.mbix.ca .PCS0. 1 u 7 128 377 1.205 0.026 0.201 -2620:10a:800f:: .PPS. 1 u 68 128 377 26.991 0.129 11.834 2620:0:bd0:4001 .INIT. 16 u - 1024 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 +zero.gotroot.ca 30.114.5.31 2 u 73 128 377 26.632 0.023 0.118 +ntp3.torix.ca .PPS. 1 u 1 128 377 24.842 -0.128 11.029 PING tock.umanitoba.ca (192.139.114.77) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from tock.umanitoba.ca (192.139.114.77): icmp_req=1 ttl=56 time=2.25 ms 64 bytes from tock.umanitoba.ca (192.139.114.77): icmp_req=2 ttl=56 time=1.97 ms 64 bytes from tock.umanitoba.ca (192.139.114.77): icmp_req=3 ttl=56 time=2.22 ms 64 bytes from tock.umanitoba.ca (192.139.114.77): icmp_req=4 ttl=56 time=2.37 ms --- tock.umanitoba.ca ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.975/2.207/2.373/0.152 ms PING tock.umanitoba.ca(2620:0:bd0:4001::77) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 2620:0:bd0:4001::77: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=32.0 ms 64 bytes from 2620:0:bd0:4001::77: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=32.7 ms 64 bytes from 2620:0:bd0:4001::77: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=31.7 ms 64 bytes from 2620:0:bd0:4001::77: icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=31.7 ms --- tock.umanitoba.ca ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 31.718/32.067/32.738/0.448 ms -- Theo Baschak BOFH excuse #133: It's not plugged in.

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Fix for yum "Error: database disk image is malformed"
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

On one of my RHEL 6 compatible systems, I ran out of space on /var, and after clearing space, yum kept throwing the above error message. After doing a Google search on the error, various suggestions were tried... 1. "yum clean all" (and variations on that to clear certain parts of the cache) didn't fix the problem. 2. "yum history new" also didn't help. 3. "rpm --rebuilddb" also didn't help. Finally, after finding this posting... http://linux.upubuntu.com/2012/04/yum-error-database-disk-image-is.html ... and looking at the bottom of the comment section, I found this command... 4. "yum makecache" did the trick! Here I thought that running a "yum update" after "yum clean dbcache" or "yum clean all" would rebuild everything it needed, but apparently not. So, it's good to know that "yum makecache" will do a more thorough rebuild of the metadata. Hope this is useful to any of you running yum/rpm-based distros! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, Dec 9, 7:30pm -- Real-Time Mapping with *ouchDB
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 02 Dec '14

02 Dec '14

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 18. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Mingling and Pot Luck As 2014 draws to a close, MUUG has decided to continue our new tradition of turning the December meeting into more of a social event. This will be a totally pot-luck event. Cookies and pop will be provided by MUUG, but members are encouraged to bring their own food to sample and share. Feel free to bring your own drink as well if you want something particular - just remember that we don't have a liquor license! Real-Time Mapping with *ouchDB (CouchDB/PouchDB) After the mingling and munching, Robert Keizer will be presenting how he set up a very simple real-time map using an Android phone and some JavaScript. The talk will focus on separating the data layers and some of the nice features in *ouchDB. Winnipeg Harvest Food Drive Also as in previous years, we are combining our pot luck with a food drive for Winnipeg Harvest. We would love it if each member would bring at least 1 non-perishable food item for donation to the food bank! Winnipeg Harvest has apparently been running a shortfall all year, and needs your donations, particularly at this time of year! They have information about what they're looking for on their website: http://winnipegharvest.org/donate-food/ The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm 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 for this month: Room 1L08, Lockhart Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ***************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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weird cert problem
by Trevor Cordes 01 Dec '14

01 Dec '14

Does anyone else get a cert error on this site: https://taxcess.gov.mb.ca/ It's invalid in Firefox (latest F19 version: 33.1, just came out today) on Linux. But it works ok on Chrome in Windows. Chrome shows the cert is brand new this month (I had never had a problem with their site before). Weird that a trust-validated site like that would have cert problems, unless they chose a no-name CA? Unless someone is MitM'ing me...

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Re: [RndTbl] Roundtable Digest, Vol 119, Issue 3
by Brock Wolfe 22 Nov '14

22 Nov '14

My Thinkpad A31p has served me well as a portable workstation. I have install AntiX Linux (lightweight distro) which works, but is too slow. Not the fault of the distro, but the Thinkpad is limited by amount of ram that can be used. Looking to replace with a current or used workstation grade laptop. Brock On 11/22/2014 12:00 PM, roundtable-request(a)muug.mb.ca wrote: > Message: 3 Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:05:37 -0600 From: Adam Thompson > <athompso(a)athompso.net> To: Continuation of Round Table discussion > <roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca> Subject: Re: [RndTbl] ThinkPad on last legs > Message-ID: <546FD351.7060606(a)athompso.net> Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=utf-8; format=flowed On 14-11-21 05:54 PM, Brock Wolfe wrote: >> >I am looking for any recommendations for a Laptop to run Linux. My >> >Thinkpad is on its last legs. >> >Brock > Depends on what you want to do with the system. > Thinkpads (mostly W, T and X series) are always good choices. L, S and > Edge series should be OK nowadays, too. > Dell Latitude and Precision models are good Thinkpad substitutes as a rule. > The more "business"-oriented the laptop, the better the build quality > (usually), and although it'll cost more, much more likely to work out of > the box with Linux without any fiddling or unsupported components. > > If you're using Ubuntu or Arch, it appears that almost anything will > work acceptably well nowadays. > > Used business-class or workstation-class laptops can be a better choice > than a brand-new consumer-grade laptop. > > Also, Thinkpads can last a very long time - what do you think is wrong > with your current laptop? > > -- -Adam Thompson athompso(a)athompso.net

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