linux-user digest, Vol 1 #118 - 10 msgs
Michael D Dahn
dahnmich@pilot.msu.edu
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:57:59 -0400 (EDT)
Ryan,
The Lansing area Linux User Group has a mailing list tha tI just subscribed to.
I was reading through it and found a few postings you might be interested in.
>From this Mike Rambo guy. I think I remember him but just read it. It's
interesting
-mike d.
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> 1. Re: Printer repair (Paul Melson)
> 2. Re: authenticated user community (Mike Rambo)
> 3. Re: my linux box again (basher584)
> 4. Re: authenticated user community (Paul Melson)
> 5. Fwd: Printer repair (Rocky Lichen)
> 6. No nominations have been announced yet... (Alan Garrison)
> 7. Re: No nominations have been announced yet... (Mike Rambo)
> 8. Re: drilling a hole through a Pentium chip (Nick Lewis)
> 9. Re: authenticated user community (Mike Rambo)
> 10. Re: No nominations have been announced yet... (Sean)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:24:53 -0400
> From: Paul Melson <melson@scnc.holt.k12.mi.us>
> To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Re: Printer repair
>
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 11:20:27AM -0400, Mark Szidik - MLC wrote:
> >
> > Anybody got recommendations for a local HP printer repair company?
>
> SequoiaNET.com, formerly Panurgy Mid-Michigan,
> formerly Entre. IMHO, they're the best. They
> have HP certified techs on staff.
>
>
> PaulM
>
> --
> _____________________
> melson@holt.k12.mi.us
>
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:47:10 -0400
> From: Mike Rambo <mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us>
> To: GLLUG <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
> Subject: Re: authenticated user community
>
> Paul Melson wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 02:24:29PM -0400, Marcel Kunath wrote:
> > > I ran across this on newsforge.com. I wondered if some of you at the K-12
> > > schools are using this:
> > >
> > > http://auc.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > We've been running Hawkeye for over 3 years
> > now for many of the same purposes that AUC is
> > designed to serve. It's pretty nice, but
> > relatively underused except as a substitute
> > for hotmail.com. :-\
> >
> > The URL is http://www.hawkeye.net
> >
> > PaulM
> >
> > --
> > ____________________
_
> > melson@holt.k12.mi.u
s
> >
>
> We have Hawkeye and had started to set it up after seeing it at Holt but
> have basically put it on the back burner as we've found that the higher
> powers are not interested in investigating non-NT solutions. As I
> recall we were stuck at getting Hawkeye to see MySQL but I don't recall
> for sure. I do expect to one day get back to it just for the experience
> if nothing else - though I do hope that one day folks will become a
> little more receptive to non-NT solutions (though that might take
> awhile). I've not seen this particular system before - looks
> interesting though.
>
>
> --
> Mike Rambo
> Media & Electronics Specialist
> Lansing School District
> mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:56:20 -0400
> From: basher584 <basher584@usol.com>
> Reply-To: basher584@usol.com
> To: Alan Garrison <aeg@lbwl.com>
> CC: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Re: my linux box again
>
> These are the error messages I am getting for the CD-ROM when I try to 'cat' a
> random package in the RPMS directory. Am I doing something wrong or is it a b
ad
> disc? When I tried installing RH6.9 it would load up but give me the exact sam
e
> thing as Mr. Coffee - When asked to insert the CD-ROM (Which I booted from) it
> said it was not found. Both of these CD-ROM drives work great for me.. so I
> assumed it was the disk..
>
> -basher584
>
> RH 6.1 on IBM Thinkpad 390 IDE CDROM
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: command error: error=0x52
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 1118340
> ATAPI device hdc:
> Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
> Logical block address out of range -- (asc=0x21, ascq=0x00)
>
> RH 6.2 on SCSI PlexWriter
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Aug 28 14:57:47 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> Aug 28 14:57:47 kernel: 0b:00: rw=0, want=562410, limit=413788
> Aug 28 14:57:47 kernel: dev 0b:00 blksize=2048 blocknr=281204 sector=1124816
> size=2048 count=1
>
>
> Alan Garrison wrote:
>
> > If I burn a dud CD for anyone, please let me know
> > and I will (try to) burn another one. AFAIK, the
> > ISO images I have for RH6.9 are bit-for-bit official
> > (the MD5 sigs match). The file sizes weren't the
> > full 650 Meg (just around 600), so I don't think
> > the burner burns the sections which do not have
> > data. I think this is why the CD may look like it
> > was burned incomplete when it actually wasn't.
> >
> > >>> basher584 <basher584@usol.com> 08/24/00 06:11PM >>>
> > I got a couple of bad CD's from Alan -RH 6.9 Beta.. (at least I think they a
re
> > bad.. ) I had pretty much the same problem. If you look at the CD it doesn'
t
> > seemed to be burned all the way.. Plus if you switch to a different console
> > (Alt - [F1-F5] ) I was getting a kernel message about looking for sector 530
349
> > with limit of 439000 or something weird like that...
> >
> > Basher584
> >
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:09:23 -0400
> From: Paul Melson <melson@scnc.holt.k12.mi.us>
> To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Re: authenticated user community
>
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 03:46:39PM -0400, Mike Rambo wrote:
> > We have Hawkeye and had started to set it up after seeing it at Holt but
> > have basically put it on the back burner as we've found that the higher
> > powers are not interested in investigating non-NT solutions. As I
> > recall we were stuck at getting Hawkeye to see MySQL but I don't recall
> > for sure. I do expect to one day get back to it just for the experience
> > if nothing else - though I do hope that one day folks will become a
> > little more receptive to non-NT solutions (though that might take
> > awhile). I've not seen this particular system before - looks
> > interesting though.
>
> That seems like a real shame, especially since
> you don't need anything special to run it. Ours
> is still running on an AMD K6/166 w/ 32MB of RAM,
> and I would be amazed if the load has ever broken
> 0.10 even w/ the JavaScript chat rooms in use.
> You could easily throw it on a somewhat sup-ed up
> 486 system, giving you newsgroups, FTP, chat, web
> space, and e-mail for nothing but the time spent
> on it.
>
> On the other hand Linux is very intimidating to
> those who don't use it because they see long-term
> support as tenuous, whereas you can't swing a
> dead penguin without smacking an MCSE or two.
>
>
> PaulM
>
> --
> _____________________
> melson@holt.k12.mi.us
>
>
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>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:30:00 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rocky Lichen <rockylichen@excite.com>
> To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Fwd: Printer repair
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:20:27 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Mark Szidik - MLC <szidikm@mlc.lib.mi.us>
> > To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> > Subject: Printer repair
> > Message-ID:
> <Pine.SUN.4.21.0008281119460.28606-100000@cobra.mlc.lib.mi.us>
> >
> >
> > Anybody got recommendations for a local HP printer repair company?
> >
> >
> Advanced Business Solutions in DeWitt, 669-3984, has done a lot of work on
> HP printers (mostly high capacity laser) for folks I know and has always
> been honest and reliable.
> ______________________________________________________________________
> > Mark Szidik
> > System Administrator Ph: 517.694.4242 x17 Fax: 517.694.9303
> > Michigan Library Consortium http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > linux-user mailing list
> > linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> > http://www.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:36:08 -0400
> From: "Alan Garrison" <aeg@lbwl.com>
> To: <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
> Subject: No nominations have been announced yet...
>
> Anyone?????? I'd rather not continue as prez from 250 miles away... :)
>
>
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>
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:04:58 -0400
> From: Mike Rambo <mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us>
> To: GLLUG <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
> Subject: Re: No nominations have been announced yet...
>
> Alan Garrison wrote:
> >
> > Anyone?????? I'd rather not continue as prez from 250 miles away... :)
> >
>
> Perhaps it might be a good idea to generate a list of who gllug.org has
> on file as being eligible to participate in the process. As I haven't
> been to a meeting other than the installfest since they switched away
> from thursday (wed & sun are the two days of the week that are out for
> me) I'm not certain of eligibility as I'm not sure whether it's been
> over six months. Perhaps others are in this boat?
>
> --
> Mike Rambo
> Media & Electronics Specialist
> Lansing School District
> mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 8
> From: "Nick Lewis" <lewisnic@egr.msu.edu>
> To: "Ben Pfaff" <pfaffben@msu.edu>
> Cc: <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>, <wilkinson@pa.msu.edu>
> Subject: Re: drilling a hole through a Pentium chip
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:42:48 -0400
> Organization: DECS
>
> I talked to the person who did it, and he said that he used a chisel
> and chiseled along the joints, but he'll probably follow-up with more
> details. Nick.
>
> Nick Lewis
> DECS
> HA! I laugh in the face of free time!
> http://www.sciencetheatre.org
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Pfaff" <user@cscw.msu.edu>
> To: "Nick Lewis" <lewis@cscw.msu.edu>
> Cc: <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:25 PM
> Subject: Re: drilling a hole through a Pentium chip
>
>
> > "Nick Lewis" <lewis@cscw.msu.edu> writes:
> >
> > > In Science Theatre, one of the guys took the casing off on a
> > > 486, [...]
> >
> > Any idea how?
> >
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:50:24 -0400
> From: Mike Rambo <mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us>
> To: GLLUG <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
> Subject: Re: authenticated user community
>
> Paul Melson wrote:
> >
> >
> > That seems like a real shame, especially since
> > you don't need anything special to run it. Ours
> > is still running on an AMD K6/166 w/ 32MB of RAM,
> > and I would be amazed if the load has ever broken
> > 0.10 even w/ the JavaScript chat rooms in use.
> > You could easily throw it on a somewhat sup-ed up
> > 486 system, giving you newsgroups, FTP, chat, web
> > space, and e-mail for nothing but the time spent
> > on it.
> >
> > On the other hand Linux is very intimidating to
> > those who don't use it because they see long-term
> > support as tenuous, whereas you can't swing a
> > dead penguin without smacking an MCSE or two.
> >
> > PaulM
> >
> > --
> > ____________________
_
> > melson@holt.k12.mi.u
s
> >
>
> You've hit the nail on the head. The dept head is relying heavily on a
> guy (who knows only NT) for departmental direction. Last I knew he
> hasn't and isn't planning on actually finishing his degree at MSU but he
> does have the MCSE and Citrix certs (yes Sean - you know him :-). He
> whined to me when he first came on that the reason he left the Dept of
> Treasury was that they didn't give him the tools he wanted to work
> with. You combine a guy only willing to work with M$ products with her
> other staff who have no formal computer training (it's all on the job)
> and you have a great deal of resistance - partly from an understandable
> fear - and the rest from bias. They tend to think of supporting the
> servers from the work we have to do with the NT boxes - and they can
> take quite of bit or work at times. We've had to reboot most of them
> every few weeks and periodically have other pains. They should know
> that servers need not be that way as the novell 3.12 servers are MUCH
> more stable in our experience - but then they may associate that
> stability with a command line that is hard to work with. In any case,
> it IS a shame. We had gotten permission to install a full Linux server
> as a pilot at Forest View Elementary last spring. It is done and
> installed but I don't know if it'll last. It's working great but
> whenever there is a problem of any nature - and we've had numerous with
> the wfw3.11 workstations (long student assisted upgrade story) - her
> first thought is to put NT on the server - go figure. There's so many
> things we could do very cost effectively but we can't. They're now
> looking at an exchange server - oh brother. Half of the buildings are
> mac's. A lot of good that'll do. It's very frustrating.
>
>
> --
> Mike Rambo
> Media & Electronics Specialist
> Lansing School District
> mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:02:06 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Sean <picasso@madflower.com>
> To: Mike Rambo <mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us>
> cc: GLLUG <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
> Subject: Re: No nominations have been announced yet...
>
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Mike Rambo wrote:
>
> > Alan Garrison wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone?????? I'd rather not continue as prez from 250 miles away... :)
> > >
> >
> > Perhaps it might be a good idea to generate a list of who gllug.org has
> > on file as being eligible to participate in the process. As I haven't
> > been to a meeting other than the installfest since they switched away
> > from thursday (wed & sun are the two days of the week that are out for
> > me) I'm not certain of eligibility as I'm not sure whether it's been
> > over six months. Perhaps others are in this boat?
> >
> Im close i think I have been to one maybe two since installfest. But it's
> more because I have been insanely busy, then the meeting days..
>
>
>
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