March 2008 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Hard drive for data recovery purposes
by Bruce Kingsbury 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

I'm trying to find an IBM Deskstar 61.5GB harddrive (model IC35L060AVER07-0) I've been asked to try to recover a number of photos from a dead harddrive. It doesn't show up in BIOS at all so I think the controller is dead. If I can find an identical drive in working condition I might be able to swap the controller over and read this one. Can anyone here help me?

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Microsoft to work with Eclipse on Java
by Ian McDonald 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9898168-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547… -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Re: [wlug] USB Dialup Modem Help
by David Bowen 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

" I have a feeling that there may be other issues: connecting the USB modem to a phone jack, kills the dial out ability of our home phone. It doesn't matter whether the modem is connected to the computer or not. I can get a dial-tone, dial a number and then nothing. Unplug the phone line to the modem and the home phone works again. Weird! I might bring it down to the next fix-it meeting, to see if anybody has any ideas..." I get to fix a lot of modems at work, hardware faults (Sky decoders) Check to see if it has a relay in it. They are small, about 18mm long and 5 or 6 mm high and wide. They can get sticky, sometimes giving them a tap will dislodge them, probably not for long though. Actually looking at a few modems here they often have larger relays of diferant dimensions. Some of our modems don't use relays at all, just transistors controlled with optocouplers. These don't seem to be prone to this sort of failure. ie, if they do fail they don't work at all. David

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USB Dialup Modem Help
by Shannon Skinner 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Hi I've come across an old USB dialup modem and I'm a bit stuck getting it connected to an ISP. I'm trying to get it going so I can give it to my parents and switch them fully over to linux. I'm currently testing it on my Ubuntu 7.10 machine with my parents dialup account with Kiwi Online (KOL) and the modem is recognised as /dev/ttyACM0. I've tried wvdial and gnome-ppp, and it seemed to dial okay with those but it would lose the connection straight away and re-dial endlessly. The closest I've got is setting up a chat account with pppconfig and then using pon to connect. This is the results from plog when using pon: Mar 11 20:58:30 lobo pppd[7062]: pppd 2.4.4 started by shannon, uid 1000 Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: abort on (BUSY) Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: abort on (VOICE) Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE) Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: abort on (NO ANSWER) Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: abort on (DELAYED) Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: send (ATZ^M) Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: expect (OK) Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: ATZ^M^M Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: OK Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: -- got it Mar 11 20:58:31 lobo chat[7064]: send (ATDT087305656^M) Mar 11 20:58:32 lobo chat[7064]: expect (CONNECT) Mar 11 20:58:32 lobo chat[7064]: ^M Mar 11 20:58:52 lobo chat[7064]: ATDT087305656^M^M Mar 11 20:58:52 lobo chat[7064]: CONNECT Mar 11 20:58:52 lobo chat[7064]: -- got it Mar 11 20:58:52 lobo chat[7064]: send (^M) Mar 11 20:58:52 lobo chat[7064]: expect (ogin:) Mar 11 20:58:52 lobo chat[7064]: 115200^M Mar 11 20:58:53 lobo chat[7064]: ^I^M Mar 11 20:58:53 lobo chat[7064]: login: Mar 11 20:58:53 lobo chat[7064]: -- got it Mar 11 20:58:53 lobo chat[7064]: send ([username]^M) Mar 11 20:58:53 lobo chat[7064]: expect (ssword:) Mar 11 20:58:53 lobo chat[7064]: [username]^M Mar 11 20:58:53 lobo chat[7064]: Password: Mar 11 20:58:53 lobo chat[7064]: -- got it Mar 11 20:58:53 lobo chat[7064]: send (??????) Mar 11 20:58:53 lobo chat[7064]: send (\d) Mar 11 20:58:54 lobo pppd[7062]: Serial connection established. Mar 11 20:58:54 lobo pppd[7062]: using channel 15 Mar 11 20:58:54 lobo pppd[7062]: Using interface ppp0 Mar 11 20:58:54 lobo pppd[7062]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyACM0 Mar 11 20:58:55 lobo pppd[7062]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x87f8fe7b> <pcomp> <accomp>] Mar 11 20:59:25 lobo pppd[7062]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Mar 11 20:59:25 lobo pppd[7062]: Connection terminated. Mar 11 20:59:27 lobo pppd[7062]: Modem hangup Mar 11 20:59:27 lobo pppd[7062]: Exit. So it seems to connect alright but then times out on sending some config stuff? ifconfig will show my lo and eth0 connections, and I can bring up the ppp0 connection (ifconfig ppp0 up) for the 20 or 30 seconds it is connected. I tried taking down eth0 and unplugging network cables in case of any interference (not that there should be I guess, DNS maybe but I don't know!) I only get about one night a week to "play" with this stuff, so it could take me a while to figure out on my own. I'm hoping that since I can actually make a connection, it should be something simple to get going. Any suggestions? Cheers Shannon

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm, TW.2.05 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TW) Topic to be announced.

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Re: [wlug] SlimServer/SqueezeBox
by Jaco van der Merwe 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Presumably this tread is inspired by WIRED's article: http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Build_A_Digital_Music_Server See also: http://en.jinzora.com/ I've been toying around with a PVR/DVR system back in SA (MythTV, etc), as there's very little in this country. Don't like the idea of having to b in front of ur telly @ a particular time / 4am, otherwise you miss the next episode of u'r series, or having 2 sit through ad's for 'feminine products'/promo for some crackpot I think there might be legislative restrictions on 'time-shifting' broadcast... Yea...whatever... > From: wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: wlug Digest, Vol 201, Issue 15 > To: wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:42:07 +1300 > > Send wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: SqueezeCenter (Shannon Skinner) > 2. Re: SqueezeCenter (Lindsay Druett) > 3. Re: ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away (Ian McDonald) > 4. Re: wlug Digest, Vol 201, Issue 14 (Jaco van der Merwe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:00:02 +1300 > From: "Shannon Skinner" <shannonsnz(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [wlug] SqueezeCenter > To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Message-ID: > <d0b0f8450803161200v256541f8ma6dd609c53a6892b(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Nice! I hadn't heard of that before... I will have to check it out at some > stage. > > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Peter Reutemann <fracpete(a)waikato.ac.nz> > wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > Came across the nifty SqueezeCenter today: > > http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_features.html > > > > It's a perl-based, open-source, mp3-streaming server with a really > > cool web-interface. > > > > Installation is fairly simple, if you're running Ubuntu (or any > > debian-based distro): > > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/?DebianPackage > > > > It basically involves the following steps: > > - add the following line to your apt sources list ("sudo vi > > /etc/apt/sources.list"): > > deb http://debian.slimdevices.com unstable main > > - update the cache > > sudo apt-get update > > - and install the center > > sudo apt-get install squeezecenter > > > > A minimal setup after installation finishes is just providing the > > top-most directory of your MP3 collection. Just point your browser to > > the center's address (http://A.B.C.D:9000/) and click your way through > > the wizard (no need for registration or those little SqueezeBox > > players). > > > > After the initial setup and the collection scan has finished, just > > point any MP3 player that can handle URLs, like Rhythmbox, to the > > server's streaming URL (http://A.B.C.D:9000/stream.mp3) select your > > machine as "player" in the web interface and just add songs to your > > playlist, play/pause/stop streaming, etc. > > > > That is the killer-app for my home-network that I was looking for for > > ages, providing an easy to use web-interface for streaming my MP3s > > over WLAN! The cool thing is, that each machine connecting to the > > center maintains its own playlist. Ideal if you don't like your > > flatmates taste of music or your partner can't stand your strange > > music collection. ;-) > > > > Cheers, Peter > > -- > > Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ > > http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/<http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/%7Efracpete/>+64 (7) 838-4466 Ext. 5174 > > _______________________________________________ > > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

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Review of Komodo editor for scripting languages
by Ian McDonald 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080316-hands-on-open-source-scriptin… -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Re: [wlug] wlug Digest, Vol 201, Issue 14
by Jaco van der Merwe 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Check that you implement DLNA with your streaming server (ref: OpenDLNA) so it works PnP with devices such as PS3 & PSP (XBox 360 & Wii?) Also, if you utilise a firewall with DynDNS (such as IPCop) & port forwarding, you can place your slimserver onto the 'net, & thus have a 'radio station'. Been using slimserver for a few years (pre-logitech days). Pretty cool > From: wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: wlug Digest, Vol 201, Issue 14 > To: wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:57:45 +1300 > > Send wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: USB Dialup Modem Help (Shannon Skinner) > 2. Re: USB Dialup Modem Help (elroy) > 3. SqueezeCenter (Peter Reutemann) > 4. ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away (Meeting Reminder Bot) > 5. Re: ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away (Ian McDonald) > 6. Re: ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away (Shane) > 7. Re: ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away (Bruce Kingsbury) > 8. Re: USB Dialup Modem Help (Shannon Skinner) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:03:34 +1300 > From: "Shannon Skinner" <shannonsnz(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [wlug] USB Dialup Modem Help > To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Message-ID: > <d0b0f8450803160203w3f2169f0sf16f7df6ea5b500e(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thank you for the suggestions, they all sounded like they would work but > unfortunately none of them did the trick for me. It still sends those darn > LCP requests. > > I have a feeling that there may be other issues: connecting the USB modem > to a phone jack, kills the dial out ability of our home phone. It doesn't > matter whether the modem is connected to the computer or not. I can get a > dial-tone, dial a number and then nothing. Unplug the phone line to the > modem and the home phone works again. Weird! > > I might bring it down to the next fix-it meeting, to see if anybody has any > ideas... > > Cheers > > Shannon >

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SqueezeCenter
by Peter Reutemann 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Hi all Came across the nifty SqueezeCenter today: http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_features.html It's a perl-based, open-source, mp3-streaming server with a really cool web-interface. Installation is fairly simple, if you're running Ubuntu (or any debian-based distro): http://wiki.slimdevices.com/?DebianPackage It basically involves the following steps: - add the following line to your apt sources list ("sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list"): deb http://debian.slimdevices.com unstable main - update the cache sudo apt-get update - and install the center sudo apt-get install squeezecenter A minimal setup after installation finishes is just providing the top-most directory of your MP3 collection. Just point your browser to the center's address (http://A.B.C.D:9000/) and click your way through the wizard (no need for registration or those little SqueezeBox players). After the initial setup and the collection scan has finished, just point any MP3 player that can handle URLs, like Rhythmbox, to the server's streaming URL (http://A.B.C.D:9000/stream.mp3) select your machine as "player" in the web interface and just add songs to your playlist, play/pause/stop streaming, etc. That is the killer-app for my home-network that I was looking for for ages, providing an easy to use web-interface for streaming my MP3s over WLAN! The cool thing is, that each machine connecting to the center maintains its own playlist. Ideal if you don't like your flatmates taste of music or your partner can't stand your strange music collection. ;-) Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ +64 (7) 838-4466 Ext. 5174

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US Navy goes totally opensource
by Ian McDonald 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151858-1.html -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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