- wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Warning: Mandrake 9.2 and LG CD-ROM Drives
by Linux Shop 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Do not install Mandrake 9.2 on LG based CD-ROM drives. Many people have reported that their CD drives are fried/broken when installing Mandrake 9.2. LG drives are common on Dell PCs. See: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Splatt_Forum&file=v… The issue is not thought to affect any other CD-ROM drives. Apologies to those that have read this message more than once, but it is important to let people know ASAP. ------------------ www.linuxshop.co.nz ------------------ Daniel Robertson Linux Shop Ltd P O Box 108001, Symonds St, Auckland 1035 Fax: (09) 624 4206 ------------------ www.linuxshop.co.nz ------------------

5 6

MDA/Herc monitors.
by Gavin Denby 26 Oct '03

26 Oct '03

I have a couple - Maybe of these, They are being given a quick test today, but I no longer have any cards for these, so they are heading to a bin. If anyone wants one ( there is a paper white one there, I think) let me know, and I'll bring them to the lug meeting tonight. Free to a good home, or in the skip tomorrow. Fine for that old server.

1 0

Samba 3 released
by Gavin Denby 26 Oct '03

26 Oct '03

Trusted as stable file and print server software, Samba is now creating a groundswell, triggered by the long-awaited release of the latest version, Samba 3.0.0. There are currently 14-16 million servers running Samba, with an expected 3 million soon to migrate. If you're a longtime Samba geek or a Windows network admin thinking about making the switch, read this interview with Samba Team co-founder John Terpstra. http://www.informit.com/content/index.asp?product_id=%7B4B17C0A6-4F0C-4641-… Its a good article and also has links to the reference guide and howtos. If you are thinking or using samba, I suggest it as a good background.

1 0

WLUG meeting is on Monday, 4 days away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Today is 23/10/2003 The WLUG meeting is on Monday, 4 days away CraigBox's Birthday! The topic will be "Giving Craig Gifts and Adoration", by order of the WLUG Secretary! And the subtopic Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam for Linux. Suggested synopsis (please add to me) * Why viruses in Linux (and almost any other non-MS operating system) are not currently an issue, and are unlikely to ever become one. + http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/33226.html * getting your LinuxRouterBox to run Exim, Amavis, SpamAssassin, Razor and ClamAV (CraigBox/GreigMcGill) + MailScanner * BayesianFiltering in Mozilla (DanielLawson/PerryLorier?) * plugging SpamAssassin into Evolution (anyone?) + [link] http://support.real-time.com/open-source/spamassassin/evoluti on.html + [link] http://www.atlantawebhost.com/articles/evolution_spamassassin .php + bogofilter & marking msgs spam/ham: [link] http://www.ime.usp.br/~rsilva/bogo-and-evo/ + .forward/.procmail: [link] http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2003-March/ 028045.html + Ximian's answer + http://krath.dk/linux/evolution_spamfilter/ * plugging SpamAssassin into KMail + [link] http://support.real-time.com/open-source/spamassassin/kmail.h tml + http://kmail.kde.org/tools.html * possible use of DNS to stop spam at the SMTP level - eg http://spf.pobox.com/, Reverse MX, or RR records (see http://www.irtf.org/asrg/survey_of_proposals.htm) * Virus scanning of cached web pages through the use of Squid, DansGuardian, and MailScanner (GerwinVanDeSteeg) _________________________________________________________________

3 3

RH9
by Mark 21 Oct '03

21 Oct '03

Hi all, Does anyone have RH9 that I can copy? Mark

2 1

Committee meeting
by Craig Box 21 Oct '03

21 Oct '03

Hi everyone, Seems our automatic "announce committee meeting" scripts aren't working yet, so sorry that the notice for this meeting is short. We are having a WLUG committee meeting tomorrow night, with the current tentative agenda: - library (Craig: publishers; Daniel: LJ) - advocacy (WLUG branded {G,K}noppix) - meeting arrangements - advertising If anyone wishes to add an item to this agenda or has something they would like to bring up at the meeting, please email secretary(a)wlug.org.nz before 3pm tomorrow. Thanks, Craig

1 0

Re: "Too many open files" error
by Roger 19 Oct '03

19 Oct '03

I have made some progress on this problem. I upgraded my Sun JVM from 1.3.1_08 to 1.4.2_01 and the problem has very significantly improved, not gone completely though. In due course I think I need to check out the number of objects created by my application as it may be excessive. Thanks again for all the help Roger

1 0

WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 19 Oct '03

19 Oct '03

Today is 20/10/2003 The WLUG meeting is one week away CraigBox's Birthday! The topic will be "Giving Craig Gifts and Adoration", by order of the WLUG Secretary! And the subtopic Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam for Linux. Suggested synopsis (please add to me) * Why viruses in Linux (and almost any other non-MS operating system) are not currently an issue, and are unlikely to ever become one. + http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/33226.html * getting your LinuxRouterBox to run Exim, Amavis, SpamAssassin, Razor and ClamAV (CraigBox/GreigMcGill) + MailScanner * BayesianFiltering in Mozilla (DanielLawson/PerryLorier?) * plugging SpamAssassin into Evolution (anyone?) + [link] http://support.real-time.com/open-source/spamassassin/evoluti on.html + [link] http://www.atlantawebhost.com/articles/evolution_spamassassin .php + bogofilter & marking msgs spam/ham: [link] http://www.ime.usp.br/~rsilva/bogo-and-evo/ + .forward/.procmail: [link] http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2003-March/ 028045.html + Ximian's answer + http://krath.dk/linux/evolution_spamfilter/ * plugging SpamAssassin into KMail + [link] http://support.real-time.com/open-source/spamassassin/kmail.h tml + http://kmail.kde.org/tools.html * possible use of DNS to stop spam at the SMTP level - eg http://spf.pobox.com/, Reverse MX, or RR records (see http://www.irtf.org/asrg/survey_of_proposals.htm) * Virus scanning of cached web pages through the use of Squid, DansGuardian, and MailScanner (GerwinVanDeSteeg) _________________________________________________________________

2 1

Re: [wlug] "Too many open files" error
by Roger 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

Thanks for the helpful suggestions. Using the commands you gave me highlight that it is JBoss and the JVM that appear to be using up the resources. However, the "Too many open files" error has now transformed itself into a JVM crashing problem. I have had this problem off and on for a number of months, but it has now reached the point where I can't work around it. I am fairly convinced that it is a resource limitation problem somewhere, but I'm no expert in Linux and am running out of time. The server is on a small network, so I was wondering someone would be prepared to come around and look at it, for an appropriate fee, to see if there was any obvious (to them) problem. Cheers Roger

2 1

Help - Strangeness in a Redhat
by Raymond Burgess 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

Hey ppl, I have a couple of strange things happening on my system, if anyone has any ideas on what is cause them please let me know. First, I am running RH 9 on my workstation and have a RH 7.1 box running as a webserver. I mount /home via nfs from the RH 7 box to my workstation. I have noticed that write speeds to /home are very slow, with no obvious reason. If I copy a file from /tmp (local) to /home/raymond (remote) it takes forever, and there is next to no network usage or cpu load. Transfers in the opersite direction saturate the 10MBit connection. I am using the following options for mount: rsize=8192,wsize=8192,intr Any Ideas why writes would be so slow? I have ftp running on the RH 7 box and ftping the data to /home/raymond via ftp runs at fullspeed. Second issue is a also strange, once I reboot I am able to run up2date and any rpm command, so I can install packages but after a day or two for no reason these commands just stop. They hang on execution as if they are waiting for something. You can't stop them with CTRL-C either, you have to kill -9 the process. This means I have to reboot my machine if want to install a new package, which isn't as much of a problem now I have things installed but was initially a pain in the bu when I first built the machine. Any Idea? Thanks, Raymond.

4 7