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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Describe http://www.wlug.org.nz/SaturdayWorkshop.2011-08-06 here. See here for details http://wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2011-07-02

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Upcoming NZCS event
by Eric Light 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Hi all, NZCS is running an event at the University next week entitled "High Performance Computing: Inside Waikato University's Symphony Cluster". It's going to be presented by Donald Neal, from the high-performance computing arm of The University of Waikato - he's the main man who keeps their Symphony cluster running. This is going to be a pretty cool presentation, and I thought it would fit with this group's interests well. It's going to be a bit more technical than many of our other events, and at the end we're hoping to be able to actually have a quick tour of the server room. A light lunch is also included. More info and registration here: http://bit.ly/rjr61q Hope to see some of you there! Cheers, - Eric

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monitoring network traffic (monthly)
by Peter Reutemann 26 Jul '11

26 Jul '11

Hi there Since the question came up at yesterday's WLUG meeting, of how to monitor internet traffic, especially over a whole month to track data usage on limited plans (eg 3G). I just had another look on the internet and came across "Netmonitor screenlet" for Ubuntu/Gnome, which seems to do the trick: http://www.botskool.com/geeks/network-tools-monitor-internet-data-usage-ubu… HTH Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 24 Jul '11

24 Jul '11

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!Virtualization Chris and John will present on virtualization Chris will cover Setting up ubuntu server in a commercial virtual server business environment Turnkey linux Playing with virtual machines on your PC Will have two virtual machine to give away http://www.turnkeylinux.org/mediawiki with search engine and video hosting enhancements http://www.clockingit.com/ John will cover Virtual Private Servers from the perspective of a host provider - RimuHosting

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!Virtualization Chris and John will present on virtualization Chris will cover Setting up ubuntu server in a commercial virtual server business environment Turnkey linux Playing with virtual machines on your PC Will have two virtual machine to give away http://www.turnkeylinux.org/mediawiki with search engine and video hosting enhancements http://www.clockingit.com/ John will cover Virtual Private Servers from the perspective of a host provider - RimuHosting

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PCI driver not writing to config space
by Giriprasad Deviprasad 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Hi All, I have a pci driver like: define VENDOR_ID 0x1415 #define DEVICE_ID1 0xc140 #include<linux/module.h> #include<linux/version.h> #include<linux/kernel.h> #include<linux/pci.h> #include<linux/ioport.h> #include<asm/unistd.h> #include<linux/slab.h> #include<linux/fs.h> #include<asm/uaccess.h> #include<asm/io.h> #include<linux/kdev_t.h> #include<asm/fcntl.h> #include<linux/sched.h> #include<linux/wait.h> #include<linux/errno.h> #include<asm/irq.h> #include<asm/ioctl.h> #include<linux/string.h> #include<linux/interrupt.h> init_module (void) { short int curr_device; dev = pci_find_device (VENDOR_ID, DEVICE_ID1, NULL); j = pci_enable_device (dev); curr_device = 0; printk("Init : Reading and writing Config space.........\n"); pci_read_config_word (dev, 0x02, (u16 *)&curr_device); printk("Init : Current Device id = %x\n", (curr_device & 0x00FFFF)); curr_device = 0xc145; pci_write_config_word (dev, 0x02, curr_device); pci_read_config_word (dev, 0x02, (u16 *)&curr_device); printk("Init : After writing to Config space, Current Device id = %x\n", (curr_device & 0x00FFFF)); return 0; } void cleanup_module (void) { printk ("Closing pci \n"); } When I insmod this driver after build, it shows: Jul 20 15:11:03 localhost kernel: Init : Reading and writing Config space......... Jul 20 15:11:03 localhost kernel: Init : Current Device id = c140 Jul 20 15:11:03 localhost kernel: Init : After writing to Config space, Current Device id = c140 Any clues as to why is not writing 0xc145 to the pci config space? curr_device = 0xc145; pci_write_config_word (dev, 0x02, curr_device); Thanks & Regards, D.Giriprasad

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HP Mini 110 - 3627TU Netbook - LQ858PA#ABG - PLEASE READ IF SHOPPING _NOW_ FOR A NETBOOK!
by Elroy 18 Jul '11

18 Jul '11

Hi All. Just a quick note. Yesterday I bought the above (netbook/6-cell battery/ext. charger) from Noel Leeming at The Base in Hamilton for $379 ALL UP. They tried to push a $99 warranty (Consumer Guarantees Act does this so waste of $$), and MS Word/etc as well hehe. Cheapest I could find this on the ´Net was $430. Brief specs: Intel Atom N570 1.66GHz Dual-Core 1GB DDR3? RAM - Max 2GB. ~250GB SATA HDD NM10 Express Chipset Webcam Sound Bluetooth 802.11b/g/n Wireless Grabbed Kubuntu Netbook iso, created usb boot drive, blew away Win7 Starter, installed fine, sound and wireless appear to work out of the box (no drivers D/L´ed) - can see several other wireless APś in network scan so I´m guessing that means itś working. Bluetooth seems to be working (can see other devices). Not sure when sale ends, so if interested be in quick. Noel Leeming is very close to Dick Smith at The Base. hope this helps someone. Cheers, Elroy. This might help you out :-) Noel Leeming Te Rapa The Base, Te Rapa Road Te Rapa, Hamilton Phone: 07 8500380 Fax: 07 8500381 Open Hours: Mon–Wed 9.00–6.00; Thu 9.00–8.00; Fri–Sat 9.00–6.00; Sun 9.00–5.30. Might pay to ring to check sale still on/stock is there.

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 17 Jul '11

17 Jul '11

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!Virtualization Chris and John will present on virtualization Chris will cover Setting up ubuntu server in a commercial virtual server business environment Turnkey linux Playing with virtual machines on your PC Will have two virtual machine to give away http://www.turnkeylinux.org/mediawiki with search engine and video hosting enhancements http://www.clockingit.com/ John will cover Virtual Private Servers from the perspective of a host provider - RimuHosting

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Using Version Control For Your /etc Directory With etckeeper And Bazaar On Debian Squeeze
by Peter Reutemann 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

Hi there Just came across the following news item on linux.com, on how to keep track of changes to your /etc directory: http://www.linux.com/distronews/468393-using-version-control-for-your-etc-d… http://www.howtoforge.com/using-version-control-for-your-etc-directory-with… I've just installed it on my work laptop (Ubuntu 10.10 64bit), in order to avoid having to keep track of changes myself. :-) Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Job Vacancy
by Jamie Curtis 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi all, Rural Link Limited are looking for a Linux/network engineer to join our team in Hamilton. If you are looking for a new job in a company with a strong OSS culture, this may be for you! Listing on Trade Me: http://www.trademe.co.nz/jobs/it/networking-systems/listing-391348049.htm Cheers, Jamie

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Describe http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2011-07-03 here.

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!!WLUG Workshop Day. See http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2011-06-04

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Sunday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Sunday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Describe http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2011-07-03 here.

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is tomorrow!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

There is a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting tomorrow: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!!WLUG Workshop Day. See http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2011-06-04

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WLUG Saturday Workshop 2nd July
by Chris O'Halloran 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2011-07-02 http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2011-06-04 Hello everyone, If you are keen to hang out with your computers on Saturday, WLUG is holiding a workshop day at the Waikato Uni. The details are in the links above. It will run between 10am and 4pm. Please note the cost of internet for non-club members. Chris

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Meeting Time
by Ronnie Collinson 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

What times the meeting tonight?

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitcoin http://www.bitcoin.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin Bitcoin p2p monetary information technology: A demo for geeks & techies. Abstract: We begin with a brief historical background of monetary information technologies, digital currencies and p2p currency. Next is an introduction to the open source bitcoin protocol, block-chaining, the coin issuance algorithm, the recording and securing of transactions. After these preliminaries, the talk will be an open-floor format discussion with demonstrations. A short user-space demo of web wallet, bitcoin client and send/receive public key address usage will be given. Next we'll go "under the hood" and look at how the code and the network is functioning. Topics that can be covered include, but not limited to; location of significant files, configuration of the bitcoin.conf file, securing the private keys contained within wallet.dat file, running "bitcoind" on a linux machine with the command line query/response interface, building the code from source and alternate clients. Finally, we'll finish up with a demonstration of a 6 node GPU OpenCL GPGPU cluster, aka bitcoin "mining rig" in action.

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Re: [wlug] Toshiba laptop
by Andreas Löf 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

Hey, You are basically running it already without a battery. Taking the battery out should not affect the operation of your laptop any further. If you take it out you can also look at it a bit more to determine the voltage of it. / Andreas John <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> skrev: >Hi Noel >The advise I have been given is no cmos battery no boot but I am unsure >of the facts in that regard.The cmos battery has been dying for some >time as the rtc needed to be reset when ever I allowed the main battery >to go flat >There is a (10) battery available at Ebay but I was hoping for something >local. >Cheers John > > >On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 22:54 +1200, noel villamor wrote: >> John, >> >> I bought mine from Ebay. The item was shipped from Hongkong and it >> took two weeks to arrive. >> >> The plastic connector broke in mine and so I have to replace the whole >> thing. In your case, you should be able to just replace the battery. >> >> I may be wrong for your specific laptop but I thought you could still >> boot a laptop even with no cmos battery. If you could not then the >> problem may be something else. >> >> Noel > > >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Toshiba laptop
by John 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Hi All, My old laptop just died and I strongly suspect the cmos battery. I wonder if it is possible to source one of these locally or manufacture something from the old battery that will do the trick. Link shows the thing in detail. http://www.zlectronic.com/product/CMOS-Li-ion-Battery-FOR-TOSHIBA-TECRA-S1-… Regards John

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitcoin http://www.bitcoin.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin Bitcoin p2p monetary information technology: A demo for geeks & techies. Abstract: We begin with a brief historical background of monetary information technologies, digital currencies and p2p currency. Next is an introduction to the open source bitcoin protocol, block-chaining, the coin issuance algorithm, the recording and securing of transactions. After these preliminaries, the talk will be an open-floor format discussion with demonstrations. A short user-space demo of web wallet, bitcoin client and send/receive public key address usage will be given. Next we'll go "under the hood" and look at how the code and the network is functioning. Topics that can be covered include, but not limited to; location of significant files, configuration of the bitcoin.conf file, securing the private keys contained within wallet.dat file, running "bitcoind" on a linux machine with the command line query/response interface, building the code from source and alternate clients. Finally, we'll finish up with a demonstration of a 6 node GPU OpenCL GPGPU cluster, aka bitcoin "mining rig" in action.

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Need to make custom film cables
by Bryce Utting 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

Hiyas, I figure someone in Wlug might be able to point me in the direction of how to get this done (or have some nice fancy gear at work): I need a couple of board-to-board film cables printed; 1.5 mm spacing at one end (and thickened, to insert into a connector), and 2.625 mm spacing at the other (mated face-to-face with exposed traces at the end of a membrane circuit). Hand-painting the missing traces on the existing ones I've got just isn't cutting it, so I figure it's best to find someone who can screen-print this sort of thing. I have two different cable shapes, need three or four of each, and can provide PNG masks. Anyone able to help? ta, Bryce

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Garage cleanout
by Daniel Lawson 11 Jun '11

11 Jun '11

Hi all I've got some boxes of old bits that I've hoarded over the years, that I now think I really need to get rid of. 2x HP Jetdirect EX Plus Printserver (10 Mbit RJ45 + BNC). No PSU for these, they'll need a 13C DC centre-positive psu. 3x 56k external modems. One is a 3com US Robotics, the other two are unbranded as far as I can tell. I may have a 4th modem somewhere as well, I can't recall right now There are two PSUs that probably go with these, one is a 12V 1A PSU, the other is a multi-voltage 3V-12V, 0.5A one. 2x speedtouch pro DSL routers, with PSUs. Both were working fine when I last used them, which was around 3 years ago. 1x Compaq Evo T20 thin-client + PSU, part # 238365-001. This is probably running WinNT embedded, but it can be reflashed to run linux. 300Mhz processor, 64MB flash, 128MB RAM (I think). I put some notes up at http://www.wlug.org.nz/CompaqEvoT20Notes about reflashing them, and I think I still have the CDs of tools that I used, which I'll put in with this. There's quite a few resources on the internet for reflashing these too, eg http://www.mowson.org/karl/evo_t20/ and http://open-evot20.sourceforge.net/wiki/ Industrial patch cables. 7 x 2m, RJ45 (8P8C) to XP85, and 2x2m XP85 to XP85. XP85 is basically a secure screw fitting around an RJ45/8P8C jack. It looks like this: http://www.alternetivo.cz/industrial-patch-cord-utp-xp85-to-mc5-1-5m-yellow… <http://www.alternetivo.cz/industrial-patch-cord-utp-xp85-to-mc5-1-5m-yellow…> A fairly pristine looking 3Com Ergo Audrey. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Com_Audrey) This is a very early internet appliance (~2000), running QNX. It's missing a PSU, and I don't know what condition it's actually in as a result. New PSUs can be purchased from http://www.audreymadness.com/, (they're a fairly non-standard pinout and voltage supply). I also have some old Fibrechannel gear. One Emulex LP8000, which had current driver support (lpfc.ko) in debian lenny at least, and two Compaq Tachyon adapters, which show up on the bus, but don't seem to have active drivers since around 2.6.8. There's still 2.4 kernel support for them however. There's also a pair of Compaq Fibrechannel Hubs. Everything has optical modules, and there's a few fibre patches as well. A Sun Netra T100, missing disks and ram. The disks are standard SCSI SCA disks, but the RAM is harder to source - you need "Mezzanine modules", like these: http://www.memoryxsun.com/netrat1.html. I had actually ordered some for it at one point, but the seller managed to lose my order. Pretty sure this system also has a quad-port 10/100 NIC in it, but if you want the NIC, you take the whole lot. Finally, my old desktop. Athlon 1800+XP, 1GB of ram (I think), single SATA disk (80GB?), DVD writer. PSU was changed not long before I stopped using it. I can't recall what the graphics card in it is, but it's not super flash. Was working fine when I stopped using it. All the above is free to whoever wants them, you must pickup from Hillcrest area, or from the CBD during business hours. No guarantee that any of it works. If it doesn't go here, I'll either put it for $1 reserve on trademe or dump it.

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Re: [wlug] Thursday Night Christmas Curry
by Eric Light 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

David did you ever get a response to this? I'd be interested, couldn't do weekly but I'd be able to make either fortnightly or monthly, with a spattering of regularity. Anyone else? Cheers, - Eric On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:00, <wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> wrote: > > Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:19:40 +1300 > From: David Hallett <david(a)pulsar.net.nz> > To: Hamilton Thursday Night Curry > <hamilton(a)list.thursdaynightcurry.com>, Waikato Linux Users < > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Cc: waikato(a)nzcs.org.nz > Subject: [wlug] Thursday Night Christmas Curry > > We're looking to start running Hamilton curry nights again. > The recent Christmas Curry had a good number of registrations. It was there > that a suggestion was made there to reinstate the Hamilton Thursday Night > Curry. > > If you are interested in attending (even irregularly) please let me know > you > intention, and whether you prefer weekly, fortnightly, or monthly. > I'm going to use the NZCS Events System ( > http://www.nzcs.org.nz/events/waikato_bop) to manage RSVPs and booking, > thus > significantly reducing the administration overhead. > > Kind regards, > > David Hallett, BSc, MNZCS ITCP > P.O. Box 15-516 > Hamilton, New Zealand > > Phone: +64-7-210 5520 > Mobile: +64-21-802 256 >

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7" ASUS eeepc (early model)
by Michael McDonald 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

A friend is wanting to sell his eeepc ... asking "a couple of hundred bucks". Running Linux, of course. Anybody interested? Send a personal reply and I'll put you in touch. Michael

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Johns Jacket: Your tux is in your penguin hole
by Ian Stewart 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

John, I dropped by your company's depot and the dude in the staff office recommended that I put your jacket in your pigeon hole. I hope you got it OK. cheers, Ian. > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:14:07 +1200 > From: John<jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> > To: Waikato Linux Users Group<wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Subject: Re: [wlug] WLUG Workshop Meeting June 4th - Tommorrow > Message-ID:<1307333647.2499.1.camel(a)sniffy> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi All, > I left my jacket at the meeting room. Did anyone happen to grab it on my > behalf? >

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