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RE: [ALUG] Syleham Sunday 22nd August IMPORTANT
by Elisabeth 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

>===== Original Message From Steve Fosdick <lists(a)pelvoux.nildram.co.uk> ===== > >Is anyone proposing to go to Eli's place then? Hope not cos I gave up and went back to Norwich. e

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RE: [ALUG] Syleham Sunday 22nd August IMPORTANT
by Elisabeth 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

>===== Original Message From MJ Ray <mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com> ===== > >Can anyone arrange a meeting in Ipswich or Ely? Could use my place near Ipswich, and the borrowed barbecues will still be there. Only has dial-up, though, not broadband. Eli (sunflowerinrain)

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For nowt
by Graham 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

Good home wanted for 400MHz PII in silver ATX midi tower, with 128MB RAM, 6.4GB HDD, CD-ROM, floppy, network and old Philips 17" monitor (the type with the little LCD panel at the front). It was my main server until recently, with 100% reliability. SuSE 9.1 is freshly installed and working fine. I would donate it to charity but for some reason it's clever enough to refuse to install Windows. Because I'm moving soon I need to clear it to save space and clutter. Available to collect either from Wymondham or Histon.

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For sale
by Wayne Stallwood 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Now that I have almost completely migrated over to my new machine the old one is up for grabs. I can't remember exactly when I built it, I think it was some time early 2001, but at the time it was a pretty cutting edge machine. (in fact for a while it was the top of the single processor list at the bogomips register) http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22wayne+stallwood%22+bo… Now however it is sitting redundant and unloved. Details Super expensive coolermaster Aluminium case (cost over £100 back then) AMD 1 Ghz Athlon 640MB RAM 40GB Seagate Barracuda HDD (there were more but I've nicked them) Pioneer DVD (A04) DVD-R/RW * see note below DVD ROM drive Floppy (a new one) ATI Rage 128 card (again I've nicked the Nvidia card that was in it) 3Com NIC Creative live 256 gold (or something like that) sound card (more inputs and outputs than you'll ever need) It's an Abit kt7-raid board so the drive is running on a highpoint raid controller and each of the optical drives is on it's own channel on the VIA controller. 300W PSU Logitec Wireless Keyboard and Mouse combo Naturally this machine was built to run Linux and apart from a brief flirtation with Windows XP that is all it has ever run. Everything is detected and installed with ease on our favourite Operating System. It will come with SuSE 9.1 preinstalled (and an installation DVD-R) To be honest the CPU fan is sounding a bit stressed so that will be replaced before it is sold. Also the DVD Writer has had a tendancy to make DVD coasters recently. Not sure if it's the cheapo media I have been using or the drive on it's way. You should probably presume that the drive has had it, I am only leaving it in place on the chance that it is configuration or media. This has been a great machine, enjoying uptime only limited by SuSE's kernel update release cycle. I would love to see it go to another Linux user as that was what it was built for. £150.00 Also Dell P991 19" monitor (is exactly the same as a Sony model) Trinitron flat faced screen, happy up to 1600x1200 but I ran it at 1280x1024 A really nice monitor but it's big and HEAVY £50 Or the machine plus the monitor for £185 Also Yamaha 8x4x24 SCSI CDR/W (yes it is a bit slow, but I swear it has NEVER made a coaster under Linux) in an external SCSI case (Ultra D-Sub connector) Plus an Adaptec SCSI card (linux friendly) and all the leads to use the Yamaha either internally or in the external case. £20 Plextor Ultraplex 40x Max PX-40TSi SCSI CD-ROM I used this with the kit above, the plex internally and the Yamaha in the external case (although I do have another external case for the plex if needed) Probably a bit redundant now but at the time this drive was the fastest way to rip CD-Audio. £10 Or everything listed above for £200

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Problems with NTP
by Stuart Bailey 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

I'm having trouble synchronising the time of my network clients using NTP. I have a server (helios.perrings) running NTP and listening on UDP 123 (confirmed usinf lsof -i). I also have configured the clients to request time from this server. However, the clients report that no time server can be found. From the documentation, it appears that the src port and dest port should both be 123, but when I do a tcpdump, I get the following results: 20:58:27.476153 IP 192.168.0.10.32851 > helios.perrings.ntp: NTPv4 client, strat 0, poll 4, prec -6 20:58:27.476927 IP helios.perrings.ntp > 192.168.0.10.32851: NTPv4 server, strat 0, poll 4, prec -18 The client's (192.168.0.10) return address is 32851, not 123 as expected. I've been trying to find where this alternative port is set, but going round in circles. Any ideas, suggestions, please? Stuart. -- --------------------------------------- Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS LinuSoft (Proprietor) (01953) 601294 (07778) 383739 http://www.linusoft.co.uk ---------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please email postmaster(a)linusoft.co.uk immediately. You should not copy or use this email or attachments for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. NO BINDING CONTRACT WILL RESULT FROM THIS E-MAIL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT IS SIGNED ON BEHALF OF LinuSoft. LinuSoft cannot accept any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks. *************************************************************************

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Re: [ALUG] Problems with NTP
by Stuart Bailey 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

On Wednesday 18 August 2004 06:25, main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk wrote: >> Re: [ALUG] Problems with NTP >> I'm having trouble synchronising the time of my network clients using NTP. I >> have a server (helios.perrings) running NTP and listening on UDP 123 >Which distribution? Suse 9.1. >> From the documentation, it appears that the src port and dest port >> should both be 123, >Really? "man ntpd" doesn't mention the port number at all. When issue man ntpd, the resulting page says that ntpd does not come with man pages - instead look at the documentation that came with it. From the documentation: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/quick.html " That's all there is to it, unless some problem in network connectivity or local operating system configuration occurs. The most common problem is some firewall between the workstation and server. System administrators should understand NTP uses UDP port 123 as both the source and destination port and that NTP does not involve any operating system interaction other than to set the system clock. " I've also just found this from SuSE after re-installing ntp: "CAVEATS ------- The latest NTPv4 ntpdc does not work with previous versions of ntpd and previous versions of ntpdc do not work with latest ntpd. This situation is regrettable and may be fixed in future; however, it is necessary in order for the autokey function to retrieve canonical names and certificates from directory services such as Secure DNS." Stuart. -- --------------------------------------- Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS LinuSoft (Proprietor) (01953) 601294 (07778) 383739 http://www.linusoft.co.uk ---------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please email postmaster(a)linusoft.co.uk immediately. You should not copy or use this email or attachments for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. NO BINDING CONTRACT WILL RESULT FROM THIS E-MAIL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT IS SIGNED ON BEHALF OF LinuSoft. LinuSoft cannot accept any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks. *************************************************************************

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Syleham Sunday 22nd August IMPORTANT
by bj 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

ALUG meeting at Syleham CANCELLED! Due to a family crisis I am unable to host the meeting on Sunday. I do apologise especially to Eli who I know has made a personal sacrifice to ensure she could attend. I will reschedule it as soon as I can please accept my sincere apologies. Cheers, BJ

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Changing subscription email address
by Ian bell 15 Aug '04

15 Aug '04

I want to change the email address to/from which I subscribe to the ALUG mailing list. However, the personal admin page only allows me to change my password. I could unsubscribe and resubscribe but I wondered if there were not a neater method? Ian Bell

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Loki Games
by Wayne Stallwood 15 Aug '04

15 Aug '04

Does anybody own a copy of Soldier of Fortune for Linux that they are bored with/wish to sell. I have checked with all the UK Loki resellers I can find and nobody has stock any longer. Unlike some of the earlier loki ports it is not possible (AFAIK) to simply use a combination of the linux demo binary and the Windows version maps with this game.

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