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Postfix (Sendmail) problem
by Barry Samuels 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Debian Testing/Wheezy, kernel 2.6.38, Postfix I've had a procmail receipe in place for a few weeks now and it's been working well. :0 * ^(TO|FROM):.+@mydomainname.* { :0c # Send a copy to the other email account. ! someone(a)anotherdomainname.com # File the original as normal :0 foldername } Then a few days ago, probably after some OS updates, it fails with: status=deferred (host mail.*******.*****.com[000.00.00.0] said: 451 4.4.0 DNS temporary failure (chkuser) (in reply to MAIL FROM command)) (I've removed the data identifying the destination) I have also tried sending an email directly using /usr/bin/sendmail and that produces the same result, whatever the emails destination, so I'm assuming it must be my setup. I can't explain why it worked before but doesn't now though. I have really no idea what this means as Postfix configuration is a series of magical incantaitions which I don't understand. Some help would be much appreciated. -- Barry Samuels

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Blackberry vs Cyrus
by Stuart Bailey 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

I have a customer running Cyrus IMAP and Postfix. They have users with Thunderbird clients on their desktops and some Blackberries using the BIS service. They are complaining that sometime emails appear on the Blackberry 10 mins before they appear in their mailbox on Thunderbird. Apparently the BB is polling every 5 mins, and Thunderbird every minute Any ideas what may be causing this delay? Many thanks, Stuart __________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus signature database 6172 (20110601) __________ The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. http://www.eset.com

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Java woe
by Bev Nicolson 27 May '11

27 May '11

I'd like to test my broadband speed but the BT test page says I don't have Java installed. I do. I've got sun-java6-jre. I don't seem to be able to enable it though via Firefox (or Chrome for that matter.) Have I missed something blindingly obvious? Help. Bev.

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Freebies
by James Bensley 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hi Everyone, Im moving away on Monday so I have some stuff that is free to anyone that wants it, just come and pick it up. I have a black ATX tower case (might have a spare PSU not sure) and a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 mobo. I can provide pictures if anyone wants them. -- James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/ There are 10 kinds of people in the world; Those who understand Vigesimal, and J others...?

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Want to get my printer connected
by Bev Nicolson 26 May '11

26 May '11

I'd quite like to get this new printer to do some printing but it says it doesn't seem to be connected. The following is from the troubleshooting thing (whatever you call it.) I hope someone can read this and make a diagnosis. Please. Thanks. Bev. Page 1 (Choose printer): {'cups_dest': <cups.Dest object at 0x8703100>, 'cups_instance': None, 'cups_queue': 'HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1102', 'cups_queue_listed': True} Page 2 (Check printer sanity): {'cups_device_uri_scheme': u'hp', 'cups_printer_dict': {'device-uri': u'hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1102?serial=000000000Q81BALRPR1a', 'printer-info': u'Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet Professional P1102', 'printer-is-shared': True, 'printer-location': u'', 'printer-make-and-model': u'HP PhotoSmart P1100 Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.2', 'printer-state': 4, 'printer-state-message': u'', 'printer-state-reasons': [u'connecting-to-device'], 'printer-type': 135196, 'printer-uri-supported': u'ipp://localhost:631/printers/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1102'}, 'is_cups_class': False} Page 3 (Printer state reasons): {'printer-state-message': '', 'printer-state-reasons': 'connecting-to-device'} Page 4 (Print test page): {'test_page_attempted': True, 'test_page_job_id': [801], 'test_page_job_status': [(800, 'HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1102', 'Job_Application_Form_General_Appointments'), (801, 'HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1102', 'Test Page')], 'test_page_successful': False} Page 5 (Printer state reasons): {'printer-state-message': '', 'printer-state-reasons': 'connecting-to-device'}

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(OT/Rant) Why can't Linux be as easy as Windows?
by Mark Rogers 25 May '11

25 May '11

I've just been working on a new Dell server. It shipped with 2008 Foundation Server R2. It turns out the application to be run on the server needs 32-bit, and all R2 releases are 64-bit only. I can't downgrade Foundation, so I need to first upgrade to Server 2008 Standard R2, from which I can downgrade to 2008 Standard (not R2) which has a 32-bit option. I say "first upgrade" but actually the upgrade option is more expensive than buying a new licence, so I've ordered a new Server 2008 R2 disk that I won't use (because I need the older version, which thankfully I am able to download from MS). So, that's the licensing sorted for a mere £700 (Foundation + 2008 Standard), all I need to do now is install it. Using an old 2008 server disk, I try to install, but having booted from the CD the first thing it complains about is not having drivers for the CD drive, so I can't proceed until I locate the driver, which of-course I'm not given any useful information to locate and the Dell site gives me several options, but I get there in the end. These days MS Server is quite advanced, so as well as supplying drivers on a floppy disk I can also use USB stick or CD, so that was something. Once the O/S is installed I need drivers for several unknown devices, which Windows can only tell me are unknown, so I download all the drivers I can find and eventually find the half-dozen I need. This was made extra fun because Internet Explorer blocks pretty much everything except MS website by default (so I made an exception to allow me to download firefox....). In the meantime I downloaded updates, and (as required) rebooted; after the reboot another half dozen updates are there, and after the subsequent reboot a couple more, and so on. I'm nearly there now though, having installed an alternative to the wonderful "notepad", a database server (MySQL), a web server (Apache), and an office suite (LibreOffice). Oh, and a task scheduler (nncron) and half a dozen other things. So yes, I remember the days when Linux was this easy. Well nearly. Pah! [The reason for posting? It's times like this that I'm reminded just how much better Linux is at so many things, and including things like "installation" that Windows is apparently better at. Perhaps it is, when you have your hardware vendor's pre-configured install disk, although I'd probably still disagree. I think most of the time I forget just how lucky I am that I don't get forced to use Windows daily. Anyone who thinks Linux is better just because it would have saved me £700 is missing the point!] -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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getmail + email2trac
by Mark Rogers 25 May '11

25 May '11

I sent this originally to the trac mailing list, but the more I look at it the more I think this is a getmail or other issue, so I wondered if anyone here had any ideas? I want to read an IMAP folder and inject into trac. (I'm using the packages in the Ubuntu 11.04 repos (trac 0.11).) I have things working so that I can manually inject into trac: echo "Subject:xx\n\nxx" | email2trac -p myproject .. but when I try injecting from getmail I'm getting errors: msg 1/5 (72687 bytes) msgid 646810065/INBOX/6 from <myemail> 2011-05-20 17:22:33 Delivery error (command email2trac 3118 error (1, )) (etc) I'm not exactly what you'd call proficient in either trac or getmail, which doesn't help. My getmailrc file contains: [destination] type=MDA_external path=/usr/bin/email2trac arguments = ("--project myproject", "-f /etc/email2trac.conf") .. and I'm just running it manually from the same directory as the config ("getmail -g.") My email2trac config has varied a bit with my experiments but it currently reads as follows - an anyone spot the obvious flaw in my setup? [DEFAULT] project: /path/to/trac/default debug: 1 umask: 022 spam_level: 5 reply_all : 0 mailto_link: 0 email_header: 0 trac_version: 0.11 enable_syslog : 1 alternate_notify_template : alternate_notify_template_update : drop_spam : 0 verbatim_format: 1 strip_signature: 0 email_quote: > strip_quotes: 0 ignore_trac_user_settings: 0 black_list: MAILER-DAEMON@ drop_alternative_html_version: 1 log_file: /path/to/trac/email2trac.log log_level: INFO [myproject] project: /path/to/trac/myproject spam_level: 1 enable_syslog: 1

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GNU Screen Locale Settings
by richard.lee.parsons＠gmail.com 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi all I'm having difficulties with GNU Screen and the pound sterling sign. If I enter the sterling sign at a bash prompt then it works fine. If I run Screen and then enter one then I get the wrong character--I don't know how to describe the weird character that I get. I have tried to set my locale this way: export LC_ALL="en_GB.utf-8" What am I doing wrong? Is there something I should be setting in my screen conf file? Many thanks Richard

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Anyone understand this rejection message?
by Chris G 17 May '11

17 May '11

I'm suddenly getting rejection messages as follows from a mailing list I've been using successfully for years - anyone know what it means? ----- Forwarded message from Mail Delivery System <MAILER-DAEMON(a)the-hug.net> ----- Return-Path: <> X-Original-To: chris(a)zbmc.eu Delivered-To: chris(a)zbmc.eu Received: from the-hug.net (the-hug.vm.bytemark.co.uk [89.16.174.230]) by dps.zbmc.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0BD2100061 for <chris(a)zbmc.eu>; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:14:18 +0100 (BST) Received: by the-hug.net (Postfix) id 4A18D2B8002; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:14:18 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 20:14:18 +0100 (BST) From: Mail Delivery System <MAILER-DAEMON(a)the-hug.net> Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender To: chris(a)zbmc.eu Auto-Submitted: auto-replied MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="1FBA42B8003.1305659658/the-hug.net" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20110517191418.4A18D2B8002(a)the-hug.net> This is a MIME-encapsulated message. --1FBA42B8003.1305659658/the-hug.net Content-Description: Notification Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This is the mail system at host the-hug.net. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster. If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message. The mail system <uk-riders(a)the-hug.net>: Command died with status 255: " tee /tmp/listmail/`date +%s` |/usr/local/bin/thumf3 uk-riders". Command output: Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_file_contents() in /var/www/hosts/the-hug.net/www/mailman/thumf3 on line 429 --1FBA42B8003.1305659658/the-hug.net Content-Description: Delivery report Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; the-hug.net X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 1FBA42B8003 X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; chris(a)zbmc.eu Arrival-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 20:14:18 +0100 (BST) Final-Recipient: rfc822; uk-riders(a)the-hug.net Original-Recipient: rfc822;uk-riders(a)the-hug.net Action: failed Status: 5.3.0 Diagnostic-Code: x-unix; Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_file_contents() in /var/www/hosts/the-hug.net/www/mailman/thumf3 on line 429 --1FBA42B8003.1305659658/the-hug.net Content-Description: Undelivered Message Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by the-hug.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FBA42B8003 for <uk-riders(a)the-hug.net>; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:14:18 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at the-hug.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.271 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.271 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=-1.672, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from the-hug.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (the-hug.vm.bytemark.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Dw80ZWyTtuhG for <uk-riders(a)the-hug.net>; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:14:12 +0100 (BST) Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (relay3-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.195]) by the-hug.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9C512B8002 for <uk-riders(a)the-hug.net>; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:14:12 +0100 (BST) X-Originating-IP: 217.70.178.134 Received: from mfilter4-d.gandi.net (mfilter4-d.gandi.net [217.70.178.134]) by relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFDAAA8073 for <uk-riders(a)the-hug.net>; Tue, 17 May 2011 21:14:12 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at #File managed by puppet, do not edit locally Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.195]) by mfilter4-d.gandi.net (mfilter4-d.gandi.net [10.0.15.180]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id chIXraWmUjqc for <uk-riders(a)the-hug.net>; Tue, 17 May 2011 21:14:11 +0200 (CEST) X-Originating-IP: 84.45.228.40 Received: from chris.zbmc.eu (unknown [84.45.228.40]) (Authenticated sender: smtp(a)zbmc.eu) by relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E4000A8074 for <uk-riders(a)the-hug.net>; Tue, 17 May 2011 21:14:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: by chris.zbmc.eu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6DD21560248; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:14:07 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 20:14:07 +0100 From: Chris G <cl(a)isbd.net> To: uk-riders(a)the-hug.net Subject: I'm having trouble posting at the moment Message-ID: <20110517191407.GC12286@chris> Mail-Followup-To: uk-riders(a)the-hug.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) So this is just a test message. ... BTW Mikey is definitely over his laminitis but is still a bit creaky in other ways,. -- Chris Green --1FBA42B8003.1305659658/the-hug.net-- ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Chris Green

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Serial terminal recommendations wanted
by samwise 15 May '11

15 May '11

Hi, Can anyone recommend a serial terminal program? Ideally, I was looking for cross-platform (incl. Windows) and GUI-based. PuTTY seemed ideal, but my list of requirements is: USB com ports, 115200 Baud, RTS/CTS hardware handshaking and binary file send & receive That final requirement, binary file send & receive, is where I don't think PuTTY can help, nor any of the other GUI serial terminal programs I've looked at. Text-only minicom is the only terminal which I *think* has the ability to send & receive files (from looking at the man page), though I won't actually be able to try it out with the use-case I'm looking at for a weeks. Meantime, I just wondered whether anyone had any recommendations for programs I may have overlooked? Thanks, Peter.

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In-kernel memtest
by Dan 14 May '11

14 May '11

Dear All, I have in-kernel memtest enabled. It lets me know it's there at boot time by writing the stuff I've appended below to /var/log/messages. But can I expect it to write something to a log anywhere if and when it finds and isolates any faulty RAM? -- Thanks, Dan 2011-05-08T12:29:09.957840+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000] early_memtest: # of tests: 17 2011-05-08T12:29:09.957865+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000] 0000010000 - 000009a000 pattern 0000000000000000 2011-05-08T12:29:09.957888+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000] 000009f000 - 000009fc00 pattern 0000000000000000 2011-05-08T12:29:09.957911+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000] 0000100000 - 0001000000 pattern 0000000000000000 2011-05-08T12:29:09.957956+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000] 000164f244 - 0001b1f000 pattern 0000000000000000 2011-05-08T12:29:09.957981+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000] 0001bf6000 - 00377fe000 pattern 0000000000000000 2011-05-08T12:29:09.958004+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000] 0000010000 - 000009a000 pattern ffffffffffffffff 2011-05-08T12:29:09.958027+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000] 000009f000 - 000009fc00 pattern ffffffffffffffff 2011-05-08T12:29:09.958051+01:00 hydrographer kernel: [ 0.000000] 0000100000 - 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[ALUG Announce] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting : McGintys, Northgate Street
by samwise 13 May '11

13 May '11

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- The monthly "Third Monday" ALUG Ipswich Social Meeting is back next week, Monday 16th May, at 20:00: P J McGinty & Sons 15 Northgate Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3BY Tel: 01473 251 515 Map/Directions URI: http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=IP1+3BY WWW: http://www.pjmcgintys.co.uk/ McGintys pub is in the centre of Ipswich. It's directly opposite the town's central library and has a reputation for good Irish beer. We're usually to be found in the lowest section of the bar, near the library entrance to the pub. All are welcome, novices and experienced users. Feel free to ask for further information on the Main ALUG mailing list. Hope to see some of there! Peter. ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Fwd: ASDA online shopping -- website doesn't seem to like linux?
by James Freer 13 May '11

13 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Freer <jessejazza(a)googlemail.com> Date: 13 May 2011 06:32 Subject: Re: [ALUG] ASDA online shopping -- website doesn't seem to like linux? On 24 March 2011 12:43, Martyn Smith <martyn.developer(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > I did Asda online shopping for the first time (and only time) a few months > back. > > I believe I was running Ubunutu 10.04 -- using the latest version of Firefox > at the time. > I did not have any problems. > > This must have been around January... so the site may have gone some > changes...????? > > I just chose not to continue doing online shopping, mainly so I could get > atleast some exercise in > on a typical Sunday morning. Shopping bags are my religious dumbbells. ;-) > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:42 AM, James Freer <jessejazza(a)googlemail.com> > wrote: >> >> using Ubuntu 10.04 [also tried on my old machine on 8.04 and clean >> install on spare PC Xubuntu 10.04] >> >> Does anyone shop online with Asda. >> >> I've been using it for over a year now. End of Feb it started coming >> up with "our website is experiencing difficulties... please try again >> later". So i did... and got the same message every time i tried. I >> thought i'd made a breakthrough when instead of first 'booking a >> delivery slot', did the shopping (didn't get their message) and then >> after booking the slot back it came. >> >> I telephone and filled out their online form and apparently the >> website is working fine. >> >> It seems >> a] their website has been updated and doesn't like linux (which >> doesn't make sense using Firefox browser) >> b] Macintosh machines seem to get the same message >> >> It would appear they've done something on the website so linux users >> have problems. Does anyone else shop online with Asda by any chance... >> any problems? Any suggestions from a geek what could be wrong or what >> i could suggest in my next letter? >> >> thanks >> james >> >> _______________________________________________ Well thanks for your comments. My letter clearly did some good. I tried Asda a few weeks later and all worked ok again. However, as someone said Tesco are better for online shopping [not that Waitrose are bad but that much more expensive]. A letter of complaint is taken seriously these days if written appropriately. I remember my bitter experience Virgin media and their cunning "auto-upgrading" on broadband. Of course i had no proof until in one of the reply letters was an admission - next time i had a letter from the debt collection company i replied with a copy... no further communication. [Should anyone have any trouble you must continue to communicate with a dispute... debt collection cannot touch you]. james

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Re: [ALUG] JTAG
by keithjamieson＠hotmail.co.uk 11 May '11

11 May '11

Re-sent cos this PC defaults to Rich Text. Sorry Admins. From: keithjamieson(a)hotmail.co.uk To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk Subject: RE: [ALUG] JTAG Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:05:28 +0100 Mark JTAG is used to use a PC to program an embedded device. I have made one the parallel port of a PC to recover my Linksys WRT54G. It also, I think, can be used to debug the device. Its a "standard" which is adopted by manufactured, althought I have not heard of the newer one you mentioned. But I have not been in this field for some time! In the older times you would remove an EEPROM and pur it into a programmer, then put it back into your device. This is the lead to illiminate that need. Keith

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www.servercircle.com
by Peter George 11 May '11

11 May '11

Hello Anglian Linux folk, I'd just like to publicise a project a couple of us EdLuggers have been working on, which may be of interest to you Linux server hackers out there; - Server Circle - ask and answer server questions www.servercircle.com Server Circle - Ask experts technical questions about anything Server related and earn reputation points or even financial rewards when you answer questions about Server problems. - Server Circle - ask and answer server questions There's a lot of Linux server Q&A activity on the site already. So, we hope this is of interest, do come visit, sign up, ask and answer questions, and get invovled! Follow us on Twitter @ServerCircle :-) Regards, P -- Peter George

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Changing the location of an SVN repo
by Mark Rogers 10 May '11

10 May '11

Assume I have an SVN repo accessed via http at http://svn.example.com/svn/myapp. The URL http://svn.mycompany.com/svn/myapp is an alias for the above (ie same server, same login details). How do I tell an svn client that's already checked out a working copy to use the new URL given that nothing apart from the URL is changing? As an aside, if the new URL was on a different server with different user/pass but contained an identical repository (with a view to moving to a new host), how would that affect things? -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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Is there anything 'ready made' to add suffixes to ordinal numbers (in dates in particular)?
by Chris G 09 May '11

09 May '11

I'd like to output dates like:- 1st September 2009 23rd August 1967 I.e. I want the 'st' and 'rd' suffixes for the day. It doesn't look like strftime() offers an option to do this. I can obviously do it myself with a switch/case or some if/then/else statements but I was wondering if there's anything ready-made that I've missed. -- Chris Green

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The 'Elite' Man
by Chris Walker 09 May '11

09 May '11

If anybody here remembers David Braben, he's active again with something different from Elite. Take a look at http://www.raspberrypi.org/ When I looked at it, I had in mind Chris Greens webcam on his boat and whether something like this could be used. -- __ __| |_ __ __ .----------------------------------------------. / _/ _` \ V V / | mailto:cdw_alug@the-walker-household.co.uk | \__\__,_|\_/\_/ |______________________________________________|

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TCP/IP logging
by Mark Rogers 09 May '11

09 May '11

I have a simple application which connects to port 50000 on a Linux box, communicates, then disconnects. I'd like to log the entire communication in each direction in an easy-to-read format so that I can see what is going on. The protocol is ASCII but with a few control chars thrown in (eg STX/ETX/ACK/etc, and I wouldn't like to rule out NULL chars ever appearing in the data). I can easily run the server side at (say) port 50001 instead and have "something" listen on port 50000 and connect to port 50000 and pass the data back and forth between the two, logging it as it goes, although I don't know what to choose for "something". Or I could look at Wireshark, which I've played with in the past but never in anger, and my general feeling is that unless I learn how to sort the trees from the wood then this is going to give me too much information and I'm going to spend more time sorting through it than I do resolving the issues in the protocol. Or maybe there are better alternatives altogether! [If it's relevant: the Linux server has no GUI but is a VirtualBox virtual machine on another Linux server that does have a GUI where I could run Wireshark. The device connecting to the server is not a PC and has no diagnostic capability built in.] -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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[ALUG Announce] ALUG Norwich Pub Meet Thurday 12th May
by Viperfang 09 May '11

09 May '11

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- Hello Aluggers, Our monthly ALUG Norwich social meeting will be held this Thursday, 12th May at The Coach and Horses (82 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1BA). The meeting officially starts at 8pm, although some people may arrive earlier. More information on those people can be found on the list and the IRC channel. If you are unsure if you will recognise us then make yourself and your intent to attend known by either posting on list or visiting us on IRC so we can look out for you rather than hiding in the corner. Optionally you could ask at the bar if they know where the geeky computer weirdos are and they'll point you in the right direction (seriously!). Another possibility is look for heaps of electronics on a table that may possibly look like movie props that would used for detonating explosives. Feel free to bring electronics/laptops/gadgets to the meet, you will by no means be alone. Ben Bewick aka Viperfang NB: This mail is automated, please refer to the usual sources for more information. ALUG Contact Details: Website : http://www.alug.org.uk/ IRC : #alug on irc.alug.org.uk List : http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo Twitter : http://twitter.com/anglianlug Identica: TBA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2381613902 ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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where is allegro?
by Chris Walker 06 May '11

06 May '11

Perhaps somebody can point me in the right direction as I'm getting nowhere searching online. I'm trying to compile rpcemu as per this site - http://www.riscos.info/index.php/RPCEmu_Linux_Guide I grabbed everything before the marutan site disappeared. The error I'm getting is ./configure: line 4557: ` AM_PATH_ALLEGRO(, , as_fn_error "building RPCemu requires Allegro to be installed" "$LINENO" 5)' My system is Mandriva 2010 64 bit in case that's important. If I do 'urpmi -a Allegro' it tells me 'Packages lib64allegro4.4-4.4.1.1-1mdv2010.1.x86_64, allegro-jack-plugin-4.4.1.1-1mdv2010.1.x86_64, allegro-4.4.1.1-1mdv2010.1.x86_64, lib64allegro-devel-4.4.1.1-1mdv2010.1.x86_64 are already installed' but looking for the cause of the error, I found this 'This comes about because aclocal cannot find allegro.m4.' on here - http://wiki.allegro.cc/ If I look in the places pointed to by that error, allegro.m4 is nowhere to be found and it's not found by Dolphin when I do a search. What am I doing wrong? -- __ __| |_ __ __ .----------------------------------------------. / _/ _` \ V V / | mailto:cdw_alug@the-walker-household.co.uk | \__\__,_|\_/\_/ |______________________________________________|

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FW: Re: "Small print" ... !!!
by mark fernandes (IFR) 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Scammers – google them and you get several forum posts about them (after their actual page natch) See http://www.domainscams.co.uk/domain-name-scammer_42_Domain-Renewal-Group.php They probably sell ‘domain theft’ insurance as well… ☺ Regards, Mark Fernandes http://codingscience.blogspot.com/ http://bbn.ifrn.bbsrc.ac.uk/gary/main.html http://www.ifr.ac.uk<http://www.ifr.ac.uk/> When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it. But when you cannot, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind. { William Thompson aka Lord Kelvin of Larg (1824-1907) }

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JTAG
by Mark Rogers 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Looking at some of the embedded Linux units, eg the GuruPlug that I have sat on my desk and have never got around to playing with, a lot of them mention JTAG. It's been a long time since I played with this type of kit and it seems that things have moved on from the days of UV lamps for wiping EPROMs, but I can't find anything useful but short about what JTAG is/does and whether JTAG is just JTAG or it's one of the standards that require you to pick the right JTAG programming kit to match the hardware. Anyone around these parts able to give me a quick intro, or point me to one? At this point I really just want to know whether it's even something I need to know about! The High Level guide here: http://www.xjtag.com/support-jtag/jtag-introduction.php .. looks great but is still a little to low level for me at this stage! -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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"Small print" ... !!!
by ted.harding＠wlandres.net 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Greetings Folks! Background: My email hosting is by 1and1.co.uk (and many thanks to Bev for suggesting 1and1 last September -- the service has been very good). I created the domain name "wlandres.net" for this purpose, and that domain is registered with 1and1. I have just received a letter from "Domain Renewal Group, Domain Name Renewal Service", telling me: "As a courtesey to domain name holders, we are sending you this reminder that your domain name registration is due to expire in the next few months [September, in fact ... ]. When you switch today to the Domain Renewal Group, you can take advantage of our best savings. Your registration for wlandres.net will expire on September 5, 2011. Act today!" This, on the face of it, looks like a blatant attempt to poach my registration with 1and1 from 1and1. Do other people get this sort of ***t? And, for what it's worth, the "small print" on the back of the letter is the smallest print I have ever seen! Measuring and counting on the longest paragraph, I find 7 lines of print on 13mm of paper, which comes out (if I've done my sums right) at 5.25 points/line of print (1 point = 1/72 inch). Allowing for inter-line spacing (aka "leading"), that's a close approximation to 4-point type size! If I put on 2 pairs of glasses at once, I can just about read it. Counting the characters in a sample line, I get 322 in one line across A4, length 20.4cm. I don't think they want me to read the small print ... Any comments? Best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.harding(a)wlandres.net> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 28-Apr-11 Time: 08:23:22 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Bash related question
by Bev Nicolson 24 Apr '11

24 Apr '11

I've got so far installing Skype but on checking the README file as the books suggest, I don't know how to string this lot together (see below) to make a decent command. Help gratefully received. (I mean I know copy is cp but beyond that I'm stuck). << copy the binary to /usr/bin and install /sounds /lang and /avatars in /usr/share/skypedirectory >> Bev.

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