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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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