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definitions in the Xfree config file that can be used when you start the X server. Another useful tip I found along these lines is for running a second X session when you have CTRL-ALT-F2'd to another console. Use: startx -- :1 (or I guess 2 if you have used F3 - not tried though!) I've found this useful when someone is logged on and has locked their screensaver. > PS I like the sig > > > --- > > Paul Tansom: Talking to penguins can be inTUXicating, whereas > > talking to windows is only 1 step away from talking to the wall! :-) > <remaining sig snipped> I won't take offence ;-) --- Paul Tansom: Talking to penguins can be inTUXicating, whereas talking to windows is only 1 step away from talking to the wall! --- Smoothwall project home page: http://www.smoothwall.org/ Smoothwall project community contact: community(a)smoothwall.org

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From: "crazy" <chris(a)gimmel.com> To: <uklugs(a)lug.org.uk> Subject: job feedback - help appreciated Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:12:19 -0000 My company has an urgent need for Linux "System Administrator" but it's not really an admin role in the traditional sense more of an integrator to help create a new commercial Linux server, and we need a C/C++ developer. We have a real hassle trying to find anyone with Linux know-how through the job agency route, JobServe, advertising in the national Press. We have tried all these routes many times with success ranging from none to very limited. My impression is that nobody's really using Linux commercially apart from the ISPs. I attach a couple of vacancies we currently have. I wonder if there are some mailing groups that would welcome this, would you send it to them for me or let me know who they are. We are based in London. Vacancies: Linux System Administrator Internet Company is looking fro you to be part of the E-future! Perm position available for experienced candidate with following skills: - Linux (Debian/RedHat) - core Internet protocols : DNS, SMTP, POP3, FTP - Apache or other webserver - CGI - Perl an advantage (we use it for shell scripting rather than CGI) - Ability to proactively manage a system and solve problems before they arise. - Salary (depending on experience) C++ Developer for Linux - Understand Linux environment (Debian/RedHat) - C++ experience essential - CGI knowledge an advantage - Apache or webservers - Ability to proactively build software solutions on Linux - Salary (depending on experience) ____________________________ Gimmel Internet & Digital Marketing. 201-203 City Rd. London EC1V 1JN Tel: (44) 0870 740 3920 Fax: (44) 0870 740 3933 info(a)gimmel.com www.gimmel.com -- MJR

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>> pppd also sometimes totally exits, so if you put it in >> the boot up scripts only it will not restart if it dies, unless you >> reboot or manually restart it. >hmm maybe I should write a script, called from /etc/rc.d/init.d/network, that >loops round starting pppd in case it exits?? Yes, that would work, however, why have a script, running as root, constantly looping? With a crontab you can get it to check every hour whether pppd has died: 0 * * * * /root/check-ppp 1>/dev/null or every 10mins (I think the syntax is right..): */10 * * * * /root/check-ppp 1>/dev/null check-ppp: #!/bin/sh /sbin/ifconfig | /usr/bin/grep ppp0 >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ "$?" = "1" ]; then /usr/sbin/ppp-go # or whatever you are using to start pppd fi or something like that.. >I noticed that even with idle time set the link wasn't going down... I ran >tcpdump to see what it is, and it seems ICQ says 'hello' to the server every >minute, and Netscape grabs mail every 10. >So, add a filter to pppd, so it doesn't count those connections in its idle >timer... using tcpdump I made a filterstring to use with pppd option >'active-filter' -, but according to the pppd man: 'This option is cur >rently only available under NetBSD' >:-/ > >Anything else I can try? Not afaik. Could the intervals that icq and netscape generate traffic be altered, or not run in the background? [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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If you would like to find out more about OUR SERVICES please visit us at: http://intacomm2000.com <A HREF="http://intacomm2000.com">intacomm2000</A> For direct enquiries please contact us at: info(a)intacomm2000.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If this mail has reached you by mistake please accept our apologies. You will not receive further mail. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kind regards, Intacomm 2000 [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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> Your /etc/apt/sources.list may want to look like: > > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian frozen non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free > > ( > if you're a KDE fan, you could add: > deb ftp://ftp.uni-marburg.de/mirror/debian-kde.tdyc.com potato kde contrib kde2 > deb ftp://ftp.uni-marburg.de/mirror/debian-kde.tdyc.com slink kde contrib kde2 > ) And GNOME? All noted. James. [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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-quote- Subject: Linux-Mandrake 6.1 Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:36:45 GMT From: simon.pickstock(a)futurenet.co.uk (Reviews Editor PCA) Newsgroups: pcanswers.discussion,pcanswers.cdandsoftware,pcanswers.windows I would like to apologise for the lack of postings from the PC Answers team. We are waiting to find out what happened with this month's CD, and until we have, we are reluctant to speculate We are still waiting for the CD masters to be returned so we can see where the error occurred, but at the moment it would appear that it was caused by a duplication error. However, until we get those masters back we cannot say for sure what the cause is. We will of course keep you posted as to any developments, both on these groups and the PCA Web site. Please be assured that we are doing everything we can to resolve this situation. Simon -endquote- [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Paul [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Mesh WiFi and Linux - experiences and recommendations wanted
by Chris Green 27 Dec '21

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We have a big house and parts of it have 1930s brick walls so to provide reasonable WiFi coverage needs several APs in addition to the Draytek 2860n router which does the VDSL as well. At present, we have wired ethernet to the following:- Draytek 2860n in my study upstairs, provides reasonable WiFi upstairs (not heavily used anyway). VDSL (FTTC) comes in here. TP-Link TD9980 router used as an AP in the breakfast room at the back of the house, provides WiFi in breakfast room, kitchen and outside, seems pretty reliable. Draytek 2820n used as AP in the lounge, covers lounge and dining room, this needs replacing as it's showing its age. Tenda W311R used as AP in my wife's Cabin which is thirty or forty metres from the house, UTP ethernet cable is buried. Works pretty much OK in the cabin except, occasionally, when the RJ45 plug gets pulled out! :-) Each router has its own SSID, '2860n', 'breakfast', 'lounge', 'cabin'. I just disconnect and reconnect my laptop as I go back and forth between the breakfast room and the lounge (I have a two character command line script to do it for me). People with mobile phones seem to manage reasonably OK but I suspect it's not ideal for them. However, as noted above, the Draytek 2820n is getting a bit unreliable (dropped connections, odd other quirks) and its wired switch is only 100Mb/s so wired clients in the lounge are limited to 100Mb/s when using the LAN. So I'm looking for something to replace the 2820n. As you can see from the above I'm not one to buy new stuff when it's not necessary, all my 'APs' are actually old routers with the WAN side not used. I *do* need wired ethernet on most of them, the lounge has an Onkyo box and the TV wired, the breakfast room has a Gigaset base station, the cabin has my wife's laptop connected to it quite frequently. So, I've been sort of wondering whether a 'mesh' system will make life easier in the house, pension off the 2820n and the TD9980, ignore the WiFi from the 2860n and have (say) three wired backhaul mesh APs providing coverage. Will this *actually* work for my laptop, or will it simply stay stuck on the first AP it finds? As far as I understand it mesh depends on the *clients* co-operating to some extent and moving from AP to AP and I'm not at all sure my Linux clients are going to do that well. Alternatively should I just do a straight one-for-one replacement of the 2820n with a 'proper' AP? So recommendations and ideas please. If I go for 'mesh' my requirements are:- Web configuration (I hate configuring with a 'phone) Wired backhaul easy Several gigabit wired connections per AP (I think this may be a killer) For a replacement AP I'm after:- Web configuration Gigabit switch incorporated May have to be a router I suppose, if so easy to ignore WAN Finally I don't want to spend hundreds of pounds on this, I *might* stretch to the sort of £150-200 area for a mesh system if I'm persuaded that it will really improve things but that's about my limit. -- Chris Green

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Any Drupal or Node.js experts here?
by Mark Rogers 04 Dec '21

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I have been asked for assistance upgrading an existing site from Drupal 8 to 9, although this is complicated by it running on a Bitnami stack (which to my knowledge will mean that the site actually needs migrating to a new Bitnami instance with newer PHP versions on it). Similarly, a Node.js v10 application which needs upgrading to v14. I know PHP well, but only having passing acquaintance with Drupal, Bitnami and Node.js. This likely isn't work I would want to undertake myself, so I'm looking for people who would be interested in doing it (commercially, of-course). Any interest? Happy to discuss on- or off-list although unsurprisingly I can't share specifics publicly. -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0344 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER

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