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Web site designs
by MJ Ray 26 Oct '05

26 Oct '05

There's the designs on Brett's page at http://www.sommitrealweird.co.uk/alug/retheme-engine/ and a slightly updated one of mine at http://mjr.towers.org.uk/comp/alugtalk/ -- any others I've missed, or shall we move on? Thanks, -- MJ Ray - personal email, see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Work: http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ irc.oftc.net/slef Jabber/SIP ask

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Re: Help! PostgreSQL corrupt system tables (Mark Rogers)
by Jenny Hopkins 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Mark Rogers wrote: > One of my customers has a corrupt postgreSQL system database. The error > he's getting is: > > template1=# select * from pg_database; > ERROR: invalid page header in block 1 of relation "pg_database" > > This happens at any point where postgres is trying to access the > database catalog, not for invididual db access but (for example) > trying to create / drop any databases. > > I can't help him as I know nearly nothing about Postgres (although its > about time I learnt). > Hi Mark, I asked my brother for you and he says: pg_dumpall new database install restore all databases might do it HTH Jen

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Martlesham Heath Robinson
by tom potts 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Good Grief - is that place still going - I left it 15 years ago and all I've heard about it it some bloke who keeps recycling other peoples ideas - he was stealing them when I was there. <RANT>I designed a 2.4G bit fibre optic I/O and similar electrical I/O when I was there - BT said they wouldnt develop it as they didnt do research any more. Last place I worked spent £60K on a box to do the same. Mine would have cost $5! Been spitting feathers ever since.</RANT> ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Unmounting of Root Filesystem
by Dan Hatton 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

Lately (last week or so,) when I boot my machine (Debian Testing,) after either a poweroff (via shutdown -h) or reboot (via shutdown -r,) it consistently complains that the root filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, and insists on fscking that filesystem. After the reboot forced by fsck, the machine starts up just fine. Browsing the init scripts in /etc/rc0.d/ and /etc/rc6.d/, I can't find any sign of anything attempting to unmount the root filesystem. Does anyone have any ideas where this should be happening, please? -- Thanks, Dan Hatton <http://www.bib.hatton.btinternet.co.uk/dan/>

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Wiki Blocked
by Dave Briggs 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

Any reason why I am getting http://www.alug.org.uk/blocked.htm when I am looking at the wikified bits of the ALUG website? -- Dave Briggs linux(a)davebriggs.net | http://davebriggs.net | http://palimpsest.org.uk

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Help! PostgreSQL corrupt system tables
by Mark Rogers 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

One of my customers has a corrupt postgreSQL system database. The error he's getting is: template1=# select * from pg_database; ERROR: invalid page header in block 1 of relation "pg_database" This happens at any point where postgres is trying to access the database catalog, not for invididual db access but (for example) trying to create / drop any databases. I can't help him as I know nearly nothing about Postgres (although its about time I learnt). -- Mark Rogers More Solutions Ltd

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Kernel 2.6, pcmcia SmartMedia and MTD
by Barry Samuels 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

My Thinkpad laptop used to run kernel 2.4 and my PCMCIA Adapter for SmartMedia worked. I have since had to change to kernel 2.6 to get the Thinkpad built-in Wireless networking to work. Now the PCMCIA SmartMedia adapter doesn't work. I've tried everything I could understand on the Web to get this working with no result. I think that I've enabled the appropriate settings in the kernel but I've no way of knowing for sure. Can anyone tell me what I have to do to get this to work? -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Brett Parker 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. Historically, these used to be the only time a lot of us would be about, now the channel has some usual faces that are there most of the time (except at silly o'clock, when we might be sleeping, or on the second thursday of the month, where we might be drinking in the Reindeer), so don't feel limited to visit during this time, come visit us when ever you feel like it! 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 xchat, irssi 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://www.irssi.org/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Re: [ALUG] Kitmeets was: Re: Anyone got some old 500MB-2GB hard drives they no longer need
by sfr 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

Chris Green wrote: > For me one of the main reasons is simply that it's a long way, I live > in Newbourne, near Felixstowe, which is a fair old way from Norwich. > I do also have other things to do like ride horses which, at this time > of the year, is a week-ends only activity. Chris, could you fix a meet in SE Suffolk (after winter, unless it included Horses)? Possibly at Adastral? Eli (ex-Martlemite)

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Science in schools
by Karamoon 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

The following makes very interesting reading, especially when one considers the governments plans for more faith schools in the UK: http://www.venganza.org/ Matthew __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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