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Re: main digest, Vol 3 #255 - 7 msgs
by phil 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

> > Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 15:33:47 +0100 (BST) > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?david?= <davecravenromain(a)yahoo.co.uk> > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > Subject: [ALUG] im a new user! go me! > > hello there! i am dave! i have recently installed SuSE > 8.1 pro on my personal computer and live in old > buckenham, near attleborough, in norfolk. > > i have been interested in linux for a while now, but > have not had the time or effort to try it out, after a > recent total system crash (ruddy windows) i have taken > the plunge and am now a linux user! > > Hi Dave, I'm not a million miles away in Shelfanger, running SuSE 8.2 and 9.0 on a couple of boxes at work, and YDL occasionally at home. If you need a borrow, I had the Novell Technical Resource Kit turn up the other day - three DVD's of all sorts of things including SuSE 8.2 and 9.1. Oh - anyone know how to get rid of the extra Nautilus desktop items after installing Ximian Desktop and then going back to KDE? Phil

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im a new user! go me!
by david 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

hello there! i am dave! i have recently installed SuSE 8.1 pro on my personal computer and live in old buckenham, near attleborough, in norfolk. i have been interested in linux for a while now, but have not had the time or effort to try it out, after a recent total system crash (ruddy windows) i have taken the plunge and am now a linux user! i am interested in web-page construction, design and stuff, and i will get into graphics as soon as i can afford a graphics tablet thingy. also, if anybody wants a cheap-ish web-site, send me an email and i'll see what i can do! yours, dave ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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im a new user! go me!
by david 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

hello there! i am dave! i have recently installed SuSE 8.1 pro on my personal computer and live in old buckenham, near attleborough, in norfolk. i have been interested in linux for a while now, but have not had the time or effort to try it out, after a recent total system crash (ruddy windows) i have taken the plunge and am now a linux user! i am interested in web-page construction, design and stuff, and i will get into graphics as soon as i can afford a graphics tablet thingy. also, if anybody wants a cheap-ish web-site, send me an email and i'll see what i can do! yours, dave ===== the man, the boots, the legend, dave please note all incoming chain mail will be deleted on sight, unless i am in a particulaly happy mood, then i might just read it before i delete it. peace through superior fire-power. ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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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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