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[Alug]Gnoppix
by Keith Watson 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Has anyone else seen and tried Gnoppix (www.gnoppix.org)? Gnoppix is a Knoppix clone that uses Gnome 2+ rather than KDE. Keith

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[Alug]Suse 8.1 Live Eval CD problem
by Syd Hancock 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

This is a question I've been meaning to ask for a while. When I first got my T23 Think[ad a couple of months ago I tried a Suse 8.1 Live Evaluation disk in it and what happened when it went past the opening screen was really scary. The machine totally locked up with a blank screen, the green leds were flashing, the fan came on and the hot air was really hot and smelled of hot electronics... the thing was totally locked up and not even the power button would do anything. I really thought it was totally fried (lm_sensors was the first thing I thought of) but thankfully after a few minutes the fan stopped and I was able to power it up again and take the CD out. Since then I have installed mandrake 9.1 with no problems (except the minor glitch of getting a video driver) and has run perfectly ever since. Knoppix no probelms either (and it has the correct video driver too). But it has put me right off Suse which I would actully like to try out. Has anyone else seen this and/or does anyone have any comments? Syd

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[Alug]Suse Problems
by Nick Daniels 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

HI Suse 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, total system freeze only when connected to internet, and running KDE The freeze occurs about once in fifteen times connected to internet num lock light flashes, caps lock flashes, I can run Gnome forever and the system never locks I have a normal dial up connection Mandrake O.K , i have a normal dial up connnection and external modem System xp1600 , 768Mb ram, hard disc IBM deskstar Regards Nick Daniels

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RE: Re[2]: [Alug]Problem 2 - Unkillable processes
by Jenny Hopkins 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

> Stuart Clark <stuart.clark(a)Jahingo.com> wrote: > > > Barry Samuels wrote: > > > > > > Just recently I have started an application that then freezes. It > > > shows in the list of processes viewed using something like KDE > > > System Guard or Top but cannot be killed by using either of the > > > above or 'kill' from the command line. > > > > > > > Have you tried kill -9 <pid> ? > > No but I did try from KDE System Guard using KILL rather than > TERM and that didn't work so I imagine that kill -9 <pid> > wouldn't work either but I will try it if (when?) it happens again. > There is also "kill -s KILL <pid>" which sometimes works if kill doesn't. Jen

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[Alug]Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. 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 tkirc, bitchx, xchat 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://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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[Alug]Problem 2 - Unkillable processes
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Just recently I have started an application that then freezes. It shows in the list of processes viewed using something like KDE System Guard or Top but cannot be killed by using either of the above or 'kill' from the command line. Is there any way of killing these processes? The only way that I have found is to reboot which seems a bit drastic. Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain

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Re: [Alug]Problem 2 - Unkillable processes
by Stuart Clark 26 Oct '03

26 Oct '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Barry Samuels wrote: > > Just recently I have started an application that then freezes. It > shows in the list of processes viewed using something like KDE System > Guard or Top but cannot be killed by using either of the above or > 'kill' from the command line. > Have you tried kill -9 <pid> ? - -- Stuart Clark mailto:stuart.clark@Jahingo.com http://www.Jahingo.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/m9wM8fzjqiF3TCIRApmtAJ0RDCFEdbpH0KcThXx7KFnDejAc2wCdHEtL n9lQ296Q3dLpJkbIwSQG/5Y= =zAVW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Alug]Problem 1 - Snort and local LAN
by Stuart Clark 26 Oct '03

26 Oct '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Barry Samuels wrote: > > Debian has a DEBIAN_SNORT_HOME_NET variable which should be set to > 192.168.n.n/nn. What do I need to set it to to disregard anything > coming from 19.168.anything? > If that is how it is expecting it use '192.168.0.0/16' The simplest netmasks to remember are 8, 16, 24 & 32 which correspond to 192.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, 192.168.0.x and 192.168.0.1 (ie one of the 4 'dotted quads' more each time until a 32 which is a single ip address) - -- Stuart Clark mailto:stuart.clark@Jahingo.com http://www.Jahingo.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/m9vp8fzjqiF3TCIRAuy8AJ9U3tw5R1+QIcCMpKO0wuDDZBhgBwCeIJBh eVQW415oDuJ//GyuejMwEc0= =OeEH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Alug]Problem 1 - Snort and local LAN
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 26 Oct '03

26 Oct '03

My computer has two LAN sockets on eth0 and eth1. My home network is connected via eth0 and my ADSL router via eth1. I want Snort to disregard activity on either eth0 or eth1 and to monitor only traffic coming from the Internet where the router's address is 192.168.n.n. Debian has a DEBIAN_SNORT_HOME_NET variable which should be set to 192.168.n.n/nn. What do I need to set it to to disregard anything coming from 19.168.anything? I especially don't understand the net mask bit even though I have read a bit about it. Goes over the head I'm afraid. Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain

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RE: [Alug]Time to give something back
by Karl Foley 25 Oct '03

25 Oct '03

Ian Douglas now has all the Sun kit. I made him promise before I left that if he found he had no use/too much then would he pass it on. I hope you're doing ok with it Ian, I'm just glad I eventually remembered the root password! --- ATB, Karl. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan McDowell [mailto:noodles@earth.li] Sent: 23 October 2003 23:49 To: Karl Foley Subject: Re: [Alug]Time to give something back On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 10:45:24PM +0100, Karl Foley wrote: > Due to a clear out I now find I've got nowhere to store my Sun kit so > would like to donate it to a loving home. I have had a flavour of > Linux (Debian?) running on it but most of the time it's been running good old Solaris. > > Details of what I have are: > > Sparc 5 Base Station > Scsi Cdrom > Floppy > 128MB RAM > 2 Internal SCA Scsi drives > > Sparc 5 Base Station > Scsi Cdrom > Floppy (I think) > 64MB RAM (I think) > 1 Internal SCA Scsi drive I'd love some better Sun kit; if either of these are still available I'll gladly take one. Obviously the one with more RAM would be more appealing if it's still free. J. -- I don't tip. This .sig was brought to you by the letter G and the numbers 5 & 20 Product of the Republic of HuggieTag

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