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Haecksen miniconf Call For Proposals (linux.conf.au, January, Perth)
by Bianca Gibson 18 Sep '13

18 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Mary Gardiner" <mary(a)puzzling.org> Date: 17 Sep 2013 14:18 Subject: [OWOOT] Haecksen miniconf Call For Proposals (linux.conf.au, January, Perth) To: "OWOOT" <owoot(a)lists.owoot.org> Cc: CFP closes 1 November. -------------------------------- http://haecksen.net/haecksen-2014-call-proposals Haecksen 2014 - Call For Proposals Submitted by superhaecksen on Sun, 2013-09-15 13:39 Haecksen isn't Haecksen without all the Haecksen! That's you! This year, we're looking for: * Short talks (around 20 minutes, but requests for a double slot of 40 minutes will be considered) on anything related to open tech generally, or women in open tech specifically, that you are currently working on. * A small number of short hands-on presentations about *your personal or professional experience* of preparing, submitting, and giving talks at technical conferences. Think you've got what it takes? Go to http://haecksen.net/node/add/miniconfsubmission and tell us all about it! Submissions are open until 1 November. If you have questions about anything at all, email unicorn(at)haecksen(dot)net. Just a short note: Accepted miniconf speakers do not generally get free admission to the conference. If you would like to speak but CANNOT afford to attend, please let us know in your submission so we can work with you and the LCA organisers to try and make it happen. == About Haecksen 2014 == Haecksen has been a regular feature at linux.conf.au since 2007. In that time, it has stuck to a tried and trusted formula. A group of smart, vibrant women all working in some way with open source technology, spend the day together sharing their experiences and knowledge in a supportive and fun environment. For linux.conf.au 2014, the Oceania Women of Open Technology (OWOOT http://owoot.org) group proposes, again, a one-day Haecksen miniconf. Again, the intention is to feature women speakers and panellists on technical and community topics related to free software and women in free software. This year, however, the emphasis is on fun. Kicking off with a gameshow-style quiz covering achievements of historical women in tech, the day will then move into a series of short, upbeat presentations, before finishing with a light-hearted hands-on education session dedicated to encouraging and assisting women with conference speaker applications, professional speaking skills, and conference attendance. Speakers are expected, and indeed encouraged, to cover topics that range widely from technical talks to professional development, and community involvement. == 2014 Haecksen team == Lana Brindley. Lana will lead organisation of the miniconference prior to and at linux.conf.au 2014. Lana was the lead organiser of the 2011 and 2012 Haecksen miniconfs, and was a member of the LCA 2013 core team. Mary Gardiner. Mary will assist with the call for papers and selecting presentations. Mary was the founder of the Haecksen miniconf and was co-organiser of the 2007 and 2008 miniconfs. Bianca Gibson. Bianca will assist with the call for papers and selecting presentations. Bianca was co-organiser of the 2013 Haecksen miniconf. == About OWOOT == OWOOT (Oceania Women of Open Tech, formerly Aussiechix) was formed in October 2011, but grew out of women's groups in the region active since 1999. OWOOT remains a chapter of Linuxchix. Linuxchix functions as a geographically distributed user group. It has been running for over a decade and contains well over a thousand active members in many different countries. Originally founded with the explicit intention of providing an alternative to occasionally hostile online environments, it is not yet in the enviable position of being redundant. As such, as well as the usual technical aspect of user groups, OWOOT has a heavy social aspect. == Women at linux.conf.au == Possibly due to the community spirit provided by groups like OWOOT, the previous miniconfs have helped attract women in the greater FLOSS community to linux.conf.au. The presence of the miniconf since 2007 has demonstrably helped raise the numbers of women to the conference itself. The inaugural miniconf expected 20 women. Last year, over 80 people expressed interest in the miniconf, and the main conference is now regularly attracting around a 20% female attendance rate. With a reported 4% female contributions to open source projects, a 20% female attendance rate shows the good work the Haecksen miniconf does for promoting and welcoming female talent and perspective to FLOSS projects, and linux.conf.au in particular. _______________________________________________ owoot mailing list owoot(a)lists.owoot.org http://lists.owoot.org/listinfo/owoot

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data usage metering by IP on openwrt.
by cory seligman 18 Sep '13

18 Sep '13

Does anyone know of a simple way of showing which of my machines on my home network is hogging all my data? I recently discovered that something on my network is using ~30M per hour all day and night and I'd like to find out what it is. I guess I could go around and turn each thing off and check my ISP's usage meter over a few hours, but there must be a better way of doing it. I have a WRT54GL running: Firmware OpenWrt Kamikaze - With X-Wrt Extensions 8.09 Kernel Linux 2.4.35.4 #15 Fri Jan 22 11:36:55 CST 2010 MAC 00:18:39:ED:A2:73 Device Linksys WRT54G/GS/GL Board Broadcom BCM5352 chip rev 0 Username root Web mgt. console Webif² Version r4838 I'm very lazy, so an installable package that can do this over a web interface would be ideal, but not necessary. anyone?

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RE: data usage metering by IP on openwrt.
by Christopher M. Bailey 17 Sep '13

17 Sep '13

You could use N-Map to see what packet are flying around your network or a simple trial and error turn off all bar one device and if it's not the offender turn on a second rince and repeat -------- Original message -------- From: cory seligman <coryms.luv(a)gmail.com> Date: To: luv-main <luv-main(a)luv.asn.au> Subject: data usage metering by IP on openwrt. Does anyone know of a simple way of showing which of my machines on my home network is hogging all my data? I recently discovered that something on my network is using ~30M per hour all day and night and I'd like to find out what it is. I guess I could go around and turn each thing off and check my ISP's usage meter over a few hours, but there must be a better way of doing it. I have a WRT54GL running: Firmware OpenWrt Kamikaze - With X-Wrt Extensions 8.09 Kernel Linux 2.4.35.4 #15 Fri Jan 22 11:36:55 CST 2010 MAC 00:18:39:ED:A2:73 Device Linksys WRT54G/GS/GL Board Broadcom BCM5352 chip rev 0 Username root Web mgt. console Webif² Version r4838 I'm very lazy, so an installable package that can do this over a web interface would be ideal, but not necessary. anyone?

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strange video connector
by Russell Coker 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

http://www.coker.com.au/bug/strange.jpg I was just given what I believed to be an ATI video card with DVI output. When I got it home I found that it didn't have a DVI connector, the above picture shows the connector with a DVI cable next to it for perspective. The connector is physically almost the same size as a DVI connector, but it has more and smaller pins. The box claims that the card has DVI-I, HDMI, and VGA. Either the card that was in the box didn't match the description or there was supposed to be an adapter in the box which was lost before I got it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this going? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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panic on swap device io error
by James Harper 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

I am testing ceph via tapdisk rbd and am having some problems. While debugging I'm running a secondary MX on there, with errors=panic as a mount option for / so that as soon as the tapdisk backend fails it just reboots and keeps going (I keep the core when this happens). The swap device did this the other day though and it was an hour or so before the system got around to panicking and rebooting. Is there a kernel sysctl option I can set to panic as soon as an error occurs on the swap device? Thanks James

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ATI video cards wanted
by Russell Coker 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

As ATI chipsets are much better supported than NVidia for free drivers I would like to get some ATI video cards for the hardware library. AGP and PCIe preferred, but it would be good to have a PCI card as well. If you have any such cards gathering dust then please donate them to the hardware library. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Accessing email via dns service
by Rob Rankin 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

Hoping someone can throw light on this issue for a Linux newbie. I'm running Ubuntu Server 12.04LTS and accessing the web via DHCP client on a Netgear router/modem. DNS service is provided through Dyndns.org Basic website is accompanied by a Moodle site which is the main focus of my operation. (support learning and teaching for U3A group) All features and functions of Moodle are operative however email cannot be sent or received. My previous experience with Moodle sites has not relied on this DNS service and I have no idea what influence their operation has on the handling of email. If someone is familiar with all the links in this chain I would appreciate some explicit advice. Cheers, Rob

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petition for FTTH
by Russell Coker 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

http://tinyurl.com/mpo6vft While I don't think much of the way the NBN has been designed, the Liberal party has an even worse plan that will give little benefit over the current situation and most of the costs of the NBN. The above URL has a change.org petition for them to reconsider this. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Re: petition for FTTH
by Petros 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

BTW: I found out why Turnbull does not need much bandwidth. Try to contact him: http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/contact The contact form is restricted to 200 characters. Regards Peter

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Fwd: [LCA2013-Chat] LCA2014 Registrations now open!
by Bianca Gibson 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joshua Hesketh <snip> On behalf of the *linux.conf.au 2014* team we are pleased to announce that we have now started accepting early bird registrations. According to Luke John, organising director, “The start of registration represents the culmination of a lot of groundwork in planning for the conference and it's a real milestone to be at this point in the process”, “While there's still a lot to do, it's really starting to take shape now, and I'm quietly confident that we've got a great line up of speakers and topics and we are looking forward to an awesome conference”. Paul Del Fante also chipped in to offer encouragement for those of you who may feel a bit daunted by the distances. “It's Perth, it's Summer, we've got a fantastic Linux conference on, warm beaches, balmy evenings, city life, so come on over and share in our hospitality”. The *linux.conf.au 2014* early bird registrations will be open till 2013/10/13, but are for a limited number of places and may close earlier before we move on to the formal registration period, and we'd please ask anyone who registers during this time to keep an eye out for any minor issues or inconsistencies you come across. The *linux.conf.au 2014* Organising Team. http://lca2014.linux.org.au #lca14 <luke.john(a)osmahi.com> _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat(a)lists.lca2013.linux.org.au http://lists.lca2013.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/chat_lists.lca2013.linux…

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