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Ghostscript display, or not
by Mark Trickett 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Hello All, I have been used to invoking Ghostscript to display my postscript efforts on this Thinkpad running Ubuntu, but it did not do so with the "fresh" desktop install of Debian. I have looked at the default output device on this Thinkpad, and it is x11alpha, but that appears to not be available with the Debian installed version of Ghostscript. I would appreciate pointers as to enabling that, even if I have to grab the source via this computer, then transfer via CDR and compile. The desktop will be on the net in due course, but it is dial up access, and I am still looking closely at being able to disable Gnome Netmanager in such a way that I can still learn about it for when I install for novices. It does not appear cleanly in Synaptic, but I can see parts of it. I have been scratching my ead as to what is the "head" of the app, where I should start, rather than a piecemeal approach. I also need to have the head space to sort out setting up pon and poff, rather than using wvdial as I have been. Meatspace has been of higher priority at this time. Regards, Mark Trickett

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Free Drupal Training - Drupal in a Day - 14 September 2012 - Melbourne CBD
by Dave Hall 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi all, On 14 September Technocrat will be participating in the Drupal Association's Drupal Global Training Days initiative[1]. Technocrat's experienced trainers will be providing free training for people interested in learning about Drupal for the first time. There are only 12 places available, so we expect to fill up fast. Registrations are essential[2]. Get a solid introduction to Drupal and learn about the most essential features and concepts of Drupal through hands-on activities. By the end of the day you will be familiar with Drupal terminology and be able to identify how many Drupal sites are constructed. This course is aimed at anyone who's just starting to use Drupal as a content editor or site builder. If you know anyone who might be interested in this event, please feel free to forward this message to them. For more information visit our website[3] or contact me directly. Cheers Dave [1] http://drupal.org/learn-drupal [2] http://teachmedrupal.drupalgardens.com/training-registration [3] http://teachmedrupal.drupalgardens.com/event/2012-09-14/free-drupal-day-tra… PS Apologies for the cross post and if this is considered off topic, I thought it might be of interest to people on this list. -- Dave Hall Principal Engineer Technocrat

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OpenID Expert
by Scott Penrose 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

Hi Luv I am looking for an expert in OpenID to help out with a problem I am having. It is paid work, but will only require a few hours of advice, all via email or possibly skype/phone. The main area is discussion the ability to integrate an OP Identity rather than Claimed Identity system on top of an existing Provider that doesn't support OP Identity. I have it mostly working but need to discuss some details. Anyone able to help out, please contact me, Scott Penrose, 0417 885 330, or scottp(a)dd.com.au Thanks Scott

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Disk Imaging backups [Scanned]
by Christopher M. Bailey 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

Hi All, I'm currently getting our DR system fine tuned at work, and as part of this I would like some software to take images of some of our larger Linux servers (RHCE 5 & 6) similar to how programs like Shadow Protect does for Windoze based systems, in other words while the system is live. Some of these server have up to 6TB of data stored on them and as you could appreciate, downing the server to run something like Clonezilla would take far too long to be practical. I would also like to be able to schedule these snapshots, say once a week. TIA, Chris -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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WiFi transfer rates (Linux->Linux)
by Toby Corkindale 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Hi, Wifi is not something I consider myself an expert upon. I understand the security problems with WEP, WPS, WPA and WPA2 fairly well, and I've read some docs on fragmentation, RTS thresholds, and channel width. I don't consider myself a newbie here either. Try as I might, I just can't seem to get decent performance out of my home network. It's a 802.11n network, theoretically 300 mbit/s, however testing with iperf between a Linux wireless laptop and a wired linux server results in 60-70 mbits reported in either direction. I tried fiddling with a few options on the router, such as: * disabling a/b/g support. (no effect) * disabling pre-spec-N support. (no effect) * lowering RTS threshold slightly (lower throughput) * lowering fragment threshold (no effect at small changes; perf slightly increases (~5mbit) as fragments decrease for a while, then after a point (around ~2000 bytes) performance just drops as you decrease size.) * WMM no-ack mode (totally wrecked performance) I'm using a Broadcom chipset in the laptop, which seems to have reasonable Linux support. I'm using the opensource brcmsmac driver on a 3.2.0 kernel. The AP is an Asus RT-N15, which also runs Linux, although I'm still on the vendors firmware. So, no matter what I've done, I can't get more than 75 mbits, and on default settings its more like 65 mbits between these two Linux devices. However a friend with an Apple Mac laptop and an Apple airport AP can push about 200 mbit/s according to iperf! So.. I just wondered if anyone has some hints about how to improve wifi performance? I also wondered what sort of bitrates you see? And if someone is getting good speeds, can you report your hardware (incl. chipset) and configuration options? thanks! Toby

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MySQL Help needed [Scanned]
by Christopher M. Bailey 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Hi All, Just looking for guidance, I have had a server crash, HDD failure, luckily I have good backups through Backup Exec 2012. What I need to know is what files do I need to restore to a basic install of the same distro (CentOS 5.8) to get our MySQL databases running again with the same security permissions? TIA Chris -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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caching USB
by Russell Coker 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

sda is a regular SATA disk and sdd is a USB attached SATA disk. Why isn't sdd cached? # dd if=/dev/sdd of=/dev/zero bs=1024k count=100 100+0 records in 100+0 records out 104857600 bytes (105 MB) copied, 3.00316 s, 34.9 MB/s # dd if=/dev/sdd of=/dev/zero bs=1024k count=100 100+0 records in 100+0 records out 104857600 bytes (105 MB) copied, 2.98833 s, 35.1 MB/s # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/zero bs=1024k count=100 100+0 records in 100+0 records out 104857600 bytes (105 MB) copied, 1.29493 s, 81.0 MB/s # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/zero bs=1024k count=100 100+0 records in 100+0 records out 104857600 bytes (105 MB) copied, 0.0669201 s, 1.6 GB/s -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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USB Hard disk / Linux
by Brian May 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Hello, I have a USB hard disk that I use to make backups of my system. Previously it has worked just fine. In fact it still does work fine on my work computer. Unfortunately, it is my home computer I am trying to backup, not my work computer. When I plug it it, it detects it fine. Then I try to mount the filesystem. The mount process hangs. Neither dmesg or /var/log/kern.log logs anything unusual. I can kill the mount process with ctrl-c, and the file system isn't mounted. I can then unplug the USB device if I so desire. Nothing is logged. However at this point the computer is "crashed", as if I type in "sync", the sync process hangs for ever too. If I wait long enough I get CPU x hung type messages. Shutdown won't work, I have to hard reboot the system. My working theory I have is that USB support on my motherboard may be dodgy. However this doesn't explain how the same drive has worked in the past, for the same computer, but suddenly doesn't work any more. Alternatively, maybe the entire motherboard is an unreliable piece of rubbish, and I should ditch it. Any ideas? This is running Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. Thanks -- Brian May <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au>

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Custom battery charging levels
by Toby Corkindale 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Hi, When I boot my ThinkPad into Windows, I can set the battery to operate in long-life mode. It then only charges up to 90% capacity, and won't start charging until it has dropped below 80% capacity. This is claimed to make the battery live longer -- and so far the battery HAS lasted much better than they have in previous laptops. (Of course, if I'm going to a conference, I can configure the battery to charge up to 100% again easily) I wondered if there is any way to achieve this behaviour in Linux? cheers, Toby

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FTP from crashed computer to Laptop
by Andrew Greig 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Hi, I had some trouble with my Notebook and desktop computers last week when Entangle stuffed the display files on both computers. I successfully rebuilt the Notebook because I had a separate /home partition. Unfortunately the desktop PC (Suse 12.1 64 bit) was a single partition, and it will not be quite so easy. How do I get the files I want from the desktop onto a dive attached to my notebook? Ctrl+Alt+F2 gives me a console in the desktop. The Notebook is running Gnome. Once I have my data tucked away, I get adventurous. Many thanks Andrew Greig

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