have a look

 

[/url]http://linux-noob.com/review/suse/sled10/

 

oh and while you are at it, DIGG it !

 

[url=http://digg.com/linux_unix/One_Month_with_SLED_10/]http://digg.com/linux_unix/One_Month_with_SLED_10/

 

cheers

anyweb

was woundering waht live cd distro is a good starting point to test drive linux befor i do a full install on my laptop then if i like the way it works ill teach my grilfriend how to use it and loadit on my desktop any advice would be great

I think you will know how to solve this issue i have.

 

I have a large network with a lot of computers in a building. I have cops and cameras but i dont have a method to attach the computer in the desk.

This is because i have a problem with missing computers (someone is stealing) and i want to know if theres a method or a security system to prevent that an equipment doesnt go far of a range. something like shops that if you go out with a thing that you forget to pay for a system will beep.

 

thank you.

well, although I'm not a total n00b there's definitely large gaps in my knowledge, so i'm gonna be trolling and posting a bit trying to get up to speed on the stuff i just don't seem to "get". Anyhow, hope to work with you all soon.

check it out

 

[/url][url=http://home.kde.org/~binner/kickoff/sneak_preview.html]http://home.kde.org/~binner/kickoff/sneak_preview.html

 

running on OpenSuse 10.2

 

cheers

anyweb

hey everyone, I was looking at the tutorial in the thread pinned at the top. Although it says specifically how to set things up, it doesn't quite answer some questions I had, so bear with me, but I didn't feel like I should ask my questions in that thread.

 

Anyhow, my situation is that I have need of a very specific environment, however I don't want to run that environment on the machine, I'd much rather run it in a chroot and ssh in whenever I need specific use of that environment.

 

To explain things further, right now i'm running some machines that have Debian on them (Etch, the soon to be released debian running in 64bit w/ 2.6.17.6). I have need to run a SuSE 8.0 environment from time to time for a variety of legacy reasons.

 

So what I did was I took a SuSE 8.0 machine and basically tar'd up / so that my chroot env would have all the same libraries as any other SuSE 8 machine I have. Then I moved this tar to a debian machine, un tarred it and started the sshd deamon from inside the chroot. To seperate things further, I had the chrooted ssh run on a different port which I established in the chroots ssh configuration files. For the most part this works, here's an example of what i'm talking about

 

//assume my chroot lives in /chroot/suse80

#chroot /chroot/suse80 /etc/init.d/sshd start

 

That may seem naive, but for the most part it worked, I can ssh to the machine and things look good. I later realized that for some of the things I need to compile (not necessarily run, but compile) I needed to fake out uname so that it would report i686 instead of x86_64. I did that with a package: linux32 provided by debian

 

#linux32 chroot /chroot/suse80 /etc/init.d/sshd start

 

So again, for the most part that works. I can ssh directly into this chroot and do things as I used to on my 32bit systems that ran suse80. I.e. if I ssh things look like they did on the old system (for the most part):

 

#ssh hostname -p 2080

<hostname># uname -a

Linux node-1 2.6.17.6 #6 SMP Thu Aug 3 15:25:21 PDT 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

<hostname>#

 

 

The problem is, random (at least so far it feels random), applications run from within the chroot just kind of stop. When I say "kind of stop" it means that they look as though they are running healthily, but the reality is that they aren't. It might look similar to an application that had gotten stuck in an infinite loop or something.

 

Anyhow, I can't help but feeling with what I did that I did something wrong. Although I can happily ssh into my chroot and pretty much do things as normal, the random application failures is driving me crazy. After that I came up with some ideas that might be the cause of my problems

 

1.) Some type of problem in the kernel I'm using

2.) Issues with using linux32

3.) Issues running SuSE 8.0's sshd instead of the debian one

4.) I didn't make device nodes inside the chroot, but since nothing complain i hadn't worried about it

 

Do any of these sound reasonable to any of you? I know this was a long post, but I'm not sure where to go at this point.

 

Thanks!

for details (and fix) read here

 

[/url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=241254

 

[url=http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=240957]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=240957

 

cheers

anyweb

Hello all,

 

I was in the process of learning linux a couple months ago but, as always, I drift away from learning it and I forget most of everything. last time around I was in the process of configuring my Netgear WG311T to work. It is not detected by linux but I did a "yum install madwifi". I did a "lspci" to find out the chipset for my card and according the the madwifi website it is supported by madwifi. I am a n00b and I am lost as to what to do now. How do I get my NIC to work?

 

Thanks,

Scott

hi,

 

1. can you guys pls tell me how one virtual host may inherit the value of a directive from another virtual host?

 

2. under which circumstances would port-based, ip-based and combinations of these aproaches may prove useful?

 

help would be appreciated.

 

thank you

This is actually a true story and the account of the investigation makes it even better...

 

This is an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Quality, State of Pennsylvania. This guy's response is hilarious, but read the State's letter before you get to the response letter.

 

Quote:SUBJECT: DEQ File No.97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming County 

Dear Mr. DeVries:

 

It has come to the attention of the Department of Environmental Quality that there has been recent unauthorized activity on the above referenced parcel of property. You have been certified as the legal landowner and/or contractor who did the following unauthorized activity:

 

Construction and maintenance of two wood debris dams across the outlet stream of Spring Pond.

 

A permit must be issued prior to the start of this type of activity.

 

A review of the Department's files shows that no permits have been issued. Therefore, the Department has determined that this activity is in violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Pennsylvania Compiled Laws, annotated.

 

The Department has been informed that one or both of the dams partially failed during a recent rain event, causing debris and flooding at downstream locations. We find that dams of this nature are inherently hazardous and cannot be permitted. The Department therefore orders you to cease and desist all activities at this location, and to restore the stream to a free-flow condition by removing all wood and brush forming the dams from the stream channel. All restoration work shall be completed no later than January 31, 2006.

 

Please notify this office when the restoration has been completed so that a follow-up site inspection may be scheduled by our staff.

 

Failure to comply with this request or any further unauthorized activity on the site may result in this case being referred for elevated enforcement action..

 

We anticipate and would appreciate your full cooperation in this matter. Please feel free to contact me at this office if you have any questions.

 

Sincerely,

David L. Price

District Representative and Water Management Division.

Quote:Re: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming County 

Dear Mr. Price,

 

Your certified letter dated 12/17/02 has been handed to me to respond to. I am the legal landowner but not the Contractor at 2088 Dagget Lane, Trout Run, Pennsylvania.

 

A couple of beavers are in the (State unauthorized) process of constructing and maintaining two wood "debris" dams across the outlet stream of my Spring Pond. While I did not pay for, authorize, nor supervise their dam project, I think they would be highly offended that you call their skillful use of natures building materials "debris." I would like to challenge your department to attempt to emulate their dam project any time and/or any place you choose. I believe I can safely state there is no way you could ever match their dam skills, their dam resourcefulness, their dam ingenuity, their dam persistence, their dam determination and/or their dam work ethic.

 

As to your request, I do not think the beavers are aware that they must first fill out a dam permit prior to the start of this type of dam activity.

 

My first dam question to you is:

(1) Are you trying to discriminate against my Spring Pond Beavers, or

(2) do you require all beavers throughout this State to conform to said dam request?

 

If you are not discriminating against these particular beavers, through the Freedom of Information Act, I request completed copies of all those other applicable beaver dam permits that have been issued. Perhaps we will see if there really is a dam violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Pennsylvania Compiled Laws, annotated.

 

I have several concerns. My first concern is, aren't the beavers entitled to legal representation? The Spring Pond Beavers are financially destitute and are unable to pay for said representation -- so the State will have to provide them with a dam lawyer. The Department's dam concern that either one or both of the dams failed during a recent rain event, causing flooding, is proof that this is a natural occurrence, which the Department is required to protect. In other words, we should leave the Spring Pond Beavers alone rather than harassing them and calling their dam names.

 

If you want the stream "restored" to a dam free-flow condition please contact the beavers -- but if you are going to arrest them, they obviously did not pay any attention to your dam letter, they being unable to read English.

 

In my humble opinion, the Spring Pond Beavers have a right to build their unauthorized dams as long as the sky is blue, the grass is green and water flows downstream. They have more dam rights than I do to live and enjoy Spring Pond. If the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection lives up to its name, it should protect the natural resources (Beavers) and the environment (Beavers' Dams).

 

So, as far as the beavers and I are concerned, this dam case can be referred for more elevated enforcement action right now. Why wait until 1/31/2006? The Spring Pond Beavers may be under the dam ice then and there will be no way for you or your dam staff to contact/harass them then.

 

In conclusion, I would like to bring your attention to a real environmental quality, health, problem in the area. It is the bears! Bears are actually defecating in our woods. I definitely believe you should be persecuting the defecating bears and leave the beavers alone.

 

If you are going to investigate the beaver dam, watch your step! The bears are not careful where they dump!

 

Being unable to comply with your dam request, and being unable to contact you on your dam answering machine, I am sending this response to your dam office.

 

THANK YOU.

RYAN DEVRIES & THE DAM BEAVERS