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Fedora mirror useless for yum
by Trevor Cordes 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

The MUUG mirror appears to be useless for using for yum updates. Running yum against it works for a while but often dies with: ---> Downloading header for ntp to pack into transaction set. ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/mirror/.1/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/ntp-4.2.0.a.20050816-0.FC4.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] [Errno ftp error] 502 Command REST not allowed by policy. Trying other mirror. It looks like REST is denied by ftp.muug.mb.ca and yum doesn't seem to provide a way to disable using REST. Any chance the server could be made to allow this? Or any chance of mirroring it via http too?

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Re: [RndTbl] Fedora mirror useless for yum
by Trevor Cordes 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

On 28 Oct, Sean Walberg wrote: > There's been an http mirror for a while. Same url structure any everything, > just use http instead of ftp, ie > > http://muug.mb.ca/pub/ Thanks! This'll make my yum upgrading of 10 fc3 boxes to fc5 much easier! With FC6 having just come out, all the RH-hosted mirrors are el-crappo. PS: I searched around the site for the info before posting but couldn't find a link or hint. There's a link to the FTP URL tree and a "search our www" link but no link to the above.

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Ubuntu Edgy Eft 6.10 release. Release party, anyone?
by Scott Balneaves 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Well, after a lot of hard work, we've managed to get the Eft out the door. http://www.ubuntu.com/news/610released Does anyone fancy a release party? Party, perhaps, being a bit of an overstatement, but if anyone would like to meet at a watering hole, to be decided here on the list, I could bring along some burned-and-magic-markered cd's for interested parties. Let me know! Scott -- Scott L. Balneaves | "Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us Systems Department | To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side..." Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Pink Floyd "High Hopes"

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experiences with 64-bit virtualisation?
by Gilles Detillieux 24 Oct '06

24 Oct '06

I'm thinking of putting together a system that can run both 32-bit (i686) and 64-bit (x86_64) versions of a few different Linux distros, as well as Windows XP (or maybe Vista) in a virtualised environment. The idea is to be able to build and test software for several Linux distros, as well as run a few required Windows applications. Do any of you have experience with running such a mix of virtual machines, and how would you recommend doing it? I noticed from VMware's web site that they claim to support such a mix. Are their others? How well do they work? Also, VMware seems to have a fairly limited set of Linux systems that can serve as host OS -- notably they support RHEL but not Fedora. Has anyone successfully used VMware under Fedora or under an RHEL clone system? Thanks for any advice you can provide. -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <grdetil(a)scrc.umanitoba.ca> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada)

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FC5 kernel rpm
by Trevor Cordes 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Can the FC5 users out there do me a favor? Check your yum cache for the 2174 kernel-smp rpm: find /var/cache/yum/ | egrep 'kernel-smp.*2174.*rpm' If you have it, could you email it to me, or put in on the web somewhere, or arrange with me to setup FTP space for you? I desperately need this package as it's now 2 versions behind and so is no longer on the mirrors or anywhere I can find @redhat.com. I can't use 2187 as it has a horrible e1000 panic bug (206744), and I don't yet know if 2200 fixes it. I do know that 2174 is stable and I need to put it on another box. Thanks!

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Video Overlay cropped
by John Lange 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

I finally have a MythTv box up and running with everything mostly working. I have one final problem which I can not solve. When any video is played back on the box it displays "cropped". In other words, the video shows only about the top-left 2/3 of the video. It doesn't matter if its full screen or in a window. Both mplayer and xine exhibit the same behavior and it happens with both live video and recorded clips. Adjusting the video capture resolution does not make a difference. I'm almost certain there must be a video overlay setting or something but having spent most of the weekend searching I'm mystified. Any tips? John

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Random election promises
by Sean Walberg 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Winnipeg/2006/10/11/1999917-sun.html >From a trendy coffee shop at The Forks yesterday, Mayor Sam Katz said he'll launch a high-speed wireless internet service downtown if re-elected mayor later this month. Sean -- Sean Walberg <sean(a)ertw.com> http://ertw.com/

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Evolution in Ubuntu
by Mike Pfaiffer 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

How can I stop Evolution (and a bunch of other programs) from popping up every time I log into my user account under Ubuntu (KDE is the window manager)? It is not consistant but it gets annoying when it happens. I've checked the autostart stuff (as far as I can tell I got them all) and there is nothing there. In fact KDE complains about a malformed autorun file. In the end I want a minimal number of programs (nothing) to autorun. FYI, ps shows a larger number of programs running than it did for Fedora (but it's still faster). This time both juk and evolution are in the list. Later Mike -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Call-A.P.P.L.E. and the Digital Civilization http://www.callapple.org | | http://members.shaw.ca/pfaiffer = Mike Pfaiffer (B.A., B.Sc.) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ----- BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK ----- Version: 3.12 GCS/G/IT/PA/SS d s+:- a? C++ UL L++ W++ N++ o+ K- w(---) O+@ M++@ V PS+ PE !PGP t+ 5+ X R tv b+ DI+++ D++ G e++* h! r-- !y-- UF++ ------ END GEEK CODE BLOCK ------

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[Fwd: SUSE Linux Enterprise customers: make your hardware needs known]
by John Lange 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

This might be interesting to the list: (Read below then click this link) http://novellevents.novell.com/t/1401844/50358291/2036/0/ John -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: linuxnews(a)novell.com > To: john.lange(a)bighostbox.com > Subject: SUSE Linux Enterprise customers: make your hardware needs > known > Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:36:47 -0600 > > > > > > > Dear Valued > Customer > > 1.800.529.3400 > - Local Numbers > - Request Call > - Buy > Here's an > opportunity to > make your voice > heard. > > As you know, > hardware vendors > put a lot of time > and money into > making their > systems work well > with Windows. As > a Linux user, > don't you wish > they'd put that > same effort into > making their > systems work for > you too? > > Let's work > together to let > the hardware and > processor > manufacturers > know what an > impact you have > on their bottom > line. > > Take this short > surveyand we'll > take it from > there. + > > > > Thanks in advance > for your > feedback! > > —Novell Marketing > > Check out the > latest press > coverage about > SUSE Linux > Enterprise 10. It > just keeps > getting better > and better. >

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MUUG Meeting, Oct 10, 7:30pm -- Public Key Infrastructure
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 10. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: PKI: Public Key Infrastructure - What it can do for you This month, Adam Thompson will give us an introduction to public-key infrastructure. PKI is the technology that enables secure web browsing (SSL) and secure e-mail (S/MIME) - you might know what an SSL Certificate is, but did you know you can enable single-sign-on by running your own PKI? That you don't have to pay for expensive SSL certificates? That you can use PKI to secure password-less SSH authentication? The discussion will cover uses of SSL certificates, and a high-level overview of the OpenSSL and OpenCA toolkits. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $3.00 for the evening. Bicycle parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located behind the building on Webb Place. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Also note that MUUG maintains two mailing lists, called "muug-announce" and "roundtable". If you're not already on these lists, we encourage you to subscribe now: http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/ The "muug-announce" list is used for monthly meeting announcements (such as this one) as well as other important announcements of interest to MUUG members. The "rountable" list is meant to be a forum for follow-ups to topics discussed at the meetings, or for round-table-style discussion on other topics that come up between meetings. Of course, for this to be effective, we need to reach a certain critical mass. So, please subscribe, and stay involved! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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