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A PII-300 (oc'd to 300)
G200
UW SCSI
256MB RAM
Runs pretty damn well. I keep my outlook.pst on another machine, and both
win and linux.vmware/win work off of the same pst. works nicely. No
directX, so can't play diablo in it. It is faster if you have an IDE drive
to make a raw disk for the virtual machine's file system, as opposed to the
virtual drive only with a SCSI system. Runs at 2/3 to 3/4 speed for most
everything, mouse is kinda funky in a windowed box. Video isn't that hot.
and you can't update to Xfree 4.0 when it comes out (there is a new video
acceleration that is not backwards compatible to the old version which
Vmware uses extensively) until vmware is updated.
Sound is kinda funky. The SBLive is not fully supported under linux till
the better open source drivers this spring. Therefore there are issues with
vmware passing sounds to /var/snd since it doesn't take the same input.
Love it otherwise.
-Steve
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: XFree locks up local console (LeRoy D. Cressy)
2. Re: XFree locks up local console (Mental)
3. VMware (drexeldg@aol.com)
4. Re: VMware (Mental)
5. Re: pppd and auto DNS (Joshua Mazess)
6. Re: Scsi problems (Joshua Mazess)
7. Re: pppd and auto DNS (Mental)
8. Re: Scsi problems (Michelle Weber)
9. Re: Encrypting PAP password (Joshua Mazess)
10. Re: Scsi problems (Joshua Mazess)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 10:14:34 -0500
From: "LeRoy D. Cressy" <ldc@netaxs.com>
Organization: L & R Associates
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] XFree locks up local console
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Hi all,
This sounds like a problem that I have encountered in the past with x
locking up
the local console. I have found that some times Netscape and the
xscreensaver
fills up the swap and memory space thus causing the kernel to start killing
processes. Also I have found that a bad simm or dimm may be the problem.
Several things that I do to check the memory is to run memtest on the system
for
a while. Also I do something crazy like running three kernel compiles
simutaniously in a loop for a while on a new box in three xterms. This will
fill up the memory and stress the cpu. If the box doesn't crash doing this
I
feel fairly safe about the hardware before putting it on line.
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:29:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Mental <mental@NeverLight.com>
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] XFree locks up local console
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
With the distro. Look for all the XFree*font*.rpm packages. The other
thing to look for is core files, or messages from syslog. This really
shouldnt be happening. Its not so much "how do I fix the console" so
much as "why is X crashing?". The Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO may have
some answers also. Try reading that. If you installed everything, it'll
be in /usr/doc/HOWTO.
Mental
--
"If they takeaway the pr0n, the net will stagnate...who's gonna need
bandwidth then? I mean...why do you think they went from 16 to
256 colors? for reading? I think not!" --Kyle Burton
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999 ejn88@voicenet.com wrote:
> Where do I get the font packages? I beleive I installed everything
> when I did the initial install of RH 6.0
>
> ejn88
>
>
> > Hm, this reminds me of a "fix" for java & netscape a while back. Try
> > installing _all_ of the X font packages. It sounds like maybe X is
> > trying to access a font thats missing and not coping very well. That
> > fixed the java related crashes I was experiencing also.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mental
> > --
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 20 Nov 1999 ejn88@voicenet.com wrote:
> >
> > > I had this same problem. I found that the random screensaver
> > > hangs or locks up everthing . So I tried an individual screensaver
> > > and I haven't locked up since. Unless ofcourse I use Netscape.
> > >
> > > ejn88
> > >
> > >
> > > > > Have you tried shift-ctrl-alt-backspace or ctrl-alt-F2 ?
> > > > > Also what desktop are you running? And what screensaver is it
using?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > -Rune
> > > >
> > > > The computer isn't accepting any input from the keyboard, I already
tried
> > > > the above. It's Xsreensaver or whatever the RH default is, and I
use X so
> > > > little I don't even know what desktop, probably the default.
> > > >
> > > > Isn't there some command I can give as root (from a remote session)
to kind
> > > > of restart the whole console interaction without restarting. Or
some
> > > > process I can send the HUP signal?
> > > >
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at
> > > > writing it."
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Message: 3
From: DrexelDG@aol.com
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:14:11 EST
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: [Plug] VMware
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Heyas!
I was wondering if anyone is running VMware and if so what there system
looks like, RAM, processer speed, and even the color of the tower. :) I
can run it fine, just want to know what kind of system will run it good.
Thanks!
Anthony
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 15:37:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Mental <mental@NeverLight.com>
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] VMware
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
I'm running it.
P2 400
256M SDRAM
U2W SCSI
16M TNT vid card
Lots of mp3's.
White case covered in band stickers.
Lots of pr0n.
It runs fine, I've run it on systems with half the specs and it was
acceptable.
Mental
--
"If they takeaway the pr0n, the net will stagnate...who's gonna need
bandwidth then? I mean...why do you think they went from 16 to
256 colors? for reading? I think not!" --Kyle Burton
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999 DrexelDG@aol.com wrote:
> Heyas!
>
> I was wondering if anyone is running VMware and if so what there system
looks like, RAM, processer speed, and even the color of the tower. :) I
can run it fine, just want to know what kind of system will run it good.
Thanks!
>
> Anthony
>
>
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 15:24:09 -0500
From: Joshua Mazess <mazessj@mail.com>
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] pppd and auto DNS
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Is there any way I can capture the DNS servers negotiated in the PPP
connection and
update resolv.conf with that information? I want it to be automatic, like
Windows.
Mental wrote:
> It can handle it fine, but if you're unwilling to change your
> resolv.conf then I dont see how you're going to get it to work.
>
> Here's how I did it. Modify your dialup script to touch a file. I
> put mine in /etc/ppp/$connectionname. Then modify /etc/ppp/ip-up to
> test the existance of /etc/ppp/$connectionname. Depending on what it
> finds (a simple case switch would work, read your init scripts), copy
> resolv.provider to resolv.conf. Then modify /etc/ppp/ip-down to clean
> up.
>
> If you're unwilling to do that, search freshmeat or see what tools your
> distro comes with. RedHat came with a dialup tool doodad that seemed to
> work fine for this also.
>
> Mental
> --
>
> "you make insanity respectable."
> --Helcat on the subject of Mental.
>
> On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Joshua Mazess wrote:
>
> > The problem is that one of my "ISP"'s is a protected, firewalled network
with DNS
> > servers in a demilitarized zone, which can only be used while connected
to that
> > provider. I have to use one set of DNS servers for my regular ISP and
another set
> > for the protected network. And again, I don't want to change resolv.conf
files each
> > time I dial up. Windows can handle dynamic DNS without any problem. Why
not Linux?
> > --Josh
> >
> > LeRoy D. Cressy wrote:
> >
> > > In either the /etc/ppp/options file or on the command line make sure
that
> > > defaultroute is either specified or uncommented. This will make your
isp's box
> > > as the default gateway. Also you can add your isp's DNS server
addresses as
> > > forwarders in your DNS configuration.
> > >
> > > Josh Mazess wrote:
> > > >
> > > > All,
> > > > How do you get pppd to auto-configure DNS in Red Hat Linux 5?
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 15:30:02 -0500
From: Joshua Mazess <mazessj@mail.com>
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] Scsi problems
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Is the controller working? (i.e. can you validate it with a DOS-formatted
SCSI
drive?) Can you get back to the old configuration before the HD and RedHat
upgrade? At least you might be able to salvage the data and move it
somewhere
else... --Josh
Michelle Weber wrote:
> > I would like to see more information from your system like: Did you
> > configure your new hard drive as master or slave
> master
>
> Is your BIOS Plug and
> > Play?
> yep
>
> > Where do you have your diferent partitions? Where do you have Windows
> > and where do you have Linux?
> hda1 20 gigs fat32 (windows98)
> hdb has a 64 meg swap and the rest of the 1.6 gigs is ext2 (I dont
> remember the order) (redhat 6.1)
> sda1 2 gigs ext2
>
> > If your system is not P&P did you run setup to
> > autoconfigure your hard drive? Where di you install LILO?
> system is pnp
> lilo is on the mbr.
>
> --
> Michelle Weber
> umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
>
> > William
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michelle Weber <umweber@mcs.drexel.edu>
> > To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
> > Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 9:36 AM
> > Subject: [Plug] Scsi problems
> >
> >
> > >Alright, used to have redhat 6.0 and 5.2 on my system which booted
fine,
> > >and I also had a siig scsi adaptor, and a seagate scsi drive. For both
> > >versions of redhat, if I insmodded advansys, I'd see the adaptor and
the
> > >drive, then later I just compiled this into the kernel. Well since I
got
> > >a new ide drive, I redid everything, and installed redhat 6.1 on a
clean
> > >drive. Now when I insmod advansys, it sees the adaptor, and it says 1
> > >host. Then it starts giving me all this weird time out errors, and
totally
> > >freezing my computer. Any ideas? I have about 2 gigs worth of stuff on
> > >there in an ext2 partition, so I can't really install the drivers in
> > >windows and get the stuff out of it.. The only way my system
configuration
> > >has changed is a different ide drive!
> > >
> > >--
> > >Michelle Weber
> > >umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 16:35:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Mental <mental@NeverLight.com>
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] pppd and auto DNS
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
The only time I've done stuff like that is with pump and dhcp. I never
cared enough to look into it for dialups. Check out the pump software
or the pppd man pages. Beyond that, you may have to write something.
That, and I havent had to setup a dialup in a while now. I forget a
lot of the details.
Mental
--
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Joshua Mazess wrote:
> Is there any way I can capture the DNS servers negotiated in the PPP
connection and
> update resolv.conf with that information? I want it to be automatic, like
Windows.
>
> Mental wrote:
>
> > It can handle it fine, but if you're unwilling to change your
> > resolv.conf then I dont see how you're going to get it to work.
> >
> > Here's how I did it. Modify your dialup script to touch a file. I
> > put mine in /etc/ppp/$connectionname. Then modify /etc/ppp/ip-up to
> > test the existance of /etc/ppp/$connectionname. Depending on what it
> > finds (a simple case switch would work, read your init scripts), copy
> > resolv.provider to resolv.conf. Then modify /etc/ppp/ip-down to clean
> > up.
> >
> > If you're unwilling to do that, search freshmeat or see what tools your
> > distro comes with. RedHat came with a dialup tool doodad that seemed to
> > work fine for this also.
> >
> > Mental
> > --
> >
> > "you make insanity respectable."
> > --Helcat on the subject of Mental.
> >
> > On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Joshua Mazess wrote:
> >
> > > The problem is that one of my "ISP"'s is a protected, firewalled
network with DNS
> > > servers in a demilitarized zone, which can only be used while
connected to that
> > > provider. I have to use one set of DNS servers for my regular ISP and
another set
> > > for the protected network. And again, I don't want to change
resolv.conf files each
> > > time I dial up. Windows can handle dynamic DNS without any problem.
Why not Linux?
> > > --Josh
> > >
> > > LeRoy D. Cressy wrote:
> > >
> > > > In either the /etc/ppp/options file or on the command line make sure
that
> > > > defaultroute is either specified or uncommented. This will make
your isp's box
> > > > as the default gateway. Also you can add your isp's DNS server
addresses as
> > > > forwarders in your DNS configuration.
> > > >
> > > > Josh Mazess wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > All,
> > > > > How do you get pppd to auto-configure DNS in Red Hat Linux 5?
>
>
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 15:42:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Michelle Weber <umweber@mcs.drexel.edu>
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] Scsi problems
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Well. I only have one scsi drive, so I can't test that.
I do have the 3 gig drive with redhat 6.0 on it, but im not sure if the
latest kernel I used is on there because I was using a different boot
partition at the time... If I can get it back to the original
configuration (or pretty close to it) what the heck would the problem be
if it no longer works? The drive isn't old, it's a replacement of the
original which was totally fubared, so it's been factory refurbished.
--
Michelle Weber
umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Joshua Mazess wrote:
> Is the controller working? (i.e. can you validate it with a DOS-formatted
SCSI
> drive?) Can you get back to the old configuration before the HD and RedHat
> upgrade? At least you might be able to salvage the data and move it
somewhere
> else... --Josh
>
> Michelle Weber wrote:
>
> > > I would like to see more information from your system like: Did you
> > > configure your new hard drive as master or slave
> > master
> >
> > Is your BIOS Plug and
> > > Play?
> > yep
> >
> > > Where do you have your diferent partitions? Where do you have Windows
> > > and where do you have Linux?
> > hda1 20 gigs fat32 (windows98)
> > hdb has a 64 meg swap and the rest of the 1.6 gigs is ext2 (I dont
> > remember the order) (redhat 6.1)
> > sda1 2 gigs ext2
> >
> > > If your system is not P&P did you run setup to
> > > autoconfigure your hard drive? Where di you install LILO?
> > system is pnp
> > lilo is on the mbr.
> >
> > --
> > Michelle Weber
> > umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
> >
> > > William
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Michelle Weber <umweber@mcs.drexel.edu>
> > > To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
> > > Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 9:36 AM
> > > Subject: [Plug] Scsi problems
> > >
> > >
> > > >Alright, used to have redhat 6.0 and 5.2 on my system which booted
fine,
> > > >and I also had a siig scsi adaptor, and a seagate scsi drive. For
both
> > > >versions of redhat, if I insmodded advansys, I'd see the adaptor and
the
> > > >drive, then later I just compiled this into the kernel. Well since I
got
> > > >a new ide drive, I redid everything, and installed redhat 6.1 on a
clean
> > > >drive. Now when I insmod advansys, it sees the adaptor, and it says
1
> > > >host. Then it starts giving me all this weird time out errors, and
totally
> > > >freezing my computer. Any ideas? I have about 2 gigs worth of stuff
on
> > > >there in an ext2 partition, so I can't really install the drivers in
> > > >windows and get the stuff out of it.. The only way my system
configuration
> > > >has changed is a different ide drive!
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >Michelle Weber
> > > >umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
>
>
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 15:49:42 -0500
From: Joshua Mazess <mazessj@mail.com>
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] Encrypting PAP password
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
I thought specifying papcrypt told pppd to expect the password file to be
encrypted? I'd like to encrypt my password in pap-secrets in case a hacker
manages to steal it. --Josh
Charles Stack wrote:
> You are right about putting your secret into pap-secrets. However, you do
> not encrypt the secret. It is a plain text file. PPP will handle the
> encryption/verification process for you.
>
> Charles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf Of Josh Mazess
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:31 PM
> To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> Subject: [Plug] Encrypting PAP password
>
> How do you encrypt your PAP password and then put it into pap-secrets? I
> want to enable papcrypt, but I don't know how to encrypt strings in Linux.
> Thanks. --Josh
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 16:19:48 -0500
From: Joshua Mazess <mazessj@mail.com>
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] Scsi problems
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Well, your best bet would be to borrow a drive and test it. I mean, I have
some SCSI
drives (not for sale) that I could toast for this sort of test. Don't you
have any
friends with spare parts lying around or anything? You could also try a
different
controller -- Adaptec recommended. On a personal note, I'm not too fond of
refurbished equipment, and I'm not sure I'd trust something as critical as a
hard
drive, but that's just me. Then again, I've had new equipment die on me, so
the key
here, really, is backups. But I never heed my own advice. --Josh
Michelle Weber wrote:
> Well. I only have one scsi drive, so I can't test that.
> I do have the 3 gig drive with redhat 6.0 on it, but im not sure if the
> latest kernel I used is on there because I was using a different boot
> partition at the time... If I can get it back to the original
> configuration (or pretty close to it) what the heck would the problem be
> if it no longer works? The drive isn't old, it's a replacement of the
> original which was totally fubared, so it's been factory refurbished.
>
> --
> Michelle Weber
> umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
>
> On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Joshua Mazess wrote:
>
> > Is the controller working? (i.e. can you validate it with a
DOS-formatted SCSI
> > drive?) Can you get back to the old configuration before the HD and
RedHat
> > upgrade? At least you might be able to salvage the data and move it
somewhere
> > else... --Josh
> >
> > Michelle Weber wrote:
> >
> > > > I would like to see more information from your system like: Did you
> > > > configure your new hard drive as master or slave
> > > master
> > >
> > > Is your BIOS Plug and
> > > > Play?
> > > yep
> > >
> > > > Where do you have your diferent partitions? Where do you have
Windows
> > > > and where do you have Linux?
> > > hda1 20 gigs fat32 (windows98)
> > > hdb has a 64 meg swap and the rest of the 1.6 gigs is ext2 (I dont
> > > remember the order) (redhat 6.1)
> > > sda1 2 gigs ext2
> > >
> > > > If your system is not P&P did you run setup to
> > > > autoconfigure your hard drive? Where di you install LILO?
> > > system is pnp
> > > lilo is on the mbr.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michelle Weber
> > > umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
> > >
> > > > William
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Michelle Weber <umweber@mcs.drexel.edu>
> > > > To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
> > > > Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 9:36 AM
> > > > Subject: [Plug] Scsi problems
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >Alright, used to have redhat 6.0 and 5.2 on my system which booted
fine,
> > > > >and I also had a siig scsi adaptor, and a seagate scsi drive. For
both
> > > > >versions of redhat, if I insmodded advansys, I'd see the adaptor
and the
> > > > >drive, then later I just compiled this into the kernel. Well since
I got
> > > > >a new ide drive, I redid everything, and installed redhat 6.1 on a
clean
> > > > >drive. Now when I insmod advansys, it sees the adaptor, and it
says 1
> > > > >host. Then it starts giving me all this weird time out errors, and
totally
> > > > >freezing my computer. Any ideas? I have about 2 gigs worth of stuff
on
> > > > >there in an ext2 partition, so I can't really install the drivers
in
> > > > >windows and get the stuff out of it.. The only way my system
configuration
> > > > >has changed is a different ide drive!
> > > > >
> > > > >--
> > > > >Michelle Weber
> > > > >umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
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