Who switches vterms when?
by Tom Horsley
I turn off rhgb so I can (maybe) see who was doing what
if the system hangs during startup or shutdown. The
startup part works fine, but someone, somewhere, insists
on switching to a totally blank vterm when I'm
doing a shutdown, so I can't see any of the messages
from services stopping, etc.
Does anyone know who is in charge of doing this switch?
Is it whatever login manager I'm using (gdm or kdm)?
Is it the X server itself? Is it plymouth?
I'm just wondering what code to look at to see if I
can maybe send in a patch to make it behave more sanely
with rhgb disabled.
13 years, 9 months
nscd cacher problem
by Jurek Bajor
>...
>about::config shows that ipv6 is set to false,
>so that cannot be the cause. But I will try wireshark.
>Thanx,
>JD
Hi,
I have a suspicion that you misunderstood ipv6 state in about:config ...
This is what it looks like (assuming it is in an original default state):
about:config
network.dns.disableIPv6 default boolean false
It means that ipv6 is enabled !
If you want to disable ipv6, right click on the line and select Toggle to read
network.dns.disableIPv6 user set boolean true
Jurek
13 years, 9 months
nscd cacher problem
by Jurek Bajor
On 07/01/2010 10:42 AM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> Unfortunately, enabling or disabling IPV6 doesn't seem to have
> much to do with the library doing V6 DNS lookups. I could
> swear there was something added to nsswitch.conf or resolv.conf
> that you could set to disable v6 dns requests, but I can't
> remember what it was called.
>
> I run bind as a caching nameserver, forwarding lookups to my
> ISP's server and set the -4 option on the command line to
> make it stick to ipv4 and all my DNS lookup problems vanished.
>> bind is too complex to run and maintain.
>> Really, it is a huge overkill for what I need.
>> I hope nscd authors will fix it soon so it does not
>> purge it's cache every few seconds. I check'ed it's
>> config file and the
>> restart-interval 3600
>> seems reasonable.
Hi,
I think that the default "restart-interval 3600", that is 3600
secs = 1hr,
is a low/impractical value. I mean you want to keep your cache for much longer,
perhaps a week or more ... It is why one wanted it in the first place.
Btw, there is a very good alternative (to BIND, etc) for DNS caching, namely
dnsmasq package. It is simpler, easier on resources.
I switched from bind to it and it serves me well.
It is part of F13, used in other distros (Slackware, etc).
> yum info dnsmasq
Jurek
13 years, 9 months
Left mouse button stops working periodically
by Wendell Nichols
3 times in about as many weeks my left mouse button has ceased to
function. I cannot associate this with any particular activity.
Because you can't do much without that button I have to reboot my laptop
to get out of it. This mouse is a bluetooth mouse, but while the
problem exists the builtin mice don't work either.
Has anyone else seen this problem?
Does anyone have a way to track down the source of this problem?
My system is:
lenovo thinkpad t61p
fedora 12 (64 bit)
using gnome desktop
wcn
13 years, 9 months
Setting Chromium to "Send Link"
by Jim
FC13/KDE
How do I get Chromium to "Send Link" by Thunderbird instead of Kmail.
Below is the script for Send Link in Chromium.
javascript:location.href='mailto:?SUBJECT='+document.title+'&BODY='+escape(location.href);
13 years, 9 months
Command not found
by Geoffrey Leach
As in:
geoff@mtranch[30]->clera
Command not found. Similar command is: 'clear'
Which would explain the annoying pause after I mis-type something.
bash-4.1.7-1.fc13.i686
Anyone know how to suppress this nonsense?
thanks.
13 years, 9 months
Join July Global Fedora via VOIP Free SW HW Culture Mtgs - BerkeleyTIP
by giovanni_re
Watch some videos. Mark your calendar. Invite your friends.
Join in on IRC or Voice. Join the mailing list, say "Hi. :)"
===== 1) 2010.7 Videos:
Motorola Droid Metro PCS Apps, makeitcricket.com
How to write VOIP client in less then 2 minutes, rpdammu
Open Wonderland virtual worlds platform, Nicole Yankelovich, iED
How to Succeed in Mobile, Girl Geek Dinner, Kris Corzine
Using KDE Marble to research your next vacation, Justin Kirby
Schizophrenic Firewalls - virtualized net stack OpenBSD, Claudio Jeker
Meet Google Founder Larry Page, Google Faculty Summit 2009
Building the Python Community, Steve Holden, PyCon 2010
How Python, TurboGears, and MongoDB are Transforming SourceForge.net,
Rick Copeland, PyCon
Introducing Numpy Arrays, unpingco
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/talk-videos/2010-7-videos
== July Meetings - Mark your calendar:
3 Sat 12N-3P PST = 3-6P EST = 19-22 UTC
12 Mon 5 -6P PST = 8-9P EST = 0- 1 UTC Tues 13
18 Sun 12N-3P PST = 3-6P EST = 19-22 UTC
27 Tue 5 -6P PST = 8-9P EST = 0- 1 UTC Wed 28
=====
You're invited to join in with the friendly people at the BerkeleyTIP
global meeting - newbie to Ph.D. - everyone is invited.
Get a headset & join using VOIP online, or come to Berkeley.
1st step: Join the mailing list:
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
Watch the videos. Discuss them on VOIP.
10 great videos/talks this month.
Join with us at the Golden Bear Cafe, Upper Sproul Plaza, UCB
at the University of California at Berkeley,
or join from your home via VOIP,
or send this email locally, create a local meeting, & join via VOIP:
Tip: a wifi cafe is a great place to meet. :)
PLEASE VIEW THE BTIP WEBSITE & MAILING LIST FOR LATEST DETIALS.
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip
BerkeleyTIP - Educational, Productive, Social
For Learning about, Sharing, & Producing, All Free SW HW & Culture.
TIP == Talks, Installfest, Project & Programming Party
===== CONTENTS: 1) 2010 JULY VIDEOS; 2) 2010 JULY MEETING DAYS,
TIMES, LOCATIONS; 3) LOCAL MEETING AT U. C. Berkeley;
4) HOT TOPICS; 5) PLEASE RSVP PROBABILISTICALLY, THANKS :) ;
6) INSTALLFEST; 7) ARRIVING FIRST AT THE MEETING: MAKE A
"BerkeleyTIP" SIGN; 8) IRC: #berkeleytip on irc.freenode.net; 9) VOIP
FOR GLOBAL MEETING; 10) VOLUNTEERING, TO DOs; 11) MAILING LISTS:
BerkeleyTIP-Global, LocalBerkeley, Announce; 12) ANYTHING I FORGOT TO
MENTION?; 13) FOR FORWARDING
=======================================================================
===== 1) - See videos list at top of this email.
Thanks to all the speakers, organizations, & videographers. :)
[Please alert the speakers that their talks are scheduled for
BTIP (if you are with the group that recorded their talk), because I may
not have time to do that. Thanks. :) ]
Download & watch these talks before the BTIP meetings. Discuss at the
meeting.
Email the mailing list, tell us what videos you'll watch & want to
discuss.
Know any other video sources? - please email me.
_Your_ group should video record & post online your meeting's talks!
===== 2) 2010 JULY MEETING DAYS, TIMES, LOCATIONS
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/schedule
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/directions
In person meetings on 1st Saturday & 3rd Sunday, every month.
July 3 & 18, 12N-3P USA-Pacific time, Saturday, Sunday
July 3 = Golden Bear Cafe, Upper Sproul Plaza, UCB
July 18 = Free Speech Cafe, Moffitt Library, UCB
Online only meeting using VOIP - 9 days after weekend meetings:
July 12 & 27, 5-6P USA-Pacific time, Monday, Tuesday
Mark your calendars.
===== 3) LOCAL MEETING AT U. C. BERKELEY
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/directions
RSVP please. See below. It greatly helps my planning. But, _do_ come
if you forgot to RSVP.
ALWAYS BE SURE TO CHECK THE BTIP WEBSITE _&_ MAILING LIST FOR THE LATEST
LAST MINUTE DETAILS & CHANGES, BEFORE COMING TO THE MEETING! :)
DO BRING A VOIP HEADSET, available for $10-30 at most electronics retail
stores, & a laptop computer, so you are able to communicate with the
global BTIP community via VOIP. It is highly recommended that you have
a voip headset, & not rely on a laptop's built in microphone & speakers,
because the headphones keep the noise level down. Bringing a headset is
not required, but is a great part of the being able to communicate with
the global community. :)
Clothing: Typically 55-80 degrees F. Weather:
http://www.wunderground.com/auto/sfgate/CA/Berkeley.html
Other location local meeting possibilities:
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/local-meetings
Create a local meeting in your town. Invite your friends. :)
===== 4) HOT TOPICS
Android phones - Besting iPhone? worthwhile? How knowable is the hw?
iPad, iPhone4 & iPod- rooting & running GNU(Linux)
Skype for group video conferencing?
Open Wonderland virtual worlds platform
===== 5) PLEASE RSVP PROBABILISTICALLY, THANKS :)
If you think there is a >70% chance ("likely") you'll come to the in
person meeting in Berkeley, please RSVP to me. Thanks. It helps my
planning. Please _do_ come even if you haven't RSVP'd, it's not
required.
Better yet, join the BerkeleyTIP-Global mailing list, send the RSVP
there, & tell us what things you're interested in, or what videos you'll
try to watch - so we can know what videos are popular, & we might watch
them too. :)
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
===== 6) INSTALLFEST
Get help installing & using Free Software, Hardware & Culture.
Laptops only, typically. There isn't easy access for physically
bringing desktop boxes here.
RSVP _HIGHLY RECOMMENDED_ if you want installfest help. Please RSVP to
me, Giovanni, at the from address for this announcement, or better, join
& send email to the BTIP-Global mailing list telling us what you'd like
help with. This way we can be better prepared to help you, & you might
get valuable advice from the mailing list members.
If you are new to using free software, an excellent system would be the
KUbuntu GNU(Linux) software. It is very comprehensive, fairly easy to
use (similar to Windows or Mac), & suitable for personal, home,
university, or business use.
We are also glad to try to help people with software who join via VOIP.
Please email the mailing list with requests that you want help with, so
we can try to be prepared better to help you.
Installfest volunteers/helpers always welcome, in person, or via VOIP.
:)
===== 7) ARRIVING FIRST AT THE MEETING: MAKE A "BerkeleyTIP" SIGN
If you get to the meeting & don't see a "BerkeleyTIP" sign up yet,
please:
1) Make a BTIP sign on an 8x11 paper & put it at your table,
2) Email the mailing list, or join on IRC, & let us know you are there.
Ask someone if you could use their computer for a minute to look
something up, or send an email. People are usually very friendly &
willing to help. We can also email you a temporary guest AirBears
account login.
We will have wifi guest accounts available for BTIP attendees. Be sure
you have wifi capable equipment. Be Prepared: Bring a multi-outlet
extension power cord.
===== 8) IRC: #berkeleytip on irc.freenode.net
For help with anything, especially how to get VOIP working, & text
communication.
===== 9) VOIP FOR GLOBAL MEETING
Speak & listen to everyone globally using VOIP.
Get a headset! See some VOIP instructions here:
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/voice-voip-conferencing
===== 10) VOLUNTEERING, TO DOs
Enjoy doing or learning something(s)? Help out BTIP in that area.
Website development, mailing list management, video locating, VOIP
server (FreeSwitch, Asterisk) or client (Ekiga, SFLPhone,...), creating
a local meeting. Join the mailing list & let us know. Your offers of
free help are always welcome here. :)
===== 11) MAILING LISTS: BerkeleyTIP-Global, LocalBerkeley, Announce
Everyone should join the BerkeleyTIP-Global list:
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
Say "hi", tell us your interests, & what videos you'll like to watch.
Info on all lists here:
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/mailing-lists
===== 12) ANYTHING I FORGOT TO MENTION?
Please join & email the BerkeleyTIP-Global mailing list.
===== 13) FOR FORWARDING
You are invited to forward this message anywhere it would be
appreciated.
Better yet, use it to create a local meeting. Invite & get together
with your friends locally, & join in with us all globally. :)
Looking forward to meeting with you in person, or online. :)
Giovanni
== Join in the Global weekly meetings, via VOIP, about all Free SW HW & Culture
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/
13 years, 9 months
Sendmail: How does one blacklist annoying spammers?
by Dan Thurman
I thought it was sufficient to look into the headers
of the offending email spammmers and add these respective
IP address and/or host names to the /etc/mail/access file,
but I am beginning to suspect that these headers could be
easily spoofed with bogus entries, right?
I am really getting tired of adding in entries into the access
file, and writing email filters (in thunderbird) for patterns
dumping spammers into the trash - and yet - I am still forced
to review the trash for entries that should not have been trashed.
Seems like a real chore and a losing proposition...
What do admins of sendmail use, besides spamassasin?
Thanks!
Dan
13 years, 9 months
nscd cache problem
by Jurek Bajor
>...
>Well, I have found that setting the interval to a longer time does
>indeed help a lot!
>However, the behavior of Firefox in resolving URL's is still strange!
>If I click on a link, firefox spends almost a full minute to resolve the
>url,
>so while it is waiting (spinning), I use the gnome terminal to
>nslookup whatever-domain-it-was.com
>and it resolves it in less than a second. I look at firefox, and it is
>still trying to resolve!!
>Firefox seems to use some other way to resolve the url's domain - the
>painfully slow way!!
>Firefox has no config means of telling it how to resolve - so I'm at a
>loss as to it's behavior.
>
>JD
Hi,
- of course I assume that your system config files are OK, like
[jb@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
[jb@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/host.conf
multi on
order hosts,bind
[jb@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
domain example.com
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 111.222.333.444
[jb@localhost ~]$ ps aux |grep nscd
nscd 8652 0.0 0.1 150296 1328 ? Ssl 04:34 0:01 /usr/sbin/nscd
jb 9924 0.0 0.0 4308 724 pts/0 S+ 09:58 0:00 grep nscd
[jb@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
# ...
passwd: files
shadow: files
group: files
#hosts: db files nisplus nis dns
hosts: files dns
# Example - obey only what nisplus tells us...
#services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
ethers: files
netmasks: files
networks: files
protocols: files
rpc: files
services: files
netgroup: nisplus
publickey: nisplus
automount: files nisplus
aliases: files nisplus
[jb@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/nscd.conf
#
# ...
# logfile /var/log/nscd.log
# threads 4
# max-threads 32
server-user nscd
# stat-user somebody
debug-level 0
# reload-count 5
paranoia no
# restart-interval 3600
enable-cache passwd yes
positive-time-to-live passwd 600
negative-time-to-live passwd 20
suggested-size passwd 211
check-files passwd yes
persistent passwd yes
shared passwd yes
max-db-size passwd 33554432
auto-propagate passwd yes
enable-cache group yes
positive-time-to-live group 3600
negative-time-to-live group 60
suggested-size group 211
check-files group yes
persistent group yes
shared group yes
max-db-size group 33554432
auto-propagate group yes
enable-cache hosts yes
#jb positive-time-to-live hosts 3600
#jb 3600 x 24 x 30 = approx 1 month
positive-time-to-live hosts 2592000
negative-time-to-live hosts 20
suggested-size hosts 211
check-files hosts yes
persistent hosts yes
shared hosts yes
max-db-size hosts 33554432
enable-cache services yes
positive-time-to-live services 28800
negative-time-to-live services 20
suggested-size services 211
check-files services yes
persistent services yes
shared services yes
max-db-size services 33554432
- look at your system services and permanently or temporarily disable
unneeded services/daemons that interact with a network/Internet,
like avahi-daemon, etc.
- in cases like this make sure that you have up to date firefox , and that
means install it from scratch (before that save your bookmarks),
remove firefox, remove ALL leftover related directories so that no data
or config caches are present (!), and install it again.
- start firefox and do not do any customized config yet; just try the same or
any other URL to see if the problem persists
- do you have any custom firefox plug-ins installed , or any other stuff for
that matter ?
Remove that extra funcy stuff and see if it helps.
- now you can look at config issues
- do you utilize any outside filter/proxy, like squid ?
- do you config proxy in firefox ?
- take a look at config via menu
- take a look at config via url about:config
Start with filter like ipv6 (you can turn it off/on and see the effect)
Btw, that was once a cause of identical firefox/chromium problem in
the past !
about:config
network.dns.disableIPv6 TRUE
Continue with filter like dns, and so on.
Remember to restart firefox if you change config (just in case, to have it
take effect).
- install other browser like Opera for testing and see if the problem persists.
Jurek
13 years, 9 months
Macchanger-Gtk Rpm
by Jim
FC13
Does anyone know where I can get macchanger-gtk.rpm.
I have search all over the Google for a RPM with no luck.
I do not want to fight with a tar.gz and compiling.
Is there a App. to change a DEB to a RPM, I know all about Alien, that
goes from RPM to DEB.
13 years, 9 months