Linuxers January 2003

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Re: RedHat Linux 7.2 crashes - Win2K doesn't!!!!!
by siddhartha.j＠netsol.co.in 17 Jan '03

17 Jan '03

Hi Rohit, If the RAM was buggy then wouldn't Win2K also crash?? Regards, Siddhartha Original Message: ----------------- From: Rohit Ramesh rohit.ramesh(a)hotpop.com Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:51:45 +0530 To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Re: RedHat Linux 7.2 crashes - Win2K doesn't!!!!! Siddhartha wrote : > I have RedHat Linux 7.2 installed alongwith Windows 2000 on my Compaq > Desktop. Every once in a while Linux freezes mysteriously and Win2K > never does (to my embarrasment since I advocate Linux at my workplace). I > checked the bootlogs etc for any error messages but got none. So looking for > help. What info should I post that could help someone troubleshoot the > problem? I suspect the NIC or the video card drivers. hi siddhartha, my guess is that you could have buggy ram - try a free utility called "memtest" - this should let you know if your ram is okay. ( it comes with its own manual, and you may have to leave it on overnight for a thorough test). you should get this utility easily if you search for it on google. once your ram is okay, we could start looking at other hardware components/drivers. i've had similar problems and the culprit has always been buggy ram. hope this helps, rohit. -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Hathway cable modem - high download counts
by Sitaram Chamarty 17 Jan '03

17 Jan '03

On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 04:21:39AM +0530, linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: > From: "Saswata Banerjee & Associates" <scrap(a)saswatabanerjee.com> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Hathway cable modem - high download counts > Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:52:32 +0530 > However, they never charged us extra even when we had heavy downloads since > (we found out), their software is not capable of differentiating between > http and ftp traffic. Dont know if they have changed the terms since then. Would be difficult to do that these days, because a lot of stuff is available for "download" as HTTP also. I was clearly told they will be counting all incoming bytes, which makes sense and I don't have a problem with. > office peons had better answers than hathway tech-support personnel. To the WOW - that's pretty bad! The guy I spoke to most of the time was OK, I guess, but the end result is what matters - and that is a no-show. For what it is worth, I have canceled my service with them. Not worth it if they can't stick to their own terms. Regards, Sitaram

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Re: RedHat Linux 7.2 crashes - Win2K doesn't!!!!!
by Rohit Ramesh 17 Jan '03

17 Jan '03

Siddhartha wrote : > I have RedHat Linux 7.2 installed alongwith Windows 2000 on my Compaq > Desktop. Every once in a while Linux freezes mysteriously and Win2K > never does (to my embarrasment since I advocate Linux at my workplace). I > checked the bootlogs etc for any error messages but got none. So looking for > help. What info should I post that could help someone troubleshoot the > problem? I suspect the NIC or the video card drivers. hi siddhartha, my guess is that you could have buggy ram - try a free utility called "memtest" - this should let you know if your ram is okay. ( it comes with its own manual, and you may have to leave it on overnight for a thorough test). you should get this utility easily if you search for it on google. once your ram is okay, we could start looking at other hardware components/drivers. i've had similar problems and the culprit has always been buggy ram. hope this helps, rohit.

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Date in Shell Script
by Amit Karnik 17 Jan '03

17 Jan '03

hey... That Date function doesnt work......Can u more precise in what u said...... This is what u had replied.......for my query..... date --date='3 months ago' "+%b" On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 05:30:00AM +0000, Amit Karnik wrote: > > hi > > In shell Script...how do i get a month which was 3 months earlier to > the present month......i.e Now its Jan ...How do i get Jan minus 3 > which shuld return me.......Oct..... > It shuld b in format of Jan..Feb..only...as i need to search a file by > that name and then delete it......File Format is...***Jan_01..., > ***Feb_01 and so on...So on Jan1st i need to delete a file which has > name ***Oct_01 and this shuld go on for rest of the yr... > Thanks in Advance > > [cricket.gif] Catch all the cricket action. Download [1]Yahoo! Score > tracker > > References > > 1. http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/tracker.html Amitay. -- Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Therefore ... Catch all the cricket action. Download Yahoo! Score tracker

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Configuring Squid Proxy Server
by The Linuxer 16 Jan '03

16 Jan '03

Hello, My friends' college has provided them with internet access in their hostel rooms. The proxy server located in the college runs Red Hat 7.3 & Squid as the proxy server. Although it works fine, it has two very serious problems: 1. It doesn't allow browsing any site with an underscore (_) in the URL. 2. Although the download speed is blazingly fast (around 60 Kbps), the messenger programs like Yahoo! & MSN run EXTREMELY slow & GAIM doesn't run at all. I suspect there is some problem in configuring the protocols supported by Squid. What can be the underlying problem ? Their NetAdmin as usual is totally oblivious about the whole thing. Please enlighten ... B.Ghose =================== In a world without fences, why use Gates ? ~thelinuxer(a)hotmail.com~ _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Ldap
by Girish Hanchate 16 Jan '03

16 Jan '03

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Date in Shell Script
by Amit Karnik 16 Jan '03

16 Jan '03

hi In shell Script...how do i get a month which was 3 months earlier to the present month......i.e Now its Jan ...How do i get Jan minus 3 which shuld return me.......Oct..... It shuld b in format of Jan..Feb..only...as i need to search a file by that name and then delete it......File Format is...***Jan_01..., ***Feb_01 and so on...So on Jan1st i need to delete a file which has name ***Oct_01 and this shuld go on for rest of the yr... Thanks in Advance Catch all the cricket action. Download Yahoo! Score tracker

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what is "consolehelper"
by Pradnyesh Sawant 16 Jan '03

16 Jan '03

philip mentioned in a reply in the linuxers 769th vol that it is possible to have separate configuration files for wvdial. also that wvdial can run thru "consolehelper" so that it doesn't require root previledges. my doubts are 1. what is "consolehelper" 2. how can i use it to connect to the net w/o root previledges so that i can allow my younger brother to connect to the net w/o giving him the root passwd thanks 4 all the help

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RedHat Linux 7.2 crashes - Win2K doesn't!!!!!
by siddhartha.j＠netsol.co.in 16 Jan '03

16 Jan '03

Hi, I have RedHat Linux 7.2 installed alongwith Windows 2000 on my Compaq Desktop. Every once in a while Linux freezes mysteriously and Win2K never does (to my embarrasment since I advocate Linux at my workplace). I checked the bootlogs etc for any error messages but got none. So looking for help. What info should I post that could help someone troubleshoot the problem? I suspect the NIC or the video card drivers. TIA, Siddhartha

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Hathway cable modem - high download counts
by Sitaram Chamarty 15 Jan '03

15 Jan '03

Hi, I live in Hyderabad but Hathway cable modem is not yet very common here, hence I am shamelessly posting to a Mumbai list with my question! My apologies! I have had this service (Hathway cable modem metered service, 300 MB/month limit) for almost a month now, and I am about to give up on it because what their website shows as my "usage" is far higher than what my iptables firewall shows I have downloaded (sum of all IP traffic coming to my machine). My observations are that if I stay online (without actually surfing) for more than 2-3 hours, this difference is quite noticeable. "ifconfig eth0" (which shows IP *plus* non-IP traffic, as opposed to iptables' input chain, which shows only IP traffic) is closer to what they claim is my "usage", and using tcpdump I realise that the difference is the constant stream of ARP traffic (amounting to about 300-500 KB/hour!) More bizarre, if I stay online beyond midnight, the next day the usage is almost double of what you would expect even from the "extra" caused by ARP being counted, so I'm effectively getting hit twice when I do that! Some serious double-counting bug in their software :-) My question to the group: has anyone in Mumbai noticed this? People using Windows will have no way easy way of detecting this, which may explain Hathway's extremely polite but otherwise apathetic attutude to my concerns, so I have to ask Linux people this question... Thank you! Sitaram

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