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Anton
14-Oct-2008
[2436]
Since Gutsy, the first couple of lines of /etc/iftab


# This file is no longer used and has been automatically replaced.

# See /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules for more information.


The system for naming / managing eth0 eth1 has changed.  I had to 
mess a file in the path above to get my eth0 back.
Graham
14-Oct-2008
[2437]
oh gawd ...
Robert
14-Oct-2008
[2438x2]
Has anyone some experience with Truecrypt? I would like to fully 
encrypt my Linux system.
But  I don't want to get locked out ;-).
Sunanda
14-Oct-2008
[2440]
My experience of Truecrypt is that the code is excellent quality, 
and it has many well-engineered safeguards to prevent data loss.....But 
I've never used the Linux version, so I cannot vouch for that. Good 
luck!
Kaj
14-Oct-2008
[2441]
Graham, why do you say JeOS finds your NICs? ifconfig not showing 
them would seem to indicate it doesn't
Graham
14-Oct-2008
[2442x2]
well, it says fetching time etc and doesn't say it can't find them
Also if I have two nics, it asks which one I want to use as the primary 
adaptor.
Kaj
14-Oct-2008
[2444]
Does it fetch time through NTP or just from the system clock?
Graham
14-Oct-2008
[2445x2]
doesn't tell me
Also Iknow the nics work because I booted up in UBCD and was able 
to browse
Kaj
14-Oct-2008
[2447]
Usually just the hardare clock. NTP must be configured later
Graham
14-Oct-2008
[2448]
One is a Via Rhine and the other a Realtek chipset
Kaj
14-Oct-2008
[2449]
Sounds like it finds them on installation, but not afterwards. Odd
Graham
14-Oct-2008
[2450]
Yes exactly
Kaj
14-Oct-2008
[2451]
Is the ip command available? That's the modern replacement for ifconfig
Graham
14-Oct-2008
[2452x7]
dunno
have no problems installing JeOS under vmware
Here's another JeOS annoyance .. I installed on a  Compaq PC with 
USB keyboard. It asked me about keyboard type etc ... and I think 
I manually selected USA.

But when it boots up, it doesn't recognize the keyboard anymore :(
So, I am going to have to reinstall, give it a fixed ip address so 
that I can ssh into it
As far as I know, there is no USB module in JeOS. JeOS is designed 
to be run inside a Virtual Machine, not as a Virtual Machine Host.
So, big oops .. should not have used JeOS.
It probably only works with virtual network cards too.
BrianH
14-Oct-2008
[2459]
Or the real network cards that VM hosts emulate - that's how all 
of the VM hosts work.
Graham
14-Oct-2008
[2460]
Sad ...
Graham
15-Oct-2008
[2461]
I swapped for ubuntu server and that's fine.  No glitches.
Kaj
15-Oct-2008
[2462]
What was the installed footprint of JeOS?
Graham
15-Oct-2008
[2463]
Can't remember .. wiped it now.
Anton
16-Oct-2008
[2464x3]
Anyone using Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy ?

I'm not having nice networking experiences since upgrading from Feisty 
to Gutsy.

Lots of timeouts, flaky domain name resolution seems to work only 
half the time...
(AltME is fine - it probably caches the ip address).
Connecting and using certain sites has often been really difficult, 
like ubuntu updates, ubuntuforums, my bank's online banking, and 
rebol.org, to name a few. Rebol.org I've noticed has been really 
slow.
Wait a minute, before the upgrade, I did a *hardware* upgrade, replacing 
the motherboard and 32-bit cpu for a 64-bit one. This is when 'eth0' 
changed to 'eth1' and I had to muck about to fix it.  <--- This is 
probably related to the network problems.
(So much happened since then, I keep forgetting about this.)
My solution is probably to do a fresh 64-bit install.
kcollins
16-Oct-2008
[2467x2]
Anton, Rebol will not run on 64-bit Linux without some hacking.
Also, are you using wireless networking? I have a machine running 
Hardy and ended up needing ndiswrapper to get wireless working well. 
The following instructions worked for me: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766560
Anton
16-Oct-2008
[2469]
kcollins, ahh... you mean: "Rebol runs on 64-bit Linux, with some 
hacking."  ;)  So what's the hacking ?
kcollins
16-Oct-2008
[2470]
I haven't done it myself, but someone posted about it a while back...let 
me find the thread...
Anton
16-Oct-2008
[2471]
I'm not using wireless on my main machine, but my wireless networking 
experiences in linux have been abysmal ones so far. I didn't devote 
myself to it, though.
kcollins
16-Oct-2008
[2472x2]
http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/ml-topic-detail.r?l=0&topic={308227A880B92F1C4D34586C4B0C4BDEDFF1A8DA}
Yeah, Linux still has work to do on wireless networking.
Anton
16-Oct-2008
[2474x2]
Thanks for the link. I remember seeing the original announcement. 
So it looks like a pretty easy hack.
(Once some hard working individual has already figured it out, of 
course.)
Pekr
29-Oct-2008
[2476]
Is there any description out there, which describes how to add missing 
libraries to Linux, when you want to run Rebview? My friend is running 
some small linux distro, and can't start View, so he asked me to 
help him to get it running ....
Robert
29-Oct-2008
[2477x2]
If it's Debian: apt-get install <libname>
and libname is something you must guess ;-)
Graham
29-Oct-2008
[2479]
I'm sure the Cheyenne website explains which libs are required.
btiffin
29-Oct-2008
[2480x2]
ldd    will list dependencies for any object or binary.
Tracking which package (as Robert mentions can be a pain, but)

after  apt-get install apt-file   and  apt-file update   it gets 
easier.
If he has yum,   yum whatprovides
Dockimbel
30-Oct-2008
[2482]
http://www.cheyenne-server.org/blog.rsp?view=14&cmt=on
Graham
30-Oct-2008
[2483]
Perhaps you could amend that page to include vista users < 1024
Izkata
30-Oct-2008
[2484x2]
kcollins:  I have Rebol 2.7.6 running with zero problems on 64-bit 
Ubuntu Hardy fresh install, with no hackery...
old post..  x_x   I need to visit more often