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VirtualBox Windows guest loses DHCP and DNS 4 27 (8/1/2012 8:40:03 PM) comp.os.linux.networking Several months ago I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my wife's new laptop, then used VirtualBox to duplicate the Windows XP environment that she had on her old laptop. It was working perfectly; I had set up the g... Charlie

Ubuntu 10.10 - can't change monitor resolution 6 62 (1/17/2012 8:11:51 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware Last week I got my wife a new laptop. It came with Windows 7; I tried to live with it, but after a few days I got so infuriated that I wiped it and installed Ubuntu 10.10. The exorcism went fairly smoothly, o... Charlie

Ubuntu, nVidia - slow frame rates 8 424 (3/21/2011 7:31:53 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware I'm taking another crack at setting up a Ubuntu box (my main box runs Slackware). Installation showed Ubuntu's typical simplicity: insert the CD, boot the machine, and wait until it's done. Everything works... Charlie

Music player displayable on TV 3 33 (11/3/2008 12:39:06 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a Dragon box running KnoppMyth sitting in the living room, connected to my TV (unfortuately using composite video since that's the only interface the two have in common). MythMusic, the music player tha... Charlie

USB error - did I fry my box? 4 26 (10/6/2008 7:36:42 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware "Backing up is hard to do." -- Neil Sedaka I just tried plugging an external USB hard drive into one of my Linux boxes. The drive didn't appear, and dmesg showed the following messages: hub 2-0:1.0: over-cu... Charlie

External drives - compatible with Linux? 29 33 (8/20/2008 9:54:05 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware Well, my big Linux box just bit it again. Looks like I blew another motherboard, and this time it took the power supply with it. So I'm once again praying that my hard drives, with their 500GB of downloads, s... Charlie

NFS vs. Samba - pros & cons? 4 30 (3/3/2008 5:32:00 PM) comp.os.linux.networking I've set up my main box (Slackware 12.0, kernel 2.6.21.5) as a NFS server so that my KnoppMyth box in the living room can access its MP3 and video files. However, it might be nice if the Windows boxes on the n... Charlie

New motherboard can't see old drives 8 55 (1/24/2008 2:16:35 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware The motherboard on my big Linux box blew up last Friday. I've gotten a replacement motherboard (with a bit more CPU power and memory, natch), and now I'm trying to get things back to normal. The original box ... Charlie

NFS mounts but ls says "Input/output error" 5 27 (11/29/2007 1:33:47 AM) comp.os.linux.networking I'm setting up a KnoppMyth box (R5F27, kernel 2.6.18) as a PVR, and I'd like to give it access to all my MP3s, MPEGs, etc. on my main box (Slack 10.2, kernel 2.6.13). I added an entry to /etc/exports on the Sl... Charlie

Connecting to Shaw Cable 3 25 (5/24/2006 6:18:30 AM) comp.os.linux.networking I wouldn't call myself a networking expert, although I have managed to set up my own LAN with a mix of Linux, Windows and Amiga boxen, talking to Telus ADSL through a firewall running OpenBSD. But a neighbour ... Charlie

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are crossover cables usually black? 9 28 (7/10/2011 3:43:14 PM) comp.os.linux.networking I bought a couple of ethernet crossover cables 10 years ago, which were black. I had a look in catalogues of local suppliers in my city, and they have Cat5/6 patch cables in red, blue, yellow and grey, while ... ex-privat (8)

Ipv6 vulnerability explained 6 39 (7/18/2011 3:54:49 PM) comp.os.linux.networking In depth discussion, of the Microsoft IPV6 flaw/virus/exploit, and several potential protection avenues. My choice is simply to dump anything Microsoft, as I did in 1997, and choose GNU/Linux, ( Linuxmint.co... pberry2 (10)

Processes stuck due to bad USB drive 43 51 (8/2/2011 9:52:17 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a 3 TB USB drive. I save some files to it every night. Today, load average was 5 or so, with CPU use around 1% and plenty of free RAM, so I investigated. Turns out that several processes are in "unin... Ignoramus2407

Samba 2G file size limit (Only on writing???) 7 116 (8/4/2011 9:39:31 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Everyone understands that there are problems with Samba and files larger than 2G. But it seems to me that the problem only manifests on writing files that large, not on reading. For example, I have a 6G .MPG ... gazelle3 (1609)

Ubuntu 10.10 - can't change monitor resolution 6 62 (1/17/2012 8:11:51 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware Last week I got my wife a new laptop. It came with Windows 7; I tried to live with it, but after a few days I got so infuriated that I wiped it and installed Ubuntu 10.10. The exorcism went fairly smoothly, o... cgibbs (317)

Burroughs B5000, B5500, B6500 videos 73 99 (4/7/2012 12:11:51 AM) comp.sys.unisys There are some videos on you-tube of three marketing films for the Burroughs B5000, B5500 and B6500 systems: B5000 B5500 B6500 enjoy scott ... scott1 (357)

Languages influenced by PL/1 767 106 (7/14/2012 9:44:14 AM) comp.lang.pl1 Hi, not exactly new-news, but I noticed that the CL programming language (JCL/shell-script for the IBM iSeries/System i/whatever it's called now) had some enhancements a few releases ago. You can now decl... john_maybury (1)

VirtualBox Windows guest loses DHCP and DNS 4 27 (8/1/2012 8:40:03 PM) comp.os.linux.networking Several months ago I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my wife's new laptop, then used VirtualBox to duplicate the Windows XP environment that she had on her old laptop. It was working perfectly; I had set up the g... cgibbs (317)

Nvidia driver problem #3 15 32 (8/27/2012 7:31:26 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware Using Ubuntu 10.04. My ATI graphics card failed and I just had it replaced with an ASUS/Nvidia GT520 Silent 1GB DDR3 GeForce. I uninstalled ATI drivers via Synaptic and installed all the available Nvidi... fake6938 (16)

C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 58 70 (10/25/2012 8:11:12 PM) comp.lang.c I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and prog... numerist (82)