From: adam@address.invalid
[combining replies again]
Moe Trin wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Jul 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in
article
> , Adam wrote:
>> Oh... and Happy Canada Day to you!
>
> Hmmm, you're right. "AOL"
"AOL"???
[configuring "stolid", my new desktop system]
>> Now both computers have static IPs, as defined in /etc/sysconfig/network.
>
> OK - and no problem with the router? They sometimes get miffed if
> you're ignoring their DHCP server ;-)
The router (Verizon-supplied Westell 327A) config box for that is NOT
checked, and it's not complaining.
>> OTOH the LJ (wired to the router) was also online during all this
>> so I would have expected it to be included in the 'arp' output.
>
> Try a ping of the LJ
Yep, "ping hpclj5" works, as long as the printer's powered up (it
usually isn't).
> BTW, the 'Mask:255.255.255.192' is actually a /26, not a /27
> (write it out in binary, then count the 'ones' - a 255 is '11111111'
> and a 192 is '11000000 so the result is even, not odd). As long as
> everyone uses the same mask, you're fine.
I don't follow "counting the ones", but I know 192 is xC0 and therefore
it is /26. I don't remember why I chose that -- probably
255.255.255.240/28, allowing 14 devices, would have been adequate. Yes,
everything (router, computers, network printer) has netmask 255.255.255.192.
>> [adam@stolid ~]$ /sbin/ifconfig eth0
>
> OK - though I've never heard of "PEGATRON Corp" of Taipei
Manufacturer of the motherboard (including integrated ethernet), founded
2008. I'd never heard of them before either.
I'm making progress on configuring "stolid". I added two USB ports and
two eSATA ports to the back panel (where expansion cards would go), from
unused connectors on the motherboard. The biggest tasks remaining are
ones that will take some thinking, like aide.config, and learning enough
about new (to me) programs like rsync (for hot backups to the external
HD) and ssh or similar (for transferring files between the two
computers, or logging in remotely when necessary). What program would
you (or anyone) suggest for that last task?
[CLJ5]
>> I couldn't find a working telnet-protocol program
>> in the Mdv repository.
>
> HUH??? I know the protocol is always being spit upon for sending stuff
> in the clear, but a telnet client is a primary troubleshooting tool.
Well, maybe there was one in the repository, but given how seldom I use
it, booting up "System Rescue CD" gave me the standard "telnet" I'm
slightly familiar with. I think there are only two things I've used
telnet for in the past few decades, configuring that printer, and one
quality BBS ("M-Net" IIRC) in Ann Arbor that has moved from dialup (25
years ago) to telnet. It's text-only; no downloads but lots of good
discussions on a very wide range of topics.
["wrong" package architecture]
>> I have discs of "AMD64" versions of distros, and they seem to
>> install smoothly on eris, which has an Intel Celeron 420 (not an AMD).
>
> But what is the package suffix?
For Debian 6.0.5 AMD64, it's still .deb. A few distros of the ones I've
downloaded call their 64-bit version AMD64, but more call it x86_64 or
similar.
> AMD64 (such as Athlon64/FX/X2, Turion64 and Opteron) speak ia32 but
> add 64 bit registers (similar/identical to the later Intel stuff except
> the Itanium).
So then the Debian AMD64 (the only 64-bit version IIRC) would install
and run correctly with an Intel CPU? Now that my main system is 64-bit,
I'll probably be installing 64-bit releases on eris for consistency,
although I suppose that would be the only reason to install 64-bit on it.
[kitty news]
>> In the cat newsgroups, it's well-known that Bast (the Egyptian
>> cat-goddess) will send a new cat to you when it's the right time.
>
> I wasn't ready, but my wife insisted.
Bast was guiding that. :-)
>> So how is the new arrival settling in?
>
> Minor complaints about "those other" cats.
For TEN YEARS Louise shared the house with Allegra but never really got
along, which was entirely Louise's own fault. I think Allegra would
have liked a kitty friend, like Lionel had been.
[medical news]
>> I now get blood drawn every three weeks but that's at a local hospital.
>
> That was every other week, wasn't it?
It was 3x/week at first. Occasionally the tx center has called later
that same day with a minor dosage change, so they /are/ looking at the
results.
> And infinitely better than dialysis.
Dr. Kulkarni, the chief transplant surgeon at Yale/New Haven (my second
choice), said that a year on dialysis counts as about four years of your
life. A year with a transplant counts as about a year and a half of
your life. Before the transplant, I didn't expect to reach 60.
>>> Did the pacemaker fail, or was that merely a battery replacement?
>
>> Just a battery replacement, but they replace the entire pacemaker for
>> that. Same-day surgery.
>
> OK - I was under the impression that they were only requiring it every
> ten years, but it's not as if they can reliably check the battery.
Actually, they /can/ check it, and from home too most of the time, using
(I gather) some skin sensors and a sort of acoustic-coupled modem. My
father's replacement was expected later this year, but after tests in
early June, it was determined that it should be done ASAP.
>>> How old is [Adam's mother]?
>
>> Only a year or two older than you, and gradually getting worse.
>
> Regrettably, that happens. Long about 90, my mother started forgetting
> names, and about 95, she was forgetting faces.
My mother's often forgetting the correct words (although she's aware of
that), among other things. It's sad and painful watching her gradually
go downhill, knowing it's for good.
>> Does anyone actually say "But it's a /dry/ heat"? ;-)
>
> Of course - when talking to relatives.
I called my aunt in Key Largo, and she was complaining that it's both
hot and incredibly humid. I've visited Miami Beach in the summer, so I
know what that's like.
Adam
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