From: adam@address.invalid
Moe Trin wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in
article
> , Adam wrote:
[DNS]
>>> As long as the stupid helper programs aren't overwriting [/etc/hosts]
[...]
> Unless we can see an easy means of disabling this ``feature'' during
> setup, this was an immediate reject during distribution evaluations
> at work.
Once things are set up correctly in Mageia 2, it leaves /etc/hosts
alone. It's just some of the several dozen wireless connection attempts
with the wrong settings overwrite it. BTW both Mandriva 2011.0 and
Mageia 2 do this.
[apps that bypass the DNS]
> A common user reaction is to add the host of the offending
> URL to the /etc/hosts file with a 127.0.0.1 address.
That's what I've been doing. I know I "ought" to be using the proxy app
instead (forget its name), but that can wait.
> Some websites counter this by hard
> coding the IP address rather than a hostname, while some browsers
> bypass the resolver just for that reason.
Why would someone choose a browser like that?
>> I didn't think Fedora was "cutting edge"
>
> It's the "beta" (some claim "alpha") for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
> and is a community distribution.
I hadn't gotten far enough into it to learn that. My "test" machine has
seven dissimilar distros on it and it's interesting to see the different
approaches each one has taken to the same basic issues.
[configuring AIDE]
> Did you scan all ~4000 lines relating to the kernel
> and are therefore relatively sure that it's all false alarms?
Yep. When there are several hundred lines that all begin:
added: /lib/modules/3.0.37-1mdv
any line that doesn't stands out right away.
[X stopped working on eris under Mandriva 2010.0]
>>> while read FILE ; do
>>> rpm -qf $FILE
>>> done < /tmp/rpm.package.check > /tmp/missing.owner
>
>> Didn't work, partly because rpm.package.check had those flags on
>> every line before the filename,
>
> I assumed you'd work around that - the command was concept only ;-)
I did, because otherwise I wouldn't have found out that:
>> "rpm -qf $FILE" won't process cases when $FILE is
>> missing, at least not Mandriva 2010.0.
>
> Wonder how they screwed that one up - it works here, because the
> query is against the database, not against the file.
That's what I expected to happen too. Well, I'm replacing Mandriva
2010.0 there with some other distro. I learned that it will remove the
package that's the kernel in use. That was the end of that install. I
thought package managers were supposed to check for things like that.
(I suppose one could want to remove an older kernel package, but the
kernel in use...?)
[wireless]
>> All the other SSIDs use channels 1, 6, and 11, except one which always
>> uses channel 4. I'd guess that person, or whoever set it up, knows a
>> little about Wi-Fi.
>
> s/ a / / or mis-understands the channel concepts
I don't understand -- what would you have recommended there? How is
that different from my always using channel 9? Would any other channel
be better for me? My router makes me choose one channel from 1-11, no
option for "channel hopping" or whatever it's called. It sounds like
(in the U.S.) the only channels that aren't normally overlapped are 1,
6, and 11, but I already have several neighbors who are using those
channels.
>> OTOH my DSL limits me to 3m/768k anyway, unless I'm transferring a
>> file between the two computers (close to 54 mbps?).
So realistically, any wireless speed that's faster than that won't make
any improvement (except for the very few times I'll be transferring
files between boxes). Therefore, doing anything that would increase my
speed above that would be a waste of time.
>>> When people are trying to improve signal strength in ONE direction,
>>> they can try placing a metal reflector (often spoken of as a
>>> pie-plate - same idea) "behind" the antenna (ideally, 1/2 wavelength
>>> behind) to act like the reflector in a flashlight and "focus" the
>>> energy in a desired direction.The same concept can be used to block
>>> an interfering signal (a metallic window screen would significantly
>>> reduce the signal coming through the window
>
>> But would that increase transfer speed in my case?
>
> It might - but is that a problem now?
Nope. BTW both antennas are near the south wall at opposite ends, and
apparently the signal goes straight through the closet, rather than
arcing through an open doorway.
>> It might reduce the signal going out my window
>
> Going _out_ isn't much of an advantage/disadvantage
Except it would keep my signal away from the crackers in the parking
lot. :-)
> A more likely benefit is reducing the signal you can see coming _in_
> the window, as it's more than likely that ALL of that is nothing but
> interference to you.
Although I gather I don't have enough of a problem to merit doing
anything about it.
I finally got to look at Consumer Reports, Dec. 2011, and their complete
report on AA batteries, which was only half a page and deals only with
their use in digital cameras. Their "ratings chart" (not available to
non-subscribers online) was based entirely on how many photos one could
take with each brand/model. The second one on their list cost (per
photo) about twice as much as many ranked much lower. The magazine is
definitely not what it used to be two decades ago, when they'd give
explanations, not just some arbitrary chart.
[kitty news]
>> How is Marg settling in?
>
> Good Sam? Oh, my. It's
> fun to watch the two of them playing mind games with each other. They
> aren't being vocal or physical, but he's gotten behind/below the
> coffee table to ambush her - only to have her leap up onto the coffee
> table... whattcha gonna do now, chief?
I hope those are "play" attacks and not serious ones. Years ago, the
cat next door and I used to play by chasing each other around her
apartment. I think she made allowances for my size by not "hiding" any
place I couldn't get to or see, such as under the couch.
Adam
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