IRC log for #fredlug on 20070507

00:08.50sticksterhm, everyone leaves before I get back to say hi :-\
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02:22.25IrishW0lfjs,o
02:23.06IrishW0lfjsmith: howdy.  the info on dd that you gave me worked great, thanks
02:23.19jsmithI'm glad that helped
02:23.43IrishW0lfanother piece of the puzzle
02:24.45IrishW0lfwhere's plarsen? he's been away along time
02:25.04IrishW0lflol on your last 50,000 piece puzzle
02:26.06IrishW0lfok, next query
02:26.44IrishW0lfi just put into service a west dig 120 gb external usb drive
02:27.21IrishW0lfit is formated in fat32 but does not spin up fully on my laptop
02:28.01IrishW0lflaptop is running os suse10.2 with usb 2.0
02:28.47IrishW0lfthe wd drive works under suse on my desktop but will not work with a usb hub or my laptop
02:28.54IrishW0lfany thoughts?
02:47.31plarsenIrishW0lf: you need to provide more info than that; "not work" means?
02:51.06IrishW0lfplarsen: the drive does not spin up fully to be recognized. it starts to spinup then stops and then starts again, etc.
02:52.17IrishW0lfit appears to not get enough power to completely spinup
02:52.30jsmithIs your USB hub powered or non-powered?
02:52.52IrishW0lfit can be both, right now non-powered
02:52.59jsmithIt's *very* possible that it's not getting enough power.
02:53.00plarsenIrishW0lf: what does dmesg say? Any messagfes?
02:53.29IrishW0lfgood question, didn't look, but i will
02:53.30jsmithIf you're running a modern kernel, it may complain that the USB device is drawing too much power, and disable the device.
02:53.43jsmithYou can override that, but I don't remember how right now
02:54.24IrishW0lfok, but why just on the laptop or the non-powered usb hub?
02:55.56plarsencomputers are different; some have bigger PSUs and some uses different electronics to make the USB work. So while one computer might provide enough power, others might not.
02:56.53jsmithRight... and newer kernels will disable USB devices that draw too much power, while older kernels won't.
02:57.44plarsenAs a general rules, laptops don't have too much spare power capacity to save on consumption and give longer battery life.
03:00.42plarsenjsmith: did you say you had used NIS ?
03:01.06jsmithI assert that I may or may not have used NIS.
03:01.15jsmithI try not to admit to past sins :-)
03:01.27plarsenlol
03:01.32jsmithSo no, I don't know anything about NIS... why?
03:01.33plarsenWhat would you use today?
03:01.52jsmithHonestly, it would depend on the circumstances
03:01.54plarsenGot it "sorta" working. Except it won't find the UID
03:03.51plarsenMy background in Oracle
03:03.51plarsenOracle and Linux
03:03.51plarsenMajor Features
03:03.51plarsenThe good and the bad
03:04.10plarsenhuh?
03:04.15plarsenI didn't write that last line ;)
03:04.50plarsenI'm able to login using a NIS account, but I have no ID: id: cannot find name for user ID 1000
03:04.59plarsenso somehow the lookup from ID to name fails.
03:05.05plarsenBut no error messages :(
03:06.30IrishW0lfjsmith: dmesg doesn't complain abt too much power just shows "new high speed usb device using ehc1_hcd and address 4" and then same with address 5, etc.
03:07.54jsmithIrishW0lf: Interesting... not sure what to tell you then
03:08.01jsmithIrishW0lf: I'd try a powered USB hub first
03:08.27IrishW0lfgood idea, i'll give that a try
03:08.56IrishW0lfget back to you
03:12.46IrishW0lfjsmith: yep that worked
03:13.29jsmithwoo hoo!
03:14.20IrishW0lflaptop must be under powered, old, feeble, lol
03:14.38jsmithYeah...
03:23.17IrishW0lfwell, now that we have that problem solved, i have to leave.  Thanks, guy's...
03:23.28jsmithHave a great night!
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16:52.14jsmithOK, so I'm getting ready to do a bunch of Cat5 cabling in my house
16:52.25jsmithAnybody know of a good place to get it locally?
16:52.38jsmithI'd rather not pay Home Depot $135 for a spool.
16:53.00jsmithI'll also need a bunch of keystone jacks and wall plates
16:53.16jsmith(and the selection at both Home Depot and Lowe's was atrocious)
17:00.07sticksterMmm, no idea
17:00.17sticksterMy house was built before I was concerned with such things :-\
17:00.40sticksterIf I end up moving, I'll surely be looking at the same thing though :-)
17:01.46jsmithMaybe I'll post to the mailing list and ask them.
17:25.21jsmithstickster_work: Can I bother you for an SELinux question?
17:32.08stickster_workjsmith: Sorry, just back at desk -- shoot
17:33.27jsmithOK, so I'm trying to serve up a couple of files via TFTP
17:33.33jsmithGetting this in /var/log/messages
17:33.35jsmithMay  7 13:25:39 localhost kernel: audit(1178558739.685:2770): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=25918 comm="in.tftpd" name="000e08dbfeeb.cfg" dev=dm-3 ino=31096921 scontext=root:system_r:tftpd_t:s0 tcontext=root:object_r:user_home_t:s0 tclass=file
17:33.54jsmithHow do I relabel the files to make SELinux happy?
17:35.06stickster_workjsmith: Is this (are these) files that you've copied to /tftpboot ?
17:35.12jsmithYes.
17:35.14stickster_workAh
17:35.19jsmithThey're created by another program, and then copied there
17:35.35stickster_workThe good thing is that SELinux has a utility to relabel files automagically without you having to know the label.
17:35.56stickster_workfixfiles -F relabel <location>
17:36.01stickster_worksorry, that's /sbin/fixfiles
17:36.08jsmithOh, I didn't know that.
17:36.13jsmithVery handy :-)
17:36.14stickster_workCool, huh?
17:36.17jsmithSee why I hang out in here?
17:36.20stickster_work:-D
17:36.42stickster_workI learned enough to fix my 5-6 most common problems
17:37.05stickster_workThere's an SELinux symposium annually in B'more that a bunch of the developers go to, but it includes great tracks for users/admins
17:37.29stickster_worki.e. "Intro to SELinux," "How Do I Work SELinux?", "Please Help Me, SELinux Ate My Homework," etc.
17:37.42stickster_workOne of these days I gotta get up there for it
17:39.09stickster_workProblem #1. Not updated for FC6 (or F7 at this point)
17:39.43jsmithMy problem with FDP is that they haven't pushed the FOP-on-gjc folks with a shark enough stick
17:40.08jsmith(once again, the bureaucracy of the Apache folks getting in the way of real work)
17:40.12stickster_workFunny, Karsten thinks all the poking is why the Java developers don't talk to him much anymore :-D
17:40.48stickster_workjsmith: You should /j us at #fedora-docs if only to lurk
17:41.01stickster_workNo commitment required and I promise not to call you out ;-)
17:41.34stickster_workOoo, there you are! You lurky devil, you
17:41.58stickster_workIt's often quiet with sporadic slams of conversation
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