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Does Linux have a CMOS Setup Application, possibly from a LiveCD?
by Leo Mauler 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

I've got a PIII-1Ghz system which I'd like to use until it dies. Right now it works fine, except that the rear PS/2 ports seem not to work. This is a recent development, as the computer worked fine with a PS/2 keyboard and mouse up until I moved it from the basement office into the living room (I just acquired a used TV with a VGA port on the back). I'm using it right now to type this message because when the motherboard gets past the point where I can use CMOS Setup (pressing Del), the motherboard recognizes a USB keyboard and USB mouse even before an OS loads. Pressing DEL to get into the onboard CMOS Setup utility does work from the USB keyboard. However, the onboard CMOS setup utility apparently only recognizes a PS/2 keyboard and not a USB keyboard, because once inside the CMOS utility the keyboard keys don't function. The only way out of the CMOS Setup screen is the power button on the computer. In Ye Olden Days of PC/MS/DRDOS, there were CMOS Setup Utilities which could be run from special boot disks. If such an application still exists, and works for modern CMOSes/BIOSes, I suspect that it is the only way I'm going to be able to change the system time on this computer, or more to the point tell the motherboard BIOS that the Legacy Keyboard option is disabled. Such a Catch-22: because the PS/2 keyboard doesn't work, I can't tell the BIOS that the PS/2 keyboard doesn't work, so that it should accept a USB keyboard when editing CMOS so I can tell it that the PS/2 keyboard doesn't work. This is really frustrating because I know every other component on the system works. I've successfully installed Ubuntu Linux 7.10 without a hitch on this same PC. I just want to make some basic changes to the CMOS/BIOS, but I can't until I figure out how to get into CMOS Setup without a PS/2 keyboard. ____________________________________________________________________________________ OMG, Sweet deal for Yahoo! users/friends:Get A Month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. W00t http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text2.com

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Linux functional equal to Novell SFT concept. Is there a ready to use and "Free" version
by Oren Beck 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Recently several situations have come up where a Linux based incarnation of the old Novell SFT would be valued. SFT seems to make more sense than ever for high $ per minute situations. What can we do to replicate this in Linux? A concise explanation of the concept is: http://www.linktionary.com/s/sft.html. Since Novell has an involvement of sorts with Linux there is a logical elegant progressive sense here too -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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RE: delay test sent at 1223
by Gene Dascher 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Hmm, I got it at 12:22. Are you sure you didn't use Gmail Custom Time? ;) http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html -----Original Message----- From: kclug-bounces(a)kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces@kclug.org] On Behalf Of Oren Beck Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:22 PM To: kclug Subject: delay test sent at 1223 Iam sending this at 1223 4-1-2008 -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645 _______________________________________________ Kclug mailing list Kclug(a)kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug

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delay test sent at 1223
by Oren Beck 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Iam sending this at 1223 4-1-2008 -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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Propagation delays.from post to mailing out.
by Oren Beck 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Has there been an increase in the delay between making a post and it being sent out? -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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Motherboards
by Julie 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Hi Jeff, I completely understand being financially challenged. While I have no answer for your existing problem, I may be able to give you a push in what may be a possible solution to your problem for when you get your IRS booster check. I ran across this in Tech Republic earlier and immediately thought of you. Here, check it out: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=187&tag=nl.e011 I have no idea if that will help you or not. But, maybe, jog some different ideas for you. Good Luck! Sincerely, Julie Freedom means you are free to be responsible ~ Russell Means: http://www.russellmeans.com/responsible.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~ Benjamin Franklin Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? .... I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! ~ Patrick Henry --------------------------------- You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.

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Want to tweak my system? (paying gig)
by Greg Brooks 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Hi all, I posted many weeks back about a server I've got that's incorrectly reporting available space. I'll spare everyone the rehash except to say: I'd like it fixed, and I'd like to pay one of you smart folks to do it. Scope: . SSH in . Figure out why a drive with 250 gb of space only shows 125gb or so . Figure out if it can be fixed non-destructively (i.e., without removing all the data on there now) . If it can be fixed non-destructively, make the fix Happy to pay via PayPal. Interested parties hit me off-list with a rough estimate. Thanks, Greg Brooks gregb(a)west-third.com

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Re: Does Linux have a CMOS Setup Application, possibly from a LiveCD?
by Billy Crook 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

According to http://kclug.org/pipermail/kclug/2008-March/032927.html it was addressed to the list, just like this one. If it were addressed only to you, it would have been because I felt sorry for your insufficient answer and that I wished to fill you in so that you could amend your previous message to the list, saving face, and appear more useful/knowledgeable to the other members by citing actual, googleable names like IPMI, rather than "requires hardware" from "Someone", and by being a little bit more correct. But it wasn't, because I do understand how to operate the internets. And speaking of more specific useful information, the pci KVMoIP card is called a MegaRAC G2, though there are later models with more bells and whistles. This one emulates a keyboard and mouse to the host system over USB ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins(a)tarcanfel.org> Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:02 PM Subject: Excuse me? To: Billy Crook <billycrook(a)gmail.com> Why is this addressed to me? Why would you rephrase what I had said and send it back to me? I can understand why you might want to take credit for a slightly more thorough answer on the list, but why send it _only_ to me? Do you just not understand how to use your email software? On Monday 31 March 2008 17:51:23 you wrote: > BIOS serial console access is typically only a feature on server class > motherboard, or provided through "IPMI" cards, which can cost from > $100 to $400, and typically fit into a SODIMM slot that has to be on > the motherboard to begin with. Software serial console can be enabled > for GRUB, which is technically before the kernel, but it only starts > in grub stage 2, and chances are that you won't get that far if you > have a problem serious enough to need access outside of SSH. > > You can find pci cards for under $200 on ebay that allow remote KVM > over http usually with the aid of a java applet. The PCI card that I > have and have used for this purpose is made by AMI, the BIOS company. > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Jonathan Hutchins > > <hutchins(a)tarcanfel.org> wrote: > > > > BIOS-level serial console requires hardware. Someone was developing a > > card a few years back, but they were several hundred dollars. Software > > serial console doesn't kick in until the kernel loads.

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Trust able remote storage
by Arthur Pemberton 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Are you guys aware of any trusted remote solution, something I can setup a throttled rsync to with cron, that allows high end-to-end high encryption. I guess the only sensible place to do encryption at would be on my end. I've ready stories of people loosing their domain names due to having done business with Cuba (even people outside the USA) and my country of origin does business regularly in Cuba, so I'm also concerned about that aspect... although i guess that makes the criteria too tough. I'd settle for encryption and reliability. I'm guessing i can use fuse-encfs and just rsync it's dir -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )

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Re: Linux and Hauppauge Radio Tuner for Radio VCR?
by lerninlinux＠comcast.net 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Michael Schultheiss <schultmc(a)cinlug.org> > Leo Mauler wrote: > > A friend of mine recently upgraded her TV tuner, and > > gave me her two older TV Tuners. Her oldest TV Tuner > > was one of the Hauppauge WinTV models which came with > > an FM Tuner. I was wondering if anyone has seen a > > "Radio VCR" project for Linux using an internal FM > > Tuner card. > > MythTV may support FM tuners: > > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Fm_radio > It has been a few years since I looked into timeshifting radio. My old links are dead, but I believe one of them was probably the LinuxGazzette, link mentioned elsewhere. The one thing I saw when searching for them, is Streamripper over at Sourceforge. Read the FAQ here: http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/faq.php

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