Re: Not using Netscape (was Re: [techtalk] Re: SMP on Linux (lockups))
Jason wrote: The new builds of Mozilla are getting very good. I've switched to it as my standard browser now. Check out a new nightly build. It also has a full featured IMAP mail client. I have it installed for pages that need it, but it really eats a lot of memory. I use lavaps and mozilla uses more memory than anything else. I can't even listen to .oggs in xmms while mozilla is running. I'm looking for a good browser (I wish that galeon would be available as a .deb now that mozilla is gpl [or is it yet?]. Alternatively, galeon could be released with exceptions to it's license. Though I haven't tried galeon yet, perhaps I won't like it at all, time will tell.) I use lynx for almost 90% of my surfing and I do use Amaya occasionally. I'll try konqueror in the future as well. Gah! Those "k"-names... blecch imho. (No offense to kde-coders, code is separate from style and design.) Some friends of a friend are working on gtkhtml2, an html widget designed from scratch to be compatible with the new standards (such as css). They are working on a for-pay basis so they will be finished in the near future. It seems like a really nice project. They haven't released any code since they work with the cathedral method of small, dedicated teams, but the code will be released under the GPL later. Sunnanvind (who's been away a while 'cause some libraries broke exim, and this morning I did an apt-get upgrade and a reboot, and exim started working but gdm stopped working, so I'm typing this from the console.) ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] Re: Mozilla, etc. (was SMP, etc.)
Thanks for all the suggestions about replacing Netscape. I do have a POP3 account, so kmail works fine for me. The problem is that if you want to quickly check out a web page referenced in a message, kfm will automatically open and it doesn't do good downloads (I'm not sure it can even do *any*, but that might just be my ignorance) and it can't handle secure sites. I have thought about Mozilla, but frankly was waiting for it to be a bit more cooked. I'll give it a try. Best to all, Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic" ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Re: Mozilla, etc. (was SMP, etc.)
malke wrote: > > Thanks for all the suggestions about replacing Netscape. I do have a > POP3 account, so kmail works fine for me. The problem is that if you > want to quickly check out a web page referenced in a message, kfm will > automatically open and it doesn't do good downloads (I'm not sure it can > even do *any*, but that might just be my ignorance) and it can't handle > secure sites. You may want to consider upgrading to KDE2. Konqueror will handle downloads and secure sites correctly, I believe. KMail is also much improved. All the best, Caity -- --- Caitlyn M. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.angelfire.com/nc/caitmartin - ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] Multiple virtual host question/Apache
Is there a reasonable limit to the amount of virtual hosts one should run on a server? For example, we're up to 5 virtual hosts on one web server (using Apache) and are considering adding another. One opinion has been voiced that the more you add, the easier it is for things to break. My boss also asked about the number of httpd daemons running... Someone here added more daemons to the server, he said, and he was wondering if there were limits... Thanks in advance... -- Yvonne Beever [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Time is an illusion; lunchtime, doubly so"--Ford Prefect ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] DLT computer tape storage
Slightly off topic, but I need to store thousands of DLT computer tapes which weigh about a pound each and are roughly 4.5" x 4.5" x 1.25". Has anyone else solved this problem or can anyone recommend a vendor who builds custom storage boxes? Thanks for your suggestions! judith bush the internet archive ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Multiple virtual host question/Apache
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 01:59:29PM -0500, Yvonne Beever wrote: > Is there a reasonable limit to the amount of virtual hosts one should > run on a server? For example, we're up to 5 virtual hosts on one web > server (using Apache) and are considering adding another. One opinion > has been voiced that the more you add, the easier it is for things to > break. My boss also asked about the number of httpd daemons running... > Someone here added more daemons to the server, he said, and he was > wondering if there were limits... The number of virtual hosts is largely limited by system limits on the number of processes allowed to run on the machine and on the system limit imposed on the number of file handles a child process can open (each virtual host opens 2 for access and error log files, so 32 virtual hosts would use up a limit of 64, for example). There are some options for controlling this in httpd.conf with the following directives: MaxClients, MaxRequestsPerChild, MaxSpareServers, MinSpareServers, StartServers. See http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/directives.html for more info on these and all other Apache directives. The other consideration, which I think is among the opinions you've heard, is that a single httpd.conf for a large number of sites is a single point of failure. Errors in httpd.conf are usually human and not too difficult to find and fix, but it means *all* your sites are 'down' while you troubleshoot, as opposed to having multiple httpd.conf files (one for each site, but then you need IP addresses for each). I have admined machines that run 100+ virtual hosts from one httpd.conf and it was fine. I currently admin machines that run somewhat more and larger sites from individual httpd.conf files/processes... For a small site with only 5 virtual hosts, I'm sure one httpd.conf is ample and that you can fearlessly add more virtual hosts, unless the machine is old and seriously under-resourced or apache has to share resources on the machine with something big, like an oracle database (for example). I recommend deciding on a standard virtual host config and sticking with it, to reduce errors and confusion. Erin 8) ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Multiple virtual host question/Apache
Le 05 octobre 2000 a 13:59, Yvonne Beever a écrit : > Is there a reasonable limit to the amount of virtual hosts one should > run on a server? For example, we're up to 5 virtual hosts on one web > server (using Apache) and are considering adding another. One opinion > has been voiced that the more you add, the easier it is for things to > break. You can theoretically have up to 256 virtual IP aliases on one network interface with Linux. As long as your network can handle the load and you have enough RAM, it should be ok. > My boss also asked about the number of httpd daemons running... > Someone here added more daemons to the server, he said, and he was > wondering if there were limits... This is an Apache tuning thing: it can be a difficult task! The first point is, you will not want to swap. Ever. Or else, your server "thrashes" and things get worse than ever. I thus suggest you put as many RAM as you can, 512 Mb or even 1 Gb if you can afford it, depending on the load you expect. Then, you can increase the number of max servers, and almost every parameter which looks like MaxSomething or MinOtherThing in the Apache conf files, _except_ do not let MaxSpareServers grow too high (leave it to 15 or 25, like the default). The reason : every time a request hits your Apache server, every spare server waiting for a connection will "wake up", then only one will actually serve the request and all the rest will go to sleep. That means many, many context switches for just one request. Now imagine there are 100 spare servers and you being hit at ~ 100 hits / second: your web server is slow, even though you have enough RAM and you do not swap. olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out! - Ken Thompson ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: Not using Netscape (was Re: [techtalk] Re: SMP on Linux (lock ups))
> Depends what 'slow' you mean. We have just graduated from a 28.8k modem
> to cablemodem (woo!). So everything on the net seems incredibly fast now!
> (Except sourceforge, but that's now usable rather than impossible.)
> It now takes me a few minutes to download a nightly mozilla instead of
> a few hours (I jest not) so I have been doing so.
>
The sort of slow I had was slow response and general sluggishness of the UI.
However having last night downloaded the nightly build, I'm quite pleseantly
suprised ... it's actually running at a usable speed... :)
Maybe there is hope for Mozilla after all ... (I'd come close to writing it
off due to its UI performance issues).
Chris...
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Re: [techtalk] Multiple virtual host question/Apache
In response to Erin's comment...another thing you can think about is this: If you use the Include directive...you can set up a seperate file for each virtual hosts. That is the way we do it where I work...we have many virtual hosts. But they each have their seperate config file...then we include them at the end of our server httpd.conf. That's my two cents :) - --- Sam Lavenz -- KC0BUH [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I recognize no obligations toward men except one: to respect their freedom and to take no part in a slave society" -- Ayn Rand -- _The Fountainhead_ -- ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
