syslog-ng fails to start on v5.3

2013-06-09 Thread IMAP List Administration
Hello, I recently installed 5.3 on my mail/imap/http server. As I've used syslog-ng for years, as part of the customization process I edit /etc/rc and change "syslog" to "syslog_ng". There has been a problem in the past with syslog-ng not finding libraries in /usr/local/lib because at the point

any interest in old compaq/HP SCSI/FC disks?

2013-10-10 Thread IMAP List Administration
Hello Misc & Tech, please forgive my cross-posting -- I wanted to be sure to reach people who might be interested. Some people I know are preparing to move out of an old machine-room, and will dispose of some old hard disks soon. The collection varies: Sizes: 4.3, 9.1, 18, 36 (and maybe 72)

sparc Ultra 10 workstation available for donation in Munich

2012-10-25 Thread IMAP List Administration
Hello Folks, I'm about to chuck out an old SparcStation, but I wanted to ask here first in case someone could put it to use. Details: 512MB Memory 20GB disk UltraSPARC IIi 333MHz CDROM (IDE, I guess) Floopy Drive Keyboard and Mouse are part of the package. If interested, please send me a mail at

responding to buttonpress ACPI event sent by KVM/Qemu (same behavior in v5.2)

2012-11-24 Thread IMAP List Administration
Hello, some of you may remember a posting of mine here from March, 2012, in which I mentioned that the ACPI buttonpress event is not being correctly transmitted form a debian 6 host to an OpenBSD v5.1 guest. In the meantime I've installed a OBSD v5.2 system which exhibits exactly the same behavio

my experience with openbsdstore.com

2015-04-11 Thread IMAP List Administration
Hello, the following describes my experience ordering CDs from the openbsdstore.com. As openbsdstore.com is apparently the only source for OpenBSD CDs these days, I ordered two sets of v5.6 a while ago (December 2014). The order The trouble began immediately. I chose electronic wire

Re: my experience with openbsdstore.com

2015-04-13 Thread IMAP List Administration
On 04/12/2015 08:12 PM, Jason Adams wrote: > On 04/11/2015 06:01 AM, IMAP List Administration wrote: >> The trouble began immediately. I chose electronic wire transfer as the >> payment >> method, > Its not 1929 any more. I'm utterly suprised the store still offer

responding to buttonpress ACPI event sent by KVM/Qemu

2012-03-21 Thread IMAP List Administration
Hello, I'm trying to get a v5.0 system newly installed in a VM running on Debian v6 am64 (squeeze) to respond properly when I execute "virsh shutdown GUEST", which apparently sends an ACPI power-button-press event to the guest. I have acpi configured for the guest. Currently, when I run the comm

how to generate kernel message for testing

2012-09-02 Thread IMAP List Administration
Hello, I've replaced syslogd with syslog-ng. I have the following config for kernel messages: > source kernel { > file("/dev/klog" program_override("kernel: ")); > }; > > destination kern { file("/var/log/kern"); }; > > log { source(kernel); destination(kern); }; Perhaps someone can com

Re: how to generate kernel message for testing

2012-09-11 Thread IMAP List Administration
On 09/03/2012 03:08 AM, Ted Unangst wrote: > On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 02:44, IMAP List Administration wrote: > >> I haven't seen anything in /var/log/kern since it's been running (days). >> >> Is there some way to generate a test kernel message ala logger(1)? If &