Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server 11.10 -- how do I enable remot access via Putty?

2012-03-13 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
ty...@tolaris.com >> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> CC: tengallon...@hotmail.co.uk >> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server 11.10 -- how do I enable remot > access via Putty? >> >> On 2012-03-12 17:01, Alexander Birchall wrote: >> > I thought I was quite

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server 11.10 -- how do I enable remot access via Putty?

2012-03-12 Thread Rob Beard
On 12/03/12 17:01, Alexander Birchall wrote: Hi, I thought I was quite experienced at administering a Ubuntu Server, but I am totally confused by the graphical desktop for Ubuntu Server 11.10. I need to be able to remotely connect to the server with Putty (my choice for remote access to servers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server 11.10 -- how do I enable remot access via Putty?

2012-03-12 Thread john beddard
Hi Alex, sudo ufw allow ssh if your using ufw firewalls on both client and server. However my guess is that the problem is likely connected to password permissions, after exchanging keys. The Ubuntu help documentation is very useful in this area : https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/serverguide/C/open

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server 11.10 -- how do I enable remot access via Putty?

2012-03-12 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2012-03-12 17:01, Alexander Birchall wrote: > I thought I was quite experienced at administering a Ubuntu Server, but I > am totally confused by the graphical desktop for Ubuntu Server 11.10. I don't believe there is a GUI for server by default. Are you sure you used the server disk? > I need

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server 11.10 -- how do I enable remot access via Putty?

2012-03-12 Thread Alexander Birchall
Hi, I thought I was quite experienced at administering a Ubuntu Server, but I am totally confused by the graphical desktop for Ubuntu Server 11.10. I need to be able to remotely connect to the server with Putty (my choice for remote access to servers). But how do I enable this remote access

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 05:38 +, Alexander Birchall wrote: > 3. This is what the monitor was displaying: > > "Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems: > -- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) > -- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?) > -- Check root= (did the system wai

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Alexander Birchall
! Alex Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:44:23 + From: j...@jr0cket.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart? On 22 February 2011 10:23, Alexander Birchall wrote: Hi, I have just gone through the pr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 11:44 +, John Stevenson wrote: > How long you should wait probably depends on what the server is doing > now. You request does not state what state the server is currenty in, > so it is difficult to advise. Indeed. Your description implies that you're not near the serve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread John Stevenson
On 22 February 2011 10:23, Alexander Birchall wrote: > Hi, > > I have just gone through the procedure of upgrading from Ubuntu server > Hardy Heron 8.04 to the latest version (10.04 LTS), using the upgrade > manager. The procedure took a couple of hours to complete, and then I was > asked to res

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Upgrade -- how long should I wait for server to restart?

2011-02-22 Thread Alexander Birchall
Hi, I have just gone through the procedure of upgrading from Ubuntu server Hardy Heron 8.04 to the latest version (10.04 LTS), using the upgrade manager. The procedure took a couple of hours to complete, and then I was asked to restart the server. This I did, but that was half an hour ago.

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Geo-Map - Celebrating 10.04.1

2010-08-09 Thread Dave Walker
Hi All, As part of the celebration of the 10.04.1 (point) release, which is important to users of Ubuntu Server. The ever awesome Ahmed Kamal has created a map showing the users. I won't repeat much of what he has said in his blog article, perhaps just read it there. Blog post explaining it all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-09 Thread Chris Rowson
> Surely a machine should be provisioned with an updated install? Or am > I missing something? Oooh, and come to think of it under Xen HVM the machine isn't provisioned with any kind of install. You're responsible for setting it up yourself. Of course it doesn't help with the install media is old!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-09 Thread Chris Rowson
>> Yeah, I noticed that. To be honest though, if you only install the >> core system, you only have to install 80MB or updates or so to bring >> it up to date. >> > > Getting owned in the time between the install and you doing updates? > > Surely a machine should be provisioned with an updated inst

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-09 Thread Alan Pope
On 9 June 2010 12:55, Chris Rowson wrote: > Yeah, I noticed that. To be honest though, if you only install the > core system, you only have to install 80MB or updates or so to bring > it up to date. > Getting owned in the time between the install and you doing updates? Surely a machine should be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-09 Thread Chris Rowson
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Alan Pope wrote: > On 8 June 2010 12:18, Chris Rowson wrote: >> ubuntu-10.04-rc-dvd-amd64">Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64 DVD >> ubuntu-10.04-rc-dvd-i386">Ubuntu 10.04 i386 DVD > > o_O > > rc? > > Cheers, > Al. > Yeah, I noticed that. To be honest though, if you only insta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-08 Thread Alan Pope
On 8 June 2010 12:18, Chris Rowson wrote: > ubuntu-10.04-rc-dvd-amd64">Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64 DVD > ubuntu-10.04-rc-dvd-i386">Ubuntu 10.04 i386 DVD o_O rc? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-08 Thread Chris Rowson
I'm posting this information here just in case anyone finds it interesting. I don't have any connection to the company mentioned but as these VPSs seem pretty cheap considering they're hosted in the UK, I thought I'd share the info! The new Xen HVM provider I have been using (and this thread was i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Monday 07 June 2010 21:09:46 Chris Rowson wrote: > Ah. In answer to my own question, it looks like the i386 server kernel > was 'dropped' in Karmic. Yep. You can see it here: http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/linux-server This metapackage depends on: * dep: linux-generic-pae [i386] *

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Rob Beard
On 07/06/10 21:09, Chris Rowson wrote: It is running the linux-generic-pae kernel. I wanted the server kernel as I was worried that the generic one might have kernel preemption turned on. >>> >>> a...@wopr:~$ grep CONFIG_PREEMPT /boot/config-2.6.32-22-generic >>> CONFIG_PREEMPT_

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Chris Rowson
>>> It is running the linux-generic-pae kernel. I wanted the server kernel >>> as I was worried that the generic one might have kernel preemption >>> turned on. >>> >> >> a...@wopr:~$ grep CONFIG_PREEMPT /boot/config-2.6.32-22-generic >> CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS=y >> # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Chris Rowson
>> It is running the linux-generic-pae kernel. I wanted the server kernel >> as I was worried that the generic one might have kernel preemption >> turned on. >> > > a...@wopr:~$ grep CONFIG_PREEMPT /boot/config-2.6.32-22-generic > CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS=y > # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set > CONF

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 7 June 2010 20:49, Chris Rowson wrote: > It is running the linux-generic-pae kernel. I wanted the server kernel > as I was worried that the generic one might have kernel preemption > turned on. > a...@wopr:~$ grep CONFIG_PREEMPT /boot/config-2.6.32-22-generic CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS=y # CONFI

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Chris Rowson
>> >> Hey ladies & gents, >> >> I've been trying to install Ubuntu Lucid Server onto a XEN HVM based >> VPS and have come across a strange problem. >> >> Using the Ubuntu 10.04 i386 DVD I highlighted 'install ubuntu in text >> mode' and selected the 'install a server' option. I then went through >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread John Stevenson
On 7 June 2010 19:29, Chris Rowson wrote: > Hey ladies & gents, > > I've been trying to install Ubuntu Lucid Server onto a XEN HVM based > VPS and have come across a strange problem. > > Using the Ubuntu 10.04 i386 DVD I highlighted 'install ubuntu in text > mode' and selected the 'install a serv

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Chris Rowson
Hey ladies & gents, I've been trying to install Ubuntu Lucid Server onto a XEN HVM based VPS and have come across a strange problem. Using the Ubuntu 10.04 i386 DVD I highlighted 'install ubuntu in text mode' and selected the 'install a server' option. I then went through the installer selecting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-06 Thread Ian Pascoe
-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Matthew Daubney Sent: 05 April 2009 10:22 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 07:37 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Gents > > So I take it then that for a Server installation the recommendation is to go > into the back o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-05 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 07:37 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Gents > > So I take it then that for a Server installation the recommendation is to go > into the back of those cupboards and find that CD drive. Oh well, > it's chucking it down outside and I suppose that's a better use of time than > surfi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-05 Thread Stephen Hildrey
Ian Pascoe wrote: > Gents > > So I take it then that for a Server installation the recommendation is to go > into the back of those cupboards and find that CD drive. Oh well, > it's chucking it down outside and I suppose that's a better use of time than > surfing. Hi Ian, You use unetbootin to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-05 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 07:37 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Gents > > So I take it then that for a Server installation the recommendation is to go > into the back of those cupboards and find that CD drive. Oh well, > it's chucking it down outside and I suppose that's a better use of time than > surfi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-04 Thread Ian Pascoe
ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Stephen Hildrey Sent: 04 April 2009 09:41 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Matthew Daubney wrote: > Forgot to say, unetbootin is your friend, big time. It makes USB boot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-04 Thread Stephen Hildrey
Matthew Daubney wrote: > Forgot to say, unetbootin is your friend, big time. It makes USB boot > drives from cdimages. It's in the repos Seconding unetbootin. It also works on Windows, which has been a lifesaver on several occasions in the past! :) Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-04 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 22:12 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Guys and Gals > > Some help please. > > Had planned this weekend to set up one of those nice little Viglen MPC's, > curtesey of the now Series 2 UK Podcast, to act as a File Server connected > to my home LAN with a couple of USB drives attach

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-04 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 22:12 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Guys and Gals > > Some help please. > > Had planned this weekend to set up one of those nice little Viglen MPC's, > curtesey of the now Series 2 UK Podcast, to act as a File Server connected > to my home LAN with a couple of USB drives attach

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-03 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Ian On 3 Apr 2009 at 22:12, Ian Pascoe wrote: > > Guys and Gals > > Some help please. > > Had planned this weekend to set up one of those nice little Viglen MPC's, > curtesey of the now Series 2 UK Podcast, to act as a File Server connected > to my home LAN with a couple of USB drives attac

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-03 Thread Ian Pascoe
Guys and Gals Some help please. Had planned this weekend to set up one of those nice little Viglen MPC's, curtesey of the now Series 2 UK Podcast, to act as a File Server connected to my home LAN with a couple of USB drives attached. This is my first attempt to get this type of setup working, an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Stephen Garton
2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : > Steve, > > Stephen Garton wrote: >> Thanks for all the help so far! >> >> the user now has a .bashrc and a .profile (copied from /etc/skel) >> 2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : >>> As well as the advice about bashrc etc., I would also check that the >>> user has the right shell. L

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Tony Arnold
Steve, Stephen Garton wrote: > Thanks for all the help so far! > > the user now has a .bashrc and a .profile (copied from /etc/skel) > 2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : >> As well as the advice about bashrc etc., I would also check that the >> user has the right shell. Login and type 'echo $SHELL' and mak

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Stephen Garton
Thanks for all the help so far! the user now has a .bashrc and a .profile (copied from /etc/skel) 2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : > > As well as the advice about bashrc etc., I would also check that the > user has the right shell. Login and type 'echo $SHELL' and make sure > that is bash or dash. It wou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Tony Arnold
Steve, Stephen Garton wrote: > We have a server (off site) at work that was intially set up with a > single user (root). We've created a day-to-day user for logging into > the machine, which we do over ssh. > > My question is, the new user doesn't seem to have any of the 'basics', > e.g. tab com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Stephen Garton : > 2008/12/18 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace : > >> >> Generally an issue with either /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc >> >> If you edit the versions of .bash_profile and .bashrc in /etc/skel >> then any new users will be given the functionality. >> >> Edit the current

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Graham Binns
2008/12/18 Stephen Garton : > 2008/12/18 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace : > >> >> Generally an issue with either /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc >> >> If you edit the versions of .bash_profile and .bashrc in /etc/skel >> then any new users will be given the functionality. >> >> Edit the curre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Graham Binns
2008/12/18 Stephen Garton : > 2008/12/18 Dave Walker : > >> The most obvious reason I can think that would cause this, is adding a >> new user using "useradd" rather than the more useful "adduser". Can you >> confirm how the user was added? > > Dave, > > I'm afraid I can't at the moment, the pers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Stephen Garton
2008/12/18 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace : > > Generally an issue with either /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc > > If you edit the versions of .bash_profile and .bashrc in /etc/skel > then any new users will be given the functionality. > > Edit the current .bash_profile and .bashrc for the u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Stephen Garton
2008/12/18 Dave Walker : > The most obvious reason I can think that would cause this, is adding a > new user using "useradd" rather than the more useful "adduser". Can you > confirm how the user was added? Dave, I'm afraid I can't at the moment, the person who set it up has gone away for christ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Dave Walker
Stephen Garton wrote: > > the new user doesn't seem to have any of the 'basics', > e.g. tab completion, or arrow keys to navigate history. > > Any ideas why this may be? > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Stephen Garton : > Afternoon all, > > We have a server (off site) at work that was intially set up with a > single user (root). We've created a day-to-day user for logging into > the machine, which we do over ssh. > > My question is, the new user doesn't seem to have any of the 'basics', >

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Stephen Garton
Afternoon all, We have a server (off site) at work that was intially set up with a single user (root). We've created a day-to-day user for logging into the machine, which we do over ssh. My question is, the new user doesn't seem to have any of the 'basics', e.g. tab completion, or arrow keys to n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UBUNTU Server (Was: Re: Wikipedia migrates to Ubuntu)

2008-10-10 Thread Andrew Oakley
On 10/10/2008, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Up until now I've been using Debian Etch on my servers because I had a > bad experience with Ubuntu Server a few years back. > Maybe it's time to look at this again - are there any major > differences apart from the package versi

[ubuntu-uk] UBUNTU Server (Was: Re: Wikipedia migrates to Ubuntu)

2008-10-10 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > "The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind the user-driven > Wikipedia project, is in the process of migrating its servers to the > Ubuntu Linux distribution. Wikimedia's move to Ubuntu is part of an > effort to simplify administration of the or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-12 Thread Matthew Daubney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Oakley wrote: > Matthew Daubney wrote: >> Kris Douglas wrote: >>> On Feb 12, 2008 2:45 PM, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: concerned about laptops, heat and dust. I might just buy a cheap case and some fans and try and fit t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-12 Thread Andrew Oakley
Matthew Daubney wrote: > Kris Douglas wrote: >> On Feb 12, 2008 2:45 PM, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> concerned about laptops, heat and dust. I might just buy a cheap case >>> and some fans and try and fit the laptop guts into that when the time >> it as it is, as the cooling in l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-12 Thread Matthew Daubney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kris Douglas wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008 2:45 PM, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've got an old laptop doing the job at the minute, but I'm always >> concerned about laptops, heat and dust. I might just buy a cheap case >> and some fans

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-12 Thread Kris Douglas
On Feb 12, 2008 2:45 PM, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got an old laptop doing the job at the minute, but I'm always > concerned about laptops, heat and dust. I might just buy a cheap case > and some fans and try and fit the laptop guts into that when the time > comes > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server, oidentd and eggdrops

2008-02-12 Thread Michael
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey, > I have been trying to get an identd daemon running on my Ubuntu Server > so they can identify with IRC servers (some of which require it to > connect). I run a miau IRC bouncer and some eggdrops, each with their > own account. I tried out oidentd as it gets ment

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-12 Thread Tom Bamford
Rob Beard wrote: > Maybe someone else might want to advise on partitioning the drives, I > can never remember if /var should have more space than /usr. IIRC > it's down to what you want to use the server for. > > Rob > /var is where the logs go, as well as MySQL databases and Apache's defa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-12 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Rob Beard wrote: >> I'd be reluctant to use NTFS on a Linux box. I'd personally use EXT3 >> format over some proprietary file system with fragmentation issues. It >> doesn't appear to mention that it is possible to get an EXT3 driver for >> Windows,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-12 Thread Matthew Daubney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Matthew Daubney wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Rob Beard wrote: >>> Eddie Armstrong wrote: Rob Beard wrote: > Not sure if you'd need the 32MB card, does it have on-board video? >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-12 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Rob Beard wrote: > I'd be reluctant to use NTFS on a Linux box. I'd personally use EXT3 > format over some proprietary file system with fragmentation issues. It > doesn't appear to mention that it is possible to get an EXT3 driver for > Windows, and in any case, if the machine died I'd use an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-12 Thread Eddie Armstrong
George MacLeod wrote: > I'm also planning a similar project with an old PIII Thanks for the link - but I expect installing it to be the easy part (wishful thinking?) I shall be fiddling this weekend - good luck with yours. Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Rob Beard
Matthew Daubney wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rob Beard wrote: >> Eddie Armstrong wrote: >>> Rob Beard wrote: Not sure if you'd need the 32MB card, does it have on-board video? >>> Not AFAIK it spare anyway it seems it might be useful >> Maybe. If it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Rob Beard
George MacLeod wrote: > I'm also planning a similar project with an old PIII and I found this > tutorial http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-home-fileserver which will > certainly help me as I'm new to server set ups etc. > > Seoras > I'm not so sure about a couple of things... "The server is bui

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Matthew Daubney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Eddie Armstrong wrote: >> Rob Beard wrote: >>> Not sure if you'd need the 32MB card, does it have on-board video? >>> >> Not AFAIK it spare anyway it seems it might be useful > > Maybe. If it's anything like the old Dell machine

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Rob Beard
Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> Not sure if you'd need the 32MB card, does it have on-board video? >> > Not AFAIK it spare anyway it seems it might be useful Maybe. If it's anything like the old Dell machines we have at work (OptiPlex GX100/GX110 machines) the on-board video will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread George MacLeod
I'm also planning a similar project with an old PIII and I found this tutorial http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-home-fileserver which will certainly help me as I'm new to server set ups etc. Seoras On 11/02/2008, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am considering setting up a home se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Rob Beard wrote: > Not sure if you'd need the 32MB card, does it have on-board video? > Not AFAIK it spare anyway it seems it might be useful > Are you going to run software raid on the hard drives? I > > Not at first maybe get something later > Do you need to run FLAC streams? Oh Yes - this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks you all for your comments - very interesting - so it seems I'll > be safe. > The suggested PC is my current desktop minus all the goodies I've been > adding for the last 10 years - I'll be putting them on the new-er one (I > like to recycle) >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Rob Beard wrote: > You can install XFCE on I've decided to try XFCE and uninstall it if it's problematic, I feel a bit more confident in the PIII after some of these posts :-) Cheers Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am considering setting up a home server for streaming audio/file > sharing etc and as a learning environment (for me to learn > server-related stuff) . > I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system requirements > for Ubuntu Server. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread John Levin
Chris Rowson wrote: > I'm running Ubuntu gutsy on the $6 a month plan from these guys... > http://vpsvillage.com/ > > It's my mucking about with machine. > > For larks I stuck a minimal GUI onto it too (IceWM as I remember) just > to see if it worked... (it did by the way and not too badly) > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Chris Rowson wrote: > I'm running Ubuntu gutsy on the $6 a month plan from these guys... > http://vpsvillage.com/ > > It's my mucking about with machine. > > For larks I stuck a minimal GUI onto it too (IceWM as I remember) just > to see if it worked... (it did by the way and not too badly) > > Chr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Chris Rowson
I'm running Ubuntu gutsy on the $6 a month plan from these guys... http://vpsvillage.com/ It's my mucking about with machine. For larks I stuck a minimal GUI onto it too (IceWM as I remember) just to see if it worked... (it did by the way and not too badly) Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:30:26AM +, Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Does anybody know what they are? Here's the spec of a box I use for shell access and it also hold my Ubuntu mirrors (via an attached USB2 hard disk). [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep MHz /proc/cpuinfo cpu MHz : 398.804 [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Thanks you all for your comments - very interesting - so it seems I'll be safe. The suggested PC is my current desktop minus all the goodies I've been adding for the last 10 years - I'll be putting them on the new-er one (I like to recycle) The suggested server is a PIII 700MHZ with 768MB RAM (o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Andrew Oakley
Eddie Armstrong wrote: > I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system requirements > for Ubuntu Server. > Does anybody know what they are? If you're not running a GUI, you really can get away with stupidly small requirements. I have an Ubuntu Server 6.06 LTS running on a virtual s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Kris Douglas
On Feb 11, 2008 9:30 AM, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am considering setting up a home server for streaming audio/file > sharing etc and as a learning environment (for me to learn > server-related stuff) . > I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system requirements

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
- "Eddie Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am considering setting up a home server for streaming audio/file > sharing etc and as a learning environment (for me to learn > server-related stuff) . > I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system > requirements > for Ubuntu

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

2008-02-11 Thread Eddie Armstrong
I am considering setting up a home server for streaming audio/file sharing etc and as a learning environment (for me to learn server-related stuff) . I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system requirements for Ubuntu Server. Does anybody know what they are? I have an old PIII or

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server, oidentd and eggdrops

2008-02-02 Thread whoredom
Hey, I have been trying to get an identd daemon running on my Ubuntu Server so they can identify with IRC servers (some of which require it to connect). I run a miau IRC bouncer and some eggdrops, each with their own account. I tried out oidentd as it gets mentioned a lot in the threads I have seen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-07 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 06/12/06, Colin Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was my original intention to have an old 98se machine dual partitioned so > that I can have ubuntu LTS 6.06 as a server, on this server I wanted to > upload files from a winxp machine. Partitioning the old machine was fine, > downloading

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-06 Thread Colin Humphrey
What is the ethernet device? And does it work in windows? I could not ascertain if ethernet worked with windows because the network neighbourhood needed a hot fix in order function. I couldn't get the hotfix because windows was no longer suppoorted at the time I looked. by selecting the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-06 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:45:15 + "Colin Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll outline things a bit more: > > It was my original intention to have an old 98se machine dual > partitioned so that I can have ubuntu LTS 6.06 as a server, on this > server I wanted to upload files from a winxp ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-06 Thread Colin Humphrey
oK, I'm a bit lost about what you're trying to do. I'll outline things a bit more: It was my original intention to have an old 98se machine dual partitioned so that I can have ubuntu LTS 6.06 as a server, on this server I wanted to upload files from a winxp machine. Partitioning the old

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-06 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:23:39 + "Colin Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I was not looking to set up subnetworks and give out ip > addresses with dhcp but to have an ubuntu machine act as a server to > a windows machine. I could not even have gotten that far becasue > dhcp configurati

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-05 Thread Colin Humphrey
<< DHCP works by a machine on the network acting as a server and giving out IP addresses and configuration information for the other machines. In small networks this is often integrated wth the router. When I asked about if this was all with the same server I assumed you were trying to get an ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-05 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:26:48 + "Colin Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>have all these > >>tests been with the same DHCP server? > > I believe so - though I am not sure what you mean by this? I thought > that there was only one DHCP server procedure per installation disk? > I have trie

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-05 Thread Colin Humphrey
Apologies about delayed response >> >>have all these >>tests been with the same DHCP server? I believe so - though I am not sure what you mean by this? I thought that there was only one DHCP server procedure per installation disk? I have tried on different machines though with the same instal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-05 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:48:58 + "Colin Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only one computer I have tried it on has passed both steps. I have > tried installation with brand new and 2nd hand computers. In these > instances ethernet detection was found but dhcp autoconfiguration > failed. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-05 Thread Colin Humphrey
>> >>If you want the Ubuntu server accessible from the internet, you need >>to get a proper router and put the Ubuntu server in the DMZ as David >>mentioned earlier. >> I agree a proper router and ubuntu 6.06 LTS in the appropriate place would be of most benefit. At present I am having a hard tim

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-03 Thread Colin Humphrey
Cheers I'm looking into it - viewing pros and cons between Hydra and mIRC _ It's Hotmail's 10th Birthday! Come and play Pass the Parcel http://www.msnpasstheparcel.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-02 Thread Stephen Garton
Colin Humphrey wrote: > at the moment I only have win xp as my ubuntu machine exerienced hdd > failure. > Do you know how to get IRC going for windows / which client to use? > > _ > Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-02 Thread Toby Smithe
On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 16:25 +, Colin Humphrey wrote: > at the moment I only have win xp as my ubuntu machine exerienced hdd > failure. > Do you know how to get IRC going for windows / which client to use? mIRC -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-02 Thread Colin Humphrey
at the moment I only have win xp as my ubuntu machine exerienced hdd failure. Do you know how to get IRC going for windows / which client to use? _ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-30 Thread Gary
> On 24/11/06, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The second time I tried #ubuntu-uk and no one said a word It can be quiet, but can also be a very active channel... all depends on the time you join it, and if there is anything good on telly... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-30 Thread Pete Ryland
On 24/11/06, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So *that's* why people use IRC. I've only tried it twice, once a > couple of nights ago, and once when I was in university, hmm, 15 or so > years ago. That first time I was in a very busy channel and quickly > got very lost. The second time I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 24/11/06, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 24/11/06, Colin Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] Hmm, email's not the best way of carrying out a conversation when everyone's online, is it? :-) So *that's* why people use IRC. I've only tried it twice, once a couple of ni

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
>Hmm, sounds like the machine is a bit poorly... agreed... >A DMZ is an area of your network that has restricted access to the internal machines. It's used for hosting a web server, for example, so that if the machine with public access from the internet is hacked, your internal machine(s) are s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 24/11/06, Colin Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > Basically I want to have an XP computer with an internet connection to > display web pages that housed on an ubuntu server. What's the best > configuration - way to go about it? > Depends on exactly what you want. Do you want the U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread David Morley
On 24/11/06, Colin Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Matt > > Not tried with a desktop version yet - If after trying with desktop version > network card is still not detected then I will attempt an install on > another computer. > > By the way where can I get the desktop package from? > The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
Sure - Thanks for the memory jog with check cd - will do when I get another machine to test on this one has had it. _ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch8

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
Hi Matt Not tried with a desktop version yet - If after trying with desktop version network card is still not detected then I will attempt an install on another computer. By the way where can I get the desktop package from? Colin __

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