Re: [ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-17 Thread Dave Walker
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 16:42 +0100, Dave Walker wrote: > > Make this script and chmod +x it. > whoops use this instead; #!/bin/sh SERVICE='irssa' if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null then echo grooovy > /dev/null else # irssi is not running, better relaunch screen -d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-17 Thread Dave Walker
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 10:54 +0100, Matthew East wrote: > Hi, > > On 17/08/07, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then i simply extracted the irssi executable from either a deb or tar, I > > can't remember. To make things easier you can just use mine :) > > Ah, clever: there was me trying

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-17 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 17/08/07, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Key Based Authentication: > > # On local machine upload the key (If you already have one) > $ scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ > > # ssh back to dreamhost > $ mkdir .ssh > $ cat id_dsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys # append your key > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-17 Thread Matthew East
Hi, On 17/08/07, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then i simply extracted the irssi executable from either a deb or tar, I > can't remember. To make things easier you can just use mine :) Ah, clever: there was me trying to compile the thing, and finding missing glib libraries, and gettin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-17 Thread Dave Walker
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 10:23 +0100, Matthew East wrote: > On 17/08/07, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On the whole, my dreamhost experience has been good and I > > have been able to run IRSSI+screen (Console IRC Client) without any > > problems. > > How do you do that? I haven't been ab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-17 Thread Matthew East
On 17/08/07, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the whole, my dreamhost experience has been good and I > have been able to run IRSSI+screen (Console IRC Client) without any > problems. How do you do that? I haven't been able to install irssi... I'd love to know how you did it. Fancy posti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-17 Thread Dave Walker
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 09:52 +0100, Matthew East wrote: > > While I also considered a VPS for a while, in the end I decided that > they weren't worth the money - > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/sounder/2006-December/009733.html > > For a relatively low-specification solution, I'd recommend Dre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-17 Thread Matthew East
On 17/08/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > For some time I have been intending to get a VPS somewhere. I know that > > throughout this time I have seen various people mentioning in IRC doing the > > same. > > > > I know I will get varying answers to this, but can peopl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-17 Thread Chris Rowson
> Hi all! > > For some time I have been intending to get a VPS somewhere. I know that > throughout this time I have seen various people mentioning in IRC doing the > same. > > I know I will get varying answers to this, but can people recommend the best > host in their experience? (and Debian/Ubuntu

[ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-16 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi all! For some time I have been intending to get a VPS somewhere. I know that throughout this time I have seen various people mentioning in IRC doing the same. I know I will get varying answers to this, but can people recommend the best host in their experience? (and Debian/Ubuntu is a must :)