On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 07:49:42AM -0500, Dave Ihnat wrote:
> Paul,
>
> I took this off-list, since I think we've gone beyond the general interests
> of the group.
Heh. Guess I *didn't* take it off-list...missed that mutt stuffed the CC:
field even though I told it to respond to Paul. Foo.
Che
Paul,
I took this off-list, since I think we've gone beyond the general interests
of the group.
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:50:43PM -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Given that I got four emails from you which all distill down to "try it,
> it is easy" and you already provided "a piece of cake" f
On 9/19/2011 6:32 AM, Dave Ihnat wrote:
>
> See my other posts about DHCP and address assignments.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Dave Ihnat
> dih...@dminet.com
Dave:
Given that I got four emails from you which all distill down to "try it,
it is easy" and you already provided "a piece of cake" f
For those with KVM switches, could you please provide the following information:
1. Make & Model.
2. Look in /var/log/messages for USB connect and disconnect message from the
kernel.
I had a KVM switch I used to hate for various reasons, one of which was that it
disconnected my keyboard and
On Sat September 17 2011, Dave Ihnat wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 09:05:26PM -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
> > Any suggestions for a USB KVM that *works*???
>
> I've had good luck with a Raritan SwitchMan USB COMBO 4-port unit.
> Works between Windows, Linux, and a whole mort of other systems I'
On Sun September 18 2011, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> > No, I think you misunderstand... I'm not looking for virtualization..
> > I am looking for a Keyboard/Video/Mouse switch. :D I want VGA, USB
> > and if possible, sound shared. :D I have tried iogear and found it to
> > be worthless! :( My old P
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 08:27:28PM -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> > 3. I use sftp to copy both ways, if all I need to do is to copy.
>
> Looking into this, though it seems like it may be overkill for my needs
It comes with 'ssh' in CygWin.
> I guess this is the answer to figuring out the dyna
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 09:50:39PM -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> The phrase "enough of a pain to set up" is a red flag to me to make sure
> I am putting my effort into what I really need versus what might be nice
> (aka "gravy"). I appreciate the editorial !!!
Please see my post. It's much
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 11:52:35PM -0400, Robert Myers wrote:
> You can run an sshd daemon under Cygwin so that a windows box can be
> ssh'd into just as if it were a linux box. It was enough of a pain to
> set up, though, that since I don't really need it, I don't routinely
> even set it up.
In
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 08:23:05PM -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Incredible ... it was totally a piece of cake. Once you told me ...
And you get 'scp' with 'ssh'. NOW, just install Samba and it's even
easier from within your LAN. If you don't want to get into configuring it,
just drop on a c
On 19/09/11 04:31, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> On 9/18/2011 4:33 PM, jdow wrote:
>>
>> Why not just use samba? Works like a champ here for a mixed bag of
>> about a dozen computers, occasional Macs, several 'ix, and several
>> MS boxes XP through 7. Why make it harder on yourself than necessary?
>>
>Given that all I want to do is scp with the occasional ssh, samba seems
>
>like overkill.
If what you mostly want to do is file transfer, start file the sharing service
on the windows side and then use smbclient from linux. You don't really need to
share anything as windows loves to share a
On 9/18/2011 8:52 PM, Robert Myers wrote:
>
> You can run an sshd daemon under Cygwin so that a windows box can be
> ssh'd into just as if it were a linux box. It was enough of a pain to
> set up, though, that since I don't really need it, I don't routinely
> even set it up.
>
> Robert.
Robert:
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Still can't ssh from Linux to XP/Cygwin or push to XP/Cygwin as I
> don't know how to tell my Linux boxes about the dynamic ip of the XP
> box, but that would just be gravy as I can use mail to get files from
> Linux to XP.
>
You can ru
On 9/18/2011 4:33 PM, jdow wrote:
>
> Why not just use samba? Works like a champ here for a mixed bag of
> about a dozen computers, occasional Macs, several 'ix, and several
> MS boxes XP through 7. Why make it harder on yourself than necessary?
>
> {^_^}
Given that all I want to do is scp with th
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On 9/18/2011 12:04 PM, Robert Myers wrote:
>
> I hope your question has been answered.
Very much so per prior email
> A couple of tricks and traps:
>
>
>
> 3. I use sftp to copy both ways, if all I need to do is to copy.
Looking into this, though it seems like it may be overkill for my
On 9/18/2011 7:20 AM, Dave Ihnat wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 02:53:34AM -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>> How can one ssh from a cygwin shell to a Fedora box?
> It's a piece of cake--I do it all the time.
>
Dave:
Incredible ... it was totally a piece of cake. Once you told me where
there wa
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 7:33 PM, jdow wrote:
> Why not just use samba? Works like a champ here for a mixed bag of
> about a dozen computers, occasional Macs, several 'ix, and several
> MS boxes XP through 7. Why make it harder on yourself than necessary?
>
Same reason I abandoned KVM. I got tir
On 2011/09/18 12:04, Robert Myers wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>
>>
>> I tried to resist asking about this, but I can't help myself as it would
>> solve some problems that I just assumed were not answerable.
>>
>> But I will only take baby-steps.
>>
>> How can
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 6:31 PM, John Aldrich wrote:
> Also, my mouse has a tendency to be "jumpy" under
> Linux when switching between windoze and Fedora. Just bumping the mouse can
> cause all sorts of mayhem!
That was the recurring problem that made me abandon KVM. Usually I
could fix it, bu
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>
> I tried to resist asking about this, but I can't help myself as it would
> solve some problems that I just assumed were not answerable.
>
> But I will only take baby-steps.
>
> How can one ssh from a cygwin shell to a Fedora box? My XP
On 09/18/2011 10:59 AM, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Sat September 17 2011, Robert Myers wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:38 PM, John Aldrich
> wrote:
>>> I've got two computers -- a Windows XP machine and a Fedora 15 box. I
>>> am sending back the new KVM I bought since it doesn't work at all for
On Sat September 17 2011, Robert Myers wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:38 PM, John Aldrich
wrote:
> > I've got two computers -- a Windows XP machine and a Fedora 15 box. I
> > am sending back the new KVM I bought since it doesn't work at all for
> > my Linux box (just sits there and doesn't de
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 02:53:34AM -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> How can one ssh from a cygwin shell to a Fedora box?
It's a piece of cake--I do it all the time.
On the same LAN--as your machine are--you can find the Linux box by either
using it as your DNS server on the LAN, or putting an en
On 9/17/2011 1:56 PM, Robert Myers wrote:
> I'm embarrassed to say that I use a Windows machine as my main
> machine. Cygwin has reached the point where, with care, you can ssh
> into Fedora and use most x-based applications.
Robert:
I tried to resist asking about this, but I can't help myself as
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 09:05:26PM -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
> Any suggestions for a USB KVM that *works*???
I've had good luck with a Raritan SwitchMan USB COMBO 4-port unit. Works
between Windows, Linux, and a whole mort of other systems I've had to work
on, since I use ports 3 & 4 as "guest"
On Sat September 17 2011, Robert M. Witkop wrote:
> I have had good experience with Iogear. I used the two port when I only
> had one windoz and on Linux. Then I move to their 4 port for one windoz
> and 2 Linux. I currently runnit the miniveiw ultra 8 port on 3 windoz
> and 5 Linux platforms and i
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 16:38 -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
> I've got two computers -- a Windows XP machine and a Fedora 15 box. I am
> sending back the new KVM I bought since it doesn't work at all for my Linux
> box (just sits there and doesn't detect that it's plugged in.) It also
> doesn't pass
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 18:55 -0400, Robert Myers wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Craig White wrote:
>
> >
> > That said it has worked flawlessly for all this time. The only problem
> > is when I switch back to Linux, I do have to be careful as the mouse is
> > jumpy until 2 seconds after
I have had good experience with Iogear. I used the two port when I only
had one windoz and on Linux. Then I move to their 4 port for one windoz
and 2 Linux. I currently runnit the miniveiw ultra 8 port on 3 windoz
and 5 Linux platforms and it is performing well. I had tried Belkin, but
found that i
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Craig White wrote:
>
> That said it has worked flawlessly for all this time. The only problem
> is when I switch back to Linux, I do have to be careful as the mouse is
> jumpy until 2 seconds after the first click so I have learned not to
> move it but just click
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 16:56 -0400, Robert Myers wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:38 PM, John Aldrich wrote:
> > I've got two computers -- a Windows XP machine and a Fedora 15 box. I am
> > sending back the new KVM I bought since it doesn't work at all for my Linux
> > box (just sits there and do
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:38 PM, John Aldrich wrote:
> I've got two computers -- a Windows XP machine and a Fedora 15 box. I am
> sending back the new KVM I bought since it doesn't work at all for my Linux
> box (just sits there and doesn't detect that it's plugged in.) It also
> doesn't pass alon
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:38:15 -0400
John Aldrich wrote:
> Anyone got a KVM they can recommend? Bonus if it'll share the speakers with
> multiple computers. :D
I had one marketed (but not made by) iogear. It switched DVI, USB, speakers
and microphones, and was absolutely the only reliable KVM I ev
I've got two computers -- a Windows XP machine and a Fedora 15 box. I am
sending back the new KVM I bought since it doesn't work at all for my Linux
box (just sits there and doesn't detect that it's plugged in.) It also
doesn't pass along the unifying receiver for my new wireless keyboard and
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