General Linux

can a DHCP request recieved on eth0 also assign an IP to eth1?
Usually I assign essentially static I/Ps based on MAC addresses via a DHCP server. i.e. the day a new server is added to the network a unique association between its MAC and I/P is developed. (by manually adding its eth0 MAC to the dhcpd.conf file) But now, each server will be having twin etc cards. The new ca... 11 May 2010 21:13

NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 11 May 2010 Lisp NYC Meet and NYLUG Hack Meet
On Tuesday 11 May 2010 on the Island of the Manahattoes, Lisp NYC will gather to eat and drink. And the NYLUG Hackfolk will gather to first Squeak, then eat and drink. These two meetings are in different places. Full details below in the two official announcements. There is also an addendum to the second anno... 11 May 2010 02:26

getting eth cards to get eth0 and eth1 names correctly
I have 2 different eth cards in a bunch of machines: a 1Gig and a 10Gig. Each is a different vendor. How can I always make the 1 Gig come up as eth0 and the 10Gig as a eth2? The MACs are of course all different, but the first 4 places of each vendor are unique. i.e. Vendor1's cards (the 1GigE's) start with 00... 30 May 2010 19:46

Capturing a signal from a composite video socket
I have a video card with a composite video socket, which I would like to use in order to capture and display the video signal from some external hardware into my computer. What Linux application(s) should I use for this purpose? ... 10 May 2010 14:18

desktop picture resetting itself
Hi. Using GNOME under Fedora 12 ... My desktop picture resets itself back to the default after I log in and log out. Any idea why that's happening, and how to fix? Thanks. -- Art Werschulz (8-{)} "Metaphors be with you." -- bumper sticker GCS/M (GAT): d? -p+ c++ l++ u+ P++ e--- m* s n+ h f g+ w+ t+... 9 May 2010 14:18

ACLs on XFS via NFS
Hello, I'm running 2 Gentoo systems with kernel 2.6.33.3 and .2. The server (.3) exports some directories via NFS. I have setup some dirs with ACLs, in which a group gets full access. On the NFS client (.2) I can mount the NFS exports, but I can't see any ACLs. In both kernels the NFS and ACL support is com... 10 May 2010 08:45

Why is Hulu better with Windows?
I've watched some old TV episodes on Hulu with both linux Mint and WinXP. They both do fine in the small window. If I select full screen its choppier with linux than with WinXP. With WinXP it is barely watchable, with linux it isn't. I don't have a real fast internet connection. I have a medium speed DS... 9 May 2010 12:07

3D linux?
I saw the movie "Avatar" in 3D and was wondering when 3D TVs would turn up in the local store. Well, I just got the latest issue of B & H (bhphotovideo.com, or if you want the link : http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?ci=2500&N=4289362937+4289364140) and started thinking about hooking one of these TVs to a comput... 11 May 2010 12:15

Better fsck on boot ???
Every so often one of my systems will fsck at boot time. This happens either because of a bad shutdown, which is pretty rare, or because a partition reaches a maximum boot count allowed between fscks, which is around 25 boots. This is a good thing to do to maintain a healthy system, and I want to keep this behav... 11 May 2010 19:01

FC12, ethernet interface stops working
I have a machine with dual onboard E1000 NICs. Recently, I changed the OS from CentOS 5.4 x64 to FC12 x64, and have since encountered a problem with the networking. This machine mounts one CIFS share, and also serves out one share via Samba. Whenever the machine encounters moderate network activites (say, be... 6 May 2010 18:43