UK Linux

Mounting HD on boot...
Hi! Desktop computer with two hard drives. Both are formatted ext3. On the first is LinuxMint with three partitions - root, Swap, Home. On the second is just the one partition. This second drive is going to be used for Backups, holding Pictures, and music files. I can open Computer and then click on the d... 26 Aug 2008 19:11

Can't solve Thunderbird segfault
I've been running thunderbird on my Mandriva 2006 (I know it's old) set up at work for forever and suddenly this morning it's segfaulting with this output: ../run-mozilla.sh: line 131: 5830 Segmentation fault "$prog" ${1+"$@"} I've tried re-installing with the latest version and with a fresh profile, but it st... 19 Aug 2008 07:03

Strange internet behaviour (may be slightly off topic)
I wonder if anyone is having this problem. I first noticed it last Friday evening Some websites are taking very long times to load, while others are almost instantaneous. Using gkrellm's simple network activity display I can see that there is a long delay in response from the server rather than slow actual downl... 5 Sep 2008 17:49

EEE PC901 WiFi reservations
When I ordered a 901, I got a 900 by mistake. Not realising this for a couple of days, I ran it up and was delighted with it. However, I had ordered an Atom powered model and sent the 900 back. The 901 is equally fine in every respect except one, the Wifi is very flaky and gives a 45% signal strength when about ... 18 Aug 2008 18:46

NAS appliance or home server
I've been meaning, for some time, to provide some sort of storage server for the motley collection of computers -- some Windows and some linux based -- that lurk around here. The primary requirement is that it be able to run headless, and that it support both samba/cfs and NFS from a RAID-1 array (probably 2x75... 4 Sep 2008 10:55

X screen blanker causes rolling picture on LCD?
I have half a dozen machines connected to an Iiyama 17" LCD using a KVM. Five run CentOS 5.1 and one runs Fedora 6. They all exhibit the same problem. Previously they ran a mixture of earlier OSes with no problems. When sitting idle at the X login screen, eventually some timer expires and the machines enter ... 18 Aug 2008 07:27

Syncing calendar with Nokia phone
Are there any Linux-based tools that allow syncing of calendar data (i.e. appointments) with my nice and shiny nokia E51? I currently use the lightening extension to thunderbird with my data stored on google calendars. Something that integrates well with that would be perfect. TIA ... 19 Aug 2008 05:00

UK Mirror Service
I run a nightly rsync from mirrorservice.org, last night it failed and I can't get any response for ftp or www services or ping either. Anyone have any info? Alan -- email =~ s/nospam/fudokai/ ... 14 Aug 2008 10:21

UKPost?
Hi, I know Jason posted something on the ukpost website about moving to somewhere else for users, but I've not had any emails (webmail or otherwise) for almost 36 hours. Is anyone else having a problem with it or is it me? If I ping either mail.ukpost or smtp.ukpost, both are returned fine, so the servers are re... 15 Aug 2008 14:06

Netvista crashes revisited
Dear All, Several of you offered some help with my crashing problem - a Netvista which repeatedly hung while running Ubuntu. Hung as in "stopped dead" - nothing in the logs, no ssh access from outside, nothing. I was advised to check the hardware and sure enough, reseating a displaced video card seemed to do the... 12 Aug 2008 10:05