[wellylug] Re. Bumps in the Koala 9.1 Road
marchetti
marchetti at clear.net.nz
Sun Nov 1 17:59:39 NZDT 2009
I note my 9.1 will not mount a Vodafone GSM stick. It
recognizes it, and a built-in micro SD card (I can open the
latter and edit). 9.04 worked fine with the stick.
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> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:53:35 +1300
> From: Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com>
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Ubuntu 9.04 32 or 64 bit - How do
> I find out
> which was installed?
> To: marchetti at clear.net.nz, Wellington Linux Users
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> On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 11:11 +1300, marchetti wrote:
> > At the recent Installfest, Ubuntu 9.04 was installed
> > from an Installfest disc, but I do not know if the
> > installed OS is 32 or 64.
>
> From the CLI:
>
> $ uname -p
>
> i386/i686 is 32-bit
>
> x86_64 is 64-bit
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> --
> Jethro Carr
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> Subject: [wellylug] First bump in the Koala road
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> Okay, my networks shares are not accessible. I have a
> dedicated box set up as a media server which I feed, via
> an Xbox (XBMC) using Samba, to my tv and other various
> networked toys. This worked perfectly with Jaunty, but...
> Karmic has changed my permissions and the shares are no
> longer available. I have figured out that this effects
> external drives that are mounted in the server. Internal
> drives, so far as I can tell, are not effected. Any
> suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
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> Ray
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> From: Stephen Judd <stephen at vital.org.nz>
> Subject: [wellylug] Interesting Ubuntu mirror routing for
> Telstra
> cable customers
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> This is probably not news to people who've been following
> the NZ peering debacle more closely than me, but...
>
> nz.archive.ubuntu.com routes via the US to Citylink.
>
> nz2.archive.ubuntu.com goes via a much shorter local path
> to a mirror at iHug.
>
> So of course using the number 2 mirror improves my update
> speed by a considerable margin.
>
> Having discovered this, my next question is: is there an
> even better Ubuntu mirror for TelstraClear modem users? I
> know Paradise has a Debian mirror, but there doesn't seem
> to be an Ubuntu one.
>
> Stephen
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> From: Callum Grant <callum.el.grant at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Interesting Ubuntu mirror routing
> for Telstra
> cable customers
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> Yes I found this aswell, but my suspicion was that
> citylink were just being stingy about bandwidth.
>
> We could start a petition for an ubuntu mirror:)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Callum
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 1/11/2009, at 10:22 AM, Stephen Judd
> <stephen at vital.org.nz> wrote:
>
> > This is probably not news to people who've been
> > following the NZ peering
> > debacle more closely than me, but...
> >
> > nz.archive.ubuntu.com routes via the US to Citylink.
> >
> > nz2.archive.ubuntu.com goes via a much shorter local
> > path to a mirror at
> > iHug.
> >
> > So of course using the number 2 mirror improves my
> > update speed by a considerable margin.
> >
> > Having discovered this, my next question is: is there an
> > even better Ubuntu mirror for TelstraClear modem users?
> > I know Paradise has a Debian
> > mirror, but there doesn't seem to be an Ubuntu one.
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> >
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> From: Jeff Hunt <jeffhunt90 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [wellylug] Koala needed
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> Is there anyone in the Khandallah to Kilbirnie area who
> can supply a Karmic Koala to a dial-up user?
> Actually a copy of Ubuntu 9.10 would be useful as well
> :-)
>
> Can anyone explain to me whether the iso versus image
> debate is significant. Can I put an image straight onto a
> usb and use it??
>
> Contact at jeffhunt90 at gmail.com welcome.
>
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> From: Peter Lambrechtsen <plambrechtsen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Interesting Ubuntu mirror routing
> for Telstra
> cable customers
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> On 1/11/2009, at 10:28 AM, Callum Grant
> <callum.el.grant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes I found this aswell, but my suspicion was that
> > citylink were just being stingy about bandwidth.
> >
> > We could start a petition for an ubuntu mirror:)
>
> It's more likely Telstra refusing to peer with citylink
> unless they get paid for it. Like the madness that was
> trademe used to go via the us for Wgtn tcl cable
> customers. Since strangely enough cusomers wouldn't
> expect to get charged traffic for such local peering.. But
> tcl's gotta get paid!
>
> If you want to petion anyone it should be tcl.. And better
> yet ask for it to be free traffic.
>
> But they make Tui billboards about these sorts of things.
>
>
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Callum
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On 1/11/2009, at 10:22 AM, Stephen Judd
> <stephen at vital.org.nz> wrote: >
> >> This is probably not news to people who've been
> following the NZ >> peering
> >> debacle more closely than me, but...
> >>
> >> nz.archive.ubuntu.com routes via the US to Citylink.
> >>
> >> nz2.archive.ubuntu.com goes via a much shorter local
> path to a >> mirror at
> >> iHug.
> >>
> >> So of course using the number 2 mirror improves my
> update speed by a >> considerable margin.
> >>
> >> Having discovered this, my next question is: is there
> an even better >> Ubuntu mirror for TelstraClear modem
> users? I know Paradise has a >> Debian
> >> mirror, but there doesn't seem to be an Ubuntu one.
> >>
> >> Stephen
> >>
> >>
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> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:22:04 +1300 (NZDT)
> From: Mark Foster <blakjak at blakjak.net>
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Interesting Ubuntu mirror routing
> for Telstra
> cable customers
> To: Wellington Linux Users Group
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>
>
> On Sun, 1 Nov 2009, Peter Lambrechtsen wrote:
>
> > On 1/11/2009, at 10:28 AM, Callum Grant
> > <callum.el.grant at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Yes I found this aswell, but my suspicion was that
> citylink were just >> being stingy about bandwidth.
> >>
> >> We could start a petition for an ubuntu mirror:)
> >
> > It's more likely Telstra refusing to peer with citylink
> > unless they get paid for it. Like the madness that was
> > trademe used to go via the us for Wgtn tcl cable
> > customers. Since strangely enough cusomers wouldn't
> > expect to get charged traffic for such local peering..
> But tcl's gotta get paid! >
> > If you want to petion anyone it should be tcl.. And
> > better yet ask for it to be free traffic.
> >
> > But they make Tui billboards about these sorts of
> things. >
>
> +1.
>
> (Yes, hardly constructive, but very true. In the meantime
> I guess I'll set up the Ihug repo.)
>
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:41:08 +1300
> From: Callum Grant <callum.el.grant at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Interesting Ubuntu mirror routing
> for Telstra
> cable customers
> To: Wellington Linux Users Group
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> Since I'm on unlimited data I'm just going to set up my
> own repo, and sidestep this completely.
>
> Callum
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 1/11/2009, at 11:22 AM, Mark Foster
> <blakjak at blakjak.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 1 Nov 2009, Peter Lambrechtsen wrote:
> >
> >> On 1/11/2009, at 10:28 AM, Callum Grant
> <callum.el.grant at gmail.com> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yes I found this aswell, but my suspicion was that
> citylink were >>> just
> >>> being stingy about bandwidth.
> >>>
> >>> We could start a petition for an ubuntu mirror:)
> >>
> >> It's more likely Telstra refusing to peer with citylink
> unless they >> get paid for it. Like the madness that was
> trademe used to go via the >> us for Wgtn tcl cable
> customers. Since strangely enough cusomers >> wouldn't
> expect to get charged traffic for such local peering.. But
> >> tcl's gotta get paid! >>
> >> If you want to petion anyone it should be tcl.. And
> better yet ask >> for
> >> it to be free traffic.
> >>
> >> But they make Tui billboards about these sorts of
> things. >>
> >
> > +1.
> >
> > (Yes, hardly constructive, but very true. In the
> > meantime I guess I'll
> > set up the Ihug repo.)
> >
> >
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