Fnord/Eris update

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Heads up! Read the new MOTD on Fnord for some information on the OS
upgrade that PrismNet is putting in. Fnord and Eris are both getting moved
to FreeBSD 6.2 and geting some incremental software changes as well.
Backup your code and your scripts and get ready to test and/or to
complain.
-KKC, who feels like the imperial crier from the Rome TV series...

So far, so good. (keeping fingers crossed ;)

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Rocket Ray

2007-07-28 01:01:15 UTC

Well, I can't connect at all today. After I enter my password my Putty
client crashes. Calling Prismnet doesn't help because they've figured out
that if you leave somebody on hold long enough, eventually they'll give up.

Can anyone suggest a possible change I could make in my Putty config that
would enable me to connect?

The Chief Instigator

2007-07-28 03:06:01 UTC

Post by Rocket Ray

Well, I can't connect at all today. After I enter my password my Putty
client crashes. Calling Prismnet doesn't help because they've figured out
that if you leave somebody on hold long enough, eventually they'll give up.
Can anyone suggest a possible change I could make in my Putty config that
would enable me to connect?

Now that xemacs is up and running, I'm weeding out the bugs in
converting from .emacs...

Jim Menard

2007-07-28 14:20:36 UTC

Post by Rocket Ray

Well, I can't connect at all today. After I enter my password my Putty
client crashes. Calling Prismnet doesn't help because they've figured out
that if you leave somebody on hold long enough, eventually they'll give up.
Can anyone suggest a possible change I could make in my Putty config that
would enable me to connect?

Now that xemacs is up and running, I'm weeding out the bugs in
converting from .emacs...

I asked them to install emacs yesterday, and they've done so.

Thank you, admins.

Jim

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The Chief Instigator

2007-07-28 17:15:01 UTC

Post by Jim Menard

Post by Rocket Ray

Well, I can't connect at all today. After I enter my password my Putty
client crashes. Calling Prismnet doesn't help because they've figured out
that if you leave somebody on hold long enough, eventually they'll give up.
Can anyone suggest a possible change I could make in my Putty config that
would enable me to connect?

Now that xemacs is up and running, I'm weeding out the bugs in
converting from .emacs...

I asked them to install emacs yesterday, and they've done so.
Thank you, admins.

I'll second that, even though I'm still wading through documentation
for setting the fill-column in Gnus under xemacs. (It seems to be
defaulting to 74, despite my having had mine set at 78 for several
years, by now.)

Kendrick Kerwin Chua

2007-07-28 17:19:28 UTC

Post by Jim Menard

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Post by Jim Menard

Post by The Chief Instigator
Now that xemacs is up and running, I'm weeding out the bugs in
converting from .emacs...

I asked them to install emacs yesterday, and they've done so.
Thank you, admins.

I'll third the thanks in public. As an FYI to everybody who reads here
still, note that a lot of installed apps didn't get converted over to the
same version under the new OS. In particular, trn is running at 3.5
instead of 4.X, which means that it doesn't use the trnrc file or reliably
read environment variables. The admins I've talked to so far have been
really helpful and willing to listen, so don't anybody be afraid to speak
up if you need something from them.

-KKC, hanging on to his IO e-mail address like a badge of honor...

vince

2007-07-30 21:35:29 UTC

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Heads up! Read the new MOTD on Fnord for some information on the OS

If you can see this, I guess inews was installed. I've been
unable to post from trn.

--
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vince

2007-07-30 21:38:17 UTC

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Heads up! Read the new MOTD on Fnord for some information on the OS

If you can see this, I guess inews was installed. I've been
unable to post from trn.

Woohoo!

My biggest problem now is that none of the ssh programs I use
on DOS will connect to io.com. I finally was able to log in from
an AIX box at work. Anyone know of a DOS ssh that works with IO?

Thanks,

--
vince
/***** Visit the Home of the Rancid Tofu Experience *****/
/***** http://www.garageband.com/artist/rancidtofu *****/

Kendrick Kerwin Chua

2007-07-30 22:22:13 UTC

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Heads up! Read the new MOTD on Fnord for some information on the OS

If you can see this, I guess inews was installed. I've been
unable to post from trn.

I've been working with one of the PrismNet admins. They had to set some
global environment variables and install inews, and that all happened on
Saturday.

Post by vince
Woohoo!
My biggest problem now is that none of the ssh programs I use
on DOS will connect to io.com. I finally was able to log in from
an AIX box at work. Anyone know of a DOS ssh that works with IO?

What SSH program are you using? It's worth nothing that the certificates
have been updated, so you might have to clear that data and reload it as a
fresh connection. Your DOS client might be rejecting the connection out of
hand and not giving you the ability to manually validate the updated cert.

-KKC, who uses Putty and OpenSSH and they both run fine...

vince

2007-07-31 20:04:05 UTC

Post by vince
My biggest problem now is that none of the ssh programs I use
on DOS will connect to io.com. I finally was able to log in from
an AIX box at work. Anyone know of a DOS ssh that works with IO?

I'm using an emulator called S-Term that has ssh(1 and 2) built-in.
I'll see if I can locate the certificate data and also find a copy of
OpenSSH. Thanks for the info.

--
vince
/***** Visit the Home of the Rancid Tofu Experience *****/
/***** http://www.garageband.com/artist/rancidtofu *****/

The Chief Instigator

2007-07-31 23:49:52 UTC

I'm using an emulator called S-Term that has ssh(1 and 2) built-in.
I'll see if I can locate the certificate data and also find a copy of
OpenSSH. Thanks for the info.

I'm looking at STerm, but I'll be looking for OpenSSH, too...

Kendrick Kerwin Chua

2007-08-01 00:33:36 UTC

Post by vince
I'm using an emulator called S-Term that has ssh(1 and 2) built-in.
I'll see if I can locate the certificate data and also find a copy of
OpenSSH. Thanks for the info.

I'm looking at STerm, but I'll be looking for OpenSSH, too...

Or I could just post the bloody download link:

http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/

-KKC, who should keep these things bookmarked more.

The Chief Instigator

2007-08-01 20:25:30 UTC

Post by vince
I'm using an emulator called S-Term that has ssh(1 and 2) built-in.
I'll see if I can locate the certificate data and also find a copy of
OpenSSH. Thanks for the info.

I'm looking at STerm, but I'll be looking for OpenSSH, too...

http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/
-KKC, who should keep these things bookmarked more.

Thanks...got that one bookmarked so I can play around with it over the next
few days.

Kendrick Kerwin Chua

2007-08-02 13:28:25 UTC