I am using sometimes

$ sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdd1
$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd1

and I would like to see the progress of dd command. So, do the following:

1. open a new terminal/console and type:

$ sudo killall -USR1

2. open the terminal/console where your dd is running and you will see something like this:

2242867712 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 396.007 s, 5.7 MB/s
5625297+0 records in
5625297+0 records out

Anyway, your dd command will continue without any problem.
That's all!

Here are the basic steps to install Intel C/C++ and Fortran Compilers on OpenSUSE 11.1:

1. download Intel C/C++ and Fortran Compilers from their website. They are free for non-commercial use
2. unpack and start the installer
3. at some point I received:

Step no: 4 of 7 | Installation configuration - Missing Critical Pre-requisite
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following required for installation commands are missing:
libstdc++.so.5 (library)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Finish with prerequisites and back to Critical Pre-requisites dialog
[default]
2. Back to Pre-requisite summary dialog

h. Help
b. Back to the previous menu
q. Quit
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please type a selection or press "Enter" to accept default choice [1]:

4. let's stop the installer and install the necessary packages

vaio:/home/ionut # zypper install libstdc++33

vaio:/home/ionut # whereis libstdc++.so.5
libstdc++.so: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.5 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6

vaio:/home/ionut # zypper install libstdc++33-32bit

vaio:/home/ionut # zypper install binutils-32bit binutils-devel

5. let's run again the installer, now we have all packages installed

[...skip...]
Step no: 4 of 7 | Installation configuration - Missing Optional Pre-requisite
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
There is one or more optional unresolved issues. It is highly recommended to fix
it all before you continue the installation. You can fix it without exiting from
the installation and re-check. Or you can quit from the installation, fix it and
run the installation again.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Missing optional pre-requisite
-- cannot determine operating system type
-- system glibc or kernel version not supported or not detectable
-- binutils version not supported or not detectable
------------------------------------------------------------
1. Skip missing optional pre-requisites [default]
2. Show the detailed info about issue(s)
3. Re-check the pre-requisites

h. Help
b. Back to the previous menu
q. Quit
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please type a selection or press "Enter" to accept default choice [1]:

5. accept default choice and press Enter
6. Intel compiler is installed, do the same for the other compiler
7. enjoy :)

I have a Kingston Data Traveler 4 GB USB Drive, and a few days ago I decided to use it also as a rescue boot device (to be bootable in order to recover data when needed), as storage device (to move around some files, used on windows, mac, linux, freebsd), to have on it some personal files which I would like to be encrypted (for example: my ssh private keys, my bookmarks, my passwords, ...), but also to have with me some applications which I use day by day (firefox, thunderbird, keypass, ...).

So here is what I did:

As filesystem I used Fat32. I installed System RescueCD so I have a bootable linux distro with a lot of useful utilities like Partimage, GNU Parted, TestDisk, kernel for i386 and also for x86-64, ... The instructions to install it on fat32 filesystem are here: Installation On USB Memory Stick, I used "Instalation from Windows" part.

Next step was to install Truecrypt for windows in portable mode, a step by step guide how to do it, is available here, to be able to open my encrypted volume.

Now I can create an encrypted volume, using truecrypt, where we store all my personal files, let's say 2 giga.

In that encrypted volume I also installed PortableApps Suite and beeing a LaTeX user I also included USBTeX.

Ok, now I still have space to store some useful small iso images, like Clonezilla, Hiren Boot CD, Acronis True Image BootCD.

That's my setup for USB Memory Stick, I have it with me all the time, I can use it on any system, mac, windows, linux, I have a bootable linux disto on it, and also my personal files encrypted with some useful software. Maybe I should mention that Portable Apps Suite works well also with wine on linux.

I did a dd copy of my complete usb stick configuration/setup, immediately after I finished to install everything I needed, because if I will lose it, then to be able to recover everything quickly.

I spent the last 4 days in Bristol to attend to "Parallel Programming with MPI" course, provided by HECToR which is the UK's high-end computing resource, funded by the Research Councils and available for researchers at UK universities, and by NAG - The Numerical Algorithms Group specialized in the provision of software for the solution of mathematical, statistical and data mining problems.

The course covered the Introduction to MPI and Advanced MPI.  MPI (Message Passing Interface) is the de facto standard for parallel programming. I have also some experience with PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) my Master Thesis was based on that, and I learnt a lot about OpenMP, so I wanted to extend my knowledge for Parallel Programming with MPI.

The course introduced the concepts and terminology of High Performance Computing (HPC).  After an detailed look at point-to-point and collective communication, we learnt some more advanced topics: Cartesian topologies, MPI derived data types, user-defined binary operators, groups and communicators. We also had a lot of practical exercises to solve.  It was a great course.

Hello,  I just released a update to evolution-mapi. 0.26.0.1 has fix for Bug 574784 without which the package is totally unusable.

Thanks !

class CDialog:
    def __init__(self):
       self.factory = yui.YUI.widgetFactory()

    def listen(self, newList):
       self.listeners = newList
       etype=-1
       while etype!=5:
           event = self.dialog.waitForEvent()
           etype = event.eventType()
           for item in self.listeners:
                if (item.getInstance()==event.widget()): item.handle(event)

class CButton:
  def __init__(self, factory, parent, label):
    self.button = factory.createPushButton( parent, label )
  def getInstance(self):
    return self.button

...
self.pbAdd = CButton(self.f, hbox2, "&Add")
self.pbEdit = CButton(self.f, hbox2, "&Edit")
self.pbDel = CButton(self.f, hbox2, "&Delete")
...
d.listen([self.pbAdd, self.pbEdit, self.pbDel])
...

self.pbAdd.handle = self.handleAdd

self.pbAdd.handle = new.instancemethod(mujhandler, self.pbAdd, self.pbAdd.__class__)

self.pbAdd.handle = new.instancemethod(self.handleAdd.im_func, self.pbAdd, self.pbAdd.__class__)

Dear Ladies and Gents,
version “3.0.6” of openSUSE-Enlightenment (SOAD project) is out:

Download page

GWDG mirror will be updated to the version “3.0.6” on Monday (next week).

Changelog from 3.0.5 to 3.0.6 version
* new updated kernel (version 2.6.27.19_3.2)
* updated EFL/E to svn_r39423 (2009-03-09)
* updated OOo (version 3.0.1.3)
* fixed “Del” key operation in “xterm”
* fixed the segfault during the first login to Enlightenment-DR17
* improved “Wicd” init script
* added GTK+ “Unity” theme
* removed “atl1e” driver for “Attansic” LAN cards (found on the eeepc1000* mostly)
* following drivers are added: “rtl8187”, “rt73”, “rt61”, “r8101”, “r8168”
* improved list of a default installed repositories
* overall code/software/packages update to the current openSUSE-11.1 state
* some useful Wi-Fi utilities added along with the advanced documentation (Tutorials…)
* other misc. enhancements

In general – this version just works. The only disadvantage is that “LiveCD” version require 800M media (or a blank DVD-R/RW disk) and cannot be recorded to the standard 700M CD-R/RW. The absence of a “delta” images are due to the huge update of a packages – “delta” has no sense this time.

We’re also recommend you to visit our two new modest wiki pages and read a bit about:
Ecomorph
Wicd

Btw, it looks like “Wicd” have a chance to be a default network configuration tool for KDE-4.3 (Dev. Team are constantly improving the package, that’s great!).

LiveCD: list of installed packages
USB-stick: list of installed packages

Huge thanks to Mikhail Kazakov for a help in preparation of this release version!

Enjoy!

Regards,
sda

P.S. The curious persons are welcome to glimpse at the small “Detailed uncompressed LiveCD packages size” pdf file.