Re: Voip teleophony - Anyone know Packet-8 or others?

Mark Komarinski wrote: Tivo2Go is really nice too. Along with the HME apps like Galleon. Anyone get that to work with Linux? ...its the only OS in our house. Cheers! Ty -- Tyson D Sawyer 46CM '85 Reynard 85F The Red Headed Stepchild 118AM '72 Tui Super-V 2002 37DS '98 Neon ACR

Re: Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible

Ben Scott wrote: The problem is that if you've had a full system compromise (whether you call your superuser root, Administrator, or SUPERVISOR), you can no longer trust the computer to check itself. The attacker can subvert the system to lie to you about itself. How about boot disks that

Kubuntu on Mac - printers, gnucash

A friend of mine has a Mac G4 something or other. She had been running Yellow Dog on it, but we couldn't figure out how to get a new printer working. While reformatting everything anyway, we decided to try kubuntu. FYI: With both Yellow Dog and Kubuntu we ran into yaboot problems, but seem to

Re: Kubuntu on Mac - printers, gnucash

/06, Stephen Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 11:36 -0400, Tyson Sawyer wrote: A friend of mine has a Mac G4 something or other. She had been running Yellow Dog on it, but we couldn't figure out how to get a new printer working. While reformatting everything anyway, we decided

Evolution sucks??

Hey! I'm trying to figure out of Evolution sucks or its just a user error. I've been using Thunderbird and IMAP to connect to an Outlook server at work. I've just installed Ubuntu 6.10 on a new laptop and since it came with a shiney new copy of Evolution all ready to go, I figured I'd give it a

Re: MonadLUG notes, 8-March-2007: Pitch your distro

On 3/20/07, Mark Komarinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I started using Linux in the summer of '92 (get off my lawn!), so it was even pre-distro. IIRC, there has always been an IP stack of some sort, since I had a Western Digital *mumble* ISA Ethernet controller that I could use to network with

Re: Open Source BIOS?

On 4/16/07, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone got practical experience with these projects? I'd be interested to hear how they are actually progressing from someone with on-the-silicon experience. I developed an early version of LinuxBios which runs on some of the military iRobot

USB 2.0 CD/DVD?

Hey folks! I'm interested in an external USB 2.0 CD/DVD that works with Linux. ...I'm currently using Ubuntu 6.10 and expect to update soonish. I definitely want to be able to burn CDs. If reasonable on performance, OS support and cost, I'd also like to be able to burn DVDs. Any suggestions

Re: USB 2.0 CD/DVD?

NewEgg had a nice, slim external Plextor drive. It wasn't as cheap as the LiteOn stuff, but much smaller. ...and since I will sometimes be carrying the thing around, size matters. Thanks for the advice! Ty On 4/26/07, Tyson Sawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks! I'm interested

Re: A question about rsync

On 7/23/07, Cole Tuininga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On another note, if you're using rsync to make backups, cannot more highly recommend using rsnapshot (http://www.rsnapshot.org/) Huh! I'm using: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ And I highly recommend it. I just glanced at rsnapshot and

Re: fedora 7 on laptop no longer burns CDs or DVDs

FWIW, I've not had any problems like this w/Gnome/Ubuntu and it has the automount thingies. the automount stuff does annoy me from time to time, but it doesn't cause failures when burning CDs or DVDs. Cheers! Ty On 9/12/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/12/07, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL

Re: GOTCHA in Ubuntu - broken shell

On 9/28/07, Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (And remember to not trust Ubuntu. They don't think things through to the consequences. They don't listen, either. See below.) How about the consequences of using the syntax of one language and asking the shell/interpreter/compiler of a different

Re: Desperate for deb docs

OK, that was helpful. But there is still a big picture thing that I don't understand: How does one re-build a .deb package? Where is the equivalent of srpm packages? What if I want to rebuild a package on a different architecture or with some minor change? Thanks! Ty On 10/16/07, Star [EMAIL

Re: Desperate for deb docs

On 10/16/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/16/07, Tyson Sawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What if I want to rebuild a package on a different architecture ... There's an architecture that might use .deb packages but the Debian distribution *doesn't* support? Come on, Debian

Fwd: Lower power portable Linux

-- Forwarded message -- From: Tyson Sawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Nov 20, 2007 6:53 PM Subject: Re: Lower power portable Linux To: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] S3 w/Ubuntu 7.04 on a Dell Latitude D820 is pretty good, but not perfect. Sometimes wireless or something like

Re: Lower power portable Linux

On Nov 21, 2007 12:08 PM, mike ledoux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 06:03:31PM -0500, Ben Scott wrote: [...] I have yet to see suspend to RAM work on Linux anywhere. [...] I'm especially interested in how it fares for someone like me, who prefers to run a traditional

Prelink/suspend applications?

I have some applications that use lots of python and dynamic loading. The load/link stage of startup takes a rather long time. The application is heavily built around dynamic loading of libraries and so I don't think that 'prelink' will work for us. Are there any tools that might allows us to

Minor disaster recovery

Its been at least 10 years since I have actually done a recovery of this sort. ...back then LILO was king and floppy drives were still in use. I've been lucky enough to not do much sysadmin work in recent years. So... I have a small home server running a not quite up to date version of Ubuntu

Re: Minor disaster recovery

Guys, Thanks for the help. I wasn't able to go shopping today so rebuild is going to take a little longer than I had hoped. Too bad I have a day job. Thanks for the suggestions for dd'ing the existing drive. If I go with a fresh Ubuntu install, I shouldn't need it as I expect that I have a

Re: Gnome-terminal tab re-merge.

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote: (This is where, in real life, you might go Wups!) Thanks! :-) Cheers! Ty -- Tyson D Sawyer A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. - Daniel Webster

Re: April fools

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:  We interrupt your regularly scheduled off-topic discussions to bring you this message:  http://xkcd.com/ is awesome today.  I have found several Easter eggs so far (without cheating). I'm afraid to look. XKCD

Re: April fools

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Tyson Sawyer ty...@j3.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:  We interrupt your regularly scheduled off-topic discussions to bring you this message:  http://xkcd.com/ is awesome today.  I have found several

Re: OpenStreetMap compatible GPS?

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: FWIW, I have a garmin.  How do you find it works with Linux?  Or do you?  :) eTrex work great with gpsbabel. Newer, fancier units mount up as mass storage devices over USB and natively support GPX files. No problems

Re: OpenStreetMap compatible GPS?

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: People have different requirements around that, too: I was somewhat surprised, for example, to find that Nokia's N810 (GPS-enabled) tablet comes with a dashboard-mount... that *screws into* the dashboard. I'm not

Re: Nokia N900

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:06 PM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: On 05/12/2010 01:46 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: This is why I'm dubious of these `N810's GPS receiver is slow' claims-- because coupling them with `... so I never use it' is actually a vicious cycle. [...] I will note,

Re: Nokia N900

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Tom Buskey t...@buskey.name wrote: A dedicated GPS will have the maps.  On a cell, you download the maps. My balackberry gets a fix almost as well as my garmin, but then you need to get maps too. http://www.mapdroyd.com/ -- Tyson D Sawyer A strong

Re: Nokia N900

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:19 AM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: That said, I'll try to test it.  I'll assume the N810 needs a factory start by this point and then start doing some cold timings.  Assuming it doesn't take so long that I have to terminate the test. Install the AGPS update.

Re: Nokia N900

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:42 PM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: I was outside, I was still WiFi'd in to the house so it was using AGPS.  Result: Invalid. [...] Conclusion: The N810 GPS hardware and/or software definitively sucks. Though I agree that the N810 is not as good a GPS is

Re: Nokia N900

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:  Unrelated to the My GPS is faster than your GPS discussion, but relevant to the Linux friendliness question:  It has an apparently standard USB mini B port on the back, which serves for both power input (to charge

Re: Nokia N900

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:47 AM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: On 05/17/2010 09:39 AM, Tyson Sawyer wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:42 PM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: I was outside, I was still WiFi'd in to the house so it was using AGPS.  Result: Invalid. [...] Conclusion

Froyo on Droid?

I've read that Android 2.2 is making its way to the original Motorola Droid from Verizon. I've also read that it doesn't support a few key features that I was looking for and are reported to be present in the after market builds. I've done a bunch of searching of the 'net and can't find any

Re: Froyo on Droid?

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Mark Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.org wrote: I just got Froyo for my Droid on Saturday.  I'm not sure what I'm missing, so I guess ignorance is bliss.  I know that tethering requires an extra charge, That is my primary complaint. I don't use much data and

Re: Froyo on Droid?

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Tyson Sawyer ty...@j3.org wrote: Is there anyone in this group that has personal experience with an after market build of Froyo on the original Droid? Saphire-1.0.0, ROM Manager and life is good! Thanks Kenny! Ty -- Tyson D Sawyer A strong conviction

Professional GCC support?

An excerpt from an email exchange where I work: A tool I just found out they spent $9k on (two floating licenses) called IAR says this about language support: _http://www.iar.com/website1/1.0.1.0/50/1/_ Language and standards The C programming language as

Re: Professional GCC support?

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Tom Buskey t...@buskey.name wrote: Once upon a time, Cygnus Solutions provided support.  They got bought by Red Hat and I'd imagine Red Hat will sell support.  Cygnus also developed Cygwin and the embedded eCOS OS. It looks like Cygnus was what I am looking

Re: Professional GCC support?

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Mike Bilow mik...@colossus.bilow.com wrote: For ARM, CodeSourcery: http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/platforms.html They use the GNU tool chain to target EABI (bare metal), uClinux, or GNU/Linux. Hmmm If they can support AVR cores or I can get us to ditch

Re: Backup systems?

I've been using backup-pc with good results. I started making my own rsync scripts and decided that I had better things to do and backup-pc had already done a better job than I ever would. On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Chip Marshall c...@2bithacker.net wrote: On 20-Oct-2010, Tom Buskey

Re: TCL problem. Can someone help?

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:16 AM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: It's a subtle Tcl thing that's bitten me a million times, which is why I recognized it immediately. At one time I was very good that tcl quoting and expanding/evaluating. ...but then found that Python was a better solution.

Re: Android printer recommendations

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com wrote: I vaguely remember topics like this floating around before, but since these things change so much I didn't see much point in digging it up. I'm looking for a new scanner/printer/copier combo and my wife wants to be able to

Re: gps recommendations?

On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote: One feature that I was not able to get working on the Android version of Google Maps is route manipulation by moving the lines like you can on the web version. The advantages of a commercial GPS system, like TomTom is the

Re: gps recommendations?

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote: The advantages of Garmin, Magellan, and TomTom is that your maps are loaded for the whole country.. ...and also with Open Street Maps Android (OSMAnd) -- Tyson D Sawyer A strong conviction that something must be done is the

Re: *sigh* I guess I'm going mobile

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Bruce Dawson j...@codemeta.com wrote: It is a new thing - I'm running a Nexus 4 with 4.2.2; kernel 3.4.0-... When I plug in the USB, I'm given two Connect As choices: Media Device (MTP) Camera (PTP) This is because some new phones don't have a separate SD

Re: Password storage?

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Peter M. Petrakis peter.petra...@gmail.com wrote: Besides the notebook next to my computer (yup I admit it!) I'm migrating to this, https://www.passwordcard.org/en. If I understand correctly, that system would make brute force easy if someone got their hands on

DoS attacks on Healthcare.gov...

What is the open source action that she refers to and can be found in the description of the segment? Is the meaning of open source being changed by some groups? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zMOzxdniwM Ty -- Tyson D Sawyer A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of

Re: DoS attacks on Healthcare.gov...

Thanks! ...I was hoping it was something like that. Ty On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:39 PM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: Tyson Sawyer ty...@j3.org writes: What is the open source action that she refers to and can be found in the description of the segment? Is the meaning of open

Re: DoS attacks on Healthcare.gov...

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com wrote: David is correct, open sources has been a concept in the intel community ...but open sources means something very different to me than (an) open source action. I can see how I interpret it from a different context. --

Re: Files - Samsung Galaxy S4

I have had good luck with QuickSSHd and using it as a sftp/sshfs server. It also allows ssh login. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

PHP/Wordpress URL change broken

My wife and I recently upgraded our web presence. I've had the j3.org domain since 1996, but have never done much with other than post a few files from time to time and routing my email through it. We chose a hosted Wordpress service since it seems to be so well supported, mature and have lots

Re: PHP/Wordpress URL change broken

/2014 09:50 AM, Tyson Sawyer wrote: Wordpress seems to embed the sites URL in EVERYTHING. WTF! What is wrong with leaving the host name out to access the files from the current host? Like many things in WordPress, there is a plugin for that: http://wordpress.org/plugins/any-hostname/ How

Re: PHP/Wordpress URL change broken

that we used, but did help us decide how to deal with it. Thanks! Ty On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Tyson Sawyer ty...@j3.org wrote: Thanks very much for the feed back. It confirms what we are dealing with. I'm not sure when the last back-up was, we will check. We will do an other backup

Re: Modern Linux scanners

I use HP printers and scanners, though nothing high end. Our WiFi connected printer/scanner practically prints without setup. Cheers! Ty On Jun 16, 2014 8:50 PM, Bruce Labitt bdlab...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone buy a flatbed scanner for linux recently? Looking to scan pages and photographs.

Re: Modern Linux scanners

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Tyson Sawyer ty...@j3.org wrote: I use HP printers and scanners, though nothing high end. Our WiFi connected printer/scanner practically prints without setup. Detail: After using a Mac to configure the device to talk to our network, then it took almost

Re: poking around for opportunities

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Mark Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.org wrote: Embedded is just a fancy way of saying “you don’t have a lot of memory or CPU, so don’t write crummy code” :) I've seen a good number of systems with plenty of memory and CPU. However, they don't have a

Re: poking around for opportunities

You likely are more qualified than many of the people we've talked with senior embedded software engineer on their resume. On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:53 PM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: roger.levass...@comcast.net writes: The embedded stuff that I've been working on over the last 10

Re: poking around for opportunities

I'm not sure what area you looking for, and it's in Woburn, but levantpower.com is hiring. We are a well funded start-up developing an active suspension system for cars. Cheers! Ty On Jan 7, 2015 7:07 AM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: I've been at my current position for almost 11

Re: gps navigation project?

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com wrote: Sure, the source is Free as in speech, but unless you have an unlocked and rooted phone/tablet, you may not be able load it even if you can build it. No rooting needed. All that is needed is to go into security and check

Re: gps navigation project?

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 9:13 AM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote: Does anyone know of any projects that specifically target (and do a good job on) taking a pile of maps and a GPX file and turning that into a sequence of in 20 miles, turn left-type directions? I'm not sure if it qualifies

Re: Bill Sconce

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 10:47 AM, mad...@li.org wrote: > A couple of days ago I wrote to tell you that the prognosis for Bill was > looking better. Unfortunately that does not seem to be the case I will miss Bill. I first knew him in the mid-80's when he participated in

Mouse event problems

I can't figure out what regexp to apply to the internet to find an answer to this. I am running Mint Xfce 7.3 and it has been solid. But the past few weeks I've run into a few problems that seemed to come from nowhere. I'm finding that mouse events are getting messed up. The mouse pointer and

Re: Mouse event problems

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > It's an option that could be explicitly disabled or enabled via xorg.conf; > it or another similar sort of option could be enabled by default and in > effect even if you don't actually have a config file (most

Re: Mouse event problems

ich I bet it will), > re-enable one, then the other, and see who's at fault. > > -Ken > > > On 2016-03-25 11:37, Tyson Sawyer wrote: >> >> I can't figure out what regexp to apply to the internet to find an >> answer to this. I am running Mint Xfce 7.3 and it h

Re: Mouse event problems

Would HWCursor an option in /etc/X11? On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Alternately, maybe a problem due to the use of "HWCursor" option in Xorg? I > somewhat doubt that's something that can actually mess w/ behaviour other > than rendering,

Re: Mouse event problems

On Mar 29, 2016 18:51, "Joshua Judson Rosen" wrote: > > *D'oh*: > > http://thedailywtf.com/articles/Coffee-Beats-Wireless Ha! :-) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: Mouse event problems

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > That *VERY* much sounds like hardware. Like, a lot. > > 1) If it's a wireless mouse, change the batteries. > > If it's *not* wireless, disable the trackpad and switch to a different > external mouse. Assuming the issue goes

Re: Mouse event problems

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Tyson Sawyer <ty...@j3.org> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio <k...@jots.org> wrote: >> That *VERY* much sounds like hardware. Like, a lot. >> >> 1) If it's a wireless mouse, change the batteries. >

Need advice on domain management and transfer

I hold a couple of domains. One is my own that I registered in '96 and the other belongs to a friend. The "other" I registered for him in '01 to help his small race engineering business. I have few issues. Well, a few to discuss here, I won't bring up working with Bobby Casey at this time...

Re: Need advice on domain management and transfer

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: > I would recommend that you use a different registrar (better service, nicer > interface, less cost). That's what I thought I had understood from random bits. > If you transfer a domain to another registrar,

Re: Amusing "Wups."

On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > On 2017-12-08 09:11, Mark Komarinski wrote: >> Is it C you're looking for? > > Upon reflection, I realized it would've been amazingly awesome if it had > replied: > > #include > void main() > {printf("Hello, world.\n");}

Re: A NH project...

On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 12:38 PM Bobby Casey wrote: > I've written a few Python scrapers before, but those were all years ago > and one-offs. > Back when you used to be a software engineer, before you became a meeting attendee?  -- Tyson D Sawyer A strong conviction that something must be