Re: [PLUG] Password protected .xlsx; cannot save as .ods

On 5/4/24 08:26, Rich Shepard wrote: > A state agency provides a Microsoft .xlsx spreadsheet on a web site page. > It's available to the public. When I tried to save it as a LO Calc > spreadsheet (.ods) it told me it was password protected; a dialog box asks > me to re-enter my (non-existent)

Re: [PLUG] Comcast to Ziply fiber migration, plus Ooma phone

On 4/12/24 08:24, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Fri, 12 Apr 2024, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > >> Bottom line: after we cancel Comcast, we will pay $60 per month for >> very fast internet, and $0 per month for a voice phone and a fax >> phone. Much better than $170 per month for slow and intermittent >>

Re: [PLUG] attack on sshd via xz

On 4/5/24 10:36, wes wrote: > I'm surprised to see that no one has mentioned this on PLUG yet, though > it's been flying around the rest of the tech sphere on the internet pretty > heavily over the last week. I will share it here in case any list member > hasn't seen it yet elsewhere and if anyone

Re: [PLUG] Deleting directory in $HOME

On 3/29/24 09:17, Rich Shepard wrote: > Xfce4 adds a few Capitalized directories in a user's ~/ when it's installed. > I've never used them and had no problems deleting them until now: the > Desktop directory (755 perms) will not be removed either by me or by root. > It has 2 hardlinks: the

Re: [PLUG] Loading ~/.Xmodmap on laptop

On 3/29/24 07:28, Rich Shepard wrote: > This has been an issue with me on all laptops I've owned: despite ~/.xinitrc > containing: > > #!/bin/sh > # $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $ > > usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap > /usr/bin/xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap >

Re: [PLUG] rsync: not all files copied

On 3/20/24 17:19, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 20 Mar 2024, wes wrote: > >> why wait a few days? you could run rsync again immediately and you can >> look for errors. > wes, > > Two reasons: > > 1) I'm waiting for the weekend to replace the desktop's internal hard drive. > I'll run rsync

Re: [PLUG] Giving away large lab work benches.

On 1/11/24 15:32, Mark Wattier wrote: > The company I work for will not be reopening a second office, so we are > getting rid of the office furniture in a storage unit. There is apparently > quite a surplus of office furniture out there and we have not been able to > sell or donate some large

Re: [PLUG] fdisk not recognizing external SATA HDD

On 1/3/24 15:48, Rich Shepard wrote: > [Wed Jan 3 14:13:21 2024] usb 1-11: new high-speed USB device number 2 using > xhci_hcd > [Wed Jan 3 14:13:21 2024] usb 1-11: New USB device found, idVendor=1f75, > idProduct=0611, bcdDevice= 0.06 > [Wed Jan 3 14:13:21 2024] usb 1-11: New USB device

Re: [PLUG] Question: grabbing only 1 file using wget

On 11/20/23 13:29, American Citizen wrote: > Hello: > > I am trying to grab one specific file from a quake monitoring website > using wget. The file name is "index.js" > > The wget command is > > % wget -r -l3 --no-parent -A "index.js" https://vafri.is/quake/ > > However the results do NOT come

Re: [PLUG] Can someone enlighten me on H.265/HEVC

On 2/26/23 20:31, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a perplexing question I am seeking answers to. Note that this DOES > concern BOTH Windows and Linux, I'll start off with Windows. > > So as I mentioned in my talk on security cams the Reolink cam I passed around > outputs video over

[PLUG] PLUG mailing list issues

Hello, I'm having some difficulty seeing list posts from some domains, notably protonmail.com. When viewing the web list archive there is a mismatch to what arrives in Thunderbird. Yep, I've checked "spam" etc. Also, the plug-announce and plug-talk lists do not seem to match the email/password

Re: [PLUG] Open Source or Public Domain Text to Speech

On 8/1/22 11:35, Daniel Ortiz wrote: > Hello everyone, > Does anyone know of any open source or public domain text to speech that > allows the speech to be used in videos or more without copyright > infringement? > From, Daniel Ortiz As Rich mentioned, espeak-ng (successor and fork of espeak), is

Re: [PLUG] Looking For Advice - mount --bind or symbolic link?

On 7/24/22 09:22, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jul 2022, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> My apologies for not being clear. What you describe is exactly what I have >> and want to accomplish. >> * 1 TB drive just for OS - currently a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 with >> nothing in /home/mark >> *

Re: [PLUG] Thunderbird loggy

On 10/31/2017 10:01 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: > Has Thunderbird developed a responsiveness problem? I'm seeing delays of > a second or more sometimes when I type. It can be when typing in the To: > field, the Subject: field, or in the body. Then it will act normally. My > wife is seeing similar

Re: [PLUG] Linux Time?

On 10/22/2017 12:49 PM, Dave Lien - W7DAL wrote: > /... //the install process usually sets it up for you./ > > Thanks Jim and Larry! > > I've been watching the flow of contacts using FT8 over the past several > days without doing anything about time correction. With continuously > positive

Re: [PLUG] ThinkPads for sale

Nat, I just emailed Michael to pick up the pair. -Ed On 10/21/2017 11:27 AM, Nat Taylor wrote: > Still got an 8GB one? > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Michael Dexter > wrote: > >> On 10/20/17 9:24 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: >>> Thanks for the list. >> >> Should

Re: [PLUG] ThinkPads for sale

On 10/20/2017 12:41 PM, Michael Dexter wrote: > i5 Quad Core ThinkCenter desktop > i5 Quad Core 1/2 U wide, 2U tall desktop Michael, I'd be interested in one or both of these as an upgrade to the 17+yr old Pentium 4 hobby server. What are the specs/model numbers? Oh, yeah, and asking price?

Re: [PLUG] xsane-gimp (?)

On 10/16/2017 08:49 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > I had trouble connecting from xsane to a Fujitsu IX-500 > scanner on my wife's SL7.2 office desktop. At Sunday's > clinic (thanks folks!), she learned to install xsane on > two laptops (one SL7.3, one Mint 18.2), and xsane worked > fine with the

Re: [PLUG] Printing from Virtual Box

On 10/15/2017 08:13 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > Status: I got started trying to set up the printer in bridging, using the > printer's name rather than the IP. I thought I would continue in that > direction until I was either successful or could figure out why not. I got > the name of the

Re: [PLUG] Printing from Virtual Box

On 10/09/2017 03:14 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > Progress. I got the ip address of the printer from settings/network in the > host, pinged it from the host, then pinged it from win2k. Both were > successful. But then I found out that the host could not connect to the > router/modem until I shut

Re: [PLUG] Printing from Virtual Box

On 10/09/2017 02:14 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > I am the one who should apologize--for being in such dire need of help. > Here is the output: > > denis@denis-ThinkPad-L420:~$ ip addr > 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group > default qlen 1 > link/loopback

Re: [PLUG] Printing from Virtual Box

On 10/08/2017 08:38 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On my laptop, I have VB in Ubuntu 16.04 running Windows 2000. Before I > changed my desktop computer and wireless router I could print from 2000. > The printer is connected to the desktop via USB. The printer is also > connected wirelessly to the

Re: [PLUG] Configuring fc-cache search path

On 10/03/2017 03:13 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 2 Oct 2017, King Beowulf wrote: > >> for fontdir in 100dpi 75dpi OTF Speedo TTF Type1 cyrillic misc; do >>/usr/bin/mkfontscale /usr/share/fonts/${fontdir} >>/usr/bin/mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts/${fontdir} >&

Re: [PLUG] Configuring fc-cache search path

On 09/30/2017 07:10 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >The fc-cache man page explains that the tool searches all system path > directories for fonts, but not where this is controlled. Here I have removed > the Speedo and cyrillic subdirectories under /usr/share/fonts/ yet they > still appear in the

Re: [PLUG] Web pages not displaying body text

On 10/02/2017 09:31 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >I'd like suggestions for web search phrases because what I've tried > haven't produced useful hints. > >Accessing the Washington Dept. of Ecology's web site > I see most text, except for the window with their > twitter

Re: [PLUG] Is there a DNS cache in the Comcast modem?

On 09/20/2017 02:08 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > Snarky, yes, but I appreciate the advice. I had a wireless router which > you may recall from a previous post was blamed for a DNS poisoning event > (likely erroneously.) And I have been considering Ooma for a while. It is > time to do it. Then

Re: [PLUG] Is there a DNS cache in the Comcast modem?

On 09/20/2017 02:11 PM, Bill Weiss wrote: > King Beowulf(kingbeow...@gmail.com)@Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 12:45:40PM -0700: >> On 09/18/2017 10:16 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: >>> Answered by Comcast chat: >>> >>> I asked the question in my opening statement.

Re: [PLUG] Is there a DNS cache in the Comcast modem?

On 09/18/2017 10:16 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > Answered by Comcast chat: > > I asked the question in my opening statement. Here is the dialog. Your > task is to tell me what the answer is. > > Harpreet 11:40 AM Let me check > > Harpreet 11:41 AM Just for the account security, May I have the

Re: [PLUG] 16.04.3 VGA Graphic display stopped working

On 08/05/2017 09:04 PM, Alan wrote: > On Fri, 2017-08-04 at 10:04 -0700, Bill Morita wrote: >> 16.04.3 VGA Graphic display stopped working. >> Even a No-Machine connection does not seem to work. >> >> Ctrl-Alt-F1 does get me a simple text terminal. >> >> Anybody else seen this ? >> >> It has

Re: [PLUG] Raspberry Pi 2

On 08/06/2017 03:39 PM, Michael Robinson wrote: > Do I need a physical Raspberry Pi 2 to test software developed for > it that doesn't compile on the Raspberry Pi 3 or is there a way on > my AMD based 64 bit Fedora 26 system to emulate a Raspberry Pi 2? > > Of course the proprietary software in

Re: [PLUG] Fonts not visible to upgraded LibreOffice-5.4.0

On 08/05/2017 08:40 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 5 Aug 2017, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> Even if your Type 1 fonts have no optional glyphs I would still go with >> OTF. It is the way of the future. > >Thanks, John. That's good enough for me. > >Years ago I learned a lot about

Re: [PLUG] Fonts not visible to upgraded LibreOffice-5.4.0

On 08/04/2017 07:01 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 4 Aug 2017, King Beowulf wrote: > >> Rich didn't say which Type 1 (or missing fonts) he has been using. With >> F/OSS there is always a good work around. > > Ed, > >Bitstream Amerigo is my standard word p

Re: [PLUG] Fonts not visible to upgraded LibreOffice-5.4.0 [RESOLVED]

On 08/04/2017 07:02 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 18:14:03 -0700 > King Beowulf <kingbeow...@gmail.com> dijo: > >> Slightly OT, but when I am stuck having to use a Windows box somewhere, >> I carry a FAT32 USB thumb drive with portable versions of

Re: [PLUG] Fonts not visible to upgraded LibreOffice-5.4.0 [RESOLVED]

On 08/04/2017 05:51 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 16:28:57 -0700 (PDT) > Rich Shepard dijo: > >> I think I've found a solution: KDE's office suite called 'calligra.' It, >> too, has more than I'd ever use and has a cluttered display (at least >> in

Re: [PLUG] Fonts not visible to upgraded LibreOffice-5.4.0

On 08/03/2017 04:39 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >Just upgraded LO to version 5.4.0 and most of my fonts are no longer > available to the application. They are all, of course, still in their > subdirectories in /usr/share/fonts/ but LO-5.0.4 isn't seeing them. > >I've run fc-cache -f -v with

Re: [PLUG] Fonts not visible to upgraded LibreOffice-5.4.0

On 08/03/2017 04:39 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >Just upgraded LO to version 5.4.0 and most of my fonts are no longer > available to the application. They are all, of course, still in their > subdirectories in /usr/share/fonts/ but LO-5.0.4 isn't seeing them. > >I've run fc-cache -f -v with

Re: [PLUG] Add words to LibreOffice spell check dictionary

On 07/25/2017 02:11 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 07/25/2017 02:03 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >> On Tue, 25 Jul 2017, Dick Steffens wrote: >> >>> There used to be an menu entry to add words to my user defined spell check >>> dictionary. IIRC, it used to be under tools. I don't find it there in >>>

Re: [PLUG] What do you call it? LibreOffice preview screen?

On 07/26/2017 08:11 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: > I have an annoyance with Libre Office. I have a spreadsheet that I set > to take up a certain amount of screen space. If I have nothing else open > in LibreOffice, and I close that spreadsheet, but not LibreOffice, I get > what I'm sure they intend

Re: [PLUG] Getting X Server Display Configuration on nVidia to work

On 07/12/2017 05:43 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > I can't get the two screen settings to change and stay correct on my new > machine. > > On my old machine (running Ubuntu 14.04) I have an nVidia GeForce 210. > On my new machine (running Ubuntu MATE 16.04) I have an nVidia GeForce > GT 610. Both

Re: [PLUG] Strange Firefox Hijacking?

On 06/28/2017 10:15 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > This afternoon I had occasion to visit three YouTube pages: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5PJ0JZUhgc > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIVa_nkU0j4 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dBGnUSrjQo > > The first two are old Disney cartoons, and

Re: [PLUG] Current state of Linux voice recognition

On 06/28/2017 06:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Up until about ten years ago, while still using Windows, I was following > voice recognition. At that time the only option was commercial product > which cost too much and wasn't a good match for my desires at that time. > > Time has passed and

Re: [PLUG] Nautilus problem with Windows share.

On 06/17/2017 01:43 AM, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote: > I need to connect to a FreeNAS 11 exported Windows share as a > different user than my Linux user. My Linux user is Michael, > the share owner is Andy. Nautilus doesn't seem to allow > connecting to a cifs share as a different user

Re: [PLUG] Windows 2000 graphics poor VirtualBox...

On 05/09/2017 06:58 PM, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote: > I first attempted to run XID Authoring Database in WINE, > that resulted in cut off text and no rendering of JPG files. > So I switch on my Fedora 25 system to VirtualBox running > Windows 2000, but the graphics are poor. Has anyone

Re: [PLUG] Monitor... dead audio

On 03/24/2017 11:31 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > Folks, > I have a Westinghouse 37" monitor. It has HDMI and if there is audio on the > HDMI it should be heard through the speakers on the monitor. This thing has > great video, I would like to fix the audio issue if I can, I use the thing > with an >

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

On 03/01/2017 02:33 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > *NOTE BENE* > Capitalization in subject line semantically important :> > > I have significant bandwidth constraints. > I have been asked to participate in a project requiring significant data > transfers. > I wish to run a test case to estimate the

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

On 03/01/2017 02:33 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > *NOTE BENE* > Capitalization in subject line semantically important :> > > I have significant bandwidth constraints. > I have been asked to participate in a project requiring significant data > transfers. > I wish to run a test case to estimate the

Re: [PLUG] Remote host lost ssh key verification [UPDATED]

On 02/24/2017 06:41 PM, Erik Lane wrote: snip- >> >> > Is there any reason why the public and private keys need to be different on > the different computers? (Purely out of curiosity about the technical > implementation.) It seems like you could create them on one computer and > copy paste

Re: [PLUG] Remote host lost ssh key verification [UPDATED]

On 02/24/2017 02:16 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, King Beowulf wrote: > >> for ssh or scp (cp over ssh), you only need one pub key for the >> connection to work. NOT the ones in /etc/ssh. One of the ones in ~/.ssh > > Ed, > >Here's what I've

Re: [PLUG] scp issue

On 02/24/2017 01:06 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, King Beowulf wrote: > >> 3. The public key in autheorized-keys (DESTINATION) does not match the >> PRIVATE KEY (SOURCE) > > Ed, > >I just found this to be the case and posted that in the update

Re: [PLUG] Remote host lost ssh key verification [UPDATED]

On 02/24/2017 01:01 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, King Beowulf wrote: > >> On DESTINATION computer: delete ~/.ssh/authorized_keys > > Ed, > >That's the problem: there's no public key for this laptop in > ~/.ssh/authorized keys! > >

Re: [PLUG] Remote host lost ssh key verification [UPDATED]

On 02/24/2017 01:15 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> That's the problem: there's no public key for this laptop in >> ~/.ssh/authorized keys! > >And, there's no public key for this laptop in the desktop's > ~/.ssh/known_hosts. > Just delete

Re: [PLUG] scp issue

On 02/24/2017 12:29 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, King Beowulf wrote: > > >To repeat, I do not remotely login via ssh with a username and password, I > use the passphrase (which is not the same as a password since it contains > multiple words and punctuat

Re: [PLUG] Remote host lost ssh key verification

On 02/24/2017 12:06 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, King Beowulf wrote: > >> In that case, the only entries that you care about are in "known_hosts" >> unless sshd is stopped. As root: >> /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd restart > > Ed, >

Re: [PLUG] scp issue

On 02/24/2017 10:50 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> debug1: Connecting to salmo [192.168.55.1] port <>. >> debug1: Connection established. > >The two hosts can communicate. > >> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >> debug1: identity

Re: [PLUG] Remote host lost ssh key verification

On 02/24/2017 10:25 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, King Beowulf wrote: > >> Are you logging in via username/password or ssh key? > > Ed, > >I log into the laptop using username and password. To ssh from one to the > other (today's experience is f

Re: [PLUG] Remote host lost ssh key verification

On 02/24/2017 07:33 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >An attempt to scp directories to a laptop from the workstation failed > because ssh saw a changed public key in known_hosts. How this happened I've > no idea, but it needs fixing, perhaps by copying the correct ecdsa public > key from the

Re: [PLUG] Running a Python application in the background

On 02/23/2017 08:16 PM, Thomas Groman wrote: > If your going to learn a new terminal multiplexer; make it TMUX. TMUX is > like screen but is a little more featured, less conflicting key > sequences, multi-user support, and more actively developed. > This must be one of them there "alternative

Re: [PLUG] mobile only website hijacking

On 02/18/2017 10:30 AM, Daniel Herrington wrote: > All, > > I'm hoping someone can help me understand how web presence companies such > as singleplatform hijack a restaurants mobile site? > > My friends site returns correctly on the laptop, but redirects to > singleplatform's site, in what

Re: [PLUG] Other options besides VNC (or RDP)

On 02/17/2017 05:16 PM, Roderick Anderson wrote: > I'm looking for any other options to remote into a graphical desktop > besides VNC or RDP. > > I'd like a client that runs on Linux and Android with MAC and Windows a > bonus. Server should run on Linux with Android, MAC and Windows as >

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice upgrade loses typefaces

On 02/14/2017 02:24 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >This morning I upgraded libreoffice from 5.1.x to 5.3.0 and now most of > the typefaces (fonts) I have installed are not available. Instead it looks > like every south and east Asian language fills the list. > >

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice upgrade loses typefaces

On 02/14/2017 05:31 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> Tools->Options->LibreOffice->Fonts displays nothing. Can someone point me >> to a solution? > >The solution is to re-install the -5.1.4 32-bit version. I've asked on the > LO mail list if there's an

Re: [PLUG] Laserjet 4+ to give away

On 01/26/2017 07:46 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > It goes to Free Geek unless someone wants it: > > HP Laserjet 4+, includes Postscript SIMM, as much RAM as I could stuff > into it, and a duplexer. The duplexer for this model is hard to find, > but I have one. It has an ethernet connection as

Re: [PLUG] Needed: Modern equivalent of a "null-modem cable"

On 01/14/2017 06:53 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I suspect what I'm looking for is ONE 3 ft piece of terminated > Cat6 cable ;) > I have two laptops - one (a Lenovo T43) speaks only WinXP Pro, > the other (a Lenovo T430) only Debian Jessie. > Sometime back I attempted to have them communicate via

[PLUG] [PUG] free battery for ARRIS EMTA cable modem model battery

Hello! Hope everyone is accomplishing their New Year's Resolutions (mine already flew the coop...) I recently traded up to a new cable modem and VOIP service and dropped off the 2yr-old Arris TM722G (EMTA) telephony cable modem with Comcast. Good riddance... I have a fairly fresh backup

Re: [PLUG] Unusual processes running

On 01/02/2017 05:22 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >I had gnucash crash while attempting to load a .qif file so I looked at > the process list. There are dozens of these processes: > > /usr/bin/gpg-agent --sh --daemon --write-env-file > /home/rshepard/.cache/gpg-agent-info > > and a long running >

Re: [PLUG] Help with v4l2 Video Driver

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 08:25 Erik Lane wrote: > Hello, > > > > I'm having a problem even figuring out how to word my question. I've tried > > many searches, but I haven't been able to find it. > > > > I'm trying to record a VHS tape to a video file. I have a Hauppauge > >

Re: [PLUG] Scripts vs GUI

On 12/10/2016 10:15 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > On another Linux list, someone asked fpr a GUI to simplify > using scp ("too easy to make a mistake on the command > line"), and someone else suggested "fileroller". > > I suggested figuring out how to use scp once (examples on > the web, man

Re: [PLUG] Plexmediaserver Slackware...

On 11/21/2016 06:33 PM, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > ... I'm a little > worried that the makers of Plex Media Server are possibly violating > the GPLv2. ... IIRC, Plex left GPL behind ages ago for "freemium" status. -Ed ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Plexmediaserver Slackware...

On 11/21/2016 06:25 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: > Hmmm?? Did I miss something? I've been using Ubuntu for years, very > sucessfully. Is there something wrong with it? > > Michael Not at all. It's just that I am a Slackware fan boy going on 20+ years. There are a number of architectural and

Re: [PLUG] Plexmediaserver Slackware...

On 11/21/2016 10:33 AM, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > I've installed via the latest 32 bit debian package of Plex Media > Server on a Slackware 14.1 server. I'm wondering if there's a > problem with the slackbuild. > > plexmediaserver_1.2.7.2987-1bef33a_i386.deb > > I'm seeing strange behavior

Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

On 11/11/2016 11:46 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: > I may be in the market for a new, inexpensive laptop for Linux. Nothing > fancy, but would like something relatively current. I'm looking for > something fairly lightweight and small, in the 10-11 inch range. I'd like > to completely wipe it and

Re: [PLUG] Invoking ssh-agent in Slackware

On 10/30/2016 11:27 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >My web searches fail to find explicit instructions for invoking ssh-agent > when a system is booted. My inclination is to add a line to > /etc/rc.d/rc.local: > > /usr/bin/ssh-agent > >I could place it in a test for the file's existence, but I

Re: [PLUG] Using display for sequence of images

On 10/24/2016 08:30 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >The 'display' man page tells me that it 'displays an image or image > sequence on any X server' and suggests looking at the web page or equivalent > in /usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6/www/display.html. Since no command line > option seems to direct

Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate?

On 10/23/2016 08:08 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >Yesterday I received a used Lenovo ThinkPad x200 and tried to install > Slackware-14.2/x86_64 on it using my external optical drive. > -- > >Choosing to run a full installation I pressed the [Enter] key. No optical > drive spinup, and a

Re: [PLUG] Defining external hd in /etc/fstab

On 09/25/2016 10:48 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >I have an external 3T hard drive connected to hosts via a usb cable. In > /etc/fstab I defined it as > >/dev/sdb /mnt/hd ext3 auto,users,rw 0 0 > > but only root can mount it. I assume that it's the ext3 file type > restricting

Re: [PLUG] Another reason to NOT buy HP

On 09/24/2016 02:54 AM, jim karlock wrote: > from: > http://www.zdnet.com/article/hp-just-made-it-impossible-to-use-third-party-ink-in-its-printers/ > > > HP just made it impossible to use third-party ink in its printers > > HP silently disabled the ability to use third-party printer ink >

Re: [PLUG] Setting display colors

On 09/24/2016 07:52 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >In /etc/DIR_COLORS directories should be displayed in yellow (DIR 01;33). > However, on my laptop they're displayed in blue (color 34). No file type in > DIR_COLORS is specified as 34 so I have no idea why directories are > displayed in blue rather

Re: [PLUG] Web site URL points to localhost

On 09/23/2016 09:08 AM, bro...@netgate.net wrote: > > From: STRUCTURE EVENTS Newsletter > > - > KREBSONSECURITY HIT WITH RECORD DDOS > > Brian Krebs is one of the most hard-working and influential journalists in > the

Re: [PLUG] Slackware 14.1 IPX

On 09/09/2016 03:10 PM, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > I want to implement an IPX router on a Slackware 14.1 based gateway. > > Currently, an old 98se/XP Pro machine uses two network cards. One > card bypasses the gateway and runs IPX only. The other card does > IPv4 to the gateway. It would be

Re: [PLUG] KVM problem

On Monday, July 18, 2016, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > I have a customer (in Texas) that installed a Raloy rf117hd KVM > on some > Slackware 14.1 and Slackware 12.2 systems. > > The problem they are having is that

Re: [PLUG] Slackware-14.2

On 07/08/2016 02:28 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >Pat and crew released Slackware-14.2 last week (1 July). For those of us > with supporting subscriptions, the disks are in production and will be > shipped toward the end of the month. This is the penultimate release that > will be available on CDs

Re: [PLUG] Local Domain Hosting ? A semi-newbie question

On Friday, July 1, 2016, Vedanta Teacher wrote: > Everyone, > > I was thinking of setting up a local Domain and/or website so > that I can have my own email and DROP gmail, hotmail, etc. > so that the email would be something like: > > b...@blabla.com

Re: [PLUG] Nothing on monitors

On Saturday, June 25, 2016, Dick Steffens wrote: > I'm typing this on my laptop. > > I've just set up my computer after it was off for a couple of weeks. I'm > installed at a friend's house, so I don't know much about the local > network except that it's 192.168.1.xxx

Re: [PLUG] Stopwatch?

On 06/16/2016 04:13 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jun 2016, King Beowulf wrote: > >> SLackbuilds.org has utimer. > > Ed, > >Kewel tool! Now I can time my presentation to the 1/1000 of a second. :-) > >It didn't occur to me to check SBo for a so

Re: [PLUG] Stopwatch?

On Thursday, June 16, 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: >Since my analog stopwatch needs a battery replacement I went looking on > the Web for a digital one that runs in a v.t. Found an old script that > _might_ still be valid, and an Xfce panel plugin from 2009 that hasn't

Re: [PLUG] how to exit full screen google maps

On 06/15/2016 04:34 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > Thanks. That does it. Toggles between full screen and not. Is that a > "everybody knows" thing? What else does everybody know? I want to be in > the know. > > -Denis > No such thing as "everybody knows." As in all things, a bit of research

Re: [PLUG] Creating a home network

On 05/11/2016 04:15 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > An underlying question: What should I be reading? > > I wish a blackbox which: > > 1. Connects 4 local machines via Ethernet [WiFi shall *NOT* be > considered] > A. A desktop with WinXP and multiple versions of Debian This one is your black

Re: [PLUG] Fix SSL Error in Chrome Browser

On 03/28/2016 05:55 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 03/28/2016 05:09 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >> One laptop here running Slackware-14.1/x86_64 has Google Chrome as a web >> browser. Several sites are inaccessible because of this error: >> err_ssl_protocol_err. (FWIW, I run chromium and it does

Re: [PLUG] Acroread Changes Typeface [RESOLVED]

On 03/18/2016 10:25 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: ... > I have just about every PDF viewer installed that will run on Xubuntu > 14.04. My default workhorse is plain old Evince. Qpdfview is not bad, > but Evince has a "properties" option that displays information about > the file, including fonts,

Re: [PLUG] Plex alternatives?

On 03/11/2016 11:32 AM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > Plex isn't as open as I'd like. What are your votes for an alternative? > > One's I've found so far: > * emby > * kodi > * MediaTomb > * ReadyMedia > > My use case is to feed my local stuff to a Roku. > How about ReadyMedia (minidlna)?

Re: [PLUG] Reference Recommendations

On 01/29/2016 02:13 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >I've just learned that my web site's use of meta keywords is well past > its best-used-by date; that's been deprecated. I need to quickly learn how > to apply modern search optimization techniques (by page, page title, etc.) > and would like your

Re: [PLUG] Converting Image File Formats

On Monday, January 25, 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: >I have a set of .pdf files in a LaTeX document, and LaTeX wants to see a > graphics format for them. Is there a difference in output quality when > converting .pdf to .ps with ImageMagic's 'convert' versus with >

Re: [PLUG] Ignoring xfinity wifi

On 01/24/2016 12:58 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > Network manager automagically finds the first open wifi hotspot, > and attempts to connect. Here in Oregeon, about half the time, > that is an xfinity network hotspot, usable only by Comcast > xfinity customers. > > Is there some way to configure

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > If I plug in the USB drive the mount command adds a line: > > /dev/sdd1 on /media/jjj/128GB type ext4 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2) > > And the drive works perfectly. > > However, at this point the

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

On 12/22/2015 06:40 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > 1) what is the make/model of the wifi device that you use in your > house? none is an acceptable answer. Netgear WNDR3700 > 2) about how old is it (rough guess is fine)? 6+ years > 2) is it running firmware from the vendor or have you

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

On 12/22/2015 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: >> I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ >> >> -wes > > Thanks for the reply. > However <*GRIN*>, it has two down-checks: >1. ATT has worst "customer

Re: [PLUG] Arris modem anyone?

Swell. And Arris owns the former Motorola cable modem devision. On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > https://w00tsec.blogspot.com/2015/11/arris-cable-modem-has-backdoor-in.html > > -- > Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon > Be Appropriate &&

Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04

On 11/15/2015 08:11 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > I have an internal website with a pair of .pdf files. One is in color, > the other is the same thing in black and white. They were both made from > a .jpg. The web page has links to these two .pdf files. When I click on > the b one Firefox opens it

Re: [PLUG] boot failure

On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > The precursor may or may not be related. > > I discovered that my wife's gmail had been accessed by an iphone on Nov, > 1. We have no iphone, and were home alone at the time listed. So I > changed the pass

Re: [PLUG] I'm trying to get sound through my headphones.

On 11/04/2015 09:11 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:22 PM, Genaro Hernandez wrote: > ... > The alsamixer solution should work. After you start alsamixer hit F6 then > choose the right sound device. If all is well the Headphone control will > show up and you can

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