Suggest updating the description text in that calagator link which now reads
The PLUG Clinic returns again this month on* January 18th*, from 1pm-5pm, at Willamette University's space on the 2nd floor of the Ecotrust Building. If you need help with your Linux computer, or want to offer help, you are welcome! Volunteer helpers are as desirable as helpees. Helping is fun and rewarding. If you've ever helped out at a PLUG Clinic before, come checkout the space! Thank you Willamette University, for hosting us! -- -- 73/Best regards de John Bartley K7AAY CN85oj On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send PLUG mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of PLUG digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Failed KVM switch (fault tree then swap) (Ted Mittelstaedt) > 2. ANNOUNCEMENT: Monthly PLUG Clinic on Sunday, March 15, 2026 > (Russell Senior) > 3. Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Monthly PLUG Clinic on Sunday, March 15, > 2026 (Russell Senior) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:42:21 -0700 > From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[email protected]> > To: "'Portland Linux/Unix Group'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Failed KVM switch (fault tree then swap) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Good diagnosis > > USB electronics are bottom of the barrel, the standard itself is > ill-defined > and it is pressed into far too many uses that it shouldn't be. Serial > ports > are a perfect example, anyone working with SoC boards that use +3v serial > ports has run into the joy of multiple serial port cables some that work on > some boards others that don't, some that work on some computers others that > don't..... > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Keith Lofstrom > Sent: Monday, March 9, 2026 9:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PLUG] Failed KVM switch (fault tree then swap) > > Recently, I've had problems with "distant text echos" > while editing text documents with web page screen editors. > Insert in a line of text, and 5% of the time, some of the characters are > inserted in a different line as well. > Weird. > > I won't go through the whole debug sequence ... I tried easy stuff first; a > different keyboard, different mouse, different software, remote login, etc. > Remote login worked. My first clue. > > What I could not easily test was a different USB+DVI Keyboard/Video/Mouse > switch (I drive two different computers with it). So I purchased (eBay) a > used ioGEAR GCS932UB "identical" to the switch I've used for decades. > After moving 16 cables to the new one ... IT WORKS! > > The old one goes to scrap recycle; a re-purposing scrapper like Free Geek > might test it incompletely and give someone else a debug headache. > > I post this not to brag, but suggest a few more debug and replacement ideas > for the rest of you. Electronics can do the darndest things. > > And I post this to the main list, rather than PLUG-TALK, because an adept > software geek may spend way too much time looking for a software problem, > rather than a weird hardware problem. I'd rather help them with hardware > problems, and they can help me compile "hello.c". :-) > > Keith L. > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:23:56 -0700 > From: Russell Senior <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: [PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: Monthly PLUG Clinic on Sunday, March 15, > 2026 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Where: Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, > ?????? 721 NW Ninth Ave Portland, Oregon 97209 > ?????? (on NW 10th Ave between Irving and Johnson) > ?????? Willamette University space on the 2nd floor. > When: Sunday, March 15, 2025, 1pm-5pm > > See also: https://calagator.org/events/1250482397 > > The PLUG Linux Clinic returns again this month on March 15, from > 1pm-5pm, at Willamette University's space on the 2nd floor of the > Ecotrust Building. Thank you Willamette University, for hosting us! > > Enter the building on the 10th Avenue side. If the outside door is > locked, you should be able to enter through the Hot Lips Pizza. There is > a stairway to the second floor. If the gate is locked, look for a PLUG > Clinic notice, it will have a phone number you can SMS to have someone > let you in. Also, the elevator should work. > > Volunteer helpers are as desirable as helpees. Helping is fun and > rewarding. If you've ever helped out at a PLUG Clinic before, come > checkout the space! > > We are informed that the off-street parking area (about 20-30 spaces) > along the 10th Avenue side is open to the public on weekends. > > Special thanks go to Willamette University's Calvin Deutschbein and > Hillary Patterson for helping to make this happen! > > > -- > Russell Senior > PLUG Volunteer > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:54:33 -0700 > From: Russell Senior <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: Monthly PLUG Clinic on Sunday, March > 15, 2026 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > > On 3/11/26 04:23, Russell Senior wrote: > > Where: Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, > > ?????? 721 NW Ninth Ave Portland, Oregon 97209 > > ?????? (on NW 10th Ave between Irving and Johnson) > > ?????? Willamette University space on the 2nd floor. > > When: Sunday, March 15, 2025, 1pm-5pm > > > > See also: https://calagator.org/events/1250482397 > > Sorry, wrong calagator link. This is the right one: > > ? https://calagator.org/events/1250482501 > > > > > The PLUG Linux Clinic returns again this month on March 15, from > > 1pm-5pm, at Willamette University's space on the 2nd floor of the > > Ecotrust Building. Thank you Willamette University, for hosting us! > > > > Enter the building on the 10th Avenue side. If the outside door is > > locked, you should be able to enter through the Hot Lips Pizza. There > > is a stairway to the second floor. If the gate is locked, look for a > > PLUG Clinic notice, it will have a phone number you can SMS to have > > someone let you in. Also, the elevator should work. > > > > Volunteer helpers are as desirable as helpees. Helping is fun and > > rewarding. If you've ever helped out at a PLUG Clinic before, come > > checkout the space! > > > > We are informed that the off-street parking area (about 20-30 spaces) > > along the 10th Avenue side is open to the public on weekends. > > > > Special thanks go to Willamette University's Calvin Deutschbein and > > Hillary Patterson for helping to make this happen! > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > https://pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > ------------------------------ > > End of PLUG Digest, Vol 258, Issue 4 > ************************************ >
