Re: How does Linux handle DST/ST? It's all about time...

2020-11-10 Thread Michael ODonnell
If some variation of that sleazy hack doesn't work and you can't find some some source for the info you want (maybe something like https://isDSTactiveInMyTimezone.com/ :) then you'll have to determine if DST is active on your own. That requires a timezone file for your locale and some source of

Re: How does Linux handle DST/ST? It's all about time...

2020-11-10 Thread Michael ODonnell
You can mess around with DST and such but this slightly sleazy hack might serve an alternative: find some way to get your "dumb" machine to tell your "smart" machine what time it thinks it is currently, and then force the smart machine to that time. For example, if SSH works from the smart mach

YouTube - Jon "maddog" Hall talks Unix and Linux history

2018-04-01 Thread Michael ODonnell
Posted from Linaro Connect 2018, Hong Kong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZMA3Ge144U ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: ISO: Free In-House Kanban/Scrum Web-Based Board

2018-03-31 Thread Michael ODonnell
A former cow-orker on another list says: > Trello is usually what I start with recommending as it is > very visual, uses sticky notes, and you can try it for free > (although it charges at group and enterprise level). > > For open source versions of trello, you should check out > this link: http

Re: tech recruiters you like?

2016-09-01 Thread Michael ODonnell
I shouted with joy when it was announced that the completely vile practice of prospective employers demanding that you reveal your compensation history will (at least in MA) become illegal next year: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/business/dealbook/wage-gap-massachusetts-l aw-salary-history.

TESTING - please ignore

2016-09-01 Thread Michael ODonnell
Debugging postfix - sorry for the noise... --M ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memories, as the language turns 50" -- David Brooks

2014-05-04 Thread Michael ODonnell
http://gizmodo.com/how-steve-wozniak-wrote-basic-for-the-original-apple-fr-1570573636 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Sniffing gigabit ethernet? 1000baseT LAN taps?

2014-04-14 Thread Michael ODonnell
I don't know what your situation is but if there's a managed switch involved I believe that some of them can be rigged to echo traffic to one or more specified ports for analysis/debug. Or if your problem isn't specific to GigE (and you can tolerate 10baseT speeds) I have a little NetGear hub yo

Re: "Attention, graying geeks: Send me your BASIC memories, as the language turns 50" -- David Brooks

2014-04-11 Thread Michael ODonnell
I worked at Data Precision (Analogic) and one of our guys wrote a BASIC interpreter (in 68000 assembler!) for incorporation into a product (D6000 Waveform Analyzer) as embedded code. I can't remember whether it was Kemeny or Kurtz but one of them visited circa 1982 to give it a test drive and ou

Systems guy available (Chelmsford, MA)

2014-03-10 Thread Michael ODonnell
I'm a generalist looking for work (SysEng/SysAdmin/other?) within reasonable commuting distance from Chelmsford, MA. Please email me if you have any leads or want further info... Thanks, --Michael O'Donnell ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-di

Re: su: cannot set user id: Resource temporarily unavailable

2014-03-10 Thread Michael ODonnell
Another vote for strace. Depending on circumstances I sometimes first startup a separate session thus: script /tmp/tediousDebugSession.log ...and then just allow the strace+program command to let fly via stdout. It can be a mess but having program output intermixed with the resultant strac

Re: Chromcast

2014-03-08 Thread Michael ODonnell
> I'm running Ubuntu 12.4 on a dual boot laptop. I have a > Chromcast dongle on my TV. I am unable to cast to it. I received a Chromecast as a gift but haven't messed with it much; I, too, am disappointed but not surprised at Google's refusal to support Linux users. I think the Chromecast dev

[OT-IGNORE] de-ComCastification test

2014-02-11 Thread Michael ODonnell
Pardon the noise - just verifying that I can post to the GNHLUG list using my non-ComCast email address.. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Fifo buffer question

2014-02-06 Thread Michael ODonnell
Ah! forgot about that screen/tmux approach (screen, in my case) - I, too, have had good results with it, circumstances permitting... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Fifo buffer question

2014-02-06 Thread Michael ODonnell
> Could I start the process with " > fifo-buffer.txt" and then > when I want to check the output, run a "tail -f fifo-buffer.txt" If your fifo-buffer.txt is a plain file that isn't managed (log rotation, etc) then the risk is that it wastes or exhausts disk space. If it's a named pipe any write

Re: What are you doing for home NAS?

2013-12-30 Thread Michael ODonnell
I don't know what the current crop of WD Desktop drives is like but when I was evaluating them for inclusion in a product about 4 yrs ago they didn't make the cut. In addition to mediocre xfer speeds their design seemed to indicate unfamiliarity with (or disregard for) basic concerns like physic

[OT] Comedian rants about passwords/account mgmt

2013-11-22 Thread Michael ODonnell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tJ-NSPES9Y ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: DoS attacks on Healthcare.gov...

2013-11-19 Thread Michael ODonnell
I'm sure some would not be displeased to see the term "open source" get Embraced And Extended and turned into a pejorative the way "hacker" was... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gn

ARTICLE - Fixing UNIX/Linux filenames

2013-10-31 Thread Michael ODonnell
You may find witches, ghosts and zombies at your door this evening but this discusses something even more horrible: http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/fixing-unix-linux-filenames.html ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://

911 calls from unsubscribed devices

2013-09-10 Thread Michael ODonnell
My understanding is that mobile phone service providers are required to transmit/relay all 911 calls regardless of whether the originating device is registered/subscribed to the provider in question. If so, what kind of (preferably minimal and unobtrusive) HW/SW would a generic laptop (running Li

Re: Installing Ubuntu on an EFI-based Intel system

2013-08-22 Thread Michael ODonnell
> Halfway through the install the machine signaled an overheat > condition and stopped. Turned out I hadn't installed the CPU > heat sink correctly. Doh! With this fixed the machine seems > OK, but I can't figure out how to boot the CD again. If you were trying to perform the installation on

Re: sonargnulinux.com "assistive" ?

2013-07-18 Thread Michael ODonnell
>> Seriously? That WWW page renders (at least on my Android phone >> and on Firefox on my desktop box) as small-print, low-contrast >> grey font on dark purple background... > > I spoke to Jonathan last night about it. You need to remember > that Jonathan is blind, and is not able to view his

sonargnulinux.com "assistive" ?

2013-07-17 Thread Michael ODonnell
>Abstract > Sonar aims to be an accessible GNU/Linux distribution to people > of all needs. Its goal is to bring awareness of Free accessible > software to people that depend on assistive technology. > >New Sonar home page: http://www.sonargnulinux.com/ Seriously? That WWW page renders (at le

Re: ClearCase (was: MacOS/Samba not playing nice)

2013-07-12 Thread Michael ODonnell
I haven't worked with ClearCase in quite a while but have done so at several different companies. Every source control system and build/configuration manager has its problems and I certainly had occasion to curse ClearCase from time to time, but in its (mild) defense I'll mention some things I r

Re: *sigh* I guess I'm going mobile (Linux-compatible smartphones?)

2013-06-14 Thread Michael ODonnell
> When I plug that into my Linux box, it automounts, but there > is nothing there. Plugging into my work Win7, the iPhone also > automounts, but I get the directory with any photos taken by > the iPhone. [...] A conspiracy? My phone presents multiple USB mass-storage devices so it's possible yo

Re: *sigh* I guess I'm going mobile (Linux-compatible smartphones?)

2013-06-14 Thread Michael ODonnell
> What smartphones will I have the least amount of trouble > with if I need/want to connect them with my Linux computer? If by "connect" you mean "move photo/movie/sound/ringtone/etc files between host and phone" then I'll echo Curt's response. My by-now-ancient DroidX2 behaves perfectly with US

Re: Is this normal? (Google crawling my "hidden" content?)

2013-06-13 Thread Michael ODonnell
> I don't think we can reach that conclusion. Jim posted a message > to the public GNHLUG mailing list that included a web address. Hey, right! now that you mention it (duh) isn't that how WWW indexing is *designed* to work in the first place? ;-> Forgot about the archived GNHLUG postings, a

Re: Is this normal? (Google crawling my "hidden" content?)

2013-06-13 Thread Michael ODonnell
> Any suggestion that LUG communication is being specifically and > intentionally monitored by Google or others would be laughable. > So can we please not go there? I didn't get the impression that specific monitoring of GNHLUG was suggested, just that it was surprising (disappointing?) to learn

RHCSA / RHCE ?

2013-06-11 Thread Michael ODonnell
Would anybody here with an RHCSA / RHCE care to chat w/me offline about what it's like prepping for and obtaining the cert? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Presention software?

2013-06-07 Thread Michael ODonnell
Bret Victor (definitely a Renaissance Man) will break your heart with this video of a tool for creating presentations that he says he'll be releasing... someday: http://vimeo.com/66085662 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug

Re: Mother of all xterms?

2013-05-28 Thread Michael ODonnell
I watch this thread with bemused interest as I use (am deeply addicted to) CTWM, which was forked from TWM in order to add "virtual desktops" (now more commonly referred to as workspaces) and I believe that in this case the C refers to the first name of the guy who did the work, Claude LeCommande

Re: Ethernet - WiFi bridge

2013-05-23 Thread Michael ODonnell
>> there may be a use for that WRT54GL of mine with >> the blown WAN port. (mod - you had one too, right?) > >Yah, the WAN port on mine failed, as well. Hey, wait a minute! ;-> I think the one you have *IS* my old one - I offered it on this channel back in 2009 after the WAN port failed and di

Re: Ethernet - WiFi bridge

2013-05-23 Thread Michael ODonnell
> It occurs to me (as I wait for the replacement fror my laptop's > WiFi/BT module *) that there may be a use for that WRT54GL of > mine with the blown WAN port. (mod - you had one too, right?) Yah, the WAN port on mine failed, as well. I believe there's nothing special about the port marked W

Re: Permissions on /tmp

2013-05-23 Thread Michael ODonnell
> A subdir in /tmp can certainly have my ownership and permissions. > And I guess they can't delete the directory because it isn't > empty, but with permissions on the parent directory, can't they > move it? Picky, picky, picky. Well, for completeness I suppose we should mention the "deleted fi

Re: Mother of all xterms? (command history)

2013-05-22 Thread Michael ODonnell
Note that with bash if you say something like this: export HISTTIMEFORMAT='%Y%m%d%H%M%S: ' ...you'll see your history marked accordingly with timestamps. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman

Re: Mother of all xterms?

2013-05-22 Thread Michael ODonnell
There's some newfangled thing called Terminology: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/terminology-more-than-terminal-emulator.html I've never used it. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Permissions on /tmp

2013-05-22 Thread Michael ODonnell
> the downside of tmp is that any process can also delete my > pid file (as opposed to having to be either root or the user > created for the program) Create a subdirectory of /tmp. Your PID file will be safe in there but still get tidied up on reboot. _

ARTICLE - Analysis of semtex.c exploit

2013-05-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
A nicely readable analysis (if you happen to like this stuff) of the exploit recently demonstrated via semtex.c : http://timetobleed.com/a-closer-look-at-a-recent-privilege-escalation-bug-in-linux-cve-2013-2094/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhl

ARTICLE - Gigabit-to-the-home for $35/mo in Vt.

2013-04-28 Thread Michael ODonnell
With some now ranking the US down near 30th worldwide (and falling) in terms of fastest/cheapest Internet availability, and with our monopolist carriers like Verizon/ComCast/Cox pretending like it's the Natural Order for things to be the way they are as they inflict "vertical integration" on their

Re: FYI (large devices = looooonnngg processing times)

2013-04-27 Thread Michael ODonnell
Even on just a silly little RAID1 mirror on a multi-Tb array I dread seeing the various messages announcing "routine" maintenance and diagnostic operations as they take forever and don't come for free, resource-wise... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: Any Octave users? What is this code snippet actually doing?

2013-04-06 Thread Michael ODonnell
> kmax=1; > kfactor=(kmax-1.0)/delta/(orderbc+1.0)/delbc^orderbc; > Unless matlab treats floats and ints differently than most other > languages, I'd say its a bug because zero over anything is always zero. Shame on anybody who'd intentionally code something like that without also providing a

Re: google interview

2013-04-02 Thread Michael ODonnell
> [...] guy sounded like he knew what he was talking about, > Computer Science-wise. Unless they have a rotating thing > where Google engineers have to interview a person every week > or whatever, he knew WAY more than he needed for his job. Overall, Google's standards seem high - no argument t

Re: google interview

2013-04-02 Thread Michael ODonnell
On several occasions I've heard (from Google insiders) about open positions inside (regional instantiations of) Google and even though the work involved was nothing that required the applicants to have 133+ h@x0r skillzz they still insisted on inflicting that ritual abuse crap on the applicants d

TAKEN - Dr. Dobbs 1980-1984 plus Volume 1 Number 2

2013-02-24 Thread Michael ODonnell
Magazines have been claimed. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

FREE - Dr. Dobbs 1980-1984 plus Volume 1 Number 2

2013-02-24 Thread Michael ODonnell
Just unearthed some Dr. Dobbs magazines from the years 1980 thru 1984 (complete except for a handful of issues) and also Volume 1 Number 2 from 1976. Anybody want 'em? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.o

Re: Files, unlinking, access, oh my.

2013-02-19 Thread Michael ODonnell
> Some processes do this deliberately for temporary files: > They create/open a new file and then immediately unlink it. > This yields an "anonymous file", which won't need to be specially > cleaned up, even if the program crashes. Bad Guys do this, too, because such "deleted" files aren't easil

Re: IPMI security article

2013-02-19 Thread Michael ODonnell
IPMI was involved with reestablishing communications with your Dom-0 ? Interesting. Was that via Serial-Over-LAN? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Files, unliking, access, oh my.

2013-02-19 Thread Michael ODonnell
>Can that space that the file takes up be overwritten during >this interim? Or does the OS hold the inode sacrosanct until >both references AND processes are no longer making use of it? Right - the OS's official record of a file's state is the (in-memory copy of the) inode - the directory entri

[OT] Corner cases in Ruby/Javascript (WAT!)

2013-02-18 Thread Michael ODonnell
For entertainment puprposes only: a brief (4:18) video poking fun at corner cases of some Ruby/Javascript operators/syntax - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0EIZa5e9q4 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlu

Re: grep for craigslist?

2013-02-14 Thread Michael ODonnell
> I've already contemplated such a move... (my service would > be called Greg'sList... it's Craigslist, only better :-) > But, their TOS explicitly limits any such possibility. Heh. Their interface is so easy to scrape (and the sheer volume of stuff available so overwhwelming) that various s

Bunny Huang's tour of a USB memory stick factory

2013-02-12 Thread Michael ODonnell
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=2946 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Looking for Acme Packet employee (nothing to do w/Oracle!)

2013-02-12 Thread Michael ODonnell
I got no responses to my previous request, which I now realize (in light of their impending acquisition by Oracle) might have had something to do with my use of the term "insider". This is nothing to do with that; just an employment-related inquiry about corporate culture, work environment, etc,

Looking for any Acme Packet insider

2013-02-07 Thread Michael ODonnell
Looking for any Acme Packet employee - I have a few questions about the company... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Looking for Acme Packet insider

2013-02-07 Thread Michael ODonnell
To whomever it was at the GNHLUG presentation last night that said they're with Acme Packet: please contact me. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Linux-centric curricula in New England?

2013-01-09 Thread Michael ODonnell
Are there schools in New England that grant undergrad technical degrees (IT or CS) where the courses and professors emphasize Linux and FOSS rather than being thinly disguised proxies for Micro$oft's marketing dept? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhl

TAKEN - one APC SmartUPS (model su1400rm2u)

2012-12-29 Thread Michael ODonnell
Item has been claimed. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: FREE - one APC SmartUPS (model su1400rm2u)

2012-12-29 Thread Michael ODonnell
Some corrections/additions to my original post: It's a 1400 VA unit, not 3000 as implied by my accidentally pasting the wrong string into my email. APC Smart-UPS, 950 Watts / 1400 VA Also, I've seen some search engines return pix of the deskside freestanding unit when using su1400rm2u as a s

FREE - one APC SmartUPS3000 (model su1400rm2u)

2012-12-29 Thread Michael ODonnell
Offered is one APC SmartUPS3000 (model su1400rm2u) in original packaging. I have never seen this unit in operation but I was given it in supposedly unused condition when Mission Critical Linux failed in 2002 and it's been in storage ever since, so what I can say is that it's not-known-not-to-wor

Re: ARTICLE - Bunny Huang (Chumby and such) building open source laptop

2012-12-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
>> The aim, however, is not to produce a cheap laptop for Huang, >> it's more about the exclusivity of a handmade product of this >> kind and it would be priced to reflect that. > >It seems like there's room in the laptop market between "cheap" >and "artisanal". Yah, I'm happy to enourage his ef

ARTICLE - Bunny Huang (Chumby and such) building open source laptop

2012-12-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
Traffic has been light here for some time - hope y'all are well. Season's greetings, etc... http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chumby-developer-building-open-source-laptop-1771223.html ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.

Re: grub issue

2012-10-23 Thread Michael ODonnell
H, semi-repeatable failures to boot all the way up to a GUI-based login? My first guess might be: - Maybe your graphics subsystem couldn't be initialized. Maybe your adapter has problems after a warm boot? Maybe driver not allowing enough time for initialization? Maybe

Re: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firmware loading?

2012-09-05 Thread Michael ODonnell
You've so far done everything right; ath3k is the correct device-specific driver for the USB gizmo in question and /lib/firmware/ath3k-1.fw is the correct firmware file, in the proper location, and the USB infrastructure even noticed the device and reported some generic info about it. Unfortunat

Re: HTTPS connection attempts from Facebook?

2012-08-06 Thread Michael ODonnell
>> When you say "nuke the connection attempt" do you mean >> [...] > >Nuke as in (continue to) deny the connection attempt. Cool. Hmmm, I did end up in a situation recently (and reluctantly) where I was obliged to install a Firefox add-in involved with use of MacroMedia's AdobeConnect (grrr! d

Re: HTTPS connection attempts from Facebook?

2012-08-06 Thread Michael ODonnell
>> It's *just* a home connection? No services? Nuke the connection >> attempt. > > If you're on a network with DHCP (most residential connections), > it's possible someone else wrote an app that points to a DNS > name that points to your IP address. Still safe to nuke it. When you say "nuke t

HTTPS connection attempts from Facebook?

2012-08-06 Thread Michael ODonnell
This is the second time this week that my firewall has reported the following: [DoS Attack: ACK Scan] from source: 69.171.227.60, port 443, Sunday, August 05,2012 20:25:40 The reported IP address is within a range owned by Facebook and DNS shows a hostname that (FWIW) is at least plausibly in

Re: Malware for Linux

2012-07-19 Thread Michael ODonnell
>> Those who use terms like "immune" or "virus-proof" when >> discussing Linux do everybody a disservice since neither >> is true. > >Ouch. Ooops. I forgot about your signature line. ;-> > I gave careful consideration to adopting my current signature > line, for exactly the reason of the prob

Re: Malware for Linux

2012-07-13 Thread Michael ODonnell
Those who use terms like "immune" or "virus-proof" when discussing Linux do everybody a disservice since neither is true. We are, for now, statistically less likely to be compromised because there aren't as many of us and because privilege separation has been more the custom with us than with Wi

Obtaining user input via interactive child proc

2012-06-25 Thread Michael ODonnell
> I've thought about this problem during my commute for a week > now, and I haven't been able to come up with a simple solution > that satisfies the constraints. It's an interesting puzzle. You mention constraints but we don't really have a clear "problem statement". > [...] the problem could

Re: Capturing file descriptor 3, or alternatives.

2012-06-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
> What I haven't figured out is how to return the results to the > parent shell. Not because I can't write it somewhere other > than the tty, but because I don't know how to get the shell to > hook up a pipe to that extra fd, to which I can write, and from > which the shell can later read (while

Re: Trying to remember a quote on SPAM...

2012-06-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
I can't supply a specific quote but I've previously seen some anti-SPAM measures likened to Lupus and RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) as examples of autoimmune systems run amok. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlu

Re: Capturing file descriptor 3, or alternatives.

2012-06-19 Thread Michael ODonnell
Here is a more complete list of candidates some of which may handle the fd gymnastics in question for you and then simply utter the desired results on their stdout: Python: python-dialog - Python module for making Text/Console-mode user interfaces Text: dialog- Displays user-friendly

Re: Capturing file descriptor 3, or alternatives.

2012-06-19 Thread Michael ODonnell
Is something like whiptail ruled out? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Tracking The Trackers (was StatusNet, anyone?)

2012-06-12 Thread Michael ODonnell
>> Is that the one that gives you a map of the URLs that are >> receiving information from your cookies? > >Wait--what? He might be referring to Collusion - fascinating: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/collusion/ http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_kovacs_tracking_the_trackers.html SEE ALSO: http

Re: GRUB2 problems [was: Errors scrolling]

2012-04-09 Thread Michael ODonnell
I believe that if you hold down the Shift key at strategic points during GRUB2 startup it will present the interactive menu that allows you to edit the boot commandline instead of just hurling itself off into the void... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: Am I 32-bit, or 64-bit?

2012-04-05 Thread Michael ODonnell
> I have seen that in 64-bit Linux, 32-bit processes tend to execute > a bit faster. I've seen a number of cases where 32-bit apps run > faster than their 64-bit version, but I've also seen 64-bit apps > run faster than their 32-bit versions. The 1g/3g memory split I mentioned allowed the ker

Re: Am I 32-bit, or 64-bit?

2012-04-05 Thread Michael ODonnell
> In the meantime... is there any possible downside of having > a 64-bit kernel in a 32-bit userspace? Everything -- drivers, > camera, apps -- seems just ducky. I've seen instances where 32bit apps and libraries disagreed with some 64bit drivers about the layout of the data structures that ge

Re: Am I 32-bit, or 64-bit?

2012-04-05 Thread Michael ODonnell
> but they've heavily favored the 32bit version and seem either > unable or unwilling to produce and support a stable 64bit plugin. I meant to say "...to *consistently* produce..." In fairness, the 64bit Flash plugin I have running with Firefox right now has actually been quite stable, especial

Re: Am I 32-bit, or 64-bit?

2012-04-05 Thread Michael ODonnell
> What does 32bit do that 64 won't? Besides browser plugins, > though that's gotten beter too. Lack of 64bit browser plugins (particularly Flash) is a big deal for some. Adobe's official stance on the matter has been all over the map (I don't know whether their problem is technical or politica

Re: Am I 32-bit, or 64-bit?

2012-04-05 Thread Michael ODonnell
>On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:29:23 -0400 "Michael ODonnell" > wrote > >> BTW, for recent kernel sources I think the value you wanted to >> use for ARCH is i686 rather than i386, even though the latter >> may be what the "arch" command reports. >

Re: Am I 32-bit, or 64-bit?

2012-04-05 Thread Michael ODonnell
It'd take some pretty bizarre build errors to generate a kernel that describes itself as x86_64 when it isn't. Therefore, (assuming you're really running in the filesystem that your x86 system was based on) what's likely happening is that the exec() machinery that allows mixed use of x86 and x86

Re: CLVM + DRBD dual primary? (was Re: replicated file system?)

2012-02-29 Thread Michael ODonnell
> To my knowledge DBRD can only do mirroring. So no higher RAID > levels are supported. That's my understanding, too. So, in an Active/Standby situation (at least the ones in the configs we had rigged up) DRBD could provide you with a hot block-level copy on the Standby machine that you'd hope

Re: replicated file system?

2012-02-28 Thread Michael ODonnell
> (DRBD>LVM>iSCSI>Heartbeat) Heh. I suspect that will somehow look familiar to Mr. Lussier... ;-> He did indicate a wish to have an Active/Active rig but I believe that approach only allows Active/Standby, yes? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhl

Protecting privacy

2012-02-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
> Here's the problem I ran into: I wanted to be logged out when > using Google as a search engine. [...] I don't even use them > for that anymore, so it seems kind of moot, but with their web > bugs and trackers all over it really isn't. I use https://duckduckgo.com/ in an attempt to at least

OBTAINED: temporary use of a zip100 drive

2012-02-13 Thread Michael ODonnell
Thanks to all. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

WANTED: temporary use of a zip100 drive

2012-02-11 Thread Michael ODonnell
Hoping to briefly borrow a drive capable of reading zip100 media. Discovered a small number of zip100 disks in an office environment where the corresponding drives are no longer available and want to see if the disks contain any data of value to the company before discarding them. Alternatively,

Re: Slashdot: NH Passes Open-Source bill

2012-02-07 Thread Michael ODonnell
Would that all bills before legislative bodies were that readable and straightforward. Nice work. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Accessing partitions in drive images

2012-01-31 Thread Michael ODonnell
> Anything old will have its share of historical accidents, to be > sure. But there's reasonable design failings, and then there's > design by the infinite monkey method. You have insulted an infinite number of monkeys. IBM used to publish the source codes for their BIOS in the little 3-ring b

Accessing partitions in drive images (was: drive recovery of dual-boot system)

2012-01-26 Thread Michael ODonnell
> Filesystems (and therefore "fsck" targets) reside on partitions > of the disk, something like "/dev/sdc3", rather than the entire > device (or an image of it). This is inherent in the design of the > system and is independent of the types of filesystems or how they > are mixed. Picking nits h

Re: Testing direct IO with FIO

2012-01-23 Thread Michael ODonnell
Does your strace output show any fcntl() calls? I believe it's possible (maybe even necessary?) to set attributes like O_DIRECT and O_ASYNC using fcntl() as well as during the original open(). ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlu

WANTED: rebuildable/salvageable computers/components

2012-01-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
I've been assembling computer systems from donated/scavenged components, installing Linux and then giving them away on Freecycle to folks who are glad to receive them, no matter how humble the machine. I naturally prefer to obtain otherwise functional systems whose only affliction is the presence

Re: home design + construction + landscape design software? (CAD)

2012-01-08 Thread Michael ODonnell
Coincidentally, GigaOM recently posted this: http://gigaom.com/cloud/grabcad-grabs-4m-for-open-source-cad/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: home design + construction + landscape design software? (CAD, remodelling)

2012-01-07 Thread Michael ODonnell
I'd forgotten that I, too, have a friend (in an NYC architectural firm) who recommends Google's Sketchup. I've not used it. I daydream about being able to walk around the house snapping photos and feeding them to some app where I click on key points while specifying dimensions and such, from wh

Re: home design + construction + landscape design software?

2012-01-07 Thread Michael ODonnell
Yeah, to really be useful a program like the one you (many of us!) are looking for ends up being a serious CAD system and, unsurprisingly, nobody's giving those away. I've used that sweethome3d and it's nice for fooling around with general layouts (even that took me a fair bit of noodling) but

Re: mint

2012-01-04 Thread Michael ODonnell
> My solution was to flip gnome 3 the bird and switch to XFCE. Me, too - I switched to the XFCE-based Xubuntu. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: SCP from STDIN: "-t" option undocumented?

2011-12-23 Thread Michael ODonnell
>> Maybe a patch to the scp manpage would be accepted, with that rationale? >> >The issue IMHO, is the lack of documentation for the -t option. Can't you guys agree about anything? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http:

Re: SCP from STDIN: "-t" option undocumented?

2011-12-22 Thread Michael ODonnell
>Use it anyways, no one has ever accused you of being a human -=] > >Patrick [ahem!] Yes, well, on that note, I offer my wishes to the sentient beings on this channel (and also to Patrick) that this season brings you all the happiness you might prudently wish for... ;-> _

Re: SCP from STDIN: "-t" option undocumented?

2011-12-22 Thread Michael ODonnell
Having just now quickly RTFSC and done a few superficial experiments I conclude that the -t option (mnemonic for "to"; there's also a secret "from" flag -f) is not suitable for use by humans. It tells scp that it's in "server" mode and should expect to communicate with its counterpart using some

FREE - collection of RJ11 phone cords

2011-12-04 Thread Michael ODonnell
Offered is an assortment of phone cords (approx 100 pcs) fitted with RJ11 (standard 4-conductor) connectors. Cables range in length from a few inches to approx 10ft, many still in original packaging. Found these leftovers from a failed startup while cleaning the basement...

Re: [semi-OT] SPAM email headers don't mention my email address?

2011-11-06 Thread Michael ODonnell
Yah, I had believed that the headers were consulted (rather than merely updated) as the message was transferred from server to server, but there's apparently some other (or additional) conversation taking place between the servers that governs routing. Yet more stuff to put on my list of things-

[semi-OT] SPAM email headers don't mention my email address?

2011-11-05 Thread Michael ODonnell
I'm getting much less SPAM in the last year or so (yay!) and I gather that's at least partly due to the shutdown of some botnets. And I hate to say anything positive about ComCast but I think another factor is that their filters are pretty good. SPAM volume is now low enough that it's remarkable

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