Re: [Dorset] Free: iPad mini
Hi Hugh, I don't have any use for that, but it's probably worth something at CeX even if it's not a supported model any more, so even if no one here wants it, I'd hesitate before recycling it. Hamish On 13 May 2024 09:39:05 BST, Hugh Frater wrote: >Before it goes in the WEEE skip, does anyone have a use for an iPad mini, >model a1490 (cellular)… works fine, holds a charge. > >Happy to deliver in the bpc area. > >Hugh > >Sent from my iPhone >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-06-04 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-06-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] In-person meetings
Hi all, I have taken the executive decision that Wednesdays are best, but we can change that later. Here's the link so all of you can note your availability: https://whenisgood.net/9wcd8ng. For some reason it's not letting me select any later Wednesdays than those shown, I'm not sure what's up with that. Hamish On 17/04/2024 16:00, Hugh Frater wrote: I'm also flexible, I drive and don't have a particularly full schedule at the moment. On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 at 14:51, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset < dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: Bump. What dates and times and venues work for all of you? I can be pretty flexible because I can drive and I don't have too much going on at the moment. Hamish On 12 March 2024 20:52:18 GMT, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset < dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: On 12/03/2024 11:27, Peter Merchant wrote: On 11/03/2024 18:09, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: Hi all, At the last online meeting, several of us expressed interest in doing in-person meetings again, probably at the Broadway in Bournemouth where we used to do them. We were thinking of doing them on a different day so they don't clash with the online meetings, and so that people who don't want to attend/can't attend in-person meetings don't miss out. I don't think we decided what day yet, so now would be a good time to chime in with your suggestions so we can try and come to a decision. Hamish Well, How about sticking with Tuesday a fortnight different from the on-line sessions, so Third Tuesday of the month? Peter I might be busy on the third Tuesday evening of each month, so could we potentially do the third Wednesday evening of each month or similar? Hamish -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-04-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-05-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-05-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] In-person meetings
Bump. What dates and times and venues work for all of you? I can be pretty flexible because I can drive and I don't have too much going on at the moment. Hamish On 12 March 2024 20:52:18 GMT, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: >On 12/03/2024 11:27, Peter Merchant wrote: >> On 11/03/2024 18:09, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> At the last online meeting, several of us expressed interest in doing >>> in-person meetings again, probably at the Broadway in Bournemouth where we >>> used to do them. >>> >>> We were thinking of doing them on a different day so they don't clash with >>> the online meetings, and so that people who don't want to attend/can't >>> attend in-person meetings don't miss out. I don't think we decided what day >>> yet, so now would be a good time to chime in with your suggestions so we >>> can try and come to a decision. >>> >>> Hamish >>> >>> >>> >> Well, How about sticking with Tuesday a fortnight different from the on-line >> sessions, so Third Tuesday of the month? >> >> Peter > >I might be busy on the third Tuesday evening of each month, so could we >potentially do the third Wednesday evening of each month or similar? > >Hamish > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-04-02 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-05-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] In-person meetings
On 12/03/2024 11:27, Peter Merchant wrote: On 11/03/2024 18:09, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: Hi all, At the last online meeting, several of us expressed interest in doing in-person meetings again, probably at the Broadway in Bournemouth where we used to do them. We were thinking of doing them on a different day so they don't clash with the online meetings, and so that people who don't want to attend/can't attend in-person meetings don't miss out. I don't think we decided what day yet, so now would be a good time to chime in with your suggestions so we can try and come to a decision. Hamish Well, How about sticking with Tuesday a fortnight different from the on-line sessions, so Third Tuesday of the month? Peter I might be busy on the third Tuesday evening of each month, so could we potentially do the third Wednesday evening of each month or similar? Hamish -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-04-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
[Dorset] In-person meetings
Hi all, At the last online meeting, several of us expressed interest in doing in-person meetings again, probably at the Broadway in Bournemouth where we used to do them. We were thinking of doing them on a different day so they don't clash with the online meetings, and so that people who don't want to attend/can't attend in-person meetings don't miss out. I don't think we decided what day yet, so now would be a good time to chime in with your suggestions so we can try and come to a decision. Hamish -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-04-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - Tonight at 8pm
On 05/03/2024 05:28, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi. The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug Chrome or Chromium may fare better than Firefox. An alternative to installing either of those is to obtain an all-in-one bundle especially for Jitsi and enter ‘dorset-lug’ as the meeting ID. wget -qhttps://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/latest/download/jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage chmod +x jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage ./jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage I'm just about to set off for the Midlands, so won't be able to attend. See you next time. Don't forget that someone needs to log in to open the Meeting. -- Terry Coles I'll join at 8:30 as usual, and will open the meeting then if no one else has. Hamish -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-03-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] TP-Link routers
On 18/11/2023 16:41, Peter Merchant wrote: On 18/11/2023 14:49, Terry Coles wrote: On 18/11/2023 14:25, Peter Merchant wrote: Does anybody have any experience with TP-Link routers? I see the C50 and C64 are not badly priced and I really want to improve the response of my wireless connection from this PC. I am currently using the Talktalk Sagemcom super-router and speed on a speed test is pretty dire. I don't have any recent experience, But I did have a TP-Link router some years ago. I wasn't overly impressed with it and ended up getting a Netgear Nighthawk, which was a vast improvement. I still get updates for it from time to time. I also think I might improve my wifi dongle and considering an Atheros Ar-9271. Interestingly, my WiFi dongle is made by TP-Link and seems to work fine. However, I only really use it very occasionally, such as when the Ethernet link failed the other day. I did use a TP-Link range extender, but it kept dropping connections, so I now have a Netgear one that works well. But when I was a University lecturer Netgear gave me a bunch of kit, and they were a beast to set up. (20 years ago now, mind] Peter My experience with TP-Link routers is that they very rarely receive any software updates, so I can't recommend them in the name of security. Hamish -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-12-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting Tonight at 8 pm
I will be a bit late again and start from 8:30, assuming the other thing is running this time. Hamish On 7 November 2023 14:13:42 GMT, Terry Coles wrote: >Hi, > >The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi. > >The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open >https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug > >Chrome or Chromium may fare better than Firefox. >An alternative to installing either of those is to obtain an all-in-one >bundle especially for Jitsi and enter ‘dorset-lug’ as the meeting ID. > > wget >-qhttps://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/latest/download/jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > chmod +x jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > ./jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > > >I'll see you there. > >-- >Terry Coles > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-11-07 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-11-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Somewhat Off Topic - Can Anyone Recommend a Decent Tablet Computer?
Just a thought: I wonder if an E-ink tablet would be a good idea, though the contrast might be lacking a bit for text-on-colour sections. Hamish On 30 October 2023 13:14:02 GMT, Peter Merchant wrote: >WE have had a few, and I have been happy with Lenovo ones. I once had a 10" >one, but it was eminently droppable, so I now have an 8" one. I recently >bought Val a new 8" one, but it has Android 12 and is a pain to use. I >recommend an 8" one over the 7" ones as it is significantly larger. Looking >at my list, my tablet is Android 10 and my phone Android 13, and both are easy >to use. > >I suggest that we meet for coffee somewhere and you can have a play before >committing. I got our latest from Currys for about £89. Via Quidco! > >cheers, > >Peter > >On 30/10/2023 10:18, Terry Coles wrote: >> Hi, >> >> After years of resistance, I'm going to get a tablet! Ideally it would be >> one that ran Linux of course, but the main specs needed are good resolution >> and plenty of contrast. >> >> The reason for this is my deteriorating eyesight. Generally speaking, I'm >> OK with distance vision, but reading small text on coloured backgrounds is >> becoming increasingly difficult. This means that my magazine subscriptions >> are largely wasted because I cannot read them. >> >> However, I do know that I can read PDFs of the magazines on my wife's iPad >> and on my desktop monitor, so getting a decent tablet is probably the most >> convenient solution. If possible, I don't want to spend a fortune, so >> Samsung Galaxy Tabs at circa £1000 are out, and in any case the performance >> of this type of device is probably way over the top for reading a magazine. >> However, I am prepared to pay for the kind of performance I need, hence this >> query. >> >> Thanks in anticipation. >> > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-11-07 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-11-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - Tonight at 8 pm
Hi all, I will be a little late again and will join a little after 8:30 pm. Hamish On 3 October 2023 13:12:04 BST, Terry Coles wrote: >Hi, > >The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi. > >The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open >https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug > >Chrome or Chromium may fare better than Firefox. >An alternative to installing either of those is to obtain an all-in-one >bundle especially for Jitsi and enter ‘dorset-lug’ as the meeting ID. > > wget >-qhttps://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/latest/download/jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > chmod +x jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > ./jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > > >I'll see you there. > >-- >Terry Coles > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-10-03 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-10-03 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - Tonight at 8pm
Hi, I have something else to attend as well, so I will be joining the LUG a little later at around 8:30. As I preciously mentioned, someone with a Google, GitHub, or Facebook account will need to set up the call. Hamish On 5 September 2023 12:37:16 BST, Terry Coles wrote: >Hi, > >The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi. > >The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open >https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug > >Chrome or Chromium may fare better than Firefox. >An alternative to installing either of those is to obtain an all-in-one >bundle especially for Jitsi and enter ‘dorset-lug’ as the meeting ID. > > wget >-qhttps://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/latest/download/jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > chmod +x jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > ./jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > > >I'll see you there. > >-- >Terry Coles > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-09-05 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-09-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight
This reminds me, Jitsi now requires sign-in to start meetings, so whoever first arrives may have to sign in with Google, Facebook, or GitHub to start the meeting. Hamish On 29 August 2023 09:49:09 BST, Terry Coles wrote: >Hi, > >The next Meeting will be one week tonight; Tuesday, 2023-09-05 at 20:00 using >Jitsi. > >Details are as for the previous meetings and will be reposted on the day. > >I'll see you then. > >-- >Terry Coles > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-09-05 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-09-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - Tonight at 8 pm
Sorry, I forgot that it was on last night so didn't show up, see you all at the next one. Hamish On 1 August 2023 12:40:04 BST, Terry Coles wrote: >Hi, > >The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi. > >The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open >https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug > >Chrome or Chromium may fare better than Firefox. >An alternative to installing either of those is to obtain an all-in-one >bundle especially for Jitsi and enter ‘dorset-lug’ as the meeting ID. > > wget >-qhttps://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/latest/download/jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > chmod +x jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > ./jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage > > >I'll see you there. > >-- >Terry Coles > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-08-01 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-09-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Best Way of Installing Old Version of MySQL Client
Hi Terry, At the time, I didn't have to do anything for the pis to be compatible, because the mysql client provided worked with the database on the NAS box. I believe incompatibility would start to be a problem if we updated Raspberry Pi OS as well, but with the current version all seems fine. I think I'd have to recommend using a virtual machine too, that's probably the easiest fix for this problem. Hamish On 13 July 2023 10:56:03 BST, Terry Coles wrote: >Thanks everyone for your suggestions. > >On 13/07/2023 10:07, Ralph Corderoy wrote: >> A package manager understands dependencies between packages. You've >> cherry-picked one package and not handled its dependencies. > >> The executable isn't self-contained. It can refer to other object files of >> code. >... >> No, with the shared libraries you have available. But they, in turn, >> may eventually be incompatible with the kernel if you have to go back >> far enough. >Thanks. I think that I can see the light. >>> Does this mean I cannot use it on this machine without (perhaps) >>> running everything in a VM? >> That would seem simplest. >Yes; presumably running a very old distro to avoid all these issues. >> Or Hamish mentioned recently on this list some Python MySQL client which >> he uses. > >Apparently, that still calls the MySQL Client that has been installed. > >Hamish, > >When you built the software framework, what did you do to ensure compatibility >between the Pis and the NAS Box? > >-- >Terry Coles > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-08-01 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-08-01 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Logging into the WMT Database
On 08/07/2023 08:33, Terry Coles wrote: On 07/07/2023 19:25, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: Hamish, Yes, there are compatibility issues with newer versions of mysql/mariadb clients and the old version of mysql the server uses, which is why the installation spec says to use an older version of python-mysqlclient, amongst other things. Yes. I was aware of that, but was distracted by being unable to log in via SSH, let alone the MySQL Client. I'm surprised the users I created aren't showing up there, but I can't take a look for myself as the VPN isn't working at my end. Can you suggest where I should look? Hmm, I'm pretty sure PhpMyAdmin has a users section where they should all show up. They're obviously working even if they aren't showing up, otherwise the system wouldn't be running and responding to changes in the environment. Hamish -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-08-01 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Logging into the WMT Database
Hi Terry, Yes, there are compatibility issues with newer versions of mysql/mariadb clients and the old version of mysql the server uses, which is why the installation spec says to use an older version of python-mysqlclient, amongst other things. I'm surprised the users I created aren't showing up there, but I can't take a look for myself as the VPN isn't working at my end. Hamish On 6 July 2023 13:53:25 BST, Terry Coles wrote: >On 06/07/2023 12:45, Ralph Corderoy wrote: >> This means the TCP port on the NAS's network interface has nothing >> listening to it to accept your incoming connection request. This may be >> because the MySQL server isn't configured to listen on the network >> interface, or it is listening on that interface but on another >> non-standard TCP port. >> >> Does any existing software talk to the MySQL server on that machine from >> outside of that machine? >All of the Pis talk to the MySQL server through Hamish's framework. >> ... >>> ERROR 1043 (08S01): Bad handshake >> Is that using the mysql(1) program from a shell? Or some other MySQL >> client? > >The MySQL client that I installed from Kubuntu's repository: > >terry@OptiPlex:~/Useful$ mysql -V >mysql Ver 8.0.33-0ubuntu0.23.04.2 for Linux on x86_64 ((Ubuntu)) > >It is much newer than the server ( > >>> I can log in to the D-Link and thence to the PHPMyAdmin App with these >>> credentials through a browser. >> From there you can probably examine the configured users and perhaps the >> server's configuration. > >That's what I thought, but all I can see is that SSH is enabled for the D-Link >itself, but only for admin. For the MySQL Server, I can only see a list of >users under the "Privileges" tab. There appears to be only four; admin, >backupuser, pma and root. Additionally, there is a record for user and another >for password, but both appear to be empty. > >I can see no evidence of the credentials set up by Hamish for access from the >Pis and from the engineering GUI running on the NAS Box. > >-- >Terry Coles > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-08-01 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-08-01 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Interesting email security check
Hi Peter, Thanks for sharing this, it prompted me to make some improvements to my domain's email security. Hamish On 31 May 2023 08:52:25 BST, Peter Merchant wrote: >I came across this from Linked-In >https://emailsecuritycheck.service.ncsc.gov.uk/check > >It shows me how much I need to learn about security. But of course, having >checked it on talktalk.net, how powerless I am to do anything to improve the >situation. > >Peter > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-06-06 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-06-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
