[clug-talk] Flashing green lights seen at night on my router

was using Linux either (if it would be a problem on Linux that is). Thanks in advance for any advice. Ralph Boland -- Quantum theory cannot save us from the tyranny of a deterministic universe. But it does give God something to do. ___ clug

[clug-talk] Where to get computer repaired

and decided to do a fresh install. But I ran into problems burning a backup DVD. I have my backups from 9 days ago though. Then my computer died. Thanks for any advice. I can read emails (rpbol...@gmail.com) at the library or I can be phoned at 403-764-3681 Ralph Boland

Re: [clug-talk] Where to get computer repaired?

When shutting down my computer last night I forgot to close the CD door. The computer shutdown but left the door open. When I tried to reboot it wouldn't start up. By pushing the door I managed to get the door closed. At this point (or before when the computer shut down) there was a sound

Re: [clug-talk] clug-talk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 15

Hi Ralph, What a sly way to give yourself a new computer for Christmas! As far as getting the data off the old HDD, there are a couple of options: 1) Borrow my external HDD = USB dongle 2) Bring in the HDD to CLUG on the 6th and copy everything to CD/DVD (how much data is there?) 3)

Re: [clug-talk] bringing broken computer on 6th

I'll bring my computer. That way anyone so inclined can take a look at it. Perhaps there'll be some new insights as to what's wrong with it; I have blank DVDs. I can't bring a monitor though because I'll be taking the C-train and my hands will be full. Regards, Rocky I'll bring my old

[clug-talk] extracting data from floppy

a computer that can read floppies? Regards, Ralph Boland -- Had a wife and kids in Florida, Jack (Nicklaus) Went out for a ride but I couldn't get back As a ten timer being hunted down OR When the wife found out who I was knowing (biblically speaking) I hit a hydrant and I just kept going (till I

[clug-talk] wierd visual affect makes reading text impossible

the trouble of creating it!? Help much appreciated!!! Regards, Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove

[clug-talk] weird visual affect makes reading text impossible

, just reduces or exacerbates it. HOW DO I TURN THIS VISUAL AFFECT OFF???!! What confuses me the most is why would anybody want this visual affect and go through the trouble of creating it!? Help much appreciated!!! Regards, Ralph Boland -- Quantum Theory cannot save us from

Re: [clug-talk] Free PCI dual-heads, too

I would like a PCI dual-head. I don't need fancy graphics so much but I open a lot of windows when I run Smalltalk. I mean Java/Python/Ruby/C. Now if I can only find someone who realizes how out of date their old 4/3 ratio 17 inch flat screen is. :-) Ralph (Rocky) Boland -- Quantum Theory

[clug-talk] naming flash drive

When I insert my flash drive mounts automatically. It used to mount under directory /media/3012-E8F4, the name chosen by the manufacturer. But since I downloaded a directory of data onto the flash drive from someone else's computer, the drive mounts under directory /media/e `fontenc'. The new

Re: [clug-talk] naming flash drive (Rocky Boland)

Actually that name is generated from the UUID when there is no label. You can change the label to something more friendly. How you do this depends on the file system. FAT32 file systems can be a little tricky to do under Linux (it is doable just not intuitive). You can also have a specific

Re: [clug-talk] clug-talk Digest, Vol 70, Issue 26

This is actually pretty exciting - the new LibreOffice will be much more open to developers, which was a real problem with OO.org. I wouldn't be surprised if the Java part was rewritten in C++, not because of the legality, but because relying on the JRE adds a crazy amount of size to OO

[clug-talk] Problems with dual head graphics cards.

I haven't had much success with the dual head graphics cards that David C. handed out. The problems are likely problems with my system and not the cards themselves but opinions on my problems appreciated. My computer is a custom built (Memory Express, XMas time 2009) desktop ($400) using an AMD

[clug-talk] driving two monitors with Colorgraphic Predator LT 2 graphics card

At last month's clug meeting Dafydd C. handed out a number od dual head graphics cards of which i pickup one, a colorgraphic Predator LT 2. Has anybody gotten the graphics card to work in dual monitor mode? I am using Ubuntu 10.04 on an DMD Athlon II processor but have gotten nowhere. When I

Re: [clug-talk] driving two monitors with Colorgraphic Predator LT 2 graphics card

with modifying this file and can't even find it. I think I would rather buy a new graphics card than attempt to create a xorg.conf file from scratch. Except I don't know which one to buy. The two you described are for Intel I believe but I am on AMD. On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Ralph Boland rpbol

[clug-talk] Missing Python 3.0 book

or give it it Kin if you want. Thanks, Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying

Re: [clug-talk] clug-talk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 10

. Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying

[clug-talk] Legos Mindstorms presentation update

. And I will bring a robot for people to see but it won't work tonight because of missing software. Sorry for the inconvenience. Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List

Re: [clug-talk] clug-talk Digest, Vol 77, Issue 11

I am scheduled to show Squeak/Enchanting at tonight's meeting. Unfortunately I am having hardware/software problems so am unlikely to have anything to demonstrate. Apologies, again. Ralph (Rocky) Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca

[clug-talk] Lyx 2.0 released

I don't know how many care but Lyx 2.0 was released tomorrow (May 8th) (It was released from Europe). There are lots of changes since 1.6 was released over two years ago. Lyx is great for writing scientific papers since Lyx generates Latex files but it is also useful for most other writing. I

Re: [clug-talk] dealing UUID with spaces

John's idea of using a backspace was a a good idea and I should have thought of it. Alas, it doesn''t actually work as Justin pointed out. I got the UUID from /dev/disk/by-uuid and used that in /etc/fstab as Justin proposed. Worked like a charm. I also looked in /dev/disk/by-label and found:

Re: [clug-talk] clug-talk Digest, Vol 80, Issue 17

I have on my Linux (Ubuntu) system several Word 6.0 documents that were created in 1998ish on a Mac. I tried to open them using open office but was shocked :-) to find that open office could not read them. Can anyone suggest a hopefully inexpensive way for me to be able to read these files? It

[clug-talk] CD burner not finalizing

I recently tried to burn a DVD (this used to work). I first ran the simulator which indicated that burning was OK but finalizing failed (what is finalizing anyway?). I was running Ubuntu 10.10 at the time so I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 and tried again with a different DVD. Again the finalization

Re: [clug-talk] CD burner not finalizing

That DVD age is only valid for pressed DVDs. Burned CDs and DVDs last for much less. It might also be a bad batch of DVDs. I have had the occasional defective spindle. With the cost of DVD drives these days, I can't imagine that the quality is there. It would not surprise me if the

[clug-talk] problem with wrt54g router

. Regards, Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying

[clug-talk] How do I create a blog? (+off topic Rant)

I worked the recent Alberta enumeration. For the enumeration Elections Alberta promised the enumerators and data entry operators that they would be paid apprx $20/hr. But of course, because Elections Alberta grossly underestimated the amount of work involved (intentionally or otherwise) I only

Re: [clug-talk] How do I create a blog? (+off topic Rant) (Ralph (Rocky) Boland)

RANT: I am not the only one Ripped-off by Elections Alberta. I estimate 5000-6000 enumerators/data entry operators were collectively Ripped-off well in excessive of $500,000. Alas, no one seems upset enough about this to do anything. Nor am I optimistic that much can be done now. But I do feel an

[clug-talk] problems getting Brother DCP-7065DN printer to work with Ubuntu

I recently purchased a Brother DCP-7065DN printer. I got it work fairly quickly with a Windows machine Kin loaned me with the data going through my router. But I have not been able to run it from my Ubuntu 11.04 machine. I first tried to download the network driver from the Brother web site and

Re: [clug-talk] problems getting Brother DCP-7065DN printer to work with Ubuntu

Oh, also forgot,  and is this was the brother web site you saw? http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html Looks encouraging if it will work in a modern disto. Mel Yes, Rocky ___ clug-talk mailing list

[clug-talk] dpkg hell

I have this same printer running flawlessly in our Ubuntu only network (ok, there are some windows VMs too, but that doesn't matter for this discussion...) ... Encouraged by Shawn's success with my printer model and Ubunutu I tried again. I failed again. Worse, I seem to have entered dpkg

Re: [clug-talk] dpkg hell (Royce Souther) (Rocky Boland)

=== On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Ralph Boland rpbol...@gmail.com wrote: I have this same printer running flawlessly in our Ubuntu only network (ok, there are some windows VMs too, but that doesn't matter for this discussion...) ... Encouraged

Re: [clug-talk] dpkg hell

Also LPD should be CUPS. Look for them in the upstart directory ls -l /etc/init/ | grep -E lpd|cups This command returns cups.conf cups.conf has several matches for cups but none for lpd. cops.conf contains a number of commands but they do not look has if they have been run.

[clug-talk] downloading digital pictures.

I recently borrowed a digital camera with which I will talk a dozen or so pictures. I wish to download these pictures, one per file using a usb connection. Is there preferred software I should use for this? I am using Ubuntu 11.04. I will send these pictures to a Windows based system by email

[clug-talk] want to practice writing bash shell scripts

I can write simple bash shell scripts. For example recently I wrote the following: #/bin/bash if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then vi ~/Home/Personal/phone else grep $1 ~/Home/Personal/phone fi I would like to be stronger though so I have dug up some info from

[clug-talk] Linux computer the size of a thumb drive now available for preorder

Searching Google on my subject title leads to an interesting product for those with $200 (or so) to spend. Rocky Boland - God flunked Intelligent Design ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca

[clug-talk] Location of tonight's meeting?

Can someone post the location (room #) of tonight's meeting. Thanks Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove

[clug-talk] 17 in monitors

and is supposed to support 3 monitors. I expect the card would also work with Ubuntu or other Debian based versions of Linux. Likely non Debian versions work as well. Ralph Boland -- It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. -- Epictetus

[clug-talk] mounting external drive or flash drive

I need to mount an external drive or flash drive. To do this I need to add a command to the /etc/fstab file. But I don't know how to to this. Can anyone tell me how? My external drive is a Seagate. I don't know the brand, name, or serial # of my flash drive I can be contacted at:

Re: [clug-talk] Debian 7.0 (Wheezy)

or similar experiences? Mel I am using Debian 6.0 but hibernate doesn't work for me. Anybody tried hibernate on Debian 7.0 who also had trouble with 6.0. Ralph Boland -- It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. -- Epictetus

[clug-talk] June Meeting

I have softball games to umpire for both Wednesdays and probably for most of the rest of the summer. Unless my games get rained out, see you in the fall. Ralph Boland -- It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. -- Epictetus

[clug-talk] firefox toolbar missing

There is a toolbar in Firefox with buttons for google maps, google news, google search etc. I am not sure but it may only display when reading gmail. Anyway, for me for some reason this toolbar has stopped displaying. I looked for reasons as to why it might be hidden and tried a reset of Firefox,

[clug-talk] I will miss the meeting tomorrow. I have softball games to umpire. Sorry

I would have liked to be there and would have bought a membership so I could vote. Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php

Re: [clug-talk] clug-talk Digest, Vol 114, Issue 6

Is there a meeting tonight? I've been missing meetings all summer because of umpiring responsibilities. Now I finally have a night where I can go and there is no mention of a meeting. Ralph Boland On 6 May 2014 13:00, clug-talk-requ...@clug.ca wrote: Send clug-talk mailing list submissions

[clug-talk] entering computer without password

no experience at the BIOS level where I assume I have to go to solve this problem. Thanks, and Merry Xmas (from Newfoundland where I am spending the holidays). Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug

[clug-talk] Can't make meeting

Sorry, can't make meeting. Have softball game to umpire. Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines

[clug-talk] graphics card refuses to accept 2 screens but used to do so

a second computer to try out the graphics card on. Anybody with suggestions on what to try next? The graphics card is a Radeon 5430. Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List

[clug-talk] Replacing loud hard drive

My hard drive is getting quite loud so I am planning to replace it. How do I go about doing this? I checked the Internet and got differing responses so i thought I'd check here before proceeding. I am running Debian Jessie which I installed a few weeks ago. I will be away from computer till about

[clug-talk] open Internet safety

I have a roommate in the house where I live and unfortunately the Internet contract is between him and Telus. He refuses to fix a problem one of my other roommates has noticed. He says he noticed that any password will get him onto the Telus router and he is now afraid that this exposes his

[clug-talk] dual booting for security

I have a writer friend who is paranoid that someone will break into his Windows machine and steal stuff he hasn't published yet. I suggested that he try Linux but I am wondering if it would be better that he dual booted Linux on top of his Windows OS and use Windows for Internet stuff (He

[clug-talk] error message: failed to wake up the mac chip

go about fixing it? Thanks Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying

[clug-talk] clug future

of sleep mode. Perhaps in a few years some people will come along who want to join and have things to say and presentations to give. That's my opinion. Sorry if it doesn't help much. Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http

Re: [clug-talk] problems connecting my computer to a router (Ralph Boland)

.. My adapter plugs into the USB port. I will get one that doesn't go through the USB port and see if that works. Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidel

[clug-talk] problems connecting my computer to a router

cable that I can then connect to the modem/router wirelessly? I'm guessing some routers allow this and a router would be cheaper than a new computer. Of course my other option is to buy a new computer but I am trying to avoid that. Ralph Boland ___ clug

[clug-talk] gave away gmail passwd

concerns other than they likely got her email contacts. Closing her email account and getting a new one seems extreme. Thanks in advance for any advice. Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug

[clug-talk] where to buy second hand computer parts in Calgary?

it will be necessary to take my fan out and take it with me to ensure my replacement fits. True? Thanks in advance for any advice. Sorry, but I will miss the upcoming meeting as I am working the advance poll of the civic election. Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk

Re: [clug-talk] clug-talk Digest, Vol 165, Issue 1

Sorry, missed meeting. Didn't see message until I got home from work. Will miss meeting on 12th as well; out of town until Jan 10. Ralph Boland, On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 at 13:00, wrote: > > Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to > clug-talk@clug.ca > > To subscribe or

[clug-talk] Is there a meeting today? If so where?

Ralph Boland ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying

[clug-talk] online meeting:

Sorry but I will miss the meeting. My microphone doesn't work properly. (I can hear but not speak) and I have no camera. Perhaps when I get my new computer. My current one is long in the tooth. Just letting you know I am still interested in clug. Ralph Boland

Re: [clug-talk] clug-talk Digest, Vol 183, Issue 2

I am still around too. Though I will be out of town for the next two months. Ralph Boland On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 at 13:00, wrote: > > Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to > clug-talk@clug.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >