Re: [Dorset] Brother printer on Mint 21.1

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Re: [Dorset] Problems with email

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[Dorset] Wireless Routers

The clear-out continues Asus Wireless Router WL-500W Asus Wireless Router WL-500gP V2 are surplus to requirements (but only one 5V 2.5A supply) Happy to pass on to any LUG member before putting on Freecycle. Graeme -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-04-04 20:00 Check to whom

[Dorset] Connectors, wires etc

Hello list. Over the years I have collected a number of cables, connectors and other stuff related to computers, some of which are really outdated (parallel printer cable?). Is there any future in keeping them or should I just take them along to the recycling centre? (Spring cleaning under

[Dorset] USB connected 3.5 floppy drives

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Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 917, Issue 1

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Re: [Dorset] fstrim weirdness

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Re: [Dorset] LAN connectivity problem [Solved]

On 25/01/2022 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Re: LAN connectivity problem My LAN connects to the router by powerline adaptors, of mixed make, TP-Link and Devolo. D.3 was connected through a TP-Link, and D.9, D.10 through a Devolo. Replacing the TP-Link restored the required

Re: [Dorset] LAN connectivity problem

nnectivity problem (Graeme Gemmill) 2. Re: LAN connectivity problem (Tim) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 15:21:11 +0000 From: Graeme Gemmill To: dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: [Dorset] LAN connectivity problem

[Dorset] LAN connectivity problem

3, despite all being connected to D.1 (I hope the attempt at tabulating this data survives the translation to other mail clients) -- Graeme Gemmill 01308 482178, 07792 713433 -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-02-01 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC,

Re: [Dorset] Brother scanner

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[Dorset] Retired hardware

Can anyone use a tower PC  with the following specs? CPU: AMD FX4100 (4 core) RAM: 16GB HDD: 2 x 1TB nominal GPU: GeForce GT620 Optical Drive OS: Pristine Mageia 8 Reason for disposal: move to SSD Small remuneration would be welcome -- Graeme Gemmill 01308 482178, 07792 713433 -- Next

Re: [Dorset] SSD system

Keith, thank you for your comments. Re BTRFS: searching around suggested ext4 + journaling imposed a lot of extra writes on a SSD. Do modern SSDs have a burn-out? If you use ext4 on your SSDs, do you limit journaling? A regular contributor to alt.os.linux.mageia suggests there are a number of

[Dorset] SSD system

account of the change of file system. 2.    Can anyone think of potential problems? I have developed a migration plan, appended below, and would be grateful for comments/criticisms. TIA Graeme Gemmill 01308 482178, 07792 713433 MIGRATION PLAN TO SSD-BASED SYSTEM 1.0 Current configuration: /dev

Re: [Dorset] Wireless dropping out

Had a similar problem two-three months ago. ISP recognised it as a BT problem. Graeme On 11/02/2021 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Send dorset mailing list submissions to dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 850, Issue 5

I have a Cannon CNS-CWC5 with built-in microphone. It works well with Teams, but the microphone is not recognised by Skype. It occurs to me that I have never asked for a quality report (amateur radio operators usually give readability/strength reports, and tone if you're using morse). Graeme

Re: [Dorset] Router drop-outs

On 02/11/2020 15:55, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Graeme, I created a simple connection monitor in Python (attachment 1). It wasn't attached. It's possible the Mailman mailing-list software strips off non-text attachments. I suggest you copy the Python file to one with a .txt suffix and try

[Dorset] Router drop-outs - resend

Hi all. I'm having trouble with short-term drop-outs on my fibre WAN connection. I created a simple connection monitor in Python (attachment 1). Attachment 2 shows the results over the last 3 days. 1. Do I have a reliable method of monitoring the connection? 2. I have difficulty working out

[Dorset] Router drop-outs

Hi all. I'm having trouble with short-term drop-outs on my fibre WAN connection. I created a simple connection monitor in Python (attachment 1). Attachment 2 shows the results over the last 3 days. 1. Do I have a reliable method of monitoring the connection? 2. I have difficulty working out

Re: [Dorset] BeautifulSoup

For information: 1.    Googling for "BeautifulSoup problem find_next" shows several people on Stackexchange  also have problems with this function. I have not discovered a solution. 2.    Responders mostly suggested using "find_all" and iterating through the results. 3.    I have

[Dorset] HTML

Can anyone help me with a (small) problem with a page of HTML I've created? I can't work out why it's only filling 2/3 of a full screen. It's only 4.3kB, so I'll send it to the email of anyone who offers to help. TIA Graeme -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-07-07 20:00 Check

Re: [Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linux

Ralph, thanks for your comments. Neither Zoom.desktop nor the entry in mimeinfo.cache exist on my system. Is it your suggestion that if I create them, Zoom will not give that error message and open correctly? Regards Graeme -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, post-lurgi 20:00

Re: [Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linux

On 27/03/2020 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Re: Using ZOOM on Linux I tried Zoom on my Mageia 7 installation but failed when prompted to open xdg-open "Could not find any application or handler for

Re: [Dorset] How much work is involved in moving away from my current Domain Hosting Provider

Terry, sorry to hear your problem with 1&1/IONOS. I've used them for years to provide my gemmill.name domain and have never had the problem you describe. Haven't had much need to contact customer support, but I'll keep an eye open for any occurrence of your problem. Graeme -- Next

[Dorset] Xeon Workstation/Server free to good home (Robert Gilbert)

On 17/01/2020 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Xeon Workstation/Server free to good home (Robert Gilbert) Would be interested Graeme -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-02-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ...

Re: [Dorset] DS1820 temperature sensors

Terry, thanks for your recent comments. I liked the reasoning about possible failure of the DS2490 bridge. However I swapped it over with its mate on the other Pi, and it appears to be working perfectly. The DS18B20 has been replaced but has not been recognised as a 1-wire device, so that

Re: [Dorset] Strange behaviour of DS1820 temperature sensors

Ralph, Terry: thanks for your comments. 1. All my sensors are mounted on small circuit boards bought from (now defunct) American company Hobby Boards. I believe the temperature sensors are powered parasitically, though there is a 5v power injector to feed a humidity meter. 2. They are

[Dorset] Strange behaviour of DS1820 temperature sensors

I have two 1-wire nets connected to raspberry PIs. The first includes two DS1820 temperature sensors and a humidity sensor based on the DS2438, which also incorporates an unspecified temperature sensor.  The second net just contains a humidity sensor with, again, unspecified temperature

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 801, Issue 2

On 19/12/2019 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Re: [Dorset] Caps Lock indicator John is correct - it is supposed to be one of the notifications: System Settings/Personalisation/Notifications. You can select several actions when a lock key changes state. However, on this

Re: [Dorset] Thought for the day:

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Re: [Dorset] Oscillating sensor values

Ralph, Terry, thanks for the replies. Further information: Sensors are Hobby Boards DS18S20 and Sheepwalk SWE3 humidity sensor. They are located in a well insulated summerhouse, and are read at 2 minute intervals. Values are written directly to a PostgreSQL database, and I analysed the

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 745, Issue 2

On 13/09/18 13:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Visual basic on Linux I have to run occasional Windows apps on this PC, and doubled the RAM to 16GB (not an expensive option) so that I could allocate a full 4GB in VBox to the Windows 7 system. Perhaps a similar move would help the

Re: [Dorset] Alternative to Simple Backup Suite (Terry Coles)

From: Terry Coles <d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk> To: dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Dorset] Alternative to Simple Backup Suite Message-ID: <2054119.CVVPnpWrWd@optiplex> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Monday, 30 April 2018 14:07:52 BST Graeme

Re: [Dorset] Alternative to Simple Backup Suite

On 30/04/18 13:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Message: 1 Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 14:37:47 +0100 From: Terry Coles To: Dorset Linux User Group Subject: [Dorset] Alternative to Simple Backup Suite Message-ID:

[Dorset] Printer surplus to requirements

Anybody interested in a Brother DCP-J715W print/scan/copy with document feed? It comes with 3 x black compatible cartridges 1 x cyan compatible cartridges 1 x yellow compatible cartridges 1 x magenta Brother cartridge It's been working perfectly under Mageia 5/6 and Windows 7. Unfortunately

[Dorset] Help requested

I have developed a project in Python3, Gtk3 and Postgresql. Despite my inexperience, it does pretty much what I want, although there are two or three Gtk annoyances to be corrected that I can't seem to solve, so I am looking for a Gtk3 mentor to assist. Furthermore, while I was researching

[Dorset] Uninterruptible Power Supplies

That was a bit of a rant; in fact, I couldn't be bothered to read it all. I bought a APC back-up 800 UPS many years ago after 6 power outages in one day It's sufficient to supply 2 PCs and their monitors, a Buffalo network backup device and the hub that connects them (operation time 17 mins) .

Re: [Dorset] Playing with OSs

To Peter Merchant: I've been a Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia user for years.Currently running Mageia 5 on the main PC, with Mageia 6 running in 4GB memory under VBox. GUI installer, KDE and I've had very little trouble with it. Good luck Graeme -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-09-05

Re: [Dorset] Part time Ruby developer opportunity

Ralph, Thank you for your prompt and insightful reply. VetViewer is looking for a replacement for their current web maintainer, whose service has become unreliable, and as I said in the first post, the level of effort is about three days/month. I shall forward your comments to them

[Dorset] Part time Ruby developer opportunity

The son of a friend is having web site maintenance problems, and would like someone with Ruby/Ruby on Rails experience to help. Estimated level of effort is three days a month. If anyone out there would like to know more, please contact me. This link indicates the problem perhaps:

[Dorset] Problem with security certificate

I'm having a strange problem with a security certificate. I'm not asking every member of this forum to do this, but I would appreciate one or two responses. Enter http://share.gemmill.name/owncloud (i've used Firefox and Konqueror) It links through ggemmill.ddns.net to get round a dynamic IP

Re: [Dorset] Kaffeine problems

To Peter Merchant: Don't know if it's particularly relevant to your OS, but there's been quite a lot of chatter about Kaffeine on alt.os.linux.mageia - 2 threads starting 6 June and 23 June. Graeme -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-08-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn,

Re: [Dorset] Video doorbell project

Simon, Ralph, Peter: Thanks for your replies. I'd done quite a lot of investigating Pi projects, but almost all rely on a smart phone app; since I have no mobile reception here in the Bride Valley (yet?), those are out. Peter: your Simon O'Riordan link looked promising, but I had no luck

[Dorset] Video doorbell project

Does anyone have experience of streaming audio/video over LAN? I am contemplating a project for a video intercom system because my office/computer set-up is remote from the house. I'm planning to use a wireless/wired door unit from China and use Firefox/HTML5 to view the streamed video. I'm

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 585, Issue 1

Ralph, Thanks for a comprehensive reply. On 22/05/15 12:51, Ralph Corderoy wrote: And 1and1 don't appear to give you a HTTPS service. Their help desk suggested I use the full link to edit the destination https://ggemmill.ddns.net/owncloud Or, backtrack, and give John's simpler and more

[Dorset] Dealing with dynamic IP addresses

Can someone give help/advice on the following problem relating to dynamic IP addresses? I have a PC on my LAN with Owncloud installed. (It's a fun product - it solved a problem with sharing a calendar between 2 PCs immediately, whereas I couldn't get DaviCal to work at all). I have a domain,

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 585, Issue 1

On 21/05/15 13:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: It should just be a case of setting share.gemmill.name as a CNAME to ggemmill.ddns.net. There may be an advanced DNS editor in 1 1 that allows this. Note that in DNS terms the . on the end of the target is important, although their

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi and 24 monitor

I'm sure there are Raspberry Pi users in this group. I'm thinking of getting one and sharing my 24 monitor with it via a KDM switch because once I've got it set up I will only need occasional video access. Any experiences to share? Graeme -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-03-03

Re: [Dorset] Can I re-install Ubuntu (with a new version) without, disturbing any existing files

On 28/05/14 13:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Re: Can I re-install Ubuntu (with a new version) without disturbing any existing files For many years, across different distros and releases of distros, I have kept no personal data (Documents, Pictures etc) in /home. I created

Re: [Dorset] Bizarre networking problem

Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather. I've lost Digest Vol 521 Issue 1, so I can't find who suggested swapping PLA2 and PLA3. With no expectation of success, I did, and the laptop then connected with the wider Internet and the DTa/DTb part of the network. What's more, when

[Dorset] Bizarre networking problem

At least, I think it's bizarre. The problem concerns the ability of a laptop to connect to NFS shares on two desktop computers DTa and DTb. I am starting migration of my computers from Mandriva to OpenMandriva. Environment is: DTa runs Mandriva 2011.0 DTb runs OpenMandriva 2013 Laptop runs

[Dorset] Wireless ADSL router

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Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird - sharing Address Book

On 14/03/13 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: How did you do this? Are you able to update from Thunderbird or are you using Jxplorer for this? Cheers Tim Hi Tim; I can search for individual names or groups when creating an email, but there is no interface for updating. In fact,

Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird address book

On 15/02/13 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Implement an LDAP address book. Not trivial, but it will do precisely what you want. I concur - a great way to get to know OpenLdap on your Linux machine ;-) Thanks for all the comments. 1.I've tried sym-linking to the

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 469, Issue 1

On 15/01/13 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Re: The Latest Linux Powered Device Sorry Sean, but the first electronic computer, ENIAC, 1946, was created to generate ballistic tables for the US artillery Graeme -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets,

[Dorset] Various posts about Apache

Tim, I don't know if this will help, but I've solved my Apache problem trying to execute cgi-bin scripts: The URL http:/localhost/cgi-bin/multimon.cgi correctly displayed the expected data. That is to say, I omitted the higher level directory names - my http.conf defines the location to

Re: [Dorset] Apache 2.4.3 and CGI

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[Dorset] Re Apache 2.4.2

Ralph, Here's the output: -rwxr-xr-x 1 daemon daemon 31272 May 3 2011 /var/www/cgi-bin/multimon.cgi* drwxrwxrwx 2 daemon daemon 4096 Aug 5 10:44 /var/www/cgi-bin/ drwxr-xr-x 3 daemon daemon 4096 Aug 5 10:44 /var/www/ drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Aug 5 10:44 /var/ drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 4096

Re: [Dorset] Apache 2.4.2

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[Dorset] Linux Magazine back-numbers

Would anyone like copies of Linux Magazine? I have back-numbers from December 2008, which will go out in a week's time unless they are wanted. Graeme -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list:

[Dorset] Apache 2.4.2

Is there any experience of Apache 2.4 in this area? As part of an upgrade and installation on a new PC, I installed Apache 2.4, but cannot get it to display .cgi files produced by my APC UPS that is managed by apcupsd version 3.14.8. On an earlier PC, I had Apache 2.2, which displayed the data

[Dorset] Next Meeting @ Dorchester

I plan to be there Graeme -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2012-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue