Re: [Linux-users] Android with SDXC cards formatted in EXT2

ext3-4 out of the box. It would be great fun to screw m$ and get a 128mb card and get an old cellphone running a 128mb card! C'mon, someone must have some leads! Cheers, Peter On 8/07/2017 1:08 p.m., Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Sat 08 Jul 2017 12:38:38 NZST +1200, Peter Simmonds wrote

[Linux-users] Android with SDXC cards formatted in EXT2

Hi All, I am interested in getting a 128mb sd card formatted working in a low end android phone (v2 or upwards). Obviously the first thing to do was $crew microsoft and format it as ext2. It worked quite well on a windows computer with off the shelf sync software. What would be involved in

Re: [Linux-users] Clearout time...

Hi Chris, Is there any laptop memory? I'm looking for ddr1-3 stuff Also keen on one 17inch monitor. Cheers, Peter On 11/04/2017 11:43 a.m., steve wrote: Sorry no ECC... It's all the cheap stuff (: On 11/04/17 09:40, Bevan wrote: On 11 April 2017 at 08:18, steve

Re: [Linux-users] Thunderbird portable, getting rid of header info

Hi Volker and others, Great advice thanks. Though in the early stages of the battle, feeling confident now. Cooments on your post follow; On 15/12/2016 8:23 a.m., Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Wed 14 Dec 2016 22:29:36 NZDT +1300, Peter Simmonds wrote: Trademe Green Party "Greenweek&quo

Re: [Linux-users] Thunderbird portable, getting rid of header info

Hi Eliot & Others, Cheers for the firefox addon, it works a treat! Another question arises though, Mostly thunderbird thinks the message is junk, and I usually agree (+another line on the display). Any recommendation on an add on that could delete emails based on a text string in either the

[Linux-users] Post made last year ended up on google groups

Hi All, Sorry to be so late with this info, though while it's on my mind... A post I made about this time last year ended up on google groups, along with my email address and respondents. May I suggest that a message is places on the UoC server, on which all people (I guess) subscribe to

Re: [Linux-users] Cleaning out the junk... HP KVM

Hi Chris, If still available, does it convert USB keyboard/mouse to PS2 on the machines? Cheers Peter On 2/10/2016 3:56 PM, Chris Hellyar wrote: Hi-ho, Per the attached pic. One HP branded 4 way KVM, with four PS2 style connectors, although the console output is USB, not PS2. First

[Linux-users] Rooting android devices with linux?

Hi All, Is it possible to use linux to get a particularly stubborn android device rooted, or possibly get some other access to the root directory so that I can chuck an update to lollypop? I have a Zenfone 6 with intel processor, and a centos 6 server to work with. Would like to keep the

Re: [Linux-users] GovHack 2016 - Christchurch

simple vote here. This is cool stuff, and right where it should be. cheers! On 3/06/2016 9:47 a.m., Andrew Sands wrote: Maybe of interest to some on list. GovHack 2016 will be taking place in Christchurch: 29-31 July 2016 Christchurch City Council Function Room 53 Hereford Street,

[Linux-users] Dealing with M$ "GPT protected partition"

Hi All, I need to get an external hard disk formatted for use on linux, windows xp etc. Was preferring to use truecrypt which requires an ntfs partition due to it's excellent performance (and linux compatibility). Problem is, even if I format in in linux as ntfs, when trying to do anything

Re: [Linux-users] fsck advice please

Hi All, On that note, is there a better alternative? Big hard disks are here to stay. Cheers, Peter On 16/02/2016 19:46, Jim Cheetham wrote: fsck isn't a nice process for large disks. I wouldn't be surprised if it took a day or so for a 1TB disk. You can safely stop the job; but it won't

Re: [Linux-users] Can linux boot even when windows can not?

And before I forget, Isopropyl alcohol is good for cleaning contacts (both gold fingers on the memory and slot contacts). Meths in my experience is usually alright too. -P On 18/02/2016 11:38, Kent Fredric wrote: On 18 February 2016 at 10:38, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:

Re: [Linux-users] Can linux boot even when windows can not?

Hi All, Perhaps try the commonsense idea first. Were the RAM slots free from dust before you removed them? If not, dust particles will be forced onto the contacts when you insert the new modules. Cheers, Peter On 18/02/2016 10:38, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Thu 18 Feb 2016 02:29:32 NZDT

Re: [Linux-users] Can linux boot even when windows can not?

Hi All, Maybe jumping the gun a little (again). Apparently m$ has made the update to windows 10 a "recommended"update (It's been on the radio). I had a computer in similar condition (just the gaming rig) It would boot one time out of 2; first time telling me I would need to reboot the

Re: [Linux-users] Can linux boot even when windows can not?

Hi All, How did you actually go about moving windows to the new drive, and if win 7 or later, did you copy both partitions? If you don't mind, what did you use to copy these partitions? In the past I have successfully used Clonezilla and Redo Backup to copy windows partitions and keep them

Re: [Linux-users] Wanted: USB video capture

Hi Eliot & others, Did you get what you needed? I have several usb devices that (may) work, plus a PCI Philips device. It was my understanding that you could just plug the USB devices in, and if they were recognised, more could be tried with them. Cheers, Peter On 18/01/2016 20:19, David

Re: [Linux-users] PATA drives new years special. :-)

Hi All, Nothing fancy with it. As I read while setting up the account the GMX server would "Negotiate" an encrypted connection whenever (any) one was made. I had a couple of emails bounce while using it, which was a positive sign. I'll actually make a second subscription to this list and see

Re: [Linux-users] PATA drives new years special. :-)

HI Chris, Did the 500GB ones go? If so, I only have Monday's off at the moment if that suits. a good secure return email is peter.a.simmo...@gmx.com (uses encryption) Cheers, Peter On 03/01/2016 17:07, Chris Hellyar wrote: Hi-ho, Following on from my clean-out last year of smallish PATA

[Linux-users] IBM x3400, Centos7, Getting video acceleration

Hi All, Have tried all obvious avenues on trying to get an AMD driver installed for the es1000 (via lspci) onboard graphics on this machine. Mostly useless google results. Is there any simple way of getting a driver onto this system? any basic advice on how to get a decent driver on this

[Linux-users] Linux routers

Hi all, pardon me a message for Volker mainly, Sorry i lost your original email, Yes I still have the routers. If you would wish to contact me in a more secure way, simply substitute m...@gmail.com for m...@gmx.com. GMX claims to encrypt data from source to destination. Only downside is that

[Linux-users] Targeted spam

Hi All, Getting a bit frustrated with the endless targeted spam. Trademe, facebook, green party and who know what else? For example I had only given the green party an email address on a referendum, though they seem to feel entitled to spam my account forevermore, and offer no method of

Re: [Linux-users] Computer free to first in.

Hi Volker, Wasn't trying to sell you them. Free to a good home. Pretty sure they were 3 direct ethernet ports with a 33mhz cpu. Don't laugh, they actually handled all household network activities without any noticeable delay. Will get to the site where they are stored soon, and then I can

Re: [Linux-users] Computer free to first in.

Oct 2015 18:04:08 NZDT +1300, Peter Simmonds wrote: Come to think of it; I have 2 routers, that apparently ran Linux in some sort of embedded fashion. 3 ethernet ports, plus maybe an rs232 if I remember right. I'm having a clearout so they are of course free to a good home. Power supply was 5V 2A

Re: [Linux-users] Computer free to first in.

Hi All, Come to think of it; I have 2 routers, that apparently ran Linux in some sort of embedded fashion. 3 ethernet ports, plus maybe an rs232 if I remember right. I'm having a clearout so they are of course free to a good home. Power supply was 5V 2A. Pardon my sketchy memory. Cheers,

Re: [Linux-users] Computer free to first in.

Hi Robert, The Dell Poweredge is definitely me! I can pickup tomorrow if you wish. Cheers, Peter On 28/10/2015 11:06, Robert Fisher wrote: Dell Optiplex 755 ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz

Re: [Linux-users] Computer free to first in.

Hi Robert, The dell optiplex 780 sounds quite cool too. May I have a look at it? Cheers, Peter On 28/10/2015 11:06, Robert Fisher wrote: Plus 2 more:- Dell PowerEdge SC1430 Service Tag G8T1R18 Dell Optiplex 755 Service Tag 31JTV1S On 28 October 2015 at 10:58, Robert Fisher

[Linux-users] TEST Re: Anyone else getting spammed by AMY after posting on this group?

Cheap and nasty gmail account, though despite other things they are great at dealing with spam. On 9/16/2015 9:20 PM, yuri wrote: What am I missing? Yuri ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz

Re: [Linux-users] PATA drives - 80/40G

a truck. :-) On 17/08/15 18:57, Peter Simmonds wrote: Hi Chris Others, I know what it's like. Would you mind keeping an eye out for exotic hardware, before it goes to molten media? They tend not to know much about what they are scrapping. ___ Linux

Re: [Linux-users] Data security and privacy

Hi all, few more pennies worth; I read somewhere that forensic teams read the data between tracks after a HDD has been zero filled, as a hard disk will never be at the same temperature being zero-filled as it was while being originally written (And therefore a microscopic displacement of the

Re: [Linux-users] PATA drives - 80/40G

in there, and I think a 100 but I wasn't paying that much attention to be honest... If it wasn't 400G+ it went on the 'out' pile... Cheers, Chris H. -Original Message- From: Peter Simmonds peter.a.simmo...@gmail.com Hi Chris Others, I think these may be useful when formatted with FAT32

Re: [Linux-users] PATA drives - 80/40G

Hi Chris Others, I think these may be useful when formatted with FAT32 and maybe on a USB2 to PATA adapter. I have tried on many occasions to get various livecd distributions to work on various hard drives. They always seem to require FAT32, and frequently fail due to some other factor (I'm

[Linux-users] Trademe auction going weird!

Hi All, Was just selling an old floppy drive on Trademe, and some interesting technical details coming out of this; Trademe listing is #924757095 It has a bank of jumpers on the back; DS0, DS1, DS2, DS3, MD, MM, RDY, DC, TTL/CMOS The customer is insisting that this will give him the

Re: [Linux-users] Linux-friendly laptop repair shop, recommendations

Hi, Power supplies can work intermittently before they die completely. It's easier to just replace them with something from Dick Smith. Also some laptops will not even power on without a good battery in them. Trademe often has a good selection of batteries. I Reccommend trying the(se)

Re: [Linux-users] Reliable way of determining CHS info from Compact flash card

? (Can’t help with the query, although I know CF cards look like an IDE device so one assumes normal tools like HDparm etc would report correctly?) On 19/07/2015, at 19:47, Peter Simmonds peter.a.simmo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, May I have a command to get reliable Cylinder/Head/Sector

[Linux-users] Reliable way of determining CHS info from Compact flash card

Hi All, May I have a command to get reliable Cylinder/Head/Sector information from a Compact flash card that will be connected via a random USB reader? I need this info as I will be partitioning it with an amiga 1200, and wish to keep my hair! Cheers, Peter

[Linux-users] zoneminder failed install terminal output

Hi All, just regarding my previous question, the terminal output is attached to this email. Cheers, Peter Preparing to unpack .../libavformat54_6%3a9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libavformat54:amd64 (6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... Selecting previously unselected package

Re: [Linux-users] zoneminder failed install terminal output

Desktop version of ubuntu 14.04 LTS sorry On 28/06/2015 11:00, Steve Holdoway wrote: On 28/06/15 08:07, Nick Rout wrote: That doesn't even seem to show what command you entered to generate the output. apt-get install zoneminder I expect...

Re: [Linux-users] zoneminder failed install terminal output

Hi all, Pardon the extra thread. Had to email it from the server and was not able to download the inbox for some reason. specific commands to get zoneminder installing were: Add Repository apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties add-apt-repository

Re: [Linux-users] Zoneminder install (IBM x4300, Ubuntu 14.04)

email client on it for the meantime. Cheers, Peter On 27/06/2015 16:47, Nick Rout wrote: On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Peter Simmonds peter.a.simmo...@gmail.com mailto:peter.a.simmo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Have followed the guide mostly to the letter. Had issues

[Linux-users] IBM x3400 server FW Update

for you in return? Excuse: We have not had many rainy days of late! Thanks, Peter Simmonds ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Doings (was Meetings)

Hi All, Pardon the intrusion, but it would be great to get a meeting place organized. The talk of politics is always more fun in person! Cheers, Peter On 12/05/2015 12:21, Derek Smithies wrote: Hi, Good memory Nick, it was me that started that ls series.. (I was gobsmacked by the

[Linux-users] CLUG at Pub, My 2 cents worth

Hi All, That idea would be great for newbies too. I Have had several employers who fund these sorts of events, and from my own perspective find that this really helps getting focused on the job at hand as well as getting a handle on the nature of the job (and people) at hand. The human

[Linux-users] IBM x3400 Server, RAID Decision

for this particular server, though thought it more prudent to get some advice first rather than chasing the rainbows. Any advice welcome. Cheers, Peter Simmonds PS Will get onto the SE linux situation later. It is working basically at least now. ___ Linux-users

[Linux-users] Linux beginner as before: Centos 7 with zoneminder

for the installation generated account on the Centos 7 box. Sure it will probably be ok after that. Thanks kindly Peter Simmonds ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

[Linux-users] IBM x3400 Server Centos 7

(does create folders though). It sounded like permissions, Is there something I can look up to learn why this has happened (Say SElinux?). Thanks again very much for your support, Peter Simmonds ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users

[Linux-users] Getting started with linux: CentOS 7 with Zoneminder

, is ubuntu extendable to server usage? (Say, emulating a windows environment to run an internet ordering business, plus the usual stuff like FTP, NFS, SAMBA etc)? Any advice on the best way to get started would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Peter Simmonds