Re: Castrated netbook (Windows 10 only)

2016-01-05 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 6 Jan 2016 11:25 am, Peter Ross via luv-main wrote: > > Hi all, > > I bought a Lenovo Ideapad 100S before Christmas. My old netbook is not > reliable (loose LVDS connector inside the glued screen frame, it seems) and I > need a lightweight and trustworthy laptop when on call. > > So the idea

Re: rsync with multiple threads

2017-02-15 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 16/02/17 12:12, Bill Yang via luv-main wrote: Hi there I need to transfer 200+ TB data from one storage server (Red Hat Linux based) to another (FreeBSD). I am planning to use rsync with multiple threads in a script. There are a number of suggestions on the Internet (find + xargs + rsy

Re: iView challenges

2018-01-14 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 14/01/18 20:22, Mark Trickett via luv-main wrote: Hello All, I have managed to install Google Chrome, and sort of watch iView, but the bandwidth appears poor, the sound is ok, but the video apalling, fixed intermittent frames, and sometimes even those low resolution pixellated. Hi Mark

Re: iView challenges

2018-01-14 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 15/01/18 10:42, Geoff D'Arcy via luv-main wrote: On 2018-01-14 23:02, Russell Coker via luv-main wrote: On Sunday, 14 January 2018 8:22:26 PM AEDT Mark Trickett via luv-main wrote: I went looking for what might be usable to save to the hard drive for later playback, and found youtube-dl, a

Re: iview and flv files

2018-01-15 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 16/01/18 14:28, Russell Coker via luv-main wrote: Files produced by python-iview give errors like the following when I try to play them with mplayer. Anyone have suggestions for how to deal with it? The files produced last year were ok but it seems that something changed at the ABC so file

host name - domain name

2018-03-06 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
Hi All I host a number of domains on a Centos 7 VPS. Now I am setting up a VPS with only one domain hosted. I am trying to get my head around issues with naming especially regarding RDNS and a mail server. Should I name the server host.domain.com or just domain.com? Cheers Nic

Re: host name - domain name

2018-03-06 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 07/03/18 13:25, Mike O'Connor wrote: On 7/03/2018 12:45 PM, Nic Baxter wrote: Hi All I host a number of domains on a Centos 7 VPS. Now I am setting up a VPS with only one domain hosted. I am trying to get my head around issues with naming especially regarding RDNS and a mail server. Should

moving partition

2019-01-30 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
Hi All I am moving a 1TB NTFS partition 200MB to the right using gparted and of course it is very slow. I don't understand why gparted is moving all of the data. Why not just move 200MB and add it to the end of the partition? My googling only tells me how to do it but not why. Cheers Nic _

Re: moving partition

2019-01-31 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
y. Well it seems like a reasonable analogy. :-) Regards, Morrrie. -Original Message----- From: luv-main [mailto:luv-main-boun...@luv.asn.au <mailto:luv-main-boun...@luv.asn.au>] On Behalf Of Nic Baxter via luv-main Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2019 12:

Re: Boot problems after adding 2 new disks

2019-02-15 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 16/2/19 1:02 pm, Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote: Hi All, I have had some disks "ready to go" for a couple of months, meaning all that was required was to plug the SATA cables into the MB. I plugged them in today and booted the machine, except that it did not boot up. Ubuntu 18.04, it st

android-x86 and fails to boot grub2

2019-04-07 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
Hi All After the posts last week about android I thought I would try android-x86 on my Samsung Slate currently running Debian Buster. At first I tried the rpm version using alien. The scripts configure android with qemu and also adds a grub entry for dual booting. The qemu version works well.

Re: Images fro DSLR to the cloud

2019-06-17 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 17/6/19 8:58 pm, Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote: Hi All. My camera takes a full size SD card and in my travels I want to send my RAW files to my Google Drive. I want to conserve weight so I would like to use My Galaxy TAB S to handle the upload. It does not use a full size SD Card so I w

Re: Squirrelmail

2020-06-08 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
Hi Russell On 9 June 2020 10:35:14 am AEST, Russell Coker via luv-main wrote: >On Friday, 29 May 2020 11:20:45 AM AEST James McGlashan via luv-main >wrote: >> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:08:50AM +0930, Mike O'Connor via luv-main >wrote: >> > Roundcube, seems to be ok. >> >> Every instance of

Re: loongson mips netbook for macppc system?

2021-01-22 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 22 January 2021 8:22:43 pm AEDT, David Zhan via luv-main wrote: >Hi, > >I wonder if anyone here has a macppc system and is interested in >trading it >in for a mips-based laptop? I'm currently testing/building some Hi David Have you thought about using qemu and creating an OpenBSD VM with a

Re: GIMP - Flatpak - Snap

2021-03-20 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
Hi Andrew On 20 March 2021 2:12:38 pm AEDT, Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote: Hi All, I am really puzzled by the different installers now available for GIMP. Surely this not an installer issue but one of where GIMP expects to find the plugins? GIMP itself is offering the Flatpack install,

Re: GIMP - Flatpak - Snap

2021-03-20 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 20/3/21 6:22 pm, Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote: On 20/3/21 6:00 pm, Nic Baxter wrote: Hi Andrew On 20 March 2021 2:12:38 pm AEDT, Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote: Hi All, I am really puzzled by the different installers now available for GIMP. Surely this not an installer issue but

Re: GIMP - Flatpak - Snap

2021-03-20 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
Hi Andrew On 20 March 2021 2:12:38 pm AEDT, Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote: Hi All, I am really puzzled by the different installers now available for GIMP. Surely this not an installer issue but one of where GIMP expects to find the plugins? GIMP itself is offering the Flatpack install,

Re: WINE and albumworks.exe

2021-08-21 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 21 August 2021 9:45:43 pm AEST, Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote: >Hi All, Hi Andrew > >I am trying to use an Aussie Photobook service, called AlbumWorks.  Of >course they offer their own software for Windows and Mac, so I >downloaded the .exe file and in the Terminal I entered the Downloa

Centos 7 update

2021-08-24 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
Hi All I have a VPS with CentOS Linux 7.9.2009 running 15 domains and I am thinking of the upgrade process. I have looked at both Alma & Rocky they both look OK to me. I'm not sure which one to pick so would appreciate any advice on offer. The options appear to be either back up & restore to

Re: Centos 7 update

2021-08-25 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 25 August 2021 7:13:29 pm AEST, Russell Coker wrote: >On Wednesday, 25 August 2021 15:10:25 AEST Nic Baxter via luv-main >wrote: >> any advice on offer. The options appear to be either back up & >restore >> to new server or update Centos 7 to Centos 8 in place

Re: Email accounts which I have used for years are now bouncing mail

2023-05-27 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
Andrew Quick glance. You are sending from algphoto.com.au and Gmail won't authenticate the emails without SPF or DKIM configured and working. This may be a new requirement. Cheers Nic On 28 May 2023 4:24:20 pm AEST, Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote: >Hi all > >I have using several email address

Re: The same name for two USB hard drives how do I change one of them?

2024-01-01 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
Hi Andrew gparted works for me. Gparted will scan your drives. Select one, unmount it and edit the flag. Apply to make the change. Cheers Nic On 2 January 2024 12:10:01 am AEDT, Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote: >Hi all, > >I have chosen to back up to to two 4TB USB3 disks But they both have the

Re: Lenovo Ideapad (2Gb RAM) - What is the best modern OS for this unit

2024-02-25 Thread Nic Baxter via luv-main
On 26 February 2024 1:20:58 pm AEDT, Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote: >Hi All, > >I am intending to lend a friend this device for his travels in Europe mainly >to get photos off his camera SD card and into a suitably sized ext, HDD, > >When I turned it on I found it had a Mageia OS (RPM) I have