Re: [PLUG] Router configuration [RESOLVED]

2017-10-26 Thread John Meissen
rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: >The slowest I have seen on their web site is a business package (phone + > internet) at 15/5. That's what's installed here. I've had a business phone > account with them since they bought Verizon's land-line business some years > ago. Ah, OK. I, too have a busi

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration

2017-10-26 Thread John Meissen
If your connection is configured for 15/5 you should probably call and talk to a customer service rep. Unless you've got some special deal for that speed you're probably over-paying and under-provisioned. A while back their slowest Fios service offering was 25/x, and these days the slowest that

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration

2017-10-26 Thread John Meissen
rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: >I'm not getting the expected data transfer speeds on the fiber network. > Frontier's tech support shows the correct speeds on their network side so it > must be something here. How do you know? Have you run your own speed tests? If you're talking about access

Re: [PLUG] Email back up at Aracnet/Spiritone.

2017-10-09 Thread John Meissen
d...@dicksteffens.com said: > That's better than before. You set the bar awfully low. :-/ The fact that after all this time that's all they've been able to accomplish tells me that they don't have any competent people working for them anymore. At this point I wouldn't trust them to empty my c

Re: [PLUG] SpiritOne issue

2017-10-06 Thread John Meissen
If they're moving everything to the "cloud", then that means they no longer have any local presence and they are no longer a local (or any other kind of) ISP. At that point they are just a virtual hosting service. Virtual as in they subcontract even that to someone else. They cannot legitimately

Re: [PLUG] Web pages display no body text [was: Configuring fc-cache search path]

2017-10-04 Thread John Meissen
rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: > On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, John Meissen wrote: > > > I assume you've disabled any/all add-ons/extensions/plugins/ad-blockers/etc > > that you have installed? They can be easy to forget and overlook. > > No add-ons or extensions have been add

Re: [PLUG] Web pages display no body text [was: Configuring fc-cache search path]

2017-10-04 Thread John Meissen
On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, Rich Shepard wrote: > Please provide suggestions on tests to run or other diagnostics so I can > isolate what changed in the past week. I'm a little late to the discussion, so I may have missed something. But,... I assume you've disabled any/all add-ons/extensions/plugins/a

Re: [PLUG] a question on "mv" command

2017-10-03 Thread John Meissen
The 'mv' command takes the last argument as the destination. The shell will expand the wildcard into a list before calling 'mv' (or performing it, as I think it's actually built-in), so in your example mv * is equivalent to mv a b c > Dear All > > Yesterday, I was told of this usage of "mv

Re: [PLUG] What's up (or down) with spiritone/aracnet?

2017-10-01 Thread John Meissen
Lots of message with no response left on their Facebook page, too. Not the way for an ISP to behave. I guess we'll find out tomorrow if they're still around. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/pl

Re: [PLUG] Sluggish machine

2017-09-22 Thread John Meissen
d...@dicksteffens.com said: > My machine opens programs slowly. It used to be that I'd double click on a > spreadsheet icon and LibreOffice would open it in at most a couple of > seconds. Now it takes several. What steps should I take to figure out what's > causing this slow down? This is usual

[PLUG] museum piece

2017-08-31 Thread John Meissen
When my then 94 year old neighbor passed away back around 2001 or so, I helped his daughter clean out the house and prepare it for sale. Buried under a pile of cardboard boxes in one corner I found an IBM PC-AT. I rescued the AT, which works perfectly, and it's been sitting in my house ever sin

Re: [PLUG] local source for barrel connectors

2017-08-25 Thread John Meissen
joh...@gmx.com said: > United Radio Supply at NE 7th and Couch would be my first choice. > https://www.ursele.com/about/ rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: > Grainger Industrial Supplies or Platt Electric might carry them. Are these places that sell retail? I'm looking for parts for a small person

[PLUG] local source for barrel connectors

2017-08-25 Thread John Meissen
I used to go to Radio Shack for this sort of thing. Does anyone know of a local source for barrel connectors (used on things like laptop power bricks and other power supplies) other than Fry's? john- ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org ht

Re: [PLUG] Stupid ISP...

2017-08-02 Thread John Meissen
wch...@gmail.com said: > Since the router has the DNS hard wired I cannot change it, and the quick fix > is just to fix the router in the path. > For the time I guess I am going to put the DNS in my main computer and let it > do it's own queries, but all of the rest of them either I will have to

Re: [PLUG] 'tree' output not in US-ASCII character set

2017-04-20 Thread John Meissen
On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 05:48:31AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: >Just ran tree on ~/ and copied last few lines of the output to a file: > > ├── legal > ├── palmer > │   ├── laxare > │   └── suppl-rpt > ├── past >

Re: [PLUG] Finding appropriate USENET group or mailing list?

2017-03-31 Thread John Meissen
> Inspite of the fact that the subject of my current interest is WordPress > I avoid blogs and web based support groups > [neither indexes content reasonably] > > I prefer USENET although lists like "lists.debian.org/debian-user/" are > very *USEFUL*. > > Anyone willing to tell me "Where

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu and NFS during boot

2017-03-17 Thread John Meissen
cathy.sm...@pnnl.gov said: > You can consider making the mounts soft mounts Also, 'soft mounts' determines error handling behavior of the mounted filesystem, and doesn't really apply to the mounting process itself. john- ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu and NFS during boot

2017-03-17 Thread John Meissen
cathy.sm...@pnnl.gov said: > No criticism intended, but cross mounting is not a good practice. You've > experienced one of the issues. Ideally you'd want to get rid of all cross > mounts. Practically, in a legacy environment, that may not be possible. You > can consider making the mounts soft

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu and NFS during boot

2017-03-17 Thread John Meissen
robert.ci...@gmail.com said: > Sounds like you want autofs: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Autofs No, different use case. What I want is for 'mount' to work the way it's supposed to: bg / fg Determines how the mount(8) command behaves if an attempt to mount an export fa

[PLUG] Ubuntu and NFS during boot

2017-03-17 Thread John Meissen
Do we still have any Ubuntu experts in the group? I have a number of systems that have cross-mounted filesystems. Generally things work OK, but after a power outage today I noticed an issue during boot. One of the systems didn't have the nfs server running (other issues), and my main server st

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

2017-02-23 Thread John Meissen
joh...@gmx.com said: > The 1 GB service is $70 a month, plus 3.99 for a 'recovery fee,' whatever that > is, and installation is free. And I opted to lease the modem for the time > being, so the total comes to $83.97, less $9.99 after I get my own modem. > Installation is Tuesday 2/28. Is that a p

Re: [PLUG] Free UPS

2017-01-28 Thread John Meissen
> It's an APC SmartUPS 1500, with dead batteries. > > http://www.apc.com/shop/us/en/products/APC-Smart-UPS-1500VA-LCD-120V/P-SMT1500 > > It's at least five years old, and probably closer to ten. It weighs a > ton. All UPS devices eventually need to have the batteries replaced. Batteries will pr

Re: [PLUG] Web site URL points to localhost

2016-09-22 Thread John Meissen
rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: >I would appreciate someone explaining why I might be seeing these results > and offer ideas how I might once again reach his web site. Because that's what his nameserver is returning as his IP address. Not much you can do until that changes. ___

Re: [PLUG] Rsync to a NAS drive

2016-07-09 Thread John Meissen
joh...@comcast.net said: > cp smb://synology.local/synology/ cp: cannot create regular > file ‘smb://synology.local/synology/’: No such file or directory That's because 'cp' doesn't understand URL-style paths. 'cp' only deals with local filesystems. If you want to use 'cp' you'll have to

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread John Meissen
denis.heidtm...@gmail.com said: > That is what I did: > sudo systemctl stop cups.service: >no messages in response. > sudo systemctl restart cups.service. >Msg: "failed to restart cups.service unit cups.service is masked" Have you tried sudo systemctl unmask cups.service sudo

Re: [PLUG] Universality of USB Cables

2016-05-18 Thread John Meissen
USB-C cables can be tricky. If you ever intend to get anything using one I recommend you read Benson Leung's reviews: https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/s0Inv In fact, I would recommend reading them anyway. A bad cable can damage your equipment. john- gen...@gmail.com said: > > My unders

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Meissen
kei...@kl-ic.com said: > Various websites like "internet speed test" are usually too optimistic; they > connect to test servers with good bandwidth and low congestion. But most let > you choose the test server. I often select a test server in Boston or Atlanta > or Miami to test the whole interne

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Meissen
joh...@comcast.net said: > How do I find an internal Comcast server? What is 'the Comcast tool'? ... On Wed, 17 Feb, j...@meissen.org said: > Comcast has their own speed test site, which, since it stays within their > network, will hopefully give you a more reliable indication of your actua

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-16 Thread John Meissen
Comcast has been having network issues the last day or so. They were down all over the country yesterday, and supposedly fixed the issue(s), but may still have lingering ones. http://downdetector.com/status/comcast-xfinity/map/ I usually just use the Speakeasy speed test: https://www.speakea

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-08 Thread John Meissen
Are you sure it's not just dirty? I used to have a special "cleaning" CD that had a a little brush that would wipe the optics as it spun. I don't know if they still make those. You could try compressed air... ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinu

Re: [PLUG] Bind setup questions...

2015-11-25 Thread John Meissen
j...@meissen.org said: > WHat I want is the opposite behavior. I want to forward only if not resolved > by the zone file(s) I'm providing. Playing around some more shows it's working the way I want when resolving requests from other machines on the network. It's only NOT doing it right when tr

[PLUG] Bind setup questions...

2015-11-24 Thread John Meissen
I'm running a local copy of bind9 so that I can easily manage/resolve all of the machines on my internal net. I've been doing this for many years. In general it works well. However, Netflix, Google, etc. have a tendency to have caches local to the ISPs network (for large ISPs) that are much clo

Re: [PLUG] DSL modem

2015-10-16 Thread John Meissen
Sorry for the late reply. No. I have quite an assortment (8.5V, 9V, 12V, AC, DC,...) but I didn't find this one. It takes 10.5V AC. :-( If you want it anyway, let me know. I was going to head into the general direction of the city tomorrow around noon, I could stop by PSU. john- > John > >

Re: [PLUG] DSL modem

2015-10-16 Thread John Meissen
> > John. I would love to have the Westell 6100 > > Of course each DSL Router will have it's own IP address.. What I will do > is only run one at a time. Shut off the one I am not using and turn on > the other. That should work? I honestly don't know. I'm in Beaverton. Whereabouts are you

Re: [PLUG] DSL modem

2015-10-16 Thread John Meissen
> > Where is a good place to get a DSL modem.. > > I have TDS and have their DSL modem in house. I have another building I > am running a phone line to. I thought it might just be easier if I bought > my own DSL modem for that installation.? > I have a Westell 6100 (E90-610015-06) that you c

Re: [PLUG] FTP-response clarification

2015-05-06 Thread John Meissen
isaa...@gmail.com said: > However the support team of our DLP software claiming that it is NOT standard > response and the "standard" response should follow this format > "220-Filezilla Server" > More specifically the "-" missing, causing our issue for not detecting FTP > response correctly. >

Re: [PLUG] USB Port/XSane

2015-04-07 Thread John Meissen
>The flatbed scanner is plugged into a 4-port USB adapter that is connected > to a USB port on the rear of the system. The speakers are also plugged into > the 4-port adapter. > >The speakers work just fine. Xsane no longer finds the flatbed scanner > when plugged into any of the three ava

Re: [PLUG] Mail Administration Question [ANSWERED]

2015-04-06 Thread John Meissen
kei...@gate.kl-ic.com said: > On Mon, Apr 06, 2015 at 09:48:53AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Apr 2015, John Meissen wrote: > > > > >In my personal opinion, yes. 90% of the spam I reject is based on no > > >reverse-DNS being available. My assumpt

Re: [PLUG] Mail Administration Question

2015-04-06 Thread John Meissen
rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: >Much spam passing current postfix UCE filters and landing in the INBOX are > from IP addresses that do not resolve to a domain name. The headers include a > 'Received: from (unknown [nnn.ooo.ppp.qqq])'. >Is the unknown IP address a reliable indicator of sp

Re: [PLUG] can't get to virtual terminals

2015-04-01 Thread John Meissen
ed, Apr 1, 2015 at 5:04 PM, John Meissen wrote: > > > > > If there are any Ubuntu users lurking here maybe one of them can provide > > some > > insight > > > > I'm running Ubuntu 14.04LTS (upgraded from 12.04LTS), Gnome fallback. > > > >

[PLUG] can't get to virtual terminals

2015-04-01 Thread John Meissen
If there are any Ubuntu users lurking here maybe one of them can provide some insight I'm running Ubuntu 14.04LTS (upgraded from 12.04LTS), Gnome fallback. I applied updates yesterday and rebooted. Now I can't switch to any VT using ctrl-alt-F1 - F6. I don't see anything interesting in the

Re: [PLUG] Copying LVM installation to smaller disk

2015-01-27 Thread John Meissen
rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: > In other words, each of the following commands copies the files in the same > way, including their setting of the attributes of /dest/foo: >rsync -av /src/foo /dest >rsync -av /src/foo/ /dest/foo >In the first line the contents

Re: [PLUG] Future Time Stamp: Clocks FUBAR

2015-01-16 Thread John Meissen
rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: >And the timestamp in the tar'd directory is still at 2015-01-16 20:47; in > other words, that time has not changed for more than an hour. Why would you expect the timestamp on a directory to change without changing anything in the directory? __

Re: [PLUG] Recommended Disk Test

2015-01-13 Thread John Meissen
d...@dicksteffens.com said: > My MythTV box is scheduled to go into the shop on Monday because of an > intermittent freeze. ... > Before I take it in to the hardware gurus I want to be sure I've run > appropriate tests. I ran memtest with no errors. What disk test should I run > that will be a

Re: [PLUG] Identifying Why One Web Site Will Not Load

2014-09-16 Thread John Meissen
rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: > > On Tue, 16 Sep 2014, Joe Pruett wrote: > > > start off with simple stuff. is the ip that you get from ping the same > > as other people get? i see 140.211.15.75. have you tried lynx or links > > to open it? > > Joe, > >More information: > > [rshepard@sa

Re: [PLUG] buy raspberry pi in Portland?

2014-08-26 Thread John Meissen
http://www.oregon-electronics.com/x/home.php > Someone is in town for Debconf, & wants to buy raspberry pi in Portland. I > remember someone in here mentioning a store that carries them. Yet, I > can't find that thread in here.Does anybody know that store's name or > url ?Thanks > __

Re: [PLUG] Free USENET feeds (multiple users)

2014-07-25 Thread John Meissen
damo.g...@gmail.com said: > If anybody knows of any ways to access USENET that aren't costing money at > this point, I'd sure appreciate any pointers you might be able to offer. I access USENET via nntp.aioe.org, but it's been a long time since I bothered trying to cache my own copies of the ne

Re: [PLUG] No Incoming Mail: Help Needed

2014-05-27 Thread John Meissen
>I can send mail out, ping external servers, and access Web sites but I've > received no incoming mail since Frontier changed my IP address (again) at > 6:30 am today. I'd appreciate help via phone (503-667-4517) as I cannot read > any incoming messages. > mail.appl-ecosys.com resolves to 192

Re: [PLUG] KVM grief

2014-04-07 Thread John Meissen
kei...@gate.kl-ic.com said: > Meanwhile, hunting around for clues, I found this: http://www.amazon.com/ > Gefen-EXT-DVI-EDIDN-DVI-Detective-N/dp/B000VXHBAI/ > That is DVI, not VGA, but there might be a similar device that stores EDID > information for VGA from another manufacturer. Good hunting!

[PLUG] KVM grief

2014-04-07 Thread John Meissen
Not a Linux issue per se, but looking for recommendations, anecdotes, etc. I have an older Cybex 8-port VGA KVM that I've used for a long time, and generally I like it a lot. The problem is that it doesn't support the monitor EDID function. I've worked around this until now by specifying modeli

Re: [PLUG] localhost samba share

2014-02-27 Thread John Meissen
mich...@jamhome.us said: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 03:40:45PM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > When I remove fred from the network, fred forgets who he is, > > and smb will no longer connect. Bad configuration, the > > "windows shares" point at fred when I would prefer they > > point at localhost

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu 12.04 nfs stopped working

2014-02-15 Thread John Meissen
> I guess I should have known better. Ubuntu has had a nasty habit of breaking > things for me lately. > > Now my nfs mounts aren't working anymore. No matter what I try I get > > mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified > > I get that even if I don't specify ANY options. > > I

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu 12.04 nfs stopped working

2014-02-15 Thread John Meissen
Sorry for the spam flood. The Ubuntu update also broke my sendmail setup, overwriting my sendmail.cf file and updating all the .db files and changing permissions on them. It took me a while to get it straightened out, and I didn't realize it was spooling the attempts. john- __

[PLUG] Ubuntu 12.04 nfs stopped working

2014-02-15 Thread John Meissen
It had been a while since I applied updates to my mail/web server (there's never a convenient time to break things), and I had some time this weekend, so I went ahead and processed the pending updates expecting to reboot and be back online. I guess I should have known better. Ubuntu has had a n

[PLUG] Ubuntu 12.04 nfs stopped working

2014-02-15 Thread John Meissen
It had been a while since I applied updates to my mail/web server (there's never a convenient time to break things), and I had some time this weekend, so I went ahead and processed the pending updates expecting to reboot and be back online. I guess I should have known better. Ubuntu has had a n

[PLUG] Ubuntu 12.04 nfs stopped working

2014-02-15 Thread John Meissen
It had been a while since I applied updates to my mail/web server (there's never a convenient time to break things), and I had some time this weekend, so I went ahead and processed the pending updates expecting to reboot and be back online. I guess I should have known better. Ubuntu has had a n

[PLUG] Ubuntu 12.04 nfs stopped working

2014-02-15 Thread John Meissen
It had been a while since I applied updates to my mail/web server (there's never a convenient time to break things), and I had some time this weekend, so I went ahead and processed the pending updates expecting to reboot and be back online. I guess I should have known better. Ubuntu has had a n

Re: [PLUG] Stupid NFS question

2013-12-23 Thread John Meissen
joh...@comcast.net said: > On both computers ('version' is uppercase): > mount -V > mount from util-linux 2.20.1 (with libblkid and selinux support) I said "-v", not "-V". What verbose output can you get? > As for messages, I am not sure where the messages are. I looked in /var/

Re: [PLUG] Stupid NFS question

2013-12-23 Thread John Meissen
joh...@comcast.net said: > To reiterate, the laptop (server) is 192.168.0.155 and the desktop (client) is > 192.168.0.146. Here is the error message again from the desktop (two lines, > wrapped): > sudo mount -t nfs > 192.168.0.155:/media/jjj/Movies /media/jjj/Devil--Bonobo >

Re: [PLUG] Running MythTV Backend Setup on Mythbuntu

2013-11-05 Thread John Meissen
Good description, but some comments.. > > The next screen is Locale Settings. While we just finished (in another > post) talking about how we're now using ATSC instead of NTSC, NTSC is > the correct setting for TV Format. I'm not sure, but if you have a recent TV that supports HD I think you

Re: [PLUG] Mythtv questions

2013-11-02 Thread John Meissen
joh...@comcast.net said: > 2) I found a place where the GUI front end found my HDHomeRun and set up its > ID and IP address. But when I try to do anything I get an error message "could > not connect to the master backend server." What is a master backend server? Is > this needed for viewing S&M pr

Re: [PLUG] Indoor TV antenna recommendations

2013-10-30 Thread John Meissen
> I have ordered an HDHomerun to add TV functionality to my Xubuntu > desktop. I will want to watch only over the air broadcasts. According > to tvfool.com (a website that I learned about at the last Clinic) there > are roughly 20 stations approximately 4 miles SSW of my house (about > 220 degrees)

Re: [PLUG] Weird network problem

2013-10-20 Thread John Meissen
Using DHCP to manage your fixed IP addresses is so much better, in multiple ways. For one, it provides a central place to manage/track systems and their addresses across the entire network. No warrying about getting hosts files out of sync. But even better, things "just work". I have a laptop

Re: [PLUG] Weird network problem

2013-10-20 Thread John Meissen
> Thanks, Galen, for the help with my MythTV installation at the clinic > this afternoon. > > When I got home from the clinic I started up the laptop, stopped the > Myth frontend, edited /etc/network/interfaces, deleting all those > comment signs in front of the static IP entries and putting on

[PLUG] ubuntu 12.04 issues

2013-10-19 Thread John Meissen
Well, my crashes and screen resolution issues may have been solved, but the resource leaks haven't. After a random amount of time I start getting Maximum number of clients reached errors from X. Right now I have exactly 3 firefox windows, one terminal window, and one Pigin window open. I can

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu update problem

2013-10-19 Thread John Meissen
> At 12:13 AM 10/19/2013, you wrote: > >On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:52:42 -0700 > >jim karlock dijo: > > > > >I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. > > >When I start the update it gets a list of 51 updates. > > >When I select install updates it starts then reports "failed to > > >download package files" > > >This h

Re: [PLUG] Mythbuntu and nVidia

2013-10-18 Thread John Meissen
kingbeow...@gmail.com said: > I said: > > Oct 13 22:24:10 kernel: [79565.080103] nautilus[6439]: segfault at > > 10 ip b6ef1151 sp bfc13cb8 error 4 in > > libcairo.so.2.11000.2[b6ea6000+c7000] Oct 13 22:29:09 kernel: > > [79864.478015] gnome-settings-[6401]: segfault at 10 ip b6bbb151 sp > > bfabe

Re: [PLUG] Installing a Python program

2013-10-15 Thread John Meissen
d...@dicksteffens.com said: > I have the source code for a program to allow the use of a USB transcribing > foot pedal. When I try to run it in the directory in which the source code > resides I get an error message: Have you tried installing from a package? Is this it? http://code.google.c

Re: [PLUG] Mythbuntu and nVidia

2013-10-13 Thread John Meissen
I said: > When I rebooted my display wouldn't configure properly. Initially it came up in a mode my monitor didn't support. Eventually, after searching and tweaking for an hour or more last night, I got it to at least come up in 1024x768 (pretty awful when the native resolution is 1920x1200).

Re: [PLUG] Mythbuntu and nVidia

2013-10-13 Thread John Meissen
> On 10/13/2013 03:15 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > > When I was setting up my current desktop, a Gateway with a 64 bit > > processor, I remember learning that the nVidia driver did not work with > > 64 bit, but would work with 32 bit. And so that is what I am running on > > this machine. This was

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade help

2013-09-30 Thread John Meissen
j...@meissen.org said: > I still need a way to disable this stupid auto-maximize every time I > accidentally hit the top of the screen when moving a window. :-( Found it. It's actually a Compiz setting under Window Management. Disabling "Grid" accomplishes what I want. ___

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade help

2013-09-30 Thread John Meissen
joh...@comcast.net said: > "John Meissen" dijo: > >That's it. No "panel options" or "panel settings". No "more settings" . > > I don't use the same desktop as you, so my advice might be wrong. But it seems > to me that you click

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade help

2013-09-30 Thread John Meissen
kd7...@gmail.com said: > > On 09/30/2013 11:03 AM, John Meissen wrote: > > Two more annoyances > > > > The panel at the bottom of the screen (WindowList) used to have an option to > > "auto-hide". It doesn't do that anymore, and it's tak

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade help

2013-09-30 Thread John Meissen
Two more annoyances The panel at the bottom of the screen (WindowList) used to have an option to "auto-hide". It doesn't do that anymore, and it's taking up valuable screen real estate that I want back. I've checked every "configuration" and "preferences" screen I can find. Any suggestions

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade help

2013-09-27 Thread John Meissen
pa...@freegeek.org said: > On Fri, 2013-09-27 at 12:22 -0700, John Meissen wrote: > > > Is it suddenly downloading and applying updates in the > > background?!? That's a no-no. Update Manager settings still shows "Display" > > only. Is there a different

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade help

2013-09-27 Thread John Meissen
pa...@freegeek.org said: > apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager will get you the old setting > manager I already had compizconfig-settings-manager installed, that's what I was using. > Then enable Desktop Wall (or rotate cube) -> bindings > (Ctrl+Alt + arrow is the default, I think, b

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade help

2013-09-27 Thread John Meissen
d...@dicksteffens.com said: > In Applications - System Tools - System Settings, in the Hardware group, is a > button for Keyboard. That has a tab for Shotcuts. One of those shortcuts is > Launch Terminal, with the default setting of Ctrl+Alt+T. Down at the bottom > it says, "To edit a shortcut,

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade help

2013-09-27 Thread John Meissen
d...@dicksteffens.com said: > Did you install GNOME session fallback? In the Ubuntu Software Center it's > called: > GNOME Session Manager - GNOME fallback session > gnome-session-fallback Yes. That was implied when I said I got most of the gnome environment back, and that I wasn't

[PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade help

2013-09-27 Thread John Meissen
I finally got around to "upgrading" the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS system that I use daily to the 12.04 LTS release. I've been putting it off because I knew that it would break everything user-interface related that I depended on. :-( And of course I wasn't disappointed. Or rather, I was. Whatever. I got

Re: [PLUG] MythTV Testing - HDTV choppy

2013-09-21 Thread John Meissen
kingbeow...@gmail.com said: > 5. I built my own DTV antenna for grins: > http://cdn.makezine.com/make/television/04/DTV_Antenna_FINAL.pdf > I used scraps: some leftover 18 gauge Cu wire and a piece of cork flooring. > I get excellent 1080i reception of PDX stations from Vancouver at ground > le

Re: [PLUG] python boggle

2013-07-25 Thread John Meissen
Un-printable characters (including cr/lf) in the data read from the file? > I'm trying to read the content of a file to specify the name of a server to a > python script. If I set the variable directly, it works fine If I read the > file, the script fails with a 'can't find server' error. > >

Re: [PLUG] Memory configuration question

2013-04-19 Thread John Meissen
kingbeow...@gmail.com said: > Fair enough. Since you posted on PLUG I had just assumed it was Linux related. > Extra memory never hurts, with the right OS. If you got the cash, just go > ahead and fill up all the DIMM slots. Sell, or donate the old sticks. Post > back if you still have memory i

Re: [PLUG] Memory configuration question

2013-04-19 Thread John Meissen
kingbeow...@gmail.com said: > > I agree with Rick. Just pop in 3x4GB sticks into the empty slots. You > won't notice the speed mismatch. BUT... > > More importantly, performance will be governed by how your kernel was > compiled for memory utilization (memory paging). If using a 32-bit > kern

Re: [PLUG] Memory configuration question

2013-04-19 Thread John Meissen
> > On Apr 19, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Rick wrote: > > > Having mis-matched speeds shouldn't be a problem - AFAIK, it will just mean > > that all 6 DIMMs will run at 1066. The 1333 memory should run fine at 1066 > > - it's just a matter of being CAPABLE of 1333 speeds. > > And doing so will put you

[PLUG] Memory configuration question

2013-04-19 Thread John Meissen
I have a question for the hardware gurus out there... I have a system I put together about 4 years ago specifically to handle storing/editting the HD videos I was starting to accumulate. At the time it was the most money I'd spent on hardware in a long time, and included an ASUS P6T Deluxe LGA

Re: [PLUG] Windows Question

2013-04-13 Thread John Meissen
I use TaxAct every year. No shame there. I admit I haven't used Win2K in over 10 years, though. I'm not sure what problem you're trying to solve. What file are you trying to copy to the flash drive? What program won't save what program somewhere? Regards, john- > HI > > I know this isn't the

Re: [PLUG] Permissions problem

2013-03-15 Thread John Meissen
joh...@comcast.net said: > I am jjj:jjj on both computers. ... > What I can't figure out is what "10 1000 1000" means on the Movies drive or > how to get chown (or chmod?) to change the permissions on it to match the > 0123-4567 drive. Most likely it's that, while you are "jjj:jjj" on both comp

Re: [PLUG] DVD Burner Drive Recommendations

2012-12-20 Thread John Meissen
I've thrown away more than one Lite-on drive. You couldn't pay me to take one anymore. All of my recent builds use Asus drives, and I've been very happy with them. Fry's sells OEM-packaged Asus drives for $22. Of course, I don't burn as many DVDs these days as I used to john- > Newegg rat

Re: [PLUG] On teaching geeks to write

2012-12-05 Thread John Meissen
> I need an example more current than the hole I dug myself > into some 40+ tears ago when I, as an engineering co-op, > wrote a production test procedure which depended more on my > experience with a color TV with a CTC-2 chassis than I > realized. Anybody here old enough to recognize my error

[PLUG] rack shelf

2012-12-02 Thread John Meissen
Anybody know where I can get a cantilevered 20" shelf for a standard 19" rack locally? I didn't see anything at Fry's. I don't know who else in the Portland area carries this sort of thing. Either something like this http://www.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?SKU=70164333#tab=specs o

Re: [PLUG] Are "standard security procedures" an oxymoron?

2012-11-20 Thread John Meissen
There are many different kinds of security, but I'll assume you're referring to computers and related systems. A lot of people are spending a lot of time and effort on that. Some interesting reading: http://dsd.gov.au/infosec/top35mitigationstrategies.htm http://www.cpni.gov.uk/advice/cyber/Cri

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread John Meissen
vso...@gmail.com said: > I don't like my Ubuntu 12.something. I can't figure out what programs are on > my machine. There is no menu. I want to go back to 10.04. Or I want to put > on Mint or Debian on my desktop computer. I really don't relish hauling my > desktop computer down to the clinic

Re: [PLUG] Any 5-1/4" Floppy Drives Out There?

2012-10-25 Thread John Meissen
I had one (along with my 80-column card reader and 5-1/4" floppy changer). But I don't have a controller for it. I'll see if it's still in the closet. john- > Does anyone have a 5-1/4" floppy drive they don't want? > > I tried at Free Geek and learned that they pitch them as soon as they > get

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu 12.04 and VMWare Fusion

2012-10-19 Thread John Meissen
bkere...@ubuntu.com said: > When you know how to use the HUD and Customize Appearance it works much better > than most DE's and saves so much time over a menu based DE. But you can remove > it using apt-get remove and just replace it with another DE such as xfce or > kde. > http://www.techrepubli

[PLUG] Ubuntu 12.04 and VMWare Fusion

2012-10-18 Thread John Meissen
Anybody know if Ubuntu 12.04 is supported by Fusion on a Mac? My early search results seem to indicate that's a negative. :-( Right now I'm running Fusion 3. I haven't seen any reason to upgrade because it seems like the main reason would be to get Lion support, and I may never upgrade my Mac

Re: [PLUG] questions about MythTV DVR

2012-07-27 Thread John Meissen
jen.montser...@gmail.com said: > what are your recommendations for ... an extremely low power consumption > desktop? There was a discussion on the list back around 11/23 about 'Tiny "desktop" computers' that might be relevant. The Jetway HBJC231C98-525-B looked interesting. Unfortunately I do

Re: [PLUG] questions about MythTV DVR

2012-07-27 Thread John Meissen
> Anyone on this list currently using MythTV as a DVR on Linux? If so, what > are your recommendations for a TV tuner card and an extremely low power > consumption desktop? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. > Yes. I'm using MythTV. I recommend HDHomeRun. The one I'm currently usin

Re: [PLUG] HD recovery services

2012-07-09 Thread John Meissen
raander...@gmail.com said: > So I went Googling for a data recovery service and so far am looking at > Gillware Data Recovery. I like the look because they only charge if they > recover the data. Anyone have experience with this company? Any other > recommendations? I have a neighbor who ru

Re: [PLUG] Preferred VM on Mac for Linux

2012-05-28 Thread John Meissen
m...@linuxexam.com said: > I may be getting a Mac soon, and am wondering about virtualization options to > accommodate Linux. The two basic options I know of are VMWare Fusion 4 and > Parallels Desktop 7. I've never tried Parallels. I tried VirtualBox a while back, but a bug in the hostfs was c

Re: [PLUG] Testing a surge protector -- was Finding and mounting a second SATA drive

2012-04-06 Thread John Meissen
> On 04/06/2012 09:19 AM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > > On 04/06/2012 09:12 AM, wes wrote: > >> I would start by looking in the BIOS of your machine - the drive should > >> appear there. if not, it may be disabled or have some other issue. > > It's been so long since I've had to mess with hardware

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