Re: [PLUG] No space left on device

2017-10-25 Thread alan
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:18:47 -0700 > John Jason Jordan dijo: > >>I recently encountered this and it turns out that my / partition was, >>indeed, full. At the last Clinic I added ~50GB of free space on the >>drive to /, making now a total of 84GB. And now it is happening again.

Re: [PLUG] No space left on device

2017-10-24 Thread alan
> On Oct 24, 2017 5:07 PM, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:23:55 -0700 > a...@clueserver.org dijo: > >>> I used Thunar to check Properties on everything in / and found >>> nothing out of the ordinary. I need some command line tools to find >>> the pig that

Re: [PLUG] No space left on device

2017-10-24 Thread alan
> I recently encountered this and it turns out that my / partition was, > indeed, full. At the last Clinic I added ~50GB of free space on the > drive to /, making now a total of 84GB. And now it is happening again. > Something in / has eaten the entire new space. > > Note that ~/ is on the same

Re: [PLUG] Kewel tool: MasterPDFEditor

2017-09-21 Thread alan
>Thought I'd share this in case you're not aware of MasterPDFEditor. The > non-commercial use version if free and there are linux tarballs for both > 32- and 64-bit systems. I just upgraded to the -4.3.50 version. > >MPE is a really useful tool for accomplishing things that pdf viewers >

Re: [PLUG] TONIGHT PLUG Meeting: A Philosophy for Reliability: Lessons learned from 40 years of System Administration

2017-09-07 Thread Alan
On Thu, 2017-09-07 at 10:30 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: > Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement > > Who: Brian P. Martin > What: A Philosophy for Reliability: Lessons learned from 40 years of > System Administration > Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level) >

[PLUG] Meeting on Thursday?

2017-09-05 Thread Alan
Are there actual plans for the PLUG meeting Thursday? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] The joy of refactoring

2017-08-23 Thread Alan
the computer lab from then on. > > > On 8/23/2017 6:01 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2017, Alan wrote: > > > > > Sometimes a rewrite is a useful and needed thing. > > > > Thanks, Alan, for allowing us to share our obscure bug >

Re: [PLUG] The joy of refactoring

2017-08-23 Thread Alan
On Wed, 2017-08-23 at 06:01 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 22 Aug 2017, Alan wrote: > > > Sometimes a rewrite is a useful and needed thing. > >Thanks, Alan, for allowing us to share our obscure bug experiences > on this > thread. :-) > >In grad schoo

[PLUG] The joy of refactoring

2017-08-22 Thread Alan
Found an obscure bug in a Perl program that I started over 20 years ago. (I have made changes off and on since then.) Decided to rewrite it. Found even more bugs. (A few of the WTF variety.) Sometimes a rewrite is a useful and needed thing. ___ PLUG

Re: [PLUG] Selecting a SSD

2017-08-22 Thread Alan
On Tue, 2017-08-22 at 21:26 -0500, Cryptomonkeys.org wrote: > I’ve been using a Samsung 840 EVO 1TB in my mac pro for 2yrs. No > issues. Performance is fine. There was a problem with the early version of those drives. It was fixed in firmware. Some of the reviews are old enough that they may have

[PLUG] Operation Status

2017-08-09 Thread Alan
The heart ablation surgery went very well. A few things need to heal, but I feel a lot better. I have some bruises and a couple of holes that need to heal, but it all went much better than I expected. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] 16.04.3 VGA Graphic display stopped working

2017-08-05 Thread Alan
On Fri, 2017-08-04 at 10:04 -0700, Bill Morita wrote: > 16.04.3 VGA Graphic display stopped working. > Even a No-Machine connection does not seem to work. > > Ctrl-Alt-F1 does get me a simple text terminal. > > Anybody else seen this ? > > It has happened on both my systems. > Currently

Re: [PLUG] Stupid ISP...

2017-08-03 Thread Alan
On Wed, 2017-08-02 at 16:47 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote: > Folks, > I have moved from SW WA to Oklahoma City. Miss the area up there but > got to > go where the $$ is. > > I have run into a problem, it is with the ISP. Seems that they no > longer > allow you > to plug in your prefered DNS. I was

Re: [PLUG] TONIGHT PLUG General meeting: An Introduction to Data Protection

2017-08-03 Thread Alan
On Thu, 2017-08-03 at 09:07 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: > Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement > > Who: Michael "you break it you bought it" Dexter > What: An Introduction to Data Protection Will it cover protection from excess heat?

Re: [PLUG] Advanced Topics

2017-07-27 Thread Alan
On Thu, 2017-07-27 at 11:14 -0700, Alan wrote: > On Tue, 2017-07-25 at 18:34 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: > > On 7/25/17 4:24 PM, wes wrote: > > > I think the much tougher obstacles are scheduling topics and > > > speakers, and > > > being able to be presen

Re: [PLUG] Advanced Topics

2017-07-27 Thread Alan
On Tue, 2017-07-25 at 18:34 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: > On 7/25/17 4:24 PM, wes wrote: > > I think the much tougher obstacles are scheduling topics and > > speakers, and > > being able to be present for all the meetings. > > YEP > You think I don't know that? I spent 8 years scheduling

Re: [PLUG] Open Source Licenses

2017-07-25 Thread Alan
On Sun, 2017-07-23 at 13:10 -0700, Brian P. Martin wrote: > > My suggestion: GPL v.3 or later. > > What about the so-called "viral" component of GPL? If someone take a > script of mine and grows it into something bigger and better and > amazing, I don't think I'm concerned about how they

[PLUG] Epson V600 Photo scanner on Fedora 26 -- HowTo

2017-07-24 Thread Alan
I have gotten the Epson v600 Photo scanner working on Fedora 26. It is not that hard once you know the one secret step. First, download the rpm packages. (There are also debian packages and a similar trick will work for Debian based distros as well.) First make sure you have libtool and

[PLUG] Advanced Topics

2017-07-24 Thread Alan
Looks like Advanced Topics is not being run anymore. Do people want me to start it up again? I am going to try and get to the next meeting. We can discuss it there. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Changing password

2017-03-31 Thread alan
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:26:33 -0700 > John Jason Jordan dijo: > >>>From the command line I tried passwd, but it refused because it said >>the new password was too similar to the old one. OK, passwd program, I >>don't disagree, but just do it, and I mean it, 'k? > > Never mind. I

Re: [PLUG] scp issue

2017-02-24 Thread alan
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> debug1: Connecting to salmo [192.168.55.1] port <>. >> debug1: Connection established. > >The two hosts can communicate. > >> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >> debug1: identity file /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 >>

Re: [PLUG] Embedded Linux Conference comes to Portland on Feb 21-23

2017-02-06 Thread alan
> Am I the last person to find out about this? > > No. I am. perl -pe 's/^\s+//g' *.py ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Clinic

2017-01-14 Thread alan
> I just realized that tomorrow is the third Sunday of January. According > to the weather people the snow is not going to melt until Monday night. > > Comments? The buses are running. Hard to transport hardware that way though. perl -pe 's/^\s+//g' *.py

Re: [PLUG] Identifying network interfaces and their status

2017-01-14 Thread alan
> On 1/14/2017 10:07 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >> I deleted Richard's message and cannot respond in that thread to his >> question of what network interfaces are available on his portables. >> >> All this information is available when, as root, you issue the >> command >> ifconfig -a (the

Re: [PLUG] Word List

2016-08-01 Thread alan
> I feel a need for some concentrated word play. > > Is there a word list (i.e., a spelling dictionary or similar) that would > (A) be found in most standard Linux distributions (or at least Ubuntu), > and (B) be in plain text format or some other easy-to-parse format? > > I'd like to be able to

Re: [PLUG] Looking for all-in-one printer-scanner device

2016-07-20 Thread alan
> On 2016-07-18 16:59, John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com wrote: >> Looking for a printer-scanner, as my brother's Canon has given up the >> ghost, and his HP flatbed only scanner has a flourescent tube which is >> fading. Sure would like to find one supported by Mint 18 (Ubuntu 16) >> with >>

Re: [PLUG] NAS System suggestions

2016-06-24 Thread alan
>> >> >> >> I do not see too many positives for using SMB on linux, without real >> samba >> user space mount option available. >> >> > As much as I hesitate to spend any time advocating for M$-originated > technologies, I must say I do not see the challenge here. I mount SMB > shares (from all

Re: [PLUG] Kernel panic?

2016-05-21 Thread alan
> I might have different or same experience - you be the judge of that > > I recall this happening in the past on certain DVDs with copy protection - > they would insert real disk bit error on the disk at the beginning of the > stream, later even in TOC. When the disk was in PC - that would

Re: [PLUG] Universality of USB Cables

2016-05-18 Thread alan
> On 2016-05-18 13:32, Rich Shepard wrote: >> Am I correct in assuming that if I buy a USB cable with the >> appropriately >> sized plugs on each end it can be used with any device and a computer? > > Yep, that's the idear. And you can get 'em from at the dollar store. Actually not always...

Re: [PLUG] Subject matter for a talk?

2016-05-12 Thread alan
> Everyone, > > Was the next talk Tuesday the 17th @ Free Geek? > >I can see that Michael D. does many of the talks and its difficult > to find subject matter. What about a round table about non-traditional > methods of installing Linux & BSD? > > If you've seen my posts on installing

Re: [PLUG] anyone interested in some tty paper tape?

2016-03-15 Thread alan
> For anyone interested in a sample 80 col card, I have a "deck' of reader > test cards, they are punched > with alternating ones / zeros > > > 0101 > 1010... > 0101 > 1010... > 0101 > 1010... > 0101 > 1010... > 0101 > 1010... > 0101 > 1010... I am interested in those.

Re: [PLUG] A Linux Tool To Compare Files of Different Sizes

2016-02-05 Thread alan
> I think you want to look at the "diff" > > http://www.computerhope.com/unix/udiff.htm > > which is different than "cmp" > > http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucmp.htm > > which is more for hunting for missing bits and bytes than for looking at > lines. uniq also might work. > > > > On Fri, Feb

Re: [PLUG] Xsane Does Not Find Scanner

2015-06-20 Thread alan
Web searches and the Xsane documentation pages do not have the answer to a new issue here. Using a laptop (Slackware-14.1_x64 fully up-to-date) with a built-in camera in the lid and the external flatbed scanner turned on and connected via a USB port, Xsane sees only the camera and not

Re: [PLUG] Forced to update into TWENTIETH century

2015-06-05 Thread alan
One of this group once referred to me saying He lives out past Estacada, even. I've happily been on dial-up for decades. I fondly remember upgrade to 1200 BAUD ;) My ISP is terminating dial-up connectivity in ~ 6 weeks. I'm flatout not interested in $%$!$#^ providers who think all

Re: [PLUG] Dual boot Windoze 8.1, Linux Mint 17.1 64 bit

2015-05-15 Thread alan
Wayne, I would take a different approach. I would load the system with the Linux distribution of your choice and use the Virtual Machine Manager, powered by libvirt and load your windows into that. That way when it blue screens you still have a system that is up. Can you do a bios or

Re: [PLUG] Need new Java

2015-04-12 Thread alan
On Sun, 2015-04-12 at 10:40 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have downloaded a Java application from here: http://www.cognitial.com/flashpap/flashpap.htm But when I try to run it from the command line with java -jar I get a popup that says I need a newer version of Java runtime. My Xubuntu

Re: [PLUG] Configuring /etc/ssh/sshd_config

2015-02-07 Thread alan
Some time in the past I lost key authentication when connecting from my laptop to my server. Password works, but that's sent clear text so I want to get the server's /etc/ssh/sshd_config correct. When I try to connect to my server this is the output: [rshepard@caddis ~]$ ssh -v salmo

[PLUG] Two factor hardware authentication on Linux

2014-10-24 Thread alan
I am considering doing a talk on two factor authentication using hardware tokens as a talk for PLUG. Are people interested in that? Should I gear this for Advanced Topics or a regular meeting? I have a couple of Yubi hardware tokens I will be using for the demo.

Re: [PLUG] Two factor hardware authentication on Linux

2014-10-24 Thread Alan
On Fri, 2014-10-24 at 14:32 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:36:37AM -0700, a...@clueserver.org wrote: I am considering doing a talk on two factor authentication using hardware tokens as a talk for PLUG. Are people interested in that? Should I gear this for

Re: [PLUG] No mail

2014-10-10 Thread alan
I subscribe to several e-lists with my Comcast account which deliver many e-mails daily. In the morning there are always some, usually 15-30, but this morning there are none. Claws Mail produces no error messages and its log is clean. The fetching mail dialog box appears briefly, checks for

Re: [PLUG] Torrent issues

2014-06-11 Thread alan
There are new versions of PCLinuxOS (2014.05) which I have been trying to download via torrent with Ktorrent. PCLinuxOS uses Linuxtracker to host their torrent files. When I open any of the torrent files in Ktorrent nothing happens for a long time. Looking at the torrent in the Trackers tab

Re: [PLUG] Torrent issues

2014-06-11 Thread alan
There are new versions of PCLinuxOS (2014.05) which I have been trying to download via torrent with Ktorrent. PCLinuxOS uses Linuxtracker to host their torrent files. When I open any of the torrent files in Ktorrent nothing happens for a long time. Looking at the torrent in the Trackers tab

Re: [PLUG] Torrent issues

2014-06-11 Thread alan
There are new versions of PCLinuxOS (2014.05) which I have been trying to download via torrent with Ktorrent. PCLinuxOS uses Linuxtracker to host their torrent files. When I open any of the torrent files in Ktorrent nothing happens for a long time. Looking at the torrent in the Trackers tab

Re: [PLUG] Torrent issues {more info]

2014-06-11 Thread alan
There are new versions of PCLinuxOS (2014.05) which I have been trying to download via torrent with Ktorrent. PCLinuxOS uses Linuxtracker to host their torrent files. When I open any of the torrent files in Ktorrent nothing happens for a long time. Looking at the torrent in the Trackers tab

Re: [PLUG] Books, and more books

2014-06-10 Thread alan
Hello, In order to stir the OSCON pass review-a-book contest up, the kind people at O'Reilly have a few titles headed our way: AngularJS, High Performance JavaScript, Time Management for System Administrators, Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS HTML5 I will bring some others too as

Re: [PLUG] Network is unreachable

2014-05-16 Thread alan
My laptop is working fine with its eth0 connection (wireless not enabled while at home), so I know there is no problem with the router or cable modem. But my desktop suddenly can't go anywhere, not even local pings (printers, other devices). The desktop is a six year old ASUS M2NPV-VM with

Re: [PLUG] Need a new laptop

2014-05-09 Thread alan
they also appear to have almost completely replaced the IBM style keyboard/pad/stick. there's only one current model I looked at with an IBM style kb. not sure how the new ones hold up but there are apparently some issues with the new trackpads, so I was hesitant. anyone with a newer model

Re: [PLUG] Help! Can't log in!

2014-04-23 Thread alan
An hour ago I applied a number of updates to my Xubunu 13.10 laptop, but deferred rebooting until I finished typing something in Greek. Having done so I shut down LO Writer and rebooted. When the login screen came back up it would not take my password, presumably because the keyboard was

Re: [PLUG] Help! Can't log in!

2014-04-23 Thread alan
On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:29:38 -0700 (PDT) a...@clueserver.org dijo: If you have a Live System DVD you can boot off of that and then mount the file system. Take the password hash out of /etc/shadow, then reboot. You should have no password and you can just re-add it. Even easier than using the

Re: [PLUG] Clinic! (And new *buntus)

2014-04-19 Thread alan
Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 18 Apr 2014, Galen Seitz wrote: ... but here's how I have outbound mail configured. I'm relaying through easydns.com using sasl. main.cf: ... relayhost = [mailout.easymail.ca]:submission smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_password_maps =

Re: [PLUG] Who's after Linus?

2014-03-25 Thread alan
Hello all, I have a few candidates for the May General meeting but have yet to receive a confirmation for April Advanced Topics on the 15th at Free Geek. Drop me a line if you are interested in giving a talk. Vague ideas that need refinement are okay! I have a couple ideas. Not certain if

[PLUG] A quick summary of Open Source Bridge in Portland

2013-06-22 Thread Alan Niven
would understand and embody the principles that by working together we can build and fix the things we need an make a better world. At some point here will be videos of all the main session available on the Open Source Bridge http://opensourcebridge.org/events/2013/schedule site. Alan Niven

Re: [PLUG] Virtualbox, Android

2013-01-23 Thread alan
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 05:15:37PM -0800, Ronald Chmara wrote: http://www.kirsle.net/blog/kirsle/android-4-0-in-virtualbox notes problems with sound, video, screen rotation, apps that are optimized for ARM chips... Interesting find. Great link! The Android X86 port appears not ready for

Re: [PLUG] Any problems with Quest / Centurylink / Centurytel for Linux Users?

2012-09-24 Thread alan
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 05:47:12AM -0700, Guy Letourneau wrote: Are folks here using CenturyLink or Centurytel (which used to be Qwest.) How is there dervice to Linux users? I have a fixed IP with CenturyLink. Getting a fixed IP was a bitch, but using Linux actually helped get to the right

Re: [PLUG] PDF Security (WAS Asterisk, Fax, Faxmodem)

2011-09-13 Thread alan
Russell, No, you are not being paranoid, but we do have to accept that PDFs are not going anywhere (and you can encrypt if you desire) As a printshop with a full PDF workflow, we open hundreds of files daily and see this constantly. Worse though, are the Excel mailing lists send to us for

[PLUG] Netgear GS116 warranty

2011-09-09 Thread Alan
My GS116 switch just died 5-days ago, altho I had a similar Netgear giga switch die about 6-months ago. Not to mention the power supply to my Infrant-Netgear NV+ file server going up in smoke about 2-months ago. Netgear does a great job of making it hard to use there warranty, but eventually

Re: [PLUG] RHEL, CentOS, SL

2011-05-13 Thread alan
I run Scientific Linux, SL, a Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone. The most widely used clone of RHEL is CentOS, but there may be troubles in that community. We are getting about 5 refugees a day from CentOS showing up on our mailing list and forums. Any CentOS users here? I'm hoping the tales

Re: [PLUG] Favorite Linux Netbook specific distro?

2011-04-28 Thread Jeffery Alan Mathis II
I no longer have a netbook, but when I did I tried several distros on it (Asus eeePC 701). The ones that ran best were Cruncheee, Puppeee, Salix, Peppermint, and Linux Mint XFCE edition. On 04/27/2011 09:24 PM, Ken Stephens wrote: Darren Couch wrote: as an aside, ive been running arch solid

Re: [PLUG] MaxMySpeed

2011-04-27 Thread alan
On Tue, 26 Apr 2011, John pdx wrote: You could watch logging in realtime and see where the proggie tries to reachout? Run wireshark and see what packets go across the net. Sounds pretty bogus. On Apr 26, 2011 10:30 PM, Robert Kopp iconoklas...@yahoo.com wrote: I didn't expect it to work,

Re: [PLUG] Qwest the Qwerst.

2011-02-18 Thread Alan
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 14:52 -0800, Ken Stephens wrote: Looks like Qwest has blocked outgoing port 25 so if you are not sending email (;-)), change your outgoing mail port to 587, at least if you are going to aracnet/spiritone mail servers. YMMV with other ISPs. QWest blocks port 25 if you

Re: [PLUG] IBM T60

2011-02-18 Thread Alan
On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 19:28 -0800, Marvin Kosmal wrote: I can get this for $350.. Is that a good price and will Linux fit well?? IBM ThinkPad T60 14 Laptop w/ Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz (Centrino Duo), 2GB DDR, 60GB, DVD / CDRW Combo, 802.11g, Windows XP Professional I have a T61

Re: [PLUG] upgrading a redhat 7 kernel

2010-10-28 Thread alan
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Daniel B. Herrington wrote: I've got to build a sybase 12- server on redhat 7. ASE requires 2.4.9 or greater though. I built a redhat 7.2, but maybe should do a 7.3 as that seems to be the easier route. Why are you using a Linux distrobution that has not been supported

Re: [PLUG] Free Geek approved for AT!

2010-09-17 Thread Alan
On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 11:34 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: Hello, Free Geek has approved us for the PLUG Advance Topics meeting. Let's give this venue a try with a new food model. The new food model will be Randal covered in cold meat. He will do the Dance of the Seven Veals.

Re: [PLUG] Tech republic: 10 ways to dodge Linux hardware issues

2010-06-16 Thread alan
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Word Wizard wrote: Donÿÿt use very old hardware? I thought one of Linux' selling points was that unlike Windoze Linux supported legacy hardware. In the Linux world very old hardware are things like MFM and RLL drives. In the Windows world it is any hardware that is

Re: [PLUG] DSL options in Portland

2010-05-18 Thread alan
On Mon, 17 May 2010, John Jason Jordan wrote: Comcast just raised my rates. The increase is trivial, but far more annoying is that the service is decreasing. Six months ago speedtest.net reported a high of 3 MB/s. Now it is just over 2 MB/s. The new rate is 55.59/month, which includes 11.49

Re: [PLUG] Linux clinic Sun - kernel hacking?

2009-12-17 Thread Alan
Mike Connors wrote: Alan wrote: What do you need to know? I guess I know more than most. (I am the Linux kernel maintainer for Intel's Ultra Mobility Group.) I guess I'd just like to get a general understanding of the kernel, modules, variables, etc. Every once in a while I want to do

Re: [PLUG] [ANNOUNCEMENT] PLUG Advanced Topics Meeting *Wednesday* December 16th, 2009

2009-12-16 Thread Alan
I didn't actually speak to her. I normally leave her an email. I didn't realize she wasn't there, but communicating with her was haphazard at best when she was. I'll find out if they have another event coordinator, or whether or not there is an events contact. Simply talk to Craig the

Re: [PLUG] Linux clinic Sun - kernel hacking?

2009-12-16 Thread Alan
Is anyone planning on attending Sun who knows alot about building, patching, and modifying kernels? What do you need to know? I guess I know more than most. (I am the Linux kernel maintainer for Intel's Ultra Mobility Group.) ___ PLUG mailing list

[PLUG] [ANNOUNCEMENT] PLUG Advanced Topics Meeting *Wednesday* December 16th, 2009

2009-12-10 Thread Alan
NOTE: The meeting time and location has changed again. PLUG Advanced Topics December 16th, 2009 7pm - 9pm Roots Organic Brewing 1520 Southeast 7th Avenue Portland, OR 97214-3568 (503) 235-7668 Using DRBD to Build High-Availability Clusters on Commodity Hardware Charlie Schluting of LINBIT

Re: [PLUG] Dell Zino

2009-11-13 Thread Alan
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Matt McKenzie lnxkni...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:16 PM, VY vyau5...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, as for the Ubuntu support on the Dell, if you click on the Tech Specs

[PLUG] Suggested list - plug-forsale

2009-06-19 Thread Alan Olsen
I think we need a plug-forsale list. It will move the forsale postings off to its own area and might get some people to clean out their hardware backlogs. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] classroom space

2009-06-11 Thread Alan Olsen
Cubespace closes forever Friday June 12th. (Tomorrow.) They could not work out their problems with US Bank. (Their landlord.) On Jun 5, 2009 3:03 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Jason Dagit wrote: Have you looked at cubespace? Jason, Did they resolve the

[PLUG] I need someone to take over Advanced Topics

2009-05-18 Thread Alan
I have been organizing Advanced Topics for over eight years now. I have a whole bunch of things that are eating my time and my brain. I just realized that the meeting is this Wednesday and I had not gotten a speaker. My commute is 2 hours each way to and from work. Other parts of my life are

Re: [PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: PLUG Advanced Topics April 15th 2009

2009-04-15 Thread Alan
On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 17:47 -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Alan a...@clueserver.org wrote: I am working on a speaker for May. I have been talking to the department of speakers for Intel. Any particular topics people are interested in? Intel

Re: [PLUG] News from beta testing land

2009-04-15 Thread Alan
On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 23:34 -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: I've been playing with it for a week or so. It seems to be in reasonable shape -- not too many crashes, no data loss (yet). But I can't get past the hideous color scheme ... Ubuntu brown and orange. So I'm sticking with openSUSE

Re: [PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: PLUG Advanced Topics April 15th 2009

2009-04-14 Thread Alan
On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 14:45 -0700, Tony Rick wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Alan a...@clueserver.org wrote: Advanced Topics April 15th, 2009 7pm - 9pm-ish Location: Roots Organic Brewery 1520 SE 7TH Portland, Oregon Topic: Server Sky - Data

Re: [PLUG] Clear WiMax

2009-03-26 Thread Alan Olsen
I will check the support at work, which just happens to be Intel. On Mar 26, 2009 5:21 PM, Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net wrote: Alan == Alan Olsen alan.ol...@gmail.com writes: Alan The WiMax drivers have been added to 2.6.29 according to the Alan release notes. Intel has been