Re: [PLUG] Off Topic: I'd like to volunteer for ARRL Field Day

2023-06-26 Thread Michael Barnes
l, I'll check it out. 73 > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 4:49 AM Michael Barnes > > > wrote: > > > > > > > The Oregon Tualatin Valley ARC (OTVARC) usually does Field Day out at > > > Stub > > > > Stewart State Park. Great

Re: [PLUG] Off Topic: I'd like to volunteer for ARRL Field Day

2023-06-24 Thread Michael Barnes
The Oregon Tualatin Valley ARC (OTVARC) usually does Field Day out at Stub Stewart State Park. Great bunch of folks and they put on a great FD operation. I'm on the road, so I have to do FD on my own this year. Good luck. 73, Michael WA7SKG On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 19:06 elcaset wrote: > Also, my

Re: [PLUG] Any Ubiquiti Experts?

2023-05-11 Thread Michael Barnes
Thanks anyhow, folks. I was hoping for something simple. I'm afraid 80-90% of this disussion has gone way over my head. As I age, I think I have forgotten more about this networking stuff than I knew in the first place. I didn't think it was all that difficult to understand the layout, it is

Re: [PLUG] Any Ubiquiti Experts?

2023-05-10 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 7:35 PM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2023, 17:47 Michael Barnes wrote: > > > I have a local network using an Ubiquiti Bullet M2 feeding a Netgear > router > > that serves my various devices. The Bullet serves as an access point and > &

[PLUG] Any Ubiquiti Experts?

2023-05-10 Thread Michael Barnes
I have a local network using an Ubiquiti Bullet M2 feeding a Netgear router that serves my various devices. The Bullet serves as an access point and pulls from an available wifi source. I got a hotspot from Verizon for internet access. When I log into the Bullet to select a source, the hotspot

Re: [PLUG] Audio card for clear voice output

2023-04-16 Thread Michael Barnes
As a broadcast engineer who has dealt with computerized automation systems providing professional audio for FM radio stations, pretty much all I have used over the years for on-air play have been Audioscience cards. Not cheap, but they do the job. Linux friendly. Available with various

Re: [PLUG] Powered USB-A hub

2023-01-21 Thread Michael Barnes
On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 3:22 PM Galen Seitz wrote: > On 1/17/23 09:43, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Jan 2023, Galen Seitz wrote: > > > >> Sorry, I haven't been following this thread too closely, but if this is > a > >> device you already own, you can look this up yourself. First use lsusb

[PLUG] MS2131i-8 USB Cellular Modem

2022-12-15 Thread Michael Barnes
I recently acquired a MS2131i-8 USB Cellular Modem. Supposedly, I can just plug it into a USB port and use it to access the Internet. Not a lot of other details. Nothing seems to happen plugging it in, no indications on dmesg or anything. On Windows, it gave a popup saying no driver available.

[PLUG] Firefox Updates In Mint

2022-09-25 Thread Michael Barnes
I am running Mint on my main desktop machine. Everything I find on the web says that Firefox should automatically update, however, mine is still on 88.0 when the current version is 105. Apparently I am missing something somewhere. I periodically run "sudo apt update" and "sudo apt upgrade" and it

[PLUG] Music Composing Software

2022-09-22 Thread Michael Barnes
I may have asked this before, but forgot. Any suggestions on music composing software for Linux? I'm not talking about an audio editor like Audacity. I want to see a staff and put notes on it and hopefully play it. I did find some programs maybe a year ago, but can't remember any of the names.

Re: [PLUG] trying to simplify my Linux operating system graphics components

2022-09-07 Thread Michael Barnes
There are all kinds of strange horror stories about weird things happening to computers during Zoom meetings. People have experienced configuration changes, unusual file uploads and downloads, spyware, hacked bank accounts, stolen information, etc. There have been several FBI investigations into

Re: [PLUG] Hardware recommendations: KVM switch

2022-07-02 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Jun 30, 2022, 07:48 Rich Shepard wrote: > I want to purchase a KVM switch that allows me to switch an HP Compaq > LA1951g monitor between two desktop workstations. One workstation has a > Radeon Pro WX 4100 video card with 4 mini-displayports, the other has a > Radeon Pro WX 2100 video

[PLUG] Acting On Locate Results

2022-04-18 Thread Michael Barnes
I use the locate command often to find files on my machine. How can I act on that list? For example, I do locate -i bozo and get a list of all files containing bozo in the name. Now I want to copy all those files into a new directory. I've tried various combinations of pipe to something, but no

Re: [PLUG] Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Calibration

2022-04-01 Thread Michael Barnes
. > > -Tomas > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2022, 01:29 Michael Barnes wrote: > > > I had a Raspberry Pi connected to the official 7" touchscreen monitor in > my > > truck. The small monitor wasn't cutting it. I found and hooked up an > > Elecraft 10" monitor. It works great

[PLUG] Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Calibration

2022-03-31 Thread Michael Barnes
I had a Raspberry Pi connected to the official 7" touchscreen monitor in my truck. The small monitor wasn't cutting it. I found and hooked up an Elecraft 10" monitor. It works great, but the touch feature is about 3/4" off from where I touch. Makes it near impossible to do anything via the

Re: [PLUG] switch with Fast Boot PoE

2022-03-19 Thread Michael Barnes
On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 11:38 AM Galen Seitz wrote: > Hi, > > For a project I'm working on we have a need for a switch with PoE+ that > will power the ports quickly, say less than 15 seconds after power up. > The switch that is currently specified is a Cisco cbs250-16P-2g. This > switch takes at

Re: [PLUG] Website Visitor/Download Counter

2022-02-26 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:22 AM Timothy Scoppetta wrote: > I may be speaking from the bias of my comfort zone but hosting the pdf on > any modern cloud storage (gs, s3, etc) should give you this for "free." > > Well, I suppose if I were hosting it on any modern cloud storage, that may be the

Re: [PLUG] Website Visitor/Download Counter

2022-02-26 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:19 AM wrote: > > It’s like it’s 1995 again :-). Here’s a resource for scripts but to use > them your hosting server will need to have CGI > capabilities: > >http://www.scriptarchive.com > > For a lot of reasons I would recommend not

[PLUG] Website Visitor/Download Counter

2022-02-24 Thread Michael Barnes
It seems like I have forgotten more than I knew in the first place. Anyhow, I have a small website for a group that is just a simple hand-coded page and a pdf file for download. I have been asked if it is possible to add a visitor counter and a download counter (This page has been visited ##

Re: [PLUG] Location Server?

2022-02-03 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 7:51 AM Bill Barry wrote: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 1:48 AM Russell Senior > wrote: > > > Your computers will, of course, be in different locations, but I > > concur on gpsd as probably the right tools for what you describe. > > > > On Wed

[PLUG] Location Server?

2022-02-02 Thread Michael Barnes
I know about time (ntp) servers I can hook a GPS to a computer and broadcast time to the other computers in my local network. Is it possible to do this with location information? I have various programs which can take data from a GPS dongle and use it in the program for different purposes. With a

Re: [PLUG] anybody on 10 meters?

2021-12-25 Thread Michael Barnes
Actually, 10m has been opening up quite a bit lately. Usually in the morning. I've worked TX, NM,CO, AR, and others. We have a 10-10 net in Dallas every Sunday on 28.330. The informal pre-net starts around 11am and formal net at noon. You do not need to have a 10-10 number to participate. MI, IN,

Re: [PLUG] Photo Scanner Recommendations

2021-11-20 Thread Michael Barnes
ments. Black and white prints can be okay. > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021, 19:59 Bill Barry wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021, 9:33 PM Michael Barnes > > wrote: > > > > > I have a large number of old photos I would like to scan into files. > I'm > > > looking f

Re: [PLUG] Mouse wheel scroll inconsistent in Firefox

2021-11-09 Thread Michael Barnes
On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 9:29 AM Jason Barnett wrote: > Usually, the zoom is CTRL+Scroll Wheel. Keyboard issue??? > > > On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 8:42 AM Dick Steffens > wrote: > > > Most of the time the mouse wheel scrolls a web page in Firefox. > > Sometimes, currently unpredictable, the effect of

Re: [PLUG] DNS Provider

2021-11-02 Thread Michael Barnes
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 6:16 PM wes wrote: > On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 6:05 PM Michael Barnes > wrote: > > > What an ordeal. I have a security camera system that sends email alerts. > I > > used to send via Google, but they tightened up their security and I > cannot >

[PLUG] DNS Provider

2021-11-02 Thread Michael Barnes
What an ordeal. I have a security camera system that sends email alerts. I used to send via Google, but they tightened up their security and I cannot use that any more. I figured I'd just set up a simple mail server on an RPi and do it myself. My ISP provides a static IP I can set up pretty much

[PLUG] Dovecot Problem

2021-10-31 Thread Michael Barnes
I'm setting up a mail server on a Raspberry Pi with Postfix and Dovecot. When I try to start dovecot, I get an error: # 2.3.4.1 (f79e8e7e4): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-director.conf line 30: Unknown setting: userdb { service {

Re: [PLUG] Counting Files

2021-08-19 Thread Michael Barnes
wrote: > > > if the @ is consistent with all the files, that makes it relatively easy. > > > > find Processed -type f -printf '%f\n' | sed "s/@.*//" | uniq -c > > > > -wes > > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 7:17 PM Michael Barnes > >

Re: [PLUG] Counting Files

2021-08-16 Thread Michael Barnes
editing step to try to spot unexpected results. > > > > if you want to automate this, it may be a little more complicated, and > the > > > > answers to my initial questions become important. if you can provide a > > > > little more context, I will try to help fu

[PLUG] Counting Files

2021-08-16 Thread Michael Barnes
Here's a fun trivia task. For an activity I am involved in, I get files from members to process. The filename starts with the member's name and has other info to identify the file. After processing, the file goes in the ./Processed folder. There are thousands of files now in that folder. Right

[PLUG] Printer Recommendations Wanted

2021-07-22 Thread Michael Barnes
Greetings All, I am looking for a replacement for my 15 year old HP LaserJet 2600n. It has served me well over the years, but is developing some issues that I think are better served by replacement. My needs: Color Laser printer Networked (not connected directly or tied to a specific computer)

Re: [PLUG] Fast way to add nic card to Ubuntu Server

2021-07-07 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 5:03 PM Chuck Hast wrote: > No they were there the dmesg command brought them to the > surface and the rest was just adding them to the yaml file for > netplan, run netplan try and once happy netplan apply and THEN > I could see them in all of the usual tools. > > The

Re: [PLUG] Reading a file with a dash

2021-06-29 Thread Michael Barnes
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 7:47 AM Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jun 2021, Michael Barnes wrote: > > > Somehow, I managed to create a file named -u. I cannot figure out how to > > look at it as any command I give thinks -u is an option, not the > filename. > > &g

[PLUG] Reading a file with a dash

2021-06-29 Thread Michael Barnes
Somehow, I managed to create a file named -u. I cannot figure out how to look at it as any command I give thinks -u is an option, not the filename. I cannot read, edit, move, delete, or anything. Ideas appreciated. Michael

[PLUG] CentOS7 Mounting Remote NFS Share on Reboot

2021-06-26 Thread Michael Barnes
I have two CentOS7 machines which need to share a folder. I have the export stuff set up on the primary and fstab configured on the second computer. rd1:/var/snd /var/snd nfs _netdev,defaults,auto 0 0 If I do a "mount -a", everything works fine. However, if I restart the

Re: [PLUG] Wireless Camera, Raspberry Pi, NO Network

2021-05-21 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:21 PM wes wrote: > you don't need a router to use a wifi network. you can set up a direct wifi > connection from one device to another. > > the specifics of how to do this are different depending on the OS running. > for example: > >

Re: [PLUG] Wireless Camera, Raspberry Pi, NO Network

2021-05-21 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 5:42 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021, 5:00 PM Michael Barnes > wrote: > > > Here's an interesting one. I have a standalone Raspberry Pi 3 B+. It has > a > > screen and keyboard. It is not connected to any network, nor is any > netwo

[PLUG] Wireless Camera, Raspberry Pi, NO Network

2021-05-19 Thread Michael Barnes
Here's an interesting one. I have a standalone Raspberry Pi 3 B+. It has a screen and keyboard. It is not connected to any network, nor is any network available to connect to. I would like to use an outdoor wireless camera and view it on the RPi. I can get 12V to the camera for power. I do not

Re: [PLUG] Old OS on New Machine

2021-05-06 Thread Michael Barnes
I think you guys hijacked my thread. Michael On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 10:26 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 5/6/21 10:15 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > > > > > It looks like this board might be too old for USB booting. I pulled up > > the manual and its running a stone age AMI BIOS that doesn't even have

Re: [PLUG] Old OS on New Machine

2021-05-06 Thread Michael Barnes
s. > It's supposed to be a temporary solution, as I believe there may be > security implications to continued use. The need for this appeared > somewhere around the RHEL 7 time frame if I recall correctly. > > > > On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 3:58 PM Michael Barnes > wrote: > >

[PLUG] Old OS on New Machine

2021-05-06 Thread Michael Barnes
I'm having the opposite of Dick's problem. I just built a new computer using an ASUS Pro B460M-C motherboard with 32GB or RAM. I'm trying to install CentOS7. I have both DVD and USB stick. I get the initial menu to choose install, test media and install, or troubleshoot. Regardless of what I

[PLUG] Serial dot-matrix printer replacement

2021-04-24 Thread Michael Barnes
I have an old piece of equipment that handles monitoring and remote control for a site. It has an old serial dot matrix printer that would print out alarms situations and status readings. We want to keep the basic unit, but the printer has died. I'd like to replace the printer with something like

Re: [PLUG] What Is Sending Email?

2021-03-23 Thread Michael Barnes
has placed their own values under > /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template or even a file under that directory that > would be overwritten by an update. > > Jason, > ber...@begie.net > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:28:27PM -0400, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 22:58 Mic

Re: [PLUG] What Is Sending Email?

2021-03-22 Thread Michael Barnes
On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 3:17 PM TomasK wrote: > If you cannot find the variable by: grep -r E4BCD_ config_dir > .. you can always add a few lines to send yourself email containing the > variables at the next execution. > Once you know the email address - it should be trivial to find it in >

Re: [PLUG] What Is Sending Email?

2021-03-22 Thread Michael Barnes
Sent from a mobile device > > > On Mar 18, 2021, at 7:54 PM, Michael Barnes > wrote: > > > > As part of my new gig, I inherited an email server. It is an Intel NUC > > running Linux. I have almost no information on it, other than its login > > info. Looking a

[PLUG] What Is Sending Email?

2021-03-18 Thread Michael Barnes
As part of my new gig, I inherited an email server. It is an Intel NUC running Linux. I have almost no information on it, other than its login info. Looking at various logs, I find a folder /var/log/Exim4 with mail logs in it. It has a series of log files titled mainlog with owner of Debian-exim

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice6/Writer: delete character

2021-03-08 Thread Michael Barnes
On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 2:47 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > I want to assign to Ctrl-d the action of deleting the character immediately > to the right of the cursor's position (the 'point' in Emacs-speak). The > dialog box for assigning actions to key chords has a fixed list of choices, > none of which

Re: [PLUG] Using curl for file transfer

2021-02-11 Thread Michael Barnes
On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 12:08 PM Michael Barnes wrote: > I use a program that uses curl to automate ftp file transfers. The problem > I have run into is the username for the ftp account is an email address ( > u...@host.com). When I enter the information in the window to edit the >

Re: [PLUG] Using curl for file transfer

2021-02-09 Thread Michael Barnes
On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 7:28 PM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > On Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 15:41 Ken Stephens > wrote: > > > Single quotes around the email addess? > > > > . > > > I think that there may be more to the problem description. > > Curl is command line tool OP mentions box/window - that would suggest

[PLUG] Using curl for file transfer

2021-02-09 Thread Michael Barnes
I use a program that uses curl to automate ftp file transfers. The problem I have run into is the username for the ftp account is an email address ( u...@host.com). When I enter the information in the window to edit the downloads, I put in the host information, then in the user box, I put

Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

2021-02-04 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:21 PM Michael Barnes wrote: > I have a couple short text files of quick reference info with links on the > desktop of a Raspberry Pi. When I need my memory refreshed, I just double > click the icon and it opens the file in the text editor. Since it is a > sma

[PLUG] Large Print Text

2021-02-03 Thread Michael Barnes
I have a couple short text files of quick reference info with links on the desktop of a Raspberry Pi. When I need my memory refreshed, I just double click the icon and it opens the file in the text editor. Since it is a small 7" screen, I'd like this to open in a large font making it easier to

Re: [PLUG] Yamaha CM500 headset: front microphone unplugged

2021-01-28 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 6:33 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > My Yamaha CM500 headset uses micro phono plugs rather than a USB "A" plug > for connection to the desktop. 'pavucontrol' tells me that the front > microphone is unplugged. > > As there are no instructions with the headset I want to check that

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

2021-01-27 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 2:39 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > I'll be presenting at a Zoom meeting in a couple of months and want to > ensure that my webcam and it's microphone (or an external mic) work well. I > know that pavucontrol recognizes the camera and external mic (I assume the > webcam mic,

Re: [PLUG] Execute Script Via Email

2021-01-21 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 8:47 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, David wrote: > > > I'm not sure about the "easy" part, but take a look at procmail and its > > recipes. > > > > I don't use it, but the utility ingests mail, analyzes it, and then > "takes an > > action" which is

[PLUG] Execute Script Via Email

2021-01-21 Thread Michael Barnes
Is there a way to execute a script via email? I have a machine that does several monitoring tasks of equipment. When certain conditions are detected and at scheduled times, the machine sends status emails to me. I would like to send an email back to execute a script to perform tasks. Is there an

[PLUG] Sending notifications from remote equipment

2021-01-09 Thread Michael Barnes
Here's an interesting challenge. Another no-budget project. I have some remote equipment that I need to occasionally receive an alarm alert from. The equipment provides a contact closure in an alarm condition. In the past for this type of thing, I used an old autodialer that simply picked up a

Re: [PLUG] Script Help

2020-12-20 Thread Michael Barnes
On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 6:44 PM Ali Corbin wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 6:38 PM Michael Barnes > wrote: > > > Sad thing about getting old. Memory ain't what it used to be. > > > > About 15 years or so ago, I wrote a script to trim filenames. What I did > >

[PLUG] Script Help

2020-12-20 Thread Michael Barnes
Sad thing about getting old. Memory ain't what it used to be. About 15 years or so ago, I wrote a script to trim filenames. What I did with the script was to download a group of files from an ftp site to a folder. The files were named something like ABC 12-12-20 TodayShow.mp3 The "TodayShow"

Re: [PLUG] New Computer - No Ethernet

2020-12-15 Thread Michael Barnes
On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:26 PM Bill Barry wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 2:19 PM Michael Barnes > wrote: > > > > > Update. I got a USB-Ethernet adapter and am at least connected for now. I > > really want to use the onboard NIC if possible. I was able to instal

Re: [PLUG] New Computer - No Ethernet

2020-12-15 Thread Michael Barnes
> > > > > On Fri, 2020-12-11 at 16:53 -0800, Michael Barnes wrote: > > > > > > > Just got a new computer a friend built. It is using a Biostar > B550GTA > > > > > > > Motherboard. I installed CentOS 7 in it, which went well. > > >

Re: [PLUG] New Computer - No Ethernet

2020-12-11 Thread Michael Barnes
y CentOS stream or Fedora > with newer kernel. > > Hope that helps, > Tomas > > On Fri, 2020-12-11 at 16:53 -0800, Michael Barnes wrote: > > Just got a new computer a friend built. It is using a Biostar B550GTA > > Motherboard. I installed CentOS 7 in it, which went wel

[PLUG] New Computer - No Ethernet

2020-12-11 Thread Michael Barnes
Just got a new computer a friend built. It is using a Biostar B550GTA Motherboard. I installed CentOS 7 in it, which went well. Problem is, I cannot get a network connection. I plug in the Ethernet cable and get a good light on the switch and a blinking yellow light on the jack in the computer.

Re: [PLUG] Home Automation mochad netcat ha-bridge

2020-12-05 Thread Michael Barnes
On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 5:58 PM Bill Barry wrote: > On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 3:22 PM Michael Barnes > wrote: > > > > Anybody have any experience with mochad or netcat? > > My project is using a Raspberry Pi Zero with an X-10 CM-19A transceiver > to > > contr

[PLUG] Home Automation mochad netcat ha-bridge

2020-12-05 Thread Michael Barnes
Anybody have any experience with mochad or netcat? My project is using a Raspberry Pi Zero with an X-10 CM-19A transceiver to control my Christmas lights from Alexa. There are two components to this. First is to install mochad to pipe commands to the CM-19A. I got mochad installed and it seems to

[PLUG] Java on RPi Zero

2020-12-04 Thread Michael Barnes
Mixing the old with the new. All my Christmas lights run on X-10 modules. I'm trying to interface them with my Alexa. I have the CM-19A module and an appropriate transceiver. The CM-19A is connected to a new Pi Zero running mochad. I am able to control the lights by echoing commands to nc. Now

Re: [PLUG] Dell Optiplex 745 video

2020-11-26 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 12:43 AM Neal wrote: > If you/re anywhere near Vancouver I've got a DMS-59 to dual DVI cable P/N > H9361 and a DMS-59 to dual VGA cable you can have. > > Regards, > Neal > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 8:10 PM Michael Barnes > wrote: > > > I

[PLUG] Dell Optiplex 745 video

2020-11-25 Thread Michael Barnes
I have a Dell Optiplex 745 computer I need to get into service for a special project. It has a dual DVI video card in it right now, however, I do not have a splitter cable to bring it out to single DVI connections. I really only need a VGA output for my application and would have to use a DVI>VGA

Re: [PLUG] Anyone using Linux based speech recognition for text entry?

2020-11-10 Thread Michael Barnes
On Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 14:49 Ken Stephens wrote: > Richard, > > Have you looked into the python module pyttsx3? It does have limited > voices, but they are understandable. > > HTH, > Ken > > > > Ken, Wrong direction. pyttsx3 translates text to speech. It will read a document to you. The

Re: [PLUG] Power Conditioner

2020-09-24 Thread Michael Barnes
You need to verify the wiring from your generator through the transfer panel. Depending on how it is configured, it is possible the ground does not make it all the way through when on generator. This can easily be checked with one of those 3 light circuit testers. I have run into this in the field

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

2020-09-11 Thread Michael Barnes
On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 10:58 Galen Seitz wrote: > On 9/11/20 9:09 AM, King Beowulf wrote: > > On 9/11/20 8:03 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > >> Drought, pandemic, federal administration, economic collapse, and now > >> record > >> wildland fires. A year to remember and there's still 1/3rd to go. >

[PLUG] Points on a map

2020-07-12 Thread Michael Barnes
Here's an interesting challenge. First, I am not a programmer, but I can sometimes piece stuff together and modify to make it work. I have seen these on other web pages and they seem like they should be simple enough. I have a document file with about 200 locations nationwide. Each location has s

[PLUG] Video Editing Software

2020-07-04 Thread Michael Barnes
Looking for suggestions on video editing software for Linux. I'm running Mint 18.3. I have a bunch of small mp4 cell phone videos. I need to stitch them together into a single video. I will also need to replace some of the audio to create a flowing commentary. To add to the requirement list, I'll

Re: [PLUG] Of Wine, USB and getting them talking

2020-06-24 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 09:25 Chuck Hast wrote: > Under Win10 it comes up as E: removable disk, under device > Manager it says it is a STM microdevices removable flash > drive. > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:11 AM Chuck Hast wrote: > > > It is the control processor of the radio it is a > >

Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 5:29 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Michael Barnes wrote: > > > The gray plug is for the microphone. This particular headset required > > "phantom power" on the microphone line to power the microphone. Some > > equipme

Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM Mike C. wrote: > Michael Barnes mentioned HAM users giving this headset good reviews. On > this ham radio forum, https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=7494 > ,there > are 2 comments regarding the microphone, one states poor mic performance >

Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 9:52 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > I have an adapter for the landline phone's headset that allows its use > > with cellphones so I could try that. Or, connect it to the Panasonic > > cordless handset on a call. > > That adapter fits

Re: [PLUG] Long Range Wireless

2020-04-13 Thread Michael Barnes
OK, got the Bullet M2, antenna, POE injector, cables, etc. Hooked it all up and got right into the management page. Followed all the instructions and videos I could find. The need is to connect to WiFi from my RV. Per the instructions, I set the Wireless settings to Station, choose an access point

Re: [PLUG] Kernel Modules to blacklist binary applications

2020-04-09 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 10:17 PM Chuck Hast wrote: > Yes, I have BS alarms going off all around here on every machine > but the windows box (yeah I have one of those now due to Chinese > radios that have to be programmed from windows..) Indeed how long > is not the question but when. >

Re: [PLUG] Long Range Wireless

2020-04-08 Thread Michael Barnes
or only one? > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 8:14 PM Michael Barnes > > wrote: > > > >> Probably discussed before, but I can't find it now. I need to set up > some > >> longer range wireless than the normal Walmart networking toys. In the > >> past,

[PLUG] Long Range Wireless

2020-04-08 Thread Michael Barnes
Probably discussed before, but I can't find it now. I need to set up some longer range wireless than the normal Walmart networking toys. In the past, I have used a Netgear router hooked to a high gain outdoor antenna. I have heard of Ubiquiti equipment and seen a few of them, a small device that

Re: [PLUG] Online reading ... Re: Ripping audio cds

2020-04-07 Thread Michael Barnes
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 7:21 AM Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Mon, 6 Apr 2020, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > > I presume the public telephone system can be used to "broadcast" to > > many dialins simultaneously. > > > > Imagine a nationwide community of volunteers who read a book that > > they own over

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

2020-04-04 Thread Michael Barnes
On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 3:32 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 3:18 PM Michael Barnes > wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 7:06 PM Michael Barnes > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM Tomas

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

2020-04-04 Thread Michael Barnes
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 7:06 PM Michael Barnes wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM Tomas Kuchta > wrote: > >> What Linux distro are you using? >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 09:39 Michael Barnes wrote: >> >> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

2020-04-03 Thread Michael Barnes
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > What Linux distro are you using? > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 09:39 Michael Barnes wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig wrote: > > > > > Is this printer the HP Color Laserjet 2600n that

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

2020-04-03 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig wrote: > Is this printer the HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started printing washed > out colors for no reason? > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes > wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard > &

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

2020-04-02 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 11:09 AM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > The Chromebook may be mix up - someone was seeking help with printing on > wrong paper size from Chromebook, and the printer did not like that. > > I thought that I am responding to that Chromebook person. > > Please disregard my conversation

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

2020-04-02 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote: > > > Everything was working fine until I changed routers about six months ago > > and had to change the ip address for the printer. Nothing related to the > > printe

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

2020-04-01 Thread Michael Barnes
g - you are looking for > >> script or executable generating the HTML displayed by the browser. > >> > >> Without further digging (it is too late now), I am not sure what the > >> executable is - it is using template to format the page in : > >> /usr/share/

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

2020-04-01 Thread Michael Barnes
avigate to URLs as if they would be > on your desktop to list/add printers. > > Tomas > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 01:09 Michael Barnes wrote: > > > Still fighting printer problems. I tried going to the cups management > page > > at localhost:631. I get the index page, bu

[PLUG] Where are cups website files?

2020-03-31 Thread Michael Barnes
Still fighting printer problems. I tried going to the cups management page at localhost:631. I get the index page, but every line I click on brings up a window that says "Not Found". Not much help. Where is it looking fo these files? I think I found some of them in /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/

[PLUG] Still Having Print Color Problems

2020-03-30 Thread Michael Barnes
I've got an HP Color Laserjet 2600n. For some reason, it started printing with kind of a washed out yellow/greenish tint over the printing. It prints fine from my Windows laptop. I am running Linux Mint 18.3 on my desktop. It works fine from my other Mint computer. I received a suggestion to go to

Re: [PLUG] Feedback wanted: Virtual PLUG Events

2020-03-27 Thread Michael Barnes
On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 12:19 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 11:01 AM Michael Dexter > wrote: > > > All, > > > > I'm here for the software and personal freedom. I see open source/free > > software as one of the best strategies (regardless of the specifics), to > > achieve more

Re: [PLUG] Feedback wanted: Virtual PLUG Events

2020-03-27 Thread Michael Barnes
I will be hosting an online meeting demonstration on Friday from 1200-1300L. I will be showing documents, applications, portions of a PowerPoint slide show, and my recent POTA activation video. I will entertain questions and comments. You may log in at anytime and stay as long as you like. This

Re: [PLUG] Feedback wanted: Virtual PLUG Events

2020-03-26 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 9:53 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:22:52 -0700 > Michael Barnes dijo: > > >Actually, I just hosted a conference tonight, finished a few minutes > >ago. We had five attendees. > > What are the maximum number of attendees

Re: [PLUG] Buzzing speakers - SOLVED!

2020-03-26 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 7:41 PM David wrote: > On 3/25/20 8:43 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: > -- clip -- > > > > > > Source of problem discovered. Still working on why. My APRS base station > > beacons every 30 minutes. For some reason, I recently started getti

Re: [PLUG] Feedback wanted: Virtual PLUG Events

2020-03-26 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 8:09 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 26 Mar 2020, Michael Barnes wrote: > > > I have participated in a bunch of webinars and the video was always one > > way. Participants had two way audio and could comment and ask questions, > > nobody could see

Re: [PLUG] Feedback wanted: Virtual PLUG Events

2020-03-26 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 05:39 Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, Michael Barnes wrote: > > > I just did two video conference calls today. Works fine. At the bottom > > left of the screen should be three icons, microphone, telephone handset, > > and video camera. T

Re: [PLUG] Feedback wanted: Virtual PLUG Events

2020-03-26 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 9:45 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:30:43 -0700 > Michael Barnes dijo: > > >I just did two video conference calls today. Works fine. At the bottom > >left of the screen should be three icons, microphone, telephone > &g

Re: [PLUG] Buzzing speakers - SOLVED!

2020-03-25 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 2:22 PM Galen Seitz wrote: > On 3/25/20 9:17 AM, Michael Barnes wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 8:51 AM Michael Barnes > > wrote: > >> > >> Model is VS-2121. The sound is not random. It happens at exactly :29 and > >>

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