Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

On Thu, 4 Feb 2021, Vernon Geiszler wrote: Once you open the file in the text editor, you should be able to do a CTRL-a to select all text and then go to the preferences and change the font size. Vernon, I suspect that works for only GUI text editors. Emacs, joe, nano and other CLI editors

Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, 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 small 7" screen, I'd like this to

Re: [PLUG] Raving mad RAID

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, John Jason Jordan wrote: jjj@Devil-Thinkpad:~$ sudo /proc/mdstat John, The /proc/files are text. Use: sudo less /proc/mdstat Rich ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Next topic: whiteboard software

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, John Sechrest wrote: I think the draw it on paper and show it is actually likely in the top 3 options available. Fast and easy. But not shared and somewhat limited on resolution (through the camera). Back to the pen/paper and hold it to the camera as the default

Re: [PLUG] Next topic: whiteboard software

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, Rich Shepard wrote: And, in a planning or decision-makgin BOGSAT[1] virtual meeting, [1] Bunch of Guys/Gals Sitting Around a Table ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Next topic: whiteboard software

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, John Sechrest wrote: What is the appropriate/effective tool that does the work that a real life blackboard does in a meaningful discussion. John, I find your question abiguous. Most of the shared whiteboard software is not effective and is a pain in the ***. How do you

Re: [PLUG] Next topic: whiteboard software

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, Tomas Kuchta wrote: Slides and notes problem is solved by standard presentation software such as libreoffice impress - you have presentation slides and associated presenter notes together. You present the slides to an audience, while you are the only person to see the notes.

Re: [PLUG] Next topic: whiteboard software

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021, PRD wrote: There are "shared" whiteboards, but then everyone needs a high-quality e-drawing surface. I would like to play with this, but the hardware is expensive, min $400; it's basically a cheap tablet PC that you just use for drawing. Not cost effective as a peripheral.

Re: [PLUG] Raving mad RAID

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021, John Jason Jordan wrote: And one more thought: I'd consider LVM instead of RAID0. But whatever system I set up, I need the four 7.68TB NVMe drives to appear as one big-ass 31TB drive. John, That's what LVM does. You have four physical drives. They can be collected into

Re: [PLUG] Headset issues

On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, Rich Shepard wrote: Well, I can if it's an analog output but not a digital output. FWIW, /proc/asound/cards shows: 0 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfcf6 irq 69 1 [Generic]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic

Re: [PLUG] Headset issues

On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, Tomas Kuchta wrote: Do you see the output audio stream from the web browser player in pavucontrol? Do you see the level meeter moving? Yes, when the output is to the analog speakers or headset. No, when the output is to a digital (USB) headset. If you do not see this -

Re: [PLUG] Headset issues [RESOLVED]

On Sun, 31 Jan 2021, Tomas Kuchta wrote: When you play sound in a web browser: a) make sure it is not muted in the player (on the web site) b) you should see the web browser output moving in pavucontrol c) when b) is met, select the output soubd device you want that web browser sound to go to -

Re: [PLUG] Headset issues [RESOLVED]

On Sun, 31 Jan 2021, wes wrote: One may need to restart the web browser after connecting a new sound device in order for it to be used. Wes, Oh. Well this one tried that (plugged in Logitech, killed firefox, reloaded firefox) and still no sound. I must still be doing something wrong. :-(

Re: [PLUG] Headset issues [RESOLVED]

On Sun, 31 Jan 2021, Rich Shepard wrote: Huh! I didn't know this because I don't watch many videos. Sure enough, vlc defaulted to 'generic audio stereo', even when I plugged in the Logitech. And, when I changed the selection, et voila! Sound! That worked for vlc, but online videos (CNN

Re: [PLUG] Headset issues [RESOLVED]

On Sun, 31 Jan 2021, Dick Steffens wrote: You may have already done this, but check the playback software as to which device it's using. Dick, Huh! I didn't know this because I don't watch many videos. Sure enough, vlc defaulted to 'generic audio stereo', even when I plugged in the Logitech.

[PLUG] Headset issues

I need some help here with headsets hearing .mp4 videos (and, I presume, live meetings regardless of hosting software.) I've three headsets (don't ask; bad hardware and supplier issues): two digital and one analog. The digital units are a Logitech H570e and an Mpow HC; the analog is a Yamaha

Re: [PLUG] Learnin ffmpeg

On Sat, 30 Jan 2021, Chuck Hast wrote: Zoneminder uses ffmpeg, you can go in and change all sort of parameters, setup a zm system and use it to test ffmpeg, that is where I have learned a bit about ffmpeg. You could run a ZM on an RPi 4 and feed it with an IP cam, then you can go in and play

[PLUG] Learnin ffmpeg

I've read the ffmpeg docs and understand the words but not the underlying contexts. My web searches for 'digital video' or 'video stream' return hits for digital cameras and video streaming servers. ffmpeg has many options and I'd like to understand them so I can record video from my webcam (or

Re: [PLUG] Next topic: whiteboard software

On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, John Sechrest wrote: What are the more refined alternatives for sharing prepared slides? John, I've always used a PDF document of slides prepared using the Beamer class in LaTeX and I present them with the displayer, "impressive." Yes, that's its name. :-) And then

Re: [PLUG] Next topic: whiteboard software

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Rich Shepard wrote: Knowing nothing about this software I'd appreciate comments from those with experience using it. I've dropped this idea. I cannot find appropriate software and the need would be incidental rather than contstant so it's really no loss. Rich

Re: [PLUG] Next topic: whiteboard software

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Ben Koenig wrote: Some meeting applications implement this as part of the video chat app. Usually there's a chat room associated with the meeting that people use to share things in the way you described. Not what I want to do but an interesting solution to a different

Re: [PLUG] Chroma-key green background replacement for Zoom

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Ben Koenig wrote: But since humans come in all shapes and sizes it has a tendency to either over/under estimate the area occupied by the person. And some of us humans occupy more space than we should ... or want to. :-( I saw some funny Teams fails where someone would

Re: [PLUG] Next topic: whiteboard software

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Tomas Kuchta wrote: How about just sharing window with your favourite drawing application (gimp/inkscape/krita/...). That is what I prefer to do. Tomas, I could do this. White board applications - part of the video conferencing - so that they can be shared - have many

Re: [PLUG] Chroma-key green background replacement for Zoom

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Tomas Kuchta wrote: I miss this British/Irish "Bob's your uncle" saying. It used to be family joke^2 ... While we had uncle Bob. Tomas, And what did Uncle Bob think of it? On a related note - those green screen replacement backgrounds look pretty weird in the

[PLUG] Next topic: whiteboard software

Does anyone here have experience with whitebord software? I want to use it with presentations, There are quite a few availble, including OpenBoard, Whyteboard, and others. Their focus appears to be in education (which is quite a broad field) but I won't be using it with students in a virtual

Re: [PLUG] Chroma-key green background replacement for Zoom

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Ben Koenig wrote: Seems that Zoom bothered to implement it for Linux. Some of the other apps (LOOKING AT YOU MICROSOFT) flat out refuse to provide certain features for the linux version. Ben, Well, since Zoom must be involved with zoom-linux (and the weekly SBo upgrades)

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Ben Koenig wrote: Some of the comments made by their marketing idiots about linux market share was beyond stupid. Ben, Theoretically how would one measure market share for F/OSS? And, market share for what? On the topic of security, there is not a single video chat

Re: [PLUG] Chroma-key green background replacement for Zoom

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Ben Koenig wrote: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/210707503-Virtual-Background Chroma-keying and other post-processing effects are always implemented by the application used to process/encode video. In the case of video chat applications, the client

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

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Michael Barnes wrote: First, USB is digital serial data and audio is analog varying voltage. Apples and oranges. You would not plug your toaster into a water faucet. Michael, I obviously didn't explain clearly. My other two microphones use USB and worked with zoom test.

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

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Tomas Kuchta wrote: I do not have your hardware, so adjust to your colors Tomas, How about black and blue? :-_ If your microphone is powered, and if your PC has line in input - you should connect the microphone to line-in. The problem is that the front line-in

[PLUG] Yamaha CM500 headset: front microphone unplugged

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 I'm connecting it correctly. I assume the black plug is

[PLUG] Chroma-key green background replacement for Zoom

There seems to be several tools that will place a background on a chroma-green screen using chroma-key. If you have used this with a Zoom meeting what software did you find worked best? I'll be connecting via zoom-linux if that makes a difference. TIA, Rich

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Jason Barnett wrote: If you want to do a full test, log in to the same meeting twice. I have done this via two different browser tabs. I have never had luck being able to test audio from the zoom test call, even when I know the mic works. Jason, I might try that. The

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Ali Corbin wrote: https://zoom.us/test Ali, I found that one. It'll show you your video, so that'll prove that your camera is working. The microphone is harder. You can change it and test it, and see the bars moving to prove that it's getting input. But I haven't found

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Rich Shepard wrote: Are there ways I can run tests here to ensure it all works properly? I found https://zoom.us/test. Anything else? Rich ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http

[PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

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, too, but haven't looked for it on pavucontrols input tab). Are

Re: [PLUG] Xfce4: set panel time

On Tue, 26 Jan 2021, elcaseti wrote: Sorry it didn't work out. Feh! I just removed the clock from the panel since it's both the wrong format and unnecessary and because the panel is hidden until needed so I've not used it for checking the time anyway. :-) Regards, Rich

Re: [PLUG] Xfce4: set panel time

On Tue, 19 Jan 2021, elcaseti wrote: Got it. This might be helpful: " https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=12414; One of the posts in the above forum mentions: tzdata , tzselect

Re: [PLUG] LVM for multiple internal drives

On Tue, 26 Jan 2021, Galen Seitz wrote: What you are planning seems fine, but I think you may be confusing the various pieces of an LVM setup. Galen, You're correct. It was only Sunday I started learning about LVM. Since then I've also read about it the 'UNIX and Linux System Administration

Re: [PLUG] LVM for multiple internal drives

On Tue, 26 Jan 2021, Reid wrote: Combining them into one volume group with three logical volumes would be reasonable. You don't want to use both drives for a single logical volume, if you want them to hold three separate filesystems. Reid, I'm still not used to the appropriate terminology.

[PLUG] LVM for multiple internal drives

My new desktop has a 240GB SSD for the OS and two 3TB HDDs. The latter will hold three mount points: /home, /opt, and /data. From what I've learned about LVM the past couple of days I think it makes sense for me to combine the two drives into one logical volume for the three mount points. Am I

Re: [PLUG] Disk partitioning types

On Mon, 25 Jan 2021, Tomas Kuchta wrote: In the interest of being correct and understanding one other. LVM is definitely not file system. LVM stands for Logical Volume Manager - and it is exactly that. That's true, Tomas. If you use cfdisk to partition a drive one of the options is Type.

Re: [PLUG] Creating array with mdadm

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, John Jason Jordan wrote: Question: Should I have created a partition on each drive first, and then made the array out of the four partitions? If so, should each partition have been formatted before creating the array? John, I don't know about mdman, but what I learned

Re: [PLUG] Disk partitioning types

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, wes wrote: I use lvm 2-3 times a year, not enough to remember all the syntax. When I do need to mess with it, I search up lvm cheat sheet. Today, that led me to this: https://unixutils.com/lvm-cheat-sheet-quick-reference/ Wes, Thank you. I found a web page from MIT that

Re: [PLUG] Disk partitioning types

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, wes wrote: I added cfdisk to my search terms and put "linux server data" in quotes and found this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/557470/what-are-the-differences-between-linux-filesystem-linux-server-data-linux-root Wes, Thank you. I didn't think of adding

[PLUG] Disk partitioning types

Partitioning hard drives using cfdisk there are two types (other than swap) available: linux filesystem and linux server data. My web searches to learn about the latter bring up hits on server hardware, not a partition type. What are the differences between the two? Rich

Re: [PLUG] Using Mediasonic Probox 4-bay enclosure

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have a Mediasonic 2-bay enclosure with a 6TB and an 8TB WD red. I set them up as RAID0, which resulted in a volume of 12TB because RAID0 gives you (number of drives) * (the size of the smallest drive). John, That's what I learned today when I

Re: [PLUG] Using Mediasonic Probox 4-bay enclosure [RESOLVED]

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, Rich Shepard wrote: Now I need to find some docs that will teach me what I need to know. Slackware has LVM2 but no HOWTO so more research is in order. Found what I need to know about LVM2. Question: Does the brand of SATA-eSATA cable matter? Rich

Re: [PLUG] Using Mediasonic Probox 4-bay enclosure [RESOLVED]

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, Rich Shepard wrote: There seem to be many NAS software tools for linux. I think one of these would be appropriate. LVM2. Now I need to find some docs that will teach me what I need to know. Slackware has LVM2 but no HOWTO so more research is in order. Rich

Re: [PLUG] Using Mediasonic Probox 4-bay enclosure [UPDATE]

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, Rich Shepard wrote: 1. Do all drives need to be of the same size? I don't think so. I don't want RAID, but 4 drives independently mounted. Or, two pairs of two drives each as a single logical volume. (Gotta' learn about this.) 2. What software should I use and what

[PLUG] Using Mediasonic Probox 4-bay enclosure

Reading about John's issues with his Synology NAS has prompted me to learn how best to use the Mediasonic Probox 4-bay enclosure I bought a few years ago. I cannot find a model number on it (which I think is rather strange), and the only docs that came with it are instructions on loading the

Re: [PLUG] Execute Script Via Email

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 generally just a routing of some sort. There shouldn't be any reason why you

Re: [PLUG] Xfce4: set panel time

On Tue, 19 Jan 2021, elcaseti wrote: I seem to remember that you primarily use Slackware, but not sure which distro you're using in this case. Slackware since 2003; Red Hat before then. The panel is xfce4-panel-4.12.0-x86_64-3. Regards, Rich ___

Re: [PLUG] git: checkout file from earlier version

On Wed, 13 Jan 2021, TomasK wrote: git checkout 3174f7c2385f5aebb7671b8cdc7c666144b2c8b4 model.py Tomas, I thought that would be the command but I needed to be sure. Thanks very much, Rich ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list

[PLUG] git: checkout file from earlier version

Reading my copy of Pro Git (2nd Ed) I'm not seeing how I can checkout (extract) a single file from an earlier version. Specifically I want to extract the file, model.py, from commit 3174f7c2385f5aebb7671b8cdc7c666144b2c8b4 made Mon Jan 15 14:49:27 2018. If I checkout the entire commit in the

Re: [PLUG] Desktop case cooling fans

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020, Jason Barnett wrote: I would recommend adding one intake fan (or even relocating the existing fan) in a filtered location. This is not (directly) for cooling, but to maintain positive pressure inside the case. If your exhaust is greater than the intake, then it pulls in air

Re: [PLUG] Desktop case cooling fans

On Wed, 30 Dec 2020, Matt McKenzie wrote: For non-overclocked use, I typically would go with at least 1 fan in each sector- 1 in front, 1 up top, 1 in rear. But the more the merrier, more won't hurt anything. Plus with more fans you can keep them running a little slower, thus quieter. My

Re: [PLUG] Desktop case cooling fans

On Wed, 30 Dec 2020, Tomas Kuchta wrote: You should be fine with what you have. If it is not enough you the components will either spin up fans producing noise or trottle down to produce less heat. If you observe the noise or throttling - you will know what to do then. Tomas, Thank you.

[PLUG] Desktop case cooling fans

I'm assembling a new desktop in a Thermaltake V100 case. The case comes with a 120mm fan attached to the rear and accommodates additional 120mm/140mm fans on the top and front panel. The manual shows 2- and 3-unit fans (the latter for the front) but I don't find such units in my web searches.

Re: [PLUG] Wayland and Wayfire

On Wed, 30 Dec 2020, Ben Koenig wrote: I don't really have any ideas but I can offer some additional info based on the meson install on my system Way off the thread's topic, but an interesting (to me) relevant point. I just upgraded meson-0.55.3-x86_64-1_SBo because I upgraded python3 to

Re: [PLUG] Which applications depend on specific library version

On Sat, 26 Dec 2020, Ken Stephens wrote: You could use the stat command to list the library files after running your favorite python3 applications. Then move accessed files over to the site-packages directory. Ken, I

Re: [PLUG] Which applications depend on specific library version

On Sat, 26 Dec 2020, Ben Koenig wrote: I don't use anything to automate SBo but there might be some tools that are aware of the SBo requires variable. Ben, hoorex - shows which other packages in a SlackBuilds.org (SBo) repository depend on a given package(s). The result list of

[PLUG] Which applications depend on specific library version

The ldd tool tells us which shared object libraries are required by a specific application. Is there a tool that does the opposite; that is, tells us what appliacations are dependent upon a specific library? I use only python3 now, but python2 is still installed, and has most Python modules are

Re: [PLUG] No sound

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020, Dick Steffens wrote: Any recommendations on what to look for? Dick, You mention the pavumeter but have you tried pavucontrol? The latter allows you to configure input and output and you can test it with any sound file you have on the system using the aplay tool. Carpe

Re: [PLUG] New Computer - No Ethernet

On Tue, 15 Dec 2020, Michael Barnes wrote: so at least it is being seen. I find no reference to it in dmesg, but I am not a dmesg guru, so I don't know if it should show up there. Michael, What does 'ifconfig -a' show you? Rich ___ PLUG:

Re: [PLUG] Anyone on the list with Verizon Fios service and own router?

On Fri, 11 Dec 2020, Johnathan Mantey wrote: Perhaps ZipWhatever is more accommodating. ZiplyFiber? That's the current owner of the FiOS here in Troutdale for me and my nextdoor neighbor (at least). It's all Cat6 Ethernet indoors, not coax. Rich

Re: [PLUG] Anyone on the list with Verizon Fios service and own router?

On Fri, 11 Dec 2020, TomasK wrote: Does any one has Verizon Fios fiber service and own router? Tomas, Yep. Me. I am setting it up ISP with them remotely and would love to hear what to expect on the day one - when I plug my router into their ethernet socket/switch/OTN. Do I need to ask

Re: [PLUG] Firefox not able to connect

On Fri, 11 Dec 2020, Dick Steffens wrote: Thanks. Turns out the problem was the Ethernet cable was unplugged. Not much fiddling with software would have helped. A new cable with a working latching gizmo would prevent the problem from reoccurring, even if I slide the box in and out from under

Re: [PLUG] CentOS going away, viva Rocky?

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020, Jake Bottero wrote: It is not surprising that IBM has taken this misguided path, they fail to understand that Enterprise users of CentOS will not simply start buying overpriced licenses for RHEL, they will bail out for Ubuntu Server. IBM’s misjudgment on this marks the

Re: [PLUG] Firefox not able to connect

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020, Dick Steffens wrote: Where do I look to figure out what I did that I shouldn't have done? Dick, Do you have /etc/resolv.conf or the Ubuntu equivalent? It lists the DNS servers that should be checked. Rich ___ PLUG:

Re: [PLUG] USB 3.x power question

On Wed, 9 Dec 2020, John Jason Jordan wrote: I believe what you need is a dock, one that has an external power source connected to the mains. John, I have always associated docks with portable computers, not desktops. Stay well, Rich ___ PLUG:

[PLUG] USB 3.x power question

I have a 7 port USB 3.0 (I think that's the minor version) hub with the external backup drive and trackball attached to it. My Palm TX sync cable used to work when plugged into the hub, but stopped a couple of weeks ago. This evening I connected it directly into the USB-2.x port on the front of

Re: [PLUG] ProxyJump Link

On Fri, 4 Dec 2020, Paul Heinlein wrote: My work network is hundreds of hosts, so I don't try to list all the unqualified names ... I'd be exhausted! :-) Paul, Isn't that job security? Stay well, Rich ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing

Re: [PLUG] HP4XXX printer, surprising tray fix

On Fri, 27 Nov 2020, Keith Lofstrom wrote: I will use the *friction* of that as a reference to *roughly* calibrate the other magnetic clutches. Edits added. No pun intended, of course. Rich ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Emacs: buffer opens in read-only mode

On Sat, 21 Nov 2020, Bill Morita wrote: Is the account your running under had write rights to the file? Bill, Yep. Rich ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] Emacs: buffer opens in read-only mode

Infrequently an emacs text file is opened in read-only mode. I know to disable this I use c-x c-q, but in my web search I've not found why a buffer would open in this mode. Has anyone insight into this behavior? Rich ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org

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

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020, Richard Owlett wrote: 2. I am not aware of Chrome/Chromium offering any interesting features. Chromium is the open source version of chrome. There are some web sites, such as those used for hosting virtual conferences, that do not support firefox or opera. I've found that

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

On Mon, 9 Nov 2020, Rich Shepard wrote: Take a look at this page: <http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/>. There are more resources, including on the OSM wiki. A web search for "openstreetmap on garmin" finds abundant information on obtaining OSM maps in Garmin format.

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, elcaseti wrote: On a related note, I'd like to try installing Openstreetmap on my Garmin 1350, if I can find good instructions on how to do that. That's the only way to keep most of their maps updated without paying Garmin some crazy amount of $ each time you update the

Re: [PLUG] CMR/PMR hard drive manufacturers and vendors

On Mon, 2 Nov 2020, Ben Koenig wrote: Rich, you would use a S.M.A.R.T. reporting tool just like an HDD, but the problem you will run into is that different SSD models have different ways of reporting wear and tear. Over the years there have been several implementations of wear leveling and each

Re: [PLUG] CMR/PMR hard drive manufacturers and vendors

On Mon, 2 Nov 2020, Ben Koenig wrote: Most end users will experience catastrophic data loss when using SSDs in a redundant RAID system. This is because most end users just assume that SSD technology is simply better and make no attempt to monitor the health of the drive. In server environment a

Re: [PLUG] OT - State of Oregon tech infrastructure?

On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, Mike C. wrote: I'll check out the book! For those who have time and interest the following from wikipedia should provide an incentive to read the book: "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, also known as GEB, is a 1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter. By exploring

Re: [PLUG] OT - State of Oregon tech infrastructure?

On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, Mike C. wrote: I've worked in IT most of my life from tech as Tech Supp. Sys Admin, Network Engr. and IT Manager. The only one to every blame is management / leadership. ... And my experience has been that just good, much less great, IT Mngmt & Leadership is a rare gem.

Re: [PLUG] OT - State of Oregon tech infrastructure?

On Thu, 29 Oct 2020, Mike C. wrote: I don't watch the local nightly news on tv, but a non-tech friend who does told me that due to the archaic state of Oregon's hw & sw, we're the last state in the country to distribute government relief funds to people. Mike, Check out www.oregonlive.com/

Re: [PLUG] Sorting lines in emacs

On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Johnathan Mantey wrote: Here's the output I received (Emacs 27.1): 408,1,... 408,2,... 440,1,... 441,1,... 441,2,... 441,3,... 441,4,... 441,5 504,1,... 555,1,... 2241,3,... 2243,1,... I didn't even have to perform the mark-whole-buffer. Note the leading [:space:]

Re: [PLUG] Sorting lines in emacs

On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Johnathan Mantey wrote: To achieve your desired result: query-replace-regexp ^( mark-whole-buffer sort-numeric-fields Johnathan, When I did this the results combined the first two fields, ignoring the comma separating them. Thanks, Rich

Re: [PLUG] Sorting lines in emacs

On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, TomasK wrote: ... as about sort and field delimiter sort -u -t , -k1,1 .is perhaps what you need to do to uniquify CSV on the first column Tomas, I wondered if I didn't correctly specify the key and I didn't use the -u or -t, either. Thanks, Rich P.S. My vi

Re: [PLUG] Sorting lines in emacs

On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Bill Morita wrote: Rather than killing yourself trying to get this done in Emacs, try creating a shell script that does the job. You can use | after selecting the region of your buffer to execute the shell script on. Bill, I tried this by using 'sort' but it didn't take

[PLUG] Sorting lines in emacs

I have a file of data to import into a database table. Each row is enclosed in parentheses and the first field/column is numeric; the table's PK. To check there are no duplicate rows I want to sort the numerically but both emac's M-x sort-numeric-fields and M-x sort-fields fail the task. The

[PLUG] DeepSurface Security looking for Backend Developer (fwd)

'Twas posted to the local postgresql maillist. yet might be of interest to some here. Rich -- Forwarded message -- From: Holly Hicks Hello everyone, I'm from DeepSurface Security where we are changing how companies address the risk of breaches by empowering our customers to

Re: [PLUG] nVidia settings errors

On Sun, 18 Oct 2020, John Jason Jordan wrote: Second, you might try switching to root instead of using sudo. I don't fully understand why, but apparently there are some differences. To become root you do 'sudo su.' One thing that I learned a long time ago is that 'su' means 'switch user,' not

Re: [PLUG] OT: Looking for some WiFi Networking Advice

On Wed, 14 Oct 2020, Mark Phillips wrote: I wear one all the timedon't you??? Mark, I use a stainless steel pot. :-) Rich ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] OT: Looking for some WiFi Networking Advice

On Wed, 14 Oct 2020, Mark Phillips wrote: Please don't start a discussion on the health effects of wifi radiation. Just assume I am so unscientific and superstitious that I believe in wifi gremlins and I don't want them invading my head.;) Mark, Have you tried a tinfoil hat? :-) Stay well,

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, elcaseti wrote: I'll be interested to hear how well that works without using the Windows GUI. There are two different actions we're discussing. Firmware upgrades are done from the console, or a DOS 'window' in Microsoft-world. It's been a few y years since I did this but

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, elcaseti wrote: I think using WINE to upgrade the firmware carries a risk of bricking them. Your best bet is to install Windows on bare metal & use that to update the firmware. I'll boot a laptop into DOS from the flash drive and upgrade the Garmin system firmware that

[PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

Garmin provides only Windoze and Mac packages to upgrade firmware on their GPS receivers. Does anyone know if this works with wine? I think I have a version of DOS on a flash drive for this situation, but no longer have the little Dell 2100 that I could boot into that (after copying the .exe

Re: [PLUG] "multiple" grep

On Thu, 1 Oct 2020, Tomas Kuchta wrote: But - I can recommend Recoll for desktop search - it is the greatest thing since the invention of sliced bread. Tomas, Sliced bread? Really? You need to expand your eating experiences. :-) Thanks for making me aware of Recoll. It's now installed and I

Re: [PLUG] "multiple" grep

On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Tomas Kuchta wrote: Pipes and grep would only be useful if the whole email is on single line. Context is needed in this instance. Okay. I was too early in the morning with my response. Carpe weekend, Tomas, Rich ___ PLUG:

Re: [PLUG] "multiple" grep

On Thu, 1 Oct 2020, Keith Lofstrom wrote: On plug-talk a few years ago, someone suggested a vendor for aftermarket laptop batteries. I can't find that email using simple "grep" in the hundreds of megabytes of plug emails I've saved over the decades. Tens of thousands of hits for laptop,

Re: [PLUG] Raspi, Zoom, cameras, incompatibilities

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020, Keith Lofstrom wrote: I found RasPi user forums bemoaning the lack of Arm/Raspbian modules necessary to run the Zoom app native on the PasPi4. Keith, I was considering a RPI for an application here and learned that I could run Slackware on it. I assume that other

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