you may reach out to listmas...@pdxlinux.org.
-wes
On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 6:10 PM American Citizen
wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am trying to reach the moderator of the PLUG discussion group.
>
> Please let me know how to contact this person?
>
> Thank you
>
> - Randall
>
>
>
hourly/, cron.monthly/, cron.weekly/.
>
>
these are different from crontab. each has its own strengths and weaknesses.
-wes
On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 8:33 AM Dick Steffens wrote:
> I have three of these models
>
if you have 3 of them, you could swap batteries with a working one and
follow the problem to its source.
-wes
I bet if you removed the 1TB drive and then install to the 2TB drive, it'll
boot.
getting it to dual boot after you put the ubuntu drive back could be a
"fun" adventure but... it's a step
-wes
to find out whether
this returns everything to normal.
I sort of doubt that the window manager really died - the existing windows
should no longer display if that were the case. or at least you should lose
some of the surrounding detail (title bars, clock, notification tray, etc).
-wes
ion to this particular need.
-wes
eruse through the
settings related to this to see if anything sticks out.
-wes
people interested in just
> jumping straight to nerd-socializing at 7pm or something? If so, does
> someone want to suggest a centrally-located venue? My thoughts turn to
> one of the Lucky Labs but let's not let my narrow thinking be limiting.
>
>
we used to call this an "un-PLUG" event.
-wes
On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 11:08 AM MC_Sequoia wrote:
>
> Gmail has Ads.
>
>
gmail does not serve ads via imap.
-wes
computer audio so you don't get
undesired crossover.
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things up
>
I would suggest you try to turn the volume control on the boombox to the
lowest you can go while still being able to pick up the signal on the
desktop.
-wes
that outputs HDMI, or a monitor that
accepts DP input. the signals are not compatible and have to be translated,
which introduces many opportunities for error.
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>
>
this is both a weakness and a strength. if they're set up for it, an mvno
can allow you to try out a bunch of different carriers with less hassle
than closing accounts and opening new ones and porting your number around,
etc. and when the signal landscape changes, it will be easier to adapt.
-wes
pportunity to
drop connections and don't re-establish automatically. additionally, this
is usually more expensive than a data-only plan.
-wes
it is probably time to move any further responses on the topic of
censorship to plug-talk.
-wes
On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 4:41 PM Chuck Hast wrote:
> This is particularly bizarre, as in my small enclave out in
> OKC OK I can see both sides of the conversation quite
> well. Too bad
yes, I can confirm that Reid is using protonmail.
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On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 8:48 AM Ben Koenig
wrote:
> Forking this off into a new topic since it's not related to my original
> question.
>
> In the email quoted below from Rich, I see that he is quoting someone by
> the na
ty of "something" happening to the
public key on the web host end. since whatever was there has now been
replaced, we have no way of knowing what it was.
-wes
On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 3:33 PM Rich Shepard
wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, wes wrote:
>
> > what is the output of:
> > which texindy
>
> $ which texindy
> which: no texindy in
> (/home/rshepard/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/us
-to-set-wq-standards.idx
> -bash: /usr/bin/texindy: Permission denied
>
> which is the issue I hit before. Sigh.
>
> Any ideas why?
>
>
what is the output of:
which texindy
and the output of:
ll [whatever the output from which texindy was]
if the above was a symlink, let's see:
ll [whatever the symlink points to]
-wes
d logically interpret its appearance to mean that
the google account login is required.
-wes
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 8:29 PM Tomas Kuchta
wrote:
>
> May I ask - what the . is Compose key? Is that Apple computer keyboard
> thing?
>
>
the wiki article was literally linked 2 messages before the one you quoted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key
-wes
ep our
expectations realistic. speaking of which, you went way past my
expectations by figuring out how to download and extract an rpm. kudos to
you.
also, novell and suse have (separately) been bought out multiple times.
-wes
nally am not a fan, but I'm sure there are those
who are who will claim I'm simply afraid of change.
> I really need the ps command to keep track of the PID tasks running, but
> now I have nothing.
>
not just that - the ps command is integral to the proper functioning of a
linux system. it is used by other utilities and system scripts.
-wes
vate-vaults-ruling-2022-10
-wes
with learning how cnames work 20
years ago. we can skip all of that by just holding off until it's needed.
in this case, there are only 3 A records involved so for now it's simpler
to stick with them.
-wes
t your info from your DNS
hosting provider is incomplete.
the MX records control where mail gets delivered. not the A record. so
changing the A record from the office IP to the web host IP will not break
your email service.
-wes
they don't care in the slightest. they're just following a script.
if it was me, I would troll them a little. "I had to break the law to get
my phone fixed because you wouldn't help me." but that's probably farther
than most would want to go.
-wes
On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 7:31 PM
oute, the next thing to try would
be to call in, and just ask for a supervisor. tell them there's a dispute
about the RMA situation or something, but don't give specifics, as they
will just insist on giving you the same answer. this is not likely to work
but is your best bet.
-wes
hanges.
>
> What have I missed doing?
>
>
wild guess here, but have you tried the same operation without selecting
all cells?
-wes
ed with
> > larger ones.
> >
> > -wes
>
> People love to try that and it never works the way anyone expects...
>
>
I've done it successfully several times, though always intentionally. I
know there is some rule about raid devices needing to be within a certain
percentage o
the smaller drives were replaced with
larger ones.
-wes
v/md1 /mnt
mount: block device /dev/md1 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
-wes
h LVM, I'd strongly recommend making a
> backup image of /dev/md1 if your data is important and you don't already
> have a backup. If the data is not important, have at it and ignore the
> rest of this message.
>
>
I don't particularly care about the data, and I do have backups. this is
largely an educational exercise.
-wes
On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 3:16 PM wes wrote:
>
> md1 with 4 drives out of 6 is somewhat less clear that it could survive.
> it did rebuild, so I can only assume that means it at least believes the
> data is intact. I guess I'm looking for a way to validate or invalidate
&
this
belief.
-wes
On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 2:57 PM Robert Citek wrote:
> Greetings, Wes.
>
> From the information you provided, I’m guessing you built the RAID from
> five drives ( /dev/sd{f,g,h,i,j} ), which created a single /dev/mda device.
> That device was partitioned to create dev
so clearly there is _something_ there but I can't figure out how to tell
what it is.
# file -s /dev/md1
/dev/md1: sticky data
any ideas on things to check or try? this is not a critical system so this
is mostly an academic exercise. I would like to understand more about this
area of system administration.
thanks,
-wes
On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 2:33 PM Bill Barry wrote:
> Windows itself changes so often that people would not notice some
> minor menu changes.
>
with the advent of navigation by searching, the difference between linux
and windows for the average user has become all but negligible.
-wes
Just an offhand thought: how hard would it be to get the windows vm to
launch on boot, and automatically become fullscreen?
-wes
On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 3:19 PM Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> Dual booting should not be a problem. I just recently created a dual
> boot of Windows 11 and Ubuntu
where near fast enough to notice the difference.
but if you have the hardware to spare such that you can just toss out the
old machine, go for it. it'll break eventually anyway (and so will the
newer one, possibly before the older one does).
-wes
yup, that does look like it would work. thank you!
-wes
On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 9:51 AM Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> It looks like what you are looking for is:
> ProCurve Gigabit 1000Base-T Mini-GBIC Part # J8177B
>
> Which is listed as a compatible GBIC for your switch.
>
> On Thu,
n, choosing hplip-3.22.2.run. I set it to executable
> and tried to run it from the command line:
>
> ~/Downloads/HPLIP 3.22.2$ hplip-3.22.2.run
> hplip-3.22.2.run: command not found
>
> What gives? How can the file be there and not be found?
>
>
try ./hplip-3.22.2.run
or ~/Downloads/HPLIP 3.22.2/hplip-3.22.2.run
by default, linux does not look in the current directory when you tell it
to launch a program.
-wes
I think the suggestion is that since instructions for those operations
exist, searching down that path could lead you to a solution to your
tangentially related problem.
note that one of the examples given was "offset" which appears to be what
you're looking for.
-wes
On Fri, Apr 1,
://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c02593857#feat10
which indicates the modules J4858A and J4859A are compatible, but these are
both fiber adapters. I am looking for a copper module.
thanks,
-wes
n.' But the checkbox has always been selected, yet it
> still asks me repeatedly to unlock the keyring.
>
if you right-click on the keyring, do you get any options around setting a
password?
-wes
On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 11:04 AM John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 17:14:19 -0800
> wes dijo:
>
> >On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 12:49 PM John Jason Jordan
> >wrote:
> When I ran ifconfig it gave me enx+long-number which was the
> ethernet, and no IP add
oking.
>
>
I don't think changing your user account's password will help. you need to
change the keyring password (which is frequently the same as the login
password for convenience, but is not necessarily). this is what seahorse
allows you to do
-wes
t;
>
would you be able to copy and paste the commands you're running and their
output?
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all the options in Caja to see if there is something
related to this, or search on terms like, Caja refresh file index or
similar.
-wes
thing synaptic would be doing. this would tell you what happens and allow
you to see the whole process.
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apply
yet, under the file menu, there is an option labeled
"generate package download script"
save this somewhere and it will show exactly what it's downloading and from
where, with full url.
other apt related tools have similar options, though you really have to go
looking for them.
-wes
On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 12:38 PM Rich Shepard
wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2021, wes wrote:
>
> Calc should allow me to remove that
> single quote/apostrophe from a column using the search-and-replace dialog
> box.
>
>
hmmm. well, the single-quote/apostrophe character that a
xt tools to remove the
extraneous apostrophes?
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our PTR record, if it exists.
this is not super trivial, it will involve a fair amount of work, but it
can be done.
-wes
On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 9:49 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 10/08/2021 10:49 AM, wes wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 7:02 AM Richard Owlett
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>2. Do recent versions of Windows still have icons titled "Wind
+1 to this. If anyone knows of another potential venue, even temporarily
until Free Geek is available again, please speak up.
I know of places in Vancouver we could use, but I doubt that works for most
people.
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On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 2:47 PM Russell Senior
wrote:
> I think the prim
I'm relying on. however, sorting
first doesn't hurt anything, so have at it.
yeah, awk is often a more appropriate tool for this type of job, it's just
that I happened to learn sed first, so I default to that. it's the same
reason I use vi instead of emacs, it's largely down to complete coincidence.
-wes
To get the count of unique callsigns, you can just feed this same command
into wc -l.
find Processed -type f -printf '%f\n' | sed "s/@.*//" | uniq -c | wc -l
-wes
On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 7:21 PM wes wrote:
> if the @ is consistent with all the files, that makes it relatively e
if the @ is consistent with all the files, that makes it relatively easy.
find Processed -type f -printf '%f\n' | sed "s/@.*//" | uniq -c
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On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 7:17 PM Michael Barnes
wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 5:29 PM David Fleck wrote:
>
> > As Wes said, a
lts.
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 further.
-wes
On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 5:01 PM Michael Barnes
wrote:
> Here's a fun trivia task. For an ac
display problem you're having, but
this error can probably be resolved by putting another "sudo" in front of
"apt-get" like so:
sudo dpkg -l | grep ^..r | sudo apt-get purge
this is because sudo does not apply to anything after a redirect (pipe in
this case).
-wes
this is often called a "cheat sheet" so if you search using that term you
will find something pretty close to what you're looking for.
I used linux command linux cheat sheet wiki to find this and many like it:
https://wiki.bits.vib.be/index.php/Linux_Beginner%27s_Shell_Cheat_page
-w
this came from the same IP as before, 23.92.27.105
-wes
On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 8:59 AM Tom wrote:
> Testing sending from my other new mail server. This one supports
> rsa-sha256 and ed25519-sha256 instead of just rsa-sha1.
>
On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 8:52 PM Tom wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 14:44:21 -0700
> wes wrote:
>
> > with this, they are basically avoiding responsibility for hosting
> > spammers.
> >
> > the level 3 listing happens when there are a large number of level 1
> &g
Flip flopping means it is being flagged sometimes, and other times not.
That is the behavior change I was referring to.
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On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 6:32 PM Ben Koenig wrote:
> What do you mean by "flip flop" I take it to mean that the behavior has
> changed.
>
> Rem
that affects it.
either way, we only have a few data points, so certainly not enough to draw
any conclusions.
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On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 6:11 PM Tomas Kuchta
wrote:
> I was giving feedback that it might resolve itself + I was being smart
> about it.
>
> Yes, I feel that th
since the behavior has flip-flopped, I am not sure that we really know any
more about what the problem is now than we did before.
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On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 5:50 PM Ben Koenig wrote:
> If users took responsibility for verifying the source of the email then
> this would all be irrelevant
.
different providers will have different factors they consider, and set
their own threshold.
using linode to send emails is definitely a problem, even if you don't see
it.
-wes
On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 3:22 PM TomasK wrote:
> FYI
>
> This email has landed in my gmail inbox, not spam
e number of level 1 or 2
listings. meaning a significant volume of spam was reported from
linode-owned IP space.
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On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 1:44 PM Ben Koenig
wrote:
> Its clear that most gmail hosted accounts are flagging his emails, but its
> not 100%.
>
>
do we have an example of a gmail account that is not flagging his emails?
-wes
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On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 8:17 AM Ben Koenig wrote:
> On Wed, May 26, 2021, 12:10 AM wes wrote:
>
> > On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 4:12 PM wes wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 3:36 PM Tom wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Mon, 24 May 2
On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 4:12 PM wes wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 3:36 PM Tom wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 24 May 2021 15:45:06 -0700
>> "Jason Barbier" wrote:
>>
>> > you are part right, the modification of the message body would cause
>> > D
tain way?
>
>
we could ask that same question the other direction: why is it that most
subscribers who use DKIM don't have their emails marked as spam by gmail?
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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:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=249561
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On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 5:00
On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 3:48 PM Rich Shepard
wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021, wes wrote:
>
> > we would need to know all the steps you took to make the changes to see
> if
> > there are any possible points where something could have gone wrong.
>
> I explained them in
h that we've heard
it multiple times and can learn to recognize it with very few details. this
is not one of those times.
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twork interface to ignore any
errors or warning signs and set the higher speed regardless. this may work
just fine, or it may cause mysterious behavior in the future. at which
time, you will of course have forgotten about all of this and we'll all be
wondering why you get random web page timeouts or
king at the higher speed on the
other system you're testing with.
+1 to the suggestion of running ethtool.
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repeating the same test with the wireless interface disabled.
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>
Also remember that these emails don't come from your server - they come
from PLUG's mailing list server. So in this particular edge case your
hard-fail SPF rule is working against you :)
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t know why I might need to set the router up for the DS220+.
>
>
This feature is intended for use by people who want to access their
Synology from outside the network it lives on - ie, over the internet. You
should probably not do this.
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s the enclosure offer any options to supply power externally? Might be
worth a try, just as an experiment.
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On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 7:43 PM John Jason Jordan wrote:
> the reinstall option was grayed out
>
>
were there any options available?
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On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:14 PM John Jason Jordan wrote:
>
> $ /proc/mdstat
>
>
Ah, yeah, we could have been clearer about that too. try cat /proc/mdstat
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: /proc/mdadm: No such file or directory
>
>
I get this mixed up frequently also. it's actually /proc/mdstat.
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ls are great, but you have to be careful not to label more
> than one partition with the same label. I like labels, because they are
> human readable, unlike UUIDs.
>
>
If you create the RAID array with UUIDs, it (probably) won't break when
your syste
nd various
ways of addressing each drive, including by UUID. You could specify this
path in your fstab file, as well as re-create the RAID array using these
names rather than /dev/nvmewhatever.
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hanged the selection, et voila! Sound!
>
> That worked for vlc, but online videos (CNN, YouTube) still have no sound
> even with the sound level mazimized and the tab allowing sound.
>
> Any ideas on this?
>
>
>
One may need to restart the web browser after connecting a ne
ev/zero of=/dev/nvme1n1
and repeat for each drive.
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On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 3:34 PM Rich Shepard
wrote:
> Now: lvcreate.
>
>
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-referen
>
> What are the differences between the two?
>
>
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-lin
/etc/aliases would contain:
command: "|/usr/local/bin/command-processor"
/opt/command/processor would be a shell script that looks for the key
values like RESTART_whatever and then takes action based on that input.
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email directly to $cell_carrier's public email-to-SMS
gateway MTA.
Preferably you would use a hosted email account (even if it's gmail) to
authenticate outgoing emails, but there are many degrees of "correct ways"
to accomplish your goal.
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well it was sent only 2 hours before the meeting, so that's not quite so
extraordinary.
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On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 3:13 AM J. Hart wrote:
> Mine arrived about an hour and a half before the meeting.
> I missed it as a result.
>
> On 01/09/2021 05:58 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
> &g
what has your experience with AWS been? for me, the initial setup is rather
confusing, but after that I just ssh in like normal. and stopping/starting
an instance is fairly painless, and they only charge you for storage while
it's off.
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On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 12:22 PM Eric House wrote
, by tagging the traffic for you.
Good luck, have fun!
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On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 4:48 PM TomasK wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does any one has Verizon Fios fiber service and own router?
>
> I am setting it up ISP with them remotely and would love to hear what
> to expect on the day one - whe
pplications menu.
The difference is that the menu icon uses the .desktop file to determine
how to launch vlc.
> what the heck happened that caused the breakage?
>
>
I could not even begin to guess.
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Also, do you have another computer to test it on? That would be a good way
to narrow down which side the problem is on.
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On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:09 AM Jake Bottero wrote:
> Actually, that’s a good idea, try mounting it from the command line. I was
> using the GUI.
>
> On
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 3:39 PM John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:21:03 -0700
> wes dijo:
>
> >On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 11:26 AM John Jason Jordan
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Upon discovering that Slot 2 was closed my first thought was to open
> &
could test this idea on
something cheap before taking the risk on the expensive parts.
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