[PLUG] Rsync command fail

I have an external USB drive that I back up to a Synology NAS drive with the command: rsync -rptog --progress --stats --delete --exclude-from=/media/jjj/Movies/rsync_exclusions /media/jjj/Movies/ /media/jjj/Synology The object is to make the Synology a mirror of the USB drive

Re: [PLUG] Stuff that I no longer need [all items now spoken for]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:04:02 -0800 John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> dijo: >Free to a loving home: > >The switches all have their wall warts and their documentation, and the >Netgears even have their original boxes. I no longer need them because >my shiny new Trendnet fro

[PLUG] Stuff that I no longer need

Free to a loving home: The switches all have their wall warts and their documentation, and the Netgears even have their original boxes. I no longer need them because my shiny new Trendnet from Newegg arrove today and is working fine. Dynex DX-GB8PRT 8-port gigabit ethernet switch

Re: [PLUG] Fiber connectors?

On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 22:32:19 -0800 Russell Senior dijo: >Yeah, the "bypassing needless" part is what we did already when I was >helping you. The NDOOR SFU GEN3 is the netgear thingie that the fiber >goes into, the so-called indoor ONT (optical network terminator). >

Re: [PLUG] Firefox crash when visiting aliexpress

On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:58:23 -0800 Ali Corbin dijo: > 56.0 (64-bit) on Mint also works. That's what I have on Xubuntu 14.04, and no problem with aliexpress. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Hard Drives - WD Red Pro?

On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:21:04 -0800 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >I am leaning towards Western Digital Red Pro 8TB with >the 5 year warranty. I recently went through the same shopping experience with more or less the same needs as you, and the WD Red Pro 8TB is what I ended up with.

Re: [PLUG] Fiber connectors?

On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 16:02:53 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> dijo: >On Thu, 9 Nov 2017, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> ... the skinny white fiber cable just dangles down between the studs >> and the end of it plugs into the back of the 'modem.' >

Re: [PLUG] Fiber connectors?

On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 22:14:32 -0600 Chuck Hast dijo: >Here are some good pix and data: >http://www.thefoa.org/tech/connID.htm Good lord. I will never figure this out. :( ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Fiber connectors?

On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 22:04:13 -0800 John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> dijo: >However, the bottom of the device has the following: > >ADTRAN >Model name: NDOOR SFU GEN3 >Model No. TA324 >Power rating: 12V 1.5A >P/N: 1287735G3 RevB > >Assembled in China >Ma

[PLUG] 24-port gigabit switch recommendations

Just a plain old ethernet switch, gigabit rated, 24 ports. But I have a special desire that advertising information is mostly silent about - I want lights on one side and ports on the other. This is because it will sit on a cabinet in front of wall ports connected to all the wall ports around the

[PLUG] Can't log in to D-Link DIR-860L (with OpenWRT)

My DIR-860l that Russell flashed for me so it would work with CwenturyLink gigabit fiber is working fine, but logging in to the admin page is not working. The login page comes up with the username as root and a password. I think the password is supplied by Firefox that saved it from some previous

Re: [PLUG] Another SpiritOne Question

On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:17:16 -0800 Dick Steffens dijo: >Does anyone have experience with Century Link as an ISP? I signed up for their gigabit fiber service a few months ago. So far everything is fine. However, a few points to consider: 1) Don't ever sign up with someone

Re: [PLUG] Another SpiritOne Question

On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 08:28:21 -0800 Dan Bolduc dijo: >Jason, I am curious to know what kind of 'deal' you were able to get on >your service by going to the Hollywood office. My promotional period >has run out on gigabit service, so I am currently paying the full >price

Re: [PLUG] Can't log in to D-Link DIR-860L (with OpenWRT)

On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 17:30:51 -0800 Russell Senior dijo: >John has regained access, fwiw. As far as I know, the problem is now >resolved. Yes, and I should add that I knew I could get the information directly from the printer, and I also supposed that there was a

Re: [PLUG] 24-port gigabit switch recommendations

On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 01:09:13 -0800 Neal dijo: >TRENdnet TEG-S24D -- ports on one side, connectors on the other. A bit of searching revealed that there is an older S24D no longer being sold, version 1.0R, so what you want is the version 1.1R. I like that it is fanless and

Re: [PLUG] VLC 3.0

On Wed, 09 May 2018 02:55:17 + Tomas Kuchta dijo: >What is Compiz? >What is it good for? >Can some explain it in a single digestible sentence? Compiz allows the user to add a bit of art to their desktop by altering the appearance of windows and objects. As a

Re: [PLUG] VLC 3.0

On Thu, 10 May 2018 00:20:13 + Tim Garton dijo: >What did you dist upgrade from? If it was Ubuntu 17.10 you are probably >running Wayland, which is most likely the problem. They reverted back >to Xorg with 18.04, but if you upgraded from 17.10 it may have carried

Re: [PLUG] VLC 3.0

On Wed, 9 May 2018 10:03:17 -0700 Ben Koenig dijo: >Compiz makes your desktop look cool. > >Compiz can break certain applications. > >As an analogy, if we compare VLC to a website... then Compiz is a >module you enable in the web server to add graphical effects to VLC. >

[PLUG] Rsync error that I don't understand

I have a 2-bay Mediasonic that is mounted as "Movies." I have a 2-bay Synology NAS that is mounted as "Synology." I have an rsync command that I use to make a backup of the Mediasonic to the Synology: rsync -rptog --progress --stats --delete

Re: [PLUG] Rsync error that I don't understand (Solved)

On Sat, 19 May 2018 19:55:52 -0700 Thomas Groman dijo: >It is saying some sort of IO error occurred when trying to get the >current working directory. If you have already made sure that directory >exists you should check the consistency of your disks. I remember

Re: [PLUG] NAS vs multi-bay USB external drives

On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 08:30:44 -0700 Jim Garrison dijo: >Different connections. NAS usually runs over Ethernet and uses NFS or >SMB remote drive sharing protocol over TCP/IP. USB uses a totally >different, native and much more efficient driver stack, and if capable >of USB 3 can be pretty close

[PLUG] What is /exports/users for?

I just discovered that I have a new folder labeled /exports/users that contains folders for all the currently attached removable devices, including my NAS. These devices also appear at /media/jjj, as they always have. I can write or delete files on these devices from either location, either with

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:51:50 -0700 wes dijo: > The Linux Clinic is this Sunday, 1-5pm. Bring your ailing systems or >questions and we will try to help, or at least get you pointed in a >useful direction. And there will be munchies. And I will be there with my recently acquired ability to

[PLUG] Tesseract and Hebrew

For subtitles in .idx/.sub format (bitmaps) I normally use vobsub2srt, which uses Tesseract to convert them to .srt format (text). However, suddenly I have .idx/.sub files for Hebrew, and vobsub2srt pukes them up, bitching that Tesseract can't grok them: Error opening data file

Re: [PLUG] Tesseract and Hebrew

On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 12:28:31 -0700 (PDT) Paul Heinlein dijo: >On Tue, 5 Jun 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> For subtitles in .idx/.sub format (bitmaps) I normally use >> vobsub2srt, which uses Tesseract to convert them to .srt format >> (text). However, suddenly I

[PLUG] Terminal shortcuts

I prefer Gnome terminal because it is more visually configurable than others that I have tried. Often I need to repeat a command with a different object, so the up arrow doesn't save typing. For example: mkvmerge -i (and repeat with a different movie) It annoys me that I keep having to

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a new ubuntu laptop to connect to 2 external monitors

On Wed, 2 May 2018 20:04:08 + "Smith, Cathy" dijo: >You may want to check out System 76. > https://system76.com/laptops +1 for System76. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] recommendation Xerox 8560 solid ink printer repair?

On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 10:47:53 -0800 RParr dijo: >I have a Xerox 8560 solid ink printer in need of repair. It starts >but then gets a memory error before I can even get to the diagnostics. > >Any recommendations where I might get this repaired? Is the memory removable, or

Re: [PLUG] One of my drives has disappeared

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:50:24 -0800 John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> dijo: >I am wondering if there is any kind of command wizardry that I could do >to shed light on the situation before powering down and opening the >case. It is listed in fstab, so is there a way to refresh fs

Re: [PLUG] One of my drives has disappeared

On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 01:48:07 + Jason Barnett dijo: >this drive has a 3 year warranty. > >If you purchased it with a credit card, you may have additional >warranty coverage. Typically an extra 1 year after the manufacturer's >warranty ends. Since you probably didn't

Re: [PLUG] SCSI device driver

On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:10:41 -0800 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >Yes, this would create soft link to /dev/sr1 and satisfy your >application. And so on... >I assume the syntax should be ln -s /dev/sg0 /dev/sr0, and >ln -s /dev/sg2 /dev/sr1, right? Or do I have that backwards?

Re: [PLUG] SCSI device driver

On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:18:07 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> dijo: >On Mon, 29 Jan 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> A slight problem: >> >> $ ln -s /dev/sg0 /dev/sr0 >> ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/dev/sr0’: File exists >&g

[PLUG] Another Seagate drive died

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate Seagate drives? This was the boot drive in my desktop computer. Fortunately this computer is used only for watching tv, playing movies, and streaming internet radio. It took a couple of hours, but its back n business, running Xubuntu 17.10 off of an 8GB USB

Re: [PLUG] SCSI device driver

On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:22:36 -0800 Denis Heidtmann dijo: >Is it possible that sg3-utils and/or sg3-utils-udev is what you need? >They seem to relate to the same stuff the posted comments mentioned. Apt-get can't find the package sg3-utils-udev. As for sg3-utils, I

Re: [PLUG] Another Seagate drive died

On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 22:30:36 -0800 wes dijo: >> I'm tired of drives with moving parts. Does anyone have any faves in >> the SSD world? >Kingston! I started my shopping on Newegg and haven't gotten much further. But I note that none of the drives are 3.5" form factor. I can

[PLUG] CPU info needed

First, let me make it clear that when it comes to CPUs, motherboards and RAMI am hopelessly out of date. I was out of date four years ago when I bought my laptop - I just selected component options based on the price. I had no idea what any of the features of the CPU actually did. So now I need

Re: [PLUG] SSD drives (Was: Re: Another Seagate drive died)

On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:03:32 -0800 "John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com" dijo: >Kingston SSDs did not last as long as the Samsung Pro (Pro, not Evo) >series SSDs in my sojurn at the Jones Farm SSD testing lab. I >therefore prefer the Samsung Pro SSDs. Before reading

Re: [PLUG] SCSI device driver

On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:55:45 -0800 King Beowulf dijo: >On 01/29/2018 02:22 AM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: >> Pretty old distro/kernel. For what is worth it - I do not have the >> same problem with 16.04. >> >> Anyway, how about creating soft link pointing to /dev/sr?. Did you >>

Re: [PLUG] SCSI device driver

On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 02:22:22 -0800 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >Pretty old distro/kernel. For what is worth it - I do not have the same >problem with 16.04. > >Anyway, how about creating soft link pointing to /dev/sr?. Did you try >that? No, I did not. try creating a soft

Re: [PLUG] Firefox blocked me from creating an account

On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 17:55:44 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: >When they deign to allow you to register an accont store your password >somewhere so you can refer to it when needed. For things like this I always use my 'standard' password, which I modify occasionally when

[PLUG] Firefox blocked me from creating an account

I just wanted to sync Firefox from my laptop to the new drive on my desktop. On the laptop I tried to sign in to sync, but (as usual) I had forgotten the password. Sadly Firefox has also forgotten the account, at least all three e-mail addresses that I tried resulted in 'unknown account.' OK,

[PLUG] Alea jacta est*

It should all be here in 4-5 days, plenty of time for assembling during the February 18 Clinic. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117726 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233859 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157754

Re: [PLUG] Alea jacta est*

On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 00:23:42 -0800 King Beowulf dijo: >No quibbles here except for the power supply. > >300W is going to be a bit thin at load even with intel GPU, and a HD or >two, some USB stuff and you are already pushing almost 200W at load. >Also, this power supply is

[PLUG] Parts shopping for new desktop

For CPU I have settled on Intel i7 6700 or maybe 7700. The problems is the motherboard because I insist on a USB 3.1 Gen. 2 port on the front of the case, and that means an adapter like the following: https://tinyurl.com/ycbkjf55 Unfortunately, that adapter requires a SATA Express

Re: [PLUG] VLC 3.0

On Sat, 10 Feb 2018 18:46:14 -0800 Nat Taylor dijo: >snap includes all the dependencies in the .snap, I believe. Like an >app on osx I don't know about that. My experience this evening leads me to question what is included. I started at 5:30 playing PBS news from the

Re: [PLUG] VLC 3.0

On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 12:31:30 -0800 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >Regarding you Snap container not playing .avi. - This is equivalent to >not having compiled VLC with .avi support. It also wouldn't play .mkv files. And .avi and .mkv are the two most popular formats for movies

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:04:37 -0800 wes dijo: >The Linux Clinic is this Sunday, 1-5pm. Bring your ailing systems or >questions and we will try to help, or at least get you pointed in a >useful direction. I will be providing two attractions! 1) I will be putting together a new

Re: [PLUG] New computer

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:51:49 -0800 Russell Senior dijo: I tried several different USB ports and I also burned it to a DVD, and it always hangs. The OS that I'm trying to install is Xubuntu 17.10.1. At the Clinic Tomas installed OpenSuse to the hard disk, and it hangs

Re: [PLUG] New computer

Happy happy! I don't need a new monitor! I finally broke down and went to Fry's where I got an HDMI > DVI adapter. I plugged it into the monitor's DVI connector and then used my HDMI cable to connect it to the motherboard's HDMI output. When I booted the computer it came up with OpenSuse that

Re: [PLUG] New computer

On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:37:29 -0800 Tomas dijo: >If this is still relevant, unresolved, understanding you Ubuntu or >whatever the distro you want as requirement. Still unresolved. Ultimately I want Xubuntu 18.04, but since it is not released yet my current plan is

[PLUG] Username for network device

My old desktop could connect to my Synology and browse files on it, but that capability does not yet exist in the new Xubuntu. The Synology is visible, but when I try to view files on it (i.e., mount it) I get a prompt asking for the username and password. I tried several of my usual usernames,

Re: [PLUG] Username for network device

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:43:24 -0800 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >I do not think that you will be able to break into the NAS without >either pulling disks out, mounting them on the PC and resetting the >password or by factory reset. So that would take some effort or data

Re: [PLUG] New computer

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:38:55 -0800 Russell Senior dijo: >Try a different live-image. Even 17.04.x (you can always dist-upgrade >if you want). Good idea. But it didn't make any difference. I tried 17.04 and it gave me exactly the same error messages, exactly, to the

Re: [PLUG] New computer

On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 20:49:32 -0800 a...@clueserver.org dijo: >Check to make sure all the cards are properly seated. Sometimes moving >will knock them out of place. It does not have a separate video card; I am using the video on the motherboard. >Does it make any beeps when booting? No noises

Re: [PLUG] New computer

On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 21:32:31 -0800 Russell Senior dijo: >Are you sure the box is booting? Does the fan run? Are there lights? > Can you ping it over the network? I'm pretty sure it is booting: There are lights, fans are running, and if I plug in a USB stick that has

Re: [PLUG] New computer

On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 22:27:23 -0800 Bill Barry dijo: >I have a similar monitor. It does not automatically detect where the >signal is coming from. You have to switch it to HDMI. The button to >toggle between DVI, HDMI and VGA is the one just to the left of the >power button.

Re: [PLUG] New computer

On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 23:47:45 -0600 Carl Karsten dijo: >> There is strange stuff going on with the monitor too. According to >> the manual when the power switch is on the LED for it is supposed to >> be lit up, but it does not light up. >not light up = not on. >Either

Re: [PLUG] Fiber connectors?

://www.fs.com/c/fiber-optic-wall-plates-1003 > >FWIW. > >On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 10:39 PM, John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> >wrote: >> On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 15:02:23 -0800 >> John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> dijo: >> >>>When the CenturyLink

Re: [PLUG] Username for network device

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 01:59:46 -0800 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >One more thing comes to my mind, if you run out of ideas. Try to keep >domain names same between the NAS and hosts, if you set them up. If you >didn't, check them, new distros can have different defaults.

Re: [PLUG] Username for network device

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:00:12 -0800 John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> dijo: Success! I tried dozens and dozens of usernames and I finally hit it. Everything on the Synology is now visible on the new desktop! And now I will write the username and password on a piece of paper an

Re: [PLUG] New computer

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 01:34:12 -0800 Tomas K dijo: >For what it is wort it 42.2 will not boot your new HW, you either >install 42.3 or do not waste your time. I know, I have tried that on >the same CPU and chipset before. OK, it booted! To accomplish this I

Re: [PLUG] New computer

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 05:50:18 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: > Did the video work at the clinic? Yes, but we did not have any monitors with HDMI, so we connected it to the big TV screen on the south wall of the room. I was not the one who connected it, so I don't know

Re: [PLUG] New computer

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 07:24:25 -0800 Johnathan Mantey dijo: >One issue I have run into with a 4U server is that the BIOS was >configured to only output on the on-board VGA output. This despite >having a PCIe graphics card. Since you are relying on the on-board >graphics you

Re: [PLUG] Increase font size on PDF file

On Tue, 2 Jan 2018 10:20:37 -0800 Dick Steffens dijo: >This probably won't do what you want because it seems to lose >paragraph indenting, but I can copy the text of a pdf and past it into >a LibreOffice Writer document. I don't know what other formatting it >might lose,

[PLUG] Application hijacks desktop

I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer into a media center. It has some interesting features so I'd like to use it now and then. But apparently it never occurred to the developers to add an option to run it in a window instead of full screen. When it launches it takes

Re: [PLUG] Application hijacks desktop

On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:32:41 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer >> into a media center. >I don't know what window manger you're using, but I have a couple o

Re: [PLUG] IP address for a virtual machine?

On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:56:43 -0700 wes dijo: >> I could set up an IP address for the Windows machine if it had a MAC >> address or some other way to identify it to the router. Any >> suggestions? > >It has a MAC address too. Go to Start and Run, put in cmd and press >Enter. Then type ipconfig

Re: [PLUG] IP address for a virtual machine?

On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:47:49 -0700 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >If my assessment is correct, I'd think that the Bridge network setup is >easier to do - unless you would like to keep the guest isolated from >your home network. That was it! I have TV working on the Windows guest as I write this. To

Re: [PLUG] HP Color LaserJet 2500L: no color printing

On Thu, 2 Aug 2018 22:14:08 -0700 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >Also a filter over the fan. What the HELL was HP thinking? Saving money. But were the 2500 and 2650 really designed and manufactured by HP? For many years all HP laser printers were made by Canon. And sometimes Canon sold the printer sans

Re: [PLUG] Returning to SW Portland after 6 Years- Suggestions for Broadband incl Cable , DSL & Fiber Optic.

On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:44:06 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >I rarely see more than ~30Mbps from any real service, but speedtest.net >says I'm getting close-ish to a gigabit. The fine print says they guarantee 85% of what you are paying for. So, for my gigabit service they guarantee me 85MBs. I

Re: [PLUG] Resolved: Program installed but not showing up in Ubuntu MATE 18.04 menu

On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:28:35 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >On 07/31/2018 11:10 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: >> I just downloaded and installed >> virtualbox-5.2_5.2.16-123759~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb using the GDebi >> Package Installer on my Ubuntu MATE 18.04 machine. The package >> installer

[PLUG] IP address for a virtual machine?

I am trying to get a virtual Windows machine to see my HDHomeRun TV tuner, but it fails. I think the problem is that, while the host has an IP address set up in my router, the guest Windows machine does not. The Windows machine can surf the web and see other devices on the network (mine and the

Re: [PLUG] Three questions - Google Fiber in PDX ? Consider AWS or using IPv6 + DNS + 1Gb/s @ $70/month CenturyLink.? City of Portland & Dark Fiber ?

On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 12:33:49 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >Gigabit from CenturyLink is (afaik) currently $80. ... >You would find further information by calling and talking >to them, but don't be surprised if their billing department and their >sales department aren't on the same page. The billing

Re: [PLUG] Reliable long term, off-line storage

On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:15:40 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: >Are thumb drives good for that? I don't know how many bytes of space you need, but I just bought a couple of 256GB PNY USB-3 Generation 1 thumb drives from Best Buy via eBay for $50 each. >I recall reading several years ago that CD/DVD

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:23:11 -0700 wes dijo: >Nothing jumps out at me there as being problematic. So I guess it's >time to try again. I tried again, and still no luck, but then I tried mkfs.ext2, and that worked. I now have a filesystem that I can mount, although it shows up as owned by root.

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:07:36 -0700 wes dijo: >try running (as root): > >file -s /dev/sdd >file -s /dev/sdd1 > >and see if they say anything interesting? sudo file -s /dev/sdd /dev/sdd: DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x0,32,33), end-CHS (0x3ff,254,63), startsector 2048,

[PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

Xubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 computers, up to date. Same issues on both. I recently bought two 256GB USB drives from an eBay seller in China. They arrove yesterday, and I quickly discovered that they had two partitions, a small one of about 10GB and another with the rest of the drive. The literature

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:59:15 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >Xubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 computers, up to date. Same issues on both. > >I recently bought two 256GB USB drives from an eBay seller in China. >They arrove yesterday, and I quickly discovered that they had two >partitio

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:48:39 -0700 Ben Koenig dijo: >The first is that these USB drives are broken/poorly designed. You can >test this by using a completely different computer and/or OS to do the >format. > >The second is that your computer is failing to format them properly. >mkfs.ext2 and

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 09:45:37 +0900 Bryan Linton dijo: > Counterfeit USB flash drives are sometimes sold with > claims of having higher capacities than they actually > have. These are typically low capacity USB drives which > are modified so that they emulate larger

Re: [PLUG] OSCON expo hall pass?

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 17:57:06 -0700 Seth Alford dijo: >Just worked for me for the Expo Plus pass. I am happy to say that all the printed materials - flyers, General Meeting Presentations list, and business cards - are all at my house ready to go. ___

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 22:40:33 -0700 wes dijo: >Under "Item specifics" it still says "Storage Capacity: 256GB" To follow up on the scam, I filed a return request with eBay in which I stated as the reason that they were fake. This morning I got an eBay message from the seller: Dear buyer:

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 08:29:01 -0700 Ben Koenig dijo: >The Marketing and advertising style for the product paged you linked >tells an entire story. Here is how I read it Interestingly, the same exact item with the same pics and the same marketing and advertising style is offered by another

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 22:40:33 -0700 wes dijo: >On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 7:39 PM, John Jason Jordan >wrote: > >> On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:30:25 -0700 >> John Jason Jordan dijo: >> >> >And considering that the goods say nothing about the size I can >>

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 12:23:13 -0700 Ben Koenig dijo: >Did you already return the drives? It would be interesting to examine >them at a lower level. There were a bunch of Intel ME exploits in >2017, some of which using "specially prepared" USB sticks as attack >vectors. > >On the one hand this is

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:30:25 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >And considering that the goods say nothing about the size I can guess >what will happen when eBay gets my complaint. The seller will insist >that they never said the drive was 256GB. Well, we'll see what happens. Yep. I just b

Re: [PLUG] Filesystem problems with new USB drive

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:12:37 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >The ebay listing says Chino, not China. Like, in California. Actually, I misremembered. It is important for me to point out that the seller is in Malaysia,not China. It was shipped from California, however.

[PLUG] Firefox is a pig

Firefox 61.0.1 on Xubuntu 16.04. I have tried Chrome, Midori, and lots of other browsers, but they all fail to provide all the functionality that I need. And they tend to be just as gluttonous as Firefox anyway. The big problem is CPU usage. The computer has 16GB of RAM, and I never come close

Re: [PLUG] Hardware recommendations

On Sun, 9 Sep 2018 10:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: > The Asus motherboard that has sat here for a few years seems to be >defective. I recently put together a new desktop with an AsRock Z270 Taichi. One of the things that I was looking for was USB 3.1 Gen 2 connectors, and this was

Re: [PLUG] OSCON Booth Volunteers?

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 23:33:00 -0700 Michael Dexter dijo: >On 7/9/18 8:21 PM, Steve Dum wrote: >> I was just going to send you an email to this effect. I would be >> glad to help out with booth duty. >> What are the hours for the Expo. I didn't see that listed? > >Borrowing from some mail I just

Re: [PLUG] OSCON Booth Volunteers?

On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:39:00 -0700 Michael Dexter dijo: >On 7/10/18 8:20 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> As in past years I volunteer to man the booth both days. One person >> is sufficient, but another person is good for busy times and bathroom >> breaks and such. > &

Re: [PLUG] OSCON Booth Volunteers?

On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:03:12 -0700 wes dijo: >> It also occurred to me to post the business card and flyer someplace >> public so that others can look and comment. I sent them just to >> Michael off list because you can't attach things to the list. Where >> should I upload them to? >There are

Re: [PLUG] OSCON Booth Volunteers?

On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:58:48 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >OK, voici the flyer and business card. > >https://imgur.com/a/L36ywGS And just now I uploaded a PDF of the list of General Meeting topics. If I don't hear any comments, then I'll assume all is well and will turn on th

Re: [PLUG] One of my drives has disappeared

On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:55:17 -0800 John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> dijo: >Thanks for the suggestion. It didn't appear. Time for a screwdriver. OK, I opened the case and looked at it, and it appeared fine. Nevertheless, I took it out and put it back in, then restarted the computer. S

Re: [PLUG] One of my drives has disappeared

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:15:18 -0800 Tom dijo: >I guess that you found your drive by now. > >If not, try: >sudo fdisk -l > >If that does not help, get a screw driver to see if it is still in the >laptop. Thanks for the suggestion. It didn't appear. Time for a

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu Mate Update Weirdness

On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:50:26 -0800 Dick Steffens dijo: >> I have also been having issues with Update Manager lately, similar to >> what Dick reports, including failing to find the internet. Because of >> the problems, which I assume are bugs, I don't even try Update >>

[PLUG] New monitor

My old monitor still works, but when it starts up there appears an artifact that looks like light is leaking onto the screen from the right edge. The spray of light disappears as soon as the opening screen of the operating system appears (Xubuntu 17.10). The 'light leakage' can't be, of course; it

Re: [PLUG] New monitor

On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 14:55:58 -0800 John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> dijo: >Store employees tell me that a 4K monitor can display a 1920x1080 >screen, but what they can't tell me is how the 1920x1080 will appear. >Will it extend to the edge of the bezels, or will it appear as a &

Re: [PLUG] OSCON Step One

On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:02:09 -0700 Michael Dexter dijo: >I have submitted an application for a PLUG booth at OSCON. > >Fingers crossed and as per tradition, it would be great to have a >handful of volunteers who can staff a booth at various times during >the Expo Hall

Re: [PLUG] Mediasonic failure?

I have finally determined that the problem is with either USB cable or with the jack on the Mediasonic. Unfortunately I do not have a spare USB cable that will fit in the Mediasonic - it's an H shape with two of the legs a bit closer together. I'm pretty sure the cable came with the Mediasonic, as

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