Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop

On Thu, 5 Dec 2019, Russell Senior wrote: You don't need to set a route if the two addresses are on the same network. Russell, I didn't know that. The Dell is 192.168.1.55 and connected via a CAT5e cable to the router which is 192.168.1.1. Firefox cannot open a connect using

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop

On Thu, 5 Dec 2019, wes wrote: What we discovered last night is that every time eth0 goes DOWN and back UP (ie, when the cable is unplugged and plugged back in, or every time the edgerouter device reboots), Slackware attempts to configure the interface and fails. It is not honoring the config

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop

On Thu, 5 Dec 2019, wes wrote: Please paste evidence that your interface is actually configured with that IP address. Examples may include the output of the ifconfig or "ip a" commands. Wes, After reading about iproute2 I understand how to use it to see interfaces and change them if

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop

On Fri, 6 Dec 2019, Louis Kowolowski wrote: If you’re getting “file too large”, its probably the client complaining, not the server. Louis, Yep. That was using atftp. After I get the new one fully configured I'll go back to restoring the semi-bricked one and use tftp rather than atftp.

Re: [PLUG] Google Earth crashes: a revisited thread

On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: Also, how recently did you download the source .deb? Apparently google doesn't version their downloads so we have no way to guarantee that what version I downloaded yesterday. Can you grab me the version# from the help menu so that I can rule out any funny

Re: [PLUG] Google Earth crashes: a revisited thread

On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: I agree with wes, your best next step is to swap in a harddrive with a different OS and see how that goes. This is my production server/workstation. Real Soon Now, on a slow Sunday with nothing going on, I'll reboot it to Knoppix-8.6 and see if it has GE.

Re: [PLUG] Google Earth crashes: a revisited thread

On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, wes wrote: The next step would be to attempt to reproduce the problem with different software on the same hardware. Maybe throw a separate hard drive in there and install Debian or Ubuntu on it, and see if GE has the same behavior? It may even be possible to run GE in the

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop

On Fri, 6 Dec 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: Booted the Dell 2100 with the new router connected (eth0) and powered up. ip add show confirmed that eth0 is UP. Pointing firefox to 192.168.1.1 brought up the ER-X login page and the default username/password pair worked. Now I'll change the admin

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop

On Sat, 7 Dec 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: But now I'm seeing this connection problem again: # ping 192.168.1.1 connect: Network is unreachable Getting closer. ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 adds the route; confirmed by 'ip r', but now instead of 'network is unreachable' when I ping

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop [FIXED]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: The route command is still missing something and I'm not seeing that missing piece on ip web pages. Fixed: forgot to restart rc.inet1. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop [FIXED]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2019, wes wrote: What does this mean? What command did you use to get the network unreachable result? Wes, Sorry about the wording. That message doesn't appear, but ping shows the initial '56(84) bytes of data' line then nothing. When I kill ping using ^c it shows the number of

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop [FIXED]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2019, wes wrote: Ok, so we need to see if the router remembered the network address change. You'll have to set the laptop back to 192.168.1.x and see if it can ping 192.168.1.1 at that point. Wes, Wondered about that. Will do so when I return. Thanks, Rich

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop [FIXED]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2019, Russell Senior wrote: By easy I just meant that there are no obstacles. Just "ip addr add" twice. I had seen that but hadn't tried it until now. The Dell is now on two subnets and neither can communicate with the router: [root@lemna ~]# ip addr add 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop [FIXED]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2019, Russell Senior wrote: The routes are fine, you don't need to set a route at all. Show us the result of "ip a". It took two reboots of the Dell and then it communicated with the router on 192.168.1.1; the restored configuration apparently didn't take but communication was

Re: [PLUG] Router configuration: connecting laptop [FIXED]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2019, wes wrote: Specifically, and I'm only pointing this out in the hopes this will be helpful in the future: # ip add show eth0 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether b8:ac:6f:69:63:ca brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet6

Re: [PLUG] Google Earth crashes: a revisited thread

On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: If you create Knoppix USB media with persistent storage, you can install new apps from Debian repos or .deb or any other way. Tomas, I downloaded the .iso and used dd to put it on a thumb drive. I've no idea what features/characteristics this version

Re: [PLUG] Script not working as intended [FIXED]

On Sun, 15 Dec 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: Yesterday I put this command in root's crontab: 20 1 * * * find /tmp -mtime +7 -type f -exec rm -f { } ';' Fixed by removing the whitespace between the two braces. I should have caught -- even avoided -- that error. Rich

Re: [PLUG] Script not working as intended

On Mon, 16 Dec 2019, Thomas Groman wrote: Your line can be greatly simplified by just using: find /tmp -type f -mtime +60 -delete Thanks. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] How to use linux for those who need to learn

Looking for an end user document/book that's distribution agnostic. Focused on basics, such as how to view a PDF file. This for someone who knows how to use a web browser and can use Callibre Writer on rare occasions but doesn't understand the different file types and how to access them.

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: └─sdb3 093ae060-fd8d-48d2-9f77-acc5dab0fc56 sdc └─sdc1 6e95864b-6291-4148-acd3-627542c8318f sr0 Corrected. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] Kensington orbit w/scrool wheel: set 'paste' button

Not long ago I replaced a dead Logitech trackball with a Kensington Orbit with scroll wheel. Buttons left (0) and right (2) worked, but pressing both did not send a middle button (1) signal. The help I received here has apparently been lost when I copied saved mail messages from the old desktop

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: The error you are getting is for dirvish, not mount so I wonder if your fstab is correct, but dirvish is upset about something. Make sure that the partition is mounted through non-dirvish means to verify that your fstab file is accurate. Ben, Yes, it's

Re: [PLUG] Kensington orbit w/scrool wheel: set 'paste' button [RESOLVED]

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: Not long ago I replaced a dead Logitech trackball with a Kensington Orbit with scroll ring. Buttons left (0) and right (2) worked, but pressing both did not send a middle button (1) signal. Using a different web search string found this page: <ht

Re: [PLUG] MHonArc

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, mich...@robinson-west.com wrote: You can back up the new email on your active server using MHonArc. Creates a web page from an mbox file. Another option is to look into Maildir. You can convert your mbox files to Maildir files. Whether or not you can combine two Maildir

[PLUG] rsync root-owned files

I need to rsync the contents of /var/spool/postfix/rshepard from the defunct desktop's backup drive to the new desktop. I understand that rsync uses ssh and root is blocked from using ssh. As a user I cannot write to /var/spool/postfix/. What is the approach that will allow me to transfer these

Re: [PLUG] rsync root-owned files

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Michael C Robinson wrote: Can you change the permissions on /var/spool/postfix/rshepard on the dying drive to something non root and rsync that directory? I'm thinking: chown -rv rshepard.rshepard /var/spool/postfix/rshepard followed by rsyncing as rshepard the files to

Re: [PLUG] Kensington orbit w/scrool wheel: set 'paste' button

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Galen Seitz wrote: On my Trackman Wheel, the scroll wheel can be pressed to generate a middle button. Doesn't the Orbit work this way? Galen, Unfortunately, no. The wheel is a horizontal ring that turns but doesn't depress. The vertical wheel on my Nspire two-button

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

On Sat, 19 Oct 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: you want the UUID, not the PARTUUID. A simpler way to get this info quickly would be to use 'lsblk -o name,uuid' so that you can avoid the extra information. Ben, I had tried the disk UUID and the partition UUID. None worked. How do you have this

Re: [PLUG] rsync root-owned files

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Galen Seitz wrote: Rather than using rsync, why not this: login to your backup system sudo to root tar up the directory you want to move, putting the tar file in /tmp chown the tar file to rshepard Galen, When the external hard drive is mounted I have always been able

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: Ah, something got screwed up again. Yep. Somehow mount got confused. Unmounting /mnt/backup, checking with 'fdisk -l', and remounting /mnt/backup cleared that up: [root@salmo ~]# ls /mnt/backup/ lost+found/ salmo-data/ salmo-home/ salmo-opt

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: Ah I was about to ask about that. One of the things that trips me up about manual edits in /etc/fstab is that if you make a change to a drive that is already mounted, it doesn't automatically re-mount it with the new parameters. Does dirvish work now?

Re: [PLUG] Hardware question

I'm still not receiving messages from the plug mail list. This response is to a message on the archive: On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:40:51 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: I have a Radeon workstation graphics card with 4 display ports and a dp->hdmi converter. Does it matter into which dp p

Re: [PLUG] logwatch.conf

Reid/Jason: I added 'Service = ' to both /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf' and /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf. Logwatch runs from cron, but it seems to ignore the services I asked it to report and provides only postfix, disk_space, and lm_sensors. In the configure files I

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: It sounds like this system is having issues mounting that USB device. In your previous message you mentioned that it worked, so it sounds like its losing track of something. Ben, The issue seems to be the device mount changing from /dev/sdc1 to

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation [FIXED]

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: Wow. ok. Mounting a drive isn't supposed to change the device node. You can mount/unmount drives all day long and as along as you don't add additional devices it should stay the same. My guess is that something is lingering around in the driver stack. If

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

On Mon, 21 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: Got this fixed! I wrote too quickly. It's still flipping from the initial /dev/sdc1 to /dev/sdd1 as it sat there mounted and I responded to your message. Any thoughts on where I should now look? It must be related to the fstab entry: UUID=6e95864b

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

On Mon, 21 Oct 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: Your fstab config is fine. Nothing in the mount process should trigger changes in the device node. At this point you need to physically disconnect the drive and reboot the computer. Ben, Here's what /var/log/messages shows (this is the most recent of

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

On Mon, 21 Oct 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: The device node (sdc or sdd) only changes when devices are removed and attached by the kernel. Intermittent connections caused by a failing cable, port, or host controller can result in the some really weird stuff happening. If I was physically present for

Re: [PLUG] USB 3.x drivers

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, Edward Koenig wrote: It’s just that simple. Not rocket science. Ed, I agree. Yet I wondered by all the different flavors on the motherboard. Why not make them all 3.2 gen2 and be done with it. Regards, Rich ___ PLUG mailing

Re: [PLUG] rsync root-owned files [RESOLVED]

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: I need to rsync the contents of /var/spool/postfix/rshepard from the defunct desktop's backup drive to the new desktop. I understand that rsync uses ssh and root is blocked from using ssh. As a user I cannot write to /var/spool/postfix/. What

Re: [PLUG] logwatch.conf

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, Reid wrote: Try running `/usr/sbin/logwatch --debug High` to see the full service list and each config file line that's being read in. Reid, et al. Here's /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf (comments removed): # Default Log Directory # All log-files are assumed to be

[PLUG] Configuring logwatch

Two issues with logwatch on the new desktop. 1. How do I specify adding a fortune toward the end of the report? The logwatch docs tell me I can, but it's not done automatically when Service = ALL is specified. I've not seen a doc how to do this. 2. fdisk shows this for the SSD: Disk identifier:

[PLUG] USB 3.x drivers

The Asus Prime X470 motherboard in my desktop has several USB ports. It has AMD Ryzen 2nd Generation ... 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (up to 5Gbps) ports at back panel (blue), AMD X470 chipset - 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gbps) front panel connector - 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (up to 5Gbps) ports at mid-board -

Re: [PLUG] Local printer not reachable

On Tue, 22 Oct 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: The first question to ask and verify would be what up, net mask and default router is set on the printer, router and desktop. Tomas, The printer's IP address is 192.168.55.192. The LAN's gateway (router) is 192.168.55.4. The netmask for everyone is

[PLUG] Local printer not reachable

Switching desktop server/workstations still has loose ends and I'm not seeing the solution to what should be a simple situation: the new desktop is not seeing the LaserJet5 printer. There are four active hosts on the lan: the desktop, the WAP, the router, and the printer. As currently wired,

[PLUG] logwatch.conf

I'm trying to get logwatch to add a fortune as it did on the old desktop. In /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf is the line: Service = All When I run logwatch it tells me: Wrong configuration entry for "Service", if "All" selected, only "-" items are allowed So, I changed the logwatch.conf file

Re: [PLUG] logwatch.conf

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, Reid wrote: Try running `/usr/sbin/logwatch --debug High` to see the full service list and each config file line that's being read in. Reid, Very interesting: Service List: [0] = all [1] = -zz-network [2] = -zz-sys [3] = -eximstats [4] = cron [5] = kernel [6] = postfix

Re: [PLUG] gdb tip you should know

On Fri, 18 Oct 2019, Galen Seitz wrote: There are some other useful tips here. This particular tip is #5 in the article. galen, Thanks for the detailed explanation and pointer to that web page. Carpe weekend, Rich

[PLUG] Setting up dirvish backup: I/O errors

I have a 2T external hard drive connected via USB to the desktop. It's formatted ext4. It has four directories: /salmo-root/, /salmo-home/, /salmo-opt/, and /salmo-data/. In /etc/fstab/ it's entered as: /dev/sdc1/mnt/backup ext4defaults 1 2 /etc/divish/master.conf

[PLUG] Initiating dirvish backup vaults

The dirvish bank, /mnt/backup/, has 4 vaults: salmo-data, salmo-home, salmo-opt, and salmo-root. Each vault has the subdirectory dirvish/ and a vault-specific default.conf file. In /mnt/backup/dirvish-data/dirvish/ I tried to create a base based on the current contents of salmo/data/:

[PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

While /dev/sdd1/ was mounted on /mnt/backup/ the kernel changed the external drive to /dev/sdc1. How do I force the device to /dev/sdd/ so the mounted partition is consistenly /dev/sdd1/? The UUID for that external drive is: 985E2846-9500-4C25-844C-05B6806381E5 If I use that in /etc/fstab

Re: [PLUG] Kernel changes external hard drive designation

On Sat, 19 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: The UUID for that external drive is: 985E2846-9500-4C25-844C-05B6806381E5 Now I'm totally confused. The UUID for that drive depends on how I ask for it: fdisk -l: Disk /dev/sdc: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors Units: sectors of 1

Re: [PLUG] Setting up dirvish backup: I/O errors [RESOLVED]

On Sat, 19 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: In /etc/fstab/ it's entered as: dev/sdc1 /mnt/backup ext4 defaults 1 2 Found the problem and solved it: While the original fdisk -l showed the external USB drive as /dev/sdc/, it became /dev/sdd. So I modified /etc/fstab to mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/backup

[PLUG] Desktop fails to boot: dead drive?

Some time last night my old desktop shut down. When I turned on the power this morning it passed POST and the BIOS check but would not boot. I assume this means the hard drive failed totally. Is this assumption correct? This message also serves to test that mail is working correctly on the new

Re: [PLUG] Desktop fails to boot: dead drive?

On Sat, 19 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: This message also serves to test that mail is working correctly on the new desktop (whose hostname and static IP address has been changed to that of the server/workstation on the LAN.) Had to do some futzing with postfix (including commenting out

Re: [PLUG] Desktop fails to boot: dead drive?

On Sat, 19 Oct 2019, Richard Owlett wrote: Possibly. I assume your machine has either a working CD drive or your BIOS can boot from a flash drive. I would download a LIVE Linux to put your hardware thru its paces. Thanks, Richard. The non-booting host is a 32-bit system at least a dozen

[PLUG] Convert PDF to EPS w/no quality loss

PDF documents of spatial maps and statistical plots can be large and slow to load when the document is viewed. I have a 7.3M report with 34 images (PDF and png; the latter at 720x480dpi) and I'd like to reduce the size. I've tried using 'convert' to produce .eps versions of .pdf maps and plots

Re: [PLUG] Convert PDF to EPS w/no quality loss

On Thu, 17 Oct 2019, John Letaw wrote: I have the pdftops tool available via my installation.  I think it comes from poppler-utils?  Anyways, it looks like you can adjust paper size, and can output in EPS, so maybe worth looking at. John, I forgot to mention that ghostscript has many

Re: [PLUG] Convert PDF to EPS w/no quality loss

On Thu, 17 Oct 2019, John Letaw wrote: I have the pdftops tool available via my installation.  I think it comes from poppler-utils?  Anyways, it looks like you can adjust paper size, and can output in EPS, so maybe worth looking at. John, The problem is that the size of the .ps file can be 3

Re: [PLUG] Convert PDF to EPS w/no quality loss [RESOLVED]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: Might there be tools, processes, and formats that will keep the quality of .pdf images while reducing their size? Ghostscript is my friend. Hadn't looked deeply into it before now. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] logwatch.conf

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, Reid wrote: Try running `/usr/sbin/logwatch --debug High` to see the full service list and each config file line that's being read in. So, I changed the logwatch.conf file to read: Service = All The above should have shown that line commented out. Now it's been

Re: [PLUG] urxvt shell path display differences [FIXED]

On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: On both monitors (the Acer 1600x900 wide screen and the HP 1280x1024 square screen) urxvt window size is set to 75x25 and the font size is 10x20. However, the displays differ when text reaches the right side of the window. The wide screen monitor wraps

Re: [PLUG] rsync root-owned files [RESOLVED]

On Mon, 21 Oct 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: If you have your source and target on single host: sudo rsync . Should definitely work, because in that situation, it does not use ssh for transport. Tomas, As I've learned getting dirvish working on the new desktop changing sshd_config by adding

[PLUG] Hardware question

I have a Radeon workstation graphics card with 4 display ports and a dp->hdmi converter. Does it matter into which dp port the adapter is fitted? TIA, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

Folks, Since the Meraki MR24 Wireless Access Point can be powered by PoE and the Ubiquti ER-X has PoE in and out capabilities I'd like to power it that way. I'd appreciate pointers to what I should read to learn how to get PoE into the ER-X, what cable(s) to use, and whether a splitter would be

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: That's reasonable, but I don't know where this fits between the Meraki and the ER-X, ... A bit more reading suggests it would fit between the Netgear GS116 gigabit switch and the Meraki. That would save a cable and the electrical outlet since

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: Since the Meraki MR24 Wireless Access Point can be powered by PoE and the Ubiquti ER-X has PoE in and out capabilities I'd like to power it that way. Update: The ER-X is limited to 24v while the standard is written for 48v. I haven't found information

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Russell Senior wrote: Won't work. Russell, That's what my research suggested. If you want to do PoE for the MR24, I suggest one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007Q87KP2 That's reasonable, but I don't know where this fits between the Meraki and the ER-X,

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Russell Senior wrote: If you can easily reach the MR24 with a regular ac adapter (12V DC output), then the PoE isn't really buying you anything. If you want to put the MR24 somewhere that is hard to plug into power directly (you have to run ethernet to it anyway), that's

Re: [PLUG] When is a VPN advantageous?

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: Combination of VPN and ssh/sshfs is for redundancy because of various access restrictions on public and customer networks. Tomas, That makes sense. Public and customer networks are often heavily restricted and circumventing DNS and https - so VPN or

Re: [PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matte

On Sun, 24 Nov 2019, Mike C. wrote: The only other thing to add here is that for your home network requirements of an "unmanaged switch" pretty much any used gig switch you find at Free Geek and/or Goodwill will suffice. When they die, just donate them to FG to recycle. Mike, Excellent

Re: [PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

On Sun, 24 Nov 2019, King Beowulf wrote: I currently have a combination of TP-Link, Netgear, D-Link 10/100/1000 switches scattered about to route data to various rooms, all bought on sale. I do tend to prefer metal encased versions, however, as they seem a bit more resilient to RF

Re: [PLUG] Connecting UPS to desktop [RESOLVED]

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: Ah, so. Not unexpected for them to upgrade. I'll call them tomorrow morning. Actually, I drove down there. After a detailed search one such cable was found: male USB "A" on one end and an RJ45 plug on the other end. I bought it. My APC Sma

[PLUG] Using tftp and screen console

The EdgeRouter-X serial console is connected to the laptop using a USB-to-ttl adapter. To access the router I use 'screen /dev/ttyUSB0 57600' and get a blank console. Plugging the power connector into the ER-X and holding down the '1' key on the laptop I interrupt the ER-X's boot process and am

Re: [PLUG] Using tftp and screen console

On Tue, 26 Nov 2019, Russell Senior wrote: https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+does+tftp+work=d Russell, That took me indirectly to duckduckgo and a number of hits on tftp. I'll check the ones I hadn't read before. Thanks, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list

[PLUG] Troubleshooting no sound

Slackware-14.2/x86_64 uses pulseaudio, not pure alsasound. The slackware page for troubleshooting lack of sound says to use pavucontrol to get sound working on this system. There's no man page for pavucontrol and when I invoke it I've no idea what to do with the information displayed. The

Re: [PLUG] Troubleshooting no sound

On Fri, 29 Nov 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: Pavucontrol is GUI tool. Yep. I saw that. When you see the GUI check for selected and active sound cards, sound output, channels, output volume and mute. The output devices tab shows on top HDA ATI HDMI Digital Stereo (Stereo) and the Port displays

Re: [PLUG] Municipal Broadband PDX Town Hall, December 4

On Fri, 29 Nov 2019, Russell Senior wrote: The second event will take place on December 17 in Gresham. Russell, I'll attend this one. Regards, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Troubleshooting no sound

On Fri, 29 Nov 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: It looks ok. Seems like that you need to plug in some powered speakers or headphones. I am almost embarrassed to say this. Tomas, And rightly so. :-) There are two outlets on the front of the case: red and green. Neither produces any sound other

Re: [PLUG] What wget options to clone a repo?

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: What you might see might be file disappearing on remote side, permission or diskspace issues on local side. I'd check for something like that. Tomas, It shouldn't be disappearing from the source repo and perms on the destination repo are 755 and owned

Re: [PLUG] Troubleshooting no sound

On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: It makes sense to check the sound on the fixed audio connectors - back of the case. When that works, open the case and double check the connection to the case audio outputs. Tomas, Yep. Case will be open Real Soon Now to change the graphics card and

Re: [PLUG] Search entire filesystem except two mounted partitions

On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, John Jason Jordan wrote: And now that I have a find command that excludes /media I have saved it for use in the future when I need to find something that I know is not on any of my attached external drives. I only wish there was a way to save commands permanently in the GUI

Re: [PLUG] clinic question

On Mon, 2 Dec 2019, OR Linux Jobs wrote: Thanks for the answers Neil, While you tried to boot a distro from a USB flash drive for installation, have you tried a live distro, such as Knoppix, on a USB flash drive? I wonder if that might boot because it bypasses everything on the hard drive.

[PLUG] Google Earth crashes: a revisited thread

I started this thread a while ago and would like to explore further what might be causing google earth to crash when navigating to an entered address, but not when zoomed and panned to the same address. It must be connected to the CPU (Ryzen7) or motherboard (Asus Prime X470-Pro9) hardware or

Re: [PLUG] Connecting UPS to desktop

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: The Asus Prime X470-Pro motherboard has in internal serial port socket ... Here are the expansion slots. I believe the first one is occupied by the video card. SlotDescription --- 1 PCIe 3.0/2.0x16_1 slot 2 PCIe 2.0

Re: [PLUG] What wget options to clone a repo?

On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Galen Seitz wrote: rsync -havP --no-o --no-g --safe-links --timeout=60 --contimeout=30 rsync://slackware.cs.utah.edu/slackware/slackware64-14.2/ /my_mirror/slackware64-14.2/ Galen, The Utah site is not a current mirror. Using the above syntax: $ rsync -havP --no-o

Re: [PLUG] Connecting UPS to desktop

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Galen Seitz wrote: *No*. That is a manufacturer-specific *serial* cable that goes between the UPS and a *serial* port. It just happens to have an RJ45 connector. I would expect the RJ45 end to connect to the UPS. Galen, That was my first impression: that the DB9 would

Re: [PLUG] Connecting UPS to desktop

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Russell Senior wrote: USB serial like this: https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Converter-Prolific-Chipset-CB-DB9P/dp/B00IDSM6BW/ Russell, Well, this is certainly more modern than the old cable from the '90s. Thanks, Rich ___ PLUG

Re: [PLUG] Connecting UPS to desktop

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Galen Seitz wrote: Forget what I said. A USB to serial adapter is certainly a simpler solution than tracking down the appropriate square pin to DB9 cable, and it doesn't require opening the case. In fact, I seem to recall giving you a USB serial adapter. I'd give that a try

Re: [PLUG] Connecting UPS to desktop

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Galen Seitz wrote: *If* you were to do this, one of the lowest bandwidth slots would be the one to use. That would be any of the three PCIe 2.0 x1 slots. Galen, Okay. I'm now reading about PCIe to understand the technology. That said, if you really have square pins on

[PLUG] Connecting UPS to desktop

I have an old cable for the UPS with a RJ-45 plug on one end and a female serial port on the other. Assuming the serial port attaches to a male port on the UPS can I attach the Ethernet plug to a switch, or does it need to be direcly connected to the desktop? I think there's only a single

Re: [PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: These things are commodity, so any of the manufacturers is probably about the same quality/durability. Tomas, That's good to know. What matters are price, features, management/configuration and design. Example: If you need vlans, you will need to

Re: [PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, Louis Kowolowski wrote: IMHO they’re all approx. the same. the hardware is typically low(ish) quality. They typically can’t sustain full bandwidth on all ports at the same time (eg. an 8 port 1g switch would not be capable of actually passing 8G of traffic through it at the

Re: [PLUG] UPS battery

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Johnathan Mantey wrote: I always trudge to a Batteries Plus. And I buy all my batteries (from vehicles to power tools) from Northwest Batteries. I prefer to support local businesses and they've always served me well. (Galen pointed me to them years ago.) Rich

Re: [PLUG] Connecting UPS to desktop

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Jason Bergstrom wrote: APC distributed USB to RJ45 serial cables for their UPS communications in later years: https://www.amazon.com/APC-AP9827-USB-cable/dp/B0002WYJSU Jason, Ah, so. Not unexpected for them to upgrade. I've donated some to FreeGeek, and I'd be

Re: [PLUG] Search entire filesystem except two mounted partitions

On Thu, 28 Nov 2019, John Jason Jordan wrote: The locate and find manpages have let me down. So has the GUI Catfish file search. John, Why does locate fail you? If your system is on overnight the database is updated. If not, as root (sudo) you can run updatedb (see man updatedb). You can

Re: [PLUG] What wget options to clone a repo?

On Wed, 27 Nov 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: Are all of the user:group permissions consistent in that folder? I bet one of the subfolders in there is owned by root, and causing rsync to get stuck when you run as a normal user. Ben, No. I changed all user.group to rshepard.users. and then try

Re: [PLUG] What wget options to clone a repo?

On Wed, 27 Nov 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: If so, it's not visible. Mea culpa! A subdirectory was not changed from root.root. It now is changed. Files downloading. Will see if there are errors. Thanks, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] What wget options to clone a repo?

On Wed, 27 Nov 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: Do you really want rsync to write to /opt/?? Tomas, Yes. It's a local repository that I can check for updated packages. I keep all non-distro packages in /opt except for those that install themselves in /usr/local/. Regards, Rich

Re: [PLUG] Procmail issues [FIXED]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: Any ideas on why this error appears, along with the full log entry? Found the problems and fixed them. - Changed the position of the procmail directory per David's advice. - Formula strings were malformed; a header string did not necessarily start

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