Re: [PLUG] New CUPS, ancient printers

On 9/29/23 11:50, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > Does modern CUPS 2.3.3op2 (Debian 11) and contemporary Ubuntu work > with 25yo HP4050n and HP4100n postscript 2 laser (not deskjet) > printers? I'm encountering configuration issues, which may be PEBKAC ... Yep...most likely PEBKAC...either that or

Re: [PLUG] Commands that highlight the filename but not the extension

On 6/26/23 16:13, Dick Steffens wrote: > Here's another one that I don't know what to call it. In Xubuntu 20.04, > when I create a file with Right-click - file type, I would get a text > box where, for example, a new text file would show up with something > like "Plain Text" highlighted and .txt

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive issue

On 6/25/23 06:33, Rich Shepard wrote: > Good morning, group: > > On 2022-02-06 I purchased 4 WD Red 2T 5400rpm hard drives from Amazon for > the MediaSonic Pro external hard drive. ... > About a week ago (I forget the exact date) as I prepared to log in to my > desktop server/workstation I found a

Re: [PLUG] What are the permissions for .ssh/authorized_keys?

On 4/26/23 12:32, Rich Shepard wrote: > There are no ssh logs in/var/log/ or root's home directory. Rich, When you ssh caddis -> salmo, sshd will log the event on salmo (destination). Slackware 15.0 default for sshd is /var/log/syslog -> errors and status messages /var/log/secure -> errors and

Re: [PLUG] Capture output of ssh -vv

On 4/18/23 14:30, Rich Shepard wrote: > I'm setting up a laptop and configuring ssh on it so I can transfer files > between it (hostname: caddis) and the desktop (hostname: salmo). > > When I tried 'ssh salmo' I was asked for my password on salmo. Entered that > and was immediately returned to the

Re: [PLUG] Building pulseaudio-equalizer

On 4/16/23 11:22, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Ben Koenig wrote: > >> $ meson build >> That is 'meson' then a SPACE then 'build'. They didn't tell you to run >> meson.build, so why are you executing the file manually? Did you just >> assume that they made a mistake? > Ben, > > Well,

Re: [PLUG] Audio card for clear voice output

On 4/16/23 06:42, Rich Shepard wrote: > The audio voice output quality from my Asus Prime X470-Pro is distorted and > unacceptable. I finally figured out that this is the issue with online > meetings and news/youtube videos, not the speakers (although I just replaced > the Creative Pebbles with

Re: [PLUG] Print jobs fail [UPDATE]

On 4/4/23 08:48, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, King Beowulf wrote: > >> Depending on the manufacturer (or CUPS) driver package. filters and ppd >> can be in a variety of locations. > Ed, > > The Lexmark C3326DW has 64-bit linux drivers, including: >

Re: [PLUG] Print jobs fail [UPDATE]

On 4/3/23 15:36, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 3 Apr 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> How do I find what filter that is and how would I fix it? > Installed here are: > cups-2.1.4-x86_64-2_slack14.2 > cups-compat32-2.1.4-x86_64-1compat32 > cups-filters-1.9.0-x86_64-2 >

Re: [PLUG] Thumbnails Missing

On 3/27/23 11:05, Dick Steffens wrote: >>> In Xfce you can try deleting $HOME/.thumbnails and then running >>> >>> $ xfdesktop --reload > Nothing changed. > >>> It could be that the .thumbnails is getting too big, too many stale >>> thumbnails. > .thumbnails is empty. > >>> Also check your Thunar

Re: [PLUG] Video card fan noise

On 3/26/23 11:18, Rich Shepard wrote: > I just installed a 51Risc Radeon-RX580 video card with two fans. They're > quite noisy. Web searches suggest that the 'fan curve' can be adjusted but > that appears to be a function of AMD's Windows software. > > How can I track GPU temperature and fan

Re: [PLUG] lspci output and matching software to the actual hardware

On 3/20/23 17:29, American Citizen wrote: > I just ran lspci on my system (under root privileges) and got quite  a > long list: > > How do I assure that the CPU and drivers for the controllers are > correctly matched to the hardware? > > Or do we naively assume that whatever (insert your favorite

Re: [PLUG] Adjusting brightness on Acer SB-220Q monitor

On 3/19/23 11:03, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 19 Mar 2023, Bill Barry wrote: > >> Try some of the other keys. The key function might not correspond to the >> labeling on the monitor. Sometimes it is state dependent. > Bill, > > Other than the right-most key each brings up a different menu. The >

Re: [PLUG] New monitor issues

On 3/20/23 14:49, Rich Shepard wrote: > The video card is an AMD Radeon Pro WX-2100. The amdgpu module is insalled. > I don't know whether the installed amdgpu (which worked with the AMD Radeon > RX-550 video card) is compatible with the WX-2100 nor how to learn whether > it is. The WX-2100 is a

Re: [PLUG] New monitor issues

On 3/20/23 10:25, Rich Shepard wrote: > I just downloaded AMD's amdgpu-install_22.20.50205-1_all.deb and ran it > through deb2tgz to produce the Slackware package > amdgpu-install_22.20.50205-1_all.txz. > > I'll learn how best to upgrade the existing amdgpu module. No. This will bugger up

Re: [PLUG] New monitor issues

On 3/20/23 10:18, Rich Shepard wrote: > I don't see any video driver here. There must have been one when the Radeon > RX-550 was installed. Huh. /sbin/lspci -v -Ed

Re: [PLUG] New monitor issues

On 3/20/23 10:03, Rich Shepard wrote: > How strange! > $ lspci > -bash: lspci: command not found > > I'm sure I used lspci in the past. > > Yet, > $ ls/var/log/packages/ | grep pciutils > pciutils-3.4.1-x86_64-2 you need to be 'root' on Slackware or run via su -c lspci or run via full path

Re: [PLUG] Webinar software recommendations

On 3/12/23 13:00, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 12 Mar 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> I've found a long list of F/OSS webinar software on sourceforge.net >> . > They're all commercial, none free, other than a trial. > > Sigh, > > Rich Depending on

Re: [PLUG] Can someone enlighten me on H.265/HEVC

On 3/3/23 00:07, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > ... >> https://www.videolan.org/developers/x265.html >> can be linked to vlc and ffmpeg, and anything linked to them. > Ffmpeg binaries are a patent violation and distributing them is a violation. > It is small enough that MPAA-LA is not going after

Re: [PLUG] can no longer right click on address in thunderbird

On 1/15/23 12:44, Galen Seitz wrote: ...snip... > IIRC, I used to > be able to right click on an address in this pane. This would bring up > a menu containing multiple items, among them a "compose new message to" > and a "copy email address". Does anyone know how to restore this >

Re: [PLUG] wget NOT getting all the pages

On 12/27/22 16:18, American Citizen wrote: > Hi > > I used wget recently to try to download all 26 or 27 pages of my > website, but it seems to miss about 40% of the pages. > > Does anyone have the CLI command line which captures 100% of a website > URLS ? > > I tried the typical > > %wget -r

Re: [PLUG] question on finding a good html editor

On 12/28/22 12:01, American Citizen wrote: > Hi: > > I am using bluefish to examine the html code of my website, > unfortunately bluefish complained about the very long length of the > lines, and then proceeded to split them, after receiving an > acknowledgment from me to go ahead. > > Question: >

Re: [PLUG] Creating a replica Slackware setup ( was: File permissions issue )

On 12/3/22 09:07, Robert Citek wrote: > Thanks, Ben. > > Getting closer. > > $ grep -v '^#' /etc/slackpkg/mirrors > http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-14.2/ > > $ slackpkg update > > $ yes | slackpkg install texlive xfig fig2dev texinfo > > $ yes | slackpkg install

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Venue Options

On 11/3/22 16:49, Russell Senior wrote: > I just tried from a private browser window with (I think) no google account > logged in and it worked for me. > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 4:38 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 15:18:08 -0700 >> Russell Senior dijo: >> >>

Re: [PLUG] Adding another DNS record

On 10/10/22 13:53, Rich Shepard wrote: > I want to add another DNS record for my web host, one that allows access to > the site using https://appl-ecosys.com in addition to the current > https://www.appl-ecosys.com. My long chat with a namecheap tech didn't > provide me with the answer. > > Here's

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

On 9/6/22 17:30, American Citizen wrote: > Hi all: ... > My system is 64 bit, Linux localhost 5.14.21-150400.24.18-default #1 SMP > PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Aug 4 14:17:48 UTC 2022 (e9f7bfc) x86_64 x86_64 > x86_64 GNU/Linux openSuse system, at current levels. > > After this mysterious crash, I decided

Re: [PLUG] memory and swap not recovered after program kill - some questions

On 8/27/22 13:32, American Citizen wrote: > Hello all, this is a question about freeing up system memory and swap > space as apparently this is not happening from some mathematical > programs I am using > > ... > > There appears to be a problem occurring here, as used memory never > recovered and

Re: [PLUG] question on command line mailx to gmail

On 7/2/22 13:08, American Citizen wrote: > Google changed their gmail login procedure last May 30th, requiring 2 > factor authentication. Has anyone been able to work out a command line > script using mailx with gmail successfully? > > - Randall > Although I haven't used mailx or other CLI mail

Re: [PLUG] Libre Office Calc merge and center cells broken

On 5/24/22 17:00, Dick Steffens wrote: > Is anyone else having trouble with merge and center cells in Libre > Office Calc, Version: 6.4.7.2? > > It's worked correctly for years, but recently quite working. On the > toolbar there is an icon that used to cause the contents of a selected > group of

Re: [PLUG] generating an Xorg.conf file for static configuration

On 5/16/22 17:36, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > I am transitioning my desktop from an ancient Redhat 7 distro > to MATE UBUNTU 20.04 (and later to 22.04.1), which uses > lightdm as the display manager. Part of the transition is > visually comparing thousands of old webpages and documents > to new, side

Re: [PLUG] Resolved: Linux and Windows VPN?

On 3/15/22 09:55, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 3/15/22 00:47, Tony Schlemmer wrote: >> I use NordVPN and it runs under Ubuntu, iPhone, Windows 7/10, Android and >> ChromeBook. I have only used Windows 7 and 10 only. I know there is Windows >> 11 but I have used it as of yet. Under Ubuntu is uses

Re: [PLUG] Laptop battery health check: strange result [RESOLVED]

On 3/14/22 15:47, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2022, David Bridges wrote: > >> Perhaps your device is not correct. >> Try upower --dump to see everything. > David, > > Thank you very much for the upower lesson. The dump reported on both the A/C > power supply and the battery (which is at

Re: [PLUG] Using dmesg to find system starting delay

On 3/4/22 13:41, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > 1. You need to be root to use journalctl > 2. Start looking/using at man pages, info pages and other on-line > up-to-date sources. FYI. Slackware, does not use systemd.  journalctl is used to extract logs from a binary database.  IMHO, all diagnostic logs

Re: [PLUG] Configuring a laptop for only wireless

On 3/3/22 14:31, Rich Shepard wrote: > I assume that configuring a laptop for only wireless networking the Ethernet > configuration should be set for DHCP and all ethX ports left blank. Then > iwconfig is used (with wpa-supplement) to configure wlan0. > > Have I missed anything? > > Rich You don't

Re: [PLUG] Missing ffmpeg missing mp3 encoder

On 2/17/22 10:39, Rich Shepard wrote > Where do I look for codec mp3 and how do I put it where it should be for > ffmpeg to find? Or, is there another tool I can use to extract the audio > stream from an .mp4 I created so I can test my sound system with a file I > know has recorded audio? > > Rich

Re: [PLUG] Sound still not working; updated status

On 2/16/22 15:29, Rich Shepard wrote: > == > Opening audio decoder: [mpg123] MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 layers I, II, III > AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 32.0 kbit/2.27% (ratio: 4000->176400) > Selected audio codec: [mpg123] afm: mpg123

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

On 2/14/22 14:49, Dick Steffens wrote: > Is anybody using the Brave browser? > > Good? Bad? Indifferent? > Brave browser is a bit of an odd derivative of chromium.  It is focused on privacy, but also has set up an advertising network that pays users to view optional adds via BAT (cryptocurrency)

Re: [PLUG] Audacity-2.3.2: recording permanently paused

On 2/8/22 08:26, Rich Shepard wrote: > If you know how to unpause Audacity's recording please share that knowledge > with me. Although I click the red dot 'record' icon the status bar says that > recording is paused. I don't find a menu or icon option to unpause it and my > web searches are not

Re: [PLUG] Burning DVD from command line with dd

On 2/5/22 11:12, Rich Shepard wrote: > I'm trying to write an .iso to a single-layer DVD. Here, /dev/sr0 in > /etc/fstab uses the alias of /dev/cdrom and it's read-only. I don't know of > a way to temporarily change the permissions to rw and changing them in fstab > does nothing. > >

Re: [PLUG] Audio help needed: no audacity output

On 2/1/22 08:20, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 1 Feb 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> What have I missed? > Still clueless on the source of the problem. However, aplay -L shows all > available audio cards, sound-test produces its default sound, and mplayer > produces output from the podcast .mp3 I

Re: [PLUG] Speaker control: more than volume

On 1/31/22 15:50, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jan 2022, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > >> Can we be provided with their name so we can listen to it? > Sure: . Scroll down to the > trailer. > > Rich ok on my desktop logitech speakers, but SO MUCH

Re: [PLUG] Speaker control: more than volume

On 1/31/22 11:17, Rich Shepard wrote: > I have a pair of small speakers that work really well with music but lack > clarity for voice reproduction. Alsamixer can control volume but not > frequency response. > > Is there a tool that will provide me with better spoken audio such as > podcasts or

Re: [PLUG] Reformating date fields in text files

On 1/14/22 13:13, Rich Shepard wrote: > I often download data as .csv files. The dates are usually formated as > mm/dd/. I want to convert them to the format -mm-dd. Rich, I may not have this quite right as I haven't touched Perl in ages.  From a few online hints: myfile.csv

Re: [PLUG] A question about using 'screen'

On 1/11/22 11:01, Rich Shepard wrote: > A few nights ago I used screen for a very log running task. The man page > tells me, "... When screen is called, it creates a single window with a > shell in it (or the specified command) and then gets out of your way so that > you can use the program as you

Re: [PLUG] question on permission override for a HP printer

On 11/8/21 15:11, logical american wrote: > Hi: > > I have an HP Deskjet printer connected to a LAN. Without checking to see > if my hardwire cable was plugged in, I attempted to print a document to > this default printer. Nothing happened, so I checked the status, the > printer was placed into

Re: [PLUG] Audacity .aup3

On 9/22/21 14:41, Dick Steffens wrote: > Anybody using Audacity? I had to use a Win10 machine to do some > recording this morning. When I got home I went to copy the .aup file and > directory to my Xubuntu machine. What I found was there isn't a .aup > file and folder, but instead a .aup3 file. I

Re: [PLUG] Samsung SSD QVO/EVO/PRO - most reliable?

On 9/12/21 16:51, Randy Bush wrote: > do not know how widely this extends > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/samsung-seemingly-caught-swapping-components-in-its-970-evo-plus-ssds/ > > randy There is also this: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=Samsung-860-870-More-Quirks

Re: [PLUG] New curated search engine: neeva.com

On 9/5/21 14:46, Mike C. wrote: > being a UK outfit, the GDPR applies. No, it doesn't. UK is dropping the EU GDPR post-Brexit. The replacement is in-progress and may not end up as rigorous as the EU GDPR.

Re: [PLUG] Proton mail not exempt from surveillance

On 9/6/21 14:14, Mike C. wrote: > One regional communication service provider that I know of that doesn't log > ip addresses is Riseup.net. Their philosophy is essentially any info that > isn't logged/stored isn't able to be shared. > > If you don't know about the Warrant Canary, now you can now -

Re: [PLUG] NVidia video on a Dell Optiplex 790

On 8/17/21 00:45, Russell Senior wrote: > lspci says: > >01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce > 210] (rev a2) > > After an ubuntu 20.04 update, video disappears. It was using the > nvidia-340 driver. It appears the build against a new kernel failed. > I've

Re: [PLUG] Startup Applications Re: two rotated screens with xrandr

On 8/11/21 8:29 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > In the August 9 email below, I called my xrandr script > using .bashrc . > > Wrong, that also adds cruft to an ssh login from another > computer. > > A better place to call this script is from Startup > Applications Preferences. For Gnome2 and Mate,

Re: [PLUG] Block-list, Pass--list

On 7/22/21 4:10 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > For me, abandoning blacklist/whitelist has more to do with the murky > origin of the expression, and what I assume might be uncertainty in > the receiver of the connotation of the expression. According to the > OED, it was used in 1624: > > 1624 Bp.

Re: [PLUG] Block-list, Pass--list

On 7/22/21 4:25 PM, Randy Bush wrote: > living in a complex society, and not wishing to offend/annoy folk who > are sensitive, i find it trivially easy to ameliorate terminology. > > others seem to relish offending. > > we all have choices. > > randy > Trying to ameliorate terminology to

Re: [PLUG] Computer electronics looking for a good home

On 7/20/21 6:10 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > Yo the nvidia 550 and 950 were on loan for special projects, remember? > > If you dont want them then ill take em back... > > Sent from ProtonMail mobile > > Original Message > On Jul 20, 2021, 5:58 PM, King Be

[PLUG] Computer electronics looking for a good home

Hello pluggers (pluglets? Pluggies?) I've have a stack of stuff that may be useful to some of you. I thought I'd give you first crack at it before I send it off to the e-waste recyclers. If interested, email me at kingbeow...@gmail.com kingbeow...@linuxgalaxy.org to arrange a pickup (East

Re: [PLUG] exFAT v. FAT32

On 6/10/21 4:16 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I just received today a new 1TB USB drive with a USB 3.0 Type A plug on > one end and a Type C plug on the other. I plugged it into one of the > Type C ports on my Thinkpad and discovered that it is formatted 'Win95 > FAT32.' > >... Unless you

Re: [PLUG] Old OS on New Machine

On 5/6/21 3:57 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: > I'm having the opposite of Dick's problem. I just built a new computer > using an ASUS Pro B460M-C motherboard with 32GB or RAM. I'm trying to > install CentOS7. I have both DVD and USB stick. I get the initial menu to > choose install, test media and

Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives

On 4/24/21 6:57 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > In this case, it means that Firefox now requires "Sync" > and "Lockwise". Passwords stored (allegedly encrypted) > on Mozilla servers. Ah. no. Mozilla may have added dubious features, but blame your distro package managers (if on a binary distro) or

Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped

On 4/28/21 11:14 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > ethtool enx3ce1a1c0dbfc > Settings for enx3ce1a1c0dbfc: > Supported ports: [ TP MII ] > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full >

Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped

On 4/27/21 3:54 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > 2.168.1.170 is the address given to the laptop by the router for > ethernet, and 192.168.1.163 is for its wifi. In the command 'cat > /sys/class/net/eth0/speed 1000' I tried changing 'eth0' to wlp82s0 and > to enx3ce1a1c0dbfc, but each resulted in

Re: [PLUG] Serial dot-matrix printer replacement

On 4/24/21 10:53 AM, Michael Barnes wrote: > I have an old piece of equipment that handles monitoring and remote control > for a site. It has an old serial dot matrix printer that would print out > alarms situations and status readings. We want to keep the basic unit, but > the printer has died.

Re: [PLUG] Memory error downloading file from website

On 4/22/21 8:16 PM, Jason Barnett wrote: > You are correct. Dumb error on my behalf. > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 8:09 PM King Beowulf wrote: > >> On 4/19/21 11:19 AM, Jason Barnett wrote: >>> Do you have 1.2Tb of space free on your drive and can your file sys

Re: [PLUG] Memory error downloading file from website

On 4/19/21 11:11 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I've not before had a problem downloading huge files. But, trying to > download > http://ph-public-data.com/document/PHRD_2019/Pre-RD_PDI_Appx-A-Chemistry-Data-DVR.zip > > which the site says is 1,168,591Kb large fails. > > The 102k PDF error page

Re: [PLUG] Memory error downloading file from website

On 4/19/21 11:19 AM, Jason Barnett wrote: > Do you have 1.2Tb of space free on your drive and can your file system > handle single files of that size? > > Jason 1,168,591Kb is NOT 1.2 Tb it is 11411 Mb -Ed OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [PLUG] RedHat flubs, AlmaLinux arrives Re: Is Free Software ...

On 4/15/21 2:07 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > hile I would be more comfortable making the small jump > to AlmaLinux, the bigger jump to Debian puts me closer > to most of the rest of PLUG. > > You folks better be worth it :-) > > Keith Those of us running Slackware Linux are worth it.

Re: [PLUG] Printer permissions

On 3/29/21 11:13 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I had to reinstall the driver for my Dell color laser printer (a rebranded > Xerox Phaser 6000B). When I tried to send a job to it CUPS responded: > Idle - > "File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_MF" has insecure > permissions

Re: [PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

On 2/4/21 2:44 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > A while ago when I pointed the browser to https://meet.jit.si/ and > entered a > unique meeting name there was a button to set a password for it. Today > there > wasn't any password option. The site told me the meeting name was insecure > but offered no

Re: [PLUG] Midnight Commander display borked

On 12/28/20 10:33 AM, Nat Taylor wrote: > Hmm... Everything but LC_ALL is UTF-8 > mc -a does fix it > But I have figured out that I was using xfce4-terminal instead of Konsole > or QTerminal, and the problem is only there. > > I guess the moral of the story is to use mc -a if you are using >

Re: [PLUG] Whether to host one's own email these days?

On 9/20/20 3:20 PM, Eric House wrote: > I've used a personal domain for years, and the email address attached > to it is the one I care about most, though of course I have a few > gmail and other addresses. For years I ran my own email server. But > when my ISP crashed and burned (remember

Re: [PLUG] Weather application for Xubuntu 18.04

On 9/11/20 8:03 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Drought, pandemic, federal administration, economic collapse, and now > record > wildland fires. A year to remember and there's still 1/3rd to go. > Almost sounds like the Four Horsemen are upon us. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: [PLUG] GUI sudo prompt

On 8/31/20 5:07 PM, Vince Winter wrote: > I am looking for an alternative to gksu/gksudo (they are no longer > supported) or to pkexec (getting it setup for the gui is annoying, i.e. > editing policy). > > I am trying to make a cinnamon desktop launch that asks for a password, > keeping simple as

Re: [PLUG] Auto start HTOP in tty.

On 8/30/20 8:10 AM, Chuck Hast wrote: > That finished nailing it. I am going to work on it this afternoon, but > that data brought it all back. Funny, my searches all brought up > doing this in a terminal screen in the GUI, command line only gets > no respect... > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at

Re: [PLUG] Auto start HTOP in tty.

On 8/28/20 12:00 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > Folks, > I have a server that I would like to have HTOP startup in > one of the TTY's so far all I find are how to do it from the > GUI (no gui this is a server) I would like for HTOP to start > in say terminal 3 for grins (I use 1 and 2 for doing changes >

Re: [PLUG] Serious linux malware

On 8/14/20 5:33 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > As a computer user and a non-professional I'd like your thoughts on this > Ars > Technica article, "NSA and FBI warn that new Linux malware threatens > national security." > >

Re: [PLUG] PinePhone

On 8/8/20 2:34 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Has anyone looked at purchasing a pinephone from pine64.org, or considered > doing so? As mentioned, pinephone is not quite there yet. I do like Pine's concept of isolating the OS from the cellular modem hardware. Its for the modem and related parts that

Re: [PLUG] Jitsi will not unmute microphone

On 7/28/20 3:27 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Using a Logitech H570e USB headset pavucontrol's input tab shows the > microphone responding to my voice as the vu bar moves. The headphones work > when I use aplay on /usr/share/games/xboard/sounds/*.wav files. > > But, when I join a jit.si meeting the

Re: [PLUG] HDMI

On 7/19/20 9:22 PM, Bruce wrote: > I have an older HP G70-460US laptop.  I recently did a fresh install of > Ubuntu 20.04. > > This laptop streams to my Samsung TV.  I use an HDMI connection. The > older version that was installed did this very well.  The new version > shows the Ubuntu logo

Re: [PLUG] Linux Slideshow Set To Music

On 7/27/20 12:59 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > Yo Ed, > > Didnt you create some family dvds that did this years ago? I remember you > running through the slackbuilds for dvd authoring software and did a pretty > nice job of making a playable slideshow. > > Only took you half my childhood to figure it

Re: [PLUG] recommendations for a usb wireless adapter

On 7/7/20 10:07 PM, Smith, Cathy wrote: > Can some recommend a WiFi usb adapter that is compatible with Ubuntu? > > I have a Dell workstation that I want run Ubuntu. The nearest ethernet port > is 2 rooms away. Using a wireless adapter would be easier than stepping > over an ethernet cable.

Re: [PLUG] Linux Slideshow Set To Music

On 7/27/20 12:30 PM, Ronald Bynoe wrote: > As the subject says. My Dad passed away last month and I'm building a > memorial slideshow for him. I'd like the images set to music (like fancy > proprietary apps do) but all my systems are Linux. I'm playing with > "Imagination" right now but the output

Re: [PLUG] Brasero says CD/DVD only...

On 7/16/20 2:43 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:21:16 + > gregm dijo: > >> I used to use the following cli method, when I was doing BD none of >> the Linux gui apps supported BD, it has been a few years since I used >> BD. >> >> "truncate --size=25GB /pub/bluray.udf >>

Re: [PLUG] Points on a map

On 7/12/20 7:56 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: > Here's an interesting challenge. First, I am not a programmer, but I can > sometimes piece stuff together and modify to make it work. > > I have seen these on other web pages and they seem like they should be > simple enough. I have a document file with

Re: [PLUG] Brasero says CD/DVD only...

On 7/10/20 10:10 AM, mich...@robinson-west.com wrote: > I have an LG M disk burner and a disc it should be able to burn that is 100G > capacity. Brasero tells me to please replace the disc with a supported CD or > DVD. > The drive is definitely a BDXL drive capable of burning up to 128 gig

Re: [PLUG] Communicating with digital camera via USB

On 6/23/20 8:21 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I have a Canon EOS Rebel T3 digital camera and just purchased a USB cable > that is supposed to work with this model. When I connect the camera to a > USB > port on the desktop /var/log/messages reports: > > Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090432.979576]

Re: [PLUG] Xsane cannot communicate with scanner

On 6/22/20 4:11 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020, King Beowulf wrote: > >> The only printer/scanner company that I know of that explicitly supports >> Linux is HP. > > Ed, > > I believe that Epson also explicitly supports linux. > Like Cano

Re: [PLUG] Xsane cannot communicate with scanner

On 6/22/20 12:51 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > >> I went to check the PLUG history at >>   http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/ > > Michael, > > That February thread was about the need to plug the scanner into the > desktop > directly, not into

Re: [PLUG] Resolved, sort of: Background on Zoom in Linux?

On 5/24/20 7:51 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 5/23/20 11:40 PM, King Beowulf wrote: >> On 5/23/20 8:33 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: >> ... >>> In the settings section, the Virtual Background button wasn't available >>> before. After I signed up for a free account,

Re: [PLUG] Resolved, sort of: Background on Zoom in Linux?

On 5/23/20 8:33 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: ... > > In the settings section, the Virtual Background button wasn't available > before. After I signed up for a free account, that button appeared. > However, when I clicked on it and tried to put up a background, it said > my machine wasn't powerful

Re: [PLUG] Ambient light screen adjustment

On 4/30/20 7:21 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > Folks, > I have a HP Compaq 6300 I am using as a DVR terminal to my DVR which is > elsewhere on the property. The 6300 just displays the critical camera > screens. > > My issue is that I am trying to figure out how to use the camera on the > machine > to

Re: [PLUG] wine doesn't kindle_for_pc...

On 5/1/20 1:27 PM, mich...@robinson-west.com wrote: > michael@eagle Downloads]$ wine KindleForPC-installer-1.28.57030.exe > wine: Bad EXE format for > Z:homemichaelDownloadsKindleForPC-installer-1.28.57030.exe. > [michael@eagle Downloads]$ > > [michael@eagle Downloads]$ wine

Re: [PLUG] Apollo 13 anniversary

On 4/11/20 3:28 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > If there are space nerds here, you can follow along with Apollo 13, > synchronized to exactly 50 years ago: > > https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/ > +1 Also, Apollo 11, when I was 9 yrs old. ah the memories. https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/ -Ed

Re: [PLUG] Webcam capture software

On 4/11/20 2:25 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > My research found two linux applications for webcam capture: vlc and > webcamoid. Has anyone experience with these and will share thoughts on > preferring one ove the other? > I've used VLC before. Its a swiss army knife for video playback with capture

Re: [PLUG] Question on Zoombombin

On 4/5/20 6:08 PM, Mark Allyn wrote: > Folks: > > I don't know if this is the right forum or not to ask this, but I am curious > about this so called Zoombombing that's been creeping up. > > I was as a zoom meeting that did get bombed with porn on Saturday. Luckily, > the host was able to kick

Re: [PLUG] BASH script make a backup...

On 4/4/20 4:06 PM, mich...@robinson-west.com wrote: > tar: > root/web_safety/build/squid/squid-4.9/debian/.debhelper/squid/dbgsym-root/usr/share/doc/squid-dbgsym: > File removed before we read it > tar: >

Re: [PLUG] BASH script make a backup...

On 4/4/20 1:03 PM, mich...@robinson-west.com wrote: > Of course, leave off the $ when defining a variable in Bash! > > I'm using the following tar invocation: > > tar --one-file-system -cvjf foo.tar.bz2 foo/ > > Is there a way to tar up symbolic links as links? > > What about permissions?

Re: [PLUG] From {proprietary consumer} TO {FOSS contributor} HOW???

On 3/27/20 12:59 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Lousy subject line? *PROBABLY* Suggestions welcome ;} > > About a decade ago I got fed up with M$ telling me that they knew more > about my needs than I. > > Responding to an application oriented question on a USENET forum, a PLUG > member suggested I

Re: [PLUG] HELP, service provider may be VICTIM?

On 3/12/20 1:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/12/2020 02:52 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: >> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Richard Owlett wrote: ... >> >> Most e-mail clients will allow you to save to disk the entirety of an >> e-mail message, headers and body both included. > > That is what I wanted. >

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

On 11/23/19 8:27 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > While my old LinkSys (non-gigabit) switch worked for years it recently > died. > I'm now using a Netgear GS116 gigabit switch and I want a backup unmanaged > 16-port gigabit switch. > > I find them available from Cisco, Netgear, TrendNet, TP-Link, and

Re: [PLUG] Finding suitable printer

On 10/19/19 1:37 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 10/19/19 11:19 AM, King Beowulf wrote: > >> HP has excellent F/OSS Linux CUPS driver support via HPLIP, which is >> either already installed in you distro or readily  available. > > Be aware that if you choose a really new mo

Re: [PLUG] Finding suitable printer

On 10/19/19 4:55 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I run Debian on two laptops in different rooms and networking is not > feasible. I'm looking for a small low volume printer. It will generally > be stored, not connected, on a shelf near one laptop. Desk space *very* > limited. Occasionally used away

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