Re: [PLUG] Two decade old Linux machine comes back to life

2023-10-10 Thread Russell Senior
to a modern computer with rsync was a challenge. I could make my way past ssh deprecations (at least in one direction), but I got stuck with rsync protocol incompatibilities. I ended up just piping tar through an ssh tunnel. On 10/10/23 21:04, Russell Senior wrote: So, I've been watching a YouTube

[PLUG] Two decade old Linux machine comes back to life

2023-10-10 Thread Russell Senior
a Dallas DS12B887. And the clock is running about 25 minutes slow. After 20 years and 5 months. Anyway, I just wanted to share that. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] 2nd try, no response: Re: October PLUG Meeting: Firejail and Linux VPNs

2023-10-05 Thread Russell Senior
Michael is in charge of AV. As I understand it, a bunch of the historical presentations have been recorded, but are thus far unpublished. So, if you want to see the talk, you should actually show up in person to have the best chance. -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer russ...@personaltelco.net

Re: [PLUG] October PLUG Meeting: Firejail and Linux VPNs

2023-10-03 Thread Russell Senior
false negatives that PCR tests detect. Hard to know, given the fragmentary evidence, but it is out there circulating and, speaking from my own anecdotal experience, it isn't fun even when mild. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org On 10/3/23 16:40, Michael Dexter wrote: On 10/3/23 3:47 PM

Re: [PLUG] Debian 12 Nightmare install

2023-10-01 Thread Russell Senior
hile, so I don't have any particular insight or recent experience to share. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] New CUPS, ancient printers

2023-09-29 Thread Russell Senior
revolution comes, the lawyers will have a temporary reprieve as the karmic balance is restored first with modern printer vendors. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Battery Backup Question

2023-09-27 Thread Russell Senior
Sep 27, 2023 at 5:16 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > >> On 9/27/23 14:12, Russell Senior wrote: > >>> I have a UPS in my basement right now, beeping every 14m53s and the > >>> battery is fine. The problem is oxide on the connector. Every 3-4 > >>> months I ritu

Re: [PLUG] Battery Backup Question

2023-09-27 Thread Russell Senior
causes can vary. There may be a manual somewhere that describes troubleshooting steps for your UPS, and describes lights and beeps and what they mean. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 12:00 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > > We had a power outage this morni

Re: [PLUG] Recompiling 1989 text2ps.c

2023-09-26 Thread Russell Senior
I recall using enscript or genscript with a customized header in the 1990s. On Mon, Sep 25, 2023, 23:26 Keith Lofstrom wrote: > No problem, actually a pleasant near-miracle. > > I've used native-postscript printers since the Apple > Laserwriter and BSD, and used Stephen Frede's 1989 (or >

Re: [PLUG] Internship for people with Linux command line familiarity

2023-09-23 Thread Russell Senior
p 23, 2023 at 3:40 PM Russell Senior wrote: > > I'm involved with a grant funded project in which Personal Telco Project is > to indoctrinate a few people in Community Networking serving a target > population. We want people who are members of the target population, but in > order

[PLUG] Internship for people with Linux command line familiarity

2023-09-23 Thread Russell Senior
concerns it seems appropriate to help them recruit potential candidates, and PLUG seems like a good place to start looking. I have thought about asking local community colleges that teach Linux skills. Any other thoughts? -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net

[PLUG] Booting problems

2023-09-19 Thread Russell Senior
On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 2:41 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > > I'm back in Ubuntu, following my ninth failed attempt to install Debian > 12. But I should say at the beginning that, like Rich, I've used ext4 > for many years and have never had a problem. My issues with installing > Debian 12 is that

Re: [PLUG] Make secure shell work

2023-09-17 Thread Russell Senior
at. After that works, we can move on to fun things like ssh keys. -- Russell On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 3:32 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2023 15:08:24 -0700 > Russell Senior dijo: > > >On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 11:05 AM John Jason Jordan > >wrote: > >

[PLUG] Make secure shell work

2023-09-17 Thread Russell Senior
On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 11:05 AM John Jason Jordan wrote: > Several times over the years I gave tried to get ssh working, and I > always failed. Wait, what? Ssh shouldn't be hard. Like, at all. Let's fix that. What doesn't work? -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net

Re: [PLUG] Print a brochure or booklet in LibreOffice Writer

2023-09-07 Thread Russell Senior
it in the correct orientation to print on the back. I agree this sounds like a printer problem. HP, so no surprise. NO CYAN! -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

[PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: September General Meeting is an UnPLUG at Rose City Book Pub

2023-09-05 Thread Russell Senior
freedom Bio:   all shapes and sizes Talk:   yes, hopefully! Rules and Requests: PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its mailing lists or at its meetings -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] ANNOUNCEMENT: September General Meeting is an UnPLUG at Rose City Book Pub

2023-09-05 Thread Russell Senior
freedom Bio:   all shapes and sizes Talk:   yes, hopefully! Rules and Requests: PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its mailing lists or at its meetings -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org ___ PLUG

Re: [PLUG] No Speaker for September yet, anybody want to or have a lead?

2023-09-03 Thread Russell Senior
rious now that I am a staff employee at PSU. > > > On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 3:47 AM Russell Senior > wrote: > > > We think we should defer you until a later date and go with the social > > hour this month while the weather is still decent. The PLUG general > > monthly me

Re: [PLUG] No Speaker for September yet, anybody want to or have a lead?

2023-09-03 Thread Russell Senior
you'd like to talk about. Thanks! -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org On 9/1/23 16:50, markrobertcurry wrote: Hello Russell & PLUG, It would depend on which talk PLUG would be most interested in me giving. If you pick  one of he talks I listed that's already completed,

Re: [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] [PLUG] No Speaker for September yet, anybody want to or have a lead?

2023-09-03 Thread Russell Senior
you'd like to talk about. Thanks! -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org On 9/1/23 16:50, markrobertcurry wrote: Hello Russell & PLUG, It would depend on which talk PLUG would be most interested in me giving. If you pick  one of he talks I listed that's already completed,

[PLUG] No Speaker for September yet, anybody want to or have a lead?

2023-08-28 Thread Russell Senior
that the last speaker was responsible for finding the next speaker, or they had to speak again. But everyone just laughed. I thought it sounded like a great idea. Anyway, ANY IDEAS? Reply to plug@pdxlinux.org or me. Thanks! -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] No Speaker for September yet, anybody want to or have a lead?

2023-08-28 Thread Russell Senior
that the last speaker was responsible for finding the next speaker, or they had to speak again. But everyone just laughed. I thought it sounded like a great idea. Anyway, ANY IDEAS? Reply to p...@pdxlinux.org or me. Thanks! -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Zoom error 10?

2023-08-18 Thread Russell Senior
I have been successfully joining Zoom meetings in my browser (firefox). There is a hard to see link on the meeting page, you can refuse to open their application and just click the "join in browser" link instead. Since I've been using the browser version exclusively for the last 6 months or more,

Re: [PLUG] Seeking a Universal Remote

2023-08-05 Thread Russell Senior
Looks like this is Linux software that will let you program your remote. Caveat, I found it in the Internet, no personal experience. https://github.com/jaymzh/concordance On Sat, Aug 5, 2023, 20:58 Russell Senior wrote: > This is all semi-gibberish to me, but I did find this: > >

Re: [PLUG] Seeking a Universal Remote

2023-08-05 Thread Russell Senior
This is all semi-gibberish to me, but I did find this:   https://gist.github.com/amhendley/89965125556b219f84fd On 8/5/23 07:42, Michael Rasmussen wrote: Looking for a universal remote for TVs that is Linux programmable. I have a Logitech  Harmony 650 that works fine - until I need to change

Re: [PLUG] Replacing github public key

2023-08-03 Thread Russell Senior
uffix) has filename punctuation that does not match the public key ('.github' instead of a '_github'). Perhaps that was your problem. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] wikis breaking on updates (was: Re: Upgrage Breaks MediaWiki - why?)

2023-08-01 Thread Russell Senior
o knew how it worked kind of wandered away. It was only the abandonment of python2 that has led to the "crisis". There has been a slow moving effort to build a v2 of MoinMoin, but it's reportedly not ready for production, or wasn't when I looked last (again, about a year ago). --

Re: [PLUG] wikis breaking on updates (was: Re: Upgrage Breaks MediaWiki - why?)

2023-07-31 Thread Russell Senior
ler and tried their hand at > fixing it themselves? > > Ted > > -Original Message- > From: PLUG [mailto:plug-boun...@pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Paul Heinlein > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2023 8:38 AM > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group > Subject: Re: [PLUG] wiki

Re: [PLUG] Github question

2023-07-31 Thread Russell Senior
https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/other-site-policies/github-account-recovery-policy On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 3:24 PM Michael Ewan wrote: > > That is the tricky part. My Github account was linked in some corporate > magic with my company email, and even though I remember the password it >

[PLUG] wikis breaking on updates (was: Re: Upgrage Breaks MediaWiki - why?)

2023-07-30 Thread Russell Senior
to update to Debian 11 (bullseye) about a year ago. We had a brief outage while I figured out what had gone wrong. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Sun, Jul 30, 2023 at 12:17 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > > --- Original Message --- > On Sunday, July 30th, 2023 at 11:31 AM

Re: [PLUG] Absolute vs. Relative sound level?

2023-07-23 Thread Russell Senior
If pavucontrol makes it too loud, you can damped the speakers with a small piece of Sugru. ;-) -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 16:50 Tomas Kuchta wrote: > - pavucontrol - > > On Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 01:03 Dick Steffens wrote: > > > Is t

Re: [PLUG] autofs not working

2023-07-22 Thread Russell Senior
. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Question on USB audio drivers in linux and Logitech H390 Headphones

2023-07-21 Thread Russell Senior
, Russell Senior wrote: Unlikely big volume range -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Question on USB audio drivers in linux and Logitech H390 Headphones

2023-07-21 Thread Russell Senior
could be they are being read wrong. Did the headset come with a "driver CD" or anything like that? If so, maybe worth looking to see what's on it. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Question on USB audio drivers in linux and Logitech H390 Headphones

2023-07-20 Thread Russell Senior
indication) is a tiny broken wire, either at the plug or at the earphone. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 5:56 PM American Citizen wrote: > > As a follow up some pertinent information on this problem > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/46863

Re: [PLUG] Help with weird device errors

2023-07-15 Thread Russell Senior
ppy in BIOS, but the question still presents > itself, why do I get errors when accessing a mounted disk? > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 10:15 PM Russell Senior > > wrote: > > > This might be relevant: > > > > > > > https://unix.stackexchange.

Re: [PLUG] Help with weird device errors

2023-07-15 Thread Russell Senior
This might be relevant: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/53513/linux-disable-dev-fd0-floppy -- Russell On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 9:28 PM Michael Ewan wrote: > > I am setting up a file server, currently Ubuntu Server 22.04. I have three > 1TB data disks, two act normally, the third is

[PLUG] REMINDER: July General Meeting is another Un-PLUG at Rose City Book Pub

2023-07-05 Thread Russell Senior
On 6/21/23 15:03, Russell Senior wrote: Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Michael has a speaker semi-committed, but now for August. Which leaves us bereft of edutainment in the short term. So, as suggested earlier, we are going to do another Un-PLUG at the Rose City

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] REMINDER: July General Meeting is another Un-PLUG at Rose City Book Pub

2023-07-05 Thread Russell Senior
On 6/21/23 15:03, Russell Senior wrote: Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Michael has a speaker semi-committed, but now for August. Which leaves us bereft of edutainment in the short term. So, as suggested earlier, we are going to do another Un-PLUG at the Rose City

[PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: July General Meeting is another Un-PLUG at Rose City Book Pub

2023-06-21 Thread Russell Senior
at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Bio:   all shapes and sizes Talk:   yes, hopefully! Rules and Requests: PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its mailing lists or at its meetings -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] ANNOUNCEMENT: July General Meeting is another Un-PLUG at Rose City Book Pub

2023-06-21 Thread Russell Senior
at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Bio:   all shapes and sizes Talk:   yes, hopefully! Rules and Requests: PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its mailing lists or at its meetings -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE 2]

2023-06-15 Thread Russell Senior
you had not unmounted it cleanly]" > How do I remove it? > Press '1' at the prompt, like the rudimentary menu suggests. Or, alternatively (after unmounting) auto-repair with: fsck.vfat -y /dev/sda1 There is a manual page for fsck.vfat on most systems: man fsck.vfat -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Russell Senior
Does it still boot despite the warning? If so, after booting, you ought to be able to unmount /boot and do the fsck. On Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 09:32 Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > The desktop is still turned on but needs rebooting and I need to learn > > what's

Re: [PLUG] Sluggish response

2023-06-13 Thread Russell Senior
a bunch of computers I've maxed out to like 32GB. I think the last batch I got from freegeek's online ebay store. -- Russell On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 5:53 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 6/13/23 14:30, Russell Senior wrote: > > Using any swap at all, which you are, implies it's a memory

Re: [PLUG] Sluggish response

2023-06-13 Thread Russell Senior
Using any swap at all, which you are, implies it's a memory pressure issue. See if you can add more memory. Also, check "top" and sort by memory use. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 2:26 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > I'm running Xubuntu 20.04. I'm

[PLUG] RFC: more UnPLUGs?

2023-06-03 Thread Russell Senior
someone who wants to nominate somewhere new can do some scouting or something. Thoughts? -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] ANNOUNCEMENT: General Monthly Meeting is Un-PLUG at Rose City Book Pub

2023-05-29 Thread Russell Senior
lists or at its meetings -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG-announce mailing list PLUG-announce@pdxlinux.org https://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce

[PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: General Monthly Meeting is Un-PLUG at Rose City Book Pub

2023-05-29 Thread Russell Senior
lists or at its meetings -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] No speaker, no venue (so far) for June!

2023-05-29 Thread Russell Senior
23 at 3:24 AM, Russell Senior >> wrote: >> >> >> > Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org writes: >> > >> > > Still no speaker, but Jason Bergstrom floated the idea of: d) just >> > > meeting up somewhere for "afters", but not-

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] No speaker, no venue (so far) for June!

2023-05-27 Thread Russell Senior
Russell Senior writes: > Still no speaker, but Jason Bergstrom floated the idea of: d) just > meeting up somewhere for "afters", but not-before-or-after-anything > and rather in-place-of. > > That struck me as fun and desirable. Are other people interested in > j

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] No speaker, no venue (so far) for June!

2023-05-26 Thread Russell Senior
something? If so, does someone want to suggest a centrally-located venue? My thoughts turn to one of the Lucky Labs but let's not let my narrow thinking be limiting. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org PLUG Volunteer On 5/15/23 23:50, Russell Senior wrote: Hi folks, I heard from Mich

Re: [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] No speaker, no venue (so far) for June!

2023-05-26 Thread Russell Senior
something? If so, does someone want to suggest a centrally-located venue? My thoughts turn to one of the Lucky Labs but let's not let my narrow thinking be limiting. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org PLUG Volunteer On 5/15/23 23:50, Russell Senior wrote: Hi folks, I heard from Mich

Re: [PLUG] Question on a quick CLI program for validating a csv file

2023-05-21 Thread Russell Senior
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29642102/how-to-make-awk-ignore-the-field-delimiter-inside-double-quotes On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 1:05 PM Russell Senior wrote: > Rich Shepard writes: > > > I download .csv files from agency databases where strings are double > quoted > &g

Re: [PLUG] Question on a quick CLI program for validating a csv file

2023-05-21 Thread Russell Senior
nt NF,$0 }' /tmp/test.csv 3 A,B,C 5 D,"e,f,g",F Please note the number of fields computed: gawk IS NOT ignoring commas within quoted strings. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net

Re: [PLUG] Sending a Google-Earth Pro image via email

2023-05-19 Thread Russell Senior
Does this help at all? https://support.google.com/earth/search?q=downloading+a+kml+file -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 1:30 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > I'm trying to send myself a KML image from Google Earth Pro, but the only > MUAs made ava

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] No speaker, no venue (so far) for June!

2023-05-16 Thread Russell Senior
at the Latvian Center. So, it seems we either: a) skip June; b) find another venue, and if b) then c) find a speaker. Thoughts? -- Russell Senior PLUG volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG-announce mailing list PLUG

[PLUG] No speaker, no venue (so far) for June!

2023-05-16 Thread Russell Senior
at the Latvian Center. So, it seems we either: a) skip June; b) find another venue, and if b) then c) find a speaker. Thoughts? -- Russell Senior PLUG volunteer russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Any Ubiquiti Experts?

2023-05-12 Thread Russell Senior
If you have created a backup config, you can restore it after the factory reset, if necessary or desirable. The goal of my suggestion is just to rule out an accidental misconfiguration of some obscure setting that might be preventing the connection. On Fri, May 12, 2023, 05:47 Ben Koenig wrote:

Re: [PLUG] Any Ubiquiti Experts?

2023-05-11 Thread Russell Senior
[...] This is probably just some stupid WPA2/3 glitch. Yeah, that is a plausible theory. Modern radios usually support older ones without a problem, so my initial N radio vs AC theory didn't really make a lot of sense (as I said at the time). I like the WPA quirk better. To reiterate, I'd

Re: [PLUG] Any Ubiquiti Experts?

2023-05-11 Thread Russell Senior
ou take care with > your network numbering, it all works fine. > I'll amend this with the caveat that apparently double NAT can cause problems for uPnP. But that has no business working at all, so no loss. ;-) > -- > Russell Senior > russ...@personaltelco.net >

Re: [PLUG] Any Ubiquiti Experts?

2023-05-11 Thread Russell Senior
sides of a router. Personal Telco has *many* (NAT'ing) routers stuck behind an ISP's (NAT'ing) gateway routers and they work exactly as expected. As long as you take care with your network numbering, it all works fine. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net

Re: [PLUG] Any Ubiquiti Experts?

2023-05-11 Thread Russell Senior
again from scratch. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 8:54 PM Michael Barnes wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 7:35 PM Tomas Kuchta > > wrote: > > > On Wed, May 10, 2023, 17:47 Michael Barnes > wrote: > > > > > I have a loc

Re: [PLUG] Any Ubiquiti Experts?

2023-05-11 Thread Russell Senior
B of RAM is the more painful constraint at the moment. I have experimented (thus far, unsuccessfully on a single attempt) to update the RAM chip in a Bullet M2 to 64MB with a pin-compatible part from the same product line, and it ALMOST worked (it booted and ran for 30 seconds or so before pani

Re: [PLUG] Any Ubiquiti Experts?

2023-05-11 Thread Russell Senior
So, the bullet is in station mode. And the bullet must be routing (not bridging). What kind of Netgear router are you using? Is it possible to log in to the Verizon hotspot to see what it thinks? -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Wed, May 10, 2023, 20:54 Michael Barnes wrote

Re: [PLUG] Renaming file with back slashes and spaces

2023-05-04 Thread Russell Senior
The filename does NOT have backslashes, just spaces. The backslashes are displayed to *quote* the spaces. That is, show that the spaces are part of the filename instead of whitespace delimiters between different filenames. On Thu, May 4, 2023, 08:39 Rich Shepard wrote: > I have a file from an

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

2023-04-26 Thread Russell Senior
It's logged somewhere. Figure out where. On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 12:32 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 26 Apr 2023, Russell Senior wrote: > > > type 51 is an indication that the server is rejecting the key you are > > trying to use. Success would be type 52. You need to

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

2023-04-26 Thread Russell Senior
" debug1: Offering public key: /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_ed25519 ED25519 SHA256:kzkp07EYCHEBeOLgGgKYbPGD1IdtDpJl2gPVSfYYXtk debug3: send packet: type 50 debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply debug3: receive packet: type 51 " type 51 is an indication that the server is rejecting the key

Re: [PLUG] MediaWiki configuration

2023-04-20 Thread Russell Senior
wiki), but have you looked at this:   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Transferring public key shows error

2023-04-20 Thread Russell Senior
If you are using public key authentication (which you want), you need that turned on, not commented out. This stuff pretty much works out of the box, but it seems like you've figured out a way to screw it up. Generally speaking, putting it in a blender and pressing the puree button isn't the best

Re: [PLUG] Transferring public key shows error

2023-04-20 Thread Russell Senior
to the server. The advice suggested by the internet is to check /var/log/auth.log on the server side (caddis) to see why it's rejecting your connection. On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 9:31 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 20 Apr 2023, Russell Senior wrote: > > > "debug2: we did not send a packe

Re: [PLUG] Transferring public key shows error

2023-04-20 Thread Russell Senior
"debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method" That seems relevant. On Thu, Apr 20, 2023, 06:57 Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, Russell Senior wrote: > > > I find it is pretty helpful to read the messages. If the messages are too > > terse, add verbo

Re: [PLUG] Transferring public key shows error

2023-04-19 Thread Russell Senior
I find it is pretty helpful to read the messages. If the messages are too terse, add verbose or debug flags. Then read what it says. Is there anything listening on caddis's port n? On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 2:56 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, Russell Senior wrote: >

Re: [PLUG] Transferring public key shows error

2023-04-19 Thread Russell Senior
Your client is complaining about the new host key. You need to remove the old hostkey from your *CLIENT'S* known_hosts file. The message is telling you what it doesn't like "Offending ED25519 key in /home/rshepard/.ssh/known_hosts:2". So, you can use an editor to remove the offending line 2, and

Re: [PLUG] Transferring public key shows error

2023-04-19 Thread Russell Senior
There is also a config for the server: sshd_config On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 13:14 Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, Paul Heinlein wrote: > > > It looks to me like sshd on salmo is configured to accept only public key > > authentication. It won't take your password. > > Paul, > > I was

Re: [PLUG] Transferring public key shows error

2023-04-19 Thread Russell Senior
What was your goal in copying the public key? -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 11:05 Rich Shepard wrote: > Generated a key pair and, following the Slackware OpenSSH instructions > tried to use scp to put the laptop's public key on the desktop: >

Re: [PLUG] Capture output of ssh -vv

2023-04-18 Thread Russell Senior
Also, "cat /proc/sys/kernel/hostname" is a pretty robust way of figuring out which host your shell is on. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org On 4/18/23 18:13, King Beowulf wrote: On 4/18/23 14:30, Rich Shepard wrote: I'm setting up a laptop and configuring ssh on it so I ca

Re: [PLUG] 3rd party vpn Defense evasion

2023-04-18 Thread Russell Senior
Can you elaborate, in general terms, on what the goal is? -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 8:38 AM Ishak Micheil wrote: > Greetings, > I am tasked to identify a solution to detecting users obfuscating their ip, > using verity of VPN services. >

Re: [PLUG] USB 3 port running very slowly - why?

2023-04-18 Thread Russell Senior
ur problem? -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 10:38 PM American Citizen wrote: > Hello all: > > Someone gave me a PNY 256 gig flash memory stick, with USB 3.0 advertised. > > However when uploading to it, the actual rate varies from around 1.5

Re: [PLUG] Audio card for clear voice output [RESOLVED]

2023-04-17 Thread Russell Senior
(the arrangement can sometimes vary):   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)#TRRS -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Audio card for clear voice output

2023-04-16 Thread Russell Senior
machine with rando audio hardware, including usb-audio dongles that often come with headsets. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax => RDIFF-BACKUP

2023-04-15 Thread Russell Senior
Dirvish is just a wrapper on rsync. On Sat, Apr 15, 2023, 12:47 MC_Sequoia wrote: > "Dirvish makes snapshot copies of changed files. So the cron job that runs > at 00:30 each night copies changes in files in the 8 vaults (directories > or partitions). What I want to follow that daily update is

Re: [PLUG] rsync command syntax

2023-04-15 Thread Russell Senior
You probably want the -H option too, to preserve hardlinks. Also, my lizard brain is telling me you want trailing slashes too. I'll take Michael's suggestion about -z as given without further research and suggest:   rsync -v -a -H /media/bkup1/ /media/bkup2/ I also suggest reading "man rsync"

Re: [PLUG] Am I the only one who's at Hillsdale brewery & pub?

2023-04-06 Thread Russell Senior
You missed a good talk! The subject sounded a little intimidating for a general audience, but I thought the speaker did a great job of making it understandable. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org On 4/6/23 21:32, elcaset wrote: Is anybody else coming here?

[PLUG] REMINDER: April PLUG Meeting: Proxy Execution in the Linux Scheduler

2023-04-05 Thread Russell Senior
le-brewery-public-house <https://www.mcmenamins.com/hillsdale-brewery-public-house> Rideshares likely available PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/ -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] REMINDER: April PLUG Meeting: Proxy Execution in the Linux Scheduler

2023-04-05 Thread Russell Senior
le-brewery-public-house <https://www.mcmenamins.com/hillsdale-brewery-public-house> Rideshares likely available PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/ -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.o

Re: [PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast?

2023-03-29 Thread Russell Senior
remote host will educate you on what you need by persistently throwing errors at you until you get it right. Also "man ssh_config" is your friend. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] ANNOUNCEMENT: April PLUG Meeting: Proxy Execution in the Linux Scheduler

2023-03-28 Thread Russell Senior
le-brewery-public-house <https://www.mcmenamins.com/hillsdale-brewery-public-house> Rideshares likely available PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/ -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.o

[PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: April PLUG Meeting: Proxy Execution in the Linux Scheduler

2023-03-28 Thread Russell Senior
le-brewery-public-house <https://www.mcmenamins.com/hillsdale-brewery-public-house> Rideshares likely available PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/ -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer

Re: [PLUG] Webinar software recommendationsx

2023-03-12 Thread Russell Senior
Personal Telco has its own jitsi server too. Installation on Debian seemed relatively painless (although, full disclosure, a colleague set it up, not me). On Sun, Mar 12, 2023, 16:48 Randy Bush wrote: > > If you want to start with a small group, don't care about most of the > > features, but

Re: [PLUG] "Ancient" Verizon fiber Re: Verizon towers ...

2023-03-07 Thread Russell Senior
I would not expect a fax to work on their voip product. More tragic from my perspective, pulse dialing doesn't work. On Tue, Mar 7, 2023, 18:38 Seth Alford wrote: > I can't get Comcast VOIP to handle my HP fax machine. Yes, I occasionally > still have to send a fax. Does anyone know how Ziply

Re: [PLUG] Venue for next month ...

2023-03-06 Thread Russell Senior
ome in NE Portland is 1.5 hours (and 35 minutes by car). -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Verizon towers for internet

2023-03-06 Thread Russell Senior
Russell Senior writes: > Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > >> Consumer Cellular is $20 a month with 1GB $50 a month unlimited. > > From https://www.consumercellular.com/shopping/choose/plan: > > "On unlimited data plans, access to high speed data may be reduced aft

Re: [PLUG] Verizon towers for internet

2023-03-06 Thread Russell Senior
e remainder of your billing cycle." -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Verizon towers for internet

2023-03-06 Thread Russell Senior
hering to an openwrt router with a usb port. Fwiw, I have heard feedback from people using the T-mobile at-home-internet and they weren't particularly happy. Particularly for things like online meetings where latency is important, it became unusable. I would expect Verizon to be similar. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Venue for next month ...

2023-03-05 Thread Russell Senior
, so you can give a gift to the community organizers who are > trying to make a stronger ecosystem? > We already have calagator.org, which has a lot of this information. But your methodology also helped remind me calagator exists and might be exploited for this purpose. > > >

[PLUG] List-Id: Portland Linux/Unix Group

2023-03-04 Thread Russell Senior
Wes set the list hostname back to pdxlinux.org (from the temporary lists.pdxlinux.org) which should make your old mail filters happy. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

[PLUG] Venue for next month ...

2023-03-04 Thread Russell Senior
people again, but I think the most likely venue for April at this point is probably back at the Latvian Center. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Alternative Meeting Locations

2023-01-25 Thread Russell Senior
I posted a link (earlier in this thread) with some discussion of MultCoLib as a venue. I just checked the hours for Central Branch, and they close at 6pm on Thursdays. Some other branches, e.g. Hollywood Branch, are open until 8pm on Thursdays. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net

Re: [PLUG] Alternative Meeting Locations

2023-01-25 Thread Russell Senior
For at least two decades (the length of time I've been attending PLUG meetings) the General Monthly Meeting has been 7pm on the first Thursday of the Month (although we occasionally needed to work around holidays, like July 4th). We haven't met in person since March 2020. -- Russell Senior russ

Re: [PLUG] Alternative Meeting Locations

2023-01-25 Thread Russell Senior
On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 10:38 AM Mark Allyn wrote: > I thought we meet at PSU. > PSU was becoming hostile to outsiders even before the pandemic. You need a card key (i.e. be an active student or faculty/staff) to get into any of their buildings, even their library. I volunteer as an industry

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