On 2022-08-31 08:29, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
This leaves my original question/ How does on burn stuff and leave it
open to add more stuff later?
People already answered this in one way: Multisession. There's a way
to do this with k3b but 700M is not that much data these days, so
On 2022-08-25 07:30, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
WIll I have a problem with the Intel AX201 WiFi tot 2400 Mbps +
Bluetooth 5.1
https://laptopwithlinux.com/product/intel-nuc11-linux-mini-computer/
"grep -ri ax201 *" in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/ strongly suggests
that it's supported by
On 2022-08-21 16:43, James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 2:42 PM Jim wrote:
Today I got Apache2 running on it to serve music to my android
phone so could listen when I'm out in the yard. It works but
the size of the text in the directory listing is really small. How
On 2022-07-20 14:56, Mark Phillips via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I have an older System 76 laptop running 18.04 in a lvm across 2
disks (1 TB and 2 TB).
I downloaded 22.04 desktop iso, verified it, installed it on a USB
drive [...] When I try to install it, I get as far as the 5th screen,
On 2022-07-15 08:40, Mark Phillips via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I am trying to back up the contents of the drives (ie /) to an
external usb drive using rsync. It is taking a really long time.
After 26 hours of continuous operation I have only transferred
138 GB out of 2+ TB
1G takes about 11.3
On 2022-07-13 09:42, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On 7/12/22 22:41, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote:
About a year ago, I wanted to be able to access the degree (°)
without launching an app to show the seldom used characters then
finding the one I wanted and copying it and pasting it. I
On 2022-07-12 14:30, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote:
one is a printer key. When I press it xev tells me it's sending
the Control_L and p codes at the same time. I want to remap it
. so it sends only one keycode. Here's what xev shows when I
press it.
KeyPress event,
state 0x10, keycode 37
On 2022-07-11 14:50, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
why can't I make a link to /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose?
You're trying to create the link in a dir you don't have write
permission to. "ln -s /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose
~/Compose" will create a symlink to the
On 2022-07-11 13:09, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
How does one invoke the copyright symbol and all the other special
symbols that aren't on the US keyboard?
First, one[0] assigns a Multi_key if there is not one present. I
usually use the right-Ctrl for this purpose. By running xev in a
On 2022-06-27 14:30, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On 6/27/22 11:32, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
So I'm opening the directory I'm searching in a terminal and type:
find Marriage .
but it just gives me a listing of what is below '.' (I guess).
What am I doing wrong?
find . -name
On 2022-05-06 16:59, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I can ssh from one of my linux laptops into another
one on my home network, but I don't know the syntax
to ftp from one to the other. And I don't know any
other way to send to or retrieve from one to the other.
ftp requires
On 2022-04-21 11:54, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:12 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
And is it true that it is good, for a dev, to be able to put they
have basic familiarity of Linux on their resume?
It certainly can't hurt. If I have to job-hunt again, the
On 2022-03-24 14:40, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I have Kubuntu installed on my machine. I like it but the only thing
that bugs me about KDE is that I have 2 monitors on this machine and I
never know on which monitor an application will launch in after I
start it.
Settings->Window
On 2022-03-23 08:49, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:45 AM Brian Cluff wrote:
Strictly speaking, yes you can install KDE and GNOME at the
same time, but it can lead to the 2 desktops fighting for
which desktop gets to handle settings on the other and which
On 2022-03-22 15:23, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
In the past there has been some discussion about which is better
GNOME or KDE? I like Mint and I see it offers MATE (a fork of GNOME
2) or Cinnamon (a fork of GNOME 3).
Does it matter?
KDE is very, very customizable. GNOME 3 is ...
On 2022-03-10 15:30, Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I'm looking to setup my computer for faxes sending and receiving. I'm
looking at using the U.S. robotics fax modem but unsure if the two fax
software made for Linux will support it as I would be using a USB
adapter for serial port
On 2022-01-19 11:44, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On 2022-01-07 20:43, Thomas Scott via PLUG-discuss wrote:
then got back
into programming, because it was a "thing" to automate networks. It's
now my full time job, and I enjoy it a ton. The network to code slack
is full of network
On 2021-10-31 12:26, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 8:30 AM Steve Litt wrote:
Michael via PLUG-discuss said
I click and drag the mouse will create the selection box and it will
expand but the click will unclick periodically and then reclick and
then (repeat).
If your
On 2021-10-29 17:57, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote:
3 Raspberry Pis, 1 Ubuntu, 1 Linux Mint, and am looking for a way that
I
can monitor them remotely.
You probably don't need to do this unless they're under much heavier
load than is usual for home machines.
a unified dashboard that
Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I have never compiled a program from github. Could someone
show me how to compile darktable from github?
On 2021-10-19 09:19, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote:
This one is kind of a project per project evaluation.
but basic steps are usual git clone the
On 2021-10-15 10:23, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Can raid5 be done on ssd?
If you're using softRAID via md, you can run RAID-5 on almost any block
device that you have 3 or more of. ISTR that someone did RAID-5 on a
bunch of USB floppy drives in the 2000s as a proof of concept and/or
On 2021-09-10 08:36, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
how does one save and exit with vi?
(escape):wq or (escape)ZZ . If you're going to try to use vim, you
should start by running vimtutor. That will show you how to use all the
basic features of the editor.
--
Crow202 Blog:
On 2021-08-27 16:39, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss said on Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:44:26 -0700
I've partially solved this. The first button consistently reports a
button 9 event. When button 9 is being held, pushing the second
button reports a button 8 event
[snip]
[0] And confuse people. My mouse has left, middle, right, wheel up,
wheel down, and 2 mystery buttons. xmodmap reports 10 buttons.
Mystery button 1 reports a button 9 event. Mystery button 2 switches
to the next window and does not report a button event. *shrug*
I've partially
Greg, the mail client you're using does not respect the Reply-To:
header. Send things to the list, not to just me. That way, if I have
no idea, other people can say something.
On 2021-08-26 09:47, greg zegan wrote:
I finally had a chance to do this (Start xev from an xterm or
other terminal
On 2021-08-23 13:04, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote:
new Debian 10 machine [...] I noticed the other day my
center mouse click would not paste the contents of a
highlighted text. It will copy and right click paste,
but not left-click copy, center mouse roller paste to
anything.
What
On 2021-08-20 11:48, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Please, will this work?
LABEL=boot /boot ext4 defaults 0 0
LABEL=rootdir / ext4 defaults 1 1
LABEL=swap swap swap pri=1 0 0
LABEL=home /home ext4 defaults 0 1
LABEL=opt /opt ext4
On 2021-08-04 13:25, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Please keep the conversion roughly on topic of Linux and the topics
surrounding Linux such as computers, software.
Pretty much this.
Moving to 64-bit time_t took care of the 2038 problem. However, I have
no doubt that some userspace
Matt Graham wrote:
On 2021-07-14 11:55, greg zegan wrote:
[gzegan@GreenRoom ~]$ sudo dnf install @postgresql:10
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management.
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'bintray--ookla-rhel':
Can you install anything at all? I think your
On 2021-07-14 08:54, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I am having trouble installing both MySQL and PostgreSQL on
my CentOS 8 laptop. I keep getting this error that says the
machine is not subscribed to Red Hat...
What was the exact command you executed? From what I can tell from a
cursory
On 2021-06-10 14:17, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
You may have forgotten to click "Apply" on the main System Settings
window like I did the first time I was testing it. Clicking OK on
the windows settings windows isn't enough for it to take effect.
I think this is actually a problem
On 2021-06-10 11:37, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
System Settings -> Window Managment -> Window Rules
Click on New
Set the Description to something like "No Full Screen" and leave
everything else alone, it they should all be set to Unimportant.
Click on the "Size & Position" tab
Check
On 2021-06-09 15:55, Dennis via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Okay, I tried dmesg and it showed [there was a partition
on /dev/sdc1 ]. When I tried [to mount] that, I got
"can't find in etc/fstab".
I put the important parts you left out in []s. Why are you trying to
mount things? You said you want to
On 2021-06-09 11:33, Dennis via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I want to get Tails on a usb drive. I went to the Tails website
followed the instructions to the letter.
I have a 64 gig usb drive set to use. In this instance it is
/dev/sdd1. I chose the command line installation process.
Are you sure
On 2021-06-08 13:34, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote:
is there an easyish way to totally disable apps from going full screen
in
KDE?
I do want to be able to ocassionally re-enable full screen for an app,
but
am fine if I first have to acknowledge that it's a horrible idea and I
deserve the
On 2021-06-07 09:34, PLUG Announcements via PLUG-discuss wrote:
PLUG MEETING FOR JUNE 10TH
[snip]
BOB MURPHY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FEDIVERSE
The Fediverse is a collection of communities that is a bit of a
throwback to a smaller, more personal time of the internet.
We'll talk a bit about the
On 2021-05-26 17:32, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 2:24 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I am running a 250GB SSD. It will be entirely dedicated to the
server.
In reading the docs there is an option of using the entire disk for
LVM
and there will be two
On 2021-05-11 17:58, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I’ll give this (periodically md5sum files in a dir) a try, thanks!
Does fam do anything different?
fam is a set of C functions. Apparently, you have to write C to use
them, but you can call FAMMonitorDirectory() on a particular dir,
On 2021-05-11 15:08, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I notified my hosting provider and of course, they said they ran
a scan and found nothing.
This is pretty typical for "security" people IME. Everything beyond
the absolute minimum is more than their job's worth.
What I’d like to
On 2021-05-10 13:25, Seabass via PLUG-discuss wrote:
So what is a good DNS provider that one can automate getting
LetsEncrypt certs through DNS ACME without paying?
I know cloudflare is one... Any others?
The acme.sh Let's Encrypt client supports using CloudFlare, GoDaddy,
PowerDNS, LuaDNS,
On 2021-04-22 12:44, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On 4/21/2021 5:37 PM, Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On 2021-04-21 16:44, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I'm having a bear of a time getting my wireless card to work in a
Linux Mint 20.1 machine.
(lshw output snipped)
*-network
On 2021-04-21 16:44, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I'm having a bear of a time getting my wireless card to work in a
Linux Mint 20.1 machine. [...] all hardware works fine in Windows.
When I boot Linux it looks to me like it's not able to find the
card. This card is a few years old
What does
On 2021-03-04 21:05, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I have 12 pieces of 4GB DDR3.
Can it find a home? Will trade for Guinness.
I could use 2 pieces of 4G DDR3, but I will not be able to go pick up
any Guinness until tomorrow. Would sir prefer cans, bottles, a mini
keg, or extra stout?
On 2021-02-26 17:56, Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Michael Butash wrote:
https://frame.work/ [1]
Might look at one of these if/when they come about.
I backed one of these projects and the dude never shipped. His was a
modular framework for upgrading a laptop and it ended up getting
On Feb 24, 2021, at 12:07 PM, AZ Pete wrote:
Looks like Fry's Electronics finally bit the dust. :(
On Feb 24, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
Yeah, nice of them to tell us, the general public, that they
were closing their doors. Oh well, now I guess it’s down to
Newegg, GreyBar and Amazon
On 2021-02-10 18:26, Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I have ordered a B2236, and sometime next week, I will be able
to say whether it actually works in Linux or not.
It works, mostly. The manufacturer-supplied PPD and CUPS filters do
things, but Gentoo keeps its CUPS filters in /usr
On 2021-02-07 14:31, Daniel Stasinski via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Matt Graham wrote:
I occasionally need to print things. Like "every 6 months or so".
Printer ownership is a lot like boat ownership. Over the period of a
year, it's usually cheaper just to rent a boat for the days you're
actually
I occasionally need to print things. Like "every 6 months or so". I
had an old Samsung CLP-315 that worked very well, but it's dead, and
nothing I have tried (Doze10, OS X, removing and reseating all
user-servicable parts) has been able to get it to work again.
So: What do you all do for
On 2021-01-23 12:03, John Seberg via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I think it's likely that DNG is higher resolution - keeps more data.
TIFF allows you to specify the resolution for the image in one of the
standard tags. (The acronym is Tagged Image File Format, after all.)
I've seen TIFFs as high
On 2021-01-10 15:52, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I'm a PHP dev. I am wondering about the value of learning C on Linux.
C is not generally used for new projects (other than libraries, C
libraries can work with any other language) these days. Managing your
own memory is potentially
On 2020-12-28 13:58, Jeff Tatreau via PLUG-discuss wrote:
New Debian install won't boot. Will pay for tech help getting this to
run.
Let's try to fix this over mail first. I am assuming this is UEFI on
the x86_64, if this is BIOS or on another architecture, say something.
Which version of
On 2020-12-23 16:39, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Is it possible to edit the firefox.desktop file such that I can
invoke "firejail --apparmor firefox -no-remote" as the default manner
in which the application starts? If so can someone point me to a guide
or provide me with an example? I'm
On 2020-12-04 16:42, jill via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On 2020-12-04 07:49, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Speaking of making things, perhaps we can share some recipes
ahead of time, so we can try out some different things.
Ask and you shall receive - world famous snickerdoodles!
On 2020-11-21 23:56, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 07:58:17 -0700
Matt Graham wrote:
The firefox developers have basically said, "The microphone on your
computer won't work at all unless you use pulseaudio."[0]
There's a simple executable called apulse that gives
The firefox developers have basically said, "The microphone on your
computer won't work at all unless you use pulseaudio."[0] I've been
trying to avoid pulseaudio for various reasons.[1] But since
Thanksgiving is canceled this year, I'll have to see the family
virtually, and why not do that
On 2020-11-17 16:05, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I need to create PDFs from collected data
What is the nature of this "collected data"? Images? Text? Both?
Complex layouts? OOO documents? The details of the data you have
determine what you need to do. If you can get the
On 2020-11-06 18:28, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On Fri, 6 Nov 2020 07:48:40 -0700
Michael Butash wrote:
Memory usage is getting frustrating for me, as whether I use 64gb of
ram, or 128gb, I still tend to exhaust memory on my system.
Ouch. I have no problem using 16GB RAM
firefox was
On 2020-10-28 16:24, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:43:22 -0700
Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss wrote:
The biggest difference is, files can become fragmented while
partitions don't.
I had no idea there was such a thing as a Linux swap file. I guess
that's a recent thing.
On 2020-10-28 08:47, Seabass via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I tend to prefer swapfiles. Doesn't require a partition, so it
can be resized easily and won't require you to know the
partition number. (Opinion: fewer partitions is just easier)
Since all disks are SCSI-analogues now, having more than 15
On 2020-10-20 16:02, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I think there is a plugin called layer via copy. how do you instaall
it into ubuntu?
I think you may be out of luck depending on how old your distro is.
The plugin depends on a deprecated package called pygtk, though you can
still
On 2020-10-04 12:31, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa
How can I edit .profile so it will find all
of my shell script utilities in /home/joe/path ??
I tried adding the 4 "set PATH" lines shown below, but it does not
work:
# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter
AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote:
However, currently I have to manually mount each of the external
drives. This isn't a terribly big issue since the drives are
rotated to offsite storage only once per month. But, if the Pi
gets rebooted, the drives are not being auto-mounted and the
backups will
On 2020-07-18 15:54, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote:
can a playback speed be specified in a music playlist?
Something like the following.
Brahms/Waltz.flac speed=85
Händel/Bourree.flac speed=80
Beeethoven/5th_Symphony.flac speed=110
Playback speed has to come with tempo correction.
sox will
James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss
wrote:
I generally go with 20 gigs for my homedir. but i make it an lvm
partition, so i can grow it as needed.
20G? Yikes, I think I have individual directories that are almost that
large. Then again, I think the oldest files I have here are from
1995ish.
On 2020-06-25 14:44, Seabass via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I am extracting from a large tar file, and at around the 2nd gig, my
computer starts to slow and even freeze up a bit. Mouse always moves
fine, but that’s about it.
iotop reports dm-crypt is the only thing and is using 99% of my
read/write.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 12:48 PM mike enriquez wrote:
I have Ubuntu and I would like to attach a camera so I can use
"Zoom". Can anyone in the group give me the name of a good
camera?
On 2020-04-23 13:04, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
The older the better if it meets your resolution
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