Re: Politics/Ethics: Operation PinWale - Obama AdministrationSeeks Emergency Control of the Internet

2009-08-31 Thread Jon M. Hanson
what your opinion is but you. I certainly didn't sign up for this list for the endless off-topic posts. I think I'll be unsubscribing. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Aug 31, 2009, at 6:09 PM, Lyle Tuttle wr

Re: How to overcome a boot-up endless loop?

2009-08-28 Thread Jon M. Hanson
No. Change "usleep 10" to "sleep 1" (notice the dropping of the u). Sent from my iPhone On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: > Tried changing usleep from 10 to 1 > and that had no effect. Still this continuously on the screen > until I have to pull the power to stop it. > >

Re: How to overcome a boot-up endless loop?

2009-08-28 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Try changing the line to "sleep 1". They way the line is now it's trying to wait for 0.1 seconds. Yes, it'll be waiting 10 times as long but maybe the problem is something associated with a timer interrupt that's causing usleep to fail. By changing it to sleep it should use a less fine-grai

Re: 2.6.31 kernel

2009-08-27 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Bill Gates never said that. It's a computer urban legend. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2009, at 8:32 PM, James Mcphee wrote: Remember back when Billy said "640K is more memory than anyone will ever need" ? For those of us that do, it really DID seem like a lot. You could fit your ENT

Re: 2.6.31 kernel

2009-08-27 Thread Jon M. Hanson
It's not that they expect machines with terabytes of memory. The expanded address space gives them flexibility in the memory mapping and virtual memory. For instance, in my last position I wrote a kernel module to capture the contents of memory at a given point in time. In the 32-bit days I

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I have Cox hand have no issues using NTP. I believe I'm syncing to pool.ntp.org though. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:44 PM, "Steven A. DuChene" wrote: > Hmm, in the debug output from the ntp server startup on my gateway > system I see > the following: > > addto_syslog: Cannot

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Jon M. Hanson
ntp also adjusts your clock gradually so it won't immediately jump to the correct time. This is to prevent problems with services (like cron and logging) that depend on a clock that doesn't suddenly change. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 25, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Alex Dean wrote: > Try tailing /va

Re: OT: Best place to recycle electronic parts?

2009-08-15 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Data Doctors will take stuff and give it to AZStrut as well. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2009, at 11:01 PM, Vaughn Treude wrote: > Hello all, > Here's a post that's at least semi-relevant, since Linux must run on > hardware. I have boxes of old PC boards, drives, keyboards, power > supplies,

Re: dual boot

2009-08-15 Thread Jon M. Hanson
That will only let you edit the kernel boot configuration fir that line. It won't let you change which one is the default. To do that you'll have to edit grub.conf and make the line with XP the default choice. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Lyle Tuttle wrote: thanks gu

Local website search

2009-08-09 Thread Jon M. Hanson
arch engine that will run under one of these? --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscrib

Re: OT: (partially) Where to submit Macbook questions?

2009-08-01 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I forgot to address locate. Use Spotlight instead (the little magnifying glass icon in the upper-right corner of the screen). In addition to finding files it will search inside of files for what you're looking for as well. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/d

Re: OT: (partially) Where to submit Macbook questions?

2009-08-01 Thread Jon M. Hanson
--- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Aug 1, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: > Macbook has many very nice features, but I am shocked by the number of > things that it does not have (or allow) ... or at least

Re: ****Re: guess what....

2009-07-30 Thread Jon M. Hanson
This is off topic for this list. Please exercise some mailing list etiquette and take this discussion to your private e-mail instead of wasting bandwidth here. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 30, 2009, at 11:28 AM, keith smith wrote: > > > It's not a crime? Is anything a crime if there is a law

Re: Cottonwood Question?

2009-07-28 Thread Jon M. Hanson
As long as they confirm to the correct DOCSIS standard. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 28, 2009, at 12:49 PM, mike havens wrote: that was probably a stupid quesxtion; is a cable modem a cable modem... meaning any of them will work on any system? On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:34 PM, mike havens wr

Re: OT: AC/DC adaptors

2009-07-22 Thread Jon M. Hanson
t. So if your device needs 100 mA then it can supply that. It will only put out the amount of current that the device needs. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Jul 22, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: > Does

Re: OT: ICANN and NRO

2009-06-24 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Can you guys practice some common mailing list courtesy and take this discussion to private e-mail since this is way off topic and has gone on for days now? Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Lyle Tuttle wrote: At 07:59 AM 6/24/2009, you wrote: On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 05:20 -

Re: OT: SOLVED: What Computer to Take to Coilege and Brand new iTouchfor Sale

2009-06-23 Thread Jon M. Hanson
otivatebytruth/identity.jpg > > On 6/23/09, Jon M. Hanson wrote: >> OS X comes with Time Machine as a backup program. It works very well. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 23, 2009, at 3:22 PM, "Bob Elzer" wrote: >> >>> Get her an external d

Re: OT: SOLVED: What Computer to Take to Coilege and Brand new iTouchfor Sale

2009-06-23 Thread Jon M. Hanson
OS X comes with Time Machine as a backup program. It works very well. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 23, 2009, at 3:22 PM, "Bob Elzer" wrote: > Get her an external disk and a good backup program. > > So when something does go wrong, she can recover. > > The sooner the better. Because People always

Re: OT: SOLVED: What Computer to Take to Coilege and Brand new iTouch for Sale

2009-06-23 Thread Jon M. Hanson
You can enable fixed IP addresses in OS X easily. You don't want a fixed IP address on something like a laptop that's going to roam to other networks though because it will not work very well if you don't have control over the network you're roaming to. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 23, 2009,

Re: my router hates me [SUCCESS] (Beat the dead horse... :)

2009-06-14 Thread Jon M. Hanson
WEP was found to have several weaknesses (even the 128-bit version). WAP was the replacement for it. So, WAP is more secure if you use a difficult to guess pass phrase. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Jun 14, 2009

Re: my router hates me

2009-06-10 Thread Jon M. Hanson
The router's password to open up the administration page has nothing to do with making a wireless connection. Can you not connect to the router wirelessly with all encryption turned off? --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-a

Re: monitor

2009-06-02 Thread Jon M. Hanson
You'll have to be a little more specific. Does your flat screen have DVI and/or VGA inputs. Does your video card have S-video outputs? --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Jun 2, 2009, at 7:28 PM, mike havens wrote:

Re: same mail server

2009-05-30 Thread Jon M. Hanson
That's not the mail server. That's the mailing list manager (mailman). I use it as well. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On May 30, 2009, at 2:02 PM, mike havens wrote: here's one thing though. th

Re: One more question re: daily chron job...

2009-05-26 Thread Jon M. Hanson
et rid of the sudo. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On May 26, 2009, at 5:22 PM, Jim March wrote: > Folks, > > Last time we wrestled with this, we learned that Zoneminder (camera > monitor app) can do purges of olde

Re: corrupted download

2009-05-25 Thread Jon M. Hanson
The MD5 sum for what you're downloading should be right next to the file itself in the directory you're downloading it from. Is that what you're comparing against? --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On May

Re: corrupted download

2009-05-25 Thread Jon M. Hanson
What indications are you getting that is telling you the file is corrupted? --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On May 25, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Matthew A Coulliette wrote: > Hi again, > > I have been having trouble do

Re: OT: What does this symbol mean §

2009-05-21 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I think it's shorthand for "section." It's used a lot in legal documents. Sent from my iPhone On May 21, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: > Can anyone tell me what this symbol means? > > § > > Perhaps it has multiple applications/meanings? > > Is there some way to access this symbol fro

Re: info on a DNS

2009-05-20 Thread Jon M. Hanson
No. Cox has to provision your connection for Internet service and add your modem to the allowed list. Free DNS servers does not equal free Internet. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2009, at 10:07 PM, mike havens wrote: Could I go out and purchase a modem, hook it up to a coax connected to

Re: info on a DNS

2009-05-20 Thread Jon M. Hanson
You just point your DNS queries at those servers. I've used them before when Cox's DNS was flaky. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2009, at 10:00 PM, mike havens wrote: They are public? How do you mean; they are free to use? If that is so how do you access them? On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:

Re: Magick

2009-05-20 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Maybe they got installed into /usr/local/bin, which isn't always in your PATH. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On May 20, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Matthew A Coulliette wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have install

Re: info on a DNS

2009-05-19 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Because the corporate offices are separate from the data center. It's not all that unusual. Los Angeles is a peering point for the Internet backbone and you want to be as close to that as possible. The whois information is just who the administrative contact is and not the physical location

Re: Best first programming language

2009-05-19 Thread Jon M. Hanson
The Python print function automatically appends a newline at the end of the string you tell it to print (this can be overridden). --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On May 19, 2009, at 7:29 AM, Jerry Davis wrote: >

Re: Best way to setup at MAC ADDRESS firewall

2009-05-05 Thread Jon M. Hanson
MAC addresses don't propogate beyond a subnet so they aren't useful for firewall rules. Sent from my iPhone On May 5, 2009, at 5:30 PM, wayne wrote: > I have a situation where I will want to prevent individuals from > connecting to my server based on their MAC id. I've not selected > ANYTHIN

Re: Free Webhost

2009-05-04 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Cox blocks incoming port 80 so people trying to get to your website would have to specify an alternate port. I think there are also port redirectors with some of the free dynamic DNS services that can do this for you. You would be risking your service doing this since the AUP probably says

Re: Wubi installation, Antivirus for Windows in Linux

2009-04-26 Thread Jon M. Hanson
It will burn the ISO directly in Windows. It you tell it not to it will then ask if you want to extract the ISO file from it so you can but it on your own. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Apr 26, 2009, at 11:26 AM

Re: Wubi installation, Antivirus for Windows in Linux

2009-04-26 Thread Jon M. Hanson
infected. I'm installing Ubuntu > right > now using Wubi. I'll keep you posted. > > Renato > > On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 11:03 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote: >> Run this: http://www.superantispyware.com. Use the free edition and >> it >> should be ab

Re: Wubi installation, Antivirus for Windows in Linux

2009-04-26 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Run this: http://www.superantispyware.com. Use the free edition and it should be able to clean things up. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Apr 26, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Renato Patron wrote: > Hi all, > I

Re: Got a text formatting/database question ("bash" it to hell?)

2009-04-14 Thread Jon M. Hanson
u the correct solutions and not tainting the numbers (although I'm sure no one on the list would do that). You should be very careful how you proceed here. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Apr 14, 2009, at 6:34 PM,

Re: IM gateways?

2009-04-07 Thread Jon M. Hanson
It allows you to keep using an AOL Instant Messenger account, for example, if you still have people on that service that you need to keep in contact with and you already have an account. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net

Re: Router problem

2009-03-16 Thread Jon M. Hanson
x27;t had any problems with it since DD-WRT was flashed in there. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Mar 16, 2009, at 8:31 PM, Mark Jarvis wrote: I have a laptop connected via wir

Re: UBCD4WIN

2009-03-02 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Type "help" at the Recovery Console prompt for all of the commands available there. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Mar 2, 2009, at 9:12 PM, mike havens wrote: &

Semi-OT: Jabber connections to Google

2009-02-23 Thread Jon M. Hanson
after 20 seconds any my system gives up. It's been working for a very long time and I haven't changed anything. Is anyone else having a similar problem? --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: j...@the-hans

Re: .cpp linking problem

2009-02-14 Thread Jon M. Hanson
ll be compiled. The second time something tries to include stdio.h, _STDIO_H is now defined so the header code is skipped thus avoiding the multiple includes. Try this with your header file(s) to see if it helps. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Hom

Re: ext3 vs ext4

2009-02-05 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I don't think you have to wipe your hard drive to go from ext3 to ext4. I think there us an in-place conversion method. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Nathan England wrote: > > Hello Hello, > > I have been looking for a review of ext3 vs ext4 since ext4 became > official.

Re: Error code 6400?

2009-01-26 Thread Jon M. Hanson
In what context? --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Jan 26, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: > What is error code 6400? > > In the last couple of days, I 've begun

Re: Wireless security......

2009-01-25 Thread Jon M. Hanson
All of the routers are different. There isn't a standard IP address that they use or standard login credentials. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: j...@the-hansons-az.net On Jan 25, 2009, at 6:19 AM, b

Re: Samba Shares via Command Line? (Oh, and viewing pictures)

2009-01-14 Thread Jon M. Hanson
smbmount can mount Samba shares from the command line. The command itself gives quite a bit of help and then, of course, there is the man page. If your friend is strictly in a command line environment (no X running) then there isn't any way to view graphics files. --- Jon M. Hanson (

Re: need laptop advice

2008-12-07 Thread Jon M. Hanson
All Core 2 processors are 64-bit capable. The 802.11g network standard is backwards compatible with 802.11b so it should work on your network if you can get the driver working in Linux. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net

Re: OT: Free OpenSource JAD/J2EE WAP SSH Client for Phones

2008-11-25 Thread Jon M. Hanson
SSH is secured at your endpoint specifically because you don't trust the network. Even if someone was able to intercept the cellular data (which is encrypted as well, at least for GSM) they still wouldn't be able to decypher your SSH session. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 25, 2008, at 2:38 PM

Re: OpenStreetMap- the online world map that's both free and Free

2008-11-22 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I've contributed some things to the Open Street Map. I've mostly done some stuff around my neighborhood and things when on vacation. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 22,

Re: kernel oops

2008-11-12 Thread Jon M. Hanson
ware failure or hardware that's on it's way to failing. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 12, 2008, at 6:51 AM, David wrote: > I've been getting quite a few kernel oops&#

Re: Upgrading Kubuntu

2008-11-10 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Version Upgrade" button without me having to modify a software sources file. Maybe I'm just to accustomed to how Gentoo works. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Dazed_75 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Jon M. Hanson <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: running windows within Linux

2008-11-09 Thread Jon M. Hanson
;disk" for the virtual system. I think some (like VMWare) will allow you to point to an actual partition or make a disk image from a partition for use in the virtual machine. It would probably be better to use a file as the disk in a virtual machine rather than a physical partition.

Re: Disk wiping recommendations

2008-11-07 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I'll repeat what I recommended to Hans just earlier today: Darik's Boot and Nuke: http://www.dban.org. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 7, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Josh Cof

Re: Upgrading Kubuntu

2008-11-07 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 11:20:43PM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Jon M. Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been using Linux for a long time and recently I've been playing > > around with Kubuntu. I'm currently running 8.04 wi

Upgrading Kubuntu

2008-11-06 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I've been using Linux for a long time and recently I've been playing around with Kubuntu. I'm currently running 8.04 with the KDE 4 Remix and wanted to do the online upgrade to 8.10. From the instructions on the website it says to do: kdesudo "adept_manager --dist-upgrade" I expect to get the pac

Re: I want more to play with....

2008-11-06 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I use IP Cop as my firewall at home. It fits your requirements. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:49 AM, "James Finstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > I am looking for new and exciting things... So one of the perks of > my job is I get to play with allot of open source projects and

Re: OT: Building a Computer, Unable to read from disk during install (Ubuntu)

2008-11-04 Thread Jon M. Hanson
d be from using cheap CDs or DVDs. It might also be because you burned the CD/DVD at a speed not compatible with the drive your trying to read it in. Try burning your media at the lowest speed possible for the best possible compatibility. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-a

Re: Free CodeWeavers software for one day

2008-10-27 Thread Jon M. Hanson
You know they do make Office for the Mac so it can run natively. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 27, 2008, at 9:14 PM, "Josh Coffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Talk about nice timing. My new/first mac just arrived today. I got vmware fusion too so I don't know how useful this is, but maybe f

Re: Suse 9, [kacpid] and display of "ps"

2008-10-22 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Those are kernel processes/threads. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Oct 22, 2008, at 5:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > WHAT DO THE BRACKETS mean? (down below) > > Hello the

Re: How to format an external hard drive?

2008-09-22 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 03:33:05PM -0700, Josef Lowder wrote: > I received a small 38-Gig external harddrive as a gift > and it is apparently formatted with an ntfs file system. > > It mounts automatically when I plug it in to my Mandriva > system USB port, and I can read the files that are there,

Re: chgrp not permitted?

2008-09-11 Thread Jon M. Hanson
The USB stick may be mounted read-only. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Robert Holtzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Running "sudo chgrp mail" on a directory on a usb stick gives > > "chgrp: changing group of `mail': Operation not permitted" > > This is true for any file or dir

Re: running a pc fan outside of a case

2008-09-05 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Either of those power supplies will work. The maximum current your fan will draw is 0.24 amps or 240 milliamps. The current numbers listed for the power supplies you show are the maximum amount they will put out and they are definitely not under-powered for what you are trying to do. On Fri, Sep 0

Re: GCC C/C++ application to run on Windows

2008-08-15 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:08:29AM -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:02:20AM -0700, keith smith wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm thinking of writing a small application that can run on both Linux and > > Windows written in

Re: GCC C/C++ application to run on Windows

2008-08-15 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:02:20AM -0700, keith smith wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm thinking of writing a small application that can run on both Linux and > Windows written in GCC C/C++ that will utilize MySql running on Linux . > > Initially I need the application to run on Windows XP or Vista and

Re: cox news feed provider

2008-08-07 Thread Jon M. Hanson
. No DNS entry exists for nntp.west.cox.net. I wouldn't be surprised if Cox dropped their NNTP service. Many other ISPs are doing that. -- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net Weblog:http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Des

Re: FOSS text editor

2008-06-17 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Jedit. It's Java but is a very good text editor. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:53:17 To:"plug-discuss" Subject: FOSS text editor Does anyone know of a good FOSS text editor for Windows? I have u

Re: Cox Internet connectivity..

2008-05-31 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Michael March wrote: > I'm having issues with flaky connectivity using Cox as my ISP.. Is > anyone else having issue too? > > An example of what I am experiencing would be I connect to a web site > and some parts of it will load.. but for the rest (like some images) > the web page rendering will

Re: Web Server Help

2008-05-24 Thread Jon M. Hanson
block incoming port 80. -- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net Weblog:http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature --- PLUG-discuss mailing

Re: clamwin

2008-05-23 Thread Jon M. Hanson
ftware don't > you think? > > On 5/23/08, mike havens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That is SO helpful! But it isn't open source:( > > > > On 5/23/08, Jon M. Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 07:20:04PM +, mi

Re: clamwin

2008-05-23 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 07:20:04PM +, mike havens wrote: > When I attempt to download clam win for my windows box it always > freezes. Does anyone know why this is? > > I just discovered that I needed it because I was infected. > everything broke on the laptop! I figured that it would be e

Re: Lost text input on command line

2008-05-21 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:45:10PM -0700, Matrix Mole wrote: > I was trying out some command line torrent applications among which > was ctorrent. For some reason, after executing ctorrent (wether to > just get the command line flags or even to download/seed a torrent) > the text input on my comman

Re: Reformatted hd, reinstalled XP, no internet connection

2008-05-14 Thread Jon M. Hanson
You don't have to call Cox if your MAC address has changed. You just have to unplug the cable modem's power for a minute or so and plug it back in. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Reformatted hd, reinstalled XP, no internet connection

2008-05-14 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I haven't installed Service Pack 3 but I've heard that there are major problems with it. Perhaps the driver for her network card is missing or wrong in Service Pack 3. Is the link light on next to the ethernet plug on the back of the computer? --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog:

Re: 64 bit computer question, generic

2008-05-14 Thread Jon M. Hanson
A 32-bit OS will work fine. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: eculbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 16:00:16 To:Main PLUG discussion list Subject: 64 bit computer question, generic A friend has an amd 64 an 3000 chip cpu on an msi mb. Will a 32

Re: wireless broadband

2008-05-02 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Yes the cards are network specific and usually the only place to get them is from the carriers themselves. Being that this is a Linux list, it's unlikely that you're going to find a broadband card that will work with Linux since there are so few manufacturers of them. Sent via BlackBerry from

Re: wireless broadband

2008-05-01 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On May 1, 2008, at 6:26 PM, Michael Havens wrote: On Friday 02 May 2008 1:07 am, Jason Spatafore wrote: companies rip off the consumer during the "low demand" period. but they are still doing so with cell phones. 100 dollars for unlimited service? that just isn't right! That's for unli

Re: OT: notebook shopping

2008-04-20 Thread Jon M. Hanson
my machine: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?sf=wHF2F2PHCCCX72KDY&mco=MTE3NjY&nclm=CertifiedMac. -- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net Weblog:http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpr

Re: How to make a FREE Linux E-book download?

2008-04-18 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:02:30AM -0700, Josef Lowder wrote: > . > How can I make a FREE Linux How-to PDF E-book available > for download (to both Windows and Linux users) so that > when someone clicks on a download button on an html > web page, a PDF file would download (to either type > of c

Re: How to remove invisible character?

2008-04-09 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Josef Lowder wrote: > . > I have an ascii text file that seems to have hex 015 > characters embedded at the end of each line and I can't > figure out how those seemingly invisible characters got > there or how to remove them. Their presence causes a > shell script that I am trying to use on th

Re: easy way to create a daemon

2008-03-26 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 01:59:59PM -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > Hello, > > Is there an easy way to create a daemon without creating an init.d > script, etc.? My needs are pretty modest, the process just needs to > persist after logout. I can kill it manually when need be. > > Thanks, > >

Re: kpc and Foresight Linux

2008-03-26 Thread Jon M. Hanson
support is more dependent on the graphics card than the CPU. -- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net Weblog:http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: Are Linux boxes vulnerable to be used by botnets?

2008-03-17 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 09:57:05AM -0600, Josef Lowder wrote: > . > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:37, Mike Bydalek wrote > > Jon M. Hanson wrote: > > > Josef Lowder wrote: > > >> Are Linux boxes vulnerable to be used by botnets? > > >> > > > Pr

Re: Are Linux boxes vulnerable to be used by botnets?

2008-03-17 Thread Jon M. Hanson
h also has been compromised) but usually if there is a web server it will have the default "It works" web page telling me that some distribution sets up a guest account with no password or an easily-guessed password. The SSH-probe script will try hundreds of accounts though. -- Jon M. Hanso

Re: Asterisk

2008-02-28 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Feb 28, 2008, at 10:14 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 28. Feb, 2008 schwätzte Geek Girl so: > > moin moin, > >> Does anyone here use Asterisk at all? If so what distros do you >> like using? Or do you just build up from a base distro? > > Sequoia is using Asterisk for several campuses, including t

Re: fsck error log

2008-02-15 Thread Jon M. Hanson
necessarily because it thought the data was bad. Most filesystems will force a check after so many mounts or after so many days of the last one being done. -- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net Weblog:http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress Jabber IM: [EMAI

Re: instant messenger

2008-02-05 Thread Jon M. Hanson
cribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss You shouldn't have to do anything as far as settings on the router go. -- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net Weblog:http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress Jabber

Re: WIRELESS NOT WORKING

2008-02-05 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 10:25:48AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I changed the ip in the linux box 192.168.1.201 and then added a static ip > (same number)now the linux box sees the router but not the internet. You need to change the default gateway of your Linux box to the IP address of the

Re: wirelessnot working

2008-02-05 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 12:16:07PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I had a bout of stupidity and changed the ip address of the router. That > threw linux off line and I called linksys support to get things going. > the guy from india (what did you say) mAde the windows box not work so af

Re: swap space

2008-01-29 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 01:17:05PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote: > I want to make use of my floppy disk; thus I wish to use it as my swap space. > How many bytes > > I was wondering a flopy drive is very much useless. Why not use it as the > swap space? If we were going to how many bytes/blo

Re: how best to convert a pdf to a high-res jpg? Solved!

2008-01-23 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 03:29:42PM -0700, Josef Lowder wrote: > . > On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:17, Jeremy C. Reed wrote > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Josef Lowder wrote: > > > > > I tried that ($ pdfimages -j most.pdf most.jpg) and that worked great > > > to produce an excellent, high resolution result (2

Re: something cool I learned about bios

2008-01-21 Thread Jon M. Hanson
That depends on the BIOS. Not all BIOS will have such an option and it may be different for different BIOS. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Michael Havens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:45:11 To:Main PLUG discussion list Subject: something coo

Re: Worst cell provider I have seen

2008-01-07 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Bluetooth has nothing to do with the phone network. It's a wireless standard between two devices. Carriers (Verizon comes to mind) that have been known to cripple or disable Bluetooth file transfer on their phones so you have to use their network (and be charged by them). Is this what you referr

Re: Worst cell provider I have seen

2008-01-07 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Bluetooth has nothing to do with the phone network. It's a wireless standard between two devices. Carriers (Verizon comes to mind) that have been known to cripple or disable Bluetooth file transfer on their phones so you have to use their network (and be charged by them). Is this what you referr

Re: Windows problem (besides being windows)

2007-12-31 Thread Jon M. Hanson
eculbert wrote: > I have hard drives setup for linux...in either ext2 or > ext3 format. > > I was trying to 'wipe one' via installing w98 and get > 'operating system not found' as soon as it accesses > the cdrom...at least right after the bios boots. Works > fb with linux live cd's or when no cd an

Re: ot: plumbing

2007-12-17 Thread Jon M. Hanson
My first thing to try would be a plunger. If it was truly because of the rain and the sewer was backing up you would have a similar problem with all toilets and drains in your house. Is this the case? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Michael Havens <[EMAIL PROT

Re: power supply

2007-12-05 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Does it have good ventillation (nothing behind the fan)? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Michael Havens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 18:05:04 To:Main PLUG discussion list Subject: power supply stupid thing is going out after three months

Re: ****Re: ****Re: ****Re: ****What's up with 64 bit Linux

2007-11-26 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Chris Gehlker wrote: > In the Intel world, the data path isn't wider between i386 and > ix86-64. There are more registers, but compilers haven't really been > optimized to use them yet. But even when they are, one cache miss will > wipe out the gains from running hundreds of instructions with

Re: ****Re: ****What's up with 64 bit Linux

2007-11-22 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Nov 22, 2007, at 5:42 PM, Chris Gehlker wrote: > > On Nov 22, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Craig White wrote: > >> easy answer...Dell Optiplex 320 >> >> i386 (32 bit) had multiple issues on this hardware including but most >> especially the inability to work properly with the drive controller >> (SB >> 6

Re: ****What's up with 64 bit Linux

2007-11-22 Thread Jon M. Hanson
On Nov 22, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Chris Gehlker wrote: On Nov 22, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 11:19 -0700, Chris Gehlker wrote: [snip] So out of curiosity I went to the web to find out a little about 64- bit OSes and this seems to be the conventional wisdo

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