I'm new to the area and would like to attend the PLUG meeting Thursday
evening. Any suggestions where to park for this? From Google, it looks like
parking nearby is pretty sparse.
Thanks,
Michael
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I attended my first PLUG meeting last night. I have just moved to the area
from Texas. Looks like a great and diverse group. Although I have been
using Linux on my desktop for many years, and have done a lot of utility
work with it with lots of basic cron jobs and small shell scripts to
automate ro
I may be in the market for a new, inexpensive laptop for Linux. Nothing
fancy, but would like something relatively current. I'm looking for
something fairly lightweight and small, in the 10-11 inch range. I'd like
to completely wipe it and install a fresh Linux distro, probably Ubuntu to
start with
Yes, but can a chromebook be wiped and reinstalled with Linux?
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 3:40 AM, Russell Senior
wrote:
> > "Josiah" == Josiah Luscher writes:
>
> Josiah> Just my 2¢. Shop first for speed, it's both the thing that
> Josiah> costs and the thing that will make your computer l
Just a comment for those who are thinking about trying tech support for a
while. Treat your customers with respect and listen closely to them.
Please, do not treat them like idiots that have no idea what they are
talking about. Granted, some of them are, but you cannot assume that.
Little pisses me
If you chose HDMI input on your monitor, and you are connected to the VGA
port, you will not see anything. This has nothing to do with your computer.
Use the "Input" or "Source" button on your monitor to select the VGA input.
That should get you to seeing the computer. Once you get that, you can wo
Just curious. If there is no OSD, how do you know HDMI input is selected?
Also, do you have another computer or laptop or Raspberry Pi or Roku or
something you can hook up to the monitor to see if it is working? You
should get an OSD even with nothing connected to the monitor. So far,
everything yo
Looks like it is starting the app in the foreground and 8192 might be the
pid. Does it always have the same number? Try appending an & to the command
and see if it returns you to a command prompt.
Michael
On Nov 21, 2016 10:37 AM, "Michael C. Robinson"
wrote:
I've installed via the latest 32 bit
Hmmm?? Did I miss something? I've been using Ubuntu for years, very
sucessfully. Is there something wrong with it?
Michael
On Nov 21, 2016 6:17 PM, "King Beowulf" wrote:
> On 11/21/2016 10:33 AM, Michael C. Robinson wrote:
> > I've installed via the latest 32 bit debian package of Plex Media
>
There was a presentation on FreeNAS at the last PLUG meeting. It was
mentioned that the PLEX server ran quite well on it. Maybe another option
to look at.
Michael
On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 7:07 PM, King Beowulf wrote:
> On 11/21/2016 06:33 PM, Michael C. Robinson wrote:
> > ...
> I'm a little
>
ne
might like to pass on.
I'm also into ham radio (WA7SKG) and Garden Railroading. I look forward to
future activities with the group.
Michael Barnes
barnmich...@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelalanbarnes
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-Y ? That's a new one on me. More info, please.
Thanks,
Michael
On Dec 6, 2016 10:45, "Larry Brigman" wrote:
The simplest solution is to add -X or -Y to your ssh line and then launch
the program from the command line.
On Dec 6, 2016 10:20 AM, "Dick Steffens" wrote:
> What's the word I need
ion controls.
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Michael Barnes
wrote:
> -Y ? That's a new one on me. More info, please.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
>
> On Dec 6, 2016 10:45, "Larry Brigman" wrote:
>
> The simplest solution is to add -X or -Y to your ssh line
I might be confused, as is often the case, but doesn't xfce use X11? I
thought it was just a lightweight desktop, but still a GUI using X. As far
as a simple server goes, a P4 should be plenty of horsepower. Back in the
day, I used 386s for a lot of simple server duties. Of course that was
running
Any suggestions on someplace I can go to make a big download? I have to get
an 11 gig file and our home DSL is not up to the task. I guess I need to
slip into someplace with a big pipe I can sit for a while and get this
file. Thanks for any suggestions. I am in Scappoose, but I can run into
Portlan
Didn't think about using wget. The only Linux computer I have right now is
a Raspberry Pi 3 and I would have to download it to a thumb drive. I'll
give it a try. Thanks.
Michael
On Dec 22, 2016 12:25 PM, "Rich Shepard" wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2016, Michael Barnes wrote:
What you want is known as a crossover cable. Technically, it is an ethernet
cable wired as T568A on one end and T568B on the other. Most anyplace that
carries computer stuff should have one. (Not counting Walmart, Fred Meyer,
etc.) If you have the ability/desire to make your own, a Google search fo
Actually, there is no need to set up default gateway or DNS. Leaving them
at the default of 0.0.0.0 is just fine for this application.
Michael
On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Jim Garrison wrote:
> On 1/15/2017 4:05 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > *NOTE BENE*
> > *progress* ist ephemeral ;/
> >
Looks like you are far from last. Thanks for the heads up.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2017, a...@clueserver.org wrote:
>
> > perl -pe 's/^\s+//g' *.py
>
>
>
> --
> Paul Heinlein <> heinl...@madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/
> ___
Looks like there is also an Open IoT Summit the same weekend.
Unfortunately, I cannot get the page for either event to open.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Michael Barnes
wrote:
> Looks like you are far from last. Thanks for the heads up.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:32 AM, P
Finally got the pages to load. Looks like concurrent events at the same
hotel. Sadly, $175 is way out of reach for us old retired guys.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Michael Barnes
wrote:
> Looks like there is also an Open IoT Summit the same weekend.
> Unfortunately, I cannot get th
Cameras have to be powered somehow. Wired cameras get their power over the
cable, CAT5 or coax. Wireless cameras need either batteries or wall wart.
Murphy says camera battery will be dead when event occurs. Wall warts have
short cables which greatly limits camera placement. Cables for wired
camera
Sorry I don't have an answer to the question. I, too, have recently
returned to the area and an always looking for resources. I know about
Fry's, but what is ENU?
Thanks,
Michael
On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Paul DeStefano <
paul.destefano-p...@vfemail.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Sorry for th
advice.
>
> On Thursday, 30 March 2017, Michael Barnes wrote:
> > Sorry I don't have an answer to the question. I, too, have recently
> > returned to the area and an always looking for resources. I know about
> > Fry
On Apr 4, 2017 09:21, "Chuck Hast" wrote:
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Mark Phillips
wrote:
> Richard,
>
> PS Just so you don't think I am some millennial giving you advice, I am
> almost your age and have been working in the tech world ever since one
> entered input into a computer with swi
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Chuck Hast wrote:
> Yea, I know the beast, I never got to play with one, but the PDP 8e was the
> same way, It had a bunch of switches on the front and you would enter your
> data through it. You also told it what address to load the data into if you
> were
> star
I have been using 1&1 for over 15 years for all my domain hosting. Their
email services are easy to manage and I have never had any problems with
blacklisting or spam issues. I have found their hosting services to be
reasonably priced and reliable. Granted, I do not have any high visibility
or high
I finally got a house and all my stuff delivered and unpacked. I fired up
my desktop system, a Dell Optiplex 745 with dual monitors. It has been
running Ubuntu 14.04LTS for the last couple years without problem. When I
fired it up, it asked me to upgrade to 16.04LTS. I figured 'why not' and
clicked
default and back to blank screens. I can ssh in and shutdown from remote
session. Screens give Ubuntu shutdown splash just before power off.
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Michael Barnes
wrote:
> I finally got a house and all my stuff delivered and unpacked. I fired up
> my desktop sys
d the
> release notes etc before clicking "upgrade"
>
> Nuking from orbit, as Dick suggests after backup, will certainly work.
> Personally run a Linux distribution to avoid such "windowesque" fixes.
>
> Ed
>
>
> > On May 12, 2017, at 11:36 AM, Dick Stef
by manually editing the sources, or did you
> use the tool in the Software Center, or did you do-release-upgrade from the
> command line?
>
> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Michael Barnes
> wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I got to thinking after I started I shouldn't have d
stions and the speed of the
install. I wonder what else will not be working?
Thanks for your comments,
Michael
On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Michael Barnes
wrote:
> I figured the quickest and easiest was probably to start all over. It
> looks like all my files, pictures, documents, etc
, May 14, 2017 at 10:04 PM, wes wrote:
> my first step is usually to find the model number in the lspci output, and
> the google that number along with ubuntu 16.04 and see if anyone's posted a
> guide.
>
> -wes
>
> On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Michael Barnes
> wr
It also looks like it is not using IPV4, only IPV6. Strange.
On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 10:40 PM, Michael Barnes
wrote:
> More info seems to lead to more questions. Apparently this has something
> to do with systemd. I guess this is a new (to me) thing and it changes the
> way stuff is
ore ideas for you right now, but if you don't get
> it figured out by this weekend, the PLUG Clinic is this Sunday, 1-5pm.
>
> 1731 SE 10th Ave, 97214.
>
> -wes
>
> On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Michael Barnes
> wrote:
>
> > It also looks like it is not usin
helps you debugging the next ethernet issue.
> -Tomas
> On Tue, 2017-05-16 at 21:03 -0700, Erik Lane wrote:
> > I don't think you should be embarrassed about that! That would be one
> > of
> > the hardest things for me to troubleshoot, too. (Mainly because I
> &
Happy to see this, sort of. I, too, am using a Trackman Marble, but I am
using it with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (yes, I know I need to upgrade.) Looking at
this fix, I went to xorg.conf and there is nothing. So, what does Ubuntu
use in place of xorg?
Thanks,
Michael
On May 30, 2017 06:42, "Rich Shepard"
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Rich Shepard
wrote:
> On Tue, 30 May 2017, Michael Barnes wrote:
>
> > Happy to see this, sort of. I, too, am using a Trackman Marble, but I am
> > using it with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (yes, I know I need to upgrade.) Looking
> at
> > this f
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Rich Shepard
wrote:
>
>On a related note, eBay has these really old units for sale
> starting at $188. I wonder if any have been sold.
>
> Rich
>
Seriously? $188? I had to look. These things are running anywhere from $180
to over $800!!! Are these people n
I have often seen this with "home-brew" mass mailings, especially from
Windows systems. I have had very good results with MailChimp for this kind
of thing. They have all kinds of tools and features. For smaller
quantities, the service is free. I especially like the user management.
People can subsc
As I understand it (I've forgotten a lot more than I remember), a vpn
provides a secure tunnel between your computer and the distant network. You
would use ssh and other protocols to connect via the vpn tunnel. So, it is
not really a vpn vs. ssh issue. It is a matter of making the ssh connection
ou
RPI = Raspberry Pi Small $30 credit card sized Linux computer. Very
popular.
On Jun 30, 2017 06:12, "VY" wrote:
> Thanks for your input.
>
> What is RPI?
>
>
>
> On Jun 30, 2017 02:12, "Tomas" wrote:
>
> > Expressing audio quality opinion is pretty dangerous thing.
> >
> > In my experience - b
I think sox does some file conversion, also. Check the man page for
specifics.
Michael
On Jul 5, 2017 18:28, "VY" wrote:
> ffmpeg should be able to do that
>
>
>
> On Jul 5, 2017 6:24 PM, "michael" wrote:
>
> > Is there a free tool that works under Linux that will do the conversion?
> > Ple
I am interested in the Linksys WRT54G if they are pre-V5. i can pick them
up Tuesday after noon if they are still available. Are you sure it is 5V?
All the WRT54G I have seen run on 12V.
Thanks,
Michael
On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 2:24 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> Shaw(?) once said 'three moves
s,
Michael
On Jul 24, 2017 22:37, "John Jason Jordan" wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:46:06 -0700
> Michael Barnes dijo:
>
> >I am interested in the Linksys WRT54G if they are pre-V5. i can pick
> >them up Tuesday after noon if they are still available. Are you sur
I bought a little HP printer at Wal-Mart for <$50. Has both USB and
wireless. Also scans. Printed from RPI via wireless just fine. I'll look up
model later when I get a chance.
Michael
On Aug 12, 2017 14:22, "Dave" wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a a small cheap inkjet printer to dedicate to a
> R
Good to know. What would be really great is to find a similar printer that
would run from 12VDC. I'd like to set up a completely portable fly-away
package that ran from 12VDC to utilize battery/vehicle/solar power.
Michael
On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Dave wrote:
> http://lists.pdxlinux.or
While I have no personal experience, I have talked with folks who have
mentioned good success with running Linux on NUCs.
Michael
On Aug 25, 2017 07:13, "Chuck Hast" wrote:
> I was going to say anyone who uses Raspberry Pi's knows to keep a few
> hdmi > vga dongles around. I probably have 3 he
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 11:59 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>
> I wanted to see the html source and send it to you off-list. I could
> swear that there is a way to view the source in Firefox, but now I
> can't find the button.
>
RIGHT Click on page, select "View Page Source"
Michael
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> On 09/01/2017 04:06 PM, Michael Barnes wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 11:59 AM, John Jason Jordan
> wrote:
> >
> >> I wanted to see the html source and send it to you off-list. I could
> >> swear th
Not exactly Linux related, but I need local advice. I have a location down
river, up in the hills behind the Deer Island/Goble area that needs decent
Internet access. We have gone round and round with the DSL provider up
there with terrible results. We have also tried a couple satellite
providers w
This documents about 36 wasted minutes of your life you will never get
back. Sorry for your loss.
On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:16 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> Answered by Comcast chat:
>
> I asked the question in my opening statement. Here is the dialog. Your
> task is to tell me what the answe
My fastest and easiest solution in cases like this is to simply select and
copy the text and paste it into a LibreOffice document and tweak as
necessary. As long as there are not a lot of images or tables, it usually
works quite well. Crude, but effective.
Michael
On Sep 26, 2017 12:04, "Rich Sh
I found some references that they suffered a pretty bad attack in August
that affected their email services. They were trying to migrate to a new
server a couple days ago that looks like it went sideways on them. Might
have some bearing on your issues today.
Michael
On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 10:48
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Lou wrote:
> Hi guys. I would like to know your opinion and experiences with ISP near
> Gresham. I recently moved to zip code 97230.
>
> What is the best ISP that will let me use my own modem and router? I like
> to tink and install custom firmwares like DD-WRT an
I was just looking at who advertised service in the area. You will
typically only find one provider per medium in a given area. As a rule, you
will find one telephone system (DSL), possibly one cable TV system, and in
some areas one fiber optic system. These may be under one or more
companies. So,
I might be interested in a couple for some tactical deployment kits I'm
putting together. Can you give me some more details?
Michael
On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Chuck Hast wrote:
> I wish I was still living there I would certainly be interested. Love
> Thinkpads.
> I have and X200, X201 a
Thanks for the list. I think I'll pass.
Michael
On Oct 20, 2017 14:57, "King Beowulf" wrote:
> On 10/20/2017 12:41 PM, Michael Dexter wrote:
> > i5 Quad Core ThinkCenter desktop
> > i5 Quad Core 1/2 U wide, 2U tall desktop
>
> Michael,
>
> I'd be interested in one or both of these as an upgra
On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 4:51 PM Russell Senior
wrote:
> Just an update on the mailing list situation:
>
> Things are a *bit* better since we got some degree of control over the
> mailing lists again, late on Monday. However, the mailing list software on
> TidalHost is ... different. Not mailman, i
I have used this command string successfully in the past to download
complete websites.
$ wget --recursive --no-clobber --page-requisites
--html-extension --convert-links --restrict-file-names=windows
--domains website.com --no-parent website.com
HTH,
Michael
On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 4:56 PM Dick Steffens wrote:
> I'm using Thunderbird 115.5.0 (64-bit). I want to change the number of
> messages displayed in the message list pane. I gave DuckDuckGo a try and
> found
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-change-thunderbird-layout. It
> has a link fo
Doesn't matter how much security you build in. There is no way on earth you
should be launching rockets with anything other than a safety/lockout key
equipped hard wired system. Do all you want with fancy clocks, timers,
horns, etc for the public's viewing pleasure and show, but the actual
launch c
Something to be said for small town living. Here in Dallas we have
Willamette Valley Fiber. 200/200 with static IP for <$70/mo. Not only is
tech support speaking English, it is within walking distance. Fiber comes
right into my home office to the ONT. Outages are extremely rare. Plenty
adequate for
I've been using IONOS (formerly 1&1) for over 15 years with no complaints.
Granted, my needs and usage is minimal, but always great service any time I
have a question. Hosting 8 or so domains. Email service is easy to use.
Michael
On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 11:36 PM wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 22:4
I don't think he had it posted anywhere. That was 8 years ago. I know he
had it, so it could be done. Nothing else, sorry.
Michael
On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 4:36 PM Dick Steffens wrote:
> On 9/7/24 16:26, Michael Barnes wrote:
> > A guy I used to work with had a little box with an
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