Re: [PLUG] power supply (was Motherboard) recommendations

in Antec cases, but I've only been using them for a couple years so far. Neal ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] UPS Advice needed

it was my first forray into the Linux USB world. I don't know if apcupsd supports multiple machines per UPS, but that seems to be a NUT strength. Neal p.s. I'll deny suggesting it but you could check out episode 93 at http://revision3.com/systm/ for using car batteries to extend runtime on a normal UPS

Re: [PLUG] A challenge...

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: My dad has a Fedora 9 box and a Windows 2000 box. His Windows 2000 box has dual PIII 750 mhz processors. This box has a gig of ram, but it's PC100 ram.  TurboTax will not work on Windows 2000 anymore. Better

Re: [PLUG] Job posting etiquette

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:05 PM, wesp...@the-wes.com wrote: As you said, given the current climate, I really doubt anyone will complain about any job posting on the jobs list. -wes Seconded. Neal ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http

Re: [PLUG] comcast customers beware

Maybe it hasn't come to Portland yet because all I see is a text-only page with some search suggestions, with a line at the top in bold that says: Sorry, we can't find www.xyzzyplugh.com. We suggest that you check the spelling of the web address or search above. Disable this error service

Re: [PLUG] File Transfers From /etc

Try sudo bash to get a real root shell. If that works, do a passwd to set root's password.   Hoo-ha! That worked. I was unaware of the 'sudo bash' trick. How useful! Or just use a direct 'sudo passwd root' NealS ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] What is POE?

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Erik Lane erikl...@gmail.com wrote: In addition, they can't be connected to surge suppressors, as the signal used over the power line is filtered by such. However, I have a pair of 200MBps PoEs at home, and it doesn't matter that they're connected to different

Re: [PLUG] Small script webapps

Speaking of apache/HTML, I would really appreciate it if someone could point me to the HTML CGI verbiage needed to call a function to return the _initial_ contents of a user-changeable text/numeric box. I found many many functions for calling a function on this, that, the other thing, butterfly

Re: [PLUG] Small script webapps

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Joe Pruett j...@clean.q7.com wrote: Ok, say you want to do a debugger using a web browser. You have a box with, say, memory or register contents. How do you initialize that box with what's currently in the item of interest? i think what you want is: Reg1:

Re: [PLUG] Small script webapps

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Rogan Creswick cresw...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Neal nsed...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Joe Pruett j...@clean.q7.com wrote: i think what you want is: Reg1: input type=text name=reg1 value=deadbeefbr/ which

Re: [PLUG] Fan probs on Thinkpad T60?

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: I've read some threads on this, but just wondering if anyone locally has run into any of these problems? 1. Fan continuously runs    - I did download some ibm-acpi fan util, but the fan continues to run all the time.

Re: [PLUG] Troubleshooting DHCP...

I believe the following may useful and/or interesting: 100BASE-CX (STP) is only spec'd for 25 meters (82 feet). (Same for 1000BASE-CX, 25 meters.) 100BASE-TX uses two pairs UTP, Cat5 or better, 100 meters. 1000BASE-T needs four pairs UTP, also Cat5 or better, 100 meters. 1000BASE-TX uses two

Re: [PLUG] Can't see second hard drive for Linux Mint install

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:37 AM, David Kaplan dave...@gmail.com wrote: I've been trying to install Linux Mint 8 on a friends Dell Dimension 8400 desktop. It has a 250gb hdd. as sata 0 and the new 320gb hdd is set at sata 1. The BIOS sees both hdds but the Mint installer only sees the first

Re: [PLUG] Can't see second hard drive for Linux Mint install

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 4:40 AM, David Kaplan dave...@gmail.com wrote: I will try switching the cables and see if the 320gb is detected. If the 320gb is not detected in the sata 0 postion, maybe its a bad drive? I plan to go back and try tomorrow. Thanks. I doubt it's a bad drive but you

Re: [PLUG] Network boot link died...

Um, er, when we discussed this back in December it was pointed out that the total cabling limit for 100BASE-CX and 1000BASE-CX (STP) is 82 feet. Since you're also running an additional 100' of UTP in that segment you're pushing your luck even without cable degradation and the coupler in the run.

Re: [PLUG] Fedora 12 Host Name

What about the 127.0.0.1 and ::1 entries in /etc/hosts? No redhat/fedora here but I can google +fedora +hostname +permanent. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

Not all WRT54G upgrade well from what I have read.  Be sure to note the software version you have and read on. Hardware versions V5.0 through V8.2 (latest) only support a micro version due to FLASH/RAM reductions. Here's the somewhat hard to find supported routers link:

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net wrote: The next section is Network Setup. I've assigned the WRT54G the IP address of 192.168.0.251 and have set the Subnet Mask set to 255.255.255.0. When I try to save those settings I get an error message that says: The

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

That worked, as far as finishing that part of the setup goes. But, the laptop doesn't see the Internet. Wiring is as follows: Cable from street -- Cable Modem -- Netgear Router -- Switch -- WRT54G Router -- Laptop Is the last link wired or wireless? The laptop can log in to the WRT54G

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net wrote: Neal wrote: Can you ping the Netgear router? Cable modem? 208.67.216.231 (google)? No. The only thing the laptop can talk to is the WRT54G. What does the WRT54G configuration page say the WAN IP address is? I

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net wrote: Neal wrote: What does the WRT54G configuration page say the WAN IP address is? I set a static IP address of 192.168.0.250, a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and a gateway of 192.168.0.1. I would assume you're using

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

Richard, I rounded up a WRT54G ver 8 for testing. Resetting the factory defaults does in fact worked without changing anything as its default LAN address is 192.168.1.x and my LAN is 192.168.0.x. Also continued to work Just Fine after upgrading the firmware to the current release for my hardware

Re: [PLUG] Dumb script question

The big trick with cron is that it doesn't have a normal env so you tend to have to use full paths to everything, or manually set the environment prior to running the command.  It's also tricky debugging because you don't get to tell it to run now.  You usually have to set the frequency of

Re: [PLUG] Lost digital mode on video card

So any suggestions? Do a full power cycle, not just reset/reboot to see if something in the hardware got wedged. Doesn't solve the hardware/driver issue but it's all I got. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] GB Ethernet and Cat5E Cable

.On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Kirk Goins kirkgo...@gmail.com wrote: Will there be any noticeable  performance hit by using Cat5e cables when the cable lengths are in the7ft to 14ft range when using Gigabit NICs and Switches? The 1000baseT spec only calls for Cat5, so 5e is more than fine.

Re: [PLUG] Asterisk hardware

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:58 AM, plug...@martinconsulting.com wrote: Fellow PLUGgers, I'm using Asterisk, essentially as an intelligent voicemail system (time-based outgoing messages, blacklists, text message alerts, etc.).  I see that my TDM400 card is going to fail -- the electrolytic

Re: [PLUG] Netgear GS116 Gigabit switch died. Maybe.

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:27 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote: I have had a Netgear 16-port gigabit switch, model GS116, for several years. There is also a D-Link gigabit ethernet router, a Linksys WRT54G wireless router, and a cable modem in the network. NetGear GS108 switches

Re: [PLUG] Netgear GS116 Gigabit switch died. Maybe.

it to me? Regards, Neal ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Removing Duplicate Rows from SQL Dump

Try uniq: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?uniq NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] A Hardware Question [RESOLVED]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote: On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Galen Seitz wrote: My best guess as to your sharpness issue is either a poor quality cable or the LCD not being driven at its native resolution. Agreed, and I'd lay my money on the latter.

Re: [PLUG] Netgear GS116 Gigabit switch died. Maybe.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:57 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote: It is now later and I have time to deal with the switch issue. I am not good at fixing things. Plus, even if I fix it, how long will it last before dying on me again? I'd rather give it away and get a new one. I was

Re: [PLUG] Determining Memory Chip Speed

As far as price, it doesn't matter wether you buy PC3200 or PC2700 non-ECC memory. It's the same price. Be aware that the PC2700 can be faster than the PC3200. If you're running at PC2700 speed and the PC2700 is CL2.5 while the PC3200 is CL3, there will be a performance hit with the PC3200.

Re: [PLUG] Dual Boot Troubles

If at least one of the old or new drives is WD or Seagate you can download free software from the respective manufacturer to do disk cloning (and backups as well as many other drive-related tasks). They are OEM-ified Acronis True Image. I've had no trouble using either package, including cloning

Re: [PLUG] Portland Swift Linux

The first thought I had for a Portland band was Everclear, followed by Seafood Mama / Quarterflash. Make three (four?) versions if you want to include Decemberists as the bands differ quite a bit. My $0.02, NealS ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

I need to be looking at nVidia cards that are PCI Express x 16 and have a DVI-D output. Anything else that I need to know? Not really, you could look for two DVI outs for a little more flexability. And/or HDMI outputs, which are similar enough to DVI-D that adapters are cheap. PCH has a

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, Ooma

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote: How expensive and difficult is it to add several phones in the same house to one Ooma line? Same as any other VOIP line. Use the existing house wiring AFTER disconnecting from the external telephone network at the NID:

Re: [PLUG] CD/DVD internal drive recommendations

Negatory on the LG brand. I have two in my desktop. They read and write OK most times, that is, if you can get the drawer shut. I seem to remember that LG was formed when L (forgot the name, a Korean electronics manufacturer) bought out Goldmark, a Korean I dunno about their quality but I

Re: [PLUG] truly wierd video screen behavior on new system install of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx install

WAG: Adjust refresh rate to 60Hz. If 640x480 works at BIOS startup then it should work later if the refresh isn't too high (or, I suppose, too low, but that isn't usually the problem) for the LCD. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] System Sees only Half Installed RAM

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Ken Stephens k...@cad2cam.com wrote: Rich Shepard wrote:     I successfully upgraded the BIOS on my Dell Latitude E5410 from version A03 to A11. With this newest version the system is supposed to recognize and use all 8G of installed memory. But, it still sees

Re: [PLUG] Understanding Networking Components

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:   This morning I spent about an hour at a local coffee shop with the same results: wlan0 was UP and RUNNING with the IP address of 10.5.70.104 and I don't currently know enough about linux networking to solve it for

Re: [PLUG] Understanding Networking Components

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Sat, 31 Mar 2012, Neal wrote: I don't currently know enough about linux networking to solve it for you, but what are the default gateway and subnet mask? NealS,   The gateway and netmask are set by the DHCP

Re: [PLUG] verilog AT talk followup

Galen, Here's a big THANK YOU for all the time and effort you put into the presentation and followup! It was great to get a glimpse of what that Verilog thing is all about from a practical point of view. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] HDMI to VGA conversion

http://www.projectorcentral.com/Hitachi-CP-SX1350.htm Product Sheet link shows VGA/BNC, component, composite and S but no DVI/HDMI. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Surge Protector Ratings

Unless it has an LED or other indicator of unknown veracity the only thing that might tip you off it's bad is if the power strip is warmer than ambient temperature. If it is get rid of it ASAP. Here's some light reading: http://www.iaei.org/magazine/2004/03/metal-oxide-varistor-degradation/

Re: [PLUG] Surge Protector Ratings

http://www.iaei.org/magazine/2004/03/metal-oxide-varistor-degradation/ One more thought, having glimpsed photo 1 at the link above again -- get a power strip with a metal case. Hopefully nothing in the rest of the article contradicts this advice, but it sure seems like a little more insurance to

Re: [PLUG] Laptop Repair: Gateway NV53A74u Power Connector

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Chaz Sliger c...@bctonline.com wrote: This computer's power jack is does not work. My daughter says it can get power briefly if she wiggles it a lot. Not to insult anyone's intelligence but are you sure it's not the power cable? Trying a spare charger could save

Re: [PLUG] 5-1/4 Floppy Issue

Ahhh, memories of PCs stepping the floppy head at 30msec or some other similarly brain dead rate instead of what the drives were capable of. Talk about buzz saw! :) It is from a PC. Is it a 1.2M or 360K disk? You can read either in a 1.2M drive but you can't read a 1.2M disk in a 360K drive.

Re: [PLUG] Norvac replacement?

Is that the same buy who was on E Burnside many years ago? Spectrum? I only went there once long ago but the upright piano sized monster line printer sticks in my memory. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] welcome to the new server

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Mike Cherba mche...@gmail.com wrote: We seem to have a spam issue on PLUG-JOBS on the new server. Are we lacking some filtering that was happening before? -Mike I've seen an explosion of spam to the email address I'm subscribed to the PLUG

Re: [PLUG] MythTV Testing - HDTV choppy

What's your CPU utilization? Seems like that will tell you if your CPU has enough oomph or not. Hope I haven't missed that detail earlier in the thread. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Different file sizes on different computers

I hope you're all really talking about disk space usage, not file size here, because if the sizes aren't identical there's no need for MD5. :-) NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Dumb network question

Why not use hostnames instead of IP addresses, and never worry about DHCP vs. static? I have never messed with NFS, but will be shocked if it doesn't. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Using a SSD

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 3:24 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote: My new laptop has 16 GB RAM, so I didn't set it up with any swap at all. If you have plenty of RAM, why even bother with a swap partition? I believe you ALWAYS want a swap partition so your system doesn't crash when

Re: [PLUG] Using a SSD

Say your box has 4GB of RAM. You have a 4GB swap partition. What happens when you use more than 8GB of RAM? Long before that point you should have noticed your system is running like a slug. I would suggest something more along the lines of 1 GB, maybe less. I hate to pick any absolute

Re: [PLUG] Intrusion detection on desktop

On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.com wrote: Galen suggested measuring the current through the intrusion jumper might help illuminate the random halts. I have measured that current as best I could. It appears to be about 0.1uA, the least count of my Fluke

Re: [PLUG] Intrusion detection on desktop

On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.com wrote: With no AC, what does the 10 uA go to? The RTC and the BIOS memory plus anything else? That and the intrusion detect is all that I'm aware of. NealS ___ PLUG mailing

Re: [PLUG] Network puzzle

Minor point -- the WRT54G is also not gigabit. :-) Major question -- do you have any of the switches or devices set to a specific speed or are they all auto-negotiate? NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Network puzzle

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Larry Brigman larry.brig...@gmail.com wrote: 192.168.0.0/24 That's the network address, also off-limits for reasons I don't recall, likely historical. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Such a thing as a single user Linux?

Minix? If you want to run on an actual 386/486 you'll have to avoid the new hotness of Minix 3, which the system requirements page at http://wiki.minix3.org/UsersGuide/HardwareRequirements states is 586 and up. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Networking an HP printer (was AirRouter DHCP lease range)

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.com wrote: The printer is an hp officejet 4630e. The entry screen has fields for each digit with decimal points between each group of three. I enter a digit, hit OK, and it moves to the next digit. After entering the

Re: [PLUG] [SOLVED] Server-to-SMS text message service

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Nat Taylor biob...@gmail.com wrote: I was going to suggest a prepaid phone with a cheap plan (tracfone or net10 or something?) connected to your computer via usb, and your computer sends the messages via the phone connected to it, but a dollar a month plus 100

Re: [PLUG] There's Always a First Time

Uhhh, wasn't it correct in falling back one hour? :-) ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] There's Always a First Time [FIXED]

Ok, never mind my post to the original note. Not sure why it showed up as newest in the thread (gmail webviewer). Must be the weather? NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Time to build a new PC

I'm currently trying to find a high perf (gaming-ish) laptop, say quad core i7, to replace my six year old $250-special dual-core that died a couple weeks ago.One objective is to drive an UHD (3840 x 2160) monitor at something better than 1080i (1920 x 1080 @ 30Hz) of the old laptop. In my search

Re: [PLUG] 3 kva ups rental

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Chuck Hast wrote: > I need a true ups, not a switched one, I believe the terminology is "Online" or more recently "Line-interactive" and others I've never heard of vs. "Standby". Regards, NealS ___

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Russell Johnson wrote: > I believe what the OP is talking about is a privacy VPN. There are several > companies that are selling VPN services so that you can anonymize your > connection. That's my belief too. I get the heebie jeebies thinking

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 2:37 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > First thing this morning I decided to reboot (which I hate doing). > Afterward the drive worked perfectly, but only for one movie. When it > was over I unmounted and ejected the disk, then inserted a different > movie

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

1) TP-Link Archer C7 (v2) as per TheWireCutter.com recommendation. 2a) Three months. 2b) Mfr. firmware. 3) 027/O in grade school, HO in jr/sr high, been missing it for ages. NealS ___ PLUG mailing

Re: [PLUG] Xfinity cable modem suggestions?

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:56 PM, wrote: > Ah, okay - maybe the network topology of coax setups require this? Think of cable modems as being hooked to a hub whereas xDSL modems are connected to a switch. The local loop is shared among several/many cable modems but a xDSL modem

Re: [PLUG] Xfinity cable modem suggestions?

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Stephen Price wrote: > LIke Larry, I'd recommend an Arris (formerly Motorola) Surfboard: > ARRIS SURFboard SB6141 > Thirded. $70 at your friendly local Costco. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Xfinity cable modem suggestions?

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 8:34 PM, wrote: > Ah, okay - thanks for pointing that out. I'm a bit surprised they would > expect to be able to update firmware on hardware they don't own. > I'm pretty sure ALL cable modems run whatever firmware the ISP deems appropriate for the cable

Re: [PLUG] replacing HDD w/ SSD: brackets?

I'm no IBM/Lenovo expert but I'd be shocked if the 9.5mm drive bracket that wouldn't accept a 7mm drive. They're both standard options as stated here: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd015766 Surely Lenovo has One Bracket to Rule Them All. :-) Regards, NealS

Re: [PLUG] tm struct uses int not long

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 4:54 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > On 1/28/2016 8:06 PM, Neal wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:34 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> > wrote: > > > >> P.S. My introductory programming environment include

Re: [PLUG] tm struct uses int not long

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:34 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > P.S. My introductory programming environment included 12AX7's, > 026's, and hikes across the snow covered Quad to the computer > center. ;} > Uphill, both ways, no doubt. :-) NealS

[PLUG] Ubuntu 16.04 LTS RC + updates vs. Release?

Greetings. I'm in the process of setting up yet another home fileserver, mostly for Samba, general noodling around and having a system running 24x7 for various home automation experiments. Not terribly interesting hardware-wise, Core i3 w/2 4TB drives running software RAID 1. Idle power is around

Re: [PLUG] cloning old drive

I don't know if it handles win3.x or not but Macrium Reflect has never let me down. There's a free version for home use available online, or at least there was when I cloned the HD on my laptop to an SSD a month ago. I was going to use CloneZilla but it was way too, uh, flexible for my attention

Re: [PLUG] Victor wants a reality check with regard to raspberry pi and ZyXEL C1100Z

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:13 AM, Victor Soich wrote: > I might make the plunge and pay 25 bucks a month for 40 > Mbs download speed, > Not sure if Russell mentioned it but you really should check on the regular rates after a year. It isn't easy to find. The last time I

Re: [PLUG] Victor wants a reality check with regard to raspberry pi and ZyXEL C1100Z

I've heard the ploy of threatening to drop your service entirely gets you somewhere when negotiating rates with the cable/internet/satellite companies. But what if they call your bluff? :-) Regards, NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Does anyone have experience installing OpenBSD and/or a Live CD I could use?

Wild guess here but you should only have the .iso image of the install CD on the computer you're using to burn the CD. You need to burn the .iso file to the CD _as an ISO image_, not burn the .iso file itself. Usually CD burning software gives you the option, and Windows even has it built-in, or

Re: [PLUG] Snappy response not so snappy anymore

One more thought about the slow response. The disk thing I mentioned likely will not show up as CPU usage or even disk usage. If there's some way to show disk access waiting-on-hardware performance of some sort then that would be the only way other than the drive light staying on during the

Re: [PLUG] Snappy response not so snappy anymore

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: > top - 09:37:44 up 25 days, 15:53, 2 users, load average: 0.80, 0.44, 0.42 > Tasks: 225 total, 2 running, 223 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie > %Cpu(s): 3.6 us, 4.5 sy, 0.0 ni, 91.7 id, 0.3 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0

Re: [PLUG] G5 Macs?

Another nice thing about Mouser and Digikey is you can filter, no pun intended, through the search hits for a given value and voltage and pick the ones with the right physical size as well as highest temperature / lifetime ratings and ripple current / lowest ESR to ensure the supply keeps working

Re: [PLUG] G5 Macs?

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 12:39 AM, Michael Dexter wrote: > Did the place near the old Norvac on Nimbus survive? Oregon Electronics is now only in Eugene: http://www.oregon-electronics.com/x/home.php?cat=260 I stopped by URS a year ago and was shocked at how little they seem

Re: [PLUG] Good hacking/security Humble Bundle

> Get yourself a fistfull of No Starch Press books for $15 or more with this > pay what you want collection. > > https://www.humblebundle.com/books/no-starch-hacking-books > No DRM on the titles so they are yours foreer. OK, I give up. What exactly are they selling? I had to look for a long

Re: [PLUG] Other options besides VNC (or RDP)

Chrome Remote Desktop, which I assume runs on anything that can handle the Chrome browser? Haven't gotten around to trying it myself but it's on the ToDo list :) . NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Arduino issue

OS? Language? SD card access library? Version numbers? :-) It's been too long since I Arduio-anything'ed to have any specific hints up my sleeve regarding environment etc. I'll take a stab or two from a hardware point of view. I have no clue as to what SD card read/erase/write cycle times might

Re: [PLUG] Sorting blocks of text

On Nov 23, 2016 7:09 AM, "Rich Shepard" wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, Ali Corbin wrote: > > > Have you looked at msort? > > Ali, > >Wow! That's quite a useful tool. > Seconded. Thanks Ali! NealS

Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

>Yes, but can a chromebook be wiped and reinstalled with Linux? Besides missing Fn keys be sure it isn't also missing the DEL key, like an HP Chromebook I've been using for a couple years. Makes me giddy with joy when I get on a proper laptop and can delete the character to the right of the

Re: [PLUG] Time?

1 - 5 pm. That and a whole lot more at http://calagator.org/ NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Wired security camera systems (was Wireless video cameras?)

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Chuck Hast wrote: > When I did security camera installs I put the DVR on a box hidden away > some- > where and we used a "baitbox" older PC running all of the camera screens on > it located someplace so if the bad guys broke in, they found that

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 8:13 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > With the command line I succeeded in > setting the desktop to 192.168.1.1, which succeeded in getting it to > see other devices on my own network, but it still can't get to the > internet. > Did you change only the

Re: [PLUG] ENU,Inc R.I.P.

Dang. What was the big-time computer parts store across from their 122nd Ave site years ago? I want to say Egghead, but that was in Beaverton by Freddy's on Canyon / 217. I got my first 1GB drive there. Oh! My! A Whole Gigglybyte! IDE and everything! Good times. May ENU RIP, NealS

Re: [PLUG] Trackball middle button pastes string twice [FIXED ... MAYBE]

Uhh never mind that misfire NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Trackball middle button pastes string twice [FIXED ... MAYBE]

There's another event I put in the Sedell calendar last week by mistake and can't remember what it was. Oh well, it'll come up, sooner or later. :-) On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 8:33 PM, wes wrote: > On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 8:09 PM, Michael Barnes > wrote: >

Re: [PLUG] Trackball middle button pastes string twice [FIXED ... MAYBE]

On Jun 6, 2017 5:41 AM, "Rich Shepard" <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Neal wrote: > Uhh never mind that misfire Neal, I've read that memory is the first thing to degrade as one ages. :-) That's what I get for trying to interface a trackball

Re: [PLUG] Moving/copying old home to new machine

On Sep 5, 2017 9:45 AM, "Paul Heinlein" wrote: ... rsync over a network can handle the situation where your UID/GID on the source system is different from that on the destination. Typically "cp" will be somewhat faster while rsync will be safer and more flexible.

Re: [PLUG] Dell BIOS update when I have Linux

What Mark said. I was recently shocked and thrilled to learn the BIOS of a Dell Precision T1700, a ~ten year old model, could "run" the Dell BIOS update exe directly. NealS

Re: [PLUG] UPS shopping

There are plenty of 24 volt input inverters available, typically for commercial trucks. NealS

Re: [PLUG] Network Security issue

Google MAC address lookup. Should give you the registered mfr if not more, assuming it's legit. NealS On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:00 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > My wife has ESET malware protection on her Windows 7 machine. This > afternoon she got this message: > > Suspected threat blocked because