Re: [PLUG] Thinkpad W510 screen replacement?

2018-04-08 Thread Chuck Hast
The same goes here, my first real encounter with them was with ConEd when I did a coverage study for them.They supplied the computers to capture the coverage info for the study. I found them to be very tough and short of backing a vehicle over one (I saw that happen to a panasonic tough book) they

[PLUG] Interpreting lm_sensors output

2018-04-08 Thread Rich Shepard
Yesterday I upgraded logwatch and it changed the output while leaving the datetime stamps on /usr/share/logwatch/default_conf/logwatch.conf unchanged but changing the .conf file. Shrug. Anyway, looking at the .conf file the only change I saw from the prior file was directing the output to std

Re: [PLUG] Interpreting lm_sensors output

2018-04-08 Thread Larry Brigman
The ACPI is part of the motherboard and as such will take automatic action no matter the OS that is installed. We had several servers shut down when the AC went out in our lab. All of these are real servers with IPMI monitoring. Nothing tripped in the IPMI but the machines were shut down. After s

Re: [PLUG] Interpreting lm_sensors output

2018-04-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 8 Apr 2018, Larry Brigman wrote: The ACPI is part of the motherboard and as such will take automatic action no matter the OS that is installed. Larry, I thought this is the case. Twice I've had the system shut down when I was compiling two large applications simultaneously and each

[PLUG] Frontier FiOS questions

2018-04-08 Thread Jim Garrison
I'm considering dumping Comcast and going with Frontier FiOS. I have a couple of questions for anyone who's using FiOS in the Hillsboro, OR area. 1) Do they bring fiber all the way to the modem or is there an interface outside that converts to coax for the internal connections? 2) Can you r

Re: [PLUG] Frontier FiOS questions

2018-04-08 Thread John Meissen
j...@jhmg.net said: > Do they bring fiber all the way to the modem or is there >an interface outside that converts to coax for the internal >connections? There's a network termination box that terminates the fiber. It's typically on the outside of the house or in the garage - it needs ac

Re: [PLUG] Frontier FiOS questions

2018-04-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 8 Apr 2018, Jim Garrison wrote: I'm considering dumping Comcast and going with Frontier FiOS. I have a couple of questions for anyone who's using FiOS in the Hillsboro, OR area. Jim, I'm a long shout from you here in Troutdale but offer answers based on my recent experiences with th