[GTALUG] Gerbera DLNA problems

2018-06-27 Thread Stephen via talk
For years I ran Mediatomb, a DNLA server, on Ubuntu and played on a Panasonic Blu-ray player. Three locations throughout my home. No problems at all. Now, Ubuntu killed Mediatome, but Gerbera has taken over and I have that installed and running. But I have problems with some mp4 files. Some

[GTALUG] Rogers dhcp mystery

2018-06-27 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
My internet connection stopped working. After some hunting, and some pecking, it works again. But I'm not sure why. Setup: - Rogers Cable - modem is set in bridge mode (i.e. it is not acting as a router and does not do Network Address Translation). - my router is a little PC with two

Re: [GTALUG] (OT) home renovation courses for home owner?

2018-06-27 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Peter Hiscocks via talk wrote: > I did a major reno on my house a few years ago. The deal with my wife was > that I could buy any power tools that I needed, and I now have a nice > collection. > > This was the front of the house including a large livingroom, hall,

Re: [GTALUG] (OT) home renovation courses for home owner?

2018-06-27 Thread Peter Hiscocks via talk
I did a major reno on my house a few years ago. The deal with my wife was that I could buy any power tools that I needed, and I now have a nice collection. This was the front of the house including a large livingroom, hall, stairway and front door area. Complete demolition, rewiring, new windows,

Re: [GTALUG] (OT) home renovation courses for home owner?

2018-06-27 Thread Russell Reiter via talk
George Brown College use to offer community courses through the Toronto Learning Annex at the Casa Loma campus. Now it seems they have a continuing education section for their trades certification. They might have flextime classes so you could attend in the evening.

Re: [GTALUG] (OT) home renovation courses for home owner?

2018-06-27 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
Not sure about a course but here is something that worked for me in the past. We had a shower to tile and I know enough about tiling that I am not going to do a good job if I do it myself. We offered to tear out the old stall down to the studs and get rid of the trash. That shaved just

[GTALUG] (OT) home renovation courses for home owner?

2018-06-27 Thread William Park via talk
Very off-topic, but since most Linux guys are handy with their hands, so who knows... Are there courses for home owner who is thinking about doing home renovation? There are tasks that should be left for professionals. But, if the owner can do minor things, then it could be cost saving. Assuming

Re: [GTALUG] I not have a smaller phone, and therefor want it's big brother in a pad

2018-06-27 Thread Charles Philip Chan via talk
Evan Leibovitch via talk writes: >- From my own research to date, the best value right now is the Huawei >MediaPad M5, available in 8.4" and 10.8" versions, and the best place to >get them in Canada appears to be Newegg. I second the Mediapad's. I brought a M3 Lite 10 (which has an