Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

> > grounds in the spring, I experience brown-outs quite often. > > That sounds fun. Spring and fall like clockwork plus one or two for good measure the rest of the year. I certainly wouldn't be able to run any enterprise without significant UPS under those conditions. Fortunately it's just me

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

> Streetcars use 600V as does the subway. The new Eglinton line will be > 750V though and won't have loops for turning around. You don't think that the TTC might be forward planning for 750V all around? Remember it was TTC staff I spoke to who told me the change was to accommodate higher

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

Sent from mobile. On Jun 14, 2016 4:01 PM, "Lennart Sorensen" <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 02:58:49PM -0400, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > You don't think that the TTC might be forward planning for 750V all around? > >

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

> Its not that you would need to put in heaver lines for higher voltage but a close to 50% increase in voltage may make you replace all the insulators that were rated for 600V with ones rates for 750V. Staff told me the lines themselves were old and needed replacing, notwithstanding any planned

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

at the same time), then they would be able > to keep the old wires since higher voltage reduces the need for higher All the current infrastructure is EOL this is why it is being changed. > current to provide the same power. Of course swapping all that out at > once is not an option, so the

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

> Just *imagine* the size of the series resistor you would have to install to drive one of those 600V motors with 750V ;-) I don't know but it could probably be done. On the other hand, I did observe the the effects of running a new unit at 600V, when they tested the three segment unit in front

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

On 6/15/16, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 05:57:44PM -0400, Russell Reiter wrote: >> I don't doubt it at all. I don't understand not taking advantage of the >> pantographic ability to carry higher voltage; that is its primary >> feature. > >

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

rid is a stated weakness of the system. > > - --Bob. > > > On 2016-06-15 11:01 AM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > On 6/15/16, Lennart Sorensen <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 05:57:44PM -0400, Russell Reiter wrote: > >&

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

Sent from mobile. On Jun 14, 2016 9:56 PM, "Peter Hiscocks via talk" wrote: > > > > > Modern motor controllers can be quite tolerant of significant voltage > > variation. However, I doubt they're changing the voltage. > > I'm not a power systems engineer, but it could be that

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

Sent from mobile. On Jun 14, 2016 9:56 PM, "Peter Hiscocks via talk" wrote: > > > > > Modern motor controllers can be quite tolerant of significant voltage > > variation. However, I doubt they're changing the voltage. > > I'm not a power systems engineer, but it could be that

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

> does give higher voltage a slight benefit, but 750 versus 600 is hardly > enough to really matter. It all just comes down to voltage * current Perhaps it matters enough to reduce the number of rectifier taps into the grid. Edison first wired commercial services in DC, with the drawback being

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

I thought I would attempt to return to the topic. Although this thread has been interesting I would like to return to the power supply hypothesis. > Any suggestions? > > It looks as if the power dips momentarily and the computer reboots, >From the specs it looks like the unit should be able to

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

> Is its PS also 240v? It might be a little more robust. Oops, I mean watts. A 300w supply might be a little more sag and spike resistant. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Transient Harmonics at home; was mysterious restarts

Here's a nice overview of common issues in balancing linear vs. non-linear loads at home. You wouldn't think your little cluster is part of the problem but it can be. https://www.mikeholt.com/technical-power-quality-harmonics.php Sent from mobile. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

On Jun 27, 2016 9:25 AM, "James Knott via talk" wrote: > > On 06/27/2016 09:12 AM, Russell Reiter wrote: > > > > Wow you look a lot younger in your picture. :-) > > > > I have long been interested in the history of telecommunications, an > industry where I have spent most of my

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

that in the future your air conditioner may have to send a bitcion fraction or switch to a micro grid reserve in order to work outside your mains subscription time. > On 06/25/16 08:40, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: >> >> I wonder about grid security and whether or not a microg

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

On Jun 26, 2016 10:52 AM, "James Knott" wrote: > > 126V on top of the input DC voltage. That will destroy the regulator > and possibly whatever is being charged. So, you will need some means of > ensuring the regulator is not exposed to damaging high voltage. I liked

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

I wonder about grid security and whether or not a microgrid can be designed to repel all borders. That is, only allow links to trusted sources. The way things are headed in the IoT, perhaps power source monitoring will detect the harmonic characteristics of each user in a trusted cluster and when

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

> * Above All surplus on Bloor near Euclid (Steve has some very > vintage/niche bits indeed. His phone is disconnected, so don't try calling) Thanks, thats good to know. I had tried calling and assumed they had closed. This was my goto place for refurbished 20/30/40mb Fujitsu drives. Fujitsu

Re: [GTALUG] Documentary Movie on Stuxnet

On 7/14/16, Peter Hiscocks via talk wrote: > http://www.salon.com/2016/07/13/science_fiction_cyber_war_is_here_alex_gibney_on_zero_days_and_stuxnet_the_secret_weapon_that_got_away/ I was just browsing around and watched it at this link last week, complete with cyber composite

Re: [GTALUG] 2 weeks on cell phone and chromebook... never again!

On Jul 25, 2016 2:35 AM, "ac via talk" wrote: > > > guidelines that say: > > > "Particularly for this list: > > > Don't be the guy on the soapbox, > > > Try to stay out of political, social, or religious issues, > > > Avoid bad jokes, personal rants or similar

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Jul 25, 2016 10:50 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" wrote: > > Warm Greetings To GTALUG, > > Please forgive the long email. -- have to provide some background. > > BACKGROUND -- BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC > I usually have a couple of pieces of advise for

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Jul 27, 2016 3:26 PM, "Lennart Sorensen" <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 08:32:51AM -0400, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > I believe as a general rule of thumb any Hayes compatible modem will work > > with Linux. I've

Re: [GTALUG] Documentary Movie on Stuxnet

Sent from mobile. On Jul 14, 2016 10:12 AM, "Russell Reiter" wrote: > > On 7/14/16, Peter Hiscocks via talk wrote: > > http://www.salon.com/2016/07/13/science_fiction_cyber_war_is_here_alex_gibney_on_zero_days_and_stuxnet_the_secret_weapon_that_got_away/ >

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Jul 28, 2016 1:51 PM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" wrote: > > > Interesting. And encouraging. Maybe I can hold out a while longer, and keep using dial-up with the new Linux PC, postponing the extra expense of DSL versus dial-up. I pay today $15 / mo. (+taxes) for dial-up

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Jul 28, 2016 6:29 PM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > > | From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" > > | - Original Message - From: "Russell Reiter" > > | > The hylafax site has a good list of Linux comparable modems. > | >

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

> > So, if I buy a white box (e.g. Dell) I'll have to wipe the HDD and start again, Dell is a branded manufacturer. OEM whiteboxes are usually assembled by a local integrator, or yourself, from branded and or unbranded parts you source out. > If I can't get the white box vendor's ironclad

Re: [GTALUG] gmane.org gone, at least for now

On Aug 1, 2016 1:36 AM, "ac via talk" wrote: > > On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 14:09:34 -0400 > Russell Reiter wrote: > > > > > Soo, am thinking, in your case... > > > motherboard... --> bios? Is xHCI hand-off enabled in bios settings? > > > (we are using intel...

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Aug 1, 2016 10:54 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" wrote: > > Hello Russell, > > > Thanks for your message. > > My comments are inline below. > > Steve > > - Original Message - From: "Russell Reiter" > To: "GTALUG Talk" ;

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

Sent from mobile. On Jul 26, 2016 9:41 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" wrote: > > Hello Loui, > > > Thanks for your response. >> Perhaps for a modest price? >> http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ >> --- > > > I took a quick look at the site. > > Looks like an interesting

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Jul 30, 2016 1:28 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" wrote: > > So for me, HylaFAX is a cumbersome last-resort workaround, if I can't find any easier way to get a dial-up modem working under Linux. > This device looks promising to me. New Old Stock is the reason I go to

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

> > Perhaps the price seems high, because my desire for longevity, cool-running reliability and expandability has motivated specification of: > > [1] powerful air-cooled CPU cooler with sealed convection heat pipes; > [2] power supply will still operate well below maximum output capacity, with

Re: [GTALUG] gmane.org gone, at least for now

> https://web.archive.org/web/20150727001119/http://spark.crystalorb.net/mikem/dmesg.log > and the reconfiguring of the endpoint solved the problem... > Hmm, my mobile says this: Wayback Machine doesn't have that page archived. > Soo, am thinking, in your case... > motherboard... --> bios? Is

[GTALUG] Scanner on USB 3.0 - was Re: gmane.org gone, at least for now

This recent, well two year old, patch may be relevant. I read elsewhere that large block transfers also create endpoint issues, in particular with VIA chipsets. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg105480.html Russell Sent from mobile. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Jul 26, 2016 9:27 PM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > > | From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" > > | I don't really have a few weeks to spare. I need to get the Linux PC up > | and running, so I can get back to the rest of my life. > > Just to

Re: [GTALUG] Are you on the watch list?

On Jul 10, 2016 2:45 PM, "Evan Leibovitch via talk" wrote: > > Sheesh, Five eyes or not, this is unwelcome. Rumor has it that this has been pared down to three eyes. The kicker is which three and what do the other two think of this. Here's a link to a take on some of the rules.

Re: [GTALUG] Are you on the watch list?

>> There is an implied warranty of serviceability which is attached to every product in the market. Shoddy and inferior products increase liabilities > > Like Cigarettes? > Or Oil(think global warming) > How about the people killed by various well known automotive design flaws? Hindsight is

Re: [GTALUG] Are you on the watch list?

I agree with > compensation. One thing that's clear is the financial problems are > caused by those at the top, with the help of their pals in government. > It is in no way the average person or even unions that are causing these > issues. It's the so called "1%". I always say to my friends,

Re: [GTALUG] Are you on the watch list?

On Jul 16, 2016 8:14 PM, "Alvin Starr" <al...@netvel.net> wrote: > > On 07/16/2016 07:22 PM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: >> >> On Jul 16, 2016 4:54 PM, "James Knott via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: >> > >> > On 07/16/2016 04:

Re: [GTALUG] Are you on the watch list?

On Jul 16, 2016 4:54 PM, "James Knott via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > > On 07/16/2016 04:42 PM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > > > > The wallstreet guys came up with a method to manage risk and it > > worked well till everybody used it then

Re: [GTALUG] Are you on the watch list?

Story for the top post but I found this to be quite Interesting. Seems like being Birds Of a Feather is getting more validity for predicated predictive analytics. At least according to the guy who penned this. “Crowd-Anticrowd Theory of Dynamical Behavior in Competitive, Multi-Agent Autonomous

Re: [GTALUG] Are you on the watch list?

>> >> On Jul 12, 2016 8:39 AM, "Russell Reiter" wrote: >> > >> > On Jul 10, 2016 2:45 PM, "Evan Leibovitch via talk" wrote: >> > > >> > > Sheesh, Five eyes or not, this is unwelcome > > > This will work till ISIS deicide to use the same software/process to

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

On Jun 26, 2016 12:14 PM, "James Knott via talk" wrote: > I don't know what power is provided on dry loops, but I believe there's > still "battery" on the line. On a You put the word battery in quotes. Perhaps you mean a Rogers valve? I think that's how the patent names it.

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Aug 1, 2016 11:05 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" wrote: > > Hello Hugh, > > > >> >> Business desktops often seem to support VGA and DisplayPort. DVI is >> disappearing faster than VGA and HDMI isn't generally supported. This >> might affect the choice of monitor. >> >

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Jul 28, 2016 1:48 PM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" wrote: > Just curious -- did you build those "couple of hundred builds" all for > personal use? No, probably the first 50 in the early 90's were all DOS & WIN 8088 - 80486 from obsoleted IBM business units. Pick and

Re: [GTALUG] Transient Harmonics at home; was mysterious restarts

At the moment I'm browsing an interesting article on detecting harmonic pollution on the grid. Here's a download link.

[GTALUG] bash seq question

It's not often I have to assemble larger numbered documents. I usually use this little script. enscript -L1 -F --header-font=Times-Roman12 -b '||$%' -o- < <(for i in $(seq "$(pdftk "$1" dump_data | grep "Num" | cut -d":" -f2)"); do echo; done) | ps2pdf - | pdftk "$1" multistamp - output

Re: [GTALUG] bash seq question

On Feb 8, 2017 5:48 AM, "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: > > On 2017-02-06 01:36 PM, Russell Reiter wrote: > > I had to resort to analogue to get the docs out. You remember, print the > > numbers on the pages, then run them through for the data. > > Ah, that's annoying. > >

Re: [GTALUG] bash seq question

I had to resort to analogue to get the docs out. You remember, print the numbers on the pages, then run them through for the data. Curse u seq: invalid floating point argument: 1 This one liner was my magic bullet a few short kernel updates ago. Tunnel in get the job done right and exit. Kind

Re: [GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software)

On Feb 3, 2017 2:05 PM, "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: On 2017-02-03 12:56 PM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > > Apparently some of them they put the USB interface right on the drive > controller board, so it doesn't even have a SATA connector. Like the “WD PiDrive

Re: [GTALUG] Watching a network folder: is there a smart way of doing this?

On Feb 17, 2017 3:41 PM, "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: I need to watch a folder on a network share (a scanner) and see when new files are created. There are a couple of special things about this location: I was naïvely hoping for a mechanism that would report “Hey, you

[GTALUG] Joy of hardware hacking - was - Help with Kernel: Linux version 3.4.42-gf151976 (hudsoncm@ilclbld86)

I'm top posting again, but with a differently named subject so I can say this. My first experience in seeing the joy of hacking in someone else's eyes, was at a Tlug meeting. At this time I'm pretty much a newbie to the group and Drew Sullivan turns to me and says, hey Russ, what does dump - blah

Re: [GTALUG] bash seq question

On Feb 10, 2017 1:55 PM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: | From: Russell Reiter via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | I don't know what I find to be more cryptic, shaking hands with a mason, or | bash quoting and syntax. A problem in analytic philosophy <

[GTALUG] Help with Kernel: Linux version 3.4.42-gf151976 (hudsoncm@ilclbld86)

I like to tinker with stuff and this is also a kind of semi-long, maybe even funny story. I am asked quite often to help people with Android problems so I fool around with phones, usually theirs not mine. I did get to like Motorola enough to buy a Moto G and use it. A couple of months ago I was

Re: [GTALUG] Help with Kernel: Linux version 3.4.42-gf151976 (hudsoncm@ilclbld86)

Top posting this as it may be of some general interest. As I related in my earlier post, gaining access to apps on this phone was near impossible at first. In addition to finally enabling developer mode and those other changes I related below, I turned off all animations and chose simulated

[GTALUG] FPD-Link adapter kits

Has anyone tried out the LCD adapter kits like this one on ebay. http://m.ebay.com/itm/121124750917?_mwBanner=1 My friend surprised the heck out of himself when he bought a raspberry pi and was able to get it working on his own. HDMI works fine for connecting to his TV. He just needed a little

[GTALUG] General Hacker Stuff -Point of Sale and other exploits

Forgot to reply to all so Dee's getting this twice. Sorry On Mar 1, 2017 5:25 PM, "o1bigtenor" <o1bigte...@gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Russell Reiter via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > IMHO Here's a link to a must see Defcon 24 video. > htt

Re: [GTALUG] FPD-Link adapter kits

On Aug 23, 2016 10:52 AM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > > | From: Russell Reiter via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > > | Has anyone tried out the LCD adapter kits like this one on ebay. > | > | http://m.ebay.com/itm/121124750917?_mwBann

Re: [GTALUG] curious... Linux vs BSD ?

> > I wonder if that is because most of the code writers are not really human > communicators rather they are far better machine communicators? > What say you? We have to understand Linux userland is enormous now. The learning curve for network operator's, is larger than those who develop

Re: [GTALUG] FPD-Link adapter kits -Success

gt; >> On Aug 24, 2016 10:46 AM, "Russell Reiter" <rreite...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > On Aug 23, 2016 10:52 AM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: >> > > >> > > | From: Russell Reiter via talk <

Re: [GTALUG] FPD-Link adapter kits -Success - two out of three LCDs recycled

Last top post on this thread. The first working LCD was an LG recycled from a Toshiba. That laptop needed the MB video chip to be refloated Thanks to Peter who let me have it for tinkering. I never got around to refloating it but the LCD is working ok. The next one was a 15 in LCD from an older

Re: [GTALUG] restore GPT partition table?

On Oct 25, 2016 7:33 AM, "Matt Price via talk" wrote: > > OK, so I did this > > dd if=some.iso of=/dev/sdb > > oops -- that's not the USB key! that's my internal m.2 drive! Your not the only one. https://www.linux.com/learn/how-fix-mangled-partition-table-linux I really like

[GTALUG] Kernel Mode Set & EDID links

I haven't tested the display adapter I ordered yet but I thought the links here might be of general interest. No pun intended, but it's always nice to be able to have a default resolution for a display problem.

Re: [GTALUG] Hiring Someone to do a Custom Ubuntu Spins

Umm, I'm top posting this because I think there is some misunderstanding about the nature of the original post. This is a contract offer for tender. While most of us do lots of different things related to Linux and roll our own solutions, the OP is looking for a special skill set they don't seem

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Jan 12, 2017 2:30 PM, "Dhaval Giani via talk" wrote: Hi, On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 2:24 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Jason Shaw via talk wrote: >> I feel obligated to point out freshbooks.com as

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Jan 12, 2017 4:42 PM, "Christopher Browne via talk" wrote: On 12 January 2017 at 16:26, William Park via talk wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 04:00:50PM -0500, CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk wrote: >> On 12/01/17 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> > Greetings

Re: [GTALUG] Resizing FAT32 filesystem?

On Dec 18, 2016 3:53 PM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: | From: William Park via talk | http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/09/parted-command-examples I usually use gparted: GUIs are sometimes easier for one-off tasks. Booting Windows repairs the

[GTALUG] Quantum Encryption Article

Canadians, fuzzing data for future generations. https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/canadians-use-photons-to-solve-key-puzzle-for-future-of-encryption/article33397375/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com=mobile Russell Sent from mobile. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Resizing FAT32 filesystem?

On Dec 18, 2016 9:14 AM, "William Park via talk" wrote: > > Hi, > > How do you resize FAT32 filesystem? Gparted evolved from parted http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/09/parted-command-examples > > For ext2/3/4, there is 'resize2fs'. But, for msdos, GParted is the only > program

[GTALUG] Fwd: Re: DMA kernel attacks

27 AM, "Lennart Sorensen" <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 01:02:45PM -0500, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > Another DEFCON talk. This is a hardware attack on M$, OSX & Linux, PCIleech > = 150mbs over usb3. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Re: [GTALUG] DMA kernel attacks

On Mar 17, 2017 3:11 PM, "Lennart Sorensen" wrote: On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 02:53:03PM -0400, Russell Reiter wrote: > Ok to recap. You assumed you needed to turn off the computer to install > PCIe. You learned PCIe is hot pluggable. You assumed the card had to be >

Re: [GTALUG] [PRIVATE] Re: Fwd: Re: DMA kernel attacks

that out. | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | To: Russell Reiter via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 09:27:06 -0400 (EDT) | Subject: [GTALUG] [PRIVATE] Re: Fwd: Re: DMA kernel attacks | Reply-To: D. Hugh Redelmeier <h...@mimosa.com>, GTALUG Talk <

Re: [GTALUG] DMA kernel attacks

Sorensen" <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 01:02:45PM -0500, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > Another DEFCON talk. This is a hardware attack on M$, OSX & Linux, PCIleech > = 150mbs over usb3. Sorry, I wasn't clear here. The PCI card goes in the atta

Re: [GTALUG] DMA kernel attacks

On Mar 13, 2017 10:39 AM, "Lennart Sorensen via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 10:33:10AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 10:27:35AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 01:02:45PM

Re: [GTALUG] Watching a network folder: is there a smart way of doing this?

On Feb 24, 2017 9:24 PM, "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: On 2017-02-20 12:47 AM, Aruna Hewapathirane wrote: > > Hi Stewart, you could just |watch| the file listing (adjusting n seconds > to whatever is suitable) > > |watch --differences -n 10 ls -l | I suspect I'll just

[GTALUG] General Hacker Stuff -Point of Sale and other exploits

IMHO Here's a link to a must see Defcon 24 video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV_0k9Fh590 Modern Magstripe hacking & more. They're using iron oxide not ammonium dichromate as I related in an earlier post but; refunding to a different credit card than the original one charged. Can't wait to

Re: [GTALUG] General Hacker Stuff -Point of Sale and other exploits

On Mar 2, 2017 8:08 AM, "Alvin Starr via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: On 03/02/2017 07:31 AM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: On Mar 2, 2017 3:51 AM, "ac via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 17:30:33 -0500 Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.

Re: [GTALUG] Did I buy the wrong network card? (RTL8812AE)

On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Stewart C. Russell via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 2017-05-13 12:24 PM, Russell wrote: >> >> This might be an ILP (Instruction Level Parallelisim) feature of systemd init. >> >> Take a look at how systemd deals with IVP routing tables using network.target

Re: [GTALUG] Did I buy the wrong network card? (RTL8812AE)

On May 15, 2017 9:13 AM, "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: Hi Russell - > For now, perhaps you could help me out? Are you getting this following > usbhid endpoint error? > > usbhid 1-2:1.0: couldn't find an input interrupt endpoint No, I'm not. The Asus card is PCIe. I'm

[GTALUG] USB 3.0 - Hubs RMA EOL Notice 96

Re: The linux kernel XHCI compliancy early adoption. End of Life for USB 3.0 Hubs Mandate: Required Effective Date: January, 2017 Vendors that develop USB 3.0 Hubs will be able to certify these hubs until Jan 1, 2017. These hubs shall be clearly marked as USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Hubs.

Re: [GTALUG] Stand-alone scanner for Ubuntu?

I just searched for your scanner on the SANE list, as well as a cannon photo printer I'm trying to resurrect from mechanical failure. Your scanner is not on it, so it looks like Simple Scan hooks into the kernel on its own. I also saw a recent post of yours from earlier this year, I forget what

Re: [GTALUG] colour management

On August 26, 2017 11:45:17 AM EDT, "Stewart C. Russell via talk" < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: >(subject changed from "Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem") > >On 2017-08-25 03:49 PM, Russell via talk wrote: >> >> My biggest nice to have feature would be a comprehensive source of >ICC lookup

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Hi all. > > Making networking run on Linux desktops has always been IMO one of the > reasons why it's not caught on. Stuff just shouldn't be this hard. > > I have a RPi Model B running current Raspian, and a wifi

[GTALUG] Bitcoin miner disguised as systemd

I guess this was bound to happen. https://github.com/canonical-websites/snapcraft.io/issues/651 --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] Intel's giving away 500 i7-8086k's tonight

500 in Canada, more in other countries. Starts in four hours and runs for 24. https://game.intel.com/8086sweepstakes/ca/ --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Video issue? boot screen has weird mixed lower case/capitals, no X or consoles

On Mon, May 28, 2018, 2:36 AM Glen Strom via talk wrote: > I'm running Slackware 14.2, 32-bit. The computer is an HP xw4600 desktop > workstation. The video card is an Nvidia Quadro NVS 290 PCI Express. I use > an Nvidia legacy driver (it's an old machine, probably going on 10

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

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] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

On January 3, 2018 10:56:30 PM EST, Dhaval Giani wrote: > https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.ca/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html >gives the gory details > >At this point, I cannot stress on how important it is to update your >systems as soon as your

[GTALUG] ret2spec: Speculative Execution Using Return Stack Buffers

More Intel woes. http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/new-security-flaw-with-intel-processors/article/529077 Quote from the whitepaper link in the article. 3 GENERAL ATTACK OVERVIEW Before detailing specific attack scenarios, in this section, we introduce the basics of how

Re: [GTALUG] "Golden Age for Computer Architecture"

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 12:38 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > This Turing Award Winners talk is quite insigtful. > > Full title: "A New Golden Age for Computer Architecture: > Domain-Specific Hardware/Software Co-Design, Enhanced Security, Open > Instruction Sets, and Agile Chip

Re: [GTALUG] "Golden Age for Computer Architecture"

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 1:44 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > On 08/12/2018 01:26 PM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > Some wag deemed it a "ring 4" exploit. > > > > Many years ago, I was a computer tech, working on a variety of systems, > including the VAX 11/7

[GTALUG] Dan Kaminsky Bugs aren't random ...

Nice talk on the physics of power management in the most recent shared cache exploits. Defcon 26 was held in China this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3cyCg7itOI Dan says; It can take looking at a few thousand bugs, but eventually hacking feels like getting really good at telling the

Re: [GTALUG] ret2spec: Speculative Execution Using Return Stack Buffers

k technique." > --dave > > > On 2018-08-09 10:03 a.m., Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > More Intel woes. > > > http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/new-security-flaw-with-intel-processors/article/529077 > > Quote from the whitepaper link in t

Re: [GTALUG] Any Debian User Groups in the GTA?

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 8:40 AM David Collier-Brown via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > We have a state of Postgres talk every year or so, I would absolutely > love a state of Debian talk, they're the root of a whole group of > interesting distros. > > And I think a state of RedHat every hundred

Re: [GTALUG] Swappiness

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 11:55 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: Russell Reiter via talk > > | Desktop freezing can be an issue if you don't get the ratios in line with > | the hw. > > Really? swappiness values (except for 0) should only affect > performance.

Re: [GTALUG] Swappiness

On Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 4:50 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > I have a desktop that, to me, seems like it's running to swap just a > little to often and coming back to RAM just a little slower than I'd like. > > What are the ill effects, on a desktop, of lowering swappiness down from > the

Re: [GTALUG] dmesg not reporting the mount point on USB insert

On Mar 15, 2018 5:02 PM, "William Witteman via talk" wrote: In the past, when I stuck a USB stick in to my computer, I would look at dmesg and see that the device had been assigned a place in /dev. This week, I can see the device's details (Lexar, Sandisk, whatever), but there

Re: [GTALUG] parted and fdisk disagree

On Wed, Apr 4, 2018, 9:57 AM Darryl Moore via talk wrote: > I have an SD CARD disk image which I can burn to an SD card ant it boots > up my Olimex board just fine. When I try Out of interest, is this the product? https://github.com/OLIMEX/OLINUXINO Could be an alignment

Re: [GTALUG] IBM - cache skirmish story.

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018, 8:53 AM James Knott via talk wrote: > On 04/24/2018 08:44 AM, Russell via talk wrote: > > My friend was an internal event planner and would login to something, > VAX/VMS > > VAX/VMS was a DEC operating system. I used to work with it on DEC VAX > 11/780

Re: [GTALUG] USB-C/3.1 Video and Linux

On 24 March 2018 at 08:08, Giles Orr via talk wrote: > On 23 March 2018 at 20:01, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: >> >> On 2018-03-23 12:50 PM, Giles Orr via talk wrote: >>> >>> A couple days ago I got a Best Buy flyer, and they have this item: >>> >>> >>>

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