Re: [linux] Bios crash
You could try connecting an external monitor in case the problem is onboard display. If you are seeing some LED flickering due to disk activity, that could indicated that you have progressed beyond BIOS initialization and are into the OS boot sequence. Tim On 2021-07-15 10:43 a.m., dpatte wrote: I appologize in advance if this is the wrong forum for this request, but there seem to be many experts on this list - so here goes... My laptop, a Lenovo y50-70 black screened yesterday, I presume during an automated windows update. It wont boot and I cant even get into the bios to see what's up. On boot a few leds go on (power, battery) the disk light flickers for a 1.5 seconds then flashes on and off each second. No other response. Lenovo doesnt seem to have a copy of the bios code I could download and reflash my bios with. Any ideas? I am presuming that the bios is corrupted. Does anyone have suggestions? Sent from my Galaxy -- Tim Forbes
Re: [linux] rsync snapshot backup
dirvish is another nice tool, using rsync under the covers. It uses the --link-dest option to preserve space too. Tim On 2020-10-01 11:19 a.m., Alan McKay wrote: have a look at rnsapshot - very nice tool To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org -- Tim Forbes To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?
I'm not sure if this helps, but I quickly checked hub.docker.com and found this... https://hub.docker.com/r/jitsi/jvb ...as well as other jitsi images. Docker can save a lot of headaches in some situations. Tim On 2020-04-02 10:47 a.m., Richard Guy Briggs wrote: On 2020-04-02 09:36, Dianne Skoll wrote: I use Jitsi. Seems to work well enough. You can use it for free at https://meet.jit.si/ However, for my friends and family, I installed my own self-hosted instance. Download from https://jitsi.org Ok, excellent, there are locals who are standing up their own server. This is exactly the sort of solution I was looking for. I'm not sure how federation works, but this is the sort of unwalled garden I have been wanting to use and actively promote. I'm going to try setting up my own server. Regards, Dianne. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\-- ~\ -- \___ o \@ @Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- _GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)(*)(*)_ To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org -- Tim Forbes To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] linux-consult mailing list?
If I recall, Russell attempted to move the list to a new platform (Google based) but there were unforeseen problems that he didn't have the time to address. He probably has access to the names and email addresses of the members at that time and it might be starting point for your new list. If you don't have Russell's email address, contact me off-list and I will provide it to you. Tim --- Tim Forbes On 2020-01-14 09:08, Dianne Skoll wrote: On 2020-01-14 07:53, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, Dianne Skoll wrote: Quite a while ago, Russell McOrmond ran a mailing list called "Linux-Consult". Is that list dead? ironically, i was going to ask something much the same about having something on the linux ottawa web site, perhaps under the wiki somewhere? I'm looking more for a mailing list for consultants than a public wiki. I can set it up... please email me privately and if I get enough interest, I will make it happen. Regards, Dianne. To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] forwarding to a gmail account
It might be overkill, but if the business has email requirements that grow beyond forwarding the mail for a single email address, you might consider installing mailinabox on that virtual server (or another one). It will handle the email nicely and the management interface is simple, so you could probably pass it back to your sister. And it will handle the use-case of forwarding mail to GMail. Tim On 2019-01-19 1:02 p.m., Michael P. Soulier wrote: So, I help our my sister's business by handling her domain. For some time she has paid for a virtual server with westhost.com, and on it, I have a simple forward rule in /etc/aliases for her business account to her gmail account, as she requested. trish: tsoul...@gmail.com petservices: trish So someone emailing petservi...@pawsitiveapproach.ca will result in a forward to tsoul...@gmail.com. This has been working fine. Suddenly it's not. - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - tsoul...@gmail.com (reason: 550-5.7.1 This message does not have authentication information or fails to pass) (expanded from: trish) - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.: DATA <<< 550-5.7.1 This message does not have authentication information or fails to pass <<< 550-5.7.1 authentication checks. To best protect our users from spam, the <<< 550-5.7.1 message has been blocked. Please visit <<< 550-5.7.1 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#authentication for more <<< 550 5.7.1 information. s3si2560808iom.144 - gsmtp 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable I don't understand why google is asking for authentication for a simple forward. We're not relaying, we're forwarding. I'm in the middle of moving her nameservers to use my config at digitalocean so I can better control her setup, but I've had the same issue there with a simple mail forward so I'm asking. If I use postfix' virtual hosting, then that works. But why would a simple /etc/aliases forward be rejected? Help appreciated. Google's explanation is not helpful, at least to me. Mike To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] Re: dealing with bad blocks?
And if your motherboard has additional controllers you could try other combinations of cabling for the SSDs. I've had weird problems with particular sequences of drives. On 2019-01-10 11:09 p.m., Ian! D. Allen wrote: On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 10:33:50PM -0500, Alan McKay wrote: Well looks like I got lucky with which one I took out first - the behavior went away Make sure you switch drives and prove the other drive causes the problem. The problem could be Linux mis-handling the RAID1 on those drives, which means the problem will only show up with two drives and is not the fault of either drive. To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
